Trouble Maker Before The Tyrant: A Minerva Story
Author's Note: This was a challenge I received awhile ago, the story itself is finished. I have it written in a notebook . . .it gets, interesting and unexpected in the end. . . so yeah! Anyway sorry it took so long for me to finally type this all up. I'm a lazy lil arse. All spells were gotten from MUGGLENET.com So if I get them wrong, don't blame me.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of JK rowlings characters. (Ya'll know which ones are hers) Some are mine that I've created to be the older generation to JKR's modern characters. Eh you know what I mean, just don't sue me. Im not taking credit for her stuff.
Where you Left Off: Minerva left her obsessive rants of dumbledore open on her bed. . .and apparently someone had written a threatening message in the last page. Now she's bugging out. . .If it makes you feel any better, I promise you It'll get angsty in the last chapters. . .heh
CHAPTER 4: The Spelling Bee
Minerva resentfully opened the door the History of Magic classroom. She pondered the strange message written in her diary. It could have just as well been a joke played on her by an immature 2nd year. Poppy soon waltzed into the classroom cheerfully and kicked one of the wooden stools and began to giggle like crazy. "Somebody sure is happy" said Minerva, sourly. "You're acting like a bloody lunatic!"
Poppy just shrugged 'It's nothing, really. I just don't know how to act right now"
"Go figure" Minerva replied, still bitter about the whole diary thing. "You'll tell me eventually. . .or I'll just figure it out."
"Will not" her best friend said defiantly, but then stopped and nudged Minerva "Look Minnie. . . It's Phillip! Go talk to him!"
Minerva looked over at Phillip Diggory, who was standing in the doorway in all his nicely pressed shirt and Hufflepuff garb. "I don't like him, Poppy" Minerva insisted one last time! Her best friend must think she's miserable over Diggory. How pathetically unrealistic.
"Just make my day and talk to him! Go do it, you'll feel better"
You're annoying woman! It's DIGGORY. D-I-G-G-O-R-Y! Ew. But Minerva took advantage of this situation, and sighed and approached the blond haired boy. She whispered so nobody would hear her. . . "Hey, do you see my friend over there?" Minerva motioned to Poppy.
The cute Hufflepuff nodded discretely "What about her?"
"Well she really fancies you and was too scared to ask you if you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with her." Minerva wanted to laugh, this was the most fun she had since she transfigured the Wizard Chess pieces into Newts and freed them in the Ravenclaw corridors! Well okay, maybe the transfiguration was more fun.
"Really?" said Diggory, who was now all excited. "She seems nice. Tell her I'd love to go with her to Hogsmeade." He smiled at Minerva and then turned to Poppy and winked.
"She'll be so happy!" Minerva said to him as she lovingly bounced back to her friend and took her seat. More people had started to fill in the classroom and Poppy whispered "What was that about?" She was probably referring to the wink.
"You have a Hogsmeade hade with Diggory this weeekend." Replied Minerva casually as she got out her quill and refused to respond to Poppy's questions and complaints. Class was about to start.
- New scene -
"Minnie!" Poppy exclaimed as they piled out of History of Magic, "I thought you were going to talk to him!" Poppy fretted, chasing her friend down the corridor.
"I did talk to him. You just didn't specify what we had to talk about" she said in a mischievous tone. Great friend she was, eh?
Poppy was flustered! How could Minerva do this to her? Poppy didn't even like Phillip! She liked, well, she didn't know if she liked him. But if she didn't like him then why did she kiss him back? Why was she feeling so bloody marvelous? The situation was all so strange, all so unexpected! Enough. She decided that she just wouldn't think about it. She wouldn't let her self dwell on it. She'd concentrate on slithering her way out of her date with Diggory. She turned around to see that Minerva had sauntered off the walk with Sharon. I worry about that girl sometimes – Poppy thought as she headed on off to the divination tower alone.---
-Minerva-
Getting bored of Sharon's endless talk of her long distance boyfriend, William. So she excused herself to go find Christopher. She found the redheaded boy a little farther ahead in the corridor, so she jumped up behind him causing him to let out a startlingly girlish yelp. "MINNIE!" Bloody Hell!. . .you scared me!" he said, still in shock.
"Good. Mission Accomplished"
"So. . ." Chris said, somewhat awkwardly "How was History of Magic?"
Minerva burst out laughing remembering the Diggory incident. "SO HILARIOUS" she said, smiling widely
"That's definitely a first for history of magic. . ."
She cut him off "And it was so amusing. . .I set Poppy and Diggory up for a date at Hogsmeade!" Minerva looked puzzled, Chris was supposed to LAUGH and say Ha-ha classic, Min, classic! But he just stood there with a stupid downcast face looking like a starved puppy. Snap out of it Chris, tell me I'm funny ATLEAST! "S0. . ." he finally speaks! "I guess after all that taunting SHE was the one that fancied Diggory. . ."
"Merlin's sake! I don't know! All I know is that they're going to Hogsmeade, on account of me. She really had no say. . .lighten up!"
Chris not only lightened up, but he gave her a mischievous grin. . .he was up to something. That was his 'I know something' grin. "So, are you going to ask Albus to accompany you to Hogsmeade?"
Minerva stopped dead in her tracks, sending books and quills flying in all different directions on the floor. "how do you know. . .I mean, oh dear! Who told you. . .What?! I don't like him!!!" Minerva sputtered. A little to late to deny, don't ya think?
"Godric is a sexy beast" Chris muttered as the portrait opened for the two . He pat the head of his tabby cat STRIPES as he entered the common. Christopher looked directly at Minerva, his eyes held a troublemaking-gleam. "Stay away from him. . . I'm warning you!" Minerva stopped dead in her tracks again almost knocking over Stripes who was chewing at a HOGWARTS: A HISTORY book. The poor cat had a paper fetish.
"You read that in my diary?" she asked the smiling red-head.
"Wrote it in your diary" he corrected nonchalantly, as if it was no big deal.
Blank stare.
Christopher knew he had a lot of explaining to do to the overreacting witch in front of him. . . " I was sitting in the Common and I realized Stripes had run off again. I tried looking for him and eventually he came down from the girl's common stairs case holding a book. . ." Minerva's thoughts were racing as Chris explained. She did recall seeing the cat in the dorm a little before she fell asleep.
"So that crazy paper eating cat stole my diary, and you took it and read it?" she tired to see if she was getting the story right. . .
"Exactly and that go you back for that embarrassing moment involving sing alongs, fire-whisky and public nudity." He said defiantly, concluding his story.
Minerva narrowed her eyes, "You prat!!!!" she hollered, sending several 3rd years running in the opposite direction
"I was just getting even!" Chris protested. Minerva kept her eyes narrowed, but considered it could actually have been for the best. At least it wasn't Elizabeth or somebody she couldn't bear. "Truce then?" Before finalizing the truce, she swore Chris to secrecy that no one was to know about her thing for Dumbledore.
"Truce" he said, firmly shaking her hand.
-New Scene-
It was nearing the end of the day as Minerva headed for her last class, Defense Against the Dark Arts. She hurriedly rushed to her seat, unfortunately next to Gregor Malfoy. Taking out a piece of paper she scribbled Minerva McGonagall Gryffindor Year 7. She approached Professor Montague who was sitting down at his desk in the corner.
"Entering the bee?" he asked her with twinkling brown eyes as he collected her slip. Minerva just nodded and smiled widely at the still young professor. She quickly headed to sit back down.
"I see you've decided to embarrass yourself, and enter the Spelling Bee" drawled Gregor who looked over at his cousin and smirked. The other Malfoy barely acknowledged the gesture. The rivalry between the two was intense sometimes.
"CAULDRONS" Minerva said in a cheerful, matter of fact tone, as if it was a normal response to a comment like that. Gregor's brow furrowed in frustration. He didn't know what to make of a statement as stupid as that plain old boring word!
"What?" he said, dumbfounded after a few seconds.
"You heard me" she said, suppressing a chuckle.
"Whatever Mudblood. You're going down in the Bee, remember that!" He sneered
"How could I forget?" she said sarcastically, as she turned to copy some last minute homework she had forgotten. Oh speaking of Hogsmeade (Wait, who was speaking of Hogsmeade?Anyways. . ) Speaking of Hogsmeade. . .Minerva now directed her attention to Phillip Diggory who was coolly walked up to Poppy. "Hello there" he said, nudging her arm
Minerva laughed at the creeped out look on her friend's face. Phillip continued, "Can't wait till Hogsmeade this weekend!" he lowered his voice, but failed. "Meet me in the broom closet after dinner." Half the class heard him. He didn't seem to care as he left a dumbstruck, embarrassed Poppy to wonder that the Hell she would do. She watched him sit back in his seat; Oh dear! Vomit reflex! Not here, not now. Minerva, being sadistic, found this amusing and began cracking up. She continued her laughter even despite Poppy's death glare.
"Ms. McGonagall!" Montague hollered impatiently "Silence, class has begun." She looked around the room, Poppy was still glaring like a maniac. The other malfoy boy, Delano gave her a puzzled look. It almost looked like a smile. It was cute in an unusual way.
- Albus -
Defense against the Dark Arts was currently in session and Albus was passing notes back and fourth with Ashton Potter. He took out a piece of parchment and scribbled She asked me to Hogsmeade. He passed the note to Potter.
Who? Potter wrote back, handing the note discreetly to Albus.
Karen McGuyer
Wow Al. she's fine!!! And your response was?
No. Hah, of course I said yes, you git! I asked her out after she invited me to Hogsmeade He handed the note back to Potter not realizing the teacher had been watching
Lucky you
"ACCIO PARCHMENT!" Montague shouted before Ashton could pass it back on to Albus. . .The note zoomed out of Potter's hand. "Now Gentlemen. . .you know what happens to students who get caught passing notes. . ." The two boys returned his remark with equally blank stares. The teacher proceeded in following his tradition of reading the notes aloud to the whole class "since it contains very important information that could not wait till the class ended", Montague had said.
As Montague read the note, Albus felt his cheeks heat up and turn a shade of read. Ashton looked equally tormented, and Karen was just plain embarrassed. She appeared to be turning a nice shade of pink in the back corner. The Slytherins at this point were howling with laughter. Even Delano, the quiet one was getting a good hearted chuckle at someone else's expense. Gregor Malfoy was the ring leader, with his hyena like laugh that sounded extremely sinister. "Well Boys. . ."said professor Montague said with a bit of a laugh in his voice "I hope that teaches you not to pass parchment during class." He threw the note in the trash and promptly the continued the lesson.
-Minerva-
Much to her liking, class finally ended. The only thing she wanted was to beat the daylights out of a certain someone. (preferably a tall blonde haired Ravenclaw who is currently dating Albus). "Godric is a sexy beast" she told the portrait sourly, as she entered the common, plopping down on a chair next to Poppy. "Cheer up. Dinner soon." she said dully, facing her best friend.
Poppy grimaced "I'm supposed to meet Diggory in the broom closet! That most certainly is not something to look forward to!"
"Yea but the spelling Bee is after dinner." Replied Minerva, still bitter about Defense class. . .
"Why so bitter?" Poppy asked "Is it because Diggory asked me to snog with him and not you, because if that's the case. . . then I can say 'I knew u liked him all along!. . ."
"Oh yeah" she said in the same bitter tone as she turned to Poppy "I want to ride his broomstick all night LONG!" She got up and went back out the portrait. She needed to take a walk.
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After 30 minutes walking around empty forlorn corridors, she made her way towards the great hall for dinner. She had used the time alone to mull over thoughts in her head. . .she should just forget Albus! Just leave the impossible in the past. . .As she pushed open the great wooden doors, the chatter from the other students filled the atmosphere. There was much buzz and gossip about the upcoming Bee. She found a seat next to Christopher who cast her a sympathetic glance. He was the only one who knew why she was upset. Minerva just shrugged back and started to consume the food that magically appeared on her plate.
Dinner flew by extraordinarily fast, with Poppy's endless schemes to get out of her snogfest with Phillip. Headmaster DeVoss stood up from his place and announced that the Spelling Bee would begin within the next 10 minutes. Poppy was nervously eating Bertie Botts every flavoured beans when Diggory headed away from from the Hufflepuff table. All of a sudden she heard a thud as Poppy ell down to the floor.
Students rushed over to her but before she was escorted to the hospital wing, she gave a small wink only Minerva saw. Devoss clinked his glass to bring everybody back to attention. "Will all 6th and 7th Years please report to the front of the hall. All those who wish to watch may sit in the chairs provided."
Minerva felt her stomach knot up ass he walked with several other 7th years to the front of the room. She noted that Albus was among them. They were joined by the 6th years and students began cheering as the Bee officially begun. "Challenge number one" DeVoss proclaimed "You will all be asked to perform a simple ACCIO spell." The contestants sighed with relief. "You will be asked to summon the spell books from that table" He pointed to the books set up on a table in the far right. "Get your wands ready. . .1 – 2 –Whoever gets three books summoned correctly before the time goes off stays for the next round – 3!" shouted DeVoss, his face livid with excitement
As soon as the number three escaped his lips there was a chorus of "Accio's" and then followed by the sound of spell books zooming through the air. Many managed to do the spell correctly and summon their books with no problem. Others however encountered problems such as summoning the wrong object by accident, or being knocked out by the summoned objects. Poor Sharon Wilson. These individuals were disqualified.
"The next challenge spell will be. . ."
"Avada Kedavra!" Chris piped in loud enough that the whole congregation of students and faculty heard him.
"Enough Mr. Weasley." He said sternly "Next I shall tell you what task you must do, and you must preform the correct spell do accomplish it." The people up front squirmed in anxiety while Minerva occupied herself by staring at Albus. Devoss continued "Before you lay a message written in invisible ink" They see parchment before them, it appears blank "Use the correct spell to read your message. The sound barriers have been up, so you may not cheat."
"1 – 2- 3 GO!" shouted the Montague cheerfully, as DeVoss gave him a 'hey-that's-my-job look. A chorus of mixed spells rang into the audience. . .too bad they couldn't cheat! We all know Gregor would have tried. "FURNUCNCULUS!" shouted a sixth year. The sixth year jumped back in surprise to find that she had given the Slytherin next to him a bad case of the boils. Shit.
"APARECIUM" said Minerva under her breath, incase the sound barrier thing didn't work. The message appeared saying Congratulations. You may move on to round three! She looked over at Albus's quiet form. . .she watched as a smile spread over his face. He must have gotten it too. Yes!!! She thought to herself Just one more round!
The spelling bee continued until all who were left standing were Minerva, Thomas Parkinson(who was a 6th year)Gregor Malfoy, some girl named Samantha Faye (a real gossip they say), Albus and Leigh Chang (the smartest 6th year in her class). Headmaster DeVoss spoke up 'As seeing there are 5 people left and only five may go. . .we will have an evaluation. Whoever performs the requested spell with the most faults will be eliminated.
The crowd began to stir with excitement. The sound barriers had been removed and the contestants would be called back privately. Minerva sat waiting. She watched as Gregor walk out confidently. Sickening! "McGonagall!" they called her as she willed her feet to move into the room. She walked over to DeVoss and he held up a wand. "You are to correctly use the spell to reveal this wands most recent spell"
Most recent spells. . . Most recent spells. . . She mulled over in her head, and now she remembered! "Perfec . ." she stopped, hoping it wasn't too late or noticeable. After two minutes of total silence she finally racked her brain and remembered it! (or at least she hoped!) "Prior Intancto!" . . .She didn't bother to see what spells were on the wand, all she saw was DeVoss's contented smile. She musta done it correctly! "Whew" she muttered as DeVoss excused her back to her seat with the others.
After the rest had completed their test she waited for Headmaster to appear with the results. When he finally appeared he announced in a booming voice, "And those chosen to represent Hogwarts in America are. . ."
Chapter 4:The Spelling Bee:Ended:
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