Disclaimer: I know this wasn't added to the other chapter, but don't sue me...I don't own Harry Potter.
A/N: I know this chapter is very short, but this is McGonagall we are talking about.
July 31, 1996
Harry's 16th Birthday
Dear Mr. Potter,
Well, I do hope you are alive to read this letter, for I'd hate to see Voldemort rule. But even if you are not, there are a few things I simply have to tell you.
I have been your teacher for 5 years now, but I have been your friend your whole life. Harry, I understand what you are going through, for I have gone through it myself.
My parents died protecting me, and Professor Dumbledore took me in. He raised me as his own child, and I am eternally grateful to him for that.
Harry, I know you think that others don't understand Harry, but we do, we each understand a little bit of the problem, and we try, we honestly do.
Harry, your vault at Gringott's holds more than money. In it is a key, a key to your old home. And if Dumbledore refuses to tell you about this, than I will.
Harry, the last words your father ever said to Dumbledore and I were, "Give the key to Harry," then he ran to go into hiding. Harry, you will have those keys, even if it is the last thing I ever do.
Harry, I know I may seem a little harsh now and then, or all of the time, but you must remember that I am a seventy-year-old woman, and I am the head of Gryffindor. Harry, you are one of my favorite students, and I wish you the best in life.
-Minerva McGonagall
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