Pride - Minerva McGonagall

He was gone. Finally, after years of terror.

Professor McGonagall couldn't be prouder of the role Hogwarts played in the event. The past year had been absolutely dreadful for all of Britain, especially in the wizarding world. For Hogwarts, it was worse than the concept of the Chamber of Secrets, worse than the rising death toll of the Triwizard Tournament. This battle was the end.

The recovery was going as smoothly as could be expected. Of course you couldn't expect all the magical damage to be possible to repair, but things were steadily returning to normal. It would be better than normal if it weren't for the price that was paid.

As the head of Gryffindor house, Professor McGonagall was proud of how valiantly her students fought. As the new headmistress of Hogwarts, she was proud of the successful rebellion that would surely become one of the greatest events in the school's history.

She oversaw the rebuilding of the castle, but she couldn't resist leaving the suits of armor scratched and broken, as a reminder to the future students who would owe at the very least their happiness - and at the very most their lives and loved ones - to Harry Potter. The Boy Who Lived.


A/N: I just wanted to make the point that there are several different lists of the seven deadly sins. I used the version used by Garth Nix in the Keys To The Kingdom series, and posted these drabbles according to the order he used too. I'm only saying this because I don't want messages saying I forgot vanity, pride isn't one of the seven, etc.

Also, I had lots of fun writing these. I hope you had as much fun reading. Thanks!