Ok… next up… I got scolded in ENG class because of this…

The next day dawned, with Minerva sleeping soundly, marks of tears on her cheeks. She suddenly jerked awake, due to Hary Potter knocking insistently on the door. Minerva sighed irratly as she put on a bathrobe over a revealing nightgown Albus got for her on their 5th anniversary.

outside the door

" I tell you, it's not a good idea to come so early!" heroine granger was whispering furiously to Ron. Harry Potter was furiously knocking on his mom's door, hoping that his mom is awake. He wondered if he should tell his friends about his mother, but decided against it. It would be too dangerous.

Minerva opened the door, only to find her son, Harry, standing outside her door, with Ron and Hermione arguing in the background.

"What do you three want?" She asked sternly.

Ron and Hermione started blushing furiously and left, leaving Harry with Professor McGonagall.

"Well?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"May I come in?" Harry asked his mum.

Minerva raised another eyebrow. Peering around the corridor, she checked that there's no one there before pulling him into the office.

Slamming the office door behind her, Minerva embraced Harry, tears slowly running down her cheeks again. Harry awkwardly patted her on the back as she sobbed.

"It will be okay mom. Trust me." Harry tried to console his adoptive mother as he tried to control his tears.

Minerva smiled through her tears.

"Do you remember when you came back to our summer home with us when you was a child after your parents died?" she asked.

"No. Care to show me?" Harry asked indifferently, trying not to appear too excited.

"ok. Here we go". Minerva told Harry as both of them jumped into the pensieve.

/ A memory /

A small tabby cat was sitting stiffly in front of number 8, privet drive.

When Vernon Dursley came back and tried attacking her, she did not even flinch. Everyone who looked at her thought that she was a statue. Nightfall came fast, and soon it was 12 pm. A tall man with silver hair came into view. The tabby cat watched in fascination as the man put out all the lights. He turned to face the tabby cat, who by now is getting a stiff back.

"Hello, Minerva" He said.

The cat hurriedly changed into a tall dark haired woman.

"How did you know that it's me?"

"My dear, I've never seen a cat seated so stiffly."

Minerva smiled slightly.

"When will he arrive?" She asked Dumbledore.

"Hagrid is bringing him here."

"Are you sure Hagrid can be trusted with something so important?" She asked Dumbledore again.

He just nodded the affirmative.

A loud roaring sound soon filled the night sky.

Minerva jumped in shock. Above the horizon, a giat sized motorbike was flying down. On it was a large man, Hagrid, carrying a small bundle.

"Is that him?" Minerva asked slowly.

"yes…" Albus replied.

"Are you leaving him here?" She asked again, once Hagrid left.

Albus sighed.

"Yes."

"But Albus! You can't leave him there! I've seen their son, kicking his mother p the street, screaming for sweets."

"What do you suggest then?" He asked.

"I'll bring him back with me. To Hogwarts" She replied, not looking at him.

Albus sighed. "Well, its okay with me."

Minerva smiled.

"Really? Oh Albus! I love you!" She exclaimed.

"Really?" Albus teased.

"Really. I loved you since you started teaching me transfiguration." Minerva replied seriously.

"And I too." Albus replied softly, drawing both of them in a kiss as they apparated back to Hogwarts.

5 weeks later, they got married, in an elaborate ceremony which involves a binding spell which binds both of them and Harry to each other forever.

/ end of memory/

They both emerged from the pensieve, gasping slightly. Harry tried to wriggle out of his mom's vice like grip but found that he could not. Glancing at her face, he realized that she was crying silently.

"Mom?" he asked tentatively.

"What?... Oh!" Minerva replied as she glanced up at the clock.

"Sorry, Harry, but you have to go now. Its 1 hour past curfew. I would have to escort you back." Minerva said, wiping the tears slowly from her face.

"Are you all right mom?" he asked again.

"I would be." She replied quietly as they stopped outside the Gryffindor common room.

Harry hugged her one last time before entering the common room.

"Goodnight, Harry." Minerva said in a whisper as she turned around sharply and strode back to her rooms, tears falling freely again.

Back in her rooms, Minerva collapsed in a chair and slowly took off her robes. She stood in front of her mirror and traced the scars the stunners left. Damn them all. The ministry, everyone. She started crying again as she thought of all the things Albus would have said whenever he saw her scars.

/ flashback /

We can't continue this, Albus"

"Why, Minerva?" His voice slightly pained.

"Because…" Minerva trailed off.

"The scars?" He asked.

Minerva nodded.

"Why?" He asked, more forcefully this time.

"It's ugly, Albus."

Albus traced the scars with his bare hands.

"You will never be ugly to me, my dear wife."

/ end flashback /

Minerva lied down on the bed and settled into a uneventful sleep, harboring the feeling of being watched.

Outside her bedroom window, the phoenix peered in, suddenly bursting into flames and disappearing.

Harry Potter tossed and turned in his bed long after his mother left him. A snowy white owl perched outside his window, tears rolling down its cheeks as he looked at the boy he came to love as a son.

Harry Potter kept having the feeling that he was being watched. He laid back on the pillows and thought about his parents. They had always been the loving pair. Only in public they were more serious and strict, in his mom's case.

/ Flashback /

"Harry Potter!" His mother's voice ran out from amongst the people who had crowded around him. He winced at the voice, knowing what is to come next.

"Follow me, Mr. Potter. And no arguments." She yelled, looking at the half furious faces.

Everyone quieted down instantly and the crowd parted to let Minerva and Harry pass through.

Harry nervously glanced up at his mother, whose lips are pressed thinly. Suddenly, they stopped outside a classroom, where he heard Professor Flitwick teaching. She motioned for him to stay outside, while she went in and asked for Wood.

Harry's mind was in a panic now. Is wood a cane she's going to use on him?

Moments later, to Harry's relief, a tall boy came out of the classroom, puzzled. Silently, both of them followed her till they reached an empty classroom.

"Wood, meet Harry, Harry, this is Wood, captain of the Gryffindor quidditch team. Wood, I've found you a seeker."

Saying that Wood's face lit up was a understatement.

After Oliver (that's his name) left, Minerva turned towards Harry, letting her strict façade drop for a moment.

She reached over and hugged him, so tightly that he thought he would never breathe.

"Mom! Let go!" he exclaimed.

Minerva loosened her hold and knelt down to his level.

"Promise me that you will be safe Harry." She said worriedly.

"Yes, mom." he replied, hugging her.

She gave him a kiss on the forehead, before sweeping out of the classroom.

The next morning, he got a new Nimbus 2000.

/ end flashback /