Author's Note: I did give up on NaNoWriMo, though. I was just too busy, and I'd of had to write about a third of it this weekend. It was just too much. But I could never give up on you guys!

EDIT: Thanks for pointing out those silly mistakes I make

[Minerva McGonagall]

Friday, November 28, 1980

Hello Harry, it was very nice to see you today.

Albus wanted to visit, but he really didn't have the time. I think that sometimes he takes on too much. I hadn't been planning on visiting, but your mother insisted. She's a formidable one, your mother. She always did wonderfully in my class, but it was your father James who was the transfiguration protégé.

You'll be in my class when you get to Hogwarts, of course. I expect you'll inherit your parent's talent. I'd worry about setting my sights too high, but I know you won't be reading this until you're seventeen. An eleven year old is very nervous about good impressions, but a seventeen year old? You'll have known me for too long to worry about anything silly like that.

Besides, I'd be very surprised if James doesn't start teaching you a couple of tricks before you even get to my classroom. It's intelligent enough for Lily, and sneaky enough for James.

Dear Merlin, now I'm worrying about the pranking and havoc you're sure to pull! I'd like to think that Lily's influence would discourage it, but I know that James doesn't give in easily.

He and his friends certainly made an impression on Hogwarts. I'm fairly sure that we haven't fully recovered from them yet. But James and Sirius… Both of them exceptionally bright, of course. But what the pair of troublemakers!

Speaking of children who make me old before my years, I suppose you know those twins of Molly's. I'm worried that they'll be the next pranking legends at Hogwarts. Well I'll have you know that they're certainly getting a head start at it already.

Arthur had properly warned me that they work together when pulling mischief, but I still wasn't ready for them. Why within an hour of my arrival they had stolen their father's wand and were trying to light it on fire! I feel terribly sorry for Molly, she's got so much on her plate already with the others, and these two are the worst of them all!

Their oldest, Bill, will be coming to Hogwarts soon, I'm not sure if you knew that. He seems much more subdued (or at least as much as a child of his age can be), so I have high hopes that the other Weasley children won't be so rowdy.

I'm the head of Gryffindor House, of course, so I daresay that I will end up with all of the Weasley children. You'll likely be in my house as well, with your parentage. With your mother, though, you may end up in Ravenclaw. Lily almost ended up there, did you know? Filius was always disappointed that he didn't manage to get her. It's a bit of a competition between the houses, you see?

But of course I won't make too many assumptions. It's useless to make guesses, because of course by the time you read this, you'll have been in Hogwarts for many years already. And while houses do seem to run in families, they aren't always certain predictors.

You're doing well, as far as I saw. I got to feed you earlier today. I have visited before, you know, but you were too young for anyone but your mum to feed you then. I don't suppose you enjoy hearing people talk about you as a baby, but you'll just have to get used to it. Everyone who has at least one magical parent goes through it.

My mother wrote a book for me as well, even though she had stopped using magic when she married. It's one of my treasured possessions, as I'm sure this book will be for you.

I'm surprised that it hasn't caught on in Muggle culture. But to each his own, I suppose. I'm sure that they have their own way of documenting their children's development. I'll ask Lily when I'm done writing. Though it really is getting late…

And on that note, I'm afraid that I really do need to get back to Hogwarts, I have so many papers to grade. The children groan at getting assigned essays, but I have to correct them all!

Love,

Minerva

Author's Note: In case you're wondering where all my information comes from, the Harry Potter wikis use Pottermore as cannon, so I do as well. I don't mean to advertise, but it's a brilliant website if you're bored and interested in Harry Potter.