Prompt 21 - Minerva McGonagall
Word count: 292
When she had been a little girl, Minerva – or Minnie to her friends and family – was obsessed with cats. She loved to watch them bask in the sun, she loved how they could fall unexpectedly and yet land on all fours, she loved the myths surrounding the creatures. She knew that if she had been born in Ancient Egypt, she would have been one of the most devout cat worshippers to ever exist. There was a grace to cats that was lacking everywhere else and Minerva loved to watch that grace and try to capture it in drawings. She never succeeded but she kept trying all her life.
When she attended Hogwarts and learnt of Animagi, Minerva knew instantly what animal she wanted to turn into. Some more research had informed her that the Witch or Wizard transforming had no control over which animal they became. She was disheartened but still persevered. Even if she wasn't able to become a cat, any animal would be interesting to explore. So long as she wasn't a tortoise, she imagined that would be rather annoying.
It was with great joy that Minnie transformed back into a human after her first successful transformation. She was a cat! Out of all the things in the universe that she could have been chosen by, the cat was the one that deemed her worthy. She was definitely going to study and love cats even more after they had bestowed upon her this honour.
That day was an alarming one for Hogwarts students and professors. They had grown used to the slightly reserved and studious Minerva McGonagall so to see her skipping down the hallways and sliding down banisters caused several of them needing to go to the Hospital Wing.