My favourite McGonagall moments:
"Fancy seeing you here, Professor McGonagall " [...]
"How did you know it was me?" she asked.
"My dear Professor, I've never seen a cat sit so stiffly".
"You'd be stiff if you'd been sitting on a brick wall all day" said Professor McGonagall.
"Shooting stars down in Kent - I'll bet that was Dedalus Diggle. He never had much sense"
"I shall speak to Professor Dumbledore and see if we can't bend the first-year rule. Heaven knows, we need a better team than last year. Flattened in that last match by Slytherin, I couldn't look Severus Snape in the face for weeks..."
"Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
"You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
Professor McGonagall sat down behind her desk, frowning at Harry. Then said, "Have a biscuit, Potter"
"I have testimony from Willy Widdershins, Minerva, who happened to be in the bar at the time. He was heavily bandaged, it is true, but his hearing was quite unimpaired" said Umbridge smugly. "He heard every word Potter said and hastened straight to the school to report to me"
"Oh, so that's why he wasn't prosecuted for setting up all those regurgitating toilets!" said Professor McGonagall raising her eyebrows "What an interesting insight into our justice system!"
"I'm terribly sorry to have to contradict you, Minerva, but as you will see from my note, Harry has been achieving very poor results in his classes with me -"
"I should have made my meaning plainer" said Professor McGonagall turning at last to look Umbridge directly in the eyes. "He has achieved high marks in all Defence Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher"
"My grandmother thinks Charms is a soft option" mumbled Neville.
"Take Charms", said Professor McGonagall, "and I shall drop Augusta a line reminding her that just because she failed her Charms O.W.L., the subject is not necessarily worthless". Smiling slightly at the look of delighted incredulity on Neville's face, Professor McGonagall tapped a blank timetable with the tip of her wand and handed it, now carrying details of his new classes, to Neville.
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