Minerva McGonagall

Heart's Desire

by Squibstress

It takes sixty years, but Minerva finally comes to understand the truth of George Bernard Shaw's pronouncement on tragedy "Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it."

Includes Minerva/Dougal, Minerva/Amelia, Minerva/Elphinstone

Winner - 2013 MuggleNet Fanfiction Quicksilver Quill Award - Non-Canon Romance, One-shot

7,633 Words,  Started 04/24/2012,  Completed 04/24/2012

The Beauty of Science

by Hanagasume

In collaborating to find a cure for a magical condition that is thought to be irreversible, Potions mistress Granger and Potions master Snape discover the beauty of science and the lasting companionship of love. Written for WriterMerrin and based loosely on the life of Marie Curie.

62,726 Words,  Started 05/03/2012,  Updated 03/02/2013

Her Clever Husband

by Meladara

After a long week, Hermione must face what she already knew but didn't want to admit.

1,689 Words,  Started 05/10/2012,  Completed 05/10/2012

Natural Law

by Squibstress

Winky the house-elf ponders the nature of relationships as she observes her master and Minerva McGonagall debate the law.

4,488 Words,  Started 05/18/2012,  Completed 05/18/2012

Bumps In The Road

by ader_snape

Severus stumbles upon a distressed Hermione with a bottle of Firewhisky. Will the night's events change both of their lives forever?

11,008 Words,  Started 01/02/2012,  Updated 05/21/2012

The Dress Code Violation, or To Tickle a Dragon.

by banjobraids

Apprentice Hermione has had it with the dress code.

1,497 Words,  Started 06/06/2012,  Completed 06/06/2012

Smiles of a Summer Night

by kellychambliss

She was the just the second woman who had let him touch her—for free—since he lost his leg.

The only one since he lost his eye.

8,520 Words,  Started 06/07/2012,  Completed 06/15/2012

Putting the 'Piss' in Piss Poor Attitude

by Lady Dragonsinger

Rue the day you annoyed Minerva in a staff meeting!

294 Words,  Started 06/09/2012,  Completed 06/09/2012

Voldemort's Blessing

by peskipiksi

Thank Merlin the Dark Arts job is cursed!

340 Words,  Started 06/10/2012,  Completed 06/10/2012

Rx

by kellychambliss

Minerva is ill, and Severus has a prescription for her.

1,483 Words,  Started 06/22/2012,  Completed 06/22/2012

Laundry Lessons

by Squibstress

When the Hogwarts house-elves are felled by a virus, the students find out that outward appearances can be deceiving. An octuple-drabble. Warning for extreme silliness.

860 Words,  Started 07/07/2012,  Completed 07/07/2012

Certainty

by TeaOli

When in doubt, further investigation is required.

560 Words,  Started 07/16/2012,  Completed 07/16/2012

Amans Revelare

by Aphrodite319

My spin on the Marriage Law Challenge. The Ministry is forced to decree that all over-age witches and wizards must marry in order to counteract a curse placed by Voldemort. With the help of the Amans Revelare spell, the Ministry pairs Hermione with the last person she would have expected.

9,259 Words,  Started 07/19/2012,  Updated 08/26/2012

Dulce et Decorum Est (with apologies to Horace and Wilfred Owen)

by Squibstress

An almost-drabble to the prompt: "Gryffindor House ~ dulce et decorum est pro patria morti" [sic], submitted to the "Welcome Home Comment Ficathon" on LiveJournal.

133 Words,  Started 07/21/2012,  Completed 07/21/2012

The Number Twelve House-Elf Detective Agency

by gingertart

Some elves get hooked on watching reruns of the great detectives, an investigation into the dodgy breeding of pedigree Crups leads Hermione and Severus into Lucius Malfoy's bed via the bath, Severus goes back to Hogwarts to retrieve his wand, Delilah Derwent, bastion of pure-blood aristocracy, arrives with her Knickers under one arm to play hanky-panky with Malfoy's Magic Wand, a Crup goes bad and some left-over Death Eaters get their comeuppance. Oh, and of course, Severus gets his just desserts.

30,110 Words,  Started 07/21/2012,  Completed 12/30/2012

Angels With Broken Wings

by felinefelixfelicis

The war may have ended, but for some of its heroes there doesn't seem to be a happily ever after.

5,203 Words,  Started 04/23/2012,  Completed 07/28/2012

Lessons in Metempsychosis and Saṅsāra

by TeaOli

After dying in the Shrieking Shack, Severus Snape is sent back so that he can learn to be a functional human being. In spite of the strides he appears to make, he and his very own “Clarence” know that it’s mostly window-dressing.

Hermione Granger doesn’t regret the choices she made during the war, but that doesn’t stop her seeking some sort of absolution for some of the consequences. If she could let go of her guilt, she might learn to believe she’s got abilities beyond being a swot.

38,402 Words,  Started 06/22/2012,  Updated 10/24/2013

The Peculiar Resilience of the Refugee

by Squibstress

After the war, Petunia takes refuge at the Three Broomsticks. Nominated for a 2012 HP Fanfic Fanpoll Award.

7,899 Words,  Started 08/05/2012,  Completed 08/05/2012

Ties That Bind Us

by Agnus Castus

Can Severus accept Tess for all that she is? A sequel to The Unconditional Vow.

55,275 Words,  Started 08/01/2012,  Completed 09/09/2012

Sweep

by Squibstress

In the aftermath of the battle, Argus does the only thing he can.

1,543 Words,  Started 08/23/2012,  Completed 08/23/2012

Reflections in a Golden Frame

by kellychambliss

After Harry Potter spends too much time staring at his family, The Mirror of Erised finds itself banished to a dungeon with stone walls, no rats, and a lot of memories.

1,849 Words,  Started 09/06/2012,  Completed 09/06/2012

To Rescue Her Prince

by reader76

Elizabeth's life and career were in America. But her family needed her in England. So, she puts her life on hold and returns to a war-torn world that she's been away from since she was a child. What lies ahead for this young woman? Could her decision to help her sister change her life in ways she never expected?

92,437 Words,  Started 07/10/2012,  Completed 04/04/2013

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Snape

by kellychambliss

Over the course of Severus's long tenure at Hogwarts, Minerva's opinion of him undergoes many changes.

4,042 Words,  Started 09/23/2012,  Completed 09/23/2012

Broken Dreams

by onecelestialbeing

Hermione is the Potions apprentice at Hogwarts, and she's been having recurring dreams ever since the war. What do they mean? And how is the headmaster involved?

7,768 Words,  Started 10/02/2012,  Updated 10/02/2012

Come Autumn, Sae Pensive

by Squibstress

The last thing Minerva McGonagall ever expected was to become a mother. But when she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, her life with Albus changes in ways beyond anything they might have predicted.

This is the third story set in the "Epithalamium" universe.

42,586 Words,  Started 10/05/2012,  Updated 01/13/2013

Stray

by MMADfan

When Madam Hooch’s heart goes out to a stray, what will it mean for her — and for Hogwarts?
The story weaves through The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, and finally, The Order of the Phoenix.

41,823 Words,  Started 09/23/2012,  Updated 02/10/2013

A Treatise On The Healing Properties of Murtlap

by TeddyRadiator

Severus Snape returns from the war a shadow of the wizard he was. Hermione Granger returns from the war restless and yearning to taste life in all its flavours. What happens when the proverbial irresistible force meets the immovable object? Told to the tune of Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses.

19,009 Words,  Started 10/17/2012,  Completed 10/23/2012

Power of the Mind

by gersknightlady

Now a professor at Hogwarts, Hermione Granger begins to experience fierce migraines and voices in her head. What is causing these headaches or who?

77,984 Words,  Started 07/13/2012,  Completed 04/28/2014

Before We Know Our Liberty

by Deverted

Severus Snape attends an academic conference and begins an unexpected collaboration. SS/OC

2,200 Words,  Started 11/02/2012,  Updated 11/02/2012

The Observer Effect

by Squibstress

Minerva watches Severus. She sees through a glass, darkly.

Nominated for a 2012 HP Fanfic Fanpoll Award. A featured story on Mugglenet Fanfiction.

4,134 Words,  Started 11/08/2012,  Completed 11/08/2012