The Tabby, the Phoenix and the kitten

Chapter three

"I want a foot and a half of parchment, describing the proper procedure on transfiguring animals into water goblets, on my desk by Monday morning." Minerva said to her second year class of gryffindors and slytherins.

"Class dismissed." She continued sitting down at her desk, going through some paper work. It was finally her free period, after a grueling double transfiguration with the second year gryffindors and slytherins.

She sighed as the last student left her classroom. She had to head to Poppy's for tea. She gathered some 4th year essays that she had to mark, and headed off to the hospital wing.

She opened the door and walked down the wing giving slight smiles to the sick or injured students that lie in the beds. She came to Poppy's office and knocked on the door. When there was no answer she called out.

"Poppy? Poppy where are you?" Minerva asked, peering into the windows to her office.

"In here Minerva!" Poppy called from a private room. Minerva followed Poppy's voice into the room, when she opened the door there was a bed and a whole bunch of muggle medical equipment.

"Poppy what is all this?" Minerva asked shock written all over her face as she looked around the room.

"These are medical devices that muggles use, I believe it's called an ultrasound machine, now lie down." Poppy demanded.

"Poppy I am not going to lie down, I came for tea and besides I have essays to grade an-"

"Minerva McGonagall! Lie. Down." Poppy said, glaring at her friend, Minerva loudly put her stack of essays down on a table and huffed over to the bed where she lay down. Poppy transfigured her robes into a muggle shirt and jeans, the she lifted Minerva's shirt to expose her stomach.

Poppy pulled out a tube if gel, and hit the bottom against her hand.

"This may be a bit cold." She said opening the tube, just as she was about to squeeze the gel onto minerva's stomach there was a knock on the door.

"Poppy? Are you in there?" Albus asked

"Yes Albus, come in." She replied looking at the door.

"Oh! Well, what's all this?" Albus asked as he walked in and saw Minerva on the bed in muggle clothing, her stomach exposed and all the machinery around her.

"I have no idea." Minerva replied and Poppy lightly smacked her arm.

"You'll see, again this may be cold." Poppy said squeezing the gel into Minerva's stomach. She gasped, as she wasn't expecting it to be that cold, and Albus walked over, conjuring a chair for himself and sat down taking Minerva's hand.

"Well whatever she is doing, I'm sure it will be fine!" Albus said. Poppy was now moving something across her stomach, eyes glued to the odd looking screen, searching for something. Minerva was about to ask what her friend was looking for when Poppy made a triumphant noise.

"There!" Poppy said enthusiastically pointing to a pulsating dot on the screen.

"What is it?" Minerva asked having no clue what she was talking about.

"That, Minerva," Poppy said emphasizing 'that' "is your child's heartbeat." Poppy said proudly.

Minerva looked at the screen to the small pulsating dot which was the heart beat of their child. Her child, her and Albus' child. Minerva couldn't believe it. She had always wanted a child and now her dream was coming true.

She looked up at Albus, a smile on her face. He looked at her a smile on his.

"We're having a baby." Minerva said as the news really started to sink in.

"We're having a baby." Albus said back as he kissed his wife's forehead. The two looked back to the screen displaying their baby's heartbeat and a tear escaped and ran down Minerva's cheek. It was a tear of joy