𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐌. 𝑫𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑶

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟒.𝟎

❝CHAPTER 4 - MARRIAGE 4❞

❝Well, there goes my future. ❞

GREAT HALL BACK CHAMBER
earlier before the Sorting...

MINERVA MCGONAGALL
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THE FEELING of joy mixed grief Minerva was feeling was unexplainable, it was ridiculous. The joy she was feeling because finally she did it, Hogwarts is open again for young wizards and witches. Hogwarts has finally rebuilt itself after 2 years of waiting. 2 years, can you belive it? She stayed at Hogwarts for the past two years to watch it rebuild itself and Albus was right, Hogwarts rebuilding itself was beautiful. Working at Hogwarts for centuries, starting to being a transfiguration professor, to being head of Gryffindor, being Head Deputy and now to Headmistress. The emotion was overwhelming, before the school year started, she shed a few painful tears while sitting on the chair where her deceased friend was once sitting. As if watching Hogwarts beautifully heal itself was the only thing that made her release all the bottled up emotions, she thought,

It was also time to heal myself.

So she did. Letting go all the painful memories and making new ones. Letting go of her students dying, Albus dying, Severus dying. Then making new ones as such seeing her dear students on September 1st. She dearly missed them all, she missed the students chattering in the hallways, their laughter and carefree attitudes. She was happy when she wrote all the letters that Hogwarts is ready again. She was overjoyed when the Professors decided to also come back. Poppy and Pomona was kind to stay with her two weeks earlier to ready the castle, getting help from house elves as well. She was ok. They are going to be ok.

I finally did it Albus you stupid prat.

But then only a week left before the students to come back, in her office, while writing paperwork her owl came flying through the window holding a roll of Daily Prophet. She scoffed, after what happened in the past she choose to carefully read what she would believe and what she should not. She ignored it and gave her owl a small treat, but then she saw the headline.

WIZARDING WOLRD IN BRINK OF DISAPPEARING. MINISTRY AGREES WITH FOWARDING MARRIAGE LAW. IS THIS THE END?

Dropping her quill, she snatched the paper then opening it, reading to the page where the entire story was, she read the first stanza and she felt like passing out.

"The Wizarding world is nearly in extinction. The damage of the war made 2 years ago was too much, it took almost 70% of our population. I believe this new law will help and I hope it would help us expanding our kind." said the new Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt. It seemed that the war did damage not only to the people but also to our existence. Is this really the end of our world? Is this the only way-