Recipient: velvetmouse Prompt: Snape. McGonagall. Anchovies. Honey. And a student's misunderstanding of a spell. Must be G rated. Word Count Umm ... 285. (I never really got the hang of drabbles.) Rating: G
At first, Severus hadn’t minded that the Headmistress seemed to be channeling the spirit of her predecessor. The old Minerva McGonagall would have pressed charges for Professor Dumbledore’s murder, even though Dumbledore had asked him to do it; the new one merely listened to his story in silence and remarked that Hogwarts would always give shelter to those in trouble. She also insisted that he return to the Potions position, as Slughorn had Transfigured himself into an armchair again, but at the time Severus had been grateful enough to agree to anything.
He changed his mind less than a week after the beginning of the new term, when he encountered Cathy Macmillan and her execrable attempt at a Cake-Frosting Potion. She said she was attempting buttercream with a note of honey, but both the cooking spells and the frosting had gone
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McGonagall turning into Dumbledore? The stuff of nightmares. It works the way you write it, though. Particular kudos for the last line, which is far, far too Dumbledore to be comfortable...
Prompt: Snape. McGonagall. Anchovies. Honey. And a student's misunderstanding of a spell. Must be G rated.
Word Count Umm ... 285. (I never really got the hang of drabbles.)
Rating: G
At first, Severus hadn’t minded that the Headmistress seemed to be channeling the spirit of her predecessor. The old Minerva McGonagall would have pressed charges for Professor Dumbledore’s murder, even though Dumbledore had asked him to do it; the new one merely listened to his story in silence and remarked that Hogwarts would always give shelter to those in trouble. She also insisted that he return to the Potions position, as Slughorn had Transfigured himself into an armchair again, but at the time Severus had been grateful enough to agree to anything.
He changed his mind less than a week after the beginning of the new term, when he encountered Cathy Macmillan and her execrable attempt at a Cake-Frosting Potion. She said she was attempting buttercream with a note of honey, but both the cooking spells and the frosting had gone ( ... )
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