Disclaimer: Professor Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Harry Potter..all that you recognize belongs to J.K Rowling.

Chapter 1

'What a day' Professor McGonagall thought as she walked into her bedroom in her tartan nightgown at 1am, after sending all the Gryffindor students back to their beds.

Gryffindor had won the Qudditch Cup for the 4th time, thanks to Harry Potter and his Firebolt. The opposing House, Slytherin, lost terribly to Gryffindor by the score 20-200 and to Professor McGonagall's delight, the Slytherin House Master, Professor Severus Snape, didn't look happy with the results at all. Oh well, it serves him right for gloating over Slytherin's huge victory over Gryffindor so much in front of her six years ago.

The Gryffindors, of course, were very joyous and they celebrated their victory in the Gryffindor common room after the match. They made so much noises that they woke the Slytherins, who were very bitter about their defeat. They complained to Professor Snape and Snape banged on Professor McGonagall's door, saying that her "annoying lions" were trying to wake all the people in Hogwarts. She glared at Snape and said that his "precious snakes" were making too much fuss over a little noise but she took her words back when she went to the Gryffindor common room to check them in case Snape and his snakes were correct. In the end she told them to get to bed otherwise 10 points will be taken off from Gryffindor. Snape was outside the common room, listening to every single word Professor McGonagall had said.

"You should have taken those points off Gryffindor. At least the Slytherins can be happy over this." Snape said bitterly as Professor McGonagall came out of the quiet Gryffindor common room.

"Shut up, Severus, I am the head of this house, not you." She snapped. Snape raised his eyebrows. "That's just an suggestion, why are you so angry for?" "Nothing." She snapped again, left Snape and back to her bedroom.

Professor McGonagall climbed into bed, thinking about what she saw in the Gryffindor common room: Dean Thomas kicking a book in the air, showing Ron Weasley how the muggles play soccer, Seamus Finnigan and Neville Longbottom playing Exploding Snap, Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown and Ginny Weasley were listening and dancing to some muggle music, which were playing loudly on a muggle record player. (Great Wizards know where did they get that record player from) and Hermione Granger was wiping cake stains off Harry's cheek. Harry was smiling and then both of them were gazing at each other lovingly.

Professor McGonagall sighed. Hermione's actions were familiar. Too familiar. She had done that herself, to someone many years ago.

'Oh stop it, Minerva; you are making yourself miserable by just thinking of him,' she scolded herself. 'Go to sleep.' She closed her eyes and felt herself drifting off to sleep.