Author's Note:

I have loved Harry Potter as long as everyone. I haven't written anything Harry Potter related in years but this is the first world I wrote fan fiction about.

The Legend of Irma Pince

Author's Note:

There was always more to Irma Pince than people saw. People who called her names and cringed when saw her. She about as well-liked as Filch by students when they saw her and had overdue books. There was so little people knew about her bravery. I once heard the legendary Harry Potter say she resembled an underfed vulture. Granted he was a second-year back then, but it is unfortunate that this is the impression she left on many students.

I supposed I should mention who I am. My name is Anna Beatrice. Really I am nobody. I was a sixth year Ravenclaw during the Battle of Hogwarts. No I don't have any special memories about the man many still call the Boy Who Lived. Today, twenty years later, I am a local charm breaker for the ministry with a pair of teenage girls who got sorted into Griffindor and I am as proud as can be. But again this isn't about me, this about the woman whose bravery mostly went unnoticed during the Battle of Hogwarts and the events that led up to them.

The day of what I believe to be her bravest acts I asked her if I could write about them and she said no. I asked her every anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. Nineteen years later on the day before the anniversary she sent me a vial of memories with a note to use them carefully. I sent owls to a few friends and learned that she would be retiring the next year after sixty years of service. I guess she is ready for her story to be told.

Most of her memories are small fragments that tell volumes about how her actions affected things. As she was mostly seen behind a desk few people realize she did more than stamp books. When students entered the library she considered them to be under her protection. She watched and listened and there was little she missed. Was she tricked by a few notes giving access to the restricted by pompous professors? No actually. If students misused their notes she trusted the professors to hold them to accountable. She never felt comfortable when certain people were in the library and watched the students even more closely. Some students might have misjudged that as her being super-intrusive but it was far from the opposite. Despite impressions, she cared more about the student than the books and that was never more obvious than during the Battle of Hogwarts.

But the events leading up to that fateful night are just as valuable. During each year of Harry Potter's time at Hogwarts she sensed thing were changing and prepared accordingly. This was her school she made a vow to do her part to protect and guide the students. This is the story, the legend of Irma Pince.