*Oh my* I have read this so often, but yet failed to comment: Sorry! It is one of the stories I find new sentences and images to treasure with every re-reading (and besides all this Minerva/Vector is a favourite pairing of mine which I very rarely find written ;-)) ). Prof.Vector approaching the castle is a stroke of genius, and the "one" that changes everything at the (almost) end. Cat-Minerva on the Headmaster's desk is another of the perfect images that stick to my mind.... And the whole plot-idea of the castle that slowly comes to terms with its purpose again: truly inspired ! Minervas_Eule at LJ