"The Cup That Cheers" for "Belinda Buckett" Title: The Cup That Cheers
Author/Artist: Nancy Nightshade (
inamac)
Recipient: Belinda Buckett (
captainraychill)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Minerva McGonagall, Malcolm McGonagall, assorted OC wizards and ghosts.
Rating: Gen
Word count: 4,766
Warnings: None
Summary: 1966. Minerva has always maintained that she only uses her ability to turn into a tabby cat for legitimate Order business. But when her brother calls with an urgent request for help, she finds herself dealing with very different business.
Author's notes: I asked for a 'date' prompt, and something related to 'subsidiary canon' (the Comic Relief books and
Beedle. Belinda gave me 1966 and asking for a story based on
the assumption that the footnote on page 81 of my copy of Beedle the Bard
... is a LIE. Thanks to my beta for identifying an event in 1966 on which this is based. I have used (some) of JKR's background for Minerva from
Pottermore - but I don't believe a word of it.
( The Cup That Cheers )