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Although Minerva was too young to remember that night, its aftermath left her with a bitter understanding of the complications of growing up with magic in a Muggle world. Although Robert McGonagall loved his wife no less upon discovering that she was a witch, he was profoundly shocked by her revelation, and by the fact that she had kept such a secret from him for so long. What was more, he, who prided himself on being an upright and honest man, was now drawn into a life of secrecy that was quite foreign to his nature. Isobel explained, through her sobs, that she (and their daughter) were bound by the International Statute of Secrecy, and that they must conceal the truth about themselves, or face the fury of the Ministry of Magic. Robert also quailed at the thought of how the locals - in the main, an austere, straight-laced and conventional breed - would feel about having a witch as their Minister’s wife.
Love endured, but trust had been broken between her parents, and Minerva, a clever and observant child, saw this with sadness. Two more children, both sons, were born to the McGonagalls, and both, in due course, revealed magical ability. Minerva helped her mother explain to Malcolm and Robert Junior that they must not flaunt their magic, and aided her mother in concealing from their father the accidents and embarrassments their magic sometimes caused.
Minerva was very close to her Muggle father, whom in temperament she resembled more than her mother. She saw with pain how much he struggled with the family’s strange situation. She sensed, too, how much of a strain it was for her mother to fit in with the all-Muggle village, and how much she missed the freedom of being with her kind, and of exercising her considerable talents. Minerva never forgot how much her mother cried, when the letter of admittance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrived on Minerva’s eleventh birthday; she knew that Isobel was sobbing, not only out of pride, but also out of envy.
School Career
As is often the case where the young witch or wizard comes from a family who has struggled with its magical identity, Hogwarts was, for Minerva McGonagall, a place of joyful release and freedom.
Minerva drew unusual attention to herself on her very first evening, when she was revealed to be a Hatstall. After five and a half minutes, the Sorting Hat, which had been vacillating between the houses of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, placed Minerva in the latter. (In later years, this circumstance was a subject of gentle humour between Minerva and her colleague Filius Flitwick, over whom the Sorting Hat suffered the same confusion, but reached the opposite conclusion. The two Heads of house were amused to think that they might, but for those crucial moments in their youths, have exchanged positions).
Minerva was quickly recognised as the most outstanding student of her year, with a particular talent for Transfiguration. As she progressed through the school, she demonstrated that she had inherited both her mother’s talents and her father’s cast-iron moral sense. Minerva’s school career overlapped by two years with that of Pomona Sprout, later Head of Hufflepuff House, and the two women enjoyed an excellent relationship both then, and in later years.By the end of her education at Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall had achieved an impressive record: top grades in O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s, Prefect, Head Girl, and winner of the Transfiguration Today Most Promising Newcomer award. Under the guidance of her inspirational Transfiguration teacher, Albus Dumbledore, she had managed to become an Animagus; her animal form, with its distinctive markings (tabby cat, square spectacles markings around eyes) were duly logged in the Ministry of Magic’s Animagus Registry. Minerva was also, like her mother, a gifted Quidditch player, although a nasty fall in her final year (a foul during the Gryffindor versus Slytherin game which would decide the Cup winner) left her with concussion, several broken ribs and a lifelong desire to see Slytherin crushed on the Quidditch pitch. Though she gave up Quidditch on leaving Hogwarts, the innately competitive Professor McGonagall later took a keen interest in the fortunes of her house team, and retained a keen eye for Quidditch talent.Early HeartbreakUpon graduation from Hogwarts, Minerva returned to the manse to enjoy one last summer with her family before setting out for London, where she had been offered a position at the Ministry of Magic (Department of Magical Law Enforcement). These months were
Love endured, but trust had been broken between her parents, and Minerva, a clever and observant child, saw this with sadness. Two more children, both sons, were born to the McGonagalls, and both, in due course, revealed magical ability. Minerva helped her mother explain to Malcolm and Robert Junior that they must not flaunt their magic, and aided her mother in concealing from their father the accidents and embarrassments their magic sometimes caused.
Minerva was very close to her Muggle father, whom in temperament she resembled more than her mother. She saw with pain how much he struggled with the family’s strange situation. She sensed, too, how much of a strain it was for her mother to fit in with the all-Muggle village, and how much she missed the freedom of being with her kind, and of exercising her considerable talents. Minerva never forgot how much her mother cried, when the letter of admittance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrived on Minerva’s eleventh birthday; she knew that Isobel was sobbing, not only out of pride, but also out of envy.
School Career
As is often the case where the young witch or wizard comes from a family who has struggled with its magical identity, Hogwarts was, for Minerva McGonagall, a place of joyful release and freedom.
Minerva drew unusual attention to herself on her very first evening, when she was revealed to be a Hatstall. After five and a half minutes, the Sorting Hat, which had been vacillating between the houses of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, placed Minerva in the latter. (In later years, this circumstance was a subject of gentle humour between Minerva and her colleague Filius Flitwick, over whom the Sorting Hat suffered the same confusion, but reached the opposite conclusion. The two Heads of house were amused to think that they might, but for those crucial moments in their youths, have exchanged positions).
Minerva was quickly recognised as the most outstanding student of her year, with a particular talent for Transfiguration. As she progressed through the school, she demonstrated that she had inherited both her mother’s talents and her father’s cast-iron moral sense. Minerva’s school career overlapped by two years with that of Pomona Sprout, later Head of Hufflepuff House, and the two women enjoyed an excellent relationship both then, and in later years.By the end of her education at Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall had achieved an impressive record: top grades in O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s, Prefect, Head Girl, and winner of the Transfiguration Today Most Promising Newcomer award. Under the guidance of her inspirational Transfiguration teacher, Albus Dumbledore, she had managed to become an Animagus; her animal form, with its distinctive markings (tabby cat, square spectacles markings around eyes) were duly logged in the Ministry of Magic’s Animagus Registry. Minerva was also, like her mother, a gifted Quidditch player, although a nasty fall in her final year (a foul during the Gryffindor versus Slytherin game which would decide the Cup winner) left her with concussion, several broken ribs and a lifelong desire to see Slytherin crushed on the Quidditch pitch. Though she gave up Quidditch on leaving Hogwarts, the innately competitive Professor McGonagall later took a keen interest in the fortunes of her house team, and retained a keen eye for Quidditch talent.Early HeartbreakUpon graduation from Hogwarts, Minerva returned to the manse to enjoy one last summer with her family before setting out for London, where she had been offered a position at the Ministry of Magic (Department of Magical Law Enforcement). These months were
Through all her early years at Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall remained on terms of friendship with her old boss at the Ministry, Elphinstone Urquart. He came to visit her while on holiday to Scotland, and to her great surprise and embarrassment, proposed marriage in Madam Puddifoot’s teashop. Still in love with Dougal McGregor, Minerva turned him down.Elphinstone, however, had never ceased to love her, nor to propose every now and then, even though she continued to refuse him. The death of Dougal McGregor, however, although traumatic, seemed to free Minerva. Shortly after Voldemort’s first defeat, Elphinstone, now white-haired, proposed again during a summertime stroll around the lake in the Hogwarts grounds. This time Minerva accepted. Elphinstone, now retired, was beside himself with joy, and purchased a small cottage in Hogsmeade for the pair of them, whence Minerva could travel easily to work every day.Known to successive generations of students as ‘Professor McGonagall,’ Minerva - always something of a feminist - announced that she would be keeping her own name upon marriage. Traditionalists sniffed - why was Minerva refusing to accept a pure-blood name, and keeping that of her Muggle father?The marriage (cut tragically short, though it was destined to be) was a very happy one. Though they had no children of their own, Minerva’s nieces and nephews (children of her brothers Malcolm and Robert) were frequent visitors to their home. This was a period of great fulfillment for Minerva.
The accidental death of Elphinstone from a Venomous Tentacula bite, three years into their marriage, was an enormous sorrow to all who knew the couple. Minerva could not bear to remain alone in their cottage, but packed her things after Elphinstone’s funeral and returned to her sparse stone-floored bedroom in Hogwarts Castle, accessible through a concealed door in the wall of her first-floor study. Always a very brave and private person, she poured all her energies into her work, and few people - excepting perhaps Albus Dumbledore - ever realised how much she suffered.
The accidental death of Elphinstone from a Venomous Tentacula bite, three years into their marriage, was an enormous sorrow to all who knew the couple. Minerva could not bear to remain alone in their cottage, but packed her things after Elphinstone’s funeral and returned to her sparse stone-floored bedroom in Hogwarts Castle, accessible through a concealed door in the wall of her first-floor study. Always a very brave and private person, she poured all her energies into her work, and few people - excepting perhaps Albus Dumbledore - ever realised how much she suffered.
学校生活
像其他类似来自对魔法身份万分纠结的家庭的年轻男女巫师一样，霍格沃茨对于米勒娃来说是一个充满解脱和自（百度）由的地方。
米勒娃在她来这里的第一天晚上分院的时候就吸引了别人的目光。分院帽花了5分半钟在格兰芬多和拉文克劳之间徘徊不定，最后选择了前者。（在之后的岁月里，这件事成了米勒娃和她同事弗利维教授之间的一个小笑话，分院帽在为弗利维选择学院的时候也犹豫了半天，但是却做了相反的决定，把他分到了拉文克劳。这两位学院的院长愉快地遐想也许他们年轻的时候如果不是因为这些很关键的时刻，两个人的位置会互换，米勒娃去当拉文克劳的院长，而弗利维教授去当格兰芬多的院长）
米勒娃很快就成了同级中最出色的学生，她尤其擅长变形术。随着学校生活的进行，她开始展示出她从母亲那里继承的才华和从父亲那里继承的铸铁般坚定的道德感。米勒娃有两年和波莫纳斯普劳特共校，后者之后成了赫奇伯奇的院长，在以后的岁月中，两位女性之间保持极好的关系。
在毕业之前，米勒娃取得了惊人的成绩：OWLs和NEWLs年级第一，级长，女学生会主席，当代变形术最有前途的新人奖获得者。在启发人的老师邓布利多教授的指导下，她成为了一名带有很明显的记号的魔法部注册阿尼玛格斯（虎斑猫，眼睛周围是方形眼镜的条纹）。像她的母亲一样，米勒娃是一个很有天分的魁地奇球员，七年级时一次很严重的坠地事故（和斯莱特林争夺魁地奇杯时对方的犯规行为）使她脑震荡，断了几根肋骨并且此生极其盼望斯莱特林能够输个惨败。虽然她在离开学校后放弃了魁地奇，但是好强天性让麦格教授对自己学院寄与厚望，而且留意为球队物色优秀队员。
像其他类似来自对魔法身份万分纠结的家庭的年轻男女巫师一样，霍格沃茨对于米勒娃来说是一个充满解脱和自（百度）由的地方。
米勒娃在她来这里的第一天晚上分院的时候就吸引了别人的目光。分院帽花了5分半钟在格兰芬多和拉文克劳之间徘徊不定，最后选择了前者。（在之后的岁月里，这件事成了米勒娃和她同事弗利维教授之间的一个小笑话，分院帽在为弗利维选择学院的时候也犹豫了半天，但是却做了相反的决定，把他分到了拉文克劳。这两位学院的院长愉快地遐想也许他们年轻的时候如果不是因为这些很关键的时刻，两个人的位置会互换，米勒娃去当拉文克劳的院长，而弗利维教授去当格兰芬多的院长）
米勒娃很快就成了同级中最出色的学生，她尤其擅长变形术。随着学校生活的进行，她开始展示出她从母亲那里继承的才华和从父亲那里继承的铸铁般坚定的道德感。米勒娃有两年和波莫纳斯普劳特共校，后者之后成了赫奇伯奇的院长，在以后的岁月中，两位女性之间保持极好的关系。
在毕业之前，米勒娃取得了惊人的成绩：OWLs和NEWLs年级第一，级长，女学生会主席，当代变形术最有前途的新人奖获得者。在启发人的老师邓布利多教授的指导下，她成为了一名带有很明显的记号的魔法部注册阿尼玛格斯（虎斑猫，眼睛周围是方形眼镜的条纹）。像她的母亲一样，米勒娃是一个很有天分的魁地奇球员，七年级时一次很严重的坠地事故（和斯莱特林争夺魁地奇杯时对方的犯规行为）使她脑震荡，断了几根肋骨并且此生极其盼望斯莱特林能够输个惨败。虽然她在离开学校后放弃了魁地奇，但是好强天性让麦格教授对自己学院寄与厚望，而且留意为球队物色优秀队员。
早年心碎经历
毕业之后，米勒娃回到原来的牧师住宅度夏，她打算之后搬去伦敦生活，因为魔法部（执行司？）向她提供了一份工作。这个夏天给她到来了许多痛苦。那时候才18岁的米勒娃重蹈母亲的覆辙，完完全全地与一个麻瓜男孩坠入爱河。
这是米勒娃麦格第一次也是唯一一次失去理智，道格迈克格雷格是一个既英俊聪明，又有趣的一个当地农场主的儿子。虽然不如伊莎贝尔美丽，米勒娃既聪明又智慧。俩人有一种共同的幽默感，经常激烈地争论问题，而且相互探测对方的神秘感（这句话我觉得意思是两个人对于对方都是充满神秘感的，而且互相很感兴趣）。两个人还没有意识到怎么回事，道格就单膝跪在刚刚翻过的土地上，求婚，米勒娃答应了。
她回到家，正打算告诉她父母，却发现她不做不到。那天晚上她彻夜未眠，思考着她的未来。道格对她身份的了解并不比婚前她父亲对伊莎贝拉的了解多，米勒娃近距离地目睹过了她父母的可悲的婚姻生活，如果她嫁给了道格那也将成为她的婚姻生活。她所有的抱负都将终结。而且那将意味着锁起来的魔杖和教孩子去说谎，甚至对他们的父亲说谎。她不会自欺欺人地以为道格迈克格雷格会陪她去伦敦。他正期盼着继承他父亲的农场。
第二天早上，米勒娃从家里溜出来，告诉道格她改变了主意，她将不会嫁给他。想起她如果违反了国际保密法，可能连魔法部的工作也失去，她甚至给不出道格分手的原因。她走了，留下道格身心憔悴，三天后去往伦敦。
毕业之后，米勒娃回到原来的牧师住宅度夏，她打算之后搬去伦敦生活，因为魔法部（执行司？）向她提供了一份工作。这个夏天给她到来了许多痛苦。那时候才18岁的米勒娃重蹈母亲的覆辙，完完全全地与一个麻瓜男孩坠入爱河。
这是米勒娃麦格第一次也是唯一一次失去理智，道格迈克格雷格是一个既英俊聪明，又有趣的一个当地农场主的儿子。虽然不如伊莎贝尔美丽，米勒娃既聪明又智慧。俩人有一种共同的幽默感，经常激烈地争论问题，而且相互探测对方的神秘感（这句话我觉得意思是两个人对于对方都是充满神秘感的，而且互相很感兴趣）。两个人还没有意识到怎么回事，道格就单膝跪在刚刚翻过的土地上，求婚，米勒娃答应了。
她回到家，正打算告诉她父母，却发现她不做不到。那天晚上她彻夜未眠，思考着她的未来。道格对她身份的了解并不比婚前她父亲对伊莎贝拉的了解多，米勒娃近距离地目睹过了她父母的可悲的婚姻生活，如果她嫁给了道格那也将成为她的婚姻生活。她所有的抱负都将终结。而且那将意味着锁起来的魔杖和教孩子去说谎，甚至对他们的父亲说谎。她不会自欺欺人地以为道格迈克格雷格会陪她去伦敦。他正期盼着继承他父亲的农场。
第二天早上，米勒娃从家里溜出来，告诉道格她改变了主意，她将不会嫁给他。想起她如果违反了国际保密法，可能连魔法部的工作也失去，她甚至给不出道格分手的原因。她走了，留下道格身心憔悴，三天后去往伦敦。
魔法部生涯
虽然毫无疑问她对于魔法部的感情会受到她最近分手的影响，米勒娃麦格本身也不喜欢她的新家和工作环境，因为一些同事对麻瓜带着强烈的歧视与偏见，她喜欢麻瓜父亲，而且仍然爱着道格麦格格雷格,她对自己的决定感到遗憾。她是一名效率很高很有天赋的职员，而且很喜爱上司 Elphinstone Urquart,但是米勒娃在伦敦仍然感到很不开心，她思念苏格兰。最终，在魔法部呆了两年之后，她得到了一个很大的升职机会，却拒绝了。她寄了封信给霍格沃茨，询问她是否可以被考虑够格做教师，不到几个小时回信就来了，向她提供一个变形术部门的工作，回信人是该部门的主管，邓布利多。（按大学里面应该是变形术系，老邓是该系负责人….）
虽然毫无疑问她对于魔法部的感情会受到她最近分手的影响，米勒娃麦格本身也不喜欢她的新家和工作环境，因为一些同事对麻瓜带着强烈的歧视与偏见，她喜欢麻瓜父亲，而且仍然爱着道格麦格格雷格,她对自己的决定感到遗憾。她是一名效率很高很有天赋的职员，而且很喜爱上司 Elphinstone Urquart,但是米勒娃在伦敦仍然感到很不开心，她思念苏格兰。最终，在魔法部呆了两年之后，她得到了一个很大的升职机会，却拒绝了。她寄了封信给霍格沃茨，询问她是否可以被考虑够格做教师，不到几个小时回信就来了，向她提供一个变形术部门的工作，回信人是该部门的主管，邓布利多。（按大学里面应该是变形术系，老邓是该系负责人….）
婚姻
她在霍格沃茨教书的前几年，米勒娃麦格和她原来在魔法部的上司Elphinstone Urquart保持着友谊。假期是他来苏格兰看望她，令她感到大为惊奇和尴尬的是，他居然在帕迪芙咖啡馆向她求婚了。但是米勒娃仍然爱着Dougal McGregor，她拒绝了他。
但是Elphinstone从未停止爱她，他之后几次向她求婚，仍然被拒绝。后来，Dougal因为外伤而意外身亡，使米勒娃得到某种情感上的解放。在伏地魔第一次失势后，已是白发的Elphinstone，在一次仲夏散步中，在霍格沃茨的湖畔，又一次向米勒娃求婚。这次米勒娃接受了。带着快乐退了休的Elphinstone在霍格莫德为他们俩人买了一幢别墅，这样米勒娃就可以很方便地每天去学校工作。
已经被一届又一届的学生称作“麦格教授”，有一点女权主义特质的米勒娃宣布她结婚后仍然保留自己的姓氏。传统主义者嗤之以鼻：为什么米勒娃情愿放弃接受一个纯血统的姓氏，却保留她麻瓜父亲的姓？
这是一门（虽然短得带有悲剧的性质，但是注定是）非常快乐的婚姻。虽然两个人没有孩子，米勒娃的侄子侄女（也就是她两个弟弟的子女）经常来小别墅里玩，这极大地充实了米勒娃的生活。
仅仅在他们结婚三年后，Elphinstone因毒触手咬伤而意外死亡，这对于所有认识这对夫妇的人来说都是极大的悲痛。米勒娃无法忍受独自一人呆在他们的别墅里，于是在Elphinstone的葬礼之后收拾行礼回到了她在霍格沃茨城堡里朴素的石头地板房间里。她的卧室经由二层书房墙上一道暗门进入，她总是非常勇敢并且非常注重隐私，她将自己全部精力用在了工作上。很少有人——也许邓布利多除外——意识到她承受了多大的痛苦。
她在霍格沃茨教书的前几年，米勒娃麦格和她原来在魔法部的上司Elphinstone Urquart保持着友谊。假期是他来苏格兰看望她，令她感到大为惊奇和尴尬的是，他居然在帕迪芙咖啡馆向她求婚了。但是米勒娃仍然爱着Dougal McGregor，她拒绝了他。
但是Elphinstone从未停止爱她，他之后几次向她求婚，仍然被拒绝。后来，Dougal因为外伤而意外身亡，使米勒娃得到某种情感上的解放。在伏地魔第一次失势后，已是白发的Elphinstone，在一次仲夏散步中，在霍格沃茨的湖畔，又一次向米勒娃求婚。这次米勒娃接受了。带着快乐退了休的Elphinstone在霍格莫德为他们俩人买了一幢别墅，这样米勒娃就可以很方便地每天去学校工作。
已经被一届又一届的学生称作“麦格教授”，有一点女权主义特质的米勒娃宣布她结婚后仍然保留自己的姓氏。传统主义者嗤之以鼻：为什么米勒娃情愿放弃接受一个纯血统的姓氏，却保留她麻瓜父亲的姓？
这是一门（虽然短得带有悲剧的性质，但是注定是）非常快乐的婚姻。虽然两个人没有孩子，米勒娃的侄子侄女（也就是她两个弟弟的子女）经常来小别墅里玩，这极大地充实了米勒娃的生活。
仅仅在他们结婚三年后，Elphinstone因毒触手咬伤而意外死亡，这对于所有认识这对夫妇的人来说都是极大的悲痛。米勒娃无法忍受独自一人呆在他们的别墅里，于是在Elphinstone的葬礼之后收拾行礼回到了她在霍格沃茨城堡里朴素的石头地板房间里。她的卧室经由二层书房墙上一道暗门进入，她总是非常勇敢并且非常注重隐私，她将自己全部精力用在了工作上。很少有人——也许邓布利多除外——意识到她承受了多大的痛苦。
