Friday, 5 July: Minerva and Albus have breakfast together; Minerva receives Gertie’s invitation to the Gamps.

Monday, 8 July: Minerva arrives at the Gamps; she learns that Gertie had been married & that Albus had been seeing Valerianna Yaxley a few years ago; she makes the acquaintance of Gertie’s nephew-by-marriage, Cormac Quinlivan MacAirt, and of Valerianna Yaxley, who are also guests of the Gamps.

Tuesday, 9 July: Minerva meets Robert Crouch, Gertrude’s son; Quin performs a divination for Minerva.

Wednesday, 10 July: Minerva and Quin attend the engagement party together.

Thursday, 11 July: Minerva returns to Hogwarts, then visits Poppy and learns about the conspiracy of witches, led by Gertrude, a few years before; Minerva leaves for her parents’ home.

Friday, 12 July: Albus visits the McGonagalls.

Saturday, 13 July: Albus receives an owl from St. Mungo’s telling him that Pretnick was bitten by a werewolf.

Monday, 15 July : Minerva goes on a “date” with Filius Flitwick, set up by Albus, but neither party is aware that it is supposed to be a date.

Saturday, 20 July: Albus and Minerva go on a picnic breakfast, then Albus helps Melina with her Muggle boyfriend, Brennan; that evening, Albus and Minerva go to dinner and a concert.

Sunday, 21 July: Minerva learns that her wand and Albus’s are “mated.”

Monday, 22 July: Minerva has a bad day, then inadvertently is hurtful to Gertie. She later has drinks with Gertie, Johannes, and Hafrena MacAirt.

Tuesday, 23 July: Philomena Yaxley meets “Morag the Cat,” then Minerva and other members of the staff visit Jeremiah the Jarvey; Minerva has dinner with Quin at the Three Broomsticks, and ends her day with a chess game with Albus.

Wednesday, 24 July: Minerva leaves for her family home; before she leaves, she sees a shaved and shorn Albus; at her reaction, Albus removes the strong Glamour and returns to his normal bearded, long-haired self. She learns more about mated wands and reads some stories about witches and wizards who have held mated wands.

Thursday, 25 July: Minerva reads correspondence from Albus that he sent to her parents following her magical accident during her sixth year. Her mother explains  the nature of a magical drain and the love that is required to staunch it instinctively.

Saturday, 27 July: Minerva and Melina search for the perfect flat. Quin shows them two places he has for rent, and then invites Minerva for lunch at his home in London. Minerva confides in Quin and they shop for a birthday present for Albus.

Sunday, 28 July: Minerva has Gertrude and other guests for tea. Poppy expresses interest in Murdoch. Malcolm is his usual peculiar but entertaining self.

Wednesday, 31 July: Minerva returns to Hogwarts.

AUGUST 1957

Thursday, 1 August: Albus’s birthday; Minerva moves into Gryffindor Tower.

Friday, 2 August: Ward renewal.

Saturday, 3 August: Quin’s tour; Albus invites Minerva for dinner, and it’s a late night as he tells her some of his past.

Sunday, 4 August: Albus continues his story into the early hours of the morning; the next day, the two reflect on it. That afternoon, Albus and Minerva receive word that Professor Pretnick is dead.

Monday, 5 August: Albus and Minerva visit Professor Pretnick’s family.

Tuesday, 6 August: Professor Pretnick’s informal, private memorial service at Hogwarts.

Wednesday, 7 August: Minerva resumes her holiday.

Saturday, 10 August: Minerva returns to Hogwarts, but Albus is not there.

Monday, 12 August: Malcolm brings Hagrid a new puppy, Caesar; Albus returns unexpectedly; Minerva has dinner with Quin.

Tuesday, 13 August: Minerva returns to Hogwarts in the morning and encounters Albus.

Wednesday – Thursday, 14 – 15 August: Minerva leaves Hogwarts, distressed, and spends a few days with Quin; Albus is disconsolate. Wilspy returns and takes him in hand, making him eat.

Friday, 16 August: Quin confronts Albus on Friday evening, and Albus writes Minerva a letter, enclosing a poem he wrote a few weeks before, expressing his feelings. Wilspy sends the letter using Fawkes, and Minerva immediately goes to see Albus. They clear up the great misunderstanding that they each had.

Saturday, 17 August: Minerva and Albus spend the morning together, then Minerva goes into Hogsmeade and has tea with Quin. She returns to Hogwarts and finds that Albus has arranged a surprise for her. He brings her to a concert and then to dinner.

Sunday, 18 August: Albus and Minerva have breakfast and spend the morning together. He has planned another surprise for her in the evening. Minerva gets him to tell her about Valerianna and reassures him of his attractiveness to her.

Monday, 19 August: Minerva and Albus play a game of chess; Malcolm goes to observe the Nocturnal Dancing Umbratrope.

Tuesday, 20 August: Malcolm and Minerva talk about her relationship with Albus. Albus tells Minerva that she had an “interesting idea” earlier in the summer, and they act on it. 😉  Minerva wins her first chess game with Albus.

Wednesday, 21 August: Minerva and Malcolm practise; Malcolm and Albus have lunch; Albus and Minerva go to the McGonagall Cliffs.

Thursday, 22 August: Minerva entices Albus in his back stairwell.

Friday, 23 August: Melina and Brennan marry. Albus brings Minerva on a picnic.

Saturday, 24 August: Albus gives Malcolm a “practical” interview. Malcolm Apparates-by-Broom, rides a dragon, breaks a curse, and duels Albus. Albus uses a trick on Malcolm at the end of the duel; he congratulates him as the next instructor in Defence against the Dark Arts. Later that day, Albus and Minerva hear the Silent Knight’s tale, then Albus introduces Minerva to the wards in the final act in her installation as Head of Gryffindor.

Sunday, 25 August – Wednesday, 28 August: Albus and Minerva take a short holiday before the beginning of the school year (see “A Holiday with the Headmaster”), returning on Wednesday for an afternoon staff meeting.

Friday, 30 August: Siofre’s husband Herbert McKenna dies in the early morning; there is a Hogwarts annual staff party in the evening.

SEPTEMBER 1957

Sunday, 1 September: Minerva, Malcolm, and Albus attend Herbert’s funeral in the morning; Minerva gives Siofre the gift from Johannes. The students are Sorted; Alroy lands in Gryffindor.

Monday, 2 September: The first day of classes, and the students have a clear reaction to their new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Albus tells Minerva what he has learned about the Silent Knight’s story, and they have a conversation with the Knight.

Friday, 6 September: The first week of classes draws to an end. Albus has a surprise for Minerva.

OCTOBER 1957

Friday, 4 October: Minerva’s thirty-third birthday. Albus has several surprises for her. (Epilogue)

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