Dec 06; Harry Potter; Minerva McGonagall, Robert McGonagall; "Light of the World"

[kelly_chambliss]

Title: Light of the World
Author: kelly_chambliss
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Robert McGonagall
Rating: G
Word Count: 100 (according to AO3)
Prompt: Candles in the window

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Every Advent season, the Reverend Robert McGonagall lit a candle in the bow window of the family's sitting room.

"It's a symbol," he told his children, "of the light of our Lord. May it help those who are lost to be found."

It has been a long time since Headmistress McGonagall followed her father's religion, but in the years after the war, she finds her thoughts returning to the story of the loving Saviour always looking for the lost.

She thinks of Albus and Severus and so many others as she places a candle in her window on Christmas Eve.

Comments

[mrs_sweetpeach]

Waah. This made me sad. Less for Albus and more for Severus though.

[kelly_chambliss]

Thanks for reading! I imagine the post-war years are indeed sad ones in a lot of the wizarding world.

[felaine]

Beautifully written and hopeful.
I'm glad she believes they are out there somewhere.

[kelly_chambliss]

Thank you! I do want there to be some hope in the post-war world!

[enchanted_jae]

Oh, how lovely!

[kelly_chambliss]

Thank you!

[torino10154]

Oh, that made me tear up. Lovely.

[kelly_chambliss]

Thanks, dear! Christmas can be a poignant time.