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1. A Slant-Told Tale by Squibstress

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Jun 2018

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Albus Dumbledore & Minerva McGonagall
   • Albus Dumbledore/Minerva McGonagall
   • Minerva McGonagall/Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Griselda Marchbanks
   • Original Characters
   • Hermione Granger
   • Molly Weasley
   • Angst
   • Romance
   • Arranged Marriage
   • Attempted Sexual Assault
   • Not Pottermore Compliant
   • Pre-Canon
   • Canon Divergence - Post-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
   • Physical Disability
   • Domestic Violence
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Blood and Injury
   • Family
   • POV Alternating
   • POV Multiple
   • Award Winners
   • Drama
   • Character Development
   • Backstory
   • Feminist Themes
   • Pureblood Society (Harry Potter)
   • Teacher-Student Relationship
   • First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)

   Summary

   Before she was Professor McGonagall, she was Minerva Macnair. After an arranged marriage forces her into an impossible situation, Minerva does what she must to survive. When she makes a new life for herself, her secrets follow and threaten everything, including the only love she has ever found. The tale of a woman, her secrets, and how she keeps them.

   Canon Note: This story complies with canon of the 7 Harry Potter novels. It ignores information from Pottermore/Wizarding World and other sources.

   Multiple Award Winner! Wattpad Seeker Award | Wattpad Harry Potter Fanfic Awards | MuggleNet Quicksilver Quill Award - Best Non-Canon Romance, Chaptered & Best Dark/Angsty Fic, Chaptered | HP Fanfic Fan Poll Award - Best Drama/Angst

   Featured Story! Wattpad Undiscovered Reading List | The Petulant Poetess 10th Anniversary Celebration | Wattpad Featured Story | The Petulant Poetess Featured Story

   Warnings:

   Brief (of-age) student/teacher Albus/Minerva, near sexual assault, domestic violence, blood and gore, alcoholism

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   166,956

   Chapters:

   48/48

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