Harry Potter AU

[zoibox]

Exactly what it says on the tin.

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[cisskabob]

Cissie knocked on the headmistress’s office door before opening it just far enough to poke her head inside. “Professor? You wanted to see me?”

Please don’t fire me, she thought to herself. She didn’t think she’d done anything fireable recently, but she also had no idea why Professor McGonagall wanted to see her.

[mayiofferyouacoughdrop]

"Come in." Minerva motioned for the young woman (all women looked young to her these days) to enter the headmistress's office. The portraits along the walls watched with mild curiosity, but none of them interrupted--a rare blessing. "Have a seat, Ms. King-Jones." She gestured to one of the chairs in front of the desk. She waited until the other woman was settled before sitting down herself and leaning forward, resting her elbows on her desk. "How are you settling in?"

[choosetruth]

Georgia's expression is grim and determined under her sunglasses as she takes a seat in front of McGonagall.

"I'm not retracting my article, and you can't shut down the paper."

She doesn't know for sure that's why McGonagall wanted to see her, but she's ready to fight if it is. She respects McGonagall a lot, but not as much as she respects the Truth.

[mayiofferyouacoughdrop]

"Relax, Miss Mason. No one has asked you to do anything of the sort, and your paper is a credit to yourself and to the school." Really, young people these days. "I can't remember the last time we had a student so committed to the concept of truth that they started a school paper."

[choosetruth]

"Oh." Georgia came here ready for a fight, for censorship, for the opposition she knows the press can face. She isn't prepared for McGonagall to tell her she's a credit to the school. She's almost taken aback as she asks, "Then why am I here?"