Professor McGonagol prepped herself. She had been thinking about this all morning, but now it was time to go to one of the most important meetings of her career. She looked at the mirror in her office.
"I can do this." She said to herself. "This is no big deal."
She pointed her wand at the fireplace, dropped in her Floo power, and said
"Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
A few dizzy seconds later, she popped out in another office.
"Hello, professor! So good to see you." said a warm voice. Minerva looked around. There was a young woman standing in the middle of the cluttered stone office. "It is wonderful to meet you at last!"
"Ah, yes, hello. If you don't mind, I get a little Floo-sick..." Said Minerva.
"Oh, of course! Take as long as you need to get re-oriented. You know, I could have just come to your office! You should have said something." The young Headmistress fluttered around Minerva, sitting her down in a chair.
Minerva took use of the time to look around at the office. It was made of stone, with large arching window looking out over the beautiful hills of Massachusetts. The office itself was rather small, much smaller the her own. There were papers everywhere-on the small desk in front of her, the large bookshelves all around her, and sometimes spilling onto the carpet. There were small photographs and all sorts of odd objects on a cork board behind the desk. And of course, the tiny and terrified looking girl standing near the door.
"Alright, I'm better now. And I don't mind coming here. Now. Who is this?" Asked Minerva, looking at Headmistress Sarah. "Your student?"
"Oh, I should have introduced you!" Exclaimed Headmistress Sarah. "This is my-well, candidate sounds rather harsh, don't you think? Student works. This is Violet. She's a little shy" explained the headmistress "but very excited to visit a new school, I assure you."
"Hi" whispered the small girl. She had black hair, and white glasses. "I have all my things outside..."
"Oh, yes! You should get going. I imagine classes must be starting any minute! Sorry, we're a little disorganized." said the headmistress. "Violet dear, bring in your things."
"Really," said Minerva dryly under breath, "you don't say..."
"Yes, it is the first day of term and, well, things haven't been going very smoothly. We had two cat fights, and of course with the four splinchings getting here... Well, they're on their way to the hospital. Ah, Violet! All ready then?"
"Yes." said Violet, coming back into the office with a huge trunk.
"Alright then, let's get going. Headmistress, my student-Lily-is waiting back at my office. I'll escort her here once I have Violet all settled, shall I?" asked Minerva
"Oh! To be honest, I'd forgotten you were sending a student here! I'll have to find someone to show here around... Well! That's my deal to figure out, I shouldn't be bothering you with it. Goodbye Violet!"
Minerva helped the girl carry her trunk into the fireplace and get her on her way. Then she followed suite, glad to be out of the cluttered office. These Americans are all the same, she thought. Disorganized and excitable.