"For the students. For Dumbledore. For Harry."
This line right here, that's when the tears started. My word this was amazing. I mean, of course I've thought of how the other teachers must have felt during that time, but the way this was written really hit home, about Neville and the missing students. Not calling Severus by his name anymore. So amazing.

Minerva McGonagall, in my opinion, deserves a place among the greatest characters in literature. Perhaps that's a bit of a stretch, but the amount of heroine inside this woman is incredible. She is beautiful, she is intelligent, she is kind, and she is /strong/. I like to think of her as one of the strongest characters in the books, and the way you wrote her here makes me fall in love with her character all over again. The writing style of this particular piece was so nice. Great job!

This was so... nice? (Seriously, where have my words gone?)
I mean like it was well written, it flowed, it had a good plot. Idk, it's quarter to two and my brain is frazzled from reviewing so much.
The recurrence of [For the students. For Dumbledore. For Harry.] was really ingenious (yes, I found a word), it really helped to story flow and brought it all together nicely.
I loved the change from Severus to Snape back to Severus again, that made me laugh.
I really liked this, I don't read enough about Minnie and I don't know why because she's awesome, something which you managed to capture perfectly I might add.
One spag thing this time (tut, tut), [she watched *threw* narrowed eyes] - you used the wrong threw, it should be through.
Other than that, awesome job!

I absolutely love your characterization of Minerva here. Staying for the students and for Dumbledore and Harry seems so in-character for her, and her displeasure at the Carrows' methods fits in with canon very nicely. I do adore Hogwarts-during-DH fics, and this is no exception. You did such a great job conveying that dark atmosphere, the absolute tyranny of the Carrows, and the rebellion of the students.

A few small SPaG errors: I noticed a couple times you used the possessive form (Carrow's, student's) when it should have been the plural form (Carrows, students). Also, the 'he could be called Severus again' aside should be separated by dashes, not commas:

[when she learned the truth about Severus - he could be called Severus again - she was tired]

Other than that I really liked reading this, and I love the way you ended it - it was a really nice touch to include Minerva's plan to stay at Hogwarts for a little while and then retire.

Loved this! McGonagall, protecting them until the end.

Another magnificent fic. Where do you get your ideas for all these wonderful plots and stuffs? Haha I really enjoy reading you stories :)

This can well be a missing moment in the originsl series - very well written and the McGonagall's emotions came through to me really well.

Can't wait to see more from you :)

The theme music from Rocky was definitely going through my mind when I read this. McGonagall has so much power and is such a bad ass. It isn't even funny. Her strength, perseverance and determination to keep fighting during such a difficult time is truly awe-inspiring.

I loved the sort of depressing start to the beginning and how she wasn't looking forward to going back and dealing with all the mess after Dumbledore's death. Can't really blame her. The Carrows sound like nasty people.

I liked how her attitude started to change as the story went on. It was like she was a lion coming out of her den to fight. I liked that she refused to be tempted and use Dark Magic back at the Carrows. She doesn't sink to their level.

Loved, loved, loved the line - [She was tired of holding back, of behaving, of taking treatment of the students like it was nothing. She was tired of bowing her head and biting her tongue.] That gave me the feels big time. :-D You go, Minerva. You go, girl.

I did like the end, but I felt like it was a bit fast and rushed. But, it works. I spotted some errors with apostrophes, but nothing major.

Great job on this powerful, Minerva-centric fic!

Yay for McGonagall! The thing that stood out to me most in this fic was right at the end, how you casually just brought in someone dealing with cranky parents. Like, all that drama throughout the fic and then that is just thrown in there... something so trivial, really.

I'm so glad that you wrote about McGonagall. She's a pretty awesome, bad-ass teacher if you ask me, but one with a big heart. She is awesomeness!

A well-written fic here. Great job!

I usually review as I go along, but I read this all at once because I couldn't stop. I think you did an excellent job with the character of Minerva McGonagall. She's a tough lady, but I liked how you showed all of her values and her reactions to the horrible things going on, but most of all, I liked reading about how much she cared. It was short, but I think it really encompassed everything going on in a poetic way.

Awesome! :D
I love how you portrayed Minerva and her love for her students.
It had a beautiful little ending that I adored. You don't read many good fics about Minerva. Good job.
Only a few grammar problems, but it didn't take away from the story at all, so well done!
Thanks for entering my competition! :D

Excuse me if I can't speak very well, I'm french and I understand more english than I can speak it :)

I really liked your fanfiction ! Minerva is one of my favorite character and there's not so much good fanfic about her. (And I don't often enjoy some… weird fanfic about her with Hermione).
I particulary like fanfic about Minerva on the seven book. It's interesting to guess what feel teachers at Hogwarts, and Minerva was closed to Albus, and a member of the Phoenix too.

Thank you for your fanfic !
Sorry if my review is obscure :')

Looooved this, wow. One of best Minevra-centric pieces I've ever read. I thought her characterisation was spot-on and perfectly realistic to canon. It was tightly written too, moving at a great pace. I really liked the details you included like Harry, Ron and Hermione's absence feeling like a kick in gut, and her not being able to think of Severus as Severus anymore. And I thought the fact that she was really holding back not to turn to Dark Magic was particularly insightful. Great job!

This is quite well-written! First of all, I love your interpretation/use of the stone prompt and how it wasn't overpowing, but it was very cleverly there, not only in her dreams of turning them to stone, but also I think in how Minerva is sort of like stone, in that she is unable to moved away from her students and it is reliable and sturdy, and it was wonderful. You don't see a lot of Minerva fics, so this was great :)

Oohhh, I was so hoping this was going to be more than a one shot. I actually had the thought yesterday that someone should do a story on Neville's last year at Hogwarts, and then you did this! I guess great minds think alike.

Overall, though, very good and if it wasn't already obvious, I'd love to see you expand this into a longer series.