Maggie Potter and The true story of Professor Binns

There's a special museum in America called The Walters Museum. It is a museum filled of super secret passageways and magical portraits from 55 different centuries of art.


    Our story today starts with visiting Hogwarts student,  Maggie Potter. . .  Though the employees have know idea who she really is, she knows that she is a witch.   She is also a Hufflepuff, and though some may not think she is very bright, she is.  She had studied many times with Hermione Granger (g,  a student who  was known as being "The smartest student in her year," and also Maggie Potter's cousin by marriage, as she was married to Ron Weasley and  Maggie's grandfather was married to Ginny Weasley.

    On her travels, Maggie loved museums.  Hermione had recommended several French Museums such as the National Library in Paris, and  the famous Nicholas Flammel's home.
    As she had some family in America, Maggie discovered The Walters.  It sat in Mount Vernon barely visible to the human eye, it blended in with all the other old buildings. However, when she walked in for the first time she was stunned by the beautiful Italian sculpture court.
         Each corner of the Sculpture court had it's own wing,  full of porcelain art and Russian jewels.  It even had a Chamber of Wonders filled with wonders from William Shakespeare's time.
     Once she took the lift, or the elevator to the third Floor, here is where she learned about the Medieval Witches and Wizards.
     The statues looked as if they would start talking, which they did to the wizards and the witches of course, but got quiet as soon as a Muggle would walk by.

Even though the color was faded, the portrait of Emperor Augustus was fantastic. She had learned quite a bit about him in History of Magic with Professor Binns and in Muggle Studies. She knew that he was the youngest and first emperor of Rome,  and that he pretended to give up his power..

    When Maggie pulled out her Walters map,  she noticed a that Augustus's face was moving and he was talking.

 courtesy of The Walters Museum

"Dear. Dear. How I have fooled them all.. I have actually created a dynasty here,  and will rule the century for ages!"
  Maggie giggled at this,   the Muggles noticed her, and didn't know what she was laughing at.

 She got quiet.. and moved on to another portrait.

 Here is where she discovered the Portrait of a Man, one that Professor Binns always went into detail about in class because the painting was actually one of him in his younger days!
  

 Portrait of a Man with Saint John the Baptist (Hugo Van der Goes) -Courtesy of the Walters Museum

He looked very serious.. of course he was praying. . and had the ever so famous Saint John The Baptist whispering in his ear,
   "My dear son, you will live a great long life, but eventually you will pass on, and then go on to work at Hogwarts School at Witch Craft and Wizardry.  I give you my blessing to this, by that time in  the late 1900s,  it will be okay for you to do such work!"

In a blink of an eye, Professor Binns appeared next to Maggie. Startled,  she  jumped.

"Professor Binns?" She asked.

"Yes, Maggie. This is where I come before our classes start.. when you see come through the chalkboard. Most people think I just come from the  teachers lounge."

"Oh, well why do you come here so often?" Maggie asked.

"I come to see what I to remember being a live,  and to remember that painting belongs not to Henry Walters who bought off of some random junk exhibit,  but to my family. It is sad to see it hanging here, instead of Hogwarts. But, the Minister of Magic of America wants pieces of magical history in America. " Professor Binns said with his head down.

"Oh, dear.  That is sad and happy at the same time, Professor Binns." With   these words,  Professor Binns disappeared again.

Maggie stood in silence for awhile as little kids walked by, security and workers of the museum, some of them even witches and wizards. She could tell this because of their wands peeking out, and how a person would just appear out of nowhere.

American witches and wizards fascinated her because they were always in Muggles clothing, and always had the most updated tools for magic. Yes, they still had some of the old ways like parchment and museums with talking pictures, but most of their magic had become electronic, like spell books on computers or taking classes on video games.

 Wizarding World of  Harry Potter, taken by me.

The American Wizards knew about her grandfather too, Harry Potter.  They even had not one, but two magical parks dedicated to him.  The fascinating thing was the Muggles didn't realize that all the stuff in the parks were real, not just toys.

Like Professor Binns, Maggie Potter believed that her family should have both her Grandfather's Firebolt broom and Grandma Ginny's old wand from school.  But,  Maggie also  loved America as much as she loved Britain.   She loved all forms of magic actually, and being a Hufflepuff didn't stop her from wanting to learn more.  Just like cousin Hermione.

 Courtesy of Harry Potter wikia photos.

~That Being Said,  Maggie Potter became one of the greatest witches of her year at Hogwarts of 2013.~ 
       She studied, worked hard,  and when she got old enough to apparate  she did so back and forth to America to visit the Walters Museum and continued to learn its Muggle style and it's Magical style...

* Harry, Ginny, Potter  Hermione and Ron Weasley  as well as Professor Binns are all of J.K. Rowling's characters.  Along with Professor Binns, History of Magic and Muggles Studies and talking pictures, portkeys and  apparition.  The title "Minster of Magic," also belongs to J.K. Rowling and so  does Hogwarts Witch Craft and Wizardy.*

However, the pictures are taken from the web, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter picture is mine,  so please do not use  picture for your own use in school projects.

Maggie is also my own character, and her story with Professor Binns came out of my own head.  The Walters is a real place though, and an amazing museum!