Chapter 11 - 10. Mirror of Erised

Your POV

It's Christmas Eve and me and Ron are spending our Christmas at Hogwarts because mom and dad decided to visit Charlie in Romania and also because Harry would be spending his Christmas alone at Hogwarts and we don't want that. It feels so good for a break after a long tired search on "Nicholas Flamel" We have been searching the whole of library but couldn't find anything.

We're in the great hall playing wizards chest. I am teamed up with Harry against Ron. He's really good at it.

"Knight to E5", Harry said and I looked at Ron who thought for a minute and smirks. Oh no... We lost!

"Queen to E5", he commanded his chess and whack our knight into pieces.

"That's totally barbaric!", Hermione said all packed up, looking at the chess pieces.

"That's wizards chess", Ron said, " I see you've packed".

"See you haven't"

"Change of plans, my parents decided to go to Romania to visit my brother Charlie. He's studying dragons there", Ron said.

"Good, you two can help Harry, then. He's going to go and look in the library for information on Nicholas Flamel"

"But we've looked a hundred times"

"Yeah", I agreed.

Then Hermione lean in and said,

"Not in the restricted section. Happy Christmas!"

"I think we've had a bad influence on her".

°°°°°°°°Time skip to Christmas°°°°°°°

"Harry, wake up", I heard Ron from downstairs calling out for Harry. I was alone in my room, both Lavender and Parvati had gone home for Christmas too. So I got up and walked down stairs yawning.

"Wake up Harry! Wake up!", I heard him call again which made you fully awake. Then I ran towards Ron and Hugged him.

"Happy Christmas Ron!" Then Harry came in and I rushed towards him and hugged him, "Happy Christmas Harry!"

"Happy Christmas Y/n! Happy Christmas Ron!", Harry said when we pulled back.

"Happy Christmas you two!", Ron said and he laughed staring at me.

"What?!"

"Umm.. Y/n. Your hair", Harry said looking at my hair, "it's all messy" then he started stroking my hair to make it right. It was kind of new to me, a boy touching my hair despite dad and the Weasley boys so I blushed a little.

"Of course it would be messy! I just woke up!", I said just to ease the tension. I hope no one noticed me blushing... They just laughed.

"What are you wearing Ron?", Harry asked looking at the sweater mum made for him.

"Oh mum made for him. She's made us every year. I hope mine would be f/c. Last time she made me with a different colour", I said looking for my gifts.

"Looks like you've got one too!", Ron said to Harry while I open my first present.

"I've got presents!", Harry said, amazed.

"Yeah"

I opened my first present which was from mum of course and it was a sweater with my initial on it and in my f/c. I wore it just like Ron did and it so warm and it smells like Burrow. Then I open Hermione's present, it a quill in golden colour. Then I opened Ron's and he gave me a bag full of (your favourite wizarding sweets). I am so greatful that I hugged him and thanked him.

Then I opened Harry's, it's a beautiful golden bracelet with f/c gem in the middle and emerald gems on each sides followed by small diamonds.

"Look inside the middle gem", Harry said from beside me. Was he looking at me this whole time?.. For a second I thought he copied my present idea.

I looked inside the gem as he said and inside I could see my name beautifully written. I looked inside the emerald gems, thinking what would be inside them.

"No not the other gems. Only the middle one. So you like it?"

"Like it? I love it!!!", I screamed and hug him," thank you Harry!".

"It can show you who you love as well", he added.

"Well, you two open mine!". Then starts unwrapping my Christmas presents to them. I gave them lockets each, Ron's is a golden coloured gem in the middle and Harry's got red coloured gem in the middle.

"It's a locket! If you look inside the locket, it will show you the best memory you have and if you need any help or want anyone of us, the other person's gem will glow the colour of your gem. That why will know who needs us"

"Wow", they both said wearing it.

"I had put Hermiones' present in her trunk before she left. Her's is pink and a heart shaped and mines a bracelet with f/c gem".

"Thanks Y/n!", They both said together. Then we started opening other presents. I opened the present from my Godfather, he got me a diary and inside he wrote,

"Write what you don't want to forget, my dear."

Love Godfather.

"Your father left this in my possession before he died. It is time it was returned to you. Use it well", form beside be Harry read.

"What is it?", Ron asked.

"It's some kind of cloak"

"Well, let's see then, put it on", Harry then wraps the cloak around his shoulders, making his body invisible...it's an invisibility cloak....

"My body's gone!", Harry said looking down at himself.

"I know what that is, it an invisibility cloak!", Ron said.

"I am invisible?"

"They're really rare.", I said, "who sent it to you?"

"I don't know it just said 'use it well' ", Harry said. Then a big bulb lit your mind.

"Oh! We can use it to search about Nicholas Flamel! In the restricted section!", I said.

"Brilliant! I'll go tonight!", Harry said.

"No I'll come too"

"I'd rather sleep", Ron said.

"No Y/n! It's too risky. We'll get caught!"

"No we won't, not with the invisibility cloak on us" then you two argued most of the time and finally he agreed.

°°°°°°°°°°°Time skip to night°°°°°°°°°°°°

It's midnight and I am waiting for Harry in the common room. I did think about a couple of times so that the locket I gave him would glow but still he was not coming. Did he go alone? He really left without me? I'll kill him....I was starting to get really furious then something started to play with my short h/c hair, making me jump and look back. But nobody was there. Then it started tickling me (if you're ticklish then you laughed, if you're not you didn't.) Oh... The invisibility cloak...

"Harry!", I said finally realizing that he had his invisibility cloak on. He removed the cloak and revealed himself, laughing.

"You thought I left without you, didn't you?", He said with a smirk. He probably must have think that I don't trust him.

"No. I was just...", He cut me off. Whew..I actually didn't know what to say..

"Y/n, where's the bracelet that I gave you as a Christmas gift?"

"Oh.. that bracelet! I used a charm on it to attach it with this bracelet since it looked similar. I can't have two bracelets on my wrist after all. I modified this bracelet as well, see here are the emerald gems and the middle one still reveals my name as well as the memories. Are you mad at me?"

"Oh no, I'm not mad as long as it shows your name. It actually looks good then the older version"

"Okay then if you're not mad, let's get going, shall we?" Harry nodded and he put the invisibility cloak on himself and me and left the common room. We walked through the dark corridors with a lamp. We then reached the dark library and walked into the Restricted section. Harry them put the lamp down on the table and we started searching for Nicholas Flamel. Lots of strange book were there. Mostly about dark arts. Harry opened a book which screamed at him.

"Who's there?!". It was Flich. Harry quickly grabs the cloak causing the lamp fall then he quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me inside the invisibility cloak.

"I know you're in there. You can't hide", Flich said walking towards us. We slowly crept around Flich and walked out the library. As we walked through the corridor, my red necklace starts to glow in f/c colour. It was amazing...it glows in the dark!!! Harry looked at it amazed. We kept running and turned around the corner to see Professor Quirrell being pushed to the wall by Professor Snape. Harry and I looked at each other with the look 'what are they doing here?'

"Severus...I-I thought...", Quirrell stated.

"You don't want me as your enemy, Quirrell", Snape hissed.

"W-what do you m-mean?"

"You know perfectly well what I mean", we were breathing too heavily that I think he heard us so me and Harry quickly put our hands on our mouths. Snape then reaches out to grab the cloak, so we moved back a little...Harry looked at me with the same reaction..do you think he really saw us?...

Then Snape turned back to Quirrell and said,

"We'll have another chat soon...when you've had time to decide where your loyalties lie".

Then Flich comes with our broken lamp.

"Oh, Professors. I found this, in the Restricted Section. It's still hot. That means there's a student out of bed", then they ran towards the library.

Me and Harry went through the only door nearby and removed the cloak. The room was empty with a large mirror in the middle of the room. We walked near the mirror and on the top of the mirror I saw something written, it said, 'Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi'... Harry walked near the mirror and I think he saw something. I can say that looking at his expression, his eyes widened and he looked back as though someone was there behind him.

"It's my parents! Y/n look it my parents!", He said pulling me near him. I looked at the mirror but saw nothing. My necklace is still glowing wow....

"Harry, I can see only us", I told him.

"No Y/n, look carefully. Stand in the middle"

I stood in the middle and I saw a man, full of scars on his face, then I saw...my mum she is holding a baby and she gave the baby to the man. Then I saw a long haired man beside mum, holding her hand.

"So?.. you see them right?", Harry said.

"No Harry... I-I can only see us..again", I lied. Is that all you got, us together?...,"I mean... You should call Ron, he might see something",

"Okay you wait here, I'll bring Ron", then Harry put on his cloak and ran to call Ron.

Seriously y/n, why would you even lie about seeing harry and you!!.. got you're such an idiot... I mentally scold myself.

Then again I looked at the mirror and this time I really did saw me and Harry but a little older.We were holding hands and he kissed my forehead. We looked happy. I just looked away, I feel myself blushing a lot. This mirror is strange... So I looked at the top of it again and memorized the words and I sat down far away from it. God... This mirror is manipulating my mind. It's making me have feelings for Harry. To distract myself from all that thoughts, I started staring at the f/c glowing red necklace although the redness of the gem had disappeared, there was only f/c colour glowing. I can feel my face is still red. Then the room door opened and Ron and Harry walked towards the mirror. Ron looked at me and said,

"What happened to you? Are you feeling sick?!", He asked probably seeing my red face.

"look Ron! it's my parents!", Harry said looking at the mirror. Ron looked at the mirror,

"I only see me", Ron said looking at the mirror.

"Look in properly. Go on. Stand there. There. You see them, don't you? Thats my dad..." , Harry was cut off by Ron.

"That's me! Only, I'm head boy...and I'm holding the Quidditch cup! And bloody hell, I'm Quidditch Captain too! I look good. Harry, do you think this mirror shows the future?"

"That is not possible", you said remembering about see your mum in there.

"Yeah...How can it? Both my parents are dead", he said sadly. I stood up and walked towards him puting my hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry Harry. Remember, the ones who loves us, never leaves us", I said sadly smiling at him. Then again my eyes looked at the mirror and saw it again... Me and Harry. I blinked a few times, removed my hand form Harry's shoulder and said, " l-let's get going, shall we?", I wish they hadn't saw me go red. I hope... Both of them nodded and we cover the invisibility cloak over ourselves and left the room. I've got to figure out what the words on the mirror meant... I mentally noted.