When She Looks at Her Reflection

by BellaFuga

This started out as just a piece of writing until it gradually morphed into a character study of Voldemort in a way I have never imagined him. I hope you like it and it makes you think about what you see.

When she looks at her reflection, who does she see?

Does she see the girl I see?

Strong and beautiful and courageous and so many other descriptors which come to mind when I look at her hazel eyes, her brown hair, her pale skin and her flushed cheeks.

Or, does she only see the eyes that refused to see the danger she was in , the hair which cannot be tamed, the skin far to pale from being locked away for so long, and the cheeks that always give away her emotions?

I see these too, yet I am able to look past what has happened and see the intelligent beauty who could easily rule alongside me if she gave up her damnable Gryffindor courage for one moment to realize that her place is by my side. Together we'd be the greatest team there's ever been. We would rule the wizarding world. Just us, Hermione Granger and lord Voldemort.

When you look at your reflection, who do you see?