Author's note: 'Kay, time for my usual spiel…um, so I just wrote this bit 'cause I was pissed off (I tend to write better angsty-ish stuff when I'm pissed…) anyway, I decided that I'd make it multi-chaptered instead of my usual random one-shots. Basically it's a collection of (all dialogue) missing moments from all six books. They do not necessarily go in order, but for your convenience, they have the date, place, year, etc. So onward.
Disclaimer: Trust me, I would not be going to my high school tomorrow if I were Jo.
"What would Hermione see in the Mirror of Erised? At the moment, having just completed their penultimate year at Hogwarts, Hermione would likely see herself, Ron and Harry out of school, alive and unscathed, with Voldemort dead. She would also see herself closely entwined with... another person (you can guess who)."
J. K. Rowling (An Evening with Harry, Carrie, and Garp)
Conversations in Angst Minor
Chapter one
Sno issef nocdet celfer
Sixth year
Thursday, December 5, 1995
Outside an empty classroom
"Can't we just talk about it? It's just me Hermione, I…I won't tell him."
"No, Harry! You will tell him. You think that he likes me (which he obviously doesn't) and if I admit to liking him, you'll tell him, I know you will.
"I swear I won't. Look, Hermione, I've never broken a promise to you –excluding saying I'll finish my homework- have I?"
"No, but-"
"Can we please just talk about it? You've got to talk to someone. I'm worried about you."
"Fine, fine, I'll talk to you. But if you say one word to Ron-"
"I won't! I won't tell Ron, no matter what."
"Good. Let's go in here then."
"Okay."
"Oh, wonderful, Harry, you're even holding the door open for me."
"Oh, very-"
"…"
"What? What is it?"
"Look."
"…"
"What is that?"
"It's the- D'you remember when me and Ron-"
"-Ron and I."
"Ron and I- we told you about that mirror we found in first year? Remember, it was over Christmas break- you went home and we stayed here…"
"You mean this is the Mirror of Erised?"
"Yeah…"
"Go look in it."
"You go look in it."
"Fine, I will!"
"…"
"Well, what do you see?"
"…Nothing…"
"Ha-ha. No, really."
"Um, well, I see us – you, me and…Ron. Voldemort's defeated…We – we all look…happy…"
"And?"
"What d'you mean, 'and?'"
"What else do you see?"
"Nothing."
"Hermione, I can see right through you."
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Harry."
"Yes, you do. What else do you see?"
"Well, If you really must know…"
"Go on."
"Well, if you really must know…well, Ron and I – we're rather…tightly entwined around each other."
"Ha! I knew it!"
"Shut up, Harry."
"You have to tell him."
"I do not have to tell him anything!"
"Yes, you do!"
"Tell who what?"
"Ron! What're you doing here?"
"What? I'm not allowed to hang out with my best…friend anymore?"
"Oh thanks, Ron. Thanks a lot!"
"…"
"D'you have to be such an ass when she's around? What's gotten into you?"
"Well, how was I supposed to know she'd go running off like that?"
"Look, just go easier on her, okay? She'd not been herself lately."
"So she's not been such a bitch is what you're saying?"
"What the hell is your problem? Why're you being so mean to her?"
"Shsnubkren."
"Sorry?"
"She fucking snogged Krum, alright?"
"What difference does it make to you?"
"She doesn't like me!"
"You're one of her best friends! What're you on about?"
"She – she doesn't like me…like that, y'know?"
"I think she does, actually."
"What d'you mean? Of course she doesn't."
"She invited you to Slughorn's party, didn't she?"
"Yeah, as friends."
"Yeah, well, I think maybe you should be nicer to her. She's really upset, and she has no idea what she did wrong. Besides, even if she did snog Krum, it was two years ago. Let it go."
"Whatever. Hey, why were you two in here alone anyway?"
"Don't look at me like that. I wanted to talk to her about something."
"What?"
"Why she's been so depressed lately."
"Woah, is that…the Mirror?"
"Yeah…Listen, Ron-"
"How'd it get here?"
"I dunno, we just found it."
"…"
"Wow."
"What? What d'you see?...Ron?"
"Well, I see us…you, me and…Hermione. Voldemort's dead on the ground…we all look happy…"
"And…?"
Fin (for now)
Please tell me what you think! (I really have no idea if this is a good idea or not…) cookies to whoever can figure out what the title means (it's really not that hard, considering it the Mirror of Erised.)
