WARNING: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILERS!!!
Full Story Summary: The Mirror of Erised is a very useful mirror that shows what you want the most in life; a mirror into the soul. What happens when an eleven year old girl with a colorful family history finds such an item? What will she see? Or more importantly; where will she discover about her family and about herself?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter character. The plot, however, is mine.
Author's Note: This is my thoughts of what happened after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the Epilouge. If you don't like it, review and tell me you don't like it (but also tell me why you don't like it). If you do like it, you're awesome, please review. R&&R
Platform 9 and 3/4
It was a warm autumn day and a mother and her three kids could be seen walking to Platform 9 at the King's Cross Station. "Mum, hurry!" pleaded the young, red-haired girl, her intense blue eyes urgent; neither one of her parents had blue eyes—she had inherited those from her grandfather.
The woman, also a red-head, sighed. "Lily, how many times must we go over this? The train will not leave you behind, not with how early we got here."
A boy with messy black hair and hazel eyes looked at her and grinned. "I don't know Mum, sometimes we don't have enough room on the train and the first year's have to stay behind…." He trailed off, amused at how big his sisters eyes got.
His mother narrowed her eyes at him. "Don't scare your baby sister like that James! I went to Hogwarts too, and they do no such thing."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Mum, how many times do I have to tell you? I am not a baby anymore!"
The woman gave her daughter a small, sad smile. "I know dear, but you will always seem like it to your father and I."
The other boy, who had bright green eyes and just as messy hair, spoke up. "Speaking of Dad; why isn't he here too? This is Lily's first year, after all."
The woman sighed as they reached Platform 9, where they were receiving very odd stares from the Muggles around them.. "Your father is busy giving some lessons at the Ministry."
"Don't they have people to do that though?" he pressed.
She cast a glance him. "Albus, do you doubt what your father is doing at work?"
He shrugged. "He's in the Ministry, so he's not really entitled to tell us what he's really doing."
James gave his brother an odd look. "How did you not make it in Ravenclaw?"
Albus shrugged. "Not as smart as Rose, I suppose. Mum, can I go first?"
"What?" yelped James, looking from Albus to his mother. "I'm the eldest! I want to go first!"
"James, calm down. You will always be the eldest, so there is no harm in letting Albus go first."
"But Jessica is waiting for me!" He protested. Lily giggled as she heard that; Jessica would never wait for James, but she told him she would every year. Then she'd be seen snogging some boy or another in another compartment. When she decided to say this out loud, she got a very angry glare from James and an amused look from her mother.
"I have an idea. Lily will go first, as it's her first year. Then you'll go Albus, then you James." Their mother said. Lily perked up and cheered.
James sighed, then shrugged; it was better to lose to his younger sister then his younger brother. "Alright then. Which way are you gonna go Lil? Run into it, or lean casually?" he was referring to the large column that she was heading to go through.
"Hmm." She pretended to think. "Since Mum's got my cart, I think I'll lean casually."
Her mother laughed. "Alright then Lily. I'll go through first and find your Aunt and Uncle. When you go through, wait for your brothers, okay?" Lily nodded and her mother turned to her sons. "And don't you dare keep your younger sister waiting, understood?" At the boys nods, she began to push the cart, fast walking right into the column…
And she was gone. Lily rushed over and looked around to make sure no Muggle was watching. Then she stepped backwards and was gone as well. Turning around, she walked forward, looking around. Students were few this early in the morning, but there were quite a few that she did know. Professor Longbottom's wife, Luna Longbottom, was reassuring her younger child, who was also in his first year of Hogwarts. Behind her mother's back, her older daughter rolled her eyes grandly.
Moving on, Lily looked up at the large train that was blowing out scarlet steam. The words "Hogwarts Express" were written on its side, and Lily felt even more excited then before. Eleven years, she had looked forward to this. She had watched James go off to Hogwarts for the first time three years ago, and then Albus go off two years ago, along with Rose and Scorpius.
"Lily!" exclaimed Albus. He ran over to her, James following behind him, grumbling. It was just like Lily to leave her brothers behind when they were told not to do the very thing to their younger sister.
"What happened to waiting for us?" James snapped, irritated.
"Sorry, I'm just really excited." She apologized, but James wasn't listening.
"Oh, there's Jessica! I'm off, then." He said, running his hands through his hair and walking over to a pretty brunette who was talking and laughing with her friends. Along the way there, he was joined by his best friends, Justin Wood and Jay Jordan. James muttered something and Justin turned around, looking at Lily with a smile. She smiled back, flushing slightly.
Albus looked for him sister to Justin, than grabbed her shoulder and turned her around "C'mon Lil, let's go say hi to the Malfoy's." She was about to protest but he led her over to them, not bothering to let her have a say in it.
A blond haired boy with blue-grey eyes, the spitting image of his father, looked over at the two, than grinned. "Nice to see you two again. Nice to see anyone again, actually."
Albus snickered. "Being grounded not suiting you, eh?"
"Not at all." Scorpius replied. His father, Draco Malfoy looked over at them.
"Well, if it isn't the younger Potter's? How are you?" he asked, turning toward them.
Albus shrugged. "We're all right. Got here early because Lily was worried we'd miss the train."
Lily shot him a glare, but Mr. Malfoy's wife, Rebecca Malfoy, just laughed. "Well, missing the train wouldn't be a good way to start your first year would it?"
"Not at all." She replied with a smile.
Mr. Malfoy looked at Albus. "How's your father doing?"
"He's fine. He had to do something at work, so he's not here right now, but our Mum is."
Mrs. Malfoy nodded. "Yes, we saw her earlier. She was with your aunt and uncle. Young Hugo seems more nervous about the start of school then excited."
"Hugo's nervous about everything." Scorpius muttered, causing Lily to giggle.
Albus cast a glance around the area. "Oh! There's Rudolph McNair!" he was referring to one of his friends and he, Scorpius, and Lily excused themselves from the rest of the Malfoy's, hurrying over to a black haired boy with stormy grey eyes. He was leaning against a column, talking to two pretty girls, one blond, the other brunette. He had somewhat of a flirtatious grin on, but that didn't stop Albus and Scorpius from ruining everything.
"What's up Ruddy?" Albus asked, putting a friendly arm around Rudolph's neck, only to tighten his grip and hold him in a headlock.
"Ger' off!" the boy snapped, letting loose a sting of curse words. Using his elbow, he jammed it in Albus' stomach. Slipping free of his friends hold, he withdrew his wand on him. "What the bloody hell were you trying to do, kill me?"
Albus withdrew his wand as well, with an almost reckless grin. "Possibly." Lily looked at her brother, a bit amazed. She had never really seen him act that way; he seemed a bit like James now.
"Now, now kids." Began Scorpius, winking at one of the girls. "Why don't you put your wands away before you take someone's eye out?"
Rudolph sneered at him. "I think you've gotten soft. What happened to the aggressive little Scorpius we all adored?"
"He got grounded." He muttered back, withdrawing his wand anyway. "Do you really want me to use this?"
Albus shrugged. "I don't see why not. A friendly duel never hurt anyone."
Rudolph looked at the girls. "Now, you might want to back up a bit while I teach these two a lesson in the fine art of wand-waving." He looked back at Albus. "Ready?"
"Expelliarmus." Came a small voice, Lily's. Rudolph had the look of shock on his face when his wand zoomed out of his hand and into Lily's. "One of the first rules of wand-waving Rudolph; never wait until your opponent is ready."
Scorpius burst out laughing and Albus chuckled. The girls, giggling, walked away, whispering something to each other. Rudolph went red, embarrassed at being beat by a first-year. "Shut up, it wasn't funny."
"Maybe not to you, but if you could have seen the look on your face, it was down right hilarious!" Scorpius said, leaning on the column to catch his breath.
"Got beat by a first year girl, McNair? How pathetic is that?" James said, coming from behind them. Rudolph made his hands into fists and Scorpius tightened his hold on his wand.
"Here's your wand back." Lily muttered to Rudolph, throwing it casually at him. He caught it and kept it out in case he needed to use it.
Jay smirked, taking out his wand as well. "You really think three Slytherin's are a match for three Griffindor's?"
Albus looked at James. "Are you really going to attack your own brother?"
James looked at Albus coldly. "No brother of mine gets sorted into Slytherin. I'm sure I've made that clear to you."
Lily's jaw dropped slightly. She had never heard her brother say something like that; she always thought that he was fine with Albus being in Slytherin. "James! How can you say that?"
"The same way I'd say it to you if you got sorted into Slytherin!" he snapped at her.
Her eyes flashed and she grew angry. "Aw, did poor James get rejected by Jessica, again? You would think you'd be used to that by now…" she trailed off purposefully, looking James in the eye.
He glared at her, the hand that was holding his wand twitching slightly. "I'm not going to be talked to by my younger sister like that."
"Yeah? And I'm not going to take being put down like that."
"He hasn't put you down yet." Jay pointed out.
She rolled her eyes. "Well, I'm making it clear now, before I get sorted." She looked at James again, who still had his eyes narrowed from what she had said before.
"When did you get so snappy?" he asked, in a low voice.
"Oh gee, I don't know, it must be the Potter and Weasly blood I have. And maybe having two older brothers have something to do with that." She snapped again.
James was about to reply when there was a shout. "Lily!" shouted a brown haired girl with blue eyes. Rose came running at her, hugging her tightly.
Lily practically fell over by the force of her hug. "Hey Rose. Nice to see you too." She saw Hugo standing behind Rose, and grinned. "Hey Hugo."
Her cousin nodded at her. "Hey Lily."
Rose pulled away from her cousin, than turned to everybody. "So, what are we all talking about?" James scoffed and turned away, walking over to the train with his friends. "What's up with him?" Rose asked, looking at the others.
"Oh nothing, besides the fact that he's a git." Replied Rudolph, stuffing his wand back in his pocket.
Albus sighed. "Why don't we go find ourselves a compartment?" He looked at everyone as he spoke.
Lily nodded. "Alright, but I want to say bye to Mum first."
"Okay then. We'll save you a spot." He replied, and he, Scorpius, and Rudolph went over to the train as well. Lily hoped that they didn't bump into James.
Her and her cousins went over to where her mother was standing. "—and they asked Harry to take the job!"
"Did he?" inquired the brown haired woman.
"Well, he said he'd be honored, but he'd have to think about it. I think Albus overhead and—Lily!" Her mother exclaimed. "Where are your brothers?"
"They headed off onto the train. I'm going to go in a minute, I just wanted to say bye first."
"Well, can you start by saying hi to us first?" asked the red haired man.
She giggled. "Sorry Uncle Ron."
He grinned, giving his niece a bear hug. "You know I'm joking around. The old lady," he nodded his head to her aunt. "made me miss breakfast. And you know how I am when I don't eat."
Her Aunt Hermione, the brown haired woman, slapped his arm. "I am not old, and don't you call me such!" She turned to Lily and gave her a tight hug. "Have a good first year sweetie. And if you need anything, don't hesitate to send an owl." She looked at Hugo and Rose. "That goes for you two as well."
The train blew its whistle and Lily jumped; she hadn't been aware of the time. "Okay, okay, I will. Love you Mum, Aunt Hermione, Uncle Ron." With that, she and her cousins ran toward the train, cutting in front of the long line of kids.
There was a chorus of protests and the adults exchanged a glance. Lily was so much like they had all been when they were at Hogwarts; unlucky combinations of charm, strength, will, and determination, courage, brains, sneakiness, curiosity, and wit. She would probably give her grandfather, James Potter (the first), a run for his money when it came to detentions.
"So what Albus?" asked Hermione.
"I think he overheard it. I don't think he's told the other two." Ginny continued.
"So did Harry take the job? I mean, he's perfectly qualified to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Ron pointed out
His sister shrugged. "He said that whether he did or not, we wouldn't find out until tonight."
Ron sighed. "Just like Harry to be secretive."
"He is a bit paranoid." Hermione agreed, waving back to her kids, who had stuck their heads out the window to wave.
"Yes well, can you blame him? After the fight with Voldemort, there must have been tons of people who were out to get him. We never did catch all the Death Eaters." Ginny said fairly.
The other two nodded as they watched the Hogwarts Express go off with their children. The thought that had been pushed so far back in their heads, so far that it was gathering cobwebs, shoved its way to the front. It was inevitable that another Dark Lord would arise. The question was: who would it be, and when.
"Maybe we're worrying for nothing." Ginny said out loud, knowing what the other two were thinking. "After all, even if we're dead by the time it happens, our children are more then capable of handling it. Or they will be."
Ron nodded. "Yeah, but what if it is one of our children. Then what?" He was referring to Albus, the only one of their children in Slytherin.
All three were quiet, too afraid of the answer.