*I don't own any of the characters or the mirror, the only thing I own is the plot. The rest belongs to the genius herself, J.K. Rowling*
"Now Draco, you should seriously consider the choice I am giving you here. The opportunity to switch sides in times like these are not given to many, my boy. I want nothing more to save you from the fate that awaits you if you continue down this path. But I cannot make these decisions for you. But tell me, do you really believe in this cause? Do you really want this?"
Pale face drawn, blond hair and blue eyes without the luster they had borne back during his innocent days Draco looked forward unflinching. Staring at a rather interesting bit of stonework just past Professor Dumbledore's head as he answered. "Yes. I am sure."
"Well it is never a bad thing to be too certain Mr. Malfoy. Come with me, you can take a break from your tireless attempts to come up with a way to kill me for just a moment to take a nice stroll through the castle. You never know what we may stumble upon that could help you make the right choice."
Halls twisted as they walked on through the crowded corridors and up ever changing stares with the old wizard stopping to enquire after the Weasley Twins' latest pranks, oohing and ahhing over young Mr. Creevey's newest camera (a muggle one gifted to him by Hermione Granger after she saw how interested he was in hers) until they came upon a door that would not have been there moments before their arrival – a door that led to a room sometimes that he spent too much time in and which other times wasn't there at all.
"Well, Mr. Malfoy, what is it you seek in the Room of Requirement?" Pausing Professor Dumbledore waited for an answer that would never come for only a moment before plowing on as though nothing had happened. "Answers, what you truly want. Now lets go inside and see what is in store for you in those little hidden places of your mind." Opening the door with the snap of his fingers he led the blonde boy inside to stand before a mirror he had only heard rumors of, never seen with his own eyes – the Mirror of Erised - which had helped lead the Golden Boy to glory in their first year of school. And now he was given the chance to face it, to see what it was he wanted more than anything in the world, what it was that was hidden even from himself.
Standing back Dumbledore allowed Draco to take center stage before the mirror, watching as the mirror wove its enchantments around the boy, finding a way into his mind and prying from him everything he really wanted from his past, his present, and for his future. Watching the awed face the young Malfoy boy made as he watched the scene play out before his eyes.
It was a very different Yule Ball than the one he had attended. Hermione looked like an angel in the same dress she had worn as she danced with Krum while he watched jealously from the sidelines, all the while trying to convince himself that he was not attracted to the Mudblood.
Now, though, she danced happily in his arms. He bowed to her, laughing, as she giggled with a light flush coloring her cheeks as she accepted his hand and they spent the night in each others arms, leaving the ball to return to their own common rooms with the promise etched in his very bones that this was not the first night or the last that they would be together. That same promise ringing through him that even now, two years later, it might not be too late to repair the damage that he had done and to make the dream of what his future could be become a reality.
*Author Note: Hope you enjoyed this! More to come, with much more Dramione once I get going I am merely setting up the scene and I know I didn't even get Hermione introduced here but she is coming in and fluff shall ensue so I hope you enjoy so far!
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a-stranger-angel