If Wishes Were Heliopaths

By: SCS

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Summary: A collection of random pairing drabbles, inspired by Kamerreon and excentrykemuse. A drabble a day keeps the Wrackspurts away. You get to choose the pairings and the themes!

Rules: Review with a pairing and theme you would like to see. Every 50th review i.e. 150th, 200th etc. review will get a one-shot. It doesn't matter which story of mine you reach 50 on! Everyone else who reviews with a pairing and theme will get a drabble. Each drabble/one-shot will have a song that I wrote to and best compliments it. Recommend songs too! This is your chance to see want you want. You can even ask for a glimpse into the future of my other stories. It's all in your hands now.

Drabble 4: Forever

DreamEve wants Tom/Harry

Theme: Something to do with the Mirror of Erised. Harry sees a shade of someone he once loved, but can never have.

Song: Si deus me relinquit ~ 黒執事 サウンドコンプリート (The Black Butler) [Youtube this song. It's strange but utterly moving]

People wasted away in front of this mirror. He thought he had grown out of it after his first year, for he never saw the mirror again. Yet, here he stood in the Chamber of Time.

Everyone expected him to become an Auror, but he was done with all of that. He was done with fighting. He was done with dealing with the hypocritical politicians. He was just done. After he war, he went back to finish his education. Surprisingly, he nudged out Hermione and several Ravenclaws and Slytherins for the top scoring spot. So, just out of school, the Unspeakables recruited him. He made it clear that he didn't want to fight, thus they assigned him to the Chamber of Time where they studied time, made time-turners and such.

Originally, he wanted to work in the Chamber of Death where the veil was. Since he was the savior of the wizardry world, they didn't deny him. When he walked into the chamber he felt as if he was being ripped from the inside out. The veil drifted in the nonexistent breeze. The voices of his mother, his father, Sirius, Remus, of everyone he had lost called out to him. They beckoned for him to come join them. Only the quick thinking of another Unspeakable saved him.

So here he was, standing in the Chamber of Time. The Mirror of Erised had been moved here apparently. His fingers curled around the edge of the fabric that covered it. With a twitch of his wrist, the cloth floated to the floor like silk. What would he see this time?

Green eyes met blue. Harry placed his hands against the larger hands in the mirror. Two dark heads bent to touch at the forehead, one was perfectly groom brown, and the other was bed-head black. The striking face of Tom Riddle gazed contently down at him.

Author's Note:

Hope you liked this one. You should definately listen to the song. I don't understand the words and it's very opera like, but I've never heard a song that invoked so much nostalgic in just the tone.

Thanks for everyone who read and reviewed! Keep them coming and the chapters will flow everyday. I don't mind having the same people ask for different (or the same) pairings/themes. I'm here to serve you guys!

Without wax,

SCS