The Mirror of Erised: Albus Dumbledore
Because admitting it would just make it too real.
Albus turned to the mirror, he unlike so many knew just what this mirror was capable of. He had hidden it and drove clueless students away from it so many times, he turned to the familiar image. He didn't see himself with a pair of wool socks, a new package of lemon drops, or the new Miranda Spellbound book. He saw a little girl, standing next to him, holding his hand. Her Blond hair and blue eyes were just as he remembered them, she looked exactly the way she looked when he last saw her, alive that is.
He loved his sister, more then anything, he also knew his sister would die at a young age, he could feel it, so he thought if he distanced himself it wouldn't hurt so much.
Now he wished more then anything he didn't
He was there when she died, Maybe if Grindelwald hadn't thrown that first hex, she wouldn't have lived long enough for him to realize he was being stupid. He knew who's hex hit her, he saw it almost like slow motion, as soon as it left his wand, he yelled out loud to stop it but it didn't and the green light just kept going and she wasn't looking around and if she just jumped a little to her left-
He cleared his mind
No reason in crying over spilled Pumpkin juice
Or in this case, Blood
He grimaced and reached into his pocket for a lemon drop and smiled; Ariana always loved those
Maybe he didn't see a pair of wool socks, a new package of lemon drops, or the new Miranda Spellbound book, but he wishes he did, it would be better then what he did.
Yeah, I know darkish, I just really like the line when he say 'I'm holding a new pair of wool socks' to Harry in the first book. In my mind Dumbledore see's Ariana in the mirror because it's his little sister! Who died in a battle that you and your friend started, And I'm sure he wants nothing more then wishing it never happened. It never says who threw the spell Albus, Aberforth, or Gellert, although I like toying with the idea that either Albus or Aberforth killed her, i didn't want to add it in here
~~~~DontForget2RememberMe
Next Chapter Hint: It wasn't his fault, he never wanted this