The Mirror

The woman stepped, not carefully, to where Hermione was standing, pointing her wand directly into her face.

"Who are you?" asked Hermione, not revealing the fear she was feeling.

"How stupid mudbloods are!" jeered the woman.

"You get away from her!" Ron shouted, but another stunning spell sent him flying into a case full of shrunken heads.

Hermione raised her wand, gripping it so tight, her knuckles turned as pale as the stranger's face. The woman sneered.

"Who are you?" Hermione repeated coldly.

"Don't you recognize me? "

"Well, clearly not, so would you care to enlighten us?" said Harry, coolly. The woman's sneer grew.

Then she spoke "Pansy - "

"Parkinson," finished Hermione.

"Oh, well done!" Pansy laughed. A cold, evil laugh, that sent shivers down Hermione's spine, reminding her of the time she was tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange. Ron stood up, raising his wand, like Hermione.

"So what are you doing here?" asked Harry, standing up, wishing Ginny was there as he saw Ron take Hermione's hand.

"I suppose you won't leave here anyway, so there's no harm in telling you . I am, how would you put it, redesigning the Mirror of Erised." As Pansy said this, Harry's heart ached. How could she have anything to do with Lily and Hugo?

"The Mirror of Erised?" Ron thought out loud. "Oh, the mirror? I haven't seen that in years."

"How could you, it's been hidden," snapped Pansy. "But I have found it, and I am working on it."

"And how, exactly, are you 'working' on it?" Hermione asked.

"So many questions. So little time." Pansy noticed the questioning glance passed between Harry and Ron.

"So little time for your beloved children."

"What have you done with them?" Harry said, so sharply, it was as if he was ordering Pansy to tell him.

"Well I'm not giving that away, am I?"

"So you're not as stupid as you look then, are you?" This comment from Ron was all Hermione needed. As Pansy looked puzzled for a moment, Hermione shouted,"Stupefy!" Pansy was thrown off her feet into the shadows that she had emerged from, and they heard a loud, metallic crash, as she hit something. They followed the noise, and came across a door. The force from Pansy landing on it had pushed the door open, so they stepped inside.