The Mirror of Erised: Sirius Black II (Harry's third year)

Because he knew he would see something different, and he knew exactly what.

Sirius held onto the frame of the mirror desperately, after all the searching of the Gryffindor tower and random corridors he had finally found it resting in the old Perfects lounge, evacuated years before. He knew what he would see, he's been waiting to see them for over 12 years, he wanted – needed to see them, just one more time.

He waited in front of the mirror, staring at his pathetic appearance; the striped uniform of Azkaban hanging off this thin frame, his once luscious hair (Something he was so proud of in his youth) was now tangled, dirty and long.

His image rippled, and the entire mirror changed form, he knew what he wanted – what he could never have, although this time he wasn't looking for stupid, pathetic forgiveness from his traitor parents. He wanted to see them, just the three of them – not that horrible backstabbing coward of a friend.

The image cleared from its previous rippling and Sirius prepared himself for the emotional breakdown of the century. A figure appeared next to him, with untidy black hair and hazel eyes, James Potter. James looked as youthful and cheerful as always, his smile lighting up his face.

Mirror-James waved to him excitingly, then wrapping his arm around an invisible figure, moments later another body appeared, Beautiful, pale Red-headed Lily Evans-Potter. She gave Sirius a warm, playful smile as she gently smacked James' hand away from her waist, smirking the same way she would when she would call them for dinner – and secretly sneak vegetables in the food. He was tempted to laugh at their natural habits, seeming so familiar that moment, the warmth in his heart was back, a warmth he hadn't felt in 12 long, hard years.

Lily and James continued their mock bickering; only stopping when another figure appeared in the mirror, on the other side of Sirius this time. Remus's image blurred for a second and it took a couple seconds to realize it was because of the tears gathering in his eyes, this was it, the one thing he wanted more then anything in the entire world and could never have – His friends together again.

Remus looked younger, almost an exact image of his 16 year old self. Sirius had considered seeing Remus; there had been an entire paragraph about him teaching at Hogwarts in a daily prophet he had found in the trash. He had been so proud of Remus – his lifelong dream to teach, fulfilled.

He was brought back to reality as his image suddenly changed showing a reflection of youth and teen like carelessness. A carefree expression on his face, one his face hadn't held in years. Mirror Sirius's Hogwarts uniform was messy, his shirt un-tucked and his Gold and Scarlet Gryffindor tie around his neck. He smiled at his youthful self, and soaked in the sight of Lily and James holding hands, while Remus and Sirius elbowing each other, smiling jokingly and pointing at James' dazed expression. He tugged one side of his face up, pulling his face into a crooked smile at the thought about how much they used to tease James in their Hogwarts years.

He rubbed his chest, enjoying the warmth that rested there. He remembered the warmth, he missed it so very much, after living with it for years and have it suddenly ripped away from him in a matter of hours without warning…it was horrible. He missed them, he missed them so so very much, James, Lily, and Remus, All because of one coward, more then 4 peoples life's were ruined that night, Not just James, Lily, Remus's and his, but poor little Harry, to young to understand what he witnessed. He had to grow up without his family, not just his parents but his two uncles as well.

He stared into the mirror once again, not taking his eyes off it, all the figures showing laughter across all their young features. This was them – this was his real family, the one that accepted him, loved him.

The one that couldn't ever be again.

I just had too, I mean come on! The book almost asked me too!

~~DontForget2RememberMe

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