I Will Not Bow Down
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I Will Not Bow Down
Twenty-Six: Winter Holidays
Joan arrived with bags on her hands, she had gone shopping for Christmas Presents early because she needed to hide them well and had a large family to give to, she felt her phone vibrate as she climbed the stairs. Joan looked at her phone and saw that it was Harriet and she was surprised since she didn't call her much. As she arrived and put the bags down she saw that Sherlock was in his chair with Remus and Sirius in the couch holding some files.
"Hullo?" she answered.
"Joan, dammit answer your phone."
"I was working and shopping for the Holidays." Joan told Harriet. "What's the matter?"
"Mum—"Harriet broke and she was crying. "I didn't mean—"
"Harry, come on what happen?" she asked and Sherlock was looking at her with surprise in his eyes.
"Mum is in the hospital—well we're in the hospital." Harry said.
"What?" Joan screamed and Sherlock stood up from the couch getting close to her.
"We suffered an accident, she isn't waking up." Harriet told her.
"I'm coming." Joan said, she hung up and covered her mouth before the sob came and Sherlock didn't know what to do?
"Joan?"
"I—I need to go." Joan said pulling away.
"What happened?" Sherlock asked her.
"Harry and my Mum were in an accident, I need to get to the hospital." Joan told him.
"I'll call Mycroft." Sherlock told her.
"We'll take care of Clary and Nick." Remus told Joan and she nodded.
"Thank-you." Joan said and got everything ready, Sherlock was getting ready as well. He had only met his mother-in-law a few times.
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Hogwarts
"Yes, I understand Papa." Harry told Sherlock. "Send my best wishes to Nana Sophie."
"I will, the holiday—"Sherlock began, he had also told Harry about the serial killer that had pop-up and this would really be different.
"I'll stay in Hogwarts, Clary and Nicholas can go to with Grand Mummy and Grandpapa." Harry told him. "Just make sure Mum is okay?"
"I will." Sherlock said and the mirror went blank. Harry looked at the mirror it would be the first Christmas they weren't together, but he understood and his Dad felt guilty about it. Hermione looked at him as he came down to the common room.
"Is everything alright?" she asked.
"My Nana is in the hospital, in a coma she and Aunt Harriet got into a car accident." Harry told her. Hermione had met Joan's mother and to know she had suffered an accident surprised her.
"Oh Harry." She said and hugged him, Harry patted her back. "I'm signing McGonagall's sheet, I want Mum not to worry much about me right now."
"Well don't worry about it, mate my brother's and I will be staying too, my parents decided to visit my brother Charlie in Romania." Ron told him.
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Of course with Harry staying in Hogwarts it had to be known around school and Harry rolled his eyes at Draco's words.
"It's too bad for all those people that have to stay in Hogwarts for Christmas because they are not wanted at home." He taunted in Potions class which was bad enough but Harry was busy with his potion and ignoring him. He was thinking about his Nana and Nicolas Flamel he knew that eventually he would have to ask his Grandma Merlyn for the information. They had looked for it everywhere and Hagrid had warned them again about staying out of it, his Dad had told him to stop looking in Snape's direction because he was not the one trying to steal whatever it was that was going to be stolen, he told them to look for strange behavior.
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A Few Weeks Later
"God, Mum." Joan said as she hugged her mother, it had been three weeks and her Mum woke up from her coma, Joan was just thankful.
"I'm sorry to worry you." Mrs. Watson told her youngest daughter.
"It's alright."
"It's not alright Sophie, she didn't sleep in most of the days and I had to force food one her." Sherlock told Mrs. Watson.
"Thank-you, dear for taking such good care of my little girl." Mrs. Watson told him, making Sherlock look to the other side. "I always knew you would be good for her." Mrs. Watson said and it caused Joan to blush and Sherlock to look at his Mother-in-Law.
"Oh, I ruined your Christmas." Mrs. Watson told Joan suddenly.
"No, Mum I'm very glad that you're okay." Joan told her, it was actually the best Christmas gift since it was in two days.
"Where are the kids?"
"They went to Granma Merlyn's home and Harry decided to stay in school." Joan told her.
"Oh I hope he spends it alright, I know you stayed one Christmas." Mrs. Watson told her, it had been after her husband died. Joan remembered and she sighed, she still didn't feel right about leaving Harry in Hogwarts. "You know, he should be careful."
"What do you mean Mum?" Joan asked.
"I don't know." Mrs. Watson told them. Sherlock and Joan shared a look something was happening and they would have to look into it.
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Hogwarts
Harry was actually having a fun time at school with Ron; he also didn't have to worry about certain blond jerks, he was sad to see Neville go though. He had gotten the idea from Hermione about looking in the restrictive section for Nicolas Flamel and he really thought about it and knew things would just end terribly, mainly because he could see people starring at him and he wanted things to change and he going outside would not end up well. So he decided to do the smart thing and ask his Grandma Merlyn which he would do eventually when he knew that his Nana was fine.
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On Christmas he woke up to Ron screaming in the dorm room.
"Harry! Wake up, it's Christmas!" Ron said and Harry groaned before rolling thinking that it was Nicholas first before he remembered and he looked to see the foot of his bed which was filled with Christmas presents.
"It's Christmas!" Harry said and his face lid up. He went to his presents he went to look for his mirror knowing it would turn on in a few minutes. He grabbed the large card on top of his presents.
Harry
Sorry, about not being with you today. Merry Christmas! Your Nana is well, she is finally awake. We miss you. You are missed Harry, your mother has finally eaten, making me tea and bought milk and has gotten some sleep making her more amiable to my experiments. Sherlock, I swear they better not be a body parts. I only have eyeballs in a dish.
Love & Sentiment
Mum and Papa
Harry smiled at the card noticing the adding of both his parents writing and went to get his presents. He grabbed the other package that had chocolate frogs from Hermione. He had gotten other gifts from the entire family a new pair of gloves for Uncle My and Greg, also new pens from Uncle Quinn and James. He got cards and a painting from Nicholas and Clarice.
"Hey, what is this?" Harry turned to see Ron holding a book on muggle appliances so he could understand them; he had also gotten muggle candy.
"Oh, I think my parents sent you that." Harry told him.
"Look at all the pictures they don't move." Ron told Harry surprise.
"Hey, I think I got a gift from your Mum." Harry told him.
"Oh no, I told her you would be staying because your Nana had an accident and she made you a Weasley sweater she makes one for us every year and mine's always maroon."
Inside was an emerald sweater and fudge, he took a bite out of it; he was surprise it was good; Mrs. Hudson would feel threatened by this. He saw a parcel and he opened it and looked at the cloth.
"What is this?"
"Oh, I think I know what that is but it's rare." Ron told him. Harry covered himself with it and he heard Ron gasp as well as he looked down, his body had disappeared.
"It's an Invisibility Cloak." Harry said and his mind started going on triple speed, he knew of one, from Uncle Sirius and Remus. "Was there a note?"
"Yeah, I think it fell." Ron said and grabbed it giving it to Harry
'Your Father left this in my possession before he died.
It is time it was returned to you.
Use it well.'
"Wow, I'd give anything for one of these, is something wrong?" Ron asked him. '
"No, I don't know." Harry told him, here he was holding something from his Dad James and he understood the meaning of that.
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Later that day he went to have a private moment and his mirror turned on.
"Happy Christmas!" was the first voices that Harry heard and it was Nicholas and Clarice.
"Happy Christmas." Harry told them.
"How do you feel Harry?" Joan asked and he could see that she seem calmer.
"I'm fine, how's Nana?"
"She's fine, she is going to therapy for a while and she will be walking soon." Joan told him.
"I'm glad for that."
"Is something the matter Harry?" Sherlock asked him.
"I received a gift, from someone unknown it's my Dad James, Invisibility Cloak." Harry told them.
"Oh." Sherlock said. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, I have an idea, who had the cloak Papa, I'm pretty sure you do too." Harry said with a smile, his Papa was still awkward after all this time when it came to sentiment.
"Harry, Harry!" Clarice was jumping.
"What's the matter Clary?"
"Remember don't go to the forest." Clary told him.
"I remember." Harry told her.
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Harry wanted to know the limits of the Cloak and he obviously was not going use chemicals on the Cloak but he could sneak out as practice. This being to the Astronomy Tower to talk to his Grandparents about what he wanted to ask, he put the lamp down and looked at his mirror.
"You know your parents are going to kill me." Merlyn told him.
"Sorry, but I do have an important question." Harry told her.
"About?" Merlyn asked.
"A person, I know who he is or who he has worked with but I don't know what's so important about him." Harry told her, he remembered that he had red about him in that chocolate frog in the train.
"Alright." Merlyn says surprised and wonders who it might be? She does not expect the answer.
"Who is Nicolas Flamel?" Harry asks.
"What!?" Merlyn screams and Arthur, who is reading on the other side of their room, stands up going to her side.
"Harry, what did you ask Merlyn?" Arthur asked him.
"I asked who Nicolas Flamel was." Harry told Arthur and he nodded.
"Oh." Arthur said.
"Is he someone bad?" Harry asked him.
"No, he isn't Harry just we haven't seen him in a while since we had your Grandfather married." Arthur told him.
"What's so special about him?" Harry asked and that seemed to bring Merlyn out of her mind.
"Nicolas Flamel is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone." Merlyn told him.
"The what?" Harry asked. "I thought that was a myth." Harry told her.
"No, the Sorcerer's or Philosopher's Stone which ever you prefer it is known as having the ability of turning anything to gold and produces the elixir of life making the drinker immortal." Merlyn told him. "I know that Nicolas is in his six-hundreds along with his wife, if this is about the case your Father is working on, it can be very dangerous."
"Oh." Harry said. "So that's what the robber wants?"
"Probably, Harry try to be careful, if anyone sees's your snooping into this it will end badly." Arthur told him.
"For now just enjoy your Holidays, please." Merlyn told him.
"Okay." Harry said. "Bye."
He looked out the window and saw the forest, he wondered, what could be so dangerous that Clary was having visions about it. He moved and grabbed the lamp getting ready to leave when he saw Mrs. Norris; he moved his hand the lamp smashed.
"Damn." He said and dropped the lamp before he began to move getting away from Filch and he saw both Snape and Filch close, he covered his mouth.
"We'll find whoever it is soon." Filch told Snape.
Harry moved quietly before he went to hide in one of the classrooms. He saw that it was empty except for one solitary thing a mirror. He got close and read the words: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.
"I show you not your face but your heart desire." He said to himself. He took the cloak off his shoulders and took a step forward out of curiosity. He looked at himself and he was standing there and that's when he saw them on either shoulder were both set of his parents, Lily and James Potter and Joan and Sherlock Holmes.
"Mum, Dad?" he asked and both set's smiled at him. Both his parents Joan and Sherlock seemed to have this weight off each other the pain and the horror of what they had seen. He saw as other people began to appear healthy and alive, he saw the people his Grandparents care for he could recognize them because he had seen their pictures in the Manor. Next to his Grandfather he sees another woman stand next to him with a smile in her face, who looks like a mix of Merlyn and Arthur, he knew this must have been the daughter Grandma Merlyn lost all those centuries ago. His siblings are standing there with a smile next to his parents. All these people he was close with and some he didn't know but he would have wanted to meet in his life.
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He didn't know how long he had been sitting in-front of the mirror drinking the image memorizing them. He knew it wasn't real, but he could keep the memory close.
"Couldn't sleep Harry." He jumped and turned to see Dumbledore standing there.
"I—I didn't see you, sir." He said.
"Strange how near sighted being invisible can make you." He told Harry and that seemed to catch his attention, making the fact more solid, the man was also smiling. "So it seems you like hundreds before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised."
"So, that's what it's called." Harry told him, surprising Dumbledore.
"I suspect you realized what it does?" Dumbledore asked wanting to know how much the boy knew how bright he was.
"Yes, shows your heart desire." Harry replied.
"You are quite bright, now can you think that the Mirror shows us all?"
"I don't have enough data." Harry told him.
"Well let me explain, the happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is—"
"He would see himself as he is for he would have his heart's desire."
"Yes, your friend Ron would see himself as the best of his brothers the Head Boy." Dumbledore told him.
"Anyone would see what they want, I wasn't going to get lost in this Professor I did it out of curiosity." Harry told Dumbledore and he believed him.
"I would tell you that the mirror will be moved soon and it would be better if you didn't go look for it, if you ever run across it again you will be prepared." He told the young boy. "Now go off to bed."
Harry wanted to ask, but he knew that Dumbledore would not be entirely truthful to him, so he went to bed and let him mind drift to sleep.
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Note: This is the end of the chapter. Now about the mirror Harry would still see the same thing his family because his family has lost much, so that would be something he sees to see them happy would be something he really desired. So, Mrs. Watson she knows things. Don't forget to review guys.