'Second Reality' is dedicated to the very people who showed me the meaning of home.
To Thomas and Serene Tan for all that patient nurturing only a parent could give. Thanks, Mum and Dad. I love you.
To Theresa and Tracy, although we are sisters, the great age difference between us makes me see you guys as my mothers instead of siblings and you seeing me as your child than a sister. Thank you for loving me and pushing me to my limits, in whatever I do. You love, you care, and although you sometimes frighten me with your strangely overt concern or more often than not quick temper, I know you only mean the best for me. I love you guys too.
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Final Notes from the Author:
Okay, finally you get to finish this fic. Finally I get to finish writing it. Not that writing it had not been fun. I've had this idea since I read the Order. I mean, what else could have happened?
The many questions that plagued me ever since…
Sirius cannot be dead. He had such a miserable life. Look at it this way, he spent 16 years since he was born in the Black family, living with the very people whose values he despised, living with those that he had tried to fit in, tried to be the model son they wanted. Then comes the betrayal by Peter, one of those he had considered to be his best friends…the death of Lily and James…and he was imprisoned once again, this time in Azkaban. Twelve years in that cold cell, trying to keep alive, trying to keep sane by remembering Peter's betrayal, James' death and Remus' hatred. Two years on the run after he escaped and then he died. Terrible life, isn't it? Unfortunately, I'm one of those who respects what the author does with her own characters, therefore, I'm keeping him alive in my heart for as long as possible, through Fanfiction. Yay! What is the Veil all about? Luna said there were ghosts trapped behind that thing, and her own parents were behind it. Imagine, what if there is a world between ours and heaven or hell? There is a world where people, after they die, were trapped in before they go anywhere else to rest in peace. They did not want to die. Scream, rage, and yell that their lives is not yet over, it can't end like this, they can't let it end like this. Bingo! There we go! I've created a world where people live in dreams. And unless they wake up from this dream, they can never go forward in afterlife. May it be heaven or hell or reincarnation, if you believe in that instead.---
The things that YOU wonder about.
What can it be…oh, the song. I found the song after I wrote the first draft for the first chapter. I have in my mind, exactly what I wanted to do with this story. Only that I keep digressing, with the appearance of Bellatrix and blah. *scratches head sheepishly* But well, I got to the end after all. The original title for this fic was 'In The Mirror' and personally, I think it's corny. I spent about two hours while waiting to take my oral examinations thinking about what else can I name it with…came up with crappier, cheesier and cornier titles that I shan't bother you with. I asked my beta reader, but nothing fantastic really came out of it, until I typed bits and pieces of songs I know into Google.com search engine and came across the lyrics of 'Second Reality' instead. Fits, doesn't it? Mirrors. Mirrors play a significant role even in cannon itself. Remember the Mirror of Erised, and the two-way mirror Sirius had given Harry in the fifth book? Playing by Rowling's love for mirrors, I deduce that mirrors have certain magical qualities to it in the wizarding world. So…no surprise that I actually use mirrors as the 'windows' between the two worlds, right? Home is where the heart is. Indeed. The muggle Remus asked Sirius when he was returning home. But the muggle world portrayed by the Veil, no matter how attractive it seemed, was never real. Home is real. To quote Robert Frost, "home is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in", when you are lost, the only place that holds you anchored is your home. Sirius finally found himself back in his lover's arms. In the real world. In every sense of the word, he had came home.I owe this fic to many people. First and foremost being my beta reader, who had so patiently went through my less than perfect grammar, my terribly lame plot ideas with great efficiency. Thanks, Ally!
Also to Yeehan who had listened to my storytelling so intently over lunch. My ideas solidified a lot better when I verbalized them. Really.
Plus Jenn-kei, who got me through the boring as hell Prize Presentation rehearsal by helping me vet my plot bunnies.
And last but not least, to my reviewers who had given me so much support and motivation to write on. I love you guys!
Anyway, shall not say anymore about this. Probably going back to continue with my stories from other fandoms, or writing another SBRL one when I have the inspiration to.
Till then, ta!
Majokai Yukiko
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