Title: Just Tom
Author: Razberry
Genre: Romance/Angst
Rating: PG... will go up
Disclaimer: Yep, I own Harry Potter and everything associated with it! *sees a group of lawyer headed her way* Er, I mean, the great and all-powerful JK Rowling owns Harry Potter and I just own a lot of the merchandise and I am making no money off of this whatsoever(unless you people wanna send me some *wink*).
Warnings: Confusing stuff ahead!!!!!
Summary: Response to one of QueenStrata's challenges. Harry is staying at Hogwarts over the summer, and finds a really nifty mirror that shows whoever looks into it the person that is most like them. Now Harry has to overcome the challenges of getting along with his so called "match"... The only problem? It's none other than Tom Riddle. And what does Dumbledore have to do with this?!
Notes: This is just a very short interlude, showing what Sirius' dreamed about after he passed out. I am positive it won't make any sense now, but it will later, I assure you. So just bear with me, ok?

Also, if you see a number in a set of these [] that means I have an explanation for that word or phrase at the bottom of the chapter. And since ff.net does not seem to appreciate italics, the character's thoughts will be in /these/. All annoying inner voices will speak in \these\. And since some characters have telepathic abilites, anything that is thought-spoken will be in these. Everyone got that? If not, here's the simplified version for all you idiots out there(j/k).

[] - I have an explanation for that word/phrase at the end of the chapter.
/ / - Peoples individual thoughts
\ \ - Those cute inner voices everybody loves
- Telepathic speech
" " - Regular speech

Okay, well, I think that's it. Now get on with the fic!!!


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Sirius' POV

Blurry. Everything is so blurry. Like a faded photograph... only without the memories. Memories seem so unimportant, in this place, in this time. Only... I don't think there is time here. Everything is so still, frozen. There is no breeze, the trees are still, and even though it is raining, I am not cold, nor am I wet. No birds or insects can be heard. Even as I walk on what should be crunching leaves, total silence reigns.

Then... a whisper.

Ever so soft, I am not sure I even heard it, but it comes again. A whisp of wind, perhaps? No. It is different, more like an arrow whistling through the air. I turn. There is a flash of white and red, and then it's gone.

Spinning... so dizzy. I see glimpses of a figure(or is it more than one?) through the trees, but I cannot seem to focus. I fall to my knees... I'm confused. I don't like not knowing things. I can't see straight, the edges of my vision is faded and the silence is overwhelming. There is nothing in this place. Nothing, and yet everything at once. I can see things, things that I should also hear or smell or feel, but I do not.

Then, a man walks out of the forest. He is the one whom I sought. Dressed in red and white garments, he is a sight to behold. The tanned skin contrasts greatly with his white hair, that stands up in flames. But as soon as I see him I know that he is no human. He has a third eye in the middle of his forehead, and all three glow a bright blood color. Swishing behind him is a white cat tail.

He approaches, and looks down on me from where I sit. Leaning down to my ear, he whispers three words into my ear:

"I am waiting."

I open my mouth to question him, but he lays a hand on my forehead, and I am catapulted into a vault of memories long forgotten, stored away. Not only memories from my past, but from others as well. I see people I don't even know, and others I do. This happens in an instant, and then...

I wake.


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To Be Continued...

Notes: Toldja it wouldn't make any sense. ^_^ This one was written differently than the other chapters, it's a little more serious(no pun intended) and it was written in first person. But because this was so short, I did post another chapter along with it, so now you can enjoy it too!

EXPLANATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
None this part, although most of you probably want some.


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As for thanking my reviwers, I put that in the next part, because I posted these 2 chapters at the same time.


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Now go check out the next chapter!