Chapter 13: The Mirror of Erised
"Awesome game!" Lexine cried once Erin met them outside of the locker room. She accepted a hug from Hermione. "Thanks." Erin pulled a strand of hair away from her eyes. "That was probably one of the most awesome experiences I've ever had in my life! I wish Nate was here, though." She added wistfully. Hermione raised an eyebrow. "Who's Nate?" "My boyfriend in America." Erin explained. "Oh. Is he a wizard?" Kay sniggered as Erin replied: "No. He's a muggle." Lexine suddenly had the feeling something wasn't right. "Um." she paused. "Where's Harry?" The rest of them looked at each other.
Soon after, Harry returned and told them to meet him in the library after he had changed. "Wonder what he's up to," said Hermione curiously as they headed inside the castle. Kay had no idea (she had not read the books) and decided to find out for herself rather than ask Lexine or Erin. They entered the library and Harry met them a few moments later. "Where did you go, Harry?" asked Ron, a bit confused. Harry leaned forward. "I saw Snape limping away from the field after the game. Remember how he was limping the other night? Anyway-so after everyone went into the locker room I decided to follow him." Hermione stared at Harry wide-eyed. "Well-don't just stop there, Harry!" she cried. "Okay. Well-he stopped at the edge of the Forbidden Forest and then I heard Professor Quirrell." Kay held up her hand. "Wait a minute. Professor who?" Lexine looked at her. "Quirrell-he teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts." "How did you know that?" asked Ron. "You never went to Defense Against the Dark Arts with us." Lexine shrugged. "I dunno." "Yeah. Anyway. I don't know what exactly is going on between those two but obviously Quirrell has something Snape wants and Quirrell hasn't been following through with whatever it is." Hermione put a hand to her forehead as though the confusion was giving her a headache. "Okay. Obviously there is a logical explanation for it." She looked at Kay Lexine and Erin who were sitting down watching her. "We HAVE to ask Hagrid if he knows what that dog is guarding." "Kay had an idea. Making him drunk so that he would slip and tell us." Said Ron. Hermione snorted. "Oh that's a BRILLIANT idea Ron. Exactly how do you think we are going to get a hold of the liquor in the first place? It's kind of illegal." Kay chewed on her lower lip in thought. "We," she began, pointing to herself and Lexine "Are mages. The two of us can do ANYTHING." Erin frowned-she did not like the idea of this plan at all.
"I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song." "LEXINE!" The wild mage giggled as both Erin and Kay shouted at her. "RUN," Kay snapped as Lexine began to hum the song. The wild mage screeched and bolted as the psi-mage chased after her. Erin, Harry, Ron and Hermione laughed as the girls ran around in circles. The group was now in the corridor on the way to the Gryffindor tower as no classes were scheduled on Saturdays. "Nooooooo!" Erin jumped in between the two girls and stopped each of them in mid stride. Kay glared at her. POKE "AIEEEEE!" The mage's continued to chase each other around again. When they grew tired of it, they stopped. "Hehe-look-an empty classroom," giggled Kay pointing at the closed door on one side of them. Hermione raised an eyebrow as Lexine pushed the door open. They entered the dark classroom and Harry gasped. "Look!" he said pointing. Kay saw a gorgeous mirror leaning against the far wall. Harry walked up to it and when he got a better look he saw that all around the border were words carved in Latin. "Wow." Gasped Ron. Hermione shuddered. "Do you guys feel like we shouldn't be here?" she asked. Harry peered into the mirror. At first, it showed nothing but his reflection. Then, slowly, images began to appear. A beautiful red-haired woman with sparkling green eyes stood beside a man with untidy black hair and hazel eyes. "Mom?" Harry asked. "Dad?" he watched as they smiled and waved at him. All around his parents were people of all ages who had a similar resemblance to Harry. Ron came over to his friend's side. "You see your parents in there?" he asked quietly. Harry nodded. "My Mum and Dad-and the rest of my family-I think." "Cool! Let me have a look." Harry stepped aside as Ron looked into the mirror. Erin suddenly looked from side to side frowning. "Where's Kay?" she asked. "MWAHAHAHAHA!" "ARGH!" Ron leapt back. Kay was in the mirror, peering at him with a grin. "What?" cried Hermione. Then she knew. "KAY?" Erin and Lexine darted over to see and Lexine folded her arms. "Kay- chan. What are you doing in the mirror?" Kay smiled evilly. "That's for me to know and for you to find out." Then she began doing a little dance singing "Mage in the mirror-mage in he mirror." (to Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror") "Get out of there, Kay." Erin ordered. "No." said Kay. "How did you get in there?" asked Hermione placing her hands against the glass. Kay put her mouth up against the glass and made a face. "Wouldn't YOU like to know?" she asked. "You are going to get us all into trouble!" Hermione snapped. "We're obviously not supposed to be in here to begin with and now you've gone and gotten yourself into a fix!" Kay shrugged. "So? Leave then if you don't want to get into trouble." Erin put her hands on her hips. "Fine. If that's what you want. Come on, guys." She led the others out of the room and into the corridor where they met up with Professor Dumbledore. "What were you doing in there?" he asked angrily. "Uh." "OH SHIT!" All five of them turned towards the classroom when they heard banging on the glass and more shouts of "HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!" Dumbledore hurried into the room and found Kay in the mirror. "All right," he sighed. "How did you get yourself stuck in there?" Kay's lower lip began trembling. "I dunno." She whimpered. She tapped on the glass. "But now I can't get ouuuut." Dumbledore sighed and took out his wand from his cloak pocket. "I'll help you only because it's the right thing to do." Kay blinked as he raised his wand, mutter a few words and "OW" Kay fell forward to the wooden floor with a thud and rolled to a stop at the headmaster's feet. Dumbledore then raised his wand and said "Reparo!" to replace the glass. Kay lifted herself with her hands and brushed the dust from her jeans. "Thanks." She told Dumbledore. He nodded and then ushered her out of the classroom.
"Awesome game!" Lexine cried once Erin met them outside of the locker room. She accepted a hug from Hermione. "Thanks." Erin pulled a strand of hair away from her eyes. "That was probably one of the most awesome experiences I've ever had in my life! I wish Nate was here, though." She added wistfully. Hermione raised an eyebrow. "Who's Nate?" "My boyfriend in America." Erin explained. "Oh. Is he a wizard?" Kay sniggered as Erin replied: "No. He's a muggle." Lexine suddenly had the feeling something wasn't right. "Um." she paused. "Where's Harry?" The rest of them looked at each other.
Soon after, Harry returned and told them to meet him in the library after he had changed. "Wonder what he's up to," said Hermione curiously as they headed inside the castle. Kay had no idea (she had not read the books) and decided to find out for herself rather than ask Lexine or Erin. They entered the library and Harry met them a few moments later. "Where did you go, Harry?" asked Ron, a bit confused. Harry leaned forward. "I saw Snape limping away from the field after the game. Remember how he was limping the other night? Anyway-so after everyone went into the locker room I decided to follow him." Hermione stared at Harry wide-eyed. "Well-don't just stop there, Harry!" she cried. "Okay. Well-he stopped at the edge of the Forbidden Forest and then I heard Professor Quirrell." Kay held up her hand. "Wait a minute. Professor who?" Lexine looked at her. "Quirrell-he teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts." "How did you know that?" asked Ron. "You never went to Defense Against the Dark Arts with us." Lexine shrugged. "I dunno." "Yeah. Anyway. I don't know what exactly is going on between those two but obviously Quirrell has something Snape wants and Quirrell hasn't been following through with whatever it is." Hermione put a hand to her forehead as though the confusion was giving her a headache. "Okay. Obviously there is a logical explanation for it." She looked at Kay Lexine and Erin who were sitting down watching her. "We HAVE to ask Hagrid if he knows what that dog is guarding." "Kay had an idea. Making him drunk so that he would slip and tell us." Said Ron. Hermione snorted. "Oh that's a BRILLIANT idea Ron. Exactly how do you think we are going to get a hold of the liquor in the first place? It's kind of illegal." Kay chewed on her lower lip in thought. "We," she began, pointing to herself and Lexine "Are mages. The two of us can do ANYTHING." Erin frowned-she did not like the idea of this plan at all.
"I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! I know a song." "LEXINE!" The wild mage giggled as both Erin and Kay shouted at her. "RUN," Kay snapped as Lexine began to hum the song. The wild mage screeched and bolted as the psi-mage chased after her. Erin, Harry, Ron and Hermione laughed as the girls ran around in circles. The group was now in the corridor on the way to the Gryffindor tower as no classes were scheduled on Saturdays. "Nooooooo!" Erin jumped in between the two girls and stopped each of them in mid stride. Kay glared at her. POKE "AIEEEEE!" The mage's continued to chase each other around again. When they grew tired of it, they stopped. "Hehe-look-an empty classroom," giggled Kay pointing at the closed door on one side of them. Hermione raised an eyebrow as Lexine pushed the door open. They entered the dark classroom and Harry gasped. "Look!" he said pointing. Kay saw a gorgeous mirror leaning against the far wall. Harry walked up to it and when he got a better look he saw that all around the border were words carved in Latin. "Wow." Gasped Ron. Hermione shuddered. "Do you guys feel like we shouldn't be here?" she asked. Harry peered into the mirror. At first, it showed nothing but his reflection. Then, slowly, images began to appear. A beautiful red-haired woman with sparkling green eyes stood beside a man with untidy black hair and hazel eyes. "Mom?" Harry asked. "Dad?" he watched as they smiled and waved at him. All around his parents were people of all ages who had a similar resemblance to Harry. Ron came over to his friend's side. "You see your parents in there?" he asked quietly. Harry nodded. "My Mum and Dad-and the rest of my family-I think." "Cool! Let me have a look." Harry stepped aside as Ron looked into the mirror. Erin suddenly looked from side to side frowning. "Where's Kay?" she asked. "MWAHAHAHAHA!" "ARGH!" Ron leapt back. Kay was in the mirror, peering at him with a grin. "What?" cried Hermione. Then she knew. "KAY?" Erin and Lexine darted over to see and Lexine folded her arms. "Kay- chan. What are you doing in the mirror?" Kay smiled evilly. "That's for me to know and for you to find out." Then she began doing a little dance singing "Mage in the mirror-mage in he mirror." (to Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror") "Get out of there, Kay." Erin ordered. "No." said Kay. "How did you get in there?" asked Hermione placing her hands against the glass. Kay put her mouth up against the glass and made a face. "Wouldn't YOU like to know?" she asked. "You are going to get us all into trouble!" Hermione snapped. "We're obviously not supposed to be in here to begin with and now you've gone and gotten yourself into a fix!" Kay shrugged. "So? Leave then if you don't want to get into trouble." Erin put her hands on her hips. "Fine. If that's what you want. Come on, guys." She led the others out of the room and into the corridor where they met up with Professor Dumbledore. "What were you doing in there?" he asked angrily. "Uh." "OH SHIT!" All five of them turned towards the classroom when they heard banging on the glass and more shouts of "HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!" Dumbledore hurried into the room and found Kay in the mirror. "All right," he sighed. "How did you get yourself stuck in there?" Kay's lower lip began trembling. "I dunno." She whimpered. She tapped on the glass. "But now I can't get ouuuut." Dumbledore sighed and took out his wand from his cloak pocket. "I'll help you only because it's the right thing to do." Kay blinked as he raised his wand, mutter a few words and "OW" Kay fell forward to the wooden floor with a thud and rolled to a stop at the headmaster's feet. Dumbledore then raised his wand and said "Reparo!" to replace the glass. Kay lifted herself with her hands and brushed the dust from her jeans. "Thanks." She told Dumbledore. He nodded and then ushered her out of the classroom.