Love and Hate

By Tennisplaya278

Harry, you're worse than Ron! Well, no you're not.
- Hermione Granger-

-Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I don't own Harry Potter and neither do you. Bananas are yellow, tomatoes are red, stop reading this and read my story instead!-

The scarlet phoenix's eyes glared back at him in such a way that sent shivers up and down his spine. Only one person had ever done that to him but he was positive it wasn't who he thought it was. It just wasn't possible to tell you the truth. Especially because it was against the law.

He dropped Snape onto a chair and whispered, "Are you crazy?"

"That bird," the voice faltered at the phoenix's nasty look, "I mean phoenix has been there for quite some time, although I have no idea why."

Draco groaned. Of all the times his mirror had to butt in. "Look, ever since you began talking, I've kept quiet but I think that now I have the right to speak!"

"Draco Malfoy, is that anyway to speak to your-" but was interrupted by an impatient, "Ahem" from behind him. Nervously he turned around.

In place of the phoenix was a very pretty girl sitting on his bed. She had brown bushy hair that fell gently down her back. Standing just below his eyes, she was just the perfect height. Everything about her was perfect. But her eyes were such an interesting color that seemed to change with her mood. Golden flecks were shining brightly against the honey brown of her eyes as if a raging fire was burning from within.

"You do realize what you have done, don't you? One, practically killed me. Two, practically killed him. (She was referring to Snape.) Three, allowed your father to find out about this and lastly have gotten us trapped in this bloody house!" Hermione threw her hands up in frustration. "What were you thinking? No, don't answer that. The real question now is what are we going to do with this piece of scum?"

His eyes widened and he ran over, picked her up and twirled her around while chanting, "You're alright!"

She rolled her eyes but smiled and said, "Of course I am. You don't think that I didn't know what that spell was? I'm not head girl for just any reason. However, do you mind telling me what spell you are going to use next time?"

He set her down and smirked, "Right and allow Lucius to stop me? Smart thinking Granger. What happened to the bookworm I know and love?"

A blush crept up into her pale cheeks but she still told him off about it.

"Ah the Gryffindor lives!"

Hermione made a reach for a pill, no doubt to pummel him with, but instead grabbed Snape's hair. She yelped as she quickly pulled back her fingers as if she had been burnt but refrained from sucking on them.

"Almost forgot about him."

Draco began to pace around the room. "Why is he beaten up anyway? Shouldn't he be somewhere snogging Lucius?"

She told him off again.

"Alright! Do you think that we should wake Snape up or not? Maybe he can tell us what's going on."

A new voice popped up. "Snape? Severus Snape?"

Both teenagers faced the mirror angrily but it was Hermione who spoke up first. "Well I'm glad you know his name! Maybe you two can get together some time but right now we have to figure out what we are going to do with this filthy, betraying scumbag!" Hermione's voice rose to such a loud tone that Draco had to shush her.

"I'm sorry but I thought you'd like to know that Severus is nothing of which you described him!"

"Oh? What do you know? You're just a silly talking mirror." She spat back.

"That was what I was trying to explain before you rudely interrupted me. I am-"

"Oh don't make me laugh! I did not interrupt you much less rudely!" Hermione countered.

"Well yes," the mirror said, "you did with your little 'ahem' back there."

This continued as Draco watched on the side, eyes darting back and forth. Eventually he stopped listening all together. He was sure he was safe until Hermione yelled his name.

"Did you hear what she said!?"

Draco was confused. "Who's 'she'?" He asked.

She smiled at him as his mirror began to speak. "Draco? It's me, your mother."

He jumped off the bed and shouted, "What?! Mother?! How are you? Why on earth are you a mirror? What happened? I thought you were-"

"-dead?" Narcissa the Mirror finished.

"Yes! Why are you a mirror all of a sudden?" Draco sat down on the bed, his mouth still open.

"I'd like to know that too actually." Hermione added, sitting down next to Draco.

"Well, it happened someday in January. Actually, it really began the day you were born Draco. You have to understand one thing. Lucius didn't used to be this…malicious. He was a sweet, caring man, dragged into being a death eater by his own father. So, on the day you were born, he acted like a father. He paced back and forth, waiting for you to be born. Thinking back it was actually amusing. He kept mumbling and became very twitchy. I think he hexed one of the healers." She laughed. "So you were born and we couldn't be happier. The healers took you away to make sure that you were healthy. Soon, our healer walked in with a frown on his face. At first we frightened that you were sick or worst of all, a squib! But no, he simply told us that you had bitten his finger and handed you back to us.

"So we took you home and raised you. Lucius was already becoming a death eater at the time. We worried day and night that the aurors would come and take you away. However, Voldermort was kind and allowed us five years to raise you. I treasured that time. Everything was going along fine until Voldermort's downfall by Harry Potter. But what seemed like an obstacle turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Every wizard and witch was celebrating so joyously that they forgot about the word 'death eater'.

"It didn't last and neither did Lucius' kind nature. Soon things were getting chaotic. As much as your father loved you, he wanted power more. So he began to train you to follow his footsteps and become a death eater as well. I can't say that I agreed with his teachings but I loved him and I loved you so I stood back and didn't say a word.

"However, it got to the point where enough was enough. One day he was using various hexes on you as you ran around frantically trying to dodge them. It was training his reflexes for quidditch Lucius would say. When a disarming spell knocked you away I told him to stop it. I think that it was a big shock for him because in a few seconds he slapped me. And so the war began.

When Lucius left the house to do who knows what, I would raise you and teach you about life and respect. Once Lucius set foot into the manor, he would train you in becoming a death eater, against all my pleading." She sighed. "He used to be such a gentleman! So free spirited and carefree!"

"Then what happened?" Draco urged.

"Well, it just kept on going and slowly we fell out of love and became just two people stuck together in one house. It was terrible. I couldn't look him in the face any more. Voldermort had changed him and I was afraid that I was going to lose you too. Apparently Lucius found out that I was trying to discourage you from becoming a death eater and so one night, we sat down to dinner. It was our anniversary and I was surprised that he even managed to remember. He brought out to glasses of wine and offered one to me. I gladly accepted it and so a took a sip and…I landed here."

"Wait, Lucius turned you into a mirror? What good is that?" asked Draco, confused.

"Well, from her story I don't think he meant to." Hermione added thoughtfully. Draco looked at her and she continued. "I think he was making a poison to kill her. Avada Kedavra would be too much of a risk I think so he made the potion. But somehow, he messed it up and it trapped Narcissa in a mirror."

"No he didn't trap in just one mirror. I can travel from one to another."

Draco added, "Like a painting?"

Hermione nodded and a gloomy silence followed after words as they all tried to digest the information.

A moan brought them back to earth and they turned to look at Snape on the bed who was now awakening. He whispered, "Where am I?"

-Author's Notes-

Long wait and I'm sorry for that. This was mostly and explanation chapter so I'm sorry if got a little boring toward the end. :P I tried.

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-Michelle :: Tennisplaya278