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Thanks to everyone who's reviewed. This one's for Quadrantje, who requested a Hagrid mirror fic. Speaking of which, I'm always glad for ideas. If you have a character you'd particularly like to see, let me know. I won't make any promises, but I want to hear what you want. And now, on with the fic.
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I've looked inter it. Dangerous thing, that mirror. I wasn' goin' ter tell no one about it, but seein' as yeh asked….
I saw my littl' Norbert, all grown up! Fine, strappin' big dragon he's turned into. And he was curled right up with Aragog, an' they were trading stories just like old friends. They would've made great friends, they would have.
An' me Buckebeak—er, Witherwings—was there too. Fine lad Witherwings. Best hippogriff I ever had. He didn' do nothin' wrong, he was jus' being himself. Dumbledore understood.
An' Dumbledore was back too. Great man, Dumbledore. Always looks inter people, trusts 'em like, even when no on else does. Gives a second chance to them as needs it.
Me old dad was there too, shakin' hands wi' Dumbledore himself, as proud as you ever saw any man. I saw my dad, an' he was so proud of me, I tell yer, proud of me. He didn' have any reason as ter be ashamed of me. That's what hurts most, yeh know. Knowin' how I let me dad down, when he never did anything but good for me. I'd jus' like ter do somethin' to make him proud.
Those three? I saw them as they shoulda been. Saw Harry, with his parents, playing quidditch, without a care in the world. He didn' have nothin' to do, no one to save. Harry now, I've seen him do jus' about everythin', but he's never gotten ter be just a boy. Saw Ron, an' he didn' have ter worry abou' shabby robes or 'bout tryin' ter be like his brothers. Good boy, that Ron. It's not right that he always has to be Harry's friend or twins' brother and can't just be himself. An' its not right as he an' his brothers an' sister can never have nothin' new. Some people say the Weasley's aren' the best of families, but just one of them has got more good in 'em than the rest of them old families put together! And Hermione, she didn' have ter worry abou' no one callin' her names that I'm not gonna repeat. People treated her as they ought ter.
An' you know what else? They were all happy. Harry an' Ron an' Hermione an' Dumbledore and me dad an' even Norbert. Happier than most anyone ever sees 'em. That's what I want ter see. I want them happy as should be happy.
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