The Magical Mask of Erised

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters, they belong to Rowling. I only own the characters that no one has heard of.

Summary: What would happen if Serious never fell behind the veil? What if it was someone who was under the Imperious Curse, and using the Poly juice potion? And what if in the Seventh Year everyone sees Hermione in a different light? Well you'll have to read to find out. I also suck at summaries.

Chapter One: The White Rose

Hand's touch, Eyes meet,

Sudden Silence, Sudden Heat.

Heart's leap in a giddy world,

He could be that boy,

But I'm not that girl.

Don't dream too far,

Don't lose sight of who you are,

Don't remember that rush of joy

He could be that boy,

But I'm not that girl.

It was Christmas break and Hermione was in her room at home listening to one of her favorite musicals, Wicked. One thing that not a lot of people new about Hermione was her love for musicals. Some of her Favorites were Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, and My Fair Lady. In fact the only people who new about it was her parent's, and surprisingly Serious, Harry's Godfather. He was the one who had introduced her to Phantom of the Opera.

In the summer after there sixth year some officials at the ministry of magic had found Serious wandering around in the unknown vault holding Peter Pettigrew at wand point. He had, since then, been declared innocent and he was able to take on his role as Harry's Godfather. The only way that they figured Serious was alive was that someone had impersonated him that night and went to the Ministry of Magic in his place. The only question was who? No one had gone missing, not that the Ministry and Dumbledore new of anyways.

Over the rest of the summer Harry and Serious spent every waking hour together. At one point, a few days before everyone was supposed to go back to Hogwarts, Ron and Hermione went and spent it with Harry and Serious, and in just those few days Hermione and Serious became very close. No one had noticed it but Harry, and he seemed perfectly comfortable with it. Ron did not seem like he knew, but no one could tell with him. On there last day there Serious gave Hermione a single white rose that would never die. He told her that whenever she got lonely just to look at the rose and she would find him. Before they new it, it was time to leave for the Hogwarts express.