The Mirror

Lily's time at Hogwarts, was passing quickly. Before she knew it, it was already the last day of the term, and the Great Hall and been decorated for the occasion. "Merlin's beard, I love these holiday feasts." She heard James say, as he dug in. Needless to say, he got his insatiable appetite from Uncle Ron.

She had to admit though, the feasts were the best she had ever had. But she was more interested in the classes. By far, Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts were her favorites. And the fact that her father had accepted a teaching position for her first year at Hogwarts-well, it was still hard for her to get over it. In some ways though, she felt like it took away from her first year away from home. How could she feel like she was away when she saw her father everyday?

Looking over to the Slytherin table, she could see Albus and his friend's playing Exploding Snap. There was almost a yearning to go play with them. Don't be stupid,she thought to herself. James would kill you.

Scorpius caught her looking at them, and grinned. "Too bad you can't be here," he mouthed.

"That's exactly what I was thinking," she mouthed back.

Her friendship with the Slytherin boys had to remain a secret. James would never let her live it down, and none of the Griffindors would appreciate it. She hardly understood the rivalry. The Malfoy's were relatively good family friends, even if the McNair's weren't. She knew that the families had been Death Eaters at one point, but that didn't mean that they had to remain Death Eaters. After all, no one is born a Death Eater.

"Are you lot going home for the holidays?" Justin asked Lily.

She just looked at him for a moment, surprised that he was even talking to her. "Uh, yes, of course. Are you?"

He nodded. "Dad wants me to practice Qudditch with him as much as possible."

"I can't wait until I can try out for the team," Lily said with jealousy. "I'd love to be Seeker."

Justin grinned. "You'd be wicked at it, especially since both of your parents were Seekers. And your grandfather."

"You're not taking my spot," James growled. "I'll be in my seventh year when you can try out, and if you think I'll let you oust me in my last year, then you have another thing coming. You'll just have to settle for Chaser."

Hugo gulped. "Let's not fight, shall we?"

"Nothing wrong with being a Chaser, mate. They carry most of the game," Jay said.

"I can be whatever the Team Captain deems me to be," Lily retorted.

James grinned wolfishly. "Well, since that'll be me, I can guarantee you, you won't be Seeker."

Justin rolled his eyes and Lily couldn't help but smile. Justin and Jay weren't as bad as James. If only her brother would learn to be...well, less of a twat. Lily sighed, and stretched her arms. "I think I'll go up to the common room now," she said, getting up to leave. "Anyone coming with me?"

Hugo and Max shook their heads. "I think I'll stay here a little while longer," Max said.

Lily shrugged. "Okay." She was glad that Max was fitting it. Even though he never said it, she knew that he worried that he didn't really belong at Hogwarts, and that he would be told that he had to go home. But she saw the way his face lit up when he mastered his first spell-Wingardium Leviosa-and how he relaxed after that. It didn't matter that his parents were Muggles. He was home.

As Lily walked through a hallway she always walked by, she noticed a door she had never seen before. She turned to it, slowly and then looked around her. No one was around, so she slipped in.

There was so much stuff in that room, it almost made her dizzy to look at it all. She wandered around the room a good bit, her wand drawn in case something should leap out in front of her.

And then she saw it. The mirror from her dream. She approached it with hesitation, and stood before it. And all she saw, was herself. But she was older, taller. Pretty. What surprised her the most though, was what she felt. The power, surging from her older self. There was a glint in her eyes, a knowing glint. Lily tilted her head to the side, when she noted that her older self held a strange wand. It wasn't her wand, that she knew. She felt that she had seen the wand before, but couldn't place just exactly where.

"Everyone's left to their common room's, Lily."

Lily jumped and spun around. "Dad! I...I just saw this room and I...well, I was just wondering, since I had never seen it before," she trailed off, terrified that her father would not only lecture and ground her, but also give her detention.

He chuckled and came to stand next to her. "This is the Room of Requirement. It appears to whoever is in need of it, and changes to fit that persons needs. It's curious though, that the Mirror of Erisid should be in here."

"Why is that?"

"Dumbledore told me at the end of my first year that he would be taking the mirror far away from here," he laughed. "I should have known he wouldn't have moved it at all."

Lily looked on at the mirror thoughtfully. "Does it show you your future?"

He looked at her in surprise. "No, no it shows you only your deepest desires, whatever they may be."

"What do you see?" she asked, looking up at him.

He sighed and put a hand on her shoulder. "I see my parents. I see Sirius, and Lupin. I see Dumbledore, and Tonks, and Mad-Eye."

Lily could see tears glistening in her father's eyes. "I wish I could have known them. Especially Sirius."

That made her father laugh. "You would have been his favorite, I think."

For a moment, the two of them just stood there, gazing at the mirror. "Well," Harry Potter said, looking at his daughter. "I think it's about time I sent you to the Griffindor common room."

She nodded. "Night Dad."

"Good night Lily," he sad. Before she rounded the corner of piled objects, he turned back around. "Out of curiosity, what do you see when you look at the mirror?"

Power. She turned and smiled at him. "Being Seeker."

He smiled back at her. "One day, Lil. Sweet dreams."

"You too Dad."

That night, Lily's dreams were hardly sweet. She was plagued by nightmares of her older self. Flashes of symbols, objects, that she didn't understand.

Evil will rise again, hissed a voice in her dream.

Author's Note: Let me know what you guys think, it has been a while since I've written fan fiction.