A.N/: Chapter 1 was actually the prolouge. The story now continues; a month later and after the exams. So the birthday party has already happened. I hope you can follow on. If anything isn't clear just ask. I have the whole idea of this story worked out now so such accidents shouldn't
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Thoughts of Hermione are in italic!
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Chapter 2: The mirror of goodness
Hermione stretched out her arms, and let out a happy sigh. The exams were finally over!
This evening there would be a grand dinner for the held for the whole student body. She was extremely looking forward to it, as it had been so long since their last feast. She loved the feeling of relief when her exams were finally over and she and the whole school were together and safe. Even the Slytherins.
This would be their last festivity, before they went off to look for the remaining five horcruxes. They still hadn't had any idea of where to find them; it was going to be a disaster if they didn't find some clues quickly! That's why they were going to stay at Hogwarts for a few days, to do some last minute searching in the library.
But she didn't want to think about it right now. Today was a day to celebrate!
But first things first, she was going to empty her trunk and put everything back in order. While putting everything back she found a little golden bracelet in her trunk still wrapped in some gift paper.
'Oh, that's the bracelet Harry and Ron gave me for my birthday. I've been wondering where it went to. Time to put it on, it's a shame that I didn't wear it before.'
It was a beautiful bracelet. Fine and white gold interlaced together making a knot in the middle . The knot formed a little eight. It was as beautifully made.
She stared at it for a while before she finished cleaning up her trunk. By the time she was fully dressed in a clean, crisp school uniform it was time to go to dinner.
She ran down the stairs of the Gryffindor tower; to meet up with Ron and Harry in the common room.
'Hey 'Mione! Ready to celebrate the end of our sixth year? I'm so happy this torture is finally over. I wouldn't have lasted for another day' Ron exclaimed.
'I'm as ready as ever.' I broad smile gracing her face.
'You're wearing the bracelet I gave you!' Harry noticed his lips curling up in a smile.
'I'm glad you've noticed. I love it!' Hermione said 'Now of we go or we will be late for the feast!'
They walked down to the corridors to the great hall and pushed open the great wooden doors. The hall was magnificent. Candles were floating in the air held together with ribbons. All the ribbons had the colours of the different houses. The walls were graced with tapestries with the different mascots of the four houses and the tables were as usual loaded with food. Each table graced with the
different house colours.
They went to sit at their table. Hermione sat opposite to Harry and next to Ron. Dumbledore finished his speech about the end of the school year and wished everyone a good holiday.
Ron began to load his plate full with food. 'Dumbledore's speeches are getting less and less original.'
'What do you want the pr-' Hermione was interrupted by a high pitched voice 'Ronnekens, love. Why don't you come and sit with me?' Lavender shrieked.
Hermione's hair on the back of her neck stood on end. She once asked what Ron found so attractive about her. It was not like she would ever win the award of brains of the year. Maybe one of her less polite moments.
He answered 'I have a brainy friend; so I don't need a brainy girlfriend too. One is more than enough.'
She should have felt offended but she didn't. Ron thought that she was smart and that satisfied her need to feel recognised in her geniuses.
'Well, love we will have all night to sit together now. You can miss me those few more moments, can't you?' Ron teased.
Lavender broke into a rain of giggles.
'Damn, she could be so annoyingly girly sometimes.'
When dinner was over. They went back up to the Gryffindor tower and bid each other goodnight.
Hermione was exhausted from all of those exams. They were fun but a bit tiresome. She put her pyjamas on, and climbed into bed. It was cosy warm underneath her covers. She swiftly drifted off to deep sleep.
She was running after Ron and Harry. They were getting closer and closer to the horcrux. She could feel it. They were almost there. She could taste it on the tip of her tounge.
Suddenly the scenery changed. She was no longer running after Ron and disappeared and she called out there names. No answer came. Just the echo of her strained voice calling out her friends names in a distressed tone.
She stood in a long corridor. She looked around and looked at herself in a mirror. She was
only dressed in a white nightdress that looked to be in the style of the forty's. On her wrist the bracelet sparkled. Her hair fell down in elegant curls and was a few shades darker than it normally was.
Now she looked at the corridor. It seemed so familiar, almost too familiar. She walked bare footed down the corridor.
'Where am I?'
Her voice echoed through the corridor. All of the sudden her body stopped moving. She turned sideways.
A voice not her own called out.
'Open for me and show me the mirror of goodness'
'Open for me and show me the mirror of goodness'
'Open for me and show me the mirror of goodness'
'Yang'
It was the room of requirement she realised; as a door appeared in front of her. The door was carved beautifully and showed all the works of mercy.
She wanted to reach for the handle of the door but she couldn't touch it. Her arm was too short. Even her fingertips couldn't reach it.
Frustrated she began to stretch out further but the further she got the further away the door seemed.
DRIIIIIING
The alarm woke her up. She sat straight up in her bed startled by the weird dream, or more like nightmare.
She washed and dressed herself in a daze. Still captured in the dream she had. It was like she was sleepwalking wide awake. She went to the great hall and sat on the breakfast table between Harry and Ron.
'Not for nothing Hermione, but you look terrible. Didn't you sleep well?' Ron asked. Hermione didn't react.
'Mione? Hermione to earth' Ron teased her poking his finger in her waist.
'Huh, stop that Ron. You know I don't like you doing that!' she said finally coming back to her senses.
'What did you say?'
'If you've slept well because frankly you look like hell.' Ron said.
'Well Thank You Ron, always the gentleman, aren't you?' Hermione teased him back.
'Well, I had this weird dream that I was in the corridor of the room of Requirement but I couldn't get in; because I couldn't reach the door.' She explained to him.
'I don't seem to get the dream out of my head. But we should better be off to the library. We have lots of work to do.' Hermione stated.
'What? I've only ate one full plate of bacon and eggs' Ron exclaimed 'and you haven't eaten at all!'
'Oh, yeah I've forgotten. Well, quickly then.' Hermione said.
After Ron ate two more plates loaded with bacon, eggs, muffins and croissants they went off to the library. They settled down at the far end of it. So nobody would hear what they were talking about. Not that anybody would be at the library after the exams. But better safe than sorry.
'Well, I've gathered some books that could help us finding everything out about horcruxes.' Hermione began.
She put all the books down on the desks. The boys were looking open-mouthed at it.
'Guys, not that I'm not excited about the fact that you are finally seeing the beauty of books but I think you can stop staring right now.' Hermione said.
'Hermione' Harry stammered 'your bracelet.'
She looked at it and she couldn't believe her eyes. There were words written on the bracelet. It looked like they were written in moulted gold, but the bracelet was ice cold. She took it quickly of and tossed it on the desk; saying 'What the hell?'
'Harry, where did you get that thing?' Hermione exclaimed.
'Well, I ... I' Harry stuttered
'I'd forgotten to buy you a present so I went to the room of Requirement and asked a present for you. That is what it gave me.'
Harry carefully picked it up and examined it.
'What does it say? Hermione asked her curiosity quickly overcoming her fear.
'Please, help me. I'm trapped inside. I mean no harm. Go to the room of Requirement and replay your dream' Harry spoke up.
The words instantly vanishing as he said them.
'What is that? What does it mean?' Hermione said her voice coming out as a whisper.
'I am the yang of a person. Please, help me. I can explain in the room of Requirement' Harry repeated the words that were written.
'The yang? What is that?' Ron asked.
'Ron, don't tell me you don't know what yin and yang means?' Hermione said a bit disappointed.
She went over to a bookshelf and took out a book about Chinese philosophy and opened it at a certain page.
'Yin and yang are opposites of each other that interact within a greater whole as in a dynamic system. Everything around us has both yin and yang aspects but either of them can manifest more in a particular object and this can change over time. It is symbolized by forms of Taijitu symbol for which it is best known.'
Hermione pointed her finger at a circle that consisted out of two colors black and white flowing over in each other with both a dot of the other colour in the middle.
She continued reading 'In the western culture yin and yang correspond to evil and good respectively.
Yin is under, cold, water, black, dark, hate and so on. While yang is above, warm, fire, white, light, love and so on. '
'So the bracelet contains love, fire and light?' Ron exclaimed.
'Basically, yes. Maybe we should see it more as a spirit of goodness' Hermione said remembering her weird dream. 'At least if it says the truth.'
'I am telling you the truth. I'm trustworthy.' Harry read.
'So what do you think? Should we check it out?' Harry asked.
'He is always ready to get into some trouble, isn't he? It is like we attract it.'
'I don't think it is very wise to do so. We don't know what will happen.' Hermione reasoned.
'I mean only to show myself in a mirror. I cannot hurt you. I merely seek some help!' Harry read out loud.
'I don't think it could do any harm to check it out. We are with 3 and it is just a bracelet.' Harry said.
''Mione, I think Harry's right what can it do? The bracelet isn't even long enough to strangle us.' Ron laughed.
'Well, I guess I've lost the argument. Off we go then.' Hermione sighed.
As they arrived in front of the wall were the door of the room of Requirement should appear Ron asked 'What should we do now?'
'Didn't it say something about your dream, Hermione?' Harry asked.
Hermione squinted her eyebrows together thinking about what she had dreamed.
'Ah' she exclaimed ''Open for me and show me the mirror of goodness' a voice said in my dream.'
'Well, let's give it a try.' Harry began saying it three times. A door appeared in front of them. The exact same door as in her dream. The door with the works of mercy. But this time she could touch the handle of the door and pushed it open.
A light room revealed itself. They entered looking for any signs of danger. They saw none. Opposite of the door stood a tall mirror as big as the wall. Above it stood written in elegant letters.
I show you goodness, and only that
'What now, I don't see anything special except for a mirror' Ron said.
'Lay me in front of the mirror' Harry read out loud.
He did as he was told and took a step back.
A reflection of a person began to form. First the rough outlines appeared then it started to look like a black and white picture. Finally there were some colors in the reflection.
Neither Ron nor Hermione recognized the person. But all blood was drained from Harry's face and he looked like a ghost.
'That is, that is ...' Harry stuttered
'That is ...
Tom Riddle!'
A/N: Bit of a cliffy! Dank u voor het lezen and REVIEW please. Or I won't
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