Lucy Jones 1: The beginning of a tale (HP fanfiction)

17 The Mirror

Lucy wears the jumper she got from Ron's mom when she arrives at breakfast. Harry and Ron look at her when she sits. 'Harry, you must tell Lucy.' Ron says.

'Tell me what?' She asks while she takes some bread and cheese.

Her eyes meet Harry, and he says: 'I used the cloak last night to look for Flamel in the restricted section.'

'And he found this amazing mirror.' Ron adds.

'Yeah, they almost caught me, and when I tried to escape, I found a mirror.'

'And what makes this mirror so amazing?' Lucy asks, taking a bite from her sandwich.

'You should come and see yourself. This night we'll go back and try to find it again.' Harry says.

'Yeah, Harry said. He saw his parents in the mirror; maybe you can also see yours.'

Lucy stops chewing and stares at him, her eyes wide open. How could he just say something like that, but Ron didn't seem to understand that he said something wrong.

That evening the three of them search for the mirror.

Ron sighs after a while: 'Can't we just go back? I'm freezing.'

'No, we'll find it!' Harry insists, growing more impatient with every turn.

A few minutes later, Lucy pushes a door open, and the mirror stands in the middle of the room. 'Is this the mirror?' Lucy asks.

'Yes, and Ron, do you also see your entire family?'

In front of the mirror, Ron replies: 'No, I'm by myself, and I'm holding the House cup.' he looks proud of himself.

'Let me see in the mirror', Harry says, brutal.

'But you had the mirror yesterday. Maybe Lucy wants to have a look.' Ron suggests.

'No, I don't want to.' Lucy says, and Harry and Ron look at her like she is crazy. She doesn't want to know what she would see.

Mrs Norris stops it, 'She will get Filch Harry.' Lucy tries, but Harry doesn't move.

Ron pulls him out of the room and under the invisibility cloak. They go back to their rooms in silence.

Lucy plays chess against Ron, and she is losing.

'Check, mate', Ron says.

'I'm not playing this again; I don't like this game.'

'That's because you keep losing. Personally, I love this game.' Ron chirps.

'Hey Harry, do you want to play chess with Ron?' Lucy asks when he walks toward them. He was late for breakfast.

'No, you two can play', Harry mumbles.

'You're still thinking about that mirror?' Ron asks.

'Don't go back tonight', Lucy says.

'Why not? You didn't even look in the mirror.' Harry says.

'I have read that this mirror drives people mad, Harry.' She tries again.

'I agree with Lucy. You shouldn't go back. What if you get caught?' Ron adds.

'You both sound like Hermione', Harry says before leaving.

'I don't think he will listen to us, Ron.' Lucy says.

But after that night, Harry didn't use his invisibility cloak again. The vacation ends. They didn't find Nicolas Flamel.

When Hermione returns, she says nothing about Harry's nightly visits to the mirror. She only mumbled: 'I wish you would have found anything about Flamel.'