Magnolia Potter went back to the room the next night and sat in front of the mirror for what felt like hours. She stared at her parents and she thought she was alone. But it turned out she wasn't when a voice startled her out of her trance.
"Back again, Magnolia?"
Magnolia jumped and turned to see Dumbledore standing there. She got up off the floor and swallowed deeply. Embarrassed in being caught. Dumbledore spoke again.
"I see that you, like so many people before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised."
He started to walk towards her and continued.
"I trust by now you realise what it does? Le me give you a clue."
He stood in front of her and explained.
"The happiest man on Earth would look into the mirror, and see only himself exactly as he is."
Magnolia glanced at the mirror before speaking.
"So it shows us what we desire?"
Dumbledore looked amused and he pointed out.
"I see you've figured out what the words mean."
He gestured to the engraved writing that was at the top of the mirror. Magnolia nodded and told him what she figured out.
"I show not your face but your hearts desire."
Dumbledore smiled and praised her.
"Well done, dear girl. Well done. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts. Now you, Magnolia, have never known your family. You see them standing beside you."
Magnolia looks back at the mirror and goes to speak when Dumbledore adds onto his speech.
"But remember this, Magnolia. This mirror gives us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away in front of it, even gone mad."
What about women?
"That is why tomorrow, it will be moved to a new home. And I must ask you, not to go looking for it again. It does not do to dwell on dreams, Magnolia. And forget to live."
Then why was it here in the first place? Was it a trap or something? Surely anyone could've found it if they went exploring the castle. It's not that well hidden.
Magnolia ignored her thoughts and nodded obediently. Dumbledore told her to go to bed, and she did. She didn't go straight to sleep as she had a letter to write to Petunia about the cloak and to thank her and Dudley for the presents. After she finished writing it, she went to sleep. She was planning on giving the letter to Hedwig in the morning, it was too late in the night to send her owl out.
Although, she did wonder what Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of Erised.
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After Magnolia sent the letter the first thing in the morning, she hung out with Ron, Fred, and George as she waited for Hermione, Hanley, and Neville to come back as everyone was coming back from the Christmas holiday.
They played games of exploding snap and drank hot chocolate. Magnolia didn't realise how much she was fiddling with the necklace until Fred and George began teasing her about Hanley and how much she liked the necklace to be fiddling with it. Magnolia rolled her eyes with a smile and a laugh and couldn't wait for him to come back so she could thank him.
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𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 Ϟ OC x P.P x OC - Poly (ON HOLD)
Fanfiction(ON HOLD) What if Harry didn't exist? What if Lily and James had a daughter instead of a son? Well, meet Magnolia Potter. In the Wizarding World, she's known as "The Girl Who Lived". But in the Muggle World, she's just an orphan living with her Aunt...
