MMAD One Shots

18. Their Deepest Deepest Desire.

She locked her classroom.

"Have a good evening, professor McGonagall!" Said a smiling Hufflepuff who watched her leaving the place. The professor smiled wearily.

"Thank you..." she sighed "You too." And with that she turned around and walked away. She felt how her eyelids went heavy and how her worries started to vanish. She was too tired to think about her classes and her students, the only thing she could think about was a pleasant night of sleep.

She kept walking down the corridor half asleep. At one moment she was too tired that she just closed her eyes and leaned her back on the wall. She sighed.

"Mum...?" She heard a kid's voice from afar "Dad...?"

She slowly opened her eyes and found a little door open in front of her. She arched an eyebrow and straightened.

"Mum... can you hear me?" Her eyes completely opened when she recognized Harry Potter's voice. She didn't think about it twice and approached to the door.

She found him as she poked her head into the lightless place. The little child was staring at a huge mirror in front of him.

"Mum..." Her heart broke. She quickly turned into a cat as soon as he turned around and then entered into the hidden spot as he looked back at the mirror.

His sad eyes made her heart cringe.

Why did she obey Albus' orders and left him at the Dursley's house when she knew they wouldn't look after him? That poor little boy didn't know how it felt to be loved or to have a family... and somehow she was partly responsible for it.

She watched the kid talking to the mirror for a while and when he finally left the place she transformed back into her human form.

"Oh Harry..." She whispered sadly. "What did you see through this mirror...?"

She slowly approached and stood in front of it. Her own image reflected as she expected it to.

"I'm getting old..." She whispered while she watched herself. She simply sighed and was about to leave when suddenly a taller figure appeared next to her in the mirror.

An old man with twinkling blue eyes and a beaming smile was now next to her reflection.

She paled. No one but her was in that room, and, however, the tall image of the only man she had always loved was right there... next to her in that mirror.

He took her hand and kissed it. Her reflection looked at him and smiled.

"Albus..." She whispered speechless. Her jaw almost dropped as they kissed tenderly.

Someone stared at her from afar.

"I never thought you would see... me." Minerva turned around quickly. Her eyes met Albus'. He was at the door's frame staring at her.

"I-I..." She looked at the mirror and then looked at him again. He entered into the place and stood next to her.

She looked up and just observed his face still speechless.

"W-What do you—"

"When Harry asked me what did I see a couple of days ago my answer was quite simple." He looked down and met her eyes "Socks."

She nodded slowly and looked away.

"Ah." She said. Albus chuckled.

"I lied." Minerva instantly looked up again "This mirror, my dear, is called 'The Mirror of Erised'." Their looks were still connected. Albus stepped forward to get closer to her. His nearness took Minerva's breath away.

"O-of Erised?" She asked. Albus nodded his head. "Why Erised?"

"It shows us our deepest desire, Tabby." By now she was indeed speechless. She had loved him for decades... And now he knew it.

"O-oh..." She felt incredibly embarrassed. Albus chuckled again. "I-I'm..." But he didn't let her finish. He quickly bent over, took her in his arms and kissed her tenderly. Minerva's eyes widened.

Their images in the mirror quickly vanished.

"A-Al..." Minerva for the very first time in her life couldn't find appropriate words to explain how she felt. "Didn't you say you see socks?" Albus chuckled.

"I also said I lied, my love." She bristled as soon as she heard those words. "I..." He kissed her nose "Love" kiss "You." She laughed. He lifted her up and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I love you too."

"I swear, Ron! This mirror is great! I saw my paren—" Harry's jaw dropped as he came in the hidden room with Ron behind him. Both kids froze as soon as they discovered the headmaster and their Transfiguration professor kissing sweetly.

"I-I..." Ron shuddered and Harry paled. Albus and Minerva quickly teared apart.

"Ah... children." Said Albus looking at them with a bright smile. Minerva's cheeks went red quickly.

"W-We..."

"I'm sorry kids... petrificus totalus!" Said the headmaster. Quickly both kids froze. "Aha!"

"ALBUS!"

"It wasn't appropriate for them to watch us kissing after all, was it?" Minerva rolled her eyes. He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist. "Now let's go on... shall we?"

"You're insane, Albus." She replied but finally chuckled and agreed to accept his affection. He smiled.

"Indeed." She laughed "But why is insanity a bad thing? What is life without a bit of madness?" She smiled as he kissed her cheek.

"I'll concede you that..." He smiled "I love you you old coot." Albus chuckled.

"I love you too, woman of my dreams."

"Poor Ron and Harry though..."

"Shhh... never mind that! just kiss me."

~Paula. 🐼

*That picture up there at the beginning of the chapter... is also mine. I made it. XD