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 Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:22 pm
Katherine looked at Phobius shocked, "Mistletoe is a plant used around the Christmas holidays. Muggle mistletoe when you walk under it with another person, you have the choice of kissing or not but for magical mistletoe, two people are stuck there until they kiss each other on the lips. So be sure to stick by Hermione." She warned him.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:40 pm
"Or I could incinerate every last bit of mistletoe I come across so Hermione doesn't end up kissing anyone else," Phobius suggested, rolling his wand a little in his hand. "Frankly, that sounds like it was made up a long time ago by people who couldn't take a hint and used mistletoe as an excuse to kiss the person they were interested in." ...Hey, he was emotionally stunted - a sense of romance was something Hermione was going to have to help him out with. It was at that point that Harry came over, quickly explaining to his friends about the unknown artifact he'd seen.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:14 am
Katherine giggled at Phobius before Harry came over, "We better got Hermione then see this artifact. it was probably a good thing you didn't touch it." She said getting Hermione.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:43 am
Once the gang was gathered together, Harry led them to the artifact and removed the cloth covering it, revealing... a mirror? He blinked, puzzled, before looking into it... and then inhaling sharply, glancing back as if expecting to see someone there (other than his friends, anyway) before looking back, expression holding pure, unadulterated longing. "Mum? Dad?" he whispered, gingerly touching the glass. Phobius, on the other hand, saw multiple things, though he wasn't about to reveal them unless asked (and even then, he'd probably only answer Hermione). At Harry's whisper, however, he broke out of the trance the mirror had put him in, glancing up at the writing above the glass. After a moment, understanding dawned. "I see... 'I show not your face but your heart's desire'. How very dangerous this artifact is," Phobius murmured softly, his voice tinged with something the others had never heard in his tone before: sorrow.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:38 pm
Katherine and Hermione heard the two of them. Hermione walked next to Phobius and saw her heart's desire. The witch blushed seeing herself older looking back with Phobius also older holding her from behind. He was smiling happily with her. Katherine though was with Harry making him happy and giving him a family. The witch looked at Harry as he said Mom and dad. She hugged him close before saying, "We shouldn't stay here too long. I have a feeling this is a dangerous mirror."
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:10 pm
Phobius nodded in agreement with Katherine, the haunted, sorrowful look in his eyes changing to his usual unreadable expression as he turned away from the mirror. "Good call," he agreed quietly, gently pulling Hermione away from the mirror so that she'd be broken from her little trance. He glanced over at Harry, checking to make sure that Katherine was going to pull the Boy-Who-Lived away from the mirror. Harry just kept staring longingly into the mirror, unconsciously wrapping his arms around Katherine even as his parents were joined by two other images: older versions of himself and Katherine.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:02 pm
Katherine smiled sadly at Harry before putting the blanket back on the mirror. She then took his hand dragging him away from the mirror, "Come on, Harry. We still have to pack and then get some dinner." she said calmly. Hermione blinked before looking at Phobius, "D-did you see Dumbledore dying?" she asked quietly thinking that is his greatest desire.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:13 pm
Harry blinked as if coming out of a trance, but after a moment, he nodded silently, a hint of that longing still in his eyes. "...I saw a few things, actually; apparently it was a three-way tie for my 'heart's desire'," Phobius conceded. "However, I freely admit that one of said things was the old coot's bloody, mangled corpse. Granted, I know it's not normal to want someone dead that much, but I never pretended that I didn't want to kill him - I just know it's not practical to do so." That last sentence was said almost defensively, amusingly enough.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:18 pm
"Ok I guessed the first one. Now just two more. Was another your mother being happy?" Hermione asked curiously. Katherine smiled patting Harry's hand. "How about we just grab some food and eat it in the room of requirements? We can relax in there."
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:21 pm
"She's pretty happy as is - she mostly got over the incident that resulted in me a long time ago - but not quite," Phobius answered. Harry nodded silently, obediently following his crush.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:26 pm
Hermione thought about it before saying, "Well then is it you being happy?" She guessed. Katherine walked up next to Phobius and Hermione, "Hey guys, I'm going to get food from the kitchen so that we can eat up in the room of requirements for dinner." She said making sure Harry stayed with the two.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:40 pm
"Closer, but still not quite right," Phobius answered quietly. "...I saw myself, but human - able to feel just like anyone else, able to truly understand other people instead of having to work them out with knowledge of psychology and past experience." 'And above all, able to relax, not having to keep a constant lid on my abilities without causing heart attacks and nightmares in those around me...' Then Harry and Katherine came over, and he nodded in understanding, glancing over at Harry with concern; fortunately, the boy seemed to be recovering from the trance the mirror had put him in, if rather slowly.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:49 pm
Hermione looked at Phobius sadly, "I think you are amazing just the way you are right now, Phobius. Now the third might be Katherine, Harry and me with you." She said. Hermione looked at Harry, "Harry, you're going to have to promise me that you will not go back to that mirror if you become like this. Now let's get on to the room of requirements. Katherine will be back with food." She said walking back and forth third times thinking about a comfortable place for them to talk and eat.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:10 pm
"Remarkably close, but not quite - more along the lines of you and me, each with a ring on our ring fingers..." Phobius freely admitted, cheeks just the slightest bit pink at that particular admission - he was well aware that that sort of commitment at this stage of their relationship was both impractical and unlikely, not to mention it was rather irrational to want to marry a girl he'd only met a couple of months ago. 'Well, I say that, but it doesn't make me want it any less - I've been the voice of reason to those around me for years now, I suppose I've earned the right to be a little irrational.'Harry hesitated, then reluctantly nodded in understanding even as the door to the Room of Requirement appeared.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:38 pm
Hermione waited for Harry to go in to the room first before kissing Phobius for what he said. "That is close to what I had though all mine was you still with me even when we are older. You looked happy." Hermione admitted. Katherine went in to the kitchen seeing all the house elves. She was ok with this because they like doing what they do. She asked for a lot of food before carrying up to the room. "Dinner time!" She said smiling .
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