❝If you've done something wrong, don't worry;
I'll still love you either way.❞

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When I woke up this Christmas morning, I vaguely remembered the things I did last night until I blinked my eyes and fully remembered everything yesterday.

It was Christmas Eve yesterday and the presents I received were immediately opened at the midnight strike of 12. 

I was very excited but I didn't regret it; I had a lot of fun last night.

Since I don't have any presents left to open, I went to take a bath and dressed myself by wearing a green jacket with a dirty white t-shirt underneath.

I also wore black sweatpants and some random white slippers because I don't want to bother using sneakers or shoes when I'm probably going to be in the castle for the whole day.

I tried to look for Alem's green slippers but it was nowhere to be found which left me disappointed because he probably used it.

I was about to walk out of the room until I realized I forgot to wear that green necklace Draco gave me as my Christmas present. 

Closing the door, I walked towards my nightstand and grabbed the necklace before wearing the accessory around my neck. 

The pinch-like pain that I felt last night when I wore the necklace for the first time didn't come which made me think that it was just the hook on the necklace accidentally piercing through my skin.

I observed myself in front of the mirror for a moment before I stepped out of the room and out of the Slytherin common room, tucking both of my hands on the pockets of my sweatpants.

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My back was pressed gently on the couch, feeling the relief course through my body as I stared out of our large stationary window in our living room while my fingertips were playing with the green bejeweled necklace that is hanging neatly from my neck.

Another feeling of relief coursed through my veins once I felt the other half of the necklace being worn as the (H/C) haired girl/boy's whereabouts became more clear in my head.

Of course, I couldn't physically see where they are but from the connections of the two necklaces made me capable of knowing where they are from (Y/N)'s thoughts.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to read their thoughts from this necklace though I wish I could.

This is necessary; if I do love someone, shouldn't I try my best to protect them and know if they're doing fine or not? 

Besides, this is only temporary so I will break this necklace once I'm over with this 'love' rubbish. 

It's such a convenience that my mother and I strolled through Diagon Alley to find some things that we need to buy for Christmas though I do think that celebrating this holiday is absolutely unnecessary in our part.

I found this 'couple' necklace in a random accessory shop in Diagon Alley and just from the witch, who owned the shop, explaining how the necklace works made me want to buy it.

Secretly.

"Draco?" My mother called from the door which slightly startled me, considering that I'm so focused on trying to figure out where (Y/N) is right now.

They're in the Great Hall right now, probably eating breakfast and all that.

"Yes, mother?" I stood up from my seat, hiding the necklace by inserting it inside my shirt. I don't want my mother to ask me questions about the necklace.

As I turned around, I saw her smiling at me from the doorway. I felt weird about it but didn't say anything until she spoke up.

"Breakfast is ready." She says while removing her hand from the doorknob. I hum in acknowledgement and arranged my clothes, making sure that they're somewhat straight.

"Your father and I have presents for you." My mother says before walking away and leaving me to my own devices for a second.

The room was silent again but I didn't mind since it's making me retreat back to my own thoughts reserved only for the eldest daughter/son of the Rosewood family. 

I want to be with them.

I've only been away from the castle for a day but the missing presence of the (H/C) haired girl/boy is already draining me and exhausting me to the point that I just want to skip ahead of time when we are supposed to come back to Hogwarts.

I cannot, exactly, trust (Y/N) to be left alone since Potter and Weasley are also staying in the castle for Christmas.

What if Potter or Weasley does something to (Y/N)?

I need to be there for them.

Although this necklace is only for me to know their whereabouts, it's not enough; I need to physically be there.

My frantic thoughts almost caused a loud static noise in my head but I blinked my silver eyes and returned myself back to reality.

I shook my head, trusting (Y/N) since they wouldn't attempt to break my heart in any way as I walked out of the living room and to the dining room.

Don't worry, Draco.

You'll be fine and this will work out in the end.

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"You want me to what?" (Y/N)'s cocked their eyebrow up in confusion as they stared at Harry, who seems to be blushing profusely with his lips pursed nervously and his green irises staring back at (Y/N)'s (E/C) ones.

"If... it's not too much trouble, of course. I just need someone to accompany me." Harry stammered and felt his heart beat faster the more (Y/N) keeps their silence up.

He's afraid that they'll say no but of course, this is for the sake of knowing what Fluffy is guarding in the third floor.

(Y/N) will help in any way they can.

"No, it's not much trouble but I'm just a little bit surprised." (Y/N) chuckles nervously, rubbing the back of their head which Harry found quite cute.

"Why are you surprised?" Harry asked, tilting his head to the side.

"Well, I expected you to ask Ron instead of me. I mean, you two are housemates after all." (Y/N) replied, shrugging while keeping their eyes away from the raven haired boy.

Harry understood what they meant and only nodded while tucking both of his hands inside his pockets. 

He was still blushing softly as he kept his green eyes towards (Y/N), admiring every single one of their features.

"Besides, you don't really seem to be that fond of me when it comes to arguments about Fluffy and all of that stuff." (Y/N) laughs, still finding Harry's decision of wanting to come with them to be weird.

Harry straightened up and felt guilty for always calling them out for their 'misconceptions' about the Fluffy situation. 

He always believed that he was right about this but now that he began to have affections for the young Slytherin, it was all thrown out the window and takes back all of the things that he had said about (Y/N).

Though, somewhere in his mind, he does still believe that he is right about his conclusions and that it is Snape who's trying to get past that dog.

"You're more equipped and ready when it comes to this." Harry said, still not ready to apologize to (Y/N) for his opinions since its still not sure if what he said or what (Y/N) said is true.

He is staying true to his thoughts.

"Well, how are we going to sneak out tonight? To the Restricted Section?" They asked as they started to walk in order to discuss this privately somewhere else. 

Harry, who had gotten the hint, also began to walk beside (Y/N) and kept himself in a close proximity to the Slytherin girl/boy with their hands almost touching each other.

"You don't have to worry about that; I got... an invisibility cloak as a Christmas present this morning. I don't know who sent it though." Harry explains, darting his eyes downward where his knuckles, that wasn't covered by his pockets, are almost touching (Y/N)'s.

He had the urge to grab their hand for protection and safety but immediately retracted the idea once the Slytherin girl/boy also placed both of their hands inside their pockets, shivering slightly from the chilly air that wafted through the hallway.

"An invisibility cloak? Aren't those rare?" (Y/N) cocked their eyebrow up and asked, trying to make themselves less suspicious if they show too much reaction since they already know everything.

"Ron also said that but I'm not really aware of the rarity of certain magical items." Harry mumbled in embarrassment since he is talking next to someone who has more magical knowledge than he does.

I mean, come on, he literally just found out that he was a wizard at the age of 11. 

If it wasn't for Hagrid coming to clear things up for him, he would've stayed as a slave to the Dursleys for another 7 years.

And beside him is a child prodigy from a pureblood wizard family. If he wasn't mistaken, Harry had heard from Ron that (Y/N) and Alem's family is part of the Sacred Twenty-Nine, a group of wizarding families that have stayed as purebloods for the last century or probably even more.

(Y/N) had everything about magic taught for them since they were born along with their brother. 

It'd be embarrassing if Harry had said something wrong about magic in the presence of those two, especially since he likes one of them.

"You don't have to worry about not being aware of that kind of things." They said, acknowledging Harry's discomfort and sudden meekness.

"You don't, necessarily, have to know everything about magic right now, especially since you're just starting out... if you know what I mean." (Y/N) cringed internally at how badly they're phrasing their own words but nonetheless, Harry understood what they meant and his affection for them is just growing every second.

"Like, you can start to think about that kind of stuff as you stay here in Hogwarts. We're still first year students and although some students have been born with magical knowledge, it's important to remember that we still have a lot to learn ourselves so we're really no different from you, Harry." Their modern dialect slightly slipped out from their lips but it wasn't really what Harry paid attention to;

It was the fact that they're actually reassuring him, making Harry have this false delusion that (Y/N) deeply cares for him in a romantic way.

"T-Thanks." Harry stutters as he gave (Y/N) a soft smile of gratitude. The Slytherin smiles back, welcoming the Gryffindor before they returned their topic back to the plan for tonight.

Harry insisted that he will come to pick (Y/N) up from the Slytherin common room but (Y/N) knew and realized that he doesn't know where it is until the Christmas of the second year. 

Since they didn't want the idea of Harry slightly changing things up in the second year, they compromised and said that they would be the one to go to the Gryffindor common room since they already knew where it was from last night.

Sure, they might still be allowed to be out of bed after curfew since there aren't any classes but they're not allowed to go to restricted areas around the castle so they can't just waltz around without getting caught in the Restricted Section of the Library.

Harry didn't like the idea but knew that (Y/N) would be a difficult one to insist, especially if their mind is set on something. 

He was just worried that one of the professors might catch them and if they mess up, (Y/N) wouldn't have an alibi since they were the last student that they saw out of bed.

The possibility of other students being out of bed after curfew is likely but certainly not impossible for them to frame (Y/N).

But the Gryffindor thought back to the moments that include life threatening situations; out of all of them, (Y/N) is the most methodical and cautious one. 

They regain their composure easily and has an aptitude for predicting certain things.

If there's anyone who would easily get caught between the two of them, it would be Harry.

So with a little bit of disagreements, arguments and a trip to the snowy courtyard of the castle, the two have decided that (Y/N) will be the one who's going to come and pick Harry up from the Gryffindor common room's entrance but not too close to the entrance that the fat lady will notice (Y/N) and then give a huge sermon as to why they're there again.

Harry frowned, still wanting to insist but sighed in defeat since he can't do anything else other than go with it and think for (Y/N)'s safety tonight.

"Listen, we're going to do some detective work and uncover some dark mysteries at midnight so you better not be late, Harry Potter." The Slytherin cocks their eyebrow up confidently while pointing their finger towards the Gryffindor in front of them with their hand on their hip.

Harry chuckled at (Y/N)'s weird behavior, still finding them adorable even with the weird modern dialect and the way that they act to others as if they were a fully grown adult.

"I think I'm the one who should be worried, considering that you don't always tend to be punctual." Harry rolled his green eyes playfully as he brought his Gryffindor scarf up to his mouth, feeling the cold breeze pass him by and chilling him down to his skin.

(Y/N) was about to say something since they were slightly attacked by Harry's words but immediately backed down as the cold winter breeze made them shiver and hastily pulled their green jacket closer to their body, pursing their lips.

They exhaled and smoke came out of their mouth, condensing with the chilly winter air along with their hot breath.

"Holy f...udge, that's cold!" (Y/N) bit back as they almost cussed in front of Harry. 

Cussing isn't really considered to be a normal thing here and they always either replace it with 'Merlin's beard' or 'Bloody hell' which is one of Ron's classic lines.

Being a millennial and someone who was raised in a household where cussing is like a lifestyle, (Y/N) almost found themselves accidentally cursing or nearly cursing in front of their peers.

And they know that they have to tone it down unless they want a week's worth of detention from Professor Snape and providing discomfort for other students in the process.

Hell, even the seventh year students don't cuss.

Harry took notice of (Y/N)'s shivering form almost instantly and began to place his hands around the hem of his Gryffindor scarf, ready to offer it to the girl/boy in front of him.

"You didn't bring your scarf with you?" Harry frowned as he walked towards (Y/N), worry written all over his childish features.

"I d-didn't t...t-think it was n-necessary." (Y/N)'s shivering voice and slightly chattering teeth almost made them impossible to speak and understand. 

Harry didn't need to, he just knows that they're very cold right now.

How did they even end up here in the courtyard when they were just in a random hallway a few minutes ago?

Harry sighs and gently removes his Gryffindor scarf from his neck before raising it over to (Y/N)'s head, that already had a little bit of snow on it.

(Y/N), who noticed Harry offering his scarf, waved their hands around to decline Harry's offering with their cheeks already red and flushed from the cold air hitting their skin.

They look like they've gotten a cold.

"N-No, Harry, it's fine! I'm u-used to the cold! I can g-get over-"

"Just take it, will you?" Harry shushed the stammering girl/boy, gently wrapping the scarf around their neck with a heavy blush tinting his cheeks that it puts (Y/N)'s flushed cheeks to shame.

The Slytherin looked down to the ground in embarrassment as they felt Harry's fingers touch their neck and a portion of their green necklace a few times while he was wrapping the scarf around their neck.

(Y/N) couldn't find it in themselves to thank Harry, not being able to find the words since the moment is just both overwhelming and weird for them to comprehend. 

It looks like one of those romance scenes that (Y/N) thinks only happens in movies.

It's odd, to say the least.

"I didn't notice that necklace before." Harry glanced over at the green jeweled necklace that (Y/N) wore, almost narrowing his eyes at it since he felt something strange after seeing it.

"Oh, this?" (Y/N) exhales softly, feeling a little bit better from the warmth that Harry's scarf emitted from their neck. 

They lifted the accessory up for Harry to see in a closer look.

"I got it from Draco. This was his Christmas present for me." Harry frowned at (Y/N)'s words and also felt bad that he wasn't able to get them a Christmas present, even though he has enough money in his pockets for that.

He couldn't help but feel a slightly bad aura emitting from that necklace though, almost as if he wanted to rip it out of their neck and destroy it.

"From Malfoy?" Harry asked and (Y/N) nodded while lowering their necklace again before flickering their eyes up to the saddened gaze of the Gryffindor.

(Y/N) cocked their eyebrow up in confusion, noticing Harry's saddened expression.

"What are you so sad about?" They asked with a small smirk.

"It's just... I haven't gotten you anything for Christmas." Harry's frown deepened as he sat down at the nearby bench, not even bothering to remove any snow that fell on the bench.

(Y/N) scoffs, finding Harry's reason to be quite ridiculous, before removing any snow from the bench and taking a seat beside Harry.

"Come on, Harry. You know that it's fine if you don't give me anything in return. I'm not that kind of person." (Y/N) laughs, swinging their small legs since they're short and their feet are barely touching the snowy ground of the courtyard.

"I still wish I gave you something in return though; you already gave me so much this Christmas." Harry bash fully rubbed the back of his neck as he exhaled softly, feeling a little bit cold from the weather that they're having.

"You don't have to." (Y/N) smiles, patting Harry's shoulder before rising from their seat and dusting off any dirt and snow from their rear end.

"If spending Christmas with you, Alem and my other friends is all that I can get this Christmas, then that's more than enough." They added with a huge grin stretching from their face, making the raven haired boy stare up to (Y/N) with an admirable look and another set of heavy blush tinting his, almost pale, cheeks.

"I'll be returning to my room. See you later, Harry." (Y/N) already waved goodbye, pulling the Gryffindor scarf up to their lips, before Harry could even return the gesture and back to his senses.

It was only when (Y/N) was already gone from his sight, that he snapped back to reality and burying his flustered face inside his small hands.

"I wonder what's gotten into me today..." Harry mumbled and with a groan, he leaned back and rested his head at the rim of the head of the bench with his hands still covering his face out of embarrassment.

"But... they really do look wonderful and with that Gryffindor scarf..." He silently screeched, imagining (Y/N) as a Gryffindor and started to think of how much time he could spend with them together if they were sorted in Gryffindor instead.

"The only problem is that necklace." He recalled back to the moment where he touched the necklace briefly from his neck. 

Harry was able to feel a little bit of magic emitting from that necklace but he wasn't sure what.

Although he is still young and doesn't understand what magic is quite yet, he is sure that the necklace is imbued with magic. 

The fact that it came from Draco, only both infuriated and made Harry skeptical as to why that platinum blonde haired boy gave something like that to (Y/N).

"Maybe I should do something about that." Harry monotonously said, leaning away from his position before standing up from his seat and looking up to the dark, snowy sky.

Unknowingly, Harry smiled since there is finally something he could protect, something important that he doesn't want to lose ever again, like his parents. 

Christmas finally meant memorable to him since he got something he could treasure forever.

A gift.

And that gift is something that Harry wouldn't dare to lose from Voldemort or anyone else, ever again.

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"W-W-Wha...!" I stammered, blushing heavily while looking at the two presents that Alem held on both of his hands. 

My brother had a teasing smirk stretched on his lips which slightly irked me but that thought was immediately pushed away since all I could think of was the present that Alem held on his right hand.

"Yes," Alem nods in confirmation. "Cedric Diggory actually gave you a Christmas present." And with that, the blush on my cheeks became more red than Ron's hair or any from the Weasley family.

I couldn't find any words since I didn't actually expect Cedric to give me anything, much less a Christmas present.

Salazar, we haven't even interacted physically so how could he just give me one?

"I guess all that stalking that you did really paid off, huh?" He laughed while I just gave him a glare, telepathically telling him to watch his mouth with my eyes.

 Alem rolled his eyes playfully from my threatening glare but didn't remove his smirk from his mouth.

"The other one is from Neville Longbottom." Alem says, lifting up the present on his left hand. I didn't even expect Neville to give me a present.

It was smaller than Cedric's but I still appreciate it.

"I should really thank both of them once they come back from the holidays." I chuckle as I took the two presents in my arms, smiling since I still have presents being sent to me today.

"I'll open them later though. I still have a lot to do." I place the unopened presents underneath my bed, where the Honeydukes candies I got from Pucey is.

"What are your plans for today?" Alem picked up The Little Mermaid book from his nightstand, assuming that he's ready to go back to reading in the common room. 

I internally cursed myself since I just realized that I haven't told him that I'm doing this 'secret mission' with Harry and the others.

I highly doubt he'll let me go out or wander off by myself to the Gryffindors when I tell him what I've been doing recently.

Of course I felt bad about it but Voldemort is going to pose a threat this year and I can't let Alem get involved in this.

"Just hanging out with Harry and Ron, showing off my Gameboy to the two." I smirk while putting up the Gameboy Color I got from Alem last night, although that isn't really what I was going to do today.

I'm not that kind of person.

Alem rolled his eyes before walking over towards the door, his book held on his right hand.

"Just don't get too caught up with that gadget or else I'll take it away from you." He warned, just like what he did last night when he gave me the Gameboy Color. 

I scoff silently, placing the gadget on the nightstand, since he sounds like a dad.

As Alem left the room, I grabbed the Standard Book of Spells and the Advanced Witchcraft Spells from my drawer and my black wand, ready to practice a little bit more spells to increase my magic power, stamina and learn a little bit of spell barrage.

Learning magic for free? 

Hell yeah, it's a steal.

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It was currently midnight and I immediately but silently hopped out of my bed as soon as the clock chimed, grabbing the cloak along with me since I was eager to see (Y/N) again tonight.

I was so relieved that the fat lady is on one of her nightly visits, otherwise I would have to deal with her yammering again and I have no time for a painting's sermon.

I already have Hermione to deal with that.

I internally panicked as I held my invisibility cloak closer to my small body whole frantically looking around for any sign of the (H/C) haired girl/boy, while I waited near the entrance.

"Oh don't tell me..." I murmured, suddenly frowning deeply and letting irrational thoughts go over my head since I was worried that (Y/N) will be seen by professors or Filch or Peeves.

We might mess this up and since (Y/N) was the last student they saw out of bed, they might put the blame on them.

I furrowed my eyebrows, finally deciding to go to the Slytherin common room by myself with my instinct since it's better than standing here and worrying.

"Harry?" I heard a hushed whisper call for my name and I immediately turned around, my cloak fluttering behind me in surprise.

(Y/N) stood there with their wand held on their hand and their purple and white pajamas with white slippers. 

They had a little bit of a bed hair but it looks like it was combed in a rush.

They also have my Gryffindor scarf on their other hand, which I assume that they're giving it back to me.

I still think that they look refreshing though.

I poked my head out of my cloak to make them aware of my presence in the area and I could never forget the sudden fear and shocked expression on their face when I revealed myself in front of them.

They even raised their wand in defense.

"Seriously, is everyone in this castle keen on scaring me and giving me a heart attack in the process!?" I heard them mumble in a hushed tone while clicking their tongue in annoyance. 

I immediately felt bad since I didn't actually mean to scare them.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." I briefly apologized with a frown, bringing my gaze down to the cold stoned floors of the castle.

"It's alright." They sighed, rubbing the side of their head briefly as if I just gave them a headache. 

This only made me frown deeper and I started to think that I must've brought them down somehow.

"Here, thank you for the scarf, by the way." (Y/N) handed out my scarf for me to take and I hesitantly took it since I do want them to keep it anyway as a remembrance for me but I think that it'll be weird if I say it out loud.

"Anyway, let's get to work." The same, warm smile that they usually show to other people appeared and it was enough to bring me out of my saddened phase. 

I nodded with a smile and raised my arm, lifting the cloak up so (Y/N) could enter and be concealed along with me.

"I haven't seen or gotten myself invisible before." They laughed while I was just blushing furiously since they're so close to me that our shoulders are touching and I can just smell the shampoo scent from their hair.

"O-Oh..." Is all I could say, bringing myself together and leading us to the library and to the restricted section. 

Our footsteps are quiet enough that we can't even hear our own footsteps as we walked around the hallways with the cloak draped over our own heads.

"I-I'm not stepping on your foot, am I?" I began to feel worried since I didn't want to upset or hurt (Y/N) in any way. 

I heard them chuckle softly with a small shrug on their shoulders.

"If you are, I would've told you, wouldn't I?" They said with a tone of slight confusion and amusement. 

I blushed in embarrassment, realizing how stupid my question was.

After a few turns around the hallways of the castle and an awkward silence between the two of us, we finally reached the library and opened the door, revealing the dark and empty room.

At least Madam Pince isn't here to give us more trouble for tonight.

"It's too dark in here, even with Lumos." (Y/N) groaned as they conjured Lumos and waved it around the dark room to see anything at all. 

They began to look around to see if we could use any source of light, besides our wands, as they removed the light from the tip of their wand.

I started to look around as well so I can be helpful besides sneaking us inside but even with the candled lights from the hallway, I can't even see anything inside the library that would render useful as a light source.

"Look," They pointed at a bookshelf with their eyes squinted, almost looking like a cat who's having trouble with their eyesight. 

I followed their eyes and could see a faint silhouette of a lamp, sitting at the small table located at the side of the bookshelf.

We slowly walked towards it, careful not to trip into anything like stray books. Although the chance of having a stray book in the library is very unlikely since Madam Pince is very strict about the library rules and likes to keep things in order around here.

When we finally reached it, I slid my hand out of the cloak and tried to feel my way around the lamp so I can grab it and bring it inside the cloak. 

Fortunately, it wasn't hard for me to find with my hands so I quickly brought it inside and conjured Lumos so we can see the lamp better.

(Y/N) opened the lid of the lamp and pointed their wand towards the unlit candle.

"Lacarnum Inflamarae." They said and a small fire projected itself towards the candle, making our surroundings brighter than what Lumos could produce. 

We both smiled at each other as (Y/N) closed the lid again and progressed ourselves towards the restricted section.

Godric, this Slytherin is full of surprises.

It's no wonder I've taken such a liking to them.

When we got to the restricted section, the entrance was obviously locked so this time, it was my turn to conjure a spell to get us inside.

"Alohomora." I said, remembering the spell that Hermione did on the night we found Fluffy, and the lock on the gate-like door unlocked itself.

The door softly opened, giving us the opportunity to enter the restricted section of the library freely.

Or more like, illegally.

As we entered, I took this chance to remove the cloak out of our bodies since it was getting hot and hard to breathe. 

We both gave off an sigh of relief once we felt the fresh breath of air enter our lungs.

"Alright, so what are we looking for again?" (Y/N) asked, looking around the bookshelves that contained unknown and possibly, illegal, books.

"Something about Nicholas Flamel." I answered, wrapping the cloak around my body, since I can't just leave it somewhere, while holding the lamp with my other hand.

"Right." They chuckle softly when they saw me and my almost invisible body before turning towards the bookshelves and casting Lumos just to read the titles of each book.

I can't blame them, I probably look stupid right now.

I smile and lifted the lamp up to the bookshelves as well, ready to do some search about Nicholas Flamel.

"Flamel... Nicholas Flamel..." I mumble while squinting my eyes and reading through the titles while my finger navigated itself around the books, moving on to another when I saw that it wasn't the kind of book I was looking for.

I'd gotten irritated of the cloak around my shoulders and carrying this lamp, and so, I placed both of them on a nearby table before looking around the bookshelf briefly and grabbing a random book.

I glanced over towards (Y/N), who seems to be reading a random book and then returning it back to where they took it if it wasn't any of use to them.

I smile once again, thankful to have (Y/N)'s presence. I really just wanted to ask them on this request because I just wanted to have some time with them.

I'm glad that they're nice enough to actually take it.

I returned my attention back to the book, grabbing the edges of it to do some reading as well.

"Harry, wait-" I heard (Y/N) call out as I flipped the book open. A face emerged from the pages of the book as if it was trying to escape the book itself and a scream of desperation echoed around the once silent library, making me flinch from the loud sound.

I could see (Y/N) covering their ears as well and I immediately shut the book close and inserted it back to where I got it from.

"Harry, are you okay?" (Y/N) immediately ran towards my side, holding my shoulders as a sign of reassurance.

However, I was still shocked from that sudden scream that as I kept taking a step back to distance myself from that book as if I had nothing to do with it, my elbow had accidentally tipped the lamp off of the table and crashing it down to the floor.

"Oh crap!" I heard (Y/N) exclaim, covering their mouth in surprise.

The sound of glass shattering made me flinch, just like that scream, as the flame from the lamp died out almost immediately.

It wasn't long until I heard the sound of the library door open with a bang.

"Who's there?" That voice that belonged to Filch, straightened me up and grab the invisibility cloak, draping it over ourselves to hide from Filch.

"Let's go." I heard (Y/N) mumble and with a nod, we both gently and silently walked away from our spot to return back to our common rooms since we were done for tonight.

I was right about us- well, me, messing things up tonight.

We weren't able to find anything about Nicholas Flamel, even in the restricted section. 

It's either that this person is very mysterious and Dumbledore only knows him or we're just very bad at looking for things.

"I'm sorry about what happened, (Y/N). I wasn't paying attention." I mumbled, apologizing to the Slytherin beside me.

"Don't apologize, Harry. It wasn't your fault that a book jumped out at you and screamed so loud that it could wake the entire castle." (Y/N) chuckled, trying to make the mood lighter and it definitely worked as I felt a smile curve up on my lips while both giving the (H/C) haired girl/boy an appreciative and a loving gaze.

Godric, I've spent 11 years at the Dursleys and enduring every single worst possible things they've done to me. 

It took me 11 years to find people who actually care for me and love me.

It took me 11 years to find (Y/N); someone who brought me another purpose and someone who I can protect.

How time flies, indeed.

"Oh shoot!" (Y/N)'s weird dialect slipped out as they exclaimed and stopped on their tracks. 

I stopped as well and followed their nervous eyes to see what made them react that way.

Sitting in front of us was Mrs. Norris, Filch's creepy red-eyed cat.

She must know that we are hiding inside an invisibility cloak because her eyes are staring right up at us and she stood up, lifting her cat legs and walked towards our way as if she had any dark attempts of trying to rip our cloak from us.

I felt (Y/N) lightly slap my arm a few times, beckoning me to walk away from Mrs. Norris and fast.

Of course, I obliged and immediately walked away from the wretched cat with (Y/N) beside me. 

Our rushed footsteps can be heard now since we're in a hurry to get away from Mrs. Norris and hopefully, lose her.

I turned around and saw Mrs. Norris still following us with her slightly long cat legs. 

I grumbled in annoyance, wanting to use magic to push this cat away from us and let us be on our way.

I was about to raise my wand towards Mrs. Norris but I felt (Y/N)'s arm stopping me, halting our feet from walking through the cold floor of the castle.

They didn't say anything which I thought was weird and I dropped my hand that was pointing my wand towards Mrs. Norris, glancing forward to see what got (Y/N) so riled up again.

But what I saw completely made me paralyzed and cautious, my green eyes dilated in surprise while my large round glasses are on the edge of falling from my face.

Snape had Professor Quirrell slammed onto a wall, his wrinkled fingers tightly curled around the DADA teacher's robe collar. 

The Potions master didn't spare Professor Quirrell any glance of mercy. Instead, it was replaced with both skepticism and anger which is what I didn't understand.

What's going on between these two?

"Severus... I-I thought-" Professor Quirrell stuttered out, looking at Snape with fear and nervousness.

(Y/N) and I took a step closer to the two professors so we can listen to their conversation a little bit better. Our attention was fully towards them.

"You don't want me as your enemy, Quirrell." Snape narrowed his dark eyes as he cuts Professor Quirrell off as if he wasn't buying anything that Professor Quirrell is going to say.

"W-What do you m-mean...?" The DADA teacher squeaked while he was trying to press himself closer at the wall as if doing that could put some distance between him and Snape.

"You know perfectly well what I mean-" Snape suddenly stopped, his head slightly raised before turning his head towards our way. 

I immediately pressed a hand on my mouth to silence my loud breathing.

I glanced towards my side and saw (Y/N) doing the same, their (E/C) eyes also shooting me a look of caution. 

I can feel both of us trembling as we didn't want to get caught, especially by Snape.

His curious and suspicious look made my heart thump and Professor Quirrell wondered what had gotten Snape so curious all of a sudden.

When Snape reached his hand out, as if trying to grab something, I silently backed myself and (Y/N) while I was holding their arm.

He closed his fists and caught nothing but air from the position that we were in a few seconds ago. 

Snape threw another suspicious look towards our way before returning his attention back to Professor Quirrell, gripping the collar of his robe tightly once more.

"We'll have another chat soon..." Snape said in his usual slow way of talking but I couldn't help but feel like his tone was somewhat sinister, as if he was warning Professor Quirrell about something.

"When you've had time to decide where your loyalties lie." He continued before removing his grip from Professor Quirrell's robe collar, making the DADA teacher give off a sigh of relief as he takes a deep breath in order to regain the fresh air that he lost a few moments ago.

"Oh, Professors," The voice of Filch made every single one of us in the hallway look at him. He was holding up the broken lamp that I accidentally nudged off of the table in the library.

"I found this in the Restricted Section. It's still hot." He continued to report to the professors while I felt (Y/N)'s fingers curl around my arm which made me look at them.

"That means there is a student out of bed." (Y/N) tilted their head towards the door at the end of the hallway. 

The door was being graced by the light of the moon, almost giving it a mystical look and seems like it was intentionally trying to lure us in.

I turn my head back towards (Y/N) with a nod while the two professors and Filch ran off towards the Restricted Section behind us.

Once we made sure that no one is around the hallway, we started to walk our way towards the door. To my surprise, it wasn't locked when I pulled the handle of the door to open it.

We stepped inside and closed the door, glancing around the unknown dark room as I removed the cloak from our heads and dropped it on the floor.

"What is this room?" I breathed out and started to feel a little bit cold from the chilly air of the room. 

There weren't any candles or any torches in the room to give it light besides from the moon light that shone from a large window behind us.

"I don't know." (Y/N) replied, looking around the room as well with an observatory look.

I followed the ray of the moon light to see where it was shining at and at the end of the ray, a large golden squared mirror stood there with strange letterings carved at the top.

Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi

"(Y/N), look." I pointed at the mirror as curiosity got the better of me and started to walk towards it.

I feel like it's trying to show me something.

But what?

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As Harry started to walk towards the Mirror of Erised, (Y/N) frowned and suddenly remembered their "friend" that also shared the same name as the mirror.

They rolled their eyes silently at the childish behavior of the figure, that brought them into this world, named Erised.

Why they named themselves after a mirror, (Y/N) has no idea but it does sound somewhat stupid.

The Slytherin also started to walk towards the mirror hesitantly once Harry was already standing in front of it.

They were scared of what they are going to see.

What do they truly want?

Harry's green eyes stared at the reflection with surprise as tears started to well up, disbelief shown on his face as he stared up to face his two parents that have left this world sooner than they deserved.

It was Lily and James Potter.

"Mum?" Harry croaked out, staring up at his redhead mother, who smiled at him with loving green eyes.

"Dad?" He turned his eyes on his other side to see his father, who looked very much like him with the glasses, nodding as if he was confirming his son's suspicions with a gentle smile.

However, there was still another figure that showed up at Harry's side and this figure held Harry's hand, staring at his reflection with cheerful and loving eyes.

(Y/N)'s reflection held Harry's hand with a huge smile and the more Harry stared at the mirror, the more he slipped away from reality as white flashes flicker through his mind.

The sounds of (Y/N)'s distant screams echo in his mind and it mixed with the sounds of children laughing, overlapping and covering (Y/N)'s screams that eventually turned into wails of desperation.

"Harry." (Y/N) snapped Harry's fantasy out of his head, making him return back to reality. 

Once Harry's green eyes returned back to life, he snapped his head towards (Y/N), who stood behind him with a curious gaze.

"Are you alright?" They asked before walking over beside Harry, not facing the mirror yet as they're afraid of what their heart desires. 

He stared at them with surprise for a moment before shaking his head, letting himself get a breather.

"I'm alright." Harry mumbled, looking at the mirror that still had his parents' reflection in it except there wasn't any (Y/N) standing beside him which made him narrow his green eyes skeptically.

What was that just now?

"I see my parents." Harry said while feeling a little bit happy for being able to see a real reflection of his parents, giving him hope and chances of being able to see them again.

"Your parents?" (Y/N) flicked their eyes towards the mirror but immediately flicked them back to Harry's eyes before they could even see anything. Harry noticed their strange behavior and cocked his eyebrow up.

"Are you alright?" Harry asked. "You're hesitating to look at the mirror directly."

(Y/N) pursed their lips together, forming a thin line. They, unintentionally, gave themselves away because of their behavior and they don't know how to respond to Harry.

Of course, the Slytherin always has a lie ready on their sleeve.

"I... I know what this mirror does." They bit the insides of their right cheek when they saw how surprised Harry was. 

Merlin, they didn't want to crush Harry's hopes.

"Harry," (Y/N) takes a small deep breath before continuing themselves, "This mirror shows you your heart's deepest desire." They sigh while Harry was starting to put all of the pieces together.

So,

This mirror doesn't show you the future?  Harry thought.

But what about (Y/N) in that reflection? And that vision too.

Where did it come from then?

"The fact that you're seeing your parents means that meeting them must be what you really want." (Y/N) added as they rubbed their arm and castes their gaze somewhere besides the mirror and Harry, himself.

They're just not ready to look at the mirror as they're afraid that their desires might consume them and will make them obsessed with getting that desire to happen.

But in the end, that's all they are; desires that grew from deep within our hearts in order to make us have something to look forward to, right?

"But I saw you too." Harry murmured underneath his breath, turning his eyes towards the mirror where he sees (Y/N) clinging into his arm while smiling happily as if they had nothing to worry about.

(Y/N), who had somewhat heard Harry's murmur, wondered if they had heard Harry's words right but didn't confront the focused Gryffindor in front of them.

He also saw his parents and they were both holding (Y/N) and Harry's shoulders, smiling from ear to ear and seemingly giving the two their blessings for them to be together.

His green eyes darkened as he kept his gaze on the mirror version of the Slytherin beside him. 

Harry knows, deep down, that being with (Y/N) is also what he wants and judging from the way that his parents are behaving in the mirror, it seems like they also want him and (Y/N) to be together as well.

Just like what a person, who has already lost two important people in his life, would think, Harry vowed that he will make this desire, that's growing deep in his heart, happen.

He doesn't care if this mirror doesn't show you the future or anything of the sort, if this is what Harry desires the most in his heart, he will make it happen.

"What do you see, (Y/N)?" Harry finally asked while the glow in his eyes returned. "You must have a strong desire in your heart as well."

(Y/N) raised their eyebrow, finding the way how Harry said that to be quite strange. 

They removed their hand from their arm and stopped rubbing it, returning the frustrating feeling of the growing conflict crawling in their skin.

"Everyone has desires in their hearts, Harry. Although some are just not as strong as others." They raked their fingers through their now messy (H/C) hair before gliding it down to the back of their neck as they closed their eyes.

"My desires are many and frankly, I don't want to know the strongest desire in my heart just by looking at this mirror for I don't want to be consumed with the thought of either making this desire happen or why this desire is the strongest in my heart." (Y/N) said, somewhat, truthfully before opening their eyes and keep their half-lidded stare at the raven haired boy.

Although, it's really just a trick in order for Harry to not pester and insist (Y/N) of looking in the mirror.

Harry hummed as a small smirk curled up in the corner of his lightly pale lips.

"I'm sorry if I offend you by saying this but you must be emotionally vulnerable, if that's the case." He held his smile when (Y/N) chuckled in a pitiful way, confirming Harry's words.

He doesn't know why but he liked knowing the Slytherin's weakness, the first out of everything.

"Well, if you put it that way, it makes me look like I have emotional issues or something." (Y/N) shrugged and walked away from Harry and the mirror, letting themselves get drowsy by the time they've grown accustomed in the dimly lit room of the castle.

"Though I can control them if I am thinking logically, if you know what I mean." They added while Harry scoffs with a smile, dragging his feet over to where (Y/N) is and leaving the mirror behind him.

The Gryffindor crouched down and grabbed the cloak that he dropped on the floor, lifting it over to his head.

"It's a good thing that Hermione is your friend, then." (Y/N) rolled their eyes when Harry said this before walking over to him and letting themselves be invisible as Harry covered their bodies.

"I won't be coming here if I'm having troubles with what I really want." They randomly blurted out of the blue, walking over to the door while Harry hums understandingly while tapping his chin innocently.

"I won't be coming back here as well." (Y/N) turned to look at Harry, surprised at his words. 

They know that Harry will come back here for a few nights and get Ron here tomorrow but they didn't expect him to say this.

Did I mess things up again?  

(Y/N) gulped and suddenly remembered the night where the Midnight Duel had taken place; Draco showed up although he wasn't supposed to and that lead to an awkward and triggering conversation with Draco and (Y/N) at their common room.

What if something similar is going to happen to them and Harry?

"What? Why?" They asked.

"I already saw my parents and that's all I only wanted. Although we didn't talk, I'm still glad that I saw what they look like." Harry gives (Y/N) a gentle smile, making them frown slightly since he seems very sincere about not coming back here that it's odd.

"Besides, it's not wise to dwell at your desires until it consumes you completely, right?" He adds as the two walked around the hallways, on their way to their respective common rooms.

(Y/N) grumbled silently as they looked away from Harry since they can't do anything about this odd change, especially after he, somewhat, quoted Dumbledore on the night he came to talk to Harry on the room where the Mirror of Erised is.

As for Harry, he only glanced at them from the corner of his darkened green eyes, smiling innocently while admiring their slightly troubled features before turning his attention back on the darkened hallways of the castle and silently walking beside (Y/N).

Little did the troubled Slytherin know that the Gryffindor had plans to go and seek the mirror once more in order to fuel the desire that he has for the eldest daughter/son of the Rosewood family while thinking many of many ways in order to make sure that what the mirror showed,

Will be his future.

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A/N:

Hello everyone! It's been a while, hasn't it? 

I know I said that I was going to take a break from writing and from Wattpad but I couldn't bring myself to do it because the thought of leaving you guys for, who knows how long, made me frown.

I might just take a break after the first year is done or I'm not really sure.

My breaks tend to last for a month or two or maybe even more which is why I didn't want to take a break in the middle of writing the current year.

Now, most of you will probably say that I can go ahead and just take a break from writing and y'all won't mind but I do.

So as selfish as it is for me to say this, please let me write, at least, until the first year is finished. I might contemplate taking a break before I start writing for the second year.

Anyways, enough about me, how are you guys?

I hope the chapter isn't too short or sucky for you, I mean it's over 8,000 words which is quite... shorter than how much I usually write. 

As usual, please give me your thoughts or criticisms for the story. If you have any suggestions or questions, go ahead and message me or tag me. I like talking to all of you so :)

I'll see you all in the next chapter! ♡