Story: Into the Depths of the Mirror
Author: Rb
Fandom: Harry Potter
Genre: Drama, Backstory
Pairing/Character: Originals, Mirror of Erised
Summary: A fairy tale (more Grimm than Disney) about the making of the Mirror of Erised.

Squeeing: There's plenty of places for writers to play in the Harry Potter world, but few choose to really create good backstory pieces. This comes off exactly as intended - a Grimm fairy tale that is haunting, lyrically written, and all too plausible with what we know of the HP-verse.

Excerpt: The boy grew thin and pale, but worked on, the long weeks seeming as mere minutes because of his love for her. As with everything created with passion, part of himself became part of the mirror. He'd pushed his dreams and desires and the magic he didn't know he'd grown into the mirror. And the mirror absorbed all of this and became more.