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Of course, it's obviously some sort of enchantment, but I wasn't really thinking straight when I saw it and by the time I was the damn thing had disappeared. God only knows where, no-one seems to know anything about it, if I didn't know better I'd think I had imagined it, but it's not the sort of thing you'd forget.
I just hope it hasn't fallen into the wrong hands, although I'm not sure what the wrong hands could do with it anyway.
- Location:His Chambers Camelot Castle
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depressed
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Are you at Hogwarts, then?
Never heard of Hogwarts? What kingdom is it in?
Camelot...
...what might your name be, young man?
A different time?
[Sure why wouldn't whoever this is be from another time? Postively expected by now...]
Is it in Albion, this Scotland?
I'm Arthur Pendragon, Crown Prince of Camelot. Who are you?
Yes. It is. Far into the future from where you are.
...Merlin's Ghost, Arthur Pendragon. It's an immeasurable honor to meet you, your grace.
My name is Minerva McGonagall. Professor of Transfiguration at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
....
The School of WHAT?!
[Sorry, Minerva, things are going to get...awkward.]
Witchcraft and Wizardry, Prince Arthur.
This book has thrown many strange things my way Lady McGonagall.
But magic...enchantments, they're dangerous. That mirror showed me something impossible. Why would it do that? To draw me in? To leave me defenseless.
Perhaps magic is different where you are.
Yes, magic can be dangerous, if one does not know how to control it properly. Which is why our school was created. There are many laws and regulations set in place to ensure the safety of magical folk and those who cannot do magic alike.
The mirror...it is the Mirror of Erised. It shows you what you most desire in the world.
I don't know if that could ever work here. A few times I saw magic being used for good. But then...
Yes, it showed me my mother...I wish it hadn't.
Our school will not be founded for another four hundred years.
It shows you your heart's desire. It is often painful to have reminders of those we have lost and would give anything to have back. There is someone I see in the mirror as well.
[He's not going to ask, tempting though it may be.]
The mirror has disappeared...at least it wasn't where it was before. Does it have the ability to travel at will? Is Camelot in danger from its wiles?
I'm not sure why it might have disappeared. It's not a dangerous object though. It simply shows what you desire. But if you find it again you must be careful. Men have wasted away in front of it, holding onto that vision of their desire instead of attempting to achieve it.
Well, I saw something that can never be achieved. [Which is seriously painful.]
If I find it, I can't see a way I can get back to you in your time. Should I destroy it then?
I see...
[No he doesn't, actually.]
And sometimes...I just want to see what could have been. In another life.
Hopefully it's gone back to Scotland, wherever that is...people from other times have come to Camelot before, but they always go back.
Perhaps it was just visiting.
And I hope that's so.
I'm sure it's back where it belongs.