Harry Potter won the war and was hoping to finally get some rest from the busy world, but some unknown dark forces are stepping onto the chessboard, challenging him to play a deadly 'hide-and-seek' game. Who would win and would it be worth it?

1. Prologue by FED-NS [Reviews - 1] (5815 words)

2. Let Bygones Be Bygones... Please? by FED-NS [Reviews - 1] (5652 words)

Previously in Mirror:

Harry vouched for Severus during the trial, which helped Severus to get acquitted of all crimes with a single stipulation — he was to testify on other Death Eaters’ trials. Earlier, during the battle, Severus noticed several oddities in Harry’s behaviour and decided to investigate the matter. They made an appointment to talk, but when Severus came to Harry’s house and saw the real him, he raged and screamed his head off, storming out afterwards.

3. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by FED-NS [Reviews - 3] (4774 words)

Previously in Mirror: 

Harry vouched for Severus during the trial, which helped Severus to get acquitted of all crimes with a single stipulation — he was to testify on other Death Eaters’ trials. Earlier, during the battle, Severus noticed several oddities in Harry’s behaviour and decided to investigate the matter. They made an appointment to talk, but when Severus came to Harry’s house and saw the real him, he raged and screamed his head off, storming out afterwards. 

Severus returned home after the unsuccessful meeting with Harry and started brewing to take his mind off things. Later that night he had a visit from Minerva. They talked for a long time, getting more and more drunk as they went. Minerva apologised for the previous year, convinced Severus to try to return to the school as a headmaster, and made him promise to make amends with Harry. After Minerva left, Severus wandered the neighbourhood for quite a while with a bottle of firewhiskey, getting drunk as a kite. In his state, he never noticed that he was being watched. 

4. Unimency by FED-NS [Reviews - 0] (3208 words)

Previously in Mirror:

Severus returned home after the unsuccessful meeting with Harry and started brewing to take his mind off things. Later that night he had a visit from Minerva. They talked for a long time, getting more and more drunk as they went. Minerva apologised for the previous year, convinced Severus to try to return to the school as a headmaster, and made him promise to make amends with Harry. After Minerva left, Severus wandered the neighbourhood for quite a while with a bottle of firewhiskey, getting drunk as a kite. In his state, he never noticed that he was being watched.

Saturday morning Harry was visited by Hermione. They reconciled after a large row the trio had when Harry revealed his true identity, and spent a few hours chatting and walking around the grounds. Their conversation was interrupted by Snape. Harry and Severus had a private talk, during which Severus got so nervous that his mind snapped, and he had another psychotic episode caused by his over-extensive use of Occlumency over a very long period of time. Harry dragged him back to the land of the sane using a bit of magic and a special herbal tea, which he gifted to Severus afterwards.

As usual, "italic lines with quotation marks" mean somebody's inner thoughts and are not shared aloud.

5. Take Two by FED-NS [Reviews - 1] (8291 words)

Previously in Mirror:

Saturday morning Harry was visited by Hermione. They reconciled after a large row the trio had when Harry revealed his true identity, and spent a few hours chatting and walking around the grounds. Their conversation was interrupted by Snape. Harry and Severus had a private talk, during which Severus got so nervous that his mind snapped, and he had another psychotic episode caused by his over-extensive use of Occlumency over a very long period of time. Harry dragged him back to the land of the sane using a bit of magic and a special herbal tea, which he gifted to Severus afterwards.

After Snape fled, Harry had a conversation with Hermione about the dangers of Unimency — a long forgotten, but highly illegal magical art that he was using his whole life. They spent the evening together, discussing Occlumency which Harry was about to teach her to protect the scraps of information about Unimency that he did reveal. The next morning he got a visit from McGonagall who pressured him into attending the upcoming school Board's meeting.

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Sorry for the delay, guys. I fell horribly sick in mid-December for over 5 weeks and was not really capable of doing anything.

Now. I planned to include in this chapter the first real conversation between Harry and Snape, but the final draft of the chapter before editing was over 15k words, so I've split it. The promised talk will be in the second part, although this one is also important and, I hope, interesting.