The Hidden Story

by HPaddict2014

This is the story of Harry, but more importantly of his twin sister Clarissa Potter. She grew up with Harry in the Dursley's but unlike Harry she had the support of her Godfather. She even gets to spend time with him until she is ten years old from there it drastically changes. The story follows the canon, and is of course owned By JK Rowling only what is not from the books is mine

1. Clarissa Potter

Clarissa and Harry

It was a well-known fact that the Dursley's disliked Harry and Clarissa Potter. However, it must be mentioned that they hated Clarissa much more than Harry. There is no real reason as to why they hate her more. Perhaps it is because she is a girl, or maybe the fact that she already shows signs of magic, but whatever the cause is, it has led to a miserable life for Clarissa. Her only true joy comes from visiting her Godfather, Severus Snape.

"Clare, what do you think is going to happen tonight?" Harry asked his twin sister. She looks over at him wearily from her be, then sighs.

"I don't know Harry, I suppose it will be like any other day. We go downstairs for supper, Dudley gets fawned over. Then something goes slightly wrong and we get yelled at." Clarissa responds, closing her book and setting it aside. Harry frowns.

"That's not what always happens. We do have some good nights." He thinks of the few times that peace has been kept in the house. Grant it he could probably count those times on one hand but still in ten years of living there have been a few good days. Clarissa laughs almost harshly.

"No sometimes they just lock us up with no supper, or beat me." Clare responds with a scowl on her face, and pain etched in her voice. Harry heard the pain and wishes he could comfort his sister, but even with the bond they shared as siblings, and even as twins, he could do nothing to ease it. Pain had always been a part of their life, from the moment that their parents died in a car accident, pain had followed them around like a puppy follows its master.

Two days later Clarissa was downstairs in the kitchen doing chores while Harry was upstairs trying to clean their room before Vernon Dursley came home. Thankfully for the Potters he didn't immediately go upstairs to check their room. Unfortunately he went straight to the kitchen and found Clarissa. The resultant noise warned Harry of his arrival and he quickly put the room in order, and was saved from his uncle. His sister Clare however suffered under Vernon Dursley. He made sure that no one outside the house could tell that he abused Clarissa Potter. Carefully placed punches and kicks made where clothing would cover any resultant injuries kept questions at bay.

Perhaps the reason why Clarissa was hated by the Durley's so much was the fact that she already knew about the wizarding world unlike her brother who was kept in the dark. For one thing Clarissa was an animagus, and an unregistered one at that. She had known from a young age that she was different, and visits with her Godfather helped that fact move along further. While Clarissa was able to know of her Godfather and correspond with him, Harry was not. For Harry's Godfather, Sirius Black, was locked up in Azkaban, and the adults thought it best that Harry was kept in the Dark. Clarissa however was raised from a young age to know potions and spells that would protect her, for while she was a Potter she didn't have the same protections as Harry, this fact gave her a huge target on her back for the Dark Lord to attack.

Severus Snape, Clarissa's Godfather and Potions Master at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, taught Clarissa the finer points of potion making and Occulmency. The latter used for protecting her mind and therefore her brother. She also had the nice protection of being an unregistered animagus. She got this ability from her father, who while in school developed a potion with his friends that would change them into animaguses. Clarissa could change into a dog at will much like her Uncle Sirius could. While this was a factor of much Joy in Clarissa's life it was also one of great pain. Only six people knew that she was an animagus: Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley Dursley; Professor Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and of course Harry. Of course Harry didn't know who Clarissa's Godfather was, seeing how she wasn't at liberty to tell him, all he knew was that whenever he had to go the Mrs. Fig's house she got to go off with her Godfather. The only thing Harry understood was the fact that they didn't have the same Godfather and therefore he couldn't go with her.

Her Godfather as mentioned before was Severus Snape. How this came to be was quite a fluke actually. Lily and James Potter made the deal that James could pick Harry's Godfather if Lily could pick Clarissa's, and so that how they gained their Godfathers. James' best friend in school was Sirius Black so he picked him, and Lily, well her first friend in the wizarding world was Severus Snape. He had taught her so much, and had been there for her. She decided that even though she still held a grudge against him for calling her a Mudblood, and the fact that James and Sirius hated him, she still wanted to let him enjoy part of her life. His friendship had meant everything to he, and this was one way she could repay him. While James may not have been happy with the arrangement he understood her reasons and accepted them.

Clarissa was quite glad that he had ended up her Godfather, though she must say she kept quite a bit from him. She would never tell him of Uncle Vernon beating her, or shoving her into the cupboard under the stairs. She loved her visits with her Godfather. It was there where she could be herself, allowing her to relax just slightly. He taught her so many wonderful potions, and even flying! Also from a young age, also mentioned before in the tale, he taught her occulmency, and hand to hand combat, for he always said that being Harry's twin would put a target on her back for the Dark Lord.

Crawling back up to her room after Uncle Vernon was done with her she settled on her bed to fall into sweet oblivion. Harry looks over and sighs, he hates what Clarissa has to go through. In two days' time though she would be seeing her godfather, while Harry had to stay with Mrs. Fig. While Harry may hate having to stay with Mrs. Fig, he was glad that Clarissa at least had someone.

The day came and dawned beautifully, but way to early. Harry was abruptly awoken by the yells of his Uncle Vernon from across the room. He was standing over Clarissa yelling at the top of his lungs landing an occasional punch to her torso.

"YOU WILL NOT BE GOING TO HIS HOUSE TODAY! I REFUSE TO ALLOW IT ANY LONGER. FROM THIS DAY FORTH YOU SHALL NEVER SEE YOUR GODFORSAKEN GODFATHER AGAIN! He was clutching a letter in his hand, crumpled and torn, but Harry could still read it and saw that it was for Clarissa. "ISWEAR YOU SHALL NEVER SEE YOUR SUPPOSED GODFATHER AGAIN!" Grabbing her by the collar he dragged her off the bed and took her downstairs to shove her in the cupboard. He forced her to write a letter to her Godfather telling him that she never wanted to see him again. As she wrote this she cried. Her pain seeped into her writing without her realizing it. When she was through Uncle Vernon took the letter and shut her under the stairs. Harry went to Mrs. Fig's house as planned and the Dursley's left town. Leaving Clarissa in the cupboard. Meanwhile in another house a tall pale man with long greasy hair was seething after getting the post.