Cliché One: Harry Potter Has a Twin

Whoever said death was like falling asleep…

"Come on, Daisy! Say 'mummy'!"

…clearly never woke up.

Harry answers their mother with a gurgle and, "Muhmuhee!"

"No, Harry," Lily sighs and smiles, patting her eldest on the head. "It's your sister's turn. Daisy, mummy."

Waking up from dying is nothing like waking up from sleeping.

Daisy stays silent, instead rolling until she's in reach of both her mother and older brother. She is going to miss Lily Potter nee Evans. And James Potter. Her new parents aren't the most suited – the fact they still run out the door when the Order calls them to fight in the war with two kids at home proves that – but they love her and her brother. Harry and Daisy Potter. Twins.

Awake in a world known from books and movies.

Daisy does not speak often, and her brother fills in the silence for her. Harry isn't like her. He's not a reborn soul. He's not a spirit too big for his body. He is innocent.

A boy with no discriminations.

He doesn't panic when her magic leaks out. She's learned to reign in the fully developed magic in front of her parents, who thought she was dying at birth. Magic shouldn't leak, because the spirit holds it inside. It should grow with the body, getting bigger over time. Her soul keeps her magic from activating, but can't stuff it down inside her body without a lot of effort.

(Pain.)

She sleeps much because of the effort. At night, her brother snuggles close when she relaxes and she pushes comfort and safety to the forefront of her magic. She uses him as a lifeline, and he uses her as a blanket.

*Snicker* Safety blanket.

Daisy leans her head against her father's shoulder one last time as he carts her up the stairs on Halloween night. "Love you."

James Potter stalls, and then chuckles. He doesn't know those are her first words, and he won't have time to ask his wife. "I love you too, sweetheart."

Daisy gets maybe ten minutes of sleep before the front entrance of the house is blown open.

"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off!"

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. All rights belong to its respective owner.

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