When Harry Potter was one year old, Lily and James were expecting a number two. This story is a bit different. This happened a year after it originally did, and Harry had a younger sister. Emily Potter. This story is about her when she was in her third year… although it goes quickly to the fourth. (note that the two know they are related) (also note that Sirius Black didn't go to Azkaban, got married, and adopted Emily but wasn't allowed Harry… yet) (but Peter didn't get found either… he ran away fast enough)

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"Emily, it's time for you to get up. We're going into Diagon Alley, and don't forget that we're staying overnight because of the court hearing that the whole family has to go to."

Emily was pretty much the opposite of her brother. She was a very tall and lean and she looked exactly like her mother except for her silvery-grey eyes that nobody knew where she had inherited them from. They sparkled with a brilliant light when she laughed but became darker than a thundercloud when she was unhappy. Her slightly wavy red hair fell down to just level with her hip bone. And she was a Metamorphmagus but she naturally looked like that. Her best friend was Ginny Weasley, which was kind of ironic because of Harry and Ron; and the fact that they looked almost identical when Emily didn't fell like changing her appearance.

The court hearing that she, Sirius, Persephone (Sirius's wife) Lily and James (their children… named obviously Emily's parents) had to go to was about whether or not Harry could come live with them or not. They had tried on numerous occasions but this time, the family believed they could win because Emily had been in the family for 13 years and nothing bad had happened. Plus with the twins, it proved the Sirius and Persephone were good parents.

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The family of five arrived at Diagon Alley through Floo powder at 9:30am, Emily holding the hands of the two 8 year olds very tightly, and checked into the Leaky Cauldron. Persephone and Sirius were in a double room with Lily and James and Emily got a room all to herself. The first thing she did when she got into her room was write to her brother.

Dear Harry,

Hey, how are you doing these days? Are the Muggles treating you alright? That's a stupid question I know that they're evil. We arrived at the Leaky Cauldron and checked in today and Sirius said that after the court hearing, you're going to spend the holidays at the Burrow. Either way, I'm going with you and don't even dare to say I can't. Are you excited about the Quidditch World Cup finals!? It's going to be amazing!!!! And also, I heard from Sirius about something really sensational happening at Hogwarts this year, but I'm only allowed to tell you when we are at the Burrow. Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it. Ok then, I'll see you in a few days!

Emily

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Emily went and got her owl, Atlas, and tied the letter around his leg.

"This is going to Harry ok? And make sure that it gets to him today."

Atlas leaned forwards and lightly nipped Emily's nose before taking off through the open window. After he had left, Emily felt slightly unsettled. There was nothing to do; she had already unpacked and she couldn't send another letter, even though there wasn't really anybody to write to. Her boredom ceased when Lily came bursting through the door. Usually she was irritated when they didn't knock but today, it was a new adventure for them, so Emily let it pass. And they looked like they had good or exciting news.

Lily started to speak in her carefree, sing-song voice.

"Emily, Emily! I just saw Dumbledore!!!! I know that you're going to say I've met him before but this time he brought presents!!!! And he said that he wants to buy your school supplies this year! I wonder why? Do you know? Look! He bought us tickets to the Quidditch World Cup! Now we can go to, just like the Weasleys!"

While Emily was happy that her surrogate sister was happy, she didn't know why she had the feeling something bad was about to happen. And, even though it came later than she expected, Emily was right, more than once.

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It was the court date. And everyone was showing signs of nervousness. Sirius was standing but if there was even the smallest noise, he would pull out his wand. So finally, Emily got Persephone to perform the silencio charm on him. Persephone herself was randomly Conjuring and Vanishing objects. They always sort of had the theme of "love" or "family". James and Lily were just running around randomly, and though Emily was technically in charge of them, but she was just staring into space, imagining the worst possible outcomes.

The door to the courtroom swung open and out came Amelia Bones.

"The Wizengamot will now be attending the case of Sirius and Persephone Black and their wish to adopt Harry Potter. This is a serious case, so the whole court will be trying you."

When Amelia Bones had walked into the room, Persephone had quickly waved away the silencio charm that was cast upon her dear husband, who was now striding across the room over to Harry, where they exchanged a quick hug and walked into the courtroom. In the middle of a large circle were 6 hard, wooden-backed chairs. One of them was separated from the rest by about two meters.

That one must be Harry's. Emily thought. But why on Earth would they separate us? We're not dangerous or anything.

Once the group was seated, the whole courtroom rose, slightly defeating the purpose of the wait for the six to sit down. Fortunately, Cornelius Fudge was the only one not attending the hearing because even if it was a serious case, it wasn't so important that the Minister of Magic had to come.

It was a long and boring hearing, with a lot of talk and debate. Emily found her attention wandering many times. She started to day-dream about Hogwarts and the Burrow. She was excited about the Quidditch World Cup and was predicting in her mind who would win. Luckily she wasn't so far off when Amelia Bones asked her to describe the whole length of living with Sirius and Persephone.

"Well…when I was one, they took me in after that fatal day, of course. I was told that Professor Dumbledore (at that point she looked over to him, who was for some reason, wearing long, bright magenta robes.) had requested that Harry and I be placed in separate living situations and that we were not to know of our siblinghood until I arrived at Hogwarts. But I discovered Harry was my birth brother, even though Sirius and Persephone tried very hard to follow Dumbledore's wishes. But I guess when you have the most famous person in the Wizarding world as a relative, it's kind of hard to keep him a secret." at this point she smiled over to Harry, who returned it nervously and flattened the fringe of his hair over his scar. Emily took another breath and continued.

"Sirius and Persephone raised me as well as, or even better, than a normal wizarding family could; also teaching me about Muggles and sending me to a Muggle school at my request so that I could transition into school more easily at the age of 11. And James and Lily have been like a real brother and sister to me. This family has treated me so well, that I know that I will always consider them to be true family to me, even if we are not blood-related. The only way I could be happier in any family is if my birth-parents were taking care of me and my brother. And I think Harry could benefit from their love as well."

When Emily sat down, she noticed some of the jury looked touched. One witch had a single tear rolling down her face as she smiled down at the redhead. Others, like Lucius Malfoy, looked bored and slightly disgusted and bored. Professor Dumbledore stood up and moved over to Amelia Bones and started speaking to her. She started to look more and more serious at every word the Headmaster said. Finally she looked over to Emily and Harry, she looked sad. Emily could hear her whisper "Are you sure? Well, the girl is already in custody of the couple. They'll be so …" the last word was mumbled so she couldn't tell what the Judge had said. Emily's heart leapt into her throat, it could go either way. Amelia Bones rose and spoke.

"Even though it is against the wishes of many people, Professor Dumbledore and I have decided that Harry James Potter, age 14 and about to attend his fourth year of Hogwarts…

WILL be granted permission to now be under the care of Sirius and Persephone Black. Under the condition that he will spend the first two weeks at the residence of Vernon and Petunia Dursley."

Emily couldn't believe it, they had won! The redhead looked around and saw the whole family rushing over to Harry, Sirius was crying of happiness as he embraced his godson. But Emily knew she would have time to celebrate later. For now, she quickly walked over to Professor Dumbledore who was attempting to pack up and leave. When she got there, her Headmaster just smiled at her.

"Thank you so much for letting us become a family again. But next summer when Harry has to visit the Dursleys…would I be allowed to go with him? Just to make the stay more enjoyable."

Dumbledore smiled at Emily in the way that made her think she was being x-rayed. "I'm afraid, that the key point in Harry going back to Privet Drive, is that he goes alone. I'm sorry Ms. Potter. It is nice seeing you again, and I hope I will see you in the Great Hall very soon."

And with that, Dumbledore walked away with a great sweep of his robes. Emily turned back to her family and embraced her brother. In a few days, they would be off to the Burrow for the Quidditch World Cup and then back to Hogwarts. Life was good.

Ok, how was that? For the next chapter, I'm going to skip over the Quidditch World Cup because everyone knows what happens and there's not a lot I was going to change anyway. Please R&R to give me ideas! I have a lot of the next chapter mapped out but I need some supporting ideas! :-D