Chapter 1
The Big Secret
Harry was sitting on his bed, looking at some pictures of him with his parents, when suddenly, a jet black owl flew in and landed on his bed. Harry noticed a letter tied to it's leg, and hastily untied it. The owl took no time and flew off the bed and out the window. Looking at the letter, he saw that it was from Professor McGonagell. Harry starts wondering why Professor McGonagell would write him so far from the new school year. He opened it, and two letters fell out. One was in McGonagell's handwriting, but the other he did not recognise. He opened the one from McGonagell first. It read:
Dear Mr. Potter,
This letter was left to Albus Dumbledore from your mother, Lily Potter, Asking him to give it to you when he thought the time was right. It has
now been passed down to me to give to you. I say it is about time you know this information. No one but your parents, Albus, myself, and another that is
getting this letter in a different way and you know about this.
Yours Truly,
Professor McGonagell.
Harry looked up, wondering what McGonagell was talking about. One other?
As he picked up the letter from his mother and opened it, he started to read:
Dearst Harry,
There is something I believe it is about time you found out. You're not going to get this for many years, but you'll still need to know. Ten months after
you were born, me and your father had a another child. A daughter, to tell the truth. We sent her to America to try and save her. She will be going to school
with you at Hogwarts.
The family that has her calls her Cassandra Goodman, but her real name is Nymphadora Lily Potter. I have asked Dumbledore to tell her adoptive parents
to tell her that she is adopted when she gets this, and that she is a pureblood. So she won't have what was done to me, done to her. Please send your dear
sister a letter a week from today, so she knows this is not a lie. Tell her that she is family to the boy who lived!
Love,
Mom
Slowly, Harry put the letter down. "I have a sister that I didn't know of out there, and they're just now telling me about her!?" Harry asked himself. He Looked
down, rereading the letter. She'll be going to school with you at Hogwarts... "Cassandra Goodman, that is what they would call her at school. I don't remember seeing
her though..." He looked over at the clock. It was midnight. He laid down and tried to remember Cassandra, but fell asleep an hour later.
Meanwhile
Out in America, Selmer Tennessee more like it, in the middle of nowhere as Cassandra always puts it. She was staying the night over at her best friend Rika Dempsey's house. They were both witches who attended at Hogwarts. Cassandra got up from the computer and want to the window, seeing her owl flying to the window with a letter. She opened the window let in Gigi, the owl. It was jet black, with red glowing eyes. Gigi landed on the bed and waited for Cassandra to take the letter. Rika's kitten, Belle, rubbed against her legs as she walked over to the owl. The kitten was also jet black, much like the owl, with a white spot on her chest and yellow eyes. Cassandra made it over to the bed and took the letter. Gigi flew out to find something to eat. Cassandra went and sat in front of the computer yet
again, and started talking to people on myspace. Rika entered the room after being out, getting her and Cassandra a late night snack.
"Hey Rika...I got a letter from Professor McGonagell." Cassandra said, waving the letter around. "Oh...Don't you think it's a bit early fpr something from Professor M?" Rika asked, grabbing it. "Yeah, well it isn't like I get any mail from anyone other than you and Sarah Jones, is it?" Cassandra asked sorely. "Yeah, well, that is true." Rika said, opening the letter to read it to Cassandra. Cassandra was still on the computer, but waited for Rika to start reading it. It said:
"Dear Miss Goodman,
There is a great note in here from your real mother. Please read this and answer any mail that may come about a week from now. Thank you, and good day Miss
Goodman.
Yours truly,
Professor McGonagell"
Cassandra was sitting by Rika by now, getting ready to listen to the letter that her real mom had written her. Rika waited for the okay to go on. Cassandra was
staring at the paper, waiting. She finally said, "Read it please." Rika opened it and it read:
"Dearst Cassandra
You may not remember who I am, but I am your real mother, and my name is Lily Potter. My name used to be Lily Evans. I married James Potter, and we had a son. We named him Harry James Potter, and ten months later we had a daughter, who we named her Nymphadora Lily Potter. Which is you. This may be a shock, that you're related to the famous Harry Potter, the boy who lived! Okay, now I am SURE you want to know why you were sent to America. The reason why we sent you there is because you-know-who was after us, and we wanted to save you, so we sent you to your grandmother's friend's house. They were so kind to take care of you for us
until you started school, and to tell you that you're adopted, and that you're really a pureblood. If anyone says anything, tell them that you're a mudblood. Well now you know our story, and I hope you will start using your true name, or a nickname close to it. Your brother should be writing you in about a week. If you really hate the wait, then just write him yourself.
Love,
Mom"
Rika looked up at Cassandra. She looked shocked."You okay?" Rika asked, backing up and ready to run into the hallway if she was going to throw something her way.
Cassandra slowly lowered her head, making herself look like the girl from the Ring. Rika never did like this look, knowing that it could mean that she was getting mad, about to hurt someone, thinking, or just to scare someone. "Ar-are you okay?" Rika asked shakily. "Yes, I am fine. Why?" Cassandra asked, an evil grin on her face. "You're doing that thing again." Rika said slowly, stopping at the door. Cassandra laughed. "I'm just thinking about how I could possibly be Harry Potter's sister, and he doesn't even know who I am! Even though I go school with him! I have had almost every class with him, and still! I'll have to write him 'cause he won't know were in America I could be." Cassandra said, raising her head so Rika would come back near the bed and talk to her. Rika walked over by Cassandra and sat down "Do you think all guys are smart? You know Harry's best friend, Ron Weasley. He didn't find out until his fourth year at Hogwarts that Hermione Granger was a girl!" Rika said, laughing. Cassandra joined in. "Yeah, well most of them are dumb. Want to stay up and get a midnight snack and help with the letter?" Cassandra asked. "Sure, why not? Um...are you going to start using your name your mother gave you?" Rika asked slowly. "Not today. Tomorrow I'll tell you what to call me, ok? Oh, and is Sarah coming over to practice tomorrow?" Cassandra asked, getting up and walking over to the desk. She started typing to the people on myspace again.
"Okay. And yes, she is. Why?" Rika asked, walking over to the other computer that was in the room and sat down and got on myspace as well. "Because we need the practice duh! I thought the lead singer would know this by now!" Cassandra said, rolling her eyes at Rika ."Well, I'm sorry I'm stupid." Rika said grumpily. "What? You make about the same grades as Hermione! I'm stupid. I make the same grades as Ron! And that is a VERY bad thing." Cassandra said. "I am stupid I tell you! I am S-T-U-P--" Cassandra cut in."You are not! And you know it! Now shut up before I slap you." Rika rolled over to Cassandra in the chair. Cassandra closed everything and open word perfect. "What should I put? Dear brother, or dear harry?" Cassandra asked over her shoulder at Rika, who was steeling chips and cheese dip. Rika looked up and Cassandra was looking at her. "Um...Dear Harry sounds better to me. Chip?" Rika said, seeing that Cassandra was about to murder her if she hadn't said anything soon. "I say it's about time you give me food! Ok how about this. I write and you tell me what you think, huh?" Cassandra said, before putting the chip in her mouth. "That sounds good to me." Rika said, her mouth full. Cassandra typed something like this:
Dear Harry,
You may not know who I am, because no one else at our school does except for Rika Dempsey and Sarah Evans, but you may not even know them. They're my best friends, like Ron and Hermione are yours, so you know I am not one of those girls that followed you around last year or sent love notes. I hate to be mean but I don't like you, and I see no reason why my mother had to send me away and keep you, but it sure saved me from having a scar on my head. Now I am just being mean. I'm sorry. Anyways, I am sure you need to know more about me, right? I have dark brown hair with bright blue eyes that turn gray sometimes. I believe I look like mother when she was my age. I am sure you don't know what house I am in at Hogwarts. This will be a surprise to you, but I am in Slytherin. Shock for you, huh? Well, nothing is wrong with Slytherin. Besides Draco Malfoy. Always up to something, always trying to get a girlfriend. Well now, how about you meet me and my friends up in the Leaky Cauldron? I believe you know where that is. A week from now sounds good. You can bring Ron and Hermione if you want to.
Yours truly,
Cassandra (Nymphadora Lily Potter)
Cassandra turned and looking at Rika, who had been reading along the whole time. "Well?" Cassandra asked. "Sounds pretty good." Rika said, showing the empty cheese
bowl and chip bag to Cassandra. "Okay, print?" Cassandra said looking the empty bowl and bag. A tear rolled down her cheek. "Yeah, print it. Sorry it is all gone. You love this cheese to much." After printing it and putting in an envelope, Cassandra wrote, in her best hand writing, Harry Potter on the front, and went to the window and whistled for Gigi. Two minutes later, Gigi was there. Rika didn't know how Cassandra did it, but no longer cared. Cassandra tied the letter to Gigi and said "This goes to Harry Potter." Gigi gave a small hoot, and flew off. Cassandra turned around and sat down. "Well, you staying up and chatting or going to bed as well?" Cassandra said, yawning. "Yeah, I am getting pretty tired to. Night Cass." Rika said, getting up and laying on the bed. "Night Rika." Cassandra said, walking to the spare room next door and going to bed.
