Iris Potter
Hello. This is my first attempt to a Harry Potter fic. Please read and review!
Sum: What if Harry had a little sister? She loves her brother so much. He loves her the same way. What does she go through as Harry's out finding the Horcruxes?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anyone you find familiar. They belong to the amazing J.K. Rowling. I only own Iris.
Chapter 1 Escaping
My name is Iris Lily Potter. My older brother is Harry Potter. I'm going into my sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Our parents were killed by Voldemort when I was a month old and Harry was one. Harry almost got killed but Voldemort's spell went out of whack and gave a lot of his powers to Harry. That's where his scar comes from. I was lucky because Voldemort didn't come anywhere near me even though he knew about me.
Everyone says that I look exactly like my mum. I have red hair and blue eyes. I'm very smart in school, but not as smart as Harry's friend Hermione Granger. She's my friend too. My best friend is Ginny Weasley who happens to be my brother's girlfriend. Ginny is the little sister of Harry's best friend Ron Weasley and my boyfriend Fred Weasley. Fred's three years older than I am, but I don't care. He treats me with respect. That's the only reason Harry allowed me to date him. Plus, he knows him.
Harry and I are sitting on our bed at Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia's house looking at the Daily Prophet. Aunt Petunia is mum's older sister. They raised us. I guess you could say they neglected us. They treat their son, Dudley, with love but not us. I don't think Aunt Petunia liked mum very much because she saw mum as a freak. All three of them think Harry and I are freaks because we can do magic.
"Are we safe Harry?" I ask him.
"No, none of us are safe," he says.
"Why is Snape headmaster?" I ask disgustedly.
"I don't know. I'm not going back this year."
"Why?" I ask confused.
"I have to finish finding those Horcruxes."
"I want to go with you," I say.
"No. I already paid for you to go to school. You'll be safer there."
"Not if it's being ran by Death Eaters!" I argue.
"Trust me. You'll be safer."
"Fine," I say giving in.
All of a sudden, my brown owl, Freedom, screeches. Then, Harry's owl Hedwig screeches.
"Potters!" we hear Uncle Vernon holler up at us.
"Nice going," we tell the owls at the same time before we get up and leave the room.
We get downstairs to find our aunt, uncle, and cousin packed up. They have to leave because they aren't safe around Harry or me.
"Those bloody birds are about to get on my nerves," Uncle Vernon tells us as we get in the room.
"Hey, you're leaving. You don't have to worry about them anymore," Harry tells him.
"Dursleys, we're leaving," he announces ignoring Harry as usual.
"Hey," Dudley says coming up to us. "Thanks for saving us. I just want you guys to know that I appreciate you two now. Thanks."
"No problem Dudley," Harry says.
"Yeah no problem," I tell him.
He smiles and shakes both of our hands. Aunt Petunia starts crying uncontrollably.
"Let's go," Uncle Vernon says and they leave.
We follow them outside and watch them leave. Dudley waves so we wave back. They go out of sight so we go inside.
"That was weird," I say as we get inside.
"Yeah, and completely unexpected," Harry says shutting the door.
"Definitely. What do we do now?" I ask realizing we have the house to ourselves.
"I don't know, but it's getting late. The Weasleys should be here anytime," he says.
Just then, the door opens and Hermione bursts in and hugs Harry. Ron joins in on the hug. Hagrid comes in too. Fred comes in with George and I run to him.
"Fred!" I holler.
"Hey, babe," he says as I come into his arms. He kisses me.
"Hey George," I greet his twin after I get out of the kiss.
"Hey Iris."
There are a lot of people that had come in.
"Hello, I'm Bill Weasley," a guy with red hair that goes down to his neck and flares out introduces himself to Harry and me.
"Hi," we say shaking his hand.
"So you're Fred's girl?" he asks me.
"Yup, that's me," I say proudly.
"She's a keeper Fred," he tells his younger brother.
Fleur Delacour comes to his side and grabs his hand. It turns out that they're engaged.
"Bill, I don't mean to be rude, but what happened to your face?" I ask him noticing the scratch by his eye.
"Greyback bit me and turned me into a werewolf," he answers.
"Oh, I'm sorry," I say looking down at my feet.
"Don't be," he says.
"Hey Iris," Tonks greets me coming to my side.
"Hey Tonks!" I exclaim.
"Guess what?" she asks Harry and me as Lupin comes to her side.
"What?" we ask.
"Remus and I got married."
"That is so cool!" I say.
"Congrats!" Harry says.
"There's no time to waste," Mad-Eye Moody says.
"Iris, Harry told us you're not doing this so Tonks is going to take you to the Burrow," Mr. Weasley tells me.
"Why can't I do this?" I ask my brother.
"It's too dangerous for you," Harry says.
"But-"
"Don't start with me," he orders.
"Fine," I mumble.
"Grab on," Tonks says holding out her arm.
"We'll see you later," Harry said.
"Okay."
I grab Tonks' arm and we Apparate away. We're at the Burrow in a matter of seconds. We head up to the little house.
"Oh Iris, dear," Mrs. Weasley greets me as we get to the door and hugs me.
"Hi Mrs. Weasley," I acknowledge her and hug her back.
"Mum, did you mention Iris?" Ginny asks from upstairs.
"Yes dear," she answers her daughter.
Ginny comes down in a matter of seconds.
"Iris!"
"Ginny!" I exclaim and we hug each other.
"Tonks, thank you for bringing her," Mrs. Weasley thanks her.
"Yeah, thanks Tonks," I say.
"No problem. Anything for you Iris," she says and leaves.
"I hope they all come out alive," I say aloud.
"We do too," Ginny says.
"Shoot, I left my stuff there," I say. Just then, all of my stuff appear. "Never mind."
"You can store them in my room until we go back to school like usual," Ginny offers.
"Sounds good," I say.
We both bring my stuff up to her room. She tells me to put them in the corner so I do. Freedom screeches.
"I think she's hungry," I say.
Ginny shows me where they keep their stash of owl food. We go back up and feed her. She was hungry.
We go back downstairs and no one has returned. I'm getting worried, especially for my brother since he's the one that Voldemort and the Death Eaters are after.
"Why isn't anyone back?" I ask.
"I don't know, dear. I was wondering the exact same thing," Mrs. Weasley says going to the open door. She looks outside. "Still no one in sight."
Ginny and I sit down at the table.
"This is nerve wrecking," she says.
"Yeah. Definitely," I say agreeing.
It turns into a scary silence. I can't think about anything, but Harry. My brother is the most important person to me right now. I hate the thought that he's in grave danger.
"Iris. Do you hear that?" Ginny asks perking up.
I listen and hear rustling from outside. "Yeah."
We hurry outside right behind Mrs. Weasley.
"Harry. Hagrid. Where's everyone else?" she asks my brother.
"HARRY!" I exclaim happily running towards him.
"Hey Iris," he says hugging me.
"We don't know. There's a big war going on up there," Hagrid says.
"Oh dear," Mrs. Weasley says putting her hand up to her mouth and looking up at the sky.
"I'm so glad you didn't go," Harry tells me still hugging me close to him.
"I'm not glad you went. I was worried sick," I tell him holding onto him.
We hear people trudging towards us. Harry and I get out of the hug and find Mr. Weasley supporting another Harry whose ear is bleeding like crazy.
"It's George," Mr. Weasley announces. "A Death Eater hit him.
"George!" Mrs. Weasley and Ginny cries running towards them.
We take him in. Mrs. Weasley lies him down on the couch and strokes his hair. He looks like George now. Fred will be heartbroken.
I go outside and wait for others. Fred and Lupin comes up.
"Iris!" Fred yells hugging me as Lupin goes into the Burrow. "I'm so glad you didn't go."
"That's what Harry said," I say hugging him back. I get out of the hug. "Fred, George is hurt. I guess his ear got blown off."
His eyes grow wide and he dashes inside. I run after him. When I get inside, he's already by George's side. I go up behind him and put my arms around him to comfort him.
"How are ya feeling Georgie?" he asks his twin.
"Saint like," he whispers.
"What?" Fred asks confused.
"Saint like. Get it? I'm holey," he whispers pointing to his bloody half of an ear.
"From all of the come backs you could choose from, you choose saint like," Fred half laughs smiling.
"He's still George," I say smiling putting my head into the side of Fred's neck.
"Yup," he laughs putting his head on top of mine.
"I always will be," George tells us.
We laugh.
"Mad-Eye's dead," Bill announces coming in with Fleur.
"What?" we all ask in shock.
"Mundungus got one look at Voldemort, freaked out, and Apparated. Voldemort aimed a curse right before Mundungus left and hit Mad-Eye," Bill explains.
We all have a moment of silence. I'm shocked. I think we all are. Who would've thought of Mad-Eye getting killed? I think no one.
"I think we've all had a long day. Tomorrow's the wedding. Everyone should get to sleep," Mrs. Weasley announces breaking the silence.
"Sounds good," Mr. Weasley agrees.
Everyone else agrees and leaves. Soon enough, it's just the Weasleys, Fleur, Hermione, Harry, and I.
"Hermione, Iris, come with me," Ginny whispers to us and goes toward the kitchen.
"I'll be upstairs Iris," Harry informs me.
"Okay. See you in a little bit," I say and go with the girls.
We get to the kitchen.
"It's Harry's birthday tomorrow right, Iris?" Ginny asks me.
"Yeah," I answer.
"I was thinking the three of us should bake him a cake and bring it out for him after the wedding," Ginny says.
"Yeah!" Hermione and I exclaim.
"What's going on in here you three?" Bill asks coming in.
"It's Harry's birthday tomorrow. We're gonna bake him a cake," Ginny tells him.
"That's a really great idea," he says.
"Can we bring it out after your wedding?" she asks her older brother.
"Sure," he says.
"Thanks," we say.
"No problem. Have fun," he says and turns around.
"You can't tell him," Ginny tells him.
"Okay," he says and leaves the room.
"Let's get to work," Ginny says.
We get all the ingredients together and make the cake. While it's baking, we get the icing and other decorating stuff out.
It's done baking. We take it out and start decorating with red and gold icing for Gryffindor. Then we write Happy Birthday, Harry with white icing. We even sprinkle sprinkles on the cake.
"It looks good," Ginny says.
"Yup. Now where to hide it?" Hermione wonders aloud.
"Mum?" Ginny hollers for her mum.
"Yes dear? It smells really good in here," Mrs. Weasley says entering the kitchen.
"Where can we hide Harry's cake so he doesn't see it until tomorrow after the wedding?" Ginny asks pointing to the cake.
"That is a very beautiful cake. He'll love it. I'll take it to your father and my room with me," she answers and picks up the cake.
"Okay," Ginny says.
"Good night girls," she says and walks away.
"Good night," we tell her back.
We clean up and head upstairs. I grab my pajamas and get ready for bed. Then, I go and find Harry in Ron's room with Ron and Hermione.
"Hey, Iris," he greets me.
"Hey," I acknowledge him tiredly.
"Tired there Iris?" Ron asks me.
"Yeah," I answer smiling at him. He always gets me to smile. All the Weasleys do in that matter. They're like family to Harry and me. We end up coming over here every summer. We've been doing it since the end of Harry's first year at Hogwarts. We have Christmas with them too. They always invite us over for the holidays. It's tons of fun.
"You should probably get to bed," Harry tells me.
"I was. Good night," I say hugging.
"Good night," he says hugging me back.
I say "good night" and give hugs to Ron and Hermione, too, and head out.
"Hey, babe," Fred greets me in the hallway.
"Hey Fred," I say giving him a hug. "How's George doing?"
"Good! We got his head wrapped up. He's asleep now though."
"That sounds nice. I think I'm gonna go do that right now," I tell him.
He puts his hands on my face and kisses me. I kiss him back.
"Good night, Iris. I love you," he tells me.
"Good night, Fred. I love you too," I tell him and we go our separate ways. I go to Ginny's room.
I get in the room and find the little mattress I always sleep on out and ready for me to hop in. I lay down and pull the covers up. It's a really comfortable mattress.
"Good night, Iris," Ginny says coming in and hops into her bed.
"Good night Ginny."
She turns out the lights and I fall asleep instantly.
There's chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed it. This story idea just popped in my head. Please review and tell me what you think about it. Thanks.