Chapter 1- Harry's sister
Beep!
Harry woke to the sound of his alarm on his old watch going off. It was 7:00 in the morning one July 31, his 17th birthday. He sat up rubbing his eyes and placed his glasses on his face. There, at the foot of his bed, were presents from all of his closest friends. He began to open each parcel and card carefully. Soon he had 3 cakes on his bed, one from Hagrid, one from Mrs. Weasly, and one from Hermonie. The twins had sent him an assorted package of products from their shop. And at the very bottom of the pile lay a small, brown envelope with black writing on it. Harry picked it up and carefully opened it, pulling out the gold and read card. He opened the card to see the handwriting of Lupin.
Dear Harry,
Happy 17th Birthday. You have become such a wonderful wizard, I know that your parents and Sirius would have been so proud of you. Tonks and I will be stopping by to visit you this afternoon, and we have a surprise. Now what we are going to tell you will be quite a shock and you may not believe it right away but its something that you need to know. It's not a bad thing, but you just need to be prepared for the shock. Have a wonderful morning, I hope you got a lot of wonderful presents! We will see you this afternoon!
Sincerely,
Remus Lupin
A surprise, that wasn't a bad thing but he had to know. Harry racked his brain, trying to think of what it could be. He wasn't sure what it could be. He decided to give it up and he placed his new presents and cards on his desk, got dressed and walked down the stairs. The Dursleys sat in the kitchen eating their breakfast and watching the morning news. Naturally, the Dursleys paid no attention to Harry walking in much less the fact that it was his birthday. He sat down at the table and put some pancakes on his plate.
"Lupin and Tonks are gonna stop by today, to see me." He said casually, waiting for them to respond, but they just looked at him with the same glare that they gave him anytime that he talked about anything that had to do with the wizarding world. "I don't think you have to talk to them or anything, I was just letting you know."
"It better be a quick visit, I don't want that lot in my house longer than they have to be." Uncle Vernon stated pointedly.
Harry quickly finished his breakfast and went back upstairs to his room. He wasn't sure what they were gonna tell him and if they were gonna take him to live at the burrow for the rest of the summer, so he began to put his things into his trunk neatly. He had loads of time and this would help pass the time. He folded his clothes and placed them into the trunk next to his school things. Advanced potions #6 was open on his desk next to his cards and presents. He closed the book and put it into his trunk. He made his bed and looked around. His room was spotless. He wanted to leave this place so bad.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Harry tore open his bedroom door and ran down the stairs. He skidded to a halt right infront of the front door. He opened it to see Lupins smiling face, along with an exhausted looking Tonks and a very pretty young girl whom Harry had never seen before. They walked into the living room sitting down on the overly neat sofas. Everyone looked around at each other not sure what to say. Lupin decided to break the silence.
"Have a happy birthday Harry?" He asked smiling.
"It was ok, I'm glad to have company though! Makes the day a lot better!" Harry replied returning the smile.
"Well we should get right down to what we came to tell you." Lupin said watching Harry's reaction carefully. Harry sat quietly waiting for Lupin to continue.
"As you know the prophesy linking you and Voldemort was made before you were born. Now when a prophesy is made, the victim of the attack gets some sort of shield to protect them from harm."
"Why are you telling me this now. And why do I have one and Neville doesn't?" Harry said, the questions spilling out of his mouth.
"Neville has one also. He appears to be kind of slow, doesn't pick up magic very well, seems much like a squib. That is his shield. The Boy could actually do any magic that he wants to do but he appears to not know what he is doing. So people just walk past him thinking that he is nothing special."
Harry looked at Lupin, somewhat confused.
"You, Harry, also have a shield. It is not a characteristic that you have. You see when your mom was pregnant with you, she was told that she was just going to have a boy. When she gave birth to you, one more child was accompanying you, a girl. She was born as your twin to protect you and to make sure that nothing happened to you. The doctors didn't know why or how she was born. They took her away to put her through tests. She would cry endlessly when you two were apart, and they couldn't figure out why. One day the crying stopped. It was the night Voldemort killed your parents. People weren't sure what to do, when they found out that he was gone. The doctors got scared, they thought he might still be alive and try to come after your twin, so they gave her to a muggle orphanage. Young Hailey Potter was adopted into the Smith family 2 months later. The Smiths were a very wealthy muggle family that couldn't have kids. They took Hailey into their home and raised her as their own. At the age of 7 Dumbledore went to their house and explained the situation to them. He then sent books upon books to Hailey, for her to read and learn about magic and the wizarding world. Every summer she would go to Hogwarts to learn. By the time she was 11 she was as smart as the average 3rd year. Dumbledor didn't want to shock you too much in your first year so she went to Beauxton for her first year. After your incident with Voldemort that year we decided to keep her at Beauxbaton. She continued to come to Hogwarts to learn every summer until she turned 13. By then she was a qualified witch. She continued to live at Beauxbaton and read every wizarding book that we could get to her. She studied until she was an expert in every subject. The whole time her foster parents sent her money and gifts to support her. When she was 14 she left to stay with them. They died a month later leaving her all of their money and possessions. She sold everything, changing half of the money into wizzarding gold and moved to London. She has lived there ever since studying everything that should could. Now, she will be going to school with you. She will be helping us with a plan that we have come up with. Harry, I'd like you to meet your sister, Hailey." Lupin gestured toward the pretty girl sitting next to Tonks.
She had straight, brown, beautiful hair that came to her the middle of her back with soft, golden highlights, and a golden tan, She was wearing low-rise jeans with a green tank top and a white jacket over it. She was amazing. Harry sat there staring at her, not sure what to do or how to react. He looked back at Lupin hoping it was a joke, praying that there was some sort of catch to this. He looked back at Hailey and studied her closely. Her hair reminded him of his moms, just perfectly straightened and an addition of highlights. The eyes though, they were exactly the same. There was a burning sensation in his stomach, in his head, he couldn't think, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to think. He just sat there, the expression on his face slowly changing from confusion to anger. He began to lightly shake, as he tried to form words.
"All these years. This whole time. You have know, you all knew, AND NO ONE BOTHERED TO TELL ME! NO ONE SAID A WORD! YOU WERE ALL TOO BUSY WITH YOUR OWN LIVES TO TAKE THE TIME TO TELL ME THAT I HAVE A FUCKIN SISTER, NOT JUST A SISTER BUT A TWIN." He yelled as he stood up, unable to control his anger.
"Harry, please calm down, we felt it was best to…"
"NO! YOU FELT IT WAS BEST! DID ANYONE BOTHER TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I THINK IS BEST? I MEAN THIS IS MY LIFE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE, 6 YEARS YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME, 6. BUT NO! NO ONE DID!" With that Harry left the room running up to his bedroom, and slamming the door.
"Well that went well." Tonks said sighing.
"Its ok, he will get used to it. He just in shock. Its understandable. He thought he lost everyone, and now he finds out that he has a twin. A lot of things could have been made easier on him if he would have known. This is his last year at school, I think he would have liked to spend it with her becoming as good of friends with her as he has with Ron and Hermonie." He looked over at Hailey. She hadn't moved or said anything since they had arrived. "Hailey, he just needs some time to get used to the idea of a sister, its ok, just give him some time."
She gave a weak smile and nodded.
"Well we need to be going, go up and talk to him, it will help. We will be back in the morning to pick you two up. Good luck Hailey." Tonks and Lupin both hugged her goodbye and left.
Hailey slowly walked into the hallway just as Mrs. Dursley walked out of the kitchen.
"And who are you?" She said smiling at Hailey.
"Your niece. I'm Harry's sister."
Mrs. Dursley stood there in shock. "Lilly only had one kid…then she was killed…in a car accident."
"No, she was killed my Voldemort, and Harry and I are twins. Harry would have told you but he just found out." Hailey slowly walked away and we up the stairs. She paused for a second outside Harry's door to get a breath.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"What?"
She slowly opened the door, peaking around. He saw her and looked back out the window. "What?" he repeated.
"…Look Harry. I'm sorry no one told you. I wanted to meet you myself but they wouldn't let me. They knew that you loved your family and Voldemort knew that too and used that against you. They wanted us to fight him together, they couldn't tell you that. You weren't even supposed to know, but Dumbledore said that if anything were to ever happen to him they were supposed to tell you about me. I'm sorry."
"I don't need your help." He stated under his breath.
"I didn't mean it like that. Look we all know that you can do this on your own, but we don't want something to happen to you. Harry we care about you."
"How can you care about me, you don't even know me." He looked at her.
"Harry, I have had the last 10 years of my life dedicated to studying you, and preparing to help you. I care about you." For a second it got really quiet, then Harry looked up at her.
"…So what is this plan that they were talking about?" Harry asked. She could tell that he was dying to ask that question.
"Ok so," She said, running over to sit on his bed next to him. "basically, I am the new head girl and Draco Malfoy is head boy. Head boy and girl share a common room so they spend a lot of time together. The order wants me to get Malfoy to like me and fall in love, which means that I have to go out with him, then I get him to turn on Voldemort and his family. He is the next generation of death eaters, if we can stop him from going to the dark side then we will have an advantage, because he wont be there to get in the way." She said looking anything but thrilled.
"You have to go out with Malfoy! That's crazy! What if he does something to you? I just found out that I haven't lost every relative, that I have one more left, and I'm not willing to let you go!" He yelled.
"Harry calm down. Don't worry, they have been training me for this since I was 7, I'm pretty sure that I can out smart Malfoy." She replied, patting Harry on the back.
She was so happy that Harry was finaly starting to come around to the fact that she was his sister. They talked the rest of the night about everything in their lives. Telling story after story.