Ashley Potter

Summary: What would have happened if James Potter had a twin named Ashley? When James dies what would have happened if Ashley stayed alive? Harry would have a family and he would be loads nicer. This is set in the time of the marauders but I don't like Wormtail so he isn't included in it. I hope you like it!

2. The Kitchens

Ashley and Sirius reached the portrait of the bowl of fruit. Sirius tickled the pear since he was taller than Ashley. The pear turned into a handle and Ashley pulled the handle down and pushed the door open. They walked through the opening that the portrait created as they heard the scurrying of house elves working to make breakfast.

"Would Missus and Sir like something to eat?" A house elf asked.

"Dobbin! Of course they would! Why would they come here if they didn't?" Another house elf said as he elbowed the house elf named Dobbin.

"Well then, what would you like to eat?" The house elf Dobbin asked them.

Sirius glanced at Ashley and then asked for pancakes and milk.

"They would like breakfast!" Dobbin screeched at the top of his little lungs, "Two plates of pancakes and two glasses of milk!"

Sirius looked at Ashley as she watched the elves with fascination. "Have you ever seen house elves before Ash?" Sirius asked Ashley a little unbelieving.

"No, I haven't," Ashley replied softly with a sad look in her eyes.

"Why not? Don't your parents have a house elf?" He asked her almost as softly.

"Well, I think we did but then I think she got old and died or maybe they sent her to work here but her name was Sandy," Ashley explained.

"Sandy?" A passing house elf asked, and then he yelled, "They want Sandy over here!"

"Yes?" A little house elf asked slightly confused at why she had been asked for. But when she saw who was there she knew exactly why, "Ashley!" The little elf exclaimed as she ran over and hugged her.

"Sandy? Oh my! Dear, little, Sandy!" Ashley exclaimed happily as she hugged her tightly.

Sirius was happy to see Ashley feeling like this and felt that interrupting would be a bad idea. A group of elves rushed over with a tray that held two plates of pancakes and two cups of milk. Ashley placed Sandy down and then started to eat with Sirius.

Sirius examined Sandy the elf and noticed that she stayed very neat and proper. He approved of this elf. After all, the elf Kreacher that his mother owned hated his guts because he never was the nicest to Kreacher.

Ashley was watching Sirius intently since she had finished her pancakes five minutes before and Sirius hadn't been eating anything for five minutes at least.

She decided to have a little fun so she moved around to the back of Sirius' chair and started to tickle him. Then he started squirming in his chair and said, "Ashley! Please—breath of air—stop!"

"I'm sorry but you zoned out please finish eating so we can go for a walk!" Ashley exclaimed.

Sirius quickly finished eating his pancakes and then he stood up but before he could turn around Ashley had kissed him quickly and then she ran through the kitchens back out of the portrait hole. Sirius followed her quickly catching up really fast. Sirius and Ashley ran all the way to the lake and sat under a tree there for about half an hour.

Meanwhile…

Lily, Andrea, Amber, Cherry, James, and Remus were all sitting in the common room worried about their friends. Then James and Remus thought about creating a map so that they wouldn't be worried about their friends anymore, they decided to get Sirius and Ashley to help them create it.

James told the girls about their idea and the girls thought it was wonderful. But, Lily was a little unsure.

"What if you get hurt while making it?" She asked James, the concern evident in her voice.

"We won't blow up if that's what you mean!" James exclaimed as he laughed.

Lily still didn't look too sure but agreed that they needed to make it soon. James was glad that she accepted the idea.

James decided that Ashley being his sister would be at the edge of the lake. So, he walked over to the window and looked out. Sure enough there by the edge of the lake were two figures. One had the form of a girl with long jet black hair and the other looked like a boy with long black hair that reached just above his shoulders in layers and curtains.

James told the group that he was right and they all started walking out of the tower towards the lake…

Ashley and Sirius were sitting and talking when they heard their names being called from the big oak doors at the front of the school. They recognized those voices so they prepared to be faced with the challenge of making them understand what Sirius was to Ashley and what Ashley was to Sirius.

Ashley and Sirius started walking towards the four girls and two boys. They could still hear their names being called even though they were sure that the group could see them. So, Sirius stopped walking and pulled Ashley back as she continued walking towards her brother and her friends.

Sirius explained the situation to her and she laughed finding it hard to stand so she grabbed onto Sirius for support but then she fell down onto the grass anyways. Sirius sat down next to her since she was his girlfriend and he had to stay with her. When she sat up he kissed her for about two minutes; their friends stopped at the sight of Ashley with her hands in Sirius' hair and Sirius with his hands on her waist.

Lily wasn't surprised and neither was James or Remus. Lily and Remus knew that Sirius was quick at making moves and James knew that Ashley could get any one she wanted as fast as she decided, but everyone else; Amber, Andrea and Cherry that is were so confused that they didn't know what to say.

James however decided that they should leave them and so he grabbed Lily from behind and tickled her down to the ground until she was laughing so hard that she was crying she sat up and looked deeply into James' bright green eyes—they were the same exact shade as Ashley's—then she hurried and gave him a kiss since he was still sitting like he was going to tickle her.

When Lily gave James a kiss and then pulled back to see his reaction he pulled her back toward him for another kiss and she smiled knowing what was happening. James was about to ask her to be his girlfriend and she was definitely going to say yes to him!

"Lily?" James mumbled just inches away from her.

"Yes?" She whispered.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" James asked her quietly so that only she could hear him.

"YES!" Lily exclaimed kissing him again only more forcefully than before.

Remus looked from one couple to the next and then towards the three petrified girls standing there. He moved closer to them and suggested, "Perhaps we should go and eat breakfast?"

They all agreed and Amber took his arm as they walked towards The Great Hall.

James and Lily stood up and started walking towards the castle when they saw that Sirius and Ashley kept kissing on and off. James decided to split it up for right now, he walked over to Ashley and helped her up before Lily helped Sirius stand also. Sirius and Ashley never let go of each others hands though and walked that way into The Great Hall. Lily and James held each others hands but not as hard as Sirius and Ashley were.

As Ashley walked in she saw her best friend Severus across the hall at the Slytherin table. Severus was angry that Sirius was her boyfriend but he smiled at her all the same he ignored everyone else. His old best friends were no longer his friends anymore and he decided he was going to win Ashley over.

Sirius and Ashley sat down next to each other and Sirius glanced around the room. He met Severus' gaze and decided that if Severus was going to be jealous then he James, and Remus were going to do something about him.

James and Remus told Sirius and Ashley about the idea of the map and they all agreed to work together on it. Ashley turned away to talk to Amber and Andrea. Sirius told James and Remus about Severus. Sirius and James decided that they needed that map so that when they "played" with Severus, Ashley wouldn't be around. Remus looked a little sad about not being friends with Severus anymore but didn't say anything. James decided that he would be the leader of their little group so that when his sister was coming he could have Sirius go and talk to her or distract her from walking to where they were at least.

It had been six months since Sirius, James and Remus had begun working on their project but it had been eight months since Sirius and Ashley had started going out; it had also been eight months since Lily and James had started going out too.

It was forty-three minutes after midnight when Sirius and James finished working on the map. That evening when they had started putting the final touches on it all of them—Ashley, Sirius, Remus, and James—agreed on saying Messers Moony (that's Remus), Sharpclaw (that's Ashley), Padfoot (that's Sirius), and Prongs (that's James). They chose Messers so that they wouldn't give away the fact that they were all boys except for Ashley. One of the hardest parts about creating it was that for them to get their nick names they had to be animagus' so that they could fit their nick names. Remus had been bitten by a werewolf that very summer. Then that night he had fallen asleep before James and Remus finished the map. But right before he fell asleep, Ashley and Sirius had accomplished their transformations. James kept trying and then when Ashley left he made the transformation.

James and Sirius woke Remus up telling him that they had finished it. Then Sirius said, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," while pointing his wand at the blank piece of parchment.

The paper started to reveal what the friends had placed on it. The paper read, "Messers Moony, Sharpclaw, Padfoot, and Prongs are pleased to present the marauders map," Then Sirius opened it up to reveal that Remus, Sirius, and James were shown in the common room, then when James moved over once so did his to dots on the map.

"Wonderful!" Sirius exclaimed.

Everyone that stayed up went to sleep when they were pleased with their work.

Sirius woke up at 5:15 and got ready for the day. He gets up at this time to do his hair and get dressed then he goes downstairs and waits for Ashley to come down at 5:45 now that she was waking up earlier.

Sirius ran a brush through his hair and took one final look at himself in the mirror then he walked down to the common room and sat on the couch.

Ashley woke up at 5:20 and chose to wear a black mini-skirt with a black tank-top. She then curled her hair delicately around her face and put on her make-up including eyeliner, lip-gloss, blush and black mascara.

Then she looked at herself in the mirror and decided she looked ok for the Saturday she would be spending entirely with Sirius. She climbed down the stairs and as soon as she stood in front of the fire, Sirius started to kiss her. She always knew he would do this but she never got used to the feeling of butterflies in her stomach when she kissed him.

Then they walked down to the kitchen and started talking to the elf Dobbin while they ate their usual Saturday morning breakfast. Finally they got up said goodbye to Dobbin and Sandy since Sandy had just barely joined them and walked out of the castle for a relaxing day. Or so they thought…