Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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The next day, Harry was woken up by the delicious smell of Mrs. Weasley's cooking. He got out of bed with a groan and ten minutes later found himself in front of a plate piled high with pancakes.

"Eat up Harry, we'll be leaving in twenty minutes!" Mrs. Weasley said brightly and Harry began to wolf down his breakfast. He was soon joined by Fred, George, Ron, Hermione and Ginny who imitated Harry and shoveled food down their throats. After breakfast, the kids rushed upstairs to pack last minute things and struggled down the stairs. They were hurried outside by Mrs. Weasley and into a car which was obviously magic as it was the size of a Volkswagen Beetle but fit everyone and all the trunks inside. They got to Kings Cross station with half an hour to spare, so they wandered around looking at the shops for ten minutes until Mrs. Weasley started herding them over to Platform 9 and ¾. They passed through the barrier and loaded their luggage onto the tracks. When the train's whistle blew, they said good-bye to Mrs. Weasley who gave all of them a hug and shooed them onto the train. As the train pulled out of the station, Harry, Hermione and Ron settled into a compartment and were joined by Ginny, Fred and George. They spent the next hour playing Exploding Snap or Chess until they were visited by the three people who were the last people they wanted to see.

"Well well well, I see the mudblood and the Weasel are still devoted to you Potter," said the sneering voice of Draco Malfoy who was looking smug, leaning against the frame of the doorway. Ron, Fred and George looked as if they were ready to punch the living daylights out of Malfoy, but Hermione stopped them. She winked and got up and started to walk seductively over to Malfoy.

"Hey handsome, wanna be a lucky lad tonight?" she said in a naughty voice and started to trace a finger against Malfoy's jawline. He gulped and nodded. She grinned evily. "Well, then I suggest you go talk to your bitch, Pansy," and saying that she shoved him and his henchmen out of the compartment, making sure to slam the compartment door in his face. She turned to face the shocked looks of Harry, Ron, George, Fred and Ginny. She started to crack up at their looks and Harry said, "HERMIONE!! What in the world was that?!?" She grinned at him.

"Oh, that was something my cousin taught me to do to get rid of a bothersome boy," and their compartment burst out into laughter. They barely stopped laughing until the train pulled into the Hogsmeade station and they got into the horseless carriages.

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They entered the Great Hall, which was decorated magnificently in the different colors of the houses, and as usual, the banner bearing the Hogwarts crest was hanging behind the Head Table. The trio sat down at the Gryffindor table and looked up at the Head Table. Harry gasped and pointed.

"That's Professor Lupin! He's back!" he exclaimed to Hermione and Ron. As if he had heard, Lupin turned and grinned at them, waving a bit. The group waved and focused their attention on the doors as Professor McGonagall brought in the First Years. At the end of the line were four people; one boy and three girls who looked out of place, towering over the First Years.

"Those four can't be First Years now can they?" Ron whispered to Hermione and Harry. Both shook their heads and watched as the First Years were sorted. After the Sorting, the Great Hall buzzed with whispers as the four people at the front of the Hall still weren't sorted. Professor Dumbledore stood up and the Hall instantly went quiet.

"This year, we have four new students from the United States of America. Lord Voldemort destroyed their school, the Redwood Institution for Witchcraft and Wizardry in a minor attack." At the mention of the Dark Lord, the Hall burst into panicked reactions. Dumbledore held up his hand and the Hall quieted again. He continued speaking. "They are in the Fifth Year and will be sorted now. I hope that you will treat them the same way you treat your peers," he said while glancing momentarily at the Slytherin table. Professor McGonagall shook out another roll of parchment and read out the first name.

"Alvez, Gregorio," was called out and a Latin looking boy stepped up and put the hat on.

"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted out and the Gryffindor table burst into loud applause. The boy waved and bowed, grinned and rushed over to the Gryffindor Table, sitting opposite Ron.

"Black, Silvia," was the next name and Lupin's eyes widened in surprise. Harry noticed this and whispered, "Do you think she's related to Sirius?" he asked and Hermione motioned him to turn around. He did and he saw a girl with raven black hair with mischievous black eyes. No doubt she was related to Sirius. Harry made a mental note to ask Lupin about her. She slipped on the hat and was promptly placed in Gryffindor. She walked over and sat down next to Hermione.

"Parfitt, Hannah," was called next and a girl with light brown hair and deep blue eyes framed by black lashes walked forward. Seamus Finnagan whispered, "Damn, she's HOT!" and Dean Thomas nodded in agreement. A few seconds later, 'GRYFFINDOR' was announced and the girl literally bounded over to the table and settled herself next to Seamus. She grinned at the group and started up an animated conversation with Dean and Seamus. The second surprise of the night came then. Professor McGonagall started to read the next name, stopped and took a breath. She then read the name out in a whisper that was barely heard in the hall.

"Potter, Crystal," and a girl with red hair and blue eyes stepped up. Harry sat there, shocked as she was placed in Gryffindor and instead of applause, stunned silence followed. She sat down opposite Harry and smiled. "I guess you're my infamous brother, Harry," and he promptly fainted.

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He woke up to a blurry world and he fumbled around for his glasses. He was met with the curious faces of Gregorio (or Greg as he told them to call him), Silvia, Hannah, Crystal, Hermione and Ron. He faced Crystal and said the first question on his mind.

"Are you really my sister?" and she nodded.

"Yes. Actually, I'm your twin sister. Mom and dad didn't want anyone to know that they had twins, not even Sirius or Remus knew!" she exclaimed and Harry looked surprised at this.

"Why wouldn't they want Sirius or Remus to know? Is it because they were scared that one of them were the spy, even though it was Pettigrew?" She nodded.

"Yes. I was sent to live with our Uncle, Uncle Steve in America. He was dad's brother. That's why you weren't sent to live with him in America, they didn't want Voldemort to know that Mom and Dad had twins."

"Why not?"

"Because, there's a prophecy. It goes like this:

The stag and the lily join,

And give birth to two.

One with eyes of emerald, belong to a boy.

The second, with eyes of the sapphire, belonging to a girl.

The stag and the lily will be sent to heaven by the serpent,

But the emerald and the sapphire will live on but separated.

Should one be taken from the earth,

The serpent shall rule

Only when the emerald and the sapphire are joined,

Will the serpent be defeated,

And light shall return to the world."

A silence hung in the air. Harry looked at Crystal again, and emerald eyes met sapphire ones. Suddenly, a song was heard, one so melodious and familiar, it made Harry turn. Perched on the head of the bed next to him was Fawkes. Harry smiled and held out his arm and Fawkes fluttered over to perch there. He grinned at the others.

"Guys, meet Fawkes. He's Dumbledore's phoenix." At the word phoenix, Harry suddenly remembered about Hedwig. He whistled sharply and a snowy owl flew in through the hospital window to perch on Harry's shoulder. Fawkes and Hedwig eyed each other, and suddenly, Fawkes bowed to Hedwig. Everyone sat stunned at what Fawkes did. A small chuckle was heard in the doorway of the Hospital Wing. Dumbledore stood there and Fawkes flew over to land perch on the man's shoulder. He walked over and smiled at the group.

"I'm sorry to break this happy group up, but I need to talk to Mr. and Miss. Potter alone." Greg, Silvia, Hannah, Hermione and Ron stood up and left, with a chorus of "See you later" echoing behind them. Dumbledore turned to the siblings and said, "If you would follow me to my office please," and Harry got out of bed and slipped on his shoes and walked after Dumbledore with Crystal. The group walked in silence through the corridors, Hedwig and Fawkes flying silently after them. They reached the gargoyle in front of Dumbledore's office and he said "Gobstoppers." Crystal let out a little giggle at the password and she and Harry followed Dumbledore up into his office. They sat down in the chairs in front of Dumbledore who sat in his chair behind the desk.

"I know that Miss. Potter has told you about the prophecy and about your Uncle Steve. What she hasn't had the chance to tell you is that both of you are on Voldemort's top list of people he wants dead." This apparently didn't shock either of the Potter's as they just sat there gazing at him.

"Ah…Professor, I've been on his list since I was born. But how did he know Crystal existed? I thought my parent's never told anyone about her." Dumbledore fixed his blue eyes on Harry.

"Do you know how Peter Pettigrew was your parent's Secret Killer?" Harry nodded, his eyes darkening at the mention of Pettigrew. "Well, the secret that your parent's entrusted him with was Crystal's existence. That is how Voldemort knew about your sister. That is the reason why Crystal's school was attacked by him. Now with the both of you together here at Hogwarts, it is imperative that the both of you watch your steps. Trust no one except each other. Yes, even your friends, remember that your father trusted Peter and look what happened. Remember, if you have problems, talk to each other. If something should happen to the other, the other must come directly to me. You both must promise me that you will look out for each other. Even if you get into a fight." He looked at the both of them and they nodded.

"We promise," they both said. Dumbledore looked satisfied.

"Now, I know that the both of you have been introduced into the Order of the Phoenix." The siblings looked at each other and Dumbledore in surprise. He chuckled. "I am the head of the Order," and he pulled up his sleeve and showed them the faint golden tattoo of the Phoenix on his forearm. Harry and Crystal both did the same and the tattoo's glowed briefly. Hedwig had changed into her phoenix form and was preening herself. Crystal whistled and another owl flew in and landed next to Fawkes and Hedwig, changing into a phoenix before their eyes.

"Your phoenixes may stay here with Fawkes, I will take good care of them," Dumbledore said and they nodded. However, Crystal's phoenix had bowed to Hedwig and Harry suddenly remembered how Fawkes had bowed to Hedwig.

"Professor, in the hospital wing, Fawkes bowed to Hedwig. And now Crystal's did too! Why is that?" Dumbledore shook his head, his eyes twinkling again.

"All in good time Harry, all in good time." He smiled at the siblings. Harry looked confused but shrugged and turned to Crystal.

"What's your phoenix named? Mine is Hedwig."

"My phoenix is named Amethyst because of her eyes." Sure enough, Amethyst's eyes are a light purple. Harry had never seen anything like it before. Dumbledore came up behind them and told them it was time for them to go back to Gryffindor tower.

"You need your rest for tomorrow, the password is 'Rats are gits'," he said with a twinkle in his eyes and Harry and Crystal muffled laughter at the password.

"No doubt Ron made that up?" he asked and Dumbledore nodded. The siblings bid the headmaster good night and left. On the way back to the tower, Harry bombarded Crystal with questions.

"What's Uncle Steve like?"

"He's really funny, he's still a prankster. He loves to play pranks on people, especially Claudius Snape." At the mention of the latter, Harry choked.

"Is Claudius related in anyway to Professor Snape?" he asked and Crystal nodded mischievously.

"He's his cousin on his father's side. Uncle Steve and him went to school with him in America. They were always playing pranks on each other. He's actually pretty nice, Claudius. They just like pranking each other." Harry laughed out loud at this.

"How was America? Is it any different from England?" Crystal nodded vigorously.

"Hell yeah, America has all these problems with other countries. For some reason, they always mess with business that's not theirs and then get stuck.¹" Harry snorted. "However, the people there are really friendly. They helped me out whenever I was confused about where to go." They turned a corner and found themselves in front of the Fat Lady.

"My, my, my, you two are up late. Doing something you shouldn't be?" she asked with an eyebrow raised and the two burst out laughing.

"No ma'am, this is my sister Crystal, we were talking with the Headmaster."

"Oh! I'm sorry dears," the Fat Lady said, embarrassed, a flush creeping up onto her cheeks. "Password?" and Harry gave it to her and they stumbled into the common room laughing. Only the fire greeted them so they went up to the dorms.

"Your dorm is up that stairway," Harry told Crystal and they said goodnight. Harry entered his room and collapsed into bed, falling asleep immediately.

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¹: I'm sorry if I offended anyone, but that is my opinion, but you people ARE really really nice… your government…well…to put it nicely, their idiots..

Anyways, I'm really sorry about not updating for like, three months, you guys are probably about to kill me now…hehehehehe, TWO new surprise people!!! EEK!!!! Who knew Sirius went and was a bad boy?? Lol, nah, I love him too much to make him an awful father…..TTYL, and REVIEW!! Please???? Flames……….well……..let's just say that if you flame me about the comment about America nosing into other countries business, I won't care, anything else and I'll burst into tears!!!!!!!!

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Okie dokies, go on to the next chapter!!! I'm churning them out as fast as I can!!! Well…as fast as I can possibly go cuz I get writers block for months…I'll just say that writing stories isn't my thing, but once I get an idea, I do pretty well