Harry eventually found Alex sitting underneath the huge oak tree after class. He maneuvered around all the students milling about and sat down next to her. He heard a light snore come from her, and giggled. "Al," he said, shaking her shoulder. "Alex, wake up!" She stayed asleep.
Harry grinned evilly as he shouted, "Aguamenti!" and water shot out of his wand, waking Alex. She sputtered.
"What in Merlin's shorts was that for?" she demanded.
"You fell asleep and I couldn't wake you up," Harry smirked.
"You are so lucky I can't throw you into the lake Harry James Potter," Alex threatened.
Harry smiled hugely and performed a drying charm on Alex.
Alex sighed. "Thanks Harry."
"Well well well, if it isn't Potty and his girlfriend," sneered a voice above them.
Harry and Alex both raised their eyebrows. "You do realize that's a very pathetic insult Fiery Carrot?" Harry asked.
"You'd do well to remember that as well Leprechaun and Hippie," Alex commented.
Seamus Finnegan and Dean Thomas growled.
Alex looked around them, to see if any of their other friends were around. The place was deserted. "Uh, Harry..."
"Yeah?" Harry asked, tearing his eyes from the stare-down with Weasley. He looked around. "Oh, unicorn turds..."
Ron grinned evilly. Finnegan and Thomas tackled Harry and Alex to the ground. Well, since they were sitting, it wasn't that far. But they were effectively pinned. Alex had no qualms about what she was about to do. She jerked her knee up and hit Finnegan in between his legs. Finnegan howled with pain and rolled off Alex, curling onto a ball. Alex leaped up an punched Weasley in the nose, sending him to the ground. She looked over to where Harry and Thomas were wrestling and decided Harry had it under control. Alex turned back to Ron and put him in a full Body Bind.
"Alex!" came Harry's shout.
Alex quickly turned and saw that Thomas had Harry in a headlock. She did a Body Bind on him too, making him drop Harry, who rubbed his neck.
"Ow," he winced. "You ready to back in now?"
"Definitely," Alex agreed, and they walked back into the castle
However there was on little detail they forgot. Seamus had recovered from being kneed, and he released his friends from the Binds. They had a quick discussion, and stalked after the two orphans. Soon, they caught up, and slammed them to the ground again. Harry and Alex were held down and beat. The final act was to slam their heads against the ground, making the two start bleeding really badly.
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It was a few minutes later when someone else finally came down the same corridor, only to gasp in horror at the sight that beheld the Gryffindor Prefect named Percy Weasley. He levitated the two first years to the Hospital Wing as fast as he could, where they were instantly fed Blood Replenishers and healed to the best of Pomfrey's powers.
Meanwhile, Harry and Alex were having an out of body experience. They saw everything going on around them, but they were standing next to each other, watching Pomfrey rush about trying to heal them. They looked at each other and gasped, for they now looked very different. Harry's normally black hair and green eyes and changed to white-blond and glowing purple. Alex's dirty blond hair and hazel eyes had changed to a sleek black colour and glowing purple eyes as well.
Then, suddenly, they were back in their bodies for a brief second before passing out again.
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The first thing Harry was aware of were voices.
" - I'm telling you Poppy, only massive blood loss could make this appear!" Severus shouted.
"Now Severus, calm down. There must have been a reason for the charms Lily put on them," Madame Pomfrey admonished.
"What charms?" Harry was now wide awake and sitting up.
Poppy looked faintly embarrassed. "I think I'll let Severus explain," she said hurriedly and rushed into her office, leaving Professor Snape staring after her with shock on his face before schooling his expression into a blank mask.
"Mr. Potter, it appears that Lily, your mother, placed appearance charms on you and Miss Glade over there," Snape started.
"Why? And how did she find Alex to do this to her anyway?" Harry asked.
"Well, I only figured this out out when I was brought up here to help administer potions to you two. The massive blood loss the both of you suffered took the charms off, and also made me experience a memory I didn't know I had. You see, Lily had blocked it until this moment. You and Miss Glade were born twins. And your mother hid Miss Glade when she found out that the Dark Lord was coming after your family. James and I were Obliviated from knowing this, but she put them on a time-lock, and mine was unlocked as James is dead. But that's not all. Your father isn't even James. It's me," Severus chocked out that last bit.
Harry was in shock. "My father isn't my father and the right one is alive? And my best friend is my twin?" Harry passed out again.
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