Halyn
By: MIA202
Summary: Harri Potter is a twin, not to mention a girl. Her older twin brother is named boy-who-lived, while she is swept aside, letting her brother have all the fame and spotlight. Eventually sent to live with the Dursley's. Harri grows up very different from her brother, and anyone else in the wizarding world. What happens though, when it turns out Dumbledore made a mistake? What if Harri has already made herself into a new person and barely remembers her past? Will she be bothered to save a world that has never thought anything of her?
Warning: fem!Harry, child neglect and abuse, offensive language, some violence
Disclaimer: I do not own or have any rights to any Harry Potter character or plots or universe. I only create plots and put the Harry Potter universe into them.
A/N: Sorry, I know I usually update Saturday or Sunday but I've been crazy sick and stressed- thanks college, and work, and family. Oh well. Anyways, here it is. I don't know how far of a jump this chapter will be. I wrote it a while ago and never decided on an official 'chapter 9' so I thought, why not. Thank you for all the reviews! They make me happy, even when I feel like crap!
Chapter 9
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When Halyn left, we followed. We made an odd grouping of five men, who would never have been seen together otherwise. Her three friends, the most peculiar of the bunch, myself and one Viktor Krum.
That was a surprise, not only for me apparently. After about two months, word of Halyn being 'harassed' by British wizards reached outside the school walls and Krum was quick to show up. His arrival and public apology to Halyn had the dining hall silent and full of tension. I'm not sure what he expected from her, let alone the rest of the school, but Halyn's reaction was to watch him intently for a few moments before turning and leaving the hall. Her three friends follow after, as usual. Ivanov goes as far as deliberately body checking Krum as they leave.
After that incident, it was easy to get many accounts of the events between the two that led to their falling out. Krum saves Halyn, they get close, Halyn confesses, Krum goes to Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament, they keep lengthy and timely correspondence, Krum come back and says he's in love with someone else and acts harsh with Halyn. There were some who said he promised they'd be together when he got back and that was why she was so excited to meet him at the docks. After the event, she wasn't seen for a week. Although, now it's not very surprising for her to be missing as she's taken to going off whenever she feels like it.
Krum tried following her around school, but Halyn would just ignore him and disappear or her friends would make sure something amiss would occur to him. Krum is nothing if not stubborn though. He continued to follow her and apologize to her at every chance until she apparently had enough, only a month later.
"Why won't you say anything?" Krum asked in front of a half full dinner hall.
"What reason do I have to say something?" She said back, evenly. The hall was silent again listening in.
"I've apologized, numerous times. Do you have no response for me?"
"I do not see why I would. The past is the past, and like all time that has gone by, it is over and done with. It is no longer affecting me in the present." She took a sip of her tea then, going to turn back to her dinner. The large tome she was reading was open again.
"They why won't you speak to me, and why do you avoid me?"
"Do you think you're special?" Lestrange cut in now, sneering like Viktor was dirt under his boots.
"We were friends, I would expect her to speak with me. This is ridiculous, Halyn-"
Lestrange cut him off harshly, "Yes, you were friends, in the past, three years ago. Now, you are no different than any other student not seated at this table. She avoids them all and doesn't speak with any of them unless she feels the need to. If she does, then they are lucky. It's rare for Halyn to take interest enough to speak to others, let alone seek them out or spend time with them." I suddenly felt very very lucky. "Do not assume you can just come back and be friends again. Life doesn't work like that. Halyn doesn't work like that."
Krum stared Lestrange down for a bit, his eyes shifted to Ivanov who was glaring, and then to Amanar whose nose was stuck in the same book Halyn's was. I assumed it was in Romanian. Finally he looked at Halyn. She sipped her tea idly as she turned the large book's page. Mumbling something in Romanian to Amanar every now and then as her eyes raked back and forth over the page. Krum looked almost defeated then. Whatever he had with Halyn before, now clearly lost. He sat down at a near by table and sulked. After that, he began to follow her more subtly, watch her like I did, or used to at least. He'd do little things here and there to try and help her, he'd sit quietly in the library as she consumed knowledge with her mind, and ignoring the fact he was even there. Krum wouldn't give up, so now he followed her again.
Halyn didn't use many means of magical transportation. After an initial floo, she took a taxi to the train station, and then a train to a remote village. From there she flew on her broom for three days, before stopping and hiking the rest of the way. It was surprising when we touched finally ended up in a dragon reserve in Romania, where I soon found out Charlie Weasley worked. We were all thankful- hungry, tired and dirty as we were- to find some English-speaking people who, after hearing our story, put us up as temporary trainees for the duration of our stay. We might have to eventually do a little work, but at least we were allowed to stay. The bad side was we were given one house with five small bedrooms to share. I hope we survive.
That night found us sitting around a large magical fire, eating dinner with no sign of Halyn.
"Malfoy, what are you doing here?" Weasley asks harshly as he sits down with his own food.
"I followed Halyn, just like the rest of them. I'm not here to cause trouble if that's what you mean. I transferred to Durmstrang to avoid that sort of mess in the first place."
"Halyn goes to Durmstrang?" He asks, apparently all right with my answer, "That's surprising. I thought it is an all boy's school."
"It is. How did you not know that? Hasn't she lived here since she was eight or something?" I silently wonder if he's just daft.
"Not here per say," Weasley shrugs, "more like out there somewhere. She comes and goes every now and then. I knew she went to a magical school and got in because of special allowances, but the name of the school never came up. I always found that when she speaks with you, it's best to talk of the important stuff. Never know when she'll talk to you again. Though since then, she hasn't talked to me at all."
"Another incident?" I say, Weasley looks at me funny so I tilt my head toward Krum, "He's in the same boat. Made a bad decision in his relationship with Halyn and ruined everything. He's trying to scrap it back together but it's not working too well."
The Weasley nodded, seeming to understand and sympathize, "And the other three?"
"Her friends." I say, not knowing how else to describe them. I didn't want to add in 'only'. Out of the corner of my eye I see Amanar move closer to us, speaking with a dark haired man in quick Romanian. "They think she's Harriet Potter." I don't know why I tell him this.
He's quiet for some time, and the space is filled with Romanian chatter from next to us. "I'm almost not surprised." He at last says, "She's powerful; not just her magic but her spirit. I've seen it with my own eyes. I was told once that she is like the dragons, independent and strong and best left to be wild. It's why she gets along with them so well. She doesn't really know who she used to be, and since she forgot she's been left to roam in nature, among natural magics. It's like in nature vs. nurture; nature was left to mold her, while nurture only guided her here and there. It's odd to see a civilized, highly intellectual person be so at home in natural environments; wild and free."
"She thinks differently from the rest of us, that's for sure." I snort.
"She acts differently, moves differently, and reacts differently." Weasley supplies, "She's like a wild animal in that respect. You may not see it, because you don't work with them, but natural predators- those towards the top of the food chain- act almost the same."
"That would explain why she ignores the other students in the school," Krum states, deciding he is joining our little conversation. "In the wild, animals do not bother with those under them in the food chain unless they have to. They have no affect on them so they take no notice. Like a lion would with birds, unless the bird is annoying the lion, the lion acts like it is not there."
Weasley nods his head, "Exactly. I've wondered what it's like in her head before. She is so smart; she reads and understands books that are considered advanced for anyone not in the subject's field and her knowledge is astounding, yet she analyzes the world around her in almost an animalistic manner. It must be very confusing for anyone who is not her."
We are silent for a while then, thinking, trying to grasp at this concept. They were right, and yet we do not mention her softer side. A side of her anyone close to her has seen. The soft playful side that helped me gather vervain. Her sweet side that graced her friends with small smiles and encouraging words. The side of her that made her a bit more approachable or willing to help out. A side of her that I was beginning to know and like.
The man who was speaking to Amanar earlier comes over and sits next to Weasley, breaking the silence. "He's like a lost hatchling that one, asking this and that about Halyn; how to find her, where she is, what she is doing. I told him that only the dragons know and he asked me how to get in touch with them. I almost fell off my seat. I don't know what you boys hope to accomplish by following Halyn here, but I'll tell you right now, you aren't going to find her unless she let's herself be found. It's best if you stay around camp. She'll show up eventually."
Yes, eventually, I think. But eventually may not be soon enough. Not if Dumbledore's merry little crew shows up. Then we'll most likely never see her again.
TBC…