Addie felt her eyes open, a groggy feeling all over her. She was in the hospital wing, and she looked over at Hermione, staring at her with unblinking eyes. "Do I look that bad?" She asked, but Hermione just sat there. That was when he realized she was frozen. She looked over at Harry and Ron by the curtain, looking out to the window. Alicia was in mid smooth of fixing her hair. Everything was still. "What the—"

"Addie." A yelp filled her mouth as she jumped and pulled the covers instinctively closer, looking at Harry's whitelighter standing on the other side of her bed. "My name is Chris, remember? I don't have much time, it's a spell that replicates Piper's power. I need to talk to you."

"Is this about the whole…whoooo thing?"

"You orbed."

"That's—"

"Impossible. Except that you took an unbinding spell that was meant for Harry."

"That would work only if I had powers. Harry told me. Only if I was like him…" She looked at him, confusion all over her face.

"The thing is Addie, I have something to tell you. I'm from the future. In the future, things aren't like this. Harry never met his mother, he found her only after death. He and his twin discovered who they were after Piper died. Who you two are." Addie felt tears within her body, waiting to get out. "I know this is a lot Addie, but there's more.

"You and Harry were split up at birth by someone who wanted one of you to be unprotected. Harry was decided to be more important in that because of his lightning scar. You have a scar on your wrist just like his. Have you ever noticed? You two were split up until one day Harry stumbled upon a memory of Albus Dumbledore. Then he went out and found you. You two tracked down your parents together, but it was too late. Our mother was killed by our brother, Wyatt."

"Wait a second…you just said our. Our brother."

Chris looked at her, startled. He had obviously made a mistake. "That's the other part. I didn't mean to tell you. When you found our mother, I was there. I was sixteen, scared, and alone. You took me in and took care of me as Harry went to battle Wyatt for his birthright. He was hoping it could change things. Unfortunately he was also needed in your world at that moment. It was hard to split time and when I turned eighteen I took over the hunt for Wyatt. I came here to change Wyatt turning evil.

"Imagine my surprise when I realized Harry was already found in this day. He isn't supposed to be here and he could be changing too much. I don't know what brother to protect: Harry or Wyatt. So I'm doing my best to keep both out of trouble and not change Harry's destiny or Wyatt's.

"That's where you come in. You aren't supposed to know anything Addie. You are supposed to live with Alicia for a long time and not be a part of Harry's life yet. If you are in it, we may change too much. When you took that binding spell you changed everything. I'm asking…I'm begging as my big sister to please, please don't tell them yet. I need to know how this affects the future. I don't know what to do, and I don't know if this is even right. All I know is I'm trying my best to save our future."

Addie looked at him, letting this all sink in slowly at her own pace. This was so much information. She looked at her baby brother, her baby brother. "You're asking me to give up my mother…my brothers…my new powers, just to make sure that the future isn't harmed? Chris, this is too much. I need time to process what I want to do with all this information. What if I want that family?" She looked at him, feeling a bit clouded since her faint.

"Addie, I love you. I will be your family. I'm sorry for asking you to do this. I think if I didn't love you already I wouldn't be asking you to do this, but it's for our future. I trust you enough to ask you to help me. You've always taught me to do what is right and good. You've asked me to look inside to get the right answer. I'm just asking you to do the same." Chris looked at her with pleading eyes, the blue contrasting her light green. They looked a bit similar if she looked deep within herself, just like he asked her to do.

"I'll do it." Relief flushed his face, "Only, if you promise me one thing. I want to learn how to use my powers from you. If I can't learn from or lean on our family, I want my baby brother to teach me. Please."

He considered the offer, but he knew it was really his only option. He reached out, gently laying his hand on hers. The same electricity that had been in Piper's touch and Harry's flared in this moment. She smiled a bit at it. It was comforting to know she had him now. Like she said, she had always loved Alicia, but this felt truly like family. She felt strange in this moment; she was now keeping a secret from her family she had never even known before.

"I have to go. I will orb in on Saturday and we can work at the Manor. You love that place, and everyone will be here anyways." He winked at her, barely hiding his own relief at the thought of finally having someone to confide in. He orbed out, leaving her to everyone as they unfroze.

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Harry turned his head as Addie groaned a bit, moving her head around to see everyone. Her eyes seemed to lock on his for a moment. "Addie, are you okay? I feel terrible for that to have happened to you. I can't believe the demon's attacked me here, and I never meant to put you in danger." She smiled at Harry, a sort of sad smile.

"It's fine, Harry. You couldn't have known. Do you know, am I free to go?"

Alicia smiled, standing up. Harry liked her adopted mother, and he especially liked how Lupin looked when she was around him. "They said you are so free to go. You just need to sit for about five more minutes and eat something." Waving her wand, an assortment of treats appeared. Addie smiled at Alicia, but looked a bit sick to Harry still. She ate a few things, looking at them all.

"I'm fine everyone, really. Harry, why don't you go see your family? Ron, you go too. I need to talk to Hermione, anyways. Alicia, I love you." She winked at her, and Harry smiled. Addie seemed fine, but he still was really concerned.

"I'll come check on you later, Addie. Back at the dorms," Harry said with a smile.

He grabbed Ron's shoulder and orbed to his mother's apartment. "Mom?"

"Yeah sweetie?" He heard her fumbling in Wyatt's room.

"Don't freak out, but I was attacked today." The fumbling suddenly became a torrent of heavy sounds as Piper moved boxes he knew she had back there around, pushing them aside to get to her son.

"What the hell happened? I thought Hogsmeade was safe. No, Mom, don't worry about me. I am just going to Hogsmeade. Screw Hogsmeade. Next time I come." His mom emerged from the room, her hair cascading down her shoulders as rage was all over her face.

"Mom, really, this could have happened here too, I'm sure. We handled it. Chris showed up with some potions. I was fine, Addie was hospitalized but…"

"I hurt a child by having you outside! Oh my god, you are never leaving here again mister!"

"MOM!" Piper looked at him, taking a much-needed breath. He looked at her sympathetically. "I am sorry but I am fourteen. You can't keep me from danger. All you can do is trust me. I've battled dragons. I've gotten Excalibur. I think I'm doing pretty okay here. Addie is resilient. I was worried but she didn't get hit and I am sure she will be just fine. She asked us all to leave to gossip so I can only imagine. "

Piper sighed, "I am so sorry kid. I don't mean to be a worrier, I just am used to worrying about babies, not teenagers."

"I know, but I'm fine. I may need to go see the book this weekend, though. Them attacking me at school is really personal. I want to do some research."

"I can get behind that. It shows great initiative on your part." Harry nodded to his mother and then left Ron to eat as he went to ask Cho Chang to the ball. He had gotten it into his head and now he was really going to do it.

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"Charlie! I need to get dinner ready. Or eaten. I love eating dinner!" She called in his tent, pulling on her heel. Her hair was hanging in loose curls, which she had tried so hard to do for a good hour. Her makeup was flawless; she looked two years younger, which only put her three above her fiancé. She smiled in the mirror as she fixed up her eyeliner one last time, shifting her floral skirt as it flowed in perfect pastels to her knees. Her pink t-shirt was a bit underdressed for some, but she felt it was perfect.

She turned as a knock on the tent pull came. Walking over, she pulled back the flap. Some women would have freaked at living in a tent when all of her siblings lived in nice apartments, but not Paige. It helped that it was enchanted and had huge living rooms, a kitchen, and a bedroom with a walk-in closet, but it still had tent flaps she felt were lacking in good living conditions. Paige felt her eyes go large as she looked at none other than Charlie's mother. Her heart stopped, her hands started sweating. She had a sudden need to hide her ring. "Mrs. Weasley! What brings you here?"

"Funny, if you are going to be living in doors with my son, I expected to at least be invited in." Mrs. Weasley moved past her and Paige felt her face cringe. Why couldn't Charlie have just lied and told his mother she was staying in the castle?

"Well, I'm glad to see you're in now. Would you like some tea?"

"I could use a cup. I came to check on Charlie after the competition and all. Also, I heard you were engaged and thought you may need to be talked to so that I can offer you congratulations of course." She didn't feel as if she was being congratulated.

"Thank you. Charlie and I were planning on seeing you soon, he's just been so busy with the dragons and—"

"Darling, do not get me wrong I like you. My son could do a lot worse. You aren't some blonde bimbo or anything, which I trust my sons will never find. I do like you rather a lot like I've said. I'm just concerned. I'm a mother dear, you know how mothers get concerned…"

"My parents died when I was in high school."

"Oh, I do apologize. Well, I've been thinking about it and I'm worried. I think you need to think about a few things. Where will you two live? Ron has told me how dedicated you are to your siblings; I know my children are too. I'm just concerned you two haven't thought this through. Do you want children? Are you willing to raise them right now?"

Paige looked at his mother. She wanted to be offended. She wanted to have so many issues with what she said, but mostly she just saw the issues that she said. She shook her head as Charlie emerged from their bedroom, buttoning his cummerbund.

"Mother."

"Hello Charlie. I just came to congratulate the happy couple and speak to Paige." She smiled at Paige, patting her lap. "Love you both, my dears." She took a sip of her tea, bidding them both good night.

"That was strange. Did she bother you?"

"Not at all. She just gave me," She shrugged, "Food for thought!" Then they headed out for the evening.

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"Why can't we just tell Harry?"

"Hermione, I can't tell anyone, not even you. So of course I had to tell you." Addie walked down the dark hall with her friend.

"You can't be serious. You are his tw—"

"SH!" Addie shouldn't have told, but she needed her on her side. She looked around the hallway. "Chris is going to help me with my powers on Saturday, and everything will be fine. I can't tell him at a time like this. He is so busy. And Chris said it is really important. I think he might be right. I think—"

"There you are!" Both girls started as they turned to look at Malfoy. "Granger, did you know Krum was looking for you in the library?" He looked confused, but Addie knew Krum was about to ask Hermione out. All the signs were there. She smiled as Hermione nodded to Addie. That was when she realized Malfoy would only say such a thing to get rid of Hermione. She looked around, realizing they were really alone in a really dark corridor.

"Malfoy! Really! Really! REALLY! Why can't you just leave me alone."

"I was worried about you." Malfoy grabbed her hand, pulling her near him. She looked into his eyes for a moment. "I saw them attack you and I was so concerned."

They were really close, she felt his breath. It was…weird. "Really? I thought I heard you run. In fact, I think I saw you run away."

"Honestly, you are being ridiculous," She pushed him away, trying to get space. However, she found herself against a wall. Malfoy pushed her a big closer, fingering a lock of hair. Addie, for the first time in a long time, felt uncomfortable. She looked away from his gaze, which seemed to penetrate her and have her fidget. "Come with me to the Yule Ball. I know you want to."

"I really don't. Actually I can't. You see…"

"She's going with me." Both their heads jerked to the right, and one of the Weasley twins came bounding in. He stood at least a head and a half taller than both of them, and he looked down at Malfoy with a cheeky grin. "Like to push nice girls against walls? I knew you couldn't get any other than that."

"Shove it, Twin."

"George. My name is George. And this is Addie, my date."

"Yes. Yes I am," She maneuvered herself under Malfoy's arms, walking over to George. He instinctively pushed her behind him, looking at Malfoy with a smile.

"Sorry, kid." Malfoy glared, mumbling how things weren't over. George watched him as he left toward the dungeons. Then, he turned to Addie, smiling to her. "I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of rejecting him for you. Please tell me you didn't mean to accept. It would make me feel terrible if I knew I stole you away from someone. Actually, it wouldn't, but it would make me feel terrible to know I asked out a completely insane girl who is willing to date Malfoy." Addie laughed a little, for the first moment not thinking about being Harry's twin. She looked at him, holding out her hand.

"Hi, my name is Addie and I am insane," Then he laughed.

"I'm glad to know I've asked out another one. Why do only insane women want a piece of this? Don't answer, I'd rather not know." He took her hand, and she felt a jolt, much like she had seen in Phoebe.

She looked at George, and her hand went up to his dirty face, a hole where his ear once was

She started, looking at him, both ears in tact. "I'm sorry, I don't know what that was."

"In all fairness, you did warn me you were insane. Let us walk back to the corridor together, and speak about our interests." She smiled, taking his arm and walking back, wandering if she had just manifested another power.