The Hall was completely quiet this time... The eerie silence was broken, however, by Dumbledore's words, "Harry? Hailey? Would you two like to go and discuss things outside?" Hailey nodded her head, and began to walk towards the doors. Harry slowly go up and headed in the same direction. As the two of them got outside, Hailey turned to Harry. She had a look of happiness and deep concern on her face. She was the first one to speak, "I didn't mean to bring this upon you so suddenly Harry, I-" she was cut off, "If you're my sister, why didn't you tell me before? Why not write a letter or come and see me or something?" Harry's mind was reeling, he couldn't contain himself, "I'm sorry Harry... I was told not to say anything... If I did, there was the chance of putting you in danger. Voldemort's after me too, Harry, but I've been in hiding for the past few years." she looked at Harry, hoping he would say something, "How can you be my sister? I thought I was an only child. Where were you then, when my parents were killed?!" he said, almost angrily, "Well...Our parents didn't only have one child... they had what are called Fraternal Twins. You and me were born at the same time, Harry. We're twins."
Harry just stared blankly at her, she continued, "I wasn't there the night Mum and Dad were killed. They had asked Sirius to take me to the Hospital for Magical Maladies, because I was running a high fever, and they couldn't take me...they were in hiding from Voldemort. While we were there, he told the nurse that he would be right back. He had a bad feeling about something, and went to check on Mum and Dad. That was when he found our house in ruins. Then the gamekeeper, Hagrid, showed up and he took you to Dumbledore, who left you with the Dursleys. Then Sirius came back to get me and he took me to Dads other best friend, Remus Lupin. He explained the whole situation and left me there with him. A letter was sent to Dumbledore, and I was sent off to live with other close friends of the family. I couldn't stay with Lupin, he's a werewolf. So, I've been living in another part of the country. They people I'm living with, the Westlers, work for the Ministry and had special permission to teach me magic. It was sort of like what muggles call 'Home-schooling'. Well... that's why I haven't been around Harry. That's all the proof I can give you that I'm your sister." she finished on a sad note. She seemed to get the feeling that Harry wouldn't believe her. Harry didn't know what to say. He was in complete shock. "I- I understand. I believe you." he said finally. Hailey burst into tears of joy, "Oh, I'm so glad! I thought you would never believe me!" she threw her arms around Harry and pulled him into a tight hug. However, this gave Harry a different kind of feeling. He wasn't embarrassed for being hugged by a girl. No, in fact, he was filled with utter joy; he had never known what it was like to hug a family member... before today, he had none. Or so he thought.
She let go of Harry and wiped her eyes, "You have no idea how long I've waited to see you!" she said happily, "Well, I would have felt the same way, if I had known I had a sister!" Harry replied teasingly. He was still traumatized by the whole situation but he figured, the least he could do was warm up to her a little. "So. I'm starving! Should we go back into the Hall?" asked Hailey, "Sure," said Harry, and they walked back into the Great Hall. Everyone turned to them, as they walked over to the Gryffindor table, "Are you in my house?" asked Harry, "Yeah! They sorted me last week," she said cheerfully. They sat down together and Harry introduced Hailey to everyone. "No problems I expect?" said a voice behind Harry. It was Dumbledore. He smiled at Harry and Hailey, "No sir. Everything's fine," said Hailey, "Well, I'm glad. Harry, you do understand that this was brought up so suddenly for a reason? Good! Now I hope you two will get along alright... you know how brothers and sisters can be sometimes!" and with that, he walked back up to the staff table and started a conversation with the new teachers. That night Harry slept extremely well; he had never felt this happy before! What more could he ask for? He had Sirius teaching, he had a sister... everything seemed to be perfect. But his high spirits were dampened, when the thought of Voldemort being back at full power. What was going to happen?
Harry woke early the next morning. He dressed and went down to the Common room, where he found Ron, Hermionie, and to his slight surprise, Hailey. "Morning!" they said together, "Hi," said Harry rubbing his eyes. Ron and Hermionie had met Hailey the previous night and seemed to be telling her everything they knew about Hogwarts. "So… why don't we go down to breakfast? We still need to get our timetables," said Hermionie. The four of them walked through the portrait hole and down the corridor. Unfortunately, when they arrived, Draco Malfoy was there, talking to his sidekicks, Crabbe and Goyle. Harry spotter Cho, in amongst a group of Ravenclaw girls; she waved to him as he passed by. There were a few Hufflepuffs there sitting quietly, or half asleep rather, and at the Gryffindor table, Fred, Gorge, and their friend Lee Jordan, were talking animatedly to each other. "How wonderful. Another Potter" said the familiar drawl behind Harry, "Just what this school needs isn't it… more blundering fools…" this seemed to set Hailey off, "Malfoy is it?" she said as she turned to face him, "I wouldn't strut around the school, as you were in charge, you know. I daresay your father would be involved if Dumbledore were to find out about your belittling comments? You ought to watch yourself…" and with that, she turned on her heel and left Harry, Ron, Hermionie and the rest of the Hall quite surprised; no one usually stood up to Malfoy, or any Slytherin for that matter. "What was that all about?" asked Ron, "Oh, well, I was doing a bit of background reading over the summer, and I happened to find out that the Malfoy family has been in a spot of trouble with the Ministry and Hogwarts..." she trailed off as she helped herself to some toast.