Chapter 4
Harry groaned as he tried to move slightly. Pain flew through him at
the movement, and he lay still. What had happened? Harry racked his brain
and came with the memory of Wormtail being in the room, saying that he had
put another dose of poison stronger then either of the others in the last
potion Harry had taken. Harry immediately stilled completely. Was he
dead? No, he decided as he tried to move once more. He hurt too much to
be dead.
He slowly opened his eyes. Everything was blurry, making him
slightly dizzy. He was a little hot, but considering what he had felt like
earlier this was a great improvement. Next to his bed was a blurry figure,
which Harry made out as Sirius when he squinted. His godfather was looking
better, and smiled when he opened his eyes. Harry suddenly found himself
in a tight embrace.
"You're awake." Sirius muttered. "I was so afraid we did not get the
antidote to you in time. How are you feeling?" He asked as Harry settled
himself back on the bed and tried to focus.
"Better." Harry said hoarsely.
He squinted again, trying to make things go in focus. His glasses
were suddenly slid onto his face and everything became much sharper. A
thought suddenly entered his mind.
"Where's Reanna, is she alright?" He asked, remembering what had
happened. He coughed; his lungs still had damage to them.
"Don't worry, she's fine." Sirius soothed. "After giving her a
talking to, we sent her to bed. She's in the room next door."
"How long." Harry started, a sudden bout of tiredness came over him.
He sank further back onto the pillows, but Sirius had gotten the gist.
"You've been asleep for about a week." He said. Previous worry
showed on his face again. "Trinity told us that you had not gone into a
coma and that the poison was almost completely gone, but you know me."
Harry smiled, but was interrupted by a yawn. He was too tired to talk
anymore. Yawning again he let his eyes close. "I'll have a surprise for
you when you are better." He heard Sirius say before the blackness took him
once more.
Harry did not remember much of when he was awake until a few days
later. He was slightly aware that when we would awaken Sirius or Remus
would be by his bedside to greet him and ask him how he was feeling. He
could never, not even afterwards, remember most of what they talked about
however. He always fell asleep quite soon after he woke up, so this was
not surprising. One awakening he did remember, however, was late in the
day two days after he had first woken up. He opened his eyes to see
someone by his bedside, but it turned out not to be Sirius or Remus.
"Sirius and Remus finally let me out of bed yesterday." Reanna said
when she saw her best friend was awake.
"Reanna!" Harry said, his voice not as hoarse as it was the first
time. She hugged him.
"How are you feeling?" She asked gently.
"Much better." He told her, doing his best to smile. "How are you?"
No matter how tired or still sick he was, he still remembered to ask of
Reanna's well being. She made a face.
"Both of them overreacted, Sirius and Remus I mean. I just hit my
head a little hard. Trinity fixed it up quick though." She snapped her
fingers to demonstrate. "They kept me in bed for way too long." She made
another face. "Oh!" She exclaimed suddenly. "Sirius wanted me to give this
to you. He said you needed it just in case."
It was Harry's turn to make a face as a steaming potion was held out
to him. He took it out of her hands, however, and looked at it. He
smelled it a bit, and decided it smelled alright. He was acting paranoid,
and he knew it, but he could not help it after what happened last time.
Reanna noticed what he was doing.
"Don't worry," She said. "Remus checked all the potion supply for any
sort of poison that the rat might have put in, but he did not find any. He
even had a specialist come in, and replaced the ingredients."
Feeling better, Harry downed the potion. He gave the steaming goblet
back to Reanna, making faces that he could not keep back. Reanna smiled.
"It tastes a-awful." Harry said through a yawn.
"I'll bet." Reanna said. She frowned when there was no answer.
"Harry?" Harry had once again fallen asleep. She smiled and covered him a
bit better.
Harry sighed contentedly as he awoke about a week later. He
remembered nothing at the moment, only that he did not particularly want to
wake up. He was so warm. The fever had almost disappeared, but Sirius and
Remus were obviously worried that if he got cold it would come back full
force. Instead of the heat being unbearable, as it usually was, he found
it quite comfortable. He moved slightly, causing a slight pain to go
through him. He winced, but the pain certainly was not as bad as what he
usually felt.
Slowly, he forced his heavy eyelids open. As soon as he succeeded in
doing this he blinked. Everything was a large blur. He blinked a few more
times and things became a little clearer. When he squinted he could make
out his surroundings. Beside him on a chair was Reanna, reading a book.
He smiled slightly when he saw her, and sat up. Pain flew through him at
his movements, but he ignored it. Reanna started and looked up, then
smiled and handed him his glasses. Harry quickly put them on and things
came in sharper focus. He could see Sirius behind her on the small couch
in the room, and Remus on the chair by the desk. Both were fast asleep.
Reanna giggled when Harry raised a questioning eyebrow.
"We were supposed to take turns staying up with you just in case
something else happened, but neither of them wanted to switch shifts at
night. Eventually they just zonked out." She explained, giggling harder.
"Obviously you haven't gotten much sleep either." Harry said, his
voice hoarse. He smiled.
"Sirius put a sleeping charm on me so I would fall asleep, so I'm
fine." She explained.
"Wait, how did you know about." Harry questioned. He remembered
nothing of them talking about it when he was sick.
"Don't you remember?" Reanna asked, worried. Harry shook his head.
"I was probably delirious when you explained it to me, and I don't
remember anything that has happened over the past, er, how long?" Harry
asked.
"Two weeks." Reanna said promptly. "All right, here we go. Do you
remember how Vernon backed off after I yelled at him?" She asked, Harry
shrugged. "That's right, you wouldn't remember would you. Well, he did,
and the reason was quite interesting. Sirius and Remus told me that my
magic ability has been bottled up for so long that when I lost my temper it
finally exploded. I'm not sure what I did but there was a choking charm on
him and a bunch of other things. Since then I've been reading up on it and
everything. It is quite interesting. I keep finding you in every book I
read though." Harry laughed slightly.
"Yeah, now you know." He said. He paused and thought for a moment.
"I just thought of something." Then shook his head.
"What?" Reanna asked.
"Er, I hate to bring it up, but, why were you allowed to stay here
for so long? I'm sure, well, I'm sure that your parents wouldn't, er, have
allowed it." Harry said, trying to put it nicely. Reanna laughed.
"You don't need to tone the dig against my parents down." She said,
teasing him. "Remus and I called them and he got a bit angry with them. I
guess they got their usual attitude with me. The 'whatever, we don't care'
attitude. Frankly, I think it worked out for the best. Remus said that I
was staying here the rest of the summer, and this year I'm going to
Hogwarts."
"That's great!" Harry said, sitting up a bit more. Pain flashed
through him once more. He grimaced, remembering that he was not yet fully
healed. "So you're going to help me drive Sirius up the wall this summer,
right?" He grinned. Reanna grinned too, but there was something else
hidden in her eyes.
"Right." She sighed. "I'm sure he's glad that you're here to drive
him up the wall though." Harry shifted uncomfortably. He was not used to
that kind of thing. Reanna's eyes glittered. "So, I suppose we can really
drive him nuts."
"Oh!" Harry said, settling back down in his pillows. "What about what
we pulled off in first grade?"
"Those will be good." Reanna agreed. "But I do have some new ideas."
She leaned closer, and the two started trading the plans in whispers.
About half an hour later, they were still whispering. They
completely forgot about the past few weeks when Harry had been near death,
and were instead brought back to when they were young children playing
pranks on the others. They completely forgot that Sirius and Remus were
asleep in the same room until they discussed how they would put their plans
into action.
"Well, why don't I lead Sirius over here." Harry whispered, pointing
to a paper she had drawn.
"No, that would be too obvious, he would expect something to be
coming." Reanna said, frowning slightly.
"What about Remus, what are we going to do to him?" Harry asked,
laughing silently.
"Oh, we'll take care of him with Sirius." Reanna giggled.
"Did I hear my name over here?"
Reanna and Harry both jumped. Reanna turned around and found Sirius
next to them and laughing. His blue eyes glittered with mischief, but they
turned to concern when they turned to Harry.
"How are you feeling?" Sirius asked, worry was evident in his voice.
"Much better." Harry told him.
It was true. His voice was still hoarse and there were still a few
pains, but he felt better then he had in a long time. Sirius looked at him
and decided he was being truthful. He sighed and sat back in a chair, then
ran a hand through his hair. Harry looked at him when Sirius suddenly
swept him into a large hug. Surprised, Harry awkwardly hugged him back.
He heard Reanna get up and leave, obviously realizing that they wanted a
private moment.
"God, I was so afraid that I had lost you." Sirius whispered, holding
him closer. Harry did not know what to say, but Sirius was not expecting
an answer. "Even after you pulled through, I was so afraid." It sounded
like he was near tears.
"I wasn't afraid to die, Sirius." Harry said softly. He felt Sirius
shake his head slightly.
"If you had it would have been too soon." He whispered.
Harry felt confused at this answer. He felt himself shrug
absentmindedly, only to have Sirius hug him harder. The confusion
increased. Years with the Dursleys had blocked all feelings of affection
out. He knew that Sirius and Remus were to be trusted, but he did not
remember any affection from either. Not completely remembering how Remus
and Sirius cared for him when he was sick the past weeks, Harry wondered
where this sudden burst of affection came from. As though reading his
thoughts, Sirius spoke.
"You're the world to me." He whispered brokenly. "I don't know what I
would have done if I had lost you." There was a slight pause, as though
Sirius were debating whether to put into words what he was saying. "I love
you."
Feeling the barrier against his emotions go down for the first time
since before he could remember, Harry hugged his godfather back hard. He
was crying. He did not care that he was showing his emotions, Sirius would
not care. Almost afraid, Harry let the words that had never slipped out of
his mouth before come.
"I love you too, Sirius." He whispered. Then he smiled. Sirius had
drawn out of the hug, and he looked at him.
"What?" He asked. Harry shook his head.
"It's just I've never said that to anyone before, or heard it said to
me." He said quietly. Sirius frowned, his eyes mixing with sorrow and
anger.
"Your parents told you that they loved you every day, you know." He
said quietly, looking at him hard. "And Remus and I did as often as we saw
you." He smiled. "And your parents still love you, but I think you already
know that."
"I do Sirius, I do." Harry said.
He smiled as Reanna poked her head back in a sat down by them. He
yawned, still drained and hurting. Sirius and Reanna had gotten into a
conversation, so they did not notice when he drifted off to sleep.
"So what is this surprise?" Harry grumbled as Reanna helped him down
the stairs.
"You'll see." Reanna said, her eyes sparkling. "I'm not technically
supposed to know about it, but I found out."
It was about a week since he had fully woken up and he had been
finally allowed out of bed a couple of days before. As soon as he was up
that day, Reanna had bounced in and said to come downstairs into the
garden. When Harry had asked why, she told him it was a surprise.
Reanna had insisted on helping him to the garden. Harry did not
protest as he was still slightly achy and tired. He still got dizzy spells
sometimes, but they usually passed quickly. He still had to be careful
about being up and about for long periods of time, though. Now however, he
was feeling quite fresh with Reanna helping him, and was eager to find out
what the surprise was. Reanna had hinted that he should know what day it
was, but he did not remember.
"Sirius and Remus said there were a few more surprises that I did not
know about either." Reanna said as they made their way through the living
room.
Harry had found out that they were at Remus' house, a place called
the Iron Gate Den. It was actually quite nice despite his being poor. It
seemed that Remus had enough to support a nice little cottage through the
donations he got for being under wage. It was a cozy place, with a few
moving pictures on the walls, and an enchanted closet that locked every
once in a while. Harry liked the room in which he and Reanna were staying
in, which was painted green and the paint would shift to show a picture of
something. He had already watched the wall for hours as it shifted and
changed like clouds in the sky.
"Get ready." Reanna told him as they were about to enter the garden.
Harry looked at her, puzzled, but in a minute his questions were answered.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" The shout met them as they went into the sunlit
garden with beautiful emerald green plants.
"Wha-?" Harry started, and his mouth dropped. Banners were enchanted
to float above them, all donning the words "Happy Birthday Harry and
Reanna." Balloons and streamers of all different colors floated in the air
and party noise makers sounded. Harry looked around and saw bunches of
people. Ron and Hermione were grinning at them. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were
there, along with Fred and George, Ginny, Bill, Charlie, and even Percy.
They were all standing in front of a court table that was piled with
presents and a humongous cake. At first when he saw everyone, he was
startled, but he controlled his panic, scolding himself that there was no
reason to be afraid of the people he already knew. Standing right in front
and wearing matching grins as they watched the two teens, were Remus and
Sirius.
"I think we gave Harry a heart attack, I'm not sure." George
Weasley's voice rang out, and Harry turned red. He turned to Reanna.
"You knew about this, didn't you?" He accused, speaking so that only
she could hear. Reanna grinned, her eyes alight with mischief.
"I couldn't tell you, and I only found out when I heard Sirius
talking about it. And he said that it should be a surprise for at least
one of us." She laughed.
"Well come on, you two, come open your presents!" Ron said, dragging
them forward. Harry felt quite embarrassed seated in front of everyone.
He usually hated being the center of attention, but at least Reanna was the
center as well.
"Are they all labeled to both of us, or are there any separate ones?"
Reanna questioned, looking at each label. She picked the one from Ron up,
and between them they got the paper off. "Oh, how beautiful Ron!" Reanna
exclaimed. Then after a pause, "What is it?" There were two watch-like-
things with different symbols and such on them, but as to what it was it
was neither of them had a clue.
Ron laughed, and Hermione burst into explanation. "They are watches
that will tell you where certain people that you program in are, and what
they are doing. Also, it tells you what direction you are going, where you
are, the temperature at the time, it has a built in voice exchanger between
the two, and it does everything except tell the time." She said in one
breath.
"It doesn't tell the time?" Harry asked, he raised his voice above
the low voice that he had used around other people since the beginning of
the summer.
"There wasn't anymore room for the clock." She said. Then she
continued. "I came up with the idea, because I thought you would find them
to come in handy." She beamed. "But Ron bought them."
"Wow, thanks Ron." Harry said. Reanna nodded.
"Yeah, thanks." She said.
Hermione's present turned out to be predictably: books. Surprisingly
they were not school books though. There were four books on wildlife in
the Muggle and Magical world. "Reanna told me that she was interested in
animals, and she said that you were too. I never knew that." Hermione
said.
"Be careful when you open ours." Fred said as Harry picked it up.
"Yeah, I think something exploded when we wrapped it." George said.
Reanna moved away from the package as Harry laughed.
As guessed, they found a full set of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. There
was everything from their first inventions, to recipes to make new ones,
and some that had not been tried out yet. Harry grinned slyly and passed
Reanna a treat out of the box, but Reanna hurriedly shook her head.
"I can already tell I don't trust those two." She said. Harry
grinned.
By this time the only presents left were the ones from Remus and
Sirius. However, the table was empty. Reanna and Harry exchanged glances,
and looked at the two. The men both grinned.
"We couldn't find a way to wrap ours, so we are just going to give
them to you." Sirius said, and he brought something out from behind the
bench. He gave it to them. "Here, you may find this interesting."
Reanna and Harry exchanged another glance. It was papers. Harry
pushed his glasses further up his nose and read them aloud. "Two people
share a birthday today, and that is why we are here to honor it. However,
though they think that they share this day out of coincidence, there is
much more to it then that. On July 31, 1980, Lily Evans-Potter gave birth
to not one, but two beautiful children. Reanna Lillian Potter, and Harry
James Potter." Harry suddenly found it hard to speak, so Reanna continued
for him. Her voice shook slightly as she read.
"So it is today that we tell them, that though they have been the
best of friends for as long as they can remember, we think it only fair
that we tell them the truth. Neither is an only child, they are twins.
Furthermore, because Lily and James Potter left these two at the time
children in my, Sirius Black's, care, if anything were to happen to them,
they will find papers for legal adoption on the next few pages. Happy
Birthday! Signed, Sirius Black." Reanna and Harry stared at it a minute,
then looked at Sirius.
"But Sirius, how." Harry asked.
"Read a few pages on, the surprises aren't over yet." Sirius prompted
gently.
Harry took the paper once more and found the last page. "Official
Pardon from the Ministry of Magic! This paper states that through the
confession of Peter Pettigrew under Veratism, and the clear evidence that
Sirius Black, once accused of murder, is pardoned from all crimes
previously accused. Signed, Minister Fudge." Harry sat, looking a bit like
a fish by the expression on his face. Reanna looked amazed.
"One more," Remus said, "here's mine."
"What more could there be?" Reanna asked faintly, but they took the
paper and read it aloud.
"Sirius Black, godfather of Reanna and Harry Potter, has asked I,
Remus Lupin, to be a second godfather, as what he calls 'back up for the
back up'. However, the law states that for a," Harry stopped and looked
and Remus, wondering if he wanted him to say this aloud. Remus nodded.
"That for a werewolf to be a guardian or second guardian of minors old
enough to understand what the papers mean, which I am sure you both are,"
Harry caught a laugh at this, as Remus muttered "Although.", "both minors
must sign a paper that they agree." Stunned, Harry and Reanna looked at the
two men.
"So, will you sign the papers?" Sirius asked tentatively, looking at
his godchildren. Harry and Reanna exchanged a glance.
"Of course!" They chorused.
"Can we eat cake first?" Fred yelled out, laughter followed his
comment.
"Why don't we take care of this afterward?" Reanna asked, setting the
papers in a safe spot.
Harry grinned as Sirius began to dole out large pieces of lemon cake,
making Reanna's and Harry's the largest. Although Harry did not finish
even near the whole piece of cake, Reanna and Ron finished it for him.
Somewhere in the middle when everyone was talking about other things,
Reanna caught Harry's eye. Their thoughts were the same. For both of them
this was the best birthday they had ever had.
Harry sighed contentedly as he listened to the others talk. He was
sure that these surprises were the first in many to come. They were
wonderful, he had never dreamed that Reanna was his twin, but it did
explain why they had such a strong connection. Their guardian was now
Sirius, the best guardian they could ask for. They would never have to go
back to their abusive homes. Harry grinned as Reanna pulled him up for the
games, and Harry followed.
A/N - I have to thank my first reviewer on this story: Kris. I'm glad you
like it, and thank you for taking your time to review.
Harry groaned as he tried to move slightly. Pain flew through him at
the movement, and he lay still. What had happened? Harry racked his brain
and came with the memory of Wormtail being in the room, saying that he had
put another dose of poison stronger then either of the others in the last
potion Harry had taken. Harry immediately stilled completely. Was he
dead? No, he decided as he tried to move once more. He hurt too much to
be dead.
He slowly opened his eyes. Everything was blurry, making him
slightly dizzy. He was a little hot, but considering what he had felt like
earlier this was a great improvement. Next to his bed was a blurry figure,
which Harry made out as Sirius when he squinted. His godfather was looking
better, and smiled when he opened his eyes. Harry suddenly found himself
in a tight embrace.
"You're awake." Sirius muttered. "I was so afraid we did not get the
antidote to you in time. How are you feeling?" He asked as Harry settled
himself back on the bed and tried to focus.
"Better." Harry said hoarsely.
He squinted again, trying to make things go in focus. His glasses
were suddenly slid onto his face and everything became much sharper. A
thought suddenly entered his mind.
"Where's Reanna, is she alright?" He asked, remembering what had
happened. He coughed; his lungs still had damage to them.
"Don't worry, she's fine." Sirius soothed. "After giving her a
talking to, we sent her to bed. She's in the room next door."
"How long." Harry started, a sudden bout of tiredness came over him.
He sank further back onto the pillows, but Sirius had gotten the gist.
"You've been asleep for about a week." He said. Previous worry
showed on his face again. "Trinity told us that you had not gone into a
coma and that the poison was almost completely gone, but you know me."
Harry smiled, but was interrupted by a yawn. He was too tired to talk
anymore. Yawning again he let his eyes close. "I'll have a surprise for
you when you are better." He heard Sirius say before the blackness took him
once more.
Harry did not remember much of when he was awake until a few days
later. He was slightly aware that when we would awaken Sirius or Remus
would be by his bedside to greet him and ask him how he was feeling. He
could never, not even afterwards, remember most of what they talked about
however. He always fell asleep quite soon after he woke up, so this was
not surprising. One awakening he did remember, however, was late in the
day two days after he had first woken up. He opened his eyes to see
someone by his bedside, but it turned out not to be Sirius or Remus.
"Sirius and Remus finally let me out of bed yesterday." Reanna said
when she saw her best friend was awake.
"Reanna!" Harry said, his voice not as hoarse as it was the first
time. She hugged him.
"How are you feeling?" She asked gently.
"Much better." He told her, doing his best to smile. "How are you?"
No matter how tired or still sick he was, he still remembered to ask of
Reanna's well being. She made a face.
"Both of them overreacted, Sirius and Remus I mean. I just hit my
head a little hard. Trinity fixed it up quick though." She snapped her
fingers to demonstrate. "They kept me in bed for way too long." She made
another face. "Oh!" She exclaimed suddenly. "Sirius wanted me to give this
to you. He said you needed it just in case."
It was Harry's turn to make a face as a steaming potion was held out
to him. He took it out of her hands, however, and looked at it. He
smelled it a bit, and decided it smelled alright. He was acting paranoid,
and he knew it, but he could not help it after what happened last time.
Reanna noticed what he was doing.
"Don't worry," She said. "Remus checked all the potion supply for any
sort of poison that the rat might have put in, but he did not find any. He
even had a specialist come in, and replaced the ingredients."
Feeling better, Harry downed the potion. He gave the steaming goblet
back to Reanna, making faces that he could not keep back. Reanna smiled.
"It tastes a-awful." Harry said through a yawn.
"I'll bet." Reanna said. She frowned when there was no answer.
"Harry?" Harry had once again fallen asleep. She smiled and covered him a
bit better.
Harry sighed contentedly as he awoke about a week later. He
remembered nothing at the moment, only that he did not particularly want to
wake up. He was so warm. The fever had almost disappeared, but Sirius and
Remus were obviously worried that if he got cold it would come back full
force. Instead of the heat being unbearable, as it usually was, he found
it quite comfortable. He moved slightly, causing a slight pain to go
through him. He winced, but the pain certainly was not as bad as what he
usually felt.
Slowly, he forced his heavy eyelids open. As soon as he succeeded in
doing this he blinked. Everything was a large blur. He blinked a few more
times and things became a little clearer. When he squinted he could make
out his surroundings. Beside him on a chair was Reanna, reading a book.
He smiled slightly when he saw her, and sat up. Pain flew through him at
his movements, but he ignored it. Reanna started and looked up, then
smiled and handed him his glasses. Harry quickly put them on and things
came in sharper focus. He could see Sirius behind her on the small couch
in the room, and Remus on the chair by the desk. Both were fast asleep.
Reanna giggled when Harry raised a questioning eyebrow.
"We were supposed to take turns staying up with you just in case
something else happened, but neither of them wanted to switch shifts at
night. Eventually they just zonked out." She explained, giggling harder.
"Obviously you haven't gotten much sleep either." Harry said, his
voice hoarse. He smiled.
"Sirius put a sleeping charm on me so I would fall asleep, so I'm
fine." She explained.
"Wait, how did you know about." Harry questioned. He remembered
nothing of them talking about it when he was sick.
"Don't you remember?" Reanna asked, worried. Harry shook his head.
"I was probably delirious when you explained it to me, and I don't
remember anything that has happened over the past, er, how long?" Harry
asked.
"Two weeks." Reanna said promptly. "All right, here we go. Do you
remember how Vernon backed off after I yelled at him?" She asked, Harry
shrugged. "That's right, you wouldn't remember would you. Well, he did,
and the reason was quite interesting. Sirius and Remus told me that my
magic ability has been bottled up for so long that when I lost my temper it
finally exploded. I'm not sure what I did but there was a choking charm on
him and a bunch of other things. Since then I've been reading up on it and
everything. It is quite interesting. I keep finding you in every book I
read though." Harry laughed slightly.
"Yeah, now you know." He said. He paused and thought for a moment.
"I just thought of something." Then shook his head.
"What?" Reanna asked.
"Er, I hate to bring it up, but, why were you allowed to stay here
for so long? I'm sure, well, I'm sure that your parents wouldn't, er, have
allowed it." Harry said, trying to put it nicely. Reanna laughed.
"You don't need to tone the dig against my parents down." She said,
teasing him. "Remus and I called them and he got a bit angry with them. I
guess they got their usual attitude with me. The 'whatever, we don't care'
attitude. Frankly, I think it worked out for the best. Remus said that I
was staying here the rest of the summer, and this year I'm going to
Hogwarts."
"That's great!" Harry said, sitting up a bit more. Pain flashed
through him once more. He grimaced, remembering that he was not yet fully
healed. "So you're going to help me drive Sirius up the wall this summer,
right?" He grinned. Reanna grinned too, but there was something else
hidden in her eyes.
"Right." She sighed. "I'm sure he's glad that you're here to drive
him up the wall though." Harry shifted uncomfortably. He was not used to
that kind of thing. Reanna's eyes glittered. "So, I suppose we can really
drive him nuts."
"Oh!" Harry said, settling back down in his pillows. "What about what
we pulled off in first grade?"
"Those will be good." Reanna agreed. "But I do have some new ideas."
She leaned closer, and the two started trading the plans in whispers.
About half an hour later, they were still whispering. They
completely forgot about the past few weeks when Harry had been near death,
and were instead brought back to when they were young children playing
pranks on the others. They completely forgot that Sirius and Remus were
asleep in the same room until they discussed how they would put their plans
into action.
"Well, why don't I lead Sirius over here." Harry whispered, pointing
to a paper she had drawn.
"No, that would be too obvious, he would expect something to be
coming." Reanna said, frowning slightly.
"What about Remus, what are we going to do to him?" Harry asked,
laughing silently.
"Oh, we'll take care of him with Sirius." Reanna giggled.
"Did I hear my name over here?"
Reanna and Harry both jumped. Reanna turned around and found Sirius
next to them and laughing. His blue eyes glittered with mischief, but they
turned to concern when they turned to Harry.
"How are you feeling?" Sirius asked, worry was evident in his voice.
"Much better." Harry told him.
It was true. His voice was still hoarse and there were still a few
pains, but he felt better then he had in a long time. Sirius looked at him
and decided he was being truthful. He sighed and sat back in a chair, then
ran a hand through his hair. Harry looked at him when Sirius suddenly
swept him into a large hug. Surprised, Harry awkwardly hugged him back.
He heard Reanna get up and leave, obviously realizing that they wanted a
private moment.
"God, I was so afraid that I had lost you." Sirius whispered, holding
him closer. Harry did not know what to say, but Sirius was not expecting
an answer. "Even after you pulled through, I was so afraid." It sounded
like he was near tears.
"I wasn't afraid to die, Sirius." Harry said softly. He felt Sirius
shake his head slightly.
"If you had it would have been too soon." He whispered.
Harry felt confused at this answer. He felt himself shrug
absentmindedly, only to have Sirius hug him harder. The confusion
increased. Years with the Dursleys had blocked all feelings of affection
out. He knew that Sirius and Remus were to be trusted, but he did not
remember any affection from either. Not completely remembering how Remus
and Sirius cared for him when he was sick the past weeks, Harry wondered
where this sudden burst of affection came from. As though reading his
thoughts, Sirius spoke.
"You're the world to me." He whispered brokenly. "I don't know what I
would have done if I had lost you." There was a slight pause, as though
Sirius were debating whether to put into words what he was saying. "I love
you."
Feeling the barrier against his emotions go down for the first time
since before he could remember, Harry hugged his godfather back hard. He
was crying. He did not care that he was showing his emotions, Sirius would
not care. Almost afraid, Harry let the words that had never slipped out of
his mouth before come.
"I love you too, Sirius." He whispered. Then he smiled. Sirius had
drawn out of the hug, and he looked at him.
"What?" He asked. Harry shook his head.
"It's just I've never said that to anyone before, or heard it said to
me." He said quietly. Sirius frowned, his eyes mixing with sorrow and
anger.
"Your parents told you that they loved you every day, you know." He
said quietly, looking at him hard. "And Remus and I did as often as we saw
you." He smiled. "And your parents still love you, but I think you already
know that."
"I do Sirius, I do." Harry said.
He smiled as Reanna poked her head back in a sat down by them. He
yawned, still drained and hurting. Sirius and Reanna had gotten into a
conversation, so they did not notice when he drifted off to sleep.
"So what is this surprise?" Harry grumbled as Reanna helped him down
the stairs.
"You'll see." Reanna said, her eyes sparkling. "I'm not technically
supposed to know about it, but I found out."
It was about a week since he had fully woken up and he had been
finally allowed out of bed a couple of days before. As soon as he was up
that day, Reanna had bounced in and said to come downstairs into the
garden. When Harry had asked why, she told him it was a surprise.
Reanna had insisted on helping him to the garden. Harry did not
protest as he was still slightly achy and tired. He still got dizzy spells
sometimes, but they usually passed quickly. He still had to be careful
about being up and about for long periods of time, though. Now however, he
was feeling quite fresh with Reanna helping him, and was eager to find out
what the surprise was. Reanna had hinted that he should know what day it
was, but he did not remember.
"Sirius and Remus said there were a few more surprises that I did not
know about either." Reanna said as they made their way through the living
room.
Harry had found out that they were at Remus' house, a place called
the Iron Gate Den. It was actually quite nice despite his being poor. It
seemed that Remus had enough to support a nice little cottage through the
donations he got for being under wage. It was a cozy place, with a few
moving pictures on the walls, and an enchanted closet that locked every
once in a while. Harry liked the room in which he and Reanna were staying
in, which was painted green and the paint would shift to show a picture of
something. He had already watched the wall for hours as it shifted and
changed like clouds in the sky.
"Get ready." Reanna told him as they were about to enter the garden.
Harry looked at her, puzzled, but in a minute his questions were answered.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" The shout met them as they went into the sunlit
garden with beautiful emerald green plants.
"Wha-?" Harry started, and his mouth dropped. Banners were enchanted
to float above them, all donning the words "Happy Birthday Harry and
Reanna." Balloons and streamers of all different colors floated in the air
and party noise makers sounded. Harry looked around and saw bunches of
people. Ron and Hermione were grinning at them. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were
there, along with Fred and George, Ginny, Bill, Charlie, and even Percy.
They were all standing in front of a court table that was piled with
presents and a humongous cake. At first when he saw everyone, he was
startled, but he controlled his panic, scolding himself that there was no
reason to be afraid of the people he already knew. Standing right in front
and wearing matching grins as they watched the two teens, were Remus and
Sirius.
"I think we gave Harry a heart attack, I'm not sure." George
Weasley's voice rang out, and Harry turned red. He turned to Reanna.
"You knew about this, didn't you?" He accused, speaking so that only
she could hear. Reanna grinned, her eyes alight with mischief.
"I couldn't tell you, and I only found out when I heard Sirius
talking about it. And he said that it should be a surprise for at least
one of us." She laughed.
"Well come on, you two, come open your presents!" Ron said, dragging
them forward. Harry felt quite embarrassed seated in front of everyone.
He usually hated being the center of attention, but at least Reanna was the
center as well.
"Are they all labeled to both of us, or are there any separate ones?"
Reanna questioned, looking at each label. She picked the one from Ron up,
and between them they got the paper off. "Oh, how beautiful Ron!" Reanna
exclaimed. Then after a pause, "What is it?" There were two watch-like-
things with different symbols and such on them, but as to what it was it
was neither of them had a clue.
Ron laughed, and Hermione burst into explanation. "They are watches
that will tell you where certain people that you program in are, and what
they are doing. Also, it tells you what direction you are going, where you
are, the temperature at the time, it has a built in voice exchanger between
the two, and it does everything except tell the time." She said in one
breath.
"It doesn't tell the time?" Harry asked, he raised his voice above
the low voice that he had used around other people since the beginning of
the summer.
"There wasn't anymore room for the clock." She said. Then she
continued. "I came up with the idea, because I thought you would find them
to come in handy." She beamed. "But Ron bought them."
"Wow, thanks Ron." Harry said. Reanna nodded.
"Yeah, thanks." She said.
Hermione's present turned out to be predictably: books. Surprisingly
they were not school books though. There were four books on wildlife in
the Muggle and Magical world. "Reanna told me that she was interested in
animals, and she said that you were too. I never knew that." Hermione
said.
"Be careful when you open ours." Fred said as Harry picked it up.
"Yeah, I think something exploded when we wrapped it." George said.
Reanna moved away from the package as Harry laughed.
As guessed, they found a full set of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. There
was everything from their first inventions, to recipes to make new ones,
and some that had not been tried out yet. Harry grinned slyly and passed
Reanna a treat out of the box, but Reanna hurriedly shook her head.
"I can already tell I don't trust those two." She said. Harry
grinned.
By this time the only presents left were the ones from Remus and
Sirius. However, the table was empty. Reanna and Harry exchanged glances,
and looked at the two. The men both grinned.
"We couldn't find a way to wrap ours, so we are just going to give
them to you." Sirius said, and he brought something out from behind the
bench. He gave it to them. "Here, you may find this interesting."
Reanna and Harry exchanged another glance. It was papers. Harry
pushed his glasses further up his nose and read them aloud. "Two people
share a birthday today, and that is why we are here to honor it. However,
though they think that they share this day out of coincidence, there is
much more to it then that. On July 31, 1980, Lily Evans-Potter gave birth
to not one, but two beautiful children. Reanna Lillian Potter, and Harry
James Potter." Harry suddenly found it hard to speak, so Reanna continued
for him. Her voice shook slightly as she read.
"So it is today that we tell them, that though they have been the
best of friends for as long as they can remember, we think it only fair
that we tell them the truth. Neither is an only child, they are twins.
Furthermore, because Lily and James Potter left these two at the time
children in my, Sirius Black's, care, if anything were to happen to them,
they will find papers for legal adoption on the next few pages. Happy
Birthday! Signed, Sirius Black." Reanna and Harry stared at it a minute,
then looked at Sirius.
"But Sirius, how." Harry asked.
"Read a few pages on, the surprises aren't over yet." Sirius prompted
gently.
Harry took the paper once more and found the last page. "Official
Pardon from the Ministry of Magic! This paper states that through the
confession of Peter Pettigrew under Veratism, and the clear evidence that
Sirius Black, once accused of murder, is pardoned from all crimes
previously accused. Signed, Minister Fudge." Harry sat, looking a bit like
a fish by the expression on his face. Reanna looked amazed.
"One more," Remus said, "here's mine."
"What more could there be?" Reanna asked faintly, but they took the
paper and read it aloud.
"Sirius Black, godfather of Reanna and Harry Potter, has asked I,
Remus Lupin, to be a second godfather, as what he calls 'back up for the
back up'. However, the law states that for a," Harry stopped and looked
and Remus, wondering if he wanted him to say this aloud. Remus nodded.
"That for a werewolf to be a guardian or second guardian of minors old
enough to understand what the papers mean, which I am sure you both are,"
Harry caught a laugh at this, as Remus muttered "Although.", "both minors
must sign a paper that they agree." Stunned, Harry and Reanna looked at the
two men.
"So, will you sign the papers?" Sirius asked tentatively, looking at
his godchildren. Harry and Reanna exchanged a glance.
"Of course!" They chorused.
"Can we eat cake first?" Fred yelled out, laughter followed his
comment.
"Why don't we take care of this afterward?" Reanna asked, setting the
papers in a safe spot.
Harry grinned as Sirius began to dole out large pieces of lemon cake,
making Reanna's and Harry's the largest. Although Harry did not finish
even near the whole piece of cake, Reanna and Ron finished it for him.
Somewhere in the middle when everyone was talking about other things,
Reanna caught Harry's eye. Their thoughts were the same. For both of them
this was the best birthday they had ever had.
Harry sighed contentedly as he listened to the others talk. He was
sure that these surprises were the first in many to come. They were
wonderful, he had never dreamed that Reanna was his twin, but it did
explain why they had such a strong connection. Their guardian was now
Sirius, the best guardian they could ask for. They would never have to go
back to their abusive homes. Harry grinned as Reanna pulled him up for the
games, and Harry followed.
A/N - I have to thank my first reviewer on this story: Kris. I'm glad you
like it, and thank you for taking your time to review.
