Chapter 35
Arabella was attacked with tears, here was her sisters little girl. The little girl that Bella had been looking for, for many years. Although Bella was her secret keeper but she hadn't been able to recognize her for years. Bella thought Voldemort or a Death Eater had finally found her and killed her. But, obviously as she slowly grew up, her family realized how much she did look like Lily. 'Snape did give you a good family, didn't he?' Arabella thought to herself. Bella finally spoke up, "Sometimes? What don't you get?"
Sadie's eyes began to tear up, "Why I was taken away that awful night? Why was I never able to grow up with my brother? How I've seen my brother for five years, and yet I still couldn't tell him who I am. Why Voldemort hates us so much? Why I can't speak to my Aunt Adora, or my godfather Sirius, or even you? That I can't get around Dementors or I see Lucius Malfoy coming after me and getting Mr. Crabbe perform, 'Avada Kedavra,' after I was taken from my family. Why Professor Snape is always so nice to me, even though I'm a Potter, and everyone knows he hates Potters. To add I'M NOT EVEN IN HIS HOUSE! The Sorting Hat put me in Hufflepuff because I wanted to be with my friend, and it said I'd protect my brother, which at the time I thought was Jess! How before I came to Hogwarts my parents would hide my scar and hair color and get contacts so that you couldn't tell that I was Lily's child. How I'm as much of a good Quidditch player, and yet I'm forbidden to play! Do you realize how mad my father would be!"
Bella began to giggle, "Your right, James would be furious. James would have loved to hear that he was right, that both of his children were good at….."
But, what they were good at Sadie never found out. They were interrupted by Sirius coming back through the fireplace, "What's take you so……What are you doing out of your 'Ms. Figg' outfit, you are going to be seen!" Sirius hissed at Bella, hadn't seen Sadie yet. Bella pointed at Sadie and Sirius turned around to finally see her. "Good Merlin! Lily!" Sirius ran over to her and pulled her into a tight hug. "You are alive! But, how!" Both girls just stood there, Sirius did notice that 'Lily' had a scar identical to Harry, and as 'Lily' smiled at him she had the Potter sly grin.
Bella place her hands on Sadie's shoulders, "This isn't Lily, sweetheart, this is Sadie Susanna Potter."
Sirius's mouth dropped and tears began to over power him, "Good Merlin!" Sirius pulled her into an even more massive hug, the first time he'd seen his goddaughter in fifteen years.
Sadie's green eyes went soft, "Sirius." Sadie whispered, finally able to see her godmother and godfather, this was all too much. Sadie had only dreamed about this, "How I've missed you! Where's Adora and Harry?"
Sirius and Bella's eyes went from happiness to sadness. "Sweetheart, even though you know who you are, you still can't live with us until Harry and you are sixteen. Which means Adora can't know because she'll go and tell Harry, and Harry will demand for you to live with us."
"Why can't I!" Sadie began to cry, "I don't belong with 'my family', they are so much more different than me. I don't even think they'd mind if we told the truth. So, WE WIN!"
Sirius shook his head, "Sweetheart, I wish it was that simple. But, even if the families agree, we'll have to go to court to see if they'll let it happen. Then we'll have to revel your real identity and tell how you were saved, which will put the one who saved you in danger. If the courts say yes that is, and then it will be known that you lied to the Sorting Hat and you'll have to be re-sorted."
"Fine! I don't care anymore!" Sadie said showing that very familiar Potter Anger. "I'll go through it all, but when do we tell Harry and Adora? Jess already knows."
"Jess?" Sirius asked puzzled.
"My 'parents' son."
Little did they know that someone was listening to their conversation. 'OOO! Won't father be so pleased with me!' She smiled evilly. Then Sirius and Bella apparated to their home and Sadie Flooed home. Autumn Lewis came out of her hiding place. She took some Floo Powder and Flooed back home to her father's house. The Riddle House, in Small Hagleton.
Harry, Ron, Adora, and Ginny all looked at Sirius and Bella weirdly when they apparated home. "I thought you were Flooing home?" Adora asked questionably.
"Well, I was but….I got tied up." Bella began.
"Merlin, Arabella. Quit it! We're not children, tell me. Why must you all ALWAYS keep things from me?" Harry asked turning even madder by the second and redder.
Sirius spoke up, "Harry it's for your own good. There's just things that you wouldn't understand, things that wouldn't allow you to have a normal childhood at Hogwarts. Do you understand?"
"Yea, sure." Harry spat at them, "So not knowing who my twin sister would help me out? Oh, yea let me tell you that just helps me SO WELL!" Harry yelled the last part.
"Harry, this one isn't for your own good, but for Sadie's also…."
"Goodness, Bella! Quit calling her that!" Sirius bellowed at her. Bella looked at him warningly. "You know James and I hated that name, you know what we called her."
"Yes," she yelled at him. "What you called her, but Lily named her Sadie. T hat is her name so get over it!"
"Okay, okay." Adora finally spoke up once again, Ron and Ginny had taken a few steps back from the family brawl. But before she was able to speak again, Sirius broke in, "NO, your wrong…as usual! We didn't call her Sadie, unless she was in trouble. You know what we call her. So stop playing dumb."
"Silenci-o!" Bella yelled at him and began to sob and ran upstairs.
Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Adora looked stunned as Sirius just let her run upstairs, Harry kicked him in Sirius's shins. "What the hell was that for!" Sirius asked Harry, Sirius's temper still up.
"Run, after her you fool!" Harry said kicking Sirius again. Sirius nodded, and ran after her to her bedroom.
The Riddle Home….
Autumn Lewis came through the kitchen fireplace at her new house in Small Hagleton, well…actually her father's home. Her mother and she had just moved in with her father just months ago. Autumn had been on a secret assignment, but had gotten busted. Her father, Tom Marvolo Riddle a.k.a. Voldemort, hadn't been to pleased with her…but as she was his daughter and it was her first assignment he let her slide. Autumn saw, heard, and could smell the house-elves cooking dinner in the kitchen, as Autumn walked into the hallway. Hearing her mother and her mother's friends chatting in the den. Autumn went upstairs to make her way upstairs to owl her three best friends, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle Jr., and Draco Malfoy. But, Autumn was stopped as she passed her father's study hearing him having one of his Death Eaters meetings. Autumn then remembered what she had overheard at the church at the Weasley/Clearwater funeral, so she entered the room without knocking.
"Sharon, I thought I told you to stay in the den with all of the other wives!" Voldemort roared, "We have important business."
"I know this, that's why I'm here." Autumn said. Voldemort looked up at his fifteen year old daughter, his appearance still scared her, what would posses a man to make his face look like a snake?
"And, why are you here Autumn? Go visit Vincent, Greg, or Draco."
"NO! You need to hear me out!" Lord Voldemort looked stunned at his daughter, but before he could refuse she began. "I know for a fact that Arabella Evans is alive. I saw her today talking to a little red-headed girl. Then Evans's fiancée, Sirius Black showed up. They know who she is, problem is I don't, and I know you all don't. I'm thinking that whoever is Sadie's adopted parents, have her hiding her appearance. Evans seemed stunned at how much the Potter girl resembles her dead mother. That stupid brut, Black, even called her 'Lily'. So, father…I have a proposition for you."
"Isn't that a big word for such a little girl?" Bellatrix Lestrange said laughing at how her joke brought the little to terms, but Bellatrix Lestrange was wrong.
"Isn't that such a big word, but maybe for someone so stupid?" Autumn asked sounding more and more like her father, but before Bellatrix could say another peep, Voldemort interrupted. "Autumn what do you have for us?"
Autumn beamed knowing that she had won the battle, but then turned on her father. "Father, you have told me that there is a spy within your Death Eaters, correct?" Snape began to shift in his seat but of course no one noticed, "Well, I don't want to tell you about it in front of a potential goody two shoes. So could we speak alone?" Voldemort nodded and followed his fifteen year old daughter out of the room. As she began to tell him about how she planned on making Harry Potter's life hell.
At Narcissa's flat….
Narcissa had just heard her doorbell ring and went to the door to find a package. When Narcissa approached the door all there was a package and a note. Narcissa looked around outside, to see no one around and she walked inside to open up her package. Once Narcissa had approached her Sitting Room, and opened the package. There was a red dress that was halter top which would fit her body perfect, and just flowed a little around her hips and went to her knees. Looked like the famous Marilyn Monroe dress, except it was red. Then Narcissa read the note:
My dearest Narcissa,
Meet me tonight at 'Quake' at nine for an evening that you'll never forget. There will be a limousine to pick you up, but not a muggle one and enchanted one.
Until then my sweet,
Remus
Narcissa fell back on to the couch in the Sitting Room, then she looked up at her clock as she had only two hours to get ready. Narcissa sighed and ran upstairs to get ready for 'an evening that she'd never forget.'
Sadie's bedroom….
Sadie Susanna Potter sat inside her bedroom looking out of her side window, today had been one of the most horrible days she had ever had. Sadie had told herself that she would be Harry today who she was, but at the last moment Sadie had chickened out. Actually, Sadie didn't chicken out something came up.
Harry had pulled out the family Promise Ring to Ginny, but Sadie had never known that Harry and Ginny were that close. Although, Sadie really hadn't known Ginny's brother. Arabella knew who she was, as did Sirius. Sadie would go up to Dumbledore tomorrow and tell him that she was tired of hiding in the dark, and that she was coming out to tell everyone that she was Lily and James's Potter little girl, Sadie Susanna Potter. That she was not indeed dead as everyone had assumed. That the Famous Harry Potter's twin sister had been going to school with him for five years, and accidentally heard her adopted parents talking about when they would tell her who she really was.
Everyone was sleeping in the house, Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater's funeral had taken all of their energy Sadie guessed. It was hard to believe that in just a few months she would choose which family she would be living with, her adopted parents, which she had thought were her real parents for years. If Sadie had lived with her Godmother Arabella Evans, which was also her aunt; Godfather Sirius Black, who was engaged to her aunt Arabella and was had been her father's best friend; and most of all her twin brother, Harry Potter.
There was only one problem though Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Sadie's Aunt Adora were friends with Autumn Lewis, and Sadie knew how evil Autumn was. Who wouldn't? Autumn was Sharon Lewis's daughter, the daughter of Lord Voldemort, and the next heir to Slytherin. Of course this was kept secret for Autumn's protection; but that devil child didn't need protection as Autumn was as evil as her father. If this child was to kept secret and supposedly suppose to be different, and she's not, then why keep it a secret any longer?
Back at Arabella's…..
Sirius reached Bella at their bedroom door, but didn't open it. Sirius just pressed his ear to the door to hear if she was crying, but as he was doing this Bella shouted at him.
"You damned buffoon! If you want to know if I'm crying come and ask me like a man, not a sissy!" Sirius cursed himself how could he forget that Bella could read minds. Sirius walked inside and Arabella looked completely torn up. Sirius put a hand on her shoulder, but she just let it sit there as if she didn't even know he was there.
"Aw, come on Bella please talk to me." Arabella still ignored him, "I know that was what Lily named her and the both of you loved the name, but you've got to admit naming her child Sadie was kind of dumb."
Bella sat up so quick that Sirius thought she was going to slap him but what Arabella said was even worse. The response that Sirius got from Arabella stung, "Look, MR. I-KNOW-EVERY-DAMN-THING! If you ever knew what Sadie had meant, if you had ever cared you'd understand why we named her Sadie Susanna. James just didn't like the name Sadie."
"Why then?" Sirius asked hurt.
"You remember all the times James's called Lily, Princess Lily?" Sirius started making a chocking noise, because he always thought of James calling Lily, Princess Lily was just disgusting. "Sadie means Princess, and Susanna or Susan means Lily!" Sirius was taken back as he'd never know that Lily had taken that much time in her little girl's name. "And we all knew that they were going to name Harry after James. Lily had always loved the name Harry, so they just put James's name as his middle, as Harry is James's middle name."
Sirius sat down on the bed and put his arm around Arabella, "Baby, why are we fighting about this? We both want her back, as does Harry and Adora, so let's go and talk to Dumbledore about it tomorrow, okay?"
Bella nodded, "I'll go tell the children that you and I are going out, and you owl Albus."
Sirius nodded, except he wasn't going to owl Dumbledore. Sirius went over to the fireplace and threw some Floo Powder and said, "Albus Dumbledore!" A moment later Albus Dumbledore's head popped in through the fire. Dumbledore had looked extremely tired, but smiled anyway. "I didn't wake you, did I?" Sirius asked hoping that he didn't.
"No, Sirius, but what can I help you with?"
"We need to talk to you about," Sirius flinched. "Sadie, she found us today after Percy and Penelope's funeral. Sadie wants to live with Bella, Harry, and me. Would there be anyway we could do that before Harry and Sadie's sixteenth birthday? It's only two months away."
"I'm not sure. Why don't Bella and yourself come to my cottage and we'll sort it out there."
"Yes, sir," Sirius replied back to Dumbledore. "We'll be there momentarily."
"Bella! Why can't you tell us? We won't say a peep!" Harry whined at her. Of course, Adora already knew Sadie's real identity, but Harry, Ron, or Ginny had figured it out yet. But, then again neither would have Adora, if she hadn't seen that vision.
"Harry, you know the rules. I can't," Bella marched back upstairs.
Once she was out of earshot Harry mumbled, "This isn't fair. Arabella has known all of my life that I had a twin, alive or dead, but yet she could never tell me. I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE KEEPING THINGS FROM ME!" Harry shouted the last part. Adora rolled her eyes, Ron sat down at the dinner table, and Ginny left Harry's side and joined Adora in the sitting room.
At Dumbledore's Cottage….
"So what can I do for the two of you tonight?" Dumbledore asked Bella and Sirius.
"Sadie wants to move in with us and to leave her adopted family. Let the world know that little Sadie Susanna Potter had not died or fell off of the end of the earth as everyone thought. Sadie wants to be able to show off her gorgeous auburn hair that she inherited from her mother and her brilliant green eyes. We've got to do a D.N.A. test before a phony shows up."
"But, my dear Arabella. Today is May 30th, why can't she just wait a few more months? What could happen in a few months?" Dumbledore asked her.
"If the Death Eaters find out about her real identity, they'd kill her for sure this time."
"What do you mean this time?"
Sirius took over now, "Sadie has a scar identical to Harry's, except Sadie's wasn't given to her by Voldemort. Sadie said that Lucius Malfoy, and Gregory Goyle Sr. had tried to perform the Killing Curse. They tried killing her the exact way that Voldemort tried to kill little Harry. So Albus do you think we've got a shot at getting her back?"
Dumbledore shrugged, opening a desk drawer and took out a school annual. "Sirius did you see what Sadie looked like before she took off of her disguise?"
Sirius looked puzzled, "When she didn't have red hair or green eyes?" Sirius shook his head no.
Dumbledore gave out a big sigh, "Then I have no idea who we should give a D.N.A. test to."
Arabella spoke up, "I did. Can I see the annual?" Dumbledore nodded and handed the annual to her. Arabella flipped through the year book, with bright colorful moving pictures. Arabella then began to flip through the years, until she found Fourth Years. Then Arabella let out a scream. Sirius turned to look at her and then Bella slammed the book on the desk. "I've found her! That's her!" Bella pointed at the picture of the lost Potter twin.
Dumbledore gasped, "Oh my! I don't know why I never thought of it before. Although, she doesn't have the breaking the rules gene in her like Harry and James. However she does have Lily's grace and brains." Dumbledore leaned in closer to them, "She's also an Animagus, like her father." Sirius beamed, and Bella began to giggle at Sirius.
In the Wizarding World the names didn't show up on the side of year book, each student signed it. She had James signature, unfortunately and you couldn't read out her name. "And her name?" Bella asked getting more and more excited.
Dumbledore sighed but you could see happiness in his eyes, "Her name is……….
