A/N: **MAJOR CHANGES!!!!!** If you haven't read this since I updated on July 21, read the whole story again!!!!! I changed a TON of stuff, and there are major OotP spoilers so if you haven't read the 5th book (I don't know why you wouldn't have read it by mow! It's been a month!!), then don't read this fic until you do, or you'll be in for a few surprises!!!!!

Chapter 1: WHAT?!

As Melissa McKinnon walked downstairs to her family's kitchen, the pretty British redhead had no idea that, soon, she would get news that would drastically change her life. The fifteen-year-old had recently turned sixteen. At the end of July, in fact. She would also be going into her sixth year at Sullivan's Academy of the Wizarding Arts.

"Hey, Mum, has the mail come yet?" Melissa asked her mother. "Caysie was supposed to owl me today."

Elizabeth McKinnon walked away from the window.

"No, not yet. It should be coming soon," the raven-haired young woman said. She tied her medium-length hair back in a low ponytail before returning to cutting up fruit for their breakfast.

Melissa sat down in a chair at her kitchen table and began to eat the breakfast that was spread out on the table. The meal consisted of bacon strips, pancakes, and sliced bananas, blueberries, and strawberries. At that moment, the mail came.

"Ooh!" Melissa frantically chewed the mouthful of bacon as she reached to untie the letters from the various owls. She took the ones addressed to her, giving the bills and the Daily Prophet to her parents. Her letters included a letter from her best friend, Caysie Johnson, and a letter from her school. She eagerly opened Caysie's letter and read it, eating her pancakes along the way.

Dear Lissie,

What's up, girl? I'm having tons of fun in Hawaii. I miss you so much, though! I wish you could be here with me. Some of the native girls are really stuck-up. There's this one girl, Kaiulani, she's a direct descendant of one of the last queens before the US started governing Hawaii. Despite this tiny little fact, she's really cool. You'd probably like her.

Oh my gosh, you should see the native guys. They are soooo HOT!!! Emilie would be in seventh heaven here. Mind you, even though she's got her boyfriend, what's-his-name, Brendan, she'd be having the time of her life.

Have you gotten your letter from Sullivans yet? I have. It says we have a new Muggle Studies teacher, as well as a new Arithmancy teacher and Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Anyway, my mom says I've got to wrap up this letter. My mom says I have to wrap up this letter. Give my love to Liz and Jeff.

Love ya, hon!

Your best friend always,

Caysie

Melissa smiled as she reread that part in the letter about another one of her and Caysie's close friends, Emilie. It was true, she was boy-crazy, although she denied it. She then relayed Caysie's message to her mom, and also to her dad when he walked in. Jeffrey McKinnon was tall, muscular, and handsome with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Did you get your letter from Sullivan's yet?" he asked.

"Yeah, I've got it right here," Melissa answered, waving the thick piece of parchment. She opened it to find the traditional list of supplies and a note from the Deputy Headmistress.

"Headmaster McDonald retired," she said, talking about the old, feeble wizard that had previously been in charge. "Now Professor Connors is Headmistress."

"Really?" Her father was intrigued at this statement. McDonald had been Headmaster when he went to Sullivan's.

"Yeah. Listen." Melissa cleared her throat before she began to read.

Dear Students and Parents,

I regret to say that our beloved Headmaster, Richard McDonald decided that it was time for him to leave our beautiful school and pursue a more quiet life. Several of our teachers have left, also. Professor Luc Stevenson, Professor of Muggle Studies; Professor Anthony MacGregor, Professor of Arithmancy; and Professor Shelbie Wood, Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, have all left. Please keep our much-loved teachers in your thoughts as they travel on to new adventures. We look forward to seeing you students, old and new, in the upcoming school year.

Sincerely,

Professor Aimee Connors

Melissa looked up in time to see her parents silently arguing over a letter that had just arrived.

"Hey, who's that for?" Melissa asked curiously.

Her parents immediately stopped arguing at this question, hiding the letter behind their backs.

"N—nothing. Why do you ask?" they answered guiltily, their smiles strained.

"Well, when I finished reading Connors' letter—"

"Professor Connors," Liz corrected.

"Whatever. When I finished reading it, you two were fighting over that letter. So who's it for?" Melissa pressed.

Liz and Jeff sighed in defeat, realizing their daughter didn't miss a thing.

"Okay. It's for you. But, before you read it we have some pretty shocking news for you," Jeff said gently.

"Keep going, I'm listening," Melissa said as her parents paused.

"First of all, we're moving down to London. Second of all, we're…not your parents. We're your aunt and uncle."

Melissa slowly registered this information and could only utter one word.

"How?"

"Well, when you were born, you had a twin brother, older than you by 4 minutes. About a year later, You-Know-Who came for your brother and killed your parents along the way. He didn't know you lived. You-Know-Who thought you were stillborn. Anyway, You-Know who came to your family's house one night, looking for your brother to try and kill him, thinking that he was fulfilling a prophecy. Your mother sacrificed herself to save you and her son, your brother. Because You-Know-Who wasn't following the…rules, I guess, your twin was able to defeat him and bring some decorum of peace and relief for thirteen years to the wizarding world. You're brother received a scar, a mark that branded him as an equal of You-Know- Who. When your mother died, you were also protected by her sacrifice, which is why you're with us today," Liz said, smiling and grasping Melissa's hand.

Jeff picked up the story at this point.

"Your godfather, Remus Lupin, thinking your brother died, brought you here, where he knew you would be safe. Only he, your brother's godfather, Sirius Black, and Albus Dumbledore knew about you. Dumbledore then sent Hagrid, his school's gamekeeper, to get your twin. He was sent to live with his aunt and uncle on your mother's side. We've recently gotten word it would be safer to bring you to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where you would also attend and be in your sixth year, just like at Sullivan's."

"Who…what is my brother's name?" Melissa asked tentatively.

Melissa's parents—no, aunt and uncle exchanged worried looks before answering her.

"Your twin brother's name is…Harry Potter. Your real name is Melissa LilyAnne Potter."

At this statement, the room around Melissa began to spin and her eyesight got incredibly blurry. Then everything went black.

A/N: This fic used to be posted under the title Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but when the real OotP book came out, I kind of lost all interest in writing that same fic. So I'm changing a few things in the story to make it Harry's and everyone else's sixth year. Hope you enjoyed it so far!!!!!!!