(A/N: This is where it starts getting good! Beware of a major twist!)
Lucius Malfoy paced back and forth in his study, muttering to himself. "Margaret Benton has a daughter. Who was born sixteen years ago." He turned and walked the other way. "But she wasn't engaged or pregnant when she left. How did she end up with a daughter?" He continued to ponder the dilemma until a burning on his arm summoned him elsewhere.
On the first day of classes, Audrey had an interesting schedule. While the rest of the sixth years didn't start until nine o'clock, Audrey had private broom lessons at eight o'clock.
Madam Hooch was waiting out front when Audrey came out of the castle. There was a broom lying at her feet. She instructed, "Stand beside the broom, place your hand over it, and say 'up'." Audrey did exactly as told, and the broom flew lightly into her hand. "Are you sure you've never handled a broom before?"
"Never in my life," Audrey said thinking nothing of it. "What's next?"
"Place your right leg over, and kick off the ground." Within a matter of seconds, Audrey was soaring around on the broom like a fish takes to water. Almost immediately, Madam Hooch called her back down, telling her that she didn't need flying lessons.
It was then a quarter to nine, time to go to her first class. To her chagrin, Audrey realized it was Double Potions. Audrey entered the dungeon ten minutes later to Snape's glaring face. She stuck close to Hermione who offered to share a table with her.
Shortly later, Snape began class. Beside her, Harry gave an almost inaudible sigh as Snape asked him what heroics Harry had attempted over the summer. Audrey did not hear Harry's reply because she was astonished at the extreme loathing on Snape's face.
A half-hour later, Audrey was a quarter of the way through the extremely complicated potion Snape had assigned. Beside her, Hermione was helping Neville Longbottom put the right ingredients in.
Snape looked up from his desk and yelled, "Potter, switch seats with Miss Granger. I'm tired of her giving hints to Longbottom." Astonished, Audrey glanced at Snape.
'How could he disapprove of another student offering help when he himself refused to give it?'
Apparently, Harry felt the same way because after he moved his supplies, he gave Snape the exact same look. Snape glanced over and met Audrey's eyes with a look of loathing. Then, his eyes shifted over to Harry's glaring face.
Before her eyes, Audrey watched Snape's face change into one of shock. Snape suddenly looked from Audrey's face to Harry's again and again. Harry and Audrey glanced at each other, confused. Feeling uncomfortable, they turned back to their potions in progress, simultaneously.
At the end of class, Audrey walked up with Harry to hand in their potions. Audrey glanced up at Snape to find him scrutinizing her face, but mainly her eyes closely. Feeling slightly flustered, she looked away and didn't notice he did the same thing to Harry. Next, the foursome headed to lunch.
Professor Snape burst into the teacher's lounge and said, "Professor McGonagall, may I have a word?"
"Why of course, but whatever for?" she said getting up and heading out the door.
When they reached the safety of an empty classroom, Snape asked, "Have you seen Audrey Hadley and Potter...together?" After she nodded, he continued, "Have you noticed anything odd?" When he didn't get a response, he prompted, "Their eyes?"
Professor McGonagall snapped, "Severus, what has gotten into you? When do you go around studying people's eyes?"
He studied her expression carefully, "When they look exactly the same..."
Disregarding his statement and shaking her head, "But Sev—"Her eyes widened suddenly. "But they can't be...It's not possible..."
"Minerva," Snape said softly, "You do remember Margaret Benton...and the accident she had...Remember, she could never have children."
Stunned, she said, "Then, who are Audrey's mother and father?"
Opening the door, Snape said, "Study their eyes, Minerva, study their eyes."
McGonagall had to see for herself if Snape was right. Standing at the entry of the Great Hall, she scanned the faces at the Gryffindor table. Suddenly, she spotted two pairs of identical green eyes sparkling with laughter at someone's comment. The heavy weight of realization hit her. Harry Potter had a twin.
That evening, Harry had Quidditch practice. He had invited Audrey along because she had never heard of the sport. Professor McGonagall was overseeing the practice to make sure everyone stayed safe.
McGonagall and Audrey sat side by side in the stands. While Audrey watched the practice, McGonagall studied her profile. Then, it dawned on her...That nose...Those eyes...The auburn hair (A/N: Brunette was a mistake!) They were all Lily's. Audrey Hadley looked like Lily Potter.
Two hours later, McGonagall was standing in front of Dumbledore's desk. "What is it, Minerva?" he asked looking up from his papers.
Tactfully, she asked, "Does Audrey Hadley remind you of anyone?"
Smiling, "Why yes she does...So you've figured out that Audrey's practically a clone of Lily Potter, hmm?"
"But, Albus, how can she be...She can't be Potter's twin!" McGonagall threw up her hands and flopped, rather unladylike, down in a chair facing the Headmaster's desk.
"Ah, that's where you're wrong, but I don't want to explain now. It will be discussed at the next Order meeting." As McGonagall got up to leave, Dumbledore added, "Please tell Severus to be patient."
As the term continued, Audrey had never found herself so busy. She had fallen into a fast friendship with Harry, Hermione, and Ron, but sometimes she felt left out. Every once in a while, they would go off and whisper in a corner. When Audrey would come near, they would stop talking immediately. Then, Audrey would feel even more left out. So, she spent most of her nights in the library or up in her dormitory, studying and doing her homework.
One day, close to Christmas, Harry and Hermione decided to go to the library. Ron was about to go, but then glanced at Audrey and decided to stay. "Really," Audrey said, "You don't have to stay on my account."
"No," he said rebuking her, "I didn't want to go to the library anyway."
After a couple of hours, it was time to go to dinner. While going down the steps to the Great Hall, Ron and Audrey were arguing about the wizard's chess game they had been playing. Suddenly, a voice called up the stairs, "Ron, darling! There you are!"
Ron glanced down the stairs and said, "Mum! What are you doing here?" Audrey slowed as they reached the bottom of the steps. Ron's mother hugged him and then looked up to Audrey.
"Who's your friend?"
"Oh!" Ron said, pushing Audrey forward. "This is Audrey Hadley, the transfer student from the United States."
"It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Weasley," Audrey said holding out her hand. Instead, she got a big hug.
Putting her arm around Audrey's shoulder, Mrs. Weasley said, "How are you enjoying England?"
Brightening, Audrey said, "Oh, I love it! It's so different from America! There are actually all wizarding areas here! I can understand why my mom loved it so much."
Just then, Ron spotted Harry and Hermione and went over to join them. Audrey was about to make an excuse to go, but Mrs. Weasley asked another question. "How is your mother doing? I haven't seen her in sixteen years! We were best of friends during our school years. I was always the serious one. Oh, it would be so wonderful to see her again! Do you think your parents would like to visit over your Christmas break?"
"I..." Audrey did not want to tell her that her parents were in trouble. She fibbed, "When we decided to move to England, my parents decided to go on a tour of Europe. They won't be back until the end of term."
"Oh," Mrs. Weasley said frowning, "Then, you don't have any plans over break?"
"No, I guess not."
An expression of finality crossed Mrs. Weasley's face. "Well, then, it's settled...You'll spend Christmas vacation with my family." Before Audrey could refuse, "It would be wonderful to have my old friend's daughter over to stay." Audrey decided to agree because she didn't think Mrs. Weasley would accept anything else.
After Mrs. Weasley released her, Audrey made her way down the table to her three friends. "Well, Ron," Audrey said as she sat down, "Looks like I'll be staying with your family over Christmas—"
"What!?" All three said at once.
Hermione recovered the quickest, "Wow! It looks like you'll be spending the holiday with Harry and me too."
"Yeah," Harry said nudging Ron, "It's going to be great!"
"Real fun!" added Ron.
Through the rest of dinner, Audrey kept up a happy exterior, but she felt rejected inside. When she reached her bed, she broke down and cried herself to sleep. Halfway through the night, she started having a weird dream...
"She's back," said a high male voice.
"Who is?" said another tentative, nervous voice.
"A friend of the Potters that should have died."
From Audrey's viewpoint, she saw the back of a chair. A hand reached out to pet a snake curled up beside it. The voice continued, "I never knew she was in America. By the time I found out, she had fled. I will get her back for what she did. Five of my loyal servants went to Azkaban because of her...Margaret Benton you can't hide anymore!" The fist slammed down on the side of the chair.
Suddenly, the man stilled. Even though Audrey couldn't see him Audrey knew he had stopped moving. A sudden shot of pain streaked through her head as if it was being constricted and twisted.
Audrey screamed and jerked herself awake. Her head pounded horribly. Drawing the drapes away from the bed, she slowly put her feet on the floor. Then, she noticed Hermione staring at her. "Just a bad dream," Audrey quipped. "I'll just get up to get a drink." Gripping her head, which was still pounding, Audrey slowly walked down the steps.
Upon entering the common room, she came face to face with Harry. He was sitting in one of the deep comfy chairs rubbing the scar on his forehead. "What are you doing up?" Audrey quietly asked.
Harry jumped at the sound of her voice. "A bad dread. You?"
"Same here." Sitting down in a chair opposite Harry, "It was really creepy."
Suddenly, Harry said, "Audrey, I think you need to know everything." When Audrey moved to interrupt, Harry stopped her. "When Voldemort tried to kill me, he ended up giving me some of his powers. Because of that, I can see into his mind and he can see into mine. My bad dreams are actually Voldemort's feelings and thoughts. I can see what he sees." Harry paused for a moment and continued, "Since you're a friend and will be spending a lot of time with me, I thought you should know the whole truth...You'll be spending Christmas where there is an organization to fight Voldemort. Don't panic if you see a lot of the teachers. They are there because they belong to the organization."
Smiling, Audrey said, "I'm glad you told me and trusted me. It must be difficult...not knowing whom to trust. Good night." Audrey got up and headed back up the staircase.
(A/N: Please review! Falls down on knees in front of the computer, begging. I really want to know what you think about this new twist! And...I don't want to resort to demanding reviews before I update. LOL)