Harry's Twin by Gemzgurl *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"This is so exciting!" exclaimed Hermione as soon as she got the news of Harry's twin sister. "Absolutely amazing! I can't believe it, Harry. You have a sibling!"
"How do you know this isn't some hoax?" Ron asked trying to balance his and Ginny's books at once while she went to the bathroom. They were all at Diagon Alley, collecting their school things. School started in a week, but they were a little late getting their books.
"I don't," Harry replied shrugging his shoulders. "But who am I to deny someone who's in trouble my services? Okay, maybe that sounded a little dumb, but I think you guys get the point."
"I don't know, Harry," Hermione said, suddenly skeptical. "Ron does have a point. It could be some strange person just claiming to be your long lost sister. This could be really dangerous. She could be really dangerous. I'm not so sure that this is a good idea anymore."
"Well, I'll never know what she's like or if she's dangerous until I meet her, now will I? I've always thought that we should take chances and in case it turns out bad, you'll learn from your mistakes, now won't you?"
"I dunno, Harry, this could be a really bad thing to do," Ginny put in after she came back from the bathroom. She walked over toward her brother and took her pile of books from him. "All we're trying to say is to be careful. You have no idea what this girl is going to be like."
"So, how is she going to get here?" Ron asked.
"You know, I haven't thought of that," Harry said. "I wonder if she can Disapperate? If she can, that would make things a lot easier. Hmm. I guess this means that she's going to go to Hogwarts, too. Should we tell Dumbledore that she's coming, or do you think he would know?"
"Never mind that, where's she going to stay?" Ginny put in. "I mean, it would sound logical for her to stay with you, since she is your sister and everything, but I seriously doubt that your aunt and uncle will let her."
"I only told Lei that I would help her, I didn't go into great detail about everything. I knew that I couldn't let her stay with me, obviously." Harry rubbed his head. He had a headache. He didn't know that this girl would cause so much trouble when she wasn't even here yet.
---Somewhere in the back streets of Florence, Italy---
A girl of sixteen walked alone in a dark alleyway. It was chilly, and the only thing that she had to keep her warm was a flimsy sweater, which she hugged tighter to her body. She shivered and felt terribly alone now, something she had never felt in her entire life. Someone had always been around her, and now there was no one. Her family had always been there. Always. But now thanks to her "uniqueness," as her mamma used to call it, had gotten her whole family killed, which left her alone and helpless.
That's when it finally hit her. Her whole family was dead, as in she would never see them again, as long as she lived. She dumped her body against a wall and put her head in her knees and began to sob. The sky opened up and wept with her.
"Aw, look at the little girl, all alone out here," drawled a voice in Italian somewhere above the girl's head full of red hair. She looked up to see a man dressed in a business suit. He stared into her perfect blue eyes. "You know, you shouldn't out her all by your lonesome." He was mocking her.
She stood up and glared at the man that was disrespecting her. "Don't ridicule me," she answered defensively. That's when she recognized the man. He was one the wizard's that had killed her family. "Stay away from me," she said, but couldn't help the fear that crept up in her voice. She tried to back up, but she only pressed herself against the wall.
The rain poured down on their heads, but the man was the only one who made a move for his umbrella, which was certainly magically water repellent. The girl smiled inside, forming a plan for that water repellent umbrella and the man who carried it. "You are a murderer. You killed my parents, my little brother, my two oldest sisters. You are a horrible man, a total disgrace to the human race." She was concentrating on the umbrella while she spoke to the wretched man. He was smiling derisively.
Suddenly, the umbrella caught fire, and the man quickly dropped it. The rain wasn't putting it out, just as the girl had suspected it wouldn't. The man was foolishly shooting water out of his wand, but that didn't help to extinguish the fire. Using the time it took the man to get the fire to stop burning his umbrella, the girl ran as fast as she could to get out of the alleyway.
"I'LL GET YOU IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" the man yelled after the girl. He would have smiled at the irony of the line if he weren't in such a foul mood. If he didn't get that girl, it would be last thing that he would do.
---Back in Diagon Ally---
There was a small popping noise in front of Ron, Hermione, Harry and Ginny and the redheaded, blue eyed girl from Italy appeared, on her knees, in front of them, cold, wet and crying. She looked up at their shocked faces. She quickly wiped her eyes on the thin sweater she had around her and stood up.
"W-who are you?" Ron managed to choke out.
"Mi chiamo Lei Potter," she answered. They looked confused. "Mi dispiace. I'm sorry. You do not understand Italian. My name is Lei Potter. I am Harry's twin sister." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Author's Note: Ciao. Mille grazie! That's Italian for Thank you very much. I need to learn more Italian...I am obsessed with Italy, and I want to learn how to speak all of Italian. Anyway, what did you think about this chapter? I think I made Lei seem a little conceited in the first chapter, and I'm sorry. But you must understand that her whole family was just killed, and she's a little upset that everyone basically forgot about her, while Harry was all they could ever talk about. By the way, this takes place in their sixth year of Hogwarts. Yeah, well anyway, I have to go. Hoped you enjoy the chapter.