Harry's Twin by Gemzgurl
"No, I'm serious. What happened?" Lei stared at the shocked faces of Hermione, Ron, Ginny and her own twin, Harry. "Please tell me. I haven't got a clue what's going on, and I think I ought to know, don't you?"
"You were being possessed, Lei," Hermione said matter-of-factly. Everyone turned to look at her. "I've been reading about possession. It's when one wizard uses another to relay a message to a third party, usually. I would say that Voldemort---Ron, Ginny, honestly it's just a name---was talking to Harry through Lei."
"So that means that You-Know-Who knows that Lei is here, in England, and not in Italy?" Ginny asked nervously. "And He knows that Lei is going to Hogwarts, with Harry, which means---"
"Which means that Voldemort will try and attack Hogwarts again this year, but with more force, because both Harry and Lei will be there," Hermione finished. She nodded her head. "Precisely. That means that we're going to have to try and be ready for any attack that might happen."
Lei stared at the floor of the compartment and didn't say anything for the remainder of the train ride.
Lei stood with all the first years in the entrance hall of the Hogwarts castle. She was wringing her hands nervously, trying desperately to calm herself down. Finally the doors to the Great Hall opened and a witch with her silver hair pulled tightly up into a bun ushered them all inside, glancing at Lei for a second look. Lei swallowed and tried not to look too conspicuous
Inside the Hall, she found it a little harder to not be seen. Unfortunately, Lei was the tallest one in the group of new students to Hogwarts, which caused most everybody to stare at her, making her very uncomfortable. She wished that they would stop whispering like that and turn their eyes elsewhere. She hated it when everyone made her the center of attention; she'd much rather be within a small circle of friends than have a bunch of people that she didn't know staring at her.
A very old looking hat on a stool started to sing a song about how friendship was important in dark times, and how one must stick close to those who one trusts, but be careful, because some people did not deserve their trust. Then, the witch with her hair in the bun started calling out names to sit on the stool and put on the old hat. After a while, the hat would then shout out a name, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, or Gryffindor.
Quite a few names after the first name had been called, the witch called out, "Potter, Lei," and then everyone's eyes were truly on Lei. She timidly walked up to the stool, trying without much success to hide her red cheeks with her red hair, and sat down. The hat dropped down onto her head, falling over much of her petite face. The last thing she saw before the hat had covered up her eyes was everyone pushing others to try and get a better view of her face.
"Nervous, eh?" said a voice into Lei's ear. She jumped. "I can feel the power that you radiate, my dear. You have a healthy mind, with much knowledge. You emit the sense of loneliness, but also bravery. You are not afraid to speak your mind, and can cause quite a bit of trouble, you can. You are willing to do anything to keep those you love safe. Hmmm, this is a difficult choice. Perhaps you would do well in RAVEN---"
The hat had shouted the first part of the Ravenclaw house, but then stopped, seemed to reconsider its thoughts, and tried again. "HUFFLE---" Again the hat stopped. "No, no, that won't do, now will it?" it said to Lei. "Maybe I shall place you in SLYTH---No, can't put you in there either. Well...I know where to put you! GRYFFINDOR!"
Lei took the hat off her head again, smoothed her hair down, and looked around, confused. Ginny waved her hand in the hair, catching Lei's attention, and Lei walked over there, trying to make her hands stop shaking. Harry patted the seat beside him and Lei sat down. She hadn't realized that people weren't clapping, like they'd done for the others who had gotten sorted into their proper houses, until a tall old man stood up from the head table and clapped. A few of the teachers followed, and then a few of the students followed, until finally most of the Hall was clapping. One boy at the Gryffindor table wasn't clapping, but just staring into the entrance hall.
"What is it, Neville?" Hermione asked turning to see what Neville was staring at.
"Look!" He pointed with his finger, and soon all the Gryffindors were looking into the entrance hall. There, lying on the floor instead of floating was a ghost. It was frozen solid. Lei visibly paled and turned away.
"Oops," she murmured, and everyone turned to look at her, making her even more uncomfortable. She looked down at the table, trying to pretend like she didn't notice them.
"What do you mean, oops?" Ron asked.
Lei swallowed. "I couldn't help it. I just---never mind." She looked up to find that still everyone's eyes were on her. "When I get startled, um, things sort of get frozen solid," she said quietly. "It's one of those powers that I was telling you about earlier."
"Are you related to Harry?" Parvati asked Lei.
Lei nervously cast a look towards Harry, who shrugged. "Yes. I am, um, Harry's twin sister, Lei Potter. I came here from Italy, after my adoptive family was murdered by dark wizards."
"Do you have a scar?" Seamus Finnigan asked Lei, leaning across the table and staring intently at her bangs as if he stared at them long enough, he would see through them. "You know, like Harry's got a scar, so do you?"
"Um, yes, I have a scar." Lei shifted in her seat uncomfortably. Now everyone's eyes were on her forehead. She lifted her bangs from her head, and everyone leaned forward to get a look at her forehead. Right in the middle of her forehead was a lightning bolt that looked exactly like Harry's. Everyone gaped at her until Lei finally flattened her bangs back to cover the scar.
"Wicked," Dean breathed. "What other powers do you have?"
"I'd rather not talk about them," she said hastily, and begun eating.
"Oh, come on," Seamus said, and Lei looked around to see some very eager looking pairs of eyes focused on her. "Please tell us. I bet they're fascinating."
"No, they aren't fascinating," Lei snapped, finally loosing her patience. "These powers of mine is what got me into this mess in the first place. They are what attracted Voldemort to me." She continued, ignoring all the shudders that passed through the Gryffindors, "They are what caused my whole entire family to be murdered before my eyes. Trust me when I say these powers of mine are much more trouble than they are worth."
Me: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while, but my computer had a virus, that just happened to delete almost our whole hard drive, which included most of my chapters, so I had to rewrite this whole entire chapter. Ok, I'm done now.
"No, I'm serious. What happened?" Lei stared at the shocked faces of Hermione, Ron, Ginny and her own twin, Harry. "Please tell me. I haven't got a clue what's going on, and I think I ought to know, don't you?"
"You were being possessed, Lei," Hermione said matter-of-factly. Everyone turned to look at her. "I've been reading about possession. It's when one wizard uses another to relay a message to a third party, usually. I would say that Voldemort---Ron, Ginny, honestly it's just a name---was talking to Harry through Lei."
"So that means that You-Know-Who knows that Lei is here, in England, and not in Italy?" Ginny asked nervously. "And He knows that Lei is going to Hogwarts, with Harry, which means---"
"Which means that Voldemort will try and attack Hogwarts again this year, but with more force, because both Harry and Lei will be there," Hermione finished. She nodded her head. "Precisely. That means that we're going to have to try and be ready for any attack that might happen."
Lei stared at the floor of the compartment and didn't say anything for the remainder of the train ride.
Lei stood with all the first years in the entrance hall of the Hogwarts castle. She was wringing her hands nervously, trying desperately to calm herself down. Finally the doors to the Great Hall opened and a witch with her silver hair pulled tightly up into a bun ushered them all inside, glancing at Lei for a second look. Lei swallowed and tried not to look too conspicuous
Inside the Hall, she found it a little harder to not be seen. Unfortunately, Lei was the tallest one in the group of new students to Hogwarts, which caused most everybody to stare at her, making her very uncomfortable. She wished that they would stop whispering like that and turn their eyes elsewhere. She hated it when everyone made her the center of attention; she'd much rather be within a small circle of friends than have a bunch of people that she didn't know staring at her.
A very old looking hat on a stool started to sing a song about how friendship was important in dark times, and how one must stick close to those who one trusts, but be careful, because some people did not deserve their trust. Then, the witch with her hair in the bun started calling out names to sit on the stool and put on the old hat. After a while, the hat would then shout out a name, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, or Gryffindor.
Quite a few names after the first name had been called, the witch called out, "Potter, Lei," and then everyone's eyes were truly on Lei. She timidly walked up to the stool, trying without much success to hide her red cheeks with her red hair, and sat down. The hat dropped down onto her head, falling over much of her petite face. The last thing she saw before the hat had covered up her eyes was everyone pushing others to try and get a better view of her face.
"Nervous, eh?" said a voice into Lei's ear. She jumped. "I can feel the power that you radiate, my dear. You have a healthy mind, with much knowledge. You emit the sense of loneliness, but also bravery. You are not afraid to speak your mind, and can cause quite a bit of trouble, you can. You are willing to do anything to keep those you love safe. Hmmm, this is a difficult choice. Perhaps you would do well in RAVEN---"
The hat had shouted the first part of the Ravenclaw house, but then stopped, seemed to reconsider its thoughts, and tried again. "HUFFLE---" Again the hat stopped. "No, no, that won't do, now will it?" it said to Lei. "Maybe I shall place you in SLYTH---No, can't put you in there either. Well...I know where to put you! GRYFFINDOR!"
Lei took the hat off her head again, smoothed her hair down, and looked around, confused. Ginny waved her hand in the hair, catching Lei's attention, and Lei walked over there, trying to make her hands stop shaking. Harry patted the seat beside him and Lei sat down. She hadn't realized that people weren't clapping, like they'd done for the others who had gotten sorted into their proper houses, until a tall old man stood up from the head table and clapped. A few of the teachers followed, and then a few of the students followed, until finally most of the Hall was clapping. One boy at the Gryffindor table wasn't clapping, but just staring into the entrance hall.
"What is it, Neville?" Hermione asked turning to see what Neville was staring at.
"Look!" He pointed with his finger, and soon all the Gryffindors were looking into the entrance hall. There, lying on the floor instead of floating was a ghost. It was frozen solid. Lei visibly paled and turned away.
"Oops," she murmured, and everyone turned to look at her, making her even more uncomfortable. She looked down at the table, trying to pretend like she didn't notice them.
"What do you mean, oops?" Ron asked.
Lei swallowed. "I couldn't help it. I just---never mind." She looked up to find that still everyone's eyes were on her. "When I get startled, um, things sort of get frozen solid," she said quietly. "It's one of those powers that I was telling you about earlier."
"Are you related to Harry?" Parvati asked Lei.
Lei nervously cast a look towards Harry, who shrugged. "Yes. I am, um, Harry's twin sister, Lei Potter. I came here from Italy, after my adoptive family was murdered by dark wizards."
"Do you have a scar?" Seamus Finnigan asked Lei, leaning across the table and staring intently at her bangs as if he stared at them long enough, he would see through them. "You know, like Harry's got a scar, so do you?"
"Um, yes, I have a scar." Lei shifted in her seat uncomfortably. Now everyone's eyes were on her forehead. She lifted her bangs from her head, and everyone leaned forward to get a look at her forehead. Right in the middle of her forehead was a lightning bolt that looked exactly like Harry's. Everyone gaped at her until Lei finally flattened her bangs back to cover the scar.
"Wicked," Dean breathed. "What other powers do you have?"
"I'd rather not talk about them," she said hastily, and begun eating.
"Oh, come on," Seamus said, and Lei looked around to see some very eager looking pairs of eyes focused on her. "Please tell us. I bet they're fascinating."
"No, they aren't fascinating," Lei snapped, finally loosing her patience. "These powers of mine is what got me into this mess in the first place. They are what attracted Voldemort to me." She continued, ignoring all the shudders that passed through the Gryffindors, "They are what caused my whole entire family to be murdered before my eyes. Trust me when I say these powers of mine are much more trouble than they are worth."
Me: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while, but my computer had a virus, that just happened to delete almost our whole hard drive, which included most of my chapters, so I had to rewrite this whole entire chapter. Ok, I'm done now.
