Chapter 14

IP

"I don't know what you're talking about" Harry said, standing up angrily. "You mean you don't believe me?" Iris said, standing up with him, "after all the things I've explained to you about the ring?" "so what?" he said, "you might have read about it in a book" he didn't want to believe that she has the same ring, not to mention that she was the one who sent it. "But why?" she asked, "Why don't you believe me? I mean…who did you expect to be the sender?" Harry could not answer, but she was right, why wouldn't she be the sender? "How can you prove it?" he asked, crossing his arms. "Well, I could tell you what it said in the note that I sent you" she said, smiling. "ok" he said, "if you told me the exact words, I'll…I'll believe".

"I said…I hope you like the gift, and I wish you a happy birthday and then I wrote I hope we will meet soon" she finished. "Alright you win," he said, laughing, "I believe you" then he stopped laughing and looked seriously at her. "you sent the gift?" he said, shocked. "Yes Harry…I sent it". They stood in silence, and then Harry spoke, "but why…why me?" he was confused now. "Well, I really admired you, and…I took you as a role model for me" Harry didn't know what to say, his face was red. "Oh…thanks," he said, then they sat again on the ground. "Do you know what else the ring does?" she asked, "no" he replied, feeling normal again. "Well…you could communicate with the other ring," she said, and Harry's mouth fell open, "but that's imposable," he said, "I couldn't communicate with you". "No…" she said, "but the right way is to speak in Parselmouth with the ring, and then the ring will transfer the talk to me" she said, smiling, and then she continued. "Did you know that this ring is really rare…you can't find it everywhere, and it's very expensive" she stopped, "Do you know that it is called, La Narles?" she said, breathlessly. "Really?" he said, his eyes wide, "that's just…thank you for the gift" "don't mention it" she said, "you're…like a friend to me" she said. Then she suddenly got up, Harry followed suit. "What's wrong?" he asked her, frowning. "Nothing, I just thought…it's better to go back to the castle," Harry didn't argue and followed her back to the castle.

"Whose hut is that?" she asked. "Oh, that's Hagrid's" Harry said, "He's the gamekeeper" he added after seeing the frown on her face. "so tell me about yourself" Harry asked her, smiling. "Well, there's nothing to tell, I mean…I'm just a normal girl" she laughed. "what did professor Deacon tell you about me?" he said. "Oh…he said, lots of good stuff," she said, smiling, "he's great". They arrived to the castle and headed towards the seventh floor. "Do you want to see the Gryffindor common room?" he asked, "ok" she said, heading after him. Harry said the password and they both entered. The common room was empty, "they are in the great hall," he said, "come on…let's go there" he turned to go, when he saw Iris looking wide-eyed at the room. "it's beautiful" she whispered. "Yeah I know," he said, smiling. "Yeah… let's go to the great hall," she said, and they both turned and headed back downstairs and into the great hall. Harry spotted Ron and Hermione sitting and reading the Daily Prophet. "Hi guys," he said, as they looked up. "Hi Harry…so what did Dumbledore want from you?" Hermione asked, but she was frowning at Iris as she said it. "He wanted me to meet Iris," he said, pointing at Iris, as she smiled at Ron and Hermione. "She's professor Deacon's daughter," he said, and at these words, Hermione smiled widely. "Hi, welcome to Hogwarts" she said, shaking Iris's hand. "Thanks…what's you name?" she asked, "oh I'm Hermione and this is Ron," she said, Ron smiled at her. Harry looked at the staff table and saw Deacon waving at him, Harry waved back.

The day went by; Harry was with Iris when he didn't have any classes. It was so fun being with her, he was relaxed.

Above all that, he sensed that something wasn't right.

After all the classes, they finished dinner and went back to the common room. "It was really great meeting you all," Iris said, looking at the three of them sitting next to the fire, "but I'm afraid that I have to go back to my school," she said, looking upset. "I really want to stay with you…but I can't" they all started to convince her to stay, but she couldn't.

She shook their hands, and then said, "Can I talk to you Harry…alone?" Harry nodded and followed her out of the common room. "What is it?" he asked, closing the portrait behind him. "I…I want you to know, that if you ever wanted a favor, or any kind of help, please contact me…I told you how" she said, touching his ring. "Just ask me and I'll be right here" she whispered, pressing his hand in hers. Then she hugged him softly, let go of his hand, and went away. Harry stood there, looking at her back disappearing in the corner. Then he realized that there was a piece of parchment in his hand, where she held it.

He opened it and read:

Dear Harry,

I know that I will be gone by the time

You read this.

However, I want you to know something that I kept secret from you

Something I couldn't tell you for fourteen years

I am your sister…