Chapter 16

The Whole Story

"It all began on the night before Voldemort attacked them. My parents thought that both of us were not safe, so they decided that they should keep one of us to be safe somewhere else, in case something happened. Mom thought that she should keep me safe, I don't know why, but I think she had a wise reason"

"But where did they keep you? Everywhere was unsafe when Voldemort was strong before."

"Well, they thought that I will be safe with my aunt, dad's sister, because she lived in a house that wasn't in England. So they took me to her and kept me there. Of course, I was too young to know what was going on"

"What aunt?"

"Aunt Laney, she was so nice with me. She raised me like a daughter. She told me the whole story when I was …nearly 9 years old, and then she told me about you…"

"What did she say?"

"Nothing big…she just said that you were still alive and famous too…I didn't believe her at first, but then I read about you in the newspaper"

"Yeah…well"

"I told her that I wanted to see you in person…maybe we will be together after all these years of separation between us…but she didn't want to me to come here, because it was too far from there…and she was getting sick at the time…"

"What?"

"Yes…she was really ill, and the healers said that her sickness was… cureless"

"What happened to her?"

"She…she died after a few months…and she left a will"

"A will?"

"Yes…for me and you…she left us her house and her money…after all, she didn't have anyone to heir it to"

"And what did you do with the house and the money?"

"I didn't do anything with the house, but I put the money in the bank…and I borrowed some to buy the ring"

"Oh…but you didn't have to buy the ring for me"

"It's ok…I just wanted some connection between us"

"And then what happened? Did you just live in the house alone?"

"Of course not…the house was too big for me, I couldn't just live alone, and besides I really couldn't…the muggle-neighbors phoned the orphanage after aunt Laney died…they knew that I had no one…"

"But they couldn't just take you there"

"They did…there was nothing that would stop them. They took me there, but it wasn't bad…and I was just 9 years old, I couldn't have lived alone"

"But how did you come to be in Durmstrang?"

"I thought you know…my father signed me there"

"What father?"

"Harry, professor Deacon…my father"

"But you're not his daughter"

"Yes…well, I'm his adopted daughter"

"What?"

"Yes, anyway let me finish…I stayed there for only one year, then Deacon and his wife, Natalie, adopted me. And they named me as their daughter. But before that, they said that they knew I was a witch and that's why they took me in the first place"

"But how did they know?"

"Well, they asked of course. They wanted to adopt someone and they thought that a witch would be better…seeing that they are witch and wizard too"

"So they took you?"

"Yes, they did. But they don't know anything about you, no one knows about it except my aunt"

"You mean that Dumbledore doesn't know about it?"

"No, he doesn't. I couldn't tell anyone about this, do you know that it would so dangerous to say it?"

"Why is that?"

"Well, because now that Voldemort is around, don't you think that it would be stupid to say that there are two Potters on the loose?"

"Oh, you're right I guess"

"Anyway, I waited until now, and I didn't speak of it all these years…except now, I said to my father that I want to come to see you, and he agreed"

"But why were you studying in Durmstrang all these years, why didn't you come to Hogwarts?"

"Because my father studied in Durmstrang…he thought that it would be better in there, because he knew all the teachers and all"

"But he's teaching now here, you could ask him to come here"

"I can't do that, I have no good reason, and besides, the subjects are completely different"

"But you want to be here, right?"

"Well, yes of course I want, knowing that my whole family studied here. But it's too far from there"

"But how come your father speaks English? He's Bulgarian"

"My mother, Natalie, she's Scottish, so we travel there a lot. And he learned the language"

"but what I don't understand is why did mom choose you?"

"Well, I think one of the reasons is that I can speak Parselmouth…"

"You can?"

"Yes…then how come I could speak with you by the ring?"

"Yeah, but why did that make her want to keep you safe?"

"Because the only person living that could speak Parselmouth is Voldemort…other than you…and if he knew about me, he'll kill me…or maybe lure me to the dark side"

"But he'll never do that"

"Why?"

"Because you're so good to go to the dark side…and because your brother will keep you safe…and will never let anything happen to his sister" he smiled at her.

"Harry?"

"What?"

"There's only one thing that I haven't told you about"

"What is it?"

"I'm not just your sister…I'm your twin"