Great you all like my story!

But I have to disappoint you, this will be the last update for more than a week. I go on holidays tomorrow and won't be back till next Sunday. But hopefully, I come home with the next chapters ready.

Now it will finally be confirmed what everybody has known since the first chapter. ;-)

Star and Lightning

11th Chapter – The Past Revealed

Zaza and Starlett entered the Leaky Cauldron and Starlett headed straight for the counter while Zaza looked around. Starlett asked the innkeeper to call Dumbledore and then both of them sat down on barstools. Starlett was just explaining travelling by Floo powder to Zaza, when Albus Dumbledore stepped out of one of the fireplaces. He smiled and greeted them: "Hello Starlett. Good to see you again. And you must be Zaza."

Zaza smiled in return and took his hand. She was a bit nervous. "Yes, I am. Nice to meet you, Sir."

"Let's go to my office. Did Starlett explain to you how to use Floo powder?" he asked Zaza while leading them towards the fireplaces.

"Yeah, she did."

"Ok then. Starlett, you go first. I will follow after you, Zaza."

Zaza gasped when Starlett disappeared in the flames, then she slowly followed her.

In Dumbledore's office, Fawkes flew over to Starlett and settled on her shoulder. She smiled at him and cuddled him a bit, before sending him off again and sitting down in an armchair. When everybody was seated, Albus began speaking:

"I promised to show you around Hogwarts and answer all your questions and I'll do this, but not right now. I hope, you have enough time?" When both of them nodded he continued. "At first, I would like to run some tests on you, Starlett."

"What sort of tests?" she was mistrustful now. Being tested by adults had always been a disaster, not that there had been many tests.

Albus sensed her discomfort and tried to reassure her. "Only some tests to see how powerful your magic is and a relationship test. No need to be worried."

"A relationship test? I have no relatives."

"But you might have. Maybe you already read about it. During the time you were born, there was a war going on in the wizarding world. Until 15 years ago, Lord Voldemort, the Dark Sorcerer we were fighting against, was defeated by Harry Potter."

"Harry Potter?" Starlett asked unbelieving. "Are there two Harry Potter's or was he really only a baby then?"

"Did you meet him?" she nodded and he explained: "Yes, he was only one year old. Anyway, many families were torn apart in that time and many children lost their parents or parents lost their children. So it might be possible that you are one of the children that got lost. You remind me of a young witch who once was a student at Hogwarts. She and her husband died 15 years ago and their daughter was never found, neither dead nor alive. I would just like to test wether you are their daughter."

Starlett nodded hesitatingly, while Zaza shifted in her chair uncomfortabely and asked: "How would you test that? I mean, don't you usually need both people you want to test to be present?"

"In this case, no. I have prepared a potion that has something of Starlett's possible parents in it. Only a bit of her blood is missing."

"Blood?" Zaza cried. "You want to slit Starlett for her blood?"

"Calm down, Zaza. I'm sure there is not much blood needed, is there?" Starlett asked.

"No. A drop of blood from your finger tip will do it. Do you want to do the test?"

Starlett looked at Albus and thought. Her parents were dead anyhow, so what good would it be to know who they were? But on the other hand, she was curious about her own past. And it wouldn't hurt to know it. So she answered: "Yes, let's do it."

Albus got up to take something out of a cupboard and came back with a small cauldron in which a silver substance was bubbling. He explained: "This is the potion. When it turns blue, after adding your blood, you are related, when it turns red, you are not. Ready?"

Starlett nodded and stung herself with a needle. Albus excitedly watched the blood drop falling. If she really was the missing Potter, this would allow several new possibilities in the fight against Voldemort. And Harry would get somebody back who was thought dead.

When the potion turned a shining blue, Albus let himself sink back into his chair and let out the breath he had been holding. Zaza and Starlett also settled back in their armchairs and looked expectantly at him.

"So, who are my parents?" Starlett asked, when he didn't say anything.

"James and Lily Potter. You are Harry Potter's twin sister Elisha." There was silence in the room, then Dumbledore asked: "That scar on your forehead, for how long have you had this?"

"She already had it when I found her." Zaza answered.

"And does it hurt sometimes?"

"Yeah, expecially during the last two years it did. But not for some time now. Why do you ask?" Starlett said.

"I suppose, some explanations are in order." He said and leaned forward on his desk. "Both Lily and James Potter were members of an organisation that, under my leadership, fought Lord Voldemort, whom most people only call You-know-who because of fear to speak his name. At Hallowe'en 1982 he came to kill the Potters. A spy had warned us and your parents went into hiding with Harry and you. But they were betrayed, someone told Voldemort where to find you. Your parents fought against him, but were both killed. Then Voldemort directed his wand at Harry but for unknown reasons he couldn't kill him. Instead the curse backfired and almost killed Voldemort. He was gone for 13 years. That's why Harry is famous.

"When I and some others arrived, we found your parents dead, little Harry alive and no trace of you. But I suppose history needs to be rewritten a little. All that is left on Harry from the curse is a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead that hurts whenever Voldemort is very angry or very happy about something. As you have a similar scar, I assume that it was both of you who reflected the curse, both of you who defeated Lord Voldemort. Though I have no idea, how you disappeared."

There was a stunned silence in the office while everyone was following his own thoughts. Then Zaza spoke: "I found her two days after Hallowe'en, somewhere near the Themse, but I'm not sure where exactly. She was crawling through the grass and looked like a mess. When I was sure, that there was no mother around, I took her. It's a miracle for a one-year old baby to survive two days completely alone."

"I'm the miracle-girl, remember?" Zaza and Starlett both laughed and Albus smiled. Then Starlett asked: "So, when is my birthday?"

"The 31st of July. I'm afraid you just missed your 16th birthday." Then he became serious. "Did you think about my offer? Would you like to come to Hogwarts?"

"uhm, I think I might." was her uncertain answer.

"Well, then I will show you two around Hogwarts now, if that's okay with you?" When they nodded, he got up and led them out of his office to show them around the school and tell Starlett, or Elisha, how great Hogwarts is, hoping she would aggree to come.