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Chapter 7: The Truth About Dawn or My Sister is What!

S.W.W.C.H.Q., Rome Italy August 30, 2004

The last month and half had been an interesting one for Harry and his friends as they all got know his sisters and the rest of the Scoobies better. Not only that, but during the last few weeks, all of them had been either training night and day learning how to fight hand-to-hand, with weapons and also with wand and wand-less magic or Remus and the Quartet were helping Buffy and Dawn catch up on the many years of learning magic that they had missed.

It was after practice one morning as Harry grabbed his green everyday robes, and allowed his mind to travel back to a month and half earlier, when he and his friends learned the full truth about Dawn.

Flashback

Everyone was entering the conference room quietly and Harry and the Scoobies all took their normal seats. Giles was at the head of the table, Buffy, Harry and Dawn were to his right, Willow and Xander were to his left, Anya was next to Xander, followed by Robin and Faith, Spike and Illyria were next to Buffy, Harry and Dawn.

Before Giles got up though, Willow, with a wave of her hand had cast a spell that disrupted any recording device, muggle or magical and gave them complete privacy. Needless to say, Molly, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Remus were shocked.

"You're a wandless witch?" Remus asked curiously.

Willow nodded. "Wicca actually. My power comes from the Earth and her creatures, not from with in."

"We'll have to discuss our different kinds of magic," Remus suggested. He was highly intrigued and impressed by the power and kind of magic that Willow was able to wield and use so easily.

Willow nodded in agreement. She would have spoken, but Giles cleared his throat, wanting to get on with the discussion.

"Thank you Willow," Giles said, after clearing his throat, grabbed his handkerchief and wiped his glasses as he looked at everyone.

However, before he began his explanations, he looked at Harry, who only nodded. Giles sighed and began the meeting asking everyone, "You all know of the prophesy, correct?"

Everyone nodded and Hermione spoke up saying, "But no one knows what it said Mr. Giles. The recording was broken."

Harry coughed slightly and everyone turned to him. "Actually," he began, "That's not true. There are four people here who know the prophesy. Professor Dumbledore, as he was the one who originally heard it in its entirety. Buffy, Dawn and myself," he explained.

His friends looked at him with looks of mixed shock, anger and curiosity.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Hermione demanded.

"So," Ron asked, "What does it say mate?"

Harry closed his eyes for a moment then looked at Dumbledore who nodded. After a moment, Harry began to speak. "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal…But he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...And with help from long lost siblings and his soulmate…He shall defeat the Dark Lord…One older sibling who will become the twice-dead slayer…The other younger and created by magic…And the soulmate shall be she who was possessed by the Dark Lord…The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches…," he revealed.

As Harry opened his eyes, he noticed the shocked looks on the faces of Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and Molly. The faces of his sisters and their friends were hard masks. For the next few minutes, the entire room was quiet before Ginny spoke up.

"I'm the soulmate…aren't I?' she asked in surprise.

Harry nodded and grinned slightly. "You are Ginny. Cause as I far as anyone knows you and I are the only two people who have been possessed by Moldy Voldy and survived."

Ron looked like he wanted to pound Harry into the dirt for a moment before he realized that Harry was the only guy he would trust to date his sister and knew that he wouldn't intentionally hurt her. Hermione and Molly looked like they wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.

Remus just looked thoughtful as he replayed the prophesy over in his mind before he spoke.

"Buffy?" Buffy looked over at Remus, "What did the prophesy mean 'twice dead' and 'magically created sister'?"

Buffy sighed. "I always hate explaining things," she mumbled before standing up.

"You all know that I was the original slayer?" Everyone nodded. "About a year, year and half Giles, Angel, Xander, Willow and I discovered a prophesy that said the 'Master', a VERY powerful vampire would kill me and escape the Hellmouth. Well the prophesy was partly right," those who did not know the story gasped. "I did die, but was brought back when Xander found me, drowned in a pool of water and gave me CPR. That was the first time I died, and even though it was only for a few minutes it was just long enough to call another slayer."

Buffy paused in her little narration to let her story sink in and let everyone get on an even kilter before she continued.

"About four years later, I was patrolling when I came upon a priest from the Order of Dagon. He was dying and told me to protect the key from HER. At the same time, Dawn came to live with my adoptive mom and I after living with our adoptive father," Buffy looked at Dawn and saw the pain in her eyes, Buffy squeezed her hand and continued, "The HER that the priest was referring too was Glory, an evil Hell Goddess, who was bound and determined to use the Key to get back to the world she was exiled from, no matter the cost. It was not until a few months later that we discovered that the Order of Dagon had put the Key into human form and sent it to its protector in the form of a sister. The protector was me. They had taken my DNA and created Dawn, who was the Key."

"They also implanted false memories into not only Buffy, Dawn and Mr. and Mrs. Summers, they also implanted the false memories into Xander, Giles, Spike, Angel, Oz, Tara, Cordelia, Wes, Drucilla, and me," Willow added after a moment.

"Glory eventually kidnapped Dawn in order to use her blood to open the doorway," Buffy continued. Well, we defeated Glory, but her minion cut Dawn while they were on a flimsy tower. The portal had opened and in order to stop it, either Dawn or I had to jump through the portal. I chose me, after all Dawn had been made from me. And it worked. The portal closed, but the energy and the fall, killed me."

"Three months later, Willow, Xander, Anya and Willow's girlfriend Tara all performed a spell that brought me back to life," As Buffy finished her narration she noticed the looks of shock, anger, surprise and a whole lot more on the faces of Harry's friends. However, before anyone else recovered from the shock, Dumbledore spoke.

"What exactly is the 'Key of Dimensions'?' he asked curiously.

This time Giles spoke and answered, "The Key is an ancient magical tool. It can create portals to any dimension and possibly even alternate realities. It was originally a sphere of green energy and had been kept safe by the Order of Dagon for over two thousand years. But when Glory began her search for it, the Order secreted it away and was able to magically create Dawn using Buffy's DNA."

Dumbledore nodded. "Ah, thank you Mr. Giles. I had been wondering why young Dawn's aura was mostly green with small spots of Gold, white and red," he smiled.

"But that still doesn't explain how Dawn is Harry's twin," said Molly.

Everyone turned his or her gaze on her and Dawn spoke up. "You all know that Harry was born on July 31st right?" Everyone nodded. "What time was he born?"

Remus thought for a moment and replied, "At 11:59? But what has that…"

Dawn cut him off. "According the memories that the Order of Dagon implanted in everyone, I was born on August 1, 1988, at 12:05am. And after some digging, Buffy, Harry and I found the papers that showed that I was adopted by Hank and Joyce Summers the day after our," she pointed to herself, Harry and Buffy, "parents were murdered. The reason Willow, Giles and I figured no one in the magical world knew about me is because since no one in that world had any contact with Buffy since she was born, they figured why would the Wizarding world need to know."

"So technically," Xander said as he grinned at Dawn, "the Dawnster here is Harry's twin."

End Flashback

"HARRY! COME ON, WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!" his older sister's voice rang through the living quarters shared by the Scoobies and the Golden 'Quartet'.

Harry shook his head in amusement. Buffy could be loud, brash and abrasive but she always meant well and was extremely nice. Chuckling to himself, he quickly put on his robes and followed his boisterous sister's voice. He had been looking forward to going to Diagon Alley to get his, Buffy and Dawn's school things.

As it turned out Dawn was an excellent student and a natural at magic. Both she and Buffy had taken the O.W.L.S. in Potions, Charms, Transfiguration, DADA, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures Herbology, History of Magic, Ancient Runes, and Arithmancy only five days earlier an had gotten her grades yesterday. Dawn received O's in Potions, DADA, Herbology, and Ancient Runes, and earned EE's in the rest. So she was entering Hogwarts as a sixth year.

Buffy had taken her O.W.L.S. as well and had gotten O's in History, DADA, and Herbology, while getting EE's in Charms, Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures, Potions and Astronomy, and an A in Ancient Runes. She never had been able to grasp languages as well as Dawn.

Harry stood in the doorway of the conference room and as Buffy was about to start yelling again, Harry walked in and teased, "You bellowed sister dearest?"

Buffy narrowed her eyes slightly, though there was a hint of amusement in them. "Watch it little bro' or I'll make sure you stay home and we leave you here," she responded back with a Spike like smirk.

Harry shook his head with a grin and stood between Ginny and Dawn as Buffy continued, "All right, you all have your stakes, wands and holy water squirt guns right?" Everyone nodded. "Your letters? Good, first stop…Diagon Alley."

And at the last two words, everyone going felt the familiar tug at their navels indicating a portkey.

Diagon Alley, London, England; August 26, 2004

Everyone fell with a 'pop' as they reappeared in Diagon Alley, well The Leaky Cauldron to be precise.

As they were getting up they were greeted by a large voice saying, " 'arry, Ron, 'ermione! Wha' a surprise seein' ya."

Harry stood up and grinned at seeing Hagrid. "Hello Hagrid. It's good to see you as well."

As everyone finished getting up off the ground, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Remus, after realizing the person Harry was talking to was Hagrid, all said hello. It was then Hagrid noticed the new comers, meaning Buffy, Dawn, Xander, and Willow.

" 'arry, re ya goin' to introduce yer friends?" Hagrid asked.

Harry nodded. "Sorry about that Hagrid. These are my sisters, Buffy and Dawn, and their friends Xander and Willow," said Harry as he pointed to each one. "Guys this is Hagrid, he's the Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts and is also the Care of Magical Creatures teacher."

Buffy smiled and shook Hagrid's hand. "Nice to meet you, and thank you for getting my brother out of our Uncle Vernon's," she spat their uncle's name out, "house in his first year."

Hagrid smiled and blushed slightly. "Awww it weren't no problem. But I though' tha' 'arry here was an only child?" said Hagrid scratching his head in confusion.

Harry gave his friends and sisters a guilty look then turned to Hagrid. "Hagrid, I'll explain everything when we get to Hogwarts, until then, could you keep quiet about me having sisters?' he asked his giant friend.

Hagrid grinned. "Sure thin' 'arry. I'll see ya all on th' fi'st."

"Absolutely," Harry agreed with a smile.

A few moments later, Harry, Ginny, Dawn, Ron, and Hermione, Buffy, Remus, Xander, and Willow all said good-bye as they headed towards the entrance to Diagon Alley. As Remus tapped his wand to the entrance bricks, Buffy couldn't help but remember when she and Dawnie had gotten their wands.

Flashback

"This place gives me the wiggins," Buffy commented as she, Dawn, Harry and Dumbledore entered Ollivander's wand shop.

Harry chuckled. "It's just a wand…" Harry began to say.

However he was cut off when a voice said, "Ahhh, I have been waiting for you Misses Potter."

The siblings and Dumbledore turned to find Ollivander coming down the ladder. Harry noticed that he had two wands in his hands. Ollivander smiled slightly at the defensive stance that Buffy was taking as she moved to stand in front of her brother, sister and Dumbledore.

"No there is no need for that Ms. Potter…" he began.

"I think there is…demon," Buffy retorted.

Ollivander sighed. "Yes I am a demon, but unlike most I do not harm other creatures. I can tell the kind of wand necessary for a wizard just be looking at them," he explained.

As Buffy thought about his explanation she closed her eyes and let her slayer senses run their 'scan' over Ollivander and she found that he told the truth.

"So you can read auras?" she asked as she opened her eyes.

"Something like that," he agreed, "now let's get you and your sister fitted for your wands. Which arm is your wand arm?"

Buffy gave him a look that said 'How am I supposed to know?' After telling Buffy it meant her dominant arm, both Buffy and Dawn answered.

Half an hour later, Buffy had finally found her wand. A twelve-inch mahogany dipped in the blood of a member of the Aurelias Vampire clan with a core made with the hair of a slayer and tail feather of a phoenix. Dawn had found one as well. A ten-inch willow with a core made from the tail hair of a unicorn.

End Flashback

"Come on Buf." Xander's voice brought her from her daze and Buffy silently walked into Diagon Alley for the second time in her life.

The group of nine was walking to Gringotts when they all heard a voice callout, "Potter!" Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron all groaned as they recognized the voice.

"Malfoy!" Harry ground out between his clenched teeth as they watched the blonde headed boy get closer.