Where Art Thou?

By: obsessed-with-HP

Summary: Set five years after Hogwarts. Harry has a twin brother. Dumbledore knew all along, but no one else did, not even Sirius or Remus… In response to Severitus Challenge

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Chapter 1: How Could He!

Harry Potter, twenty-two, was sitting in a comfy chair by the fire in his living quarters, going through the photo album Hagrid had given him in his first year, so long ago. He had taken up the post of Defense against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after the last professor was killed during the final battle. He wanted to just run away and hide from the Wizarding World after Voldemort had been destroyed. The mayhem and destruction that ensued during the battle, even three years later, haunted his dreams. But, Dumbledore had convinced him to stay on and teach his favorite and best subject.

So here he was, nearly five weeks till the start of the school year, going through the old photos that were starting to yellow with age. He looked at every single one, not missing a detail, sometimes staring at one for minutes on end until he moved on to the next one. One picture always caught his eye. It was like he could sense that the picture was holding something back from him. It was of his mother holding him as a baby in her arms, cooing at him. Then she would look up at him and smile. He would see something trying to come into the picture, but someone's hand would always pull it back before he could tell what it was.

Sitting and staring at it now, he was wishing and hoping with all his might that it would come into the picture… and suddenly, it did. It was a baby boy with tufts of black hair and piercing green eyes, looking just like the baby in his mother's arms. He then saw his father rush in the picture from behind the baby, pick him up, and run out of the picture again.

Harry sat and stared, open-mouthed, at the picture again as the child in his mother's arms wriggled down out of her grasp and out of the picture. He returned with the other baby and his mother picked up both, and then looked up at Harry with a worn smile. Soon after, Harry saw Dumbledore come into the room and take one of the children from Lily's arms. At this, Harry stood up, letting the album fall to the floor. Gently, still in shock at what he saw, he reached down and picked it up, closing it and made his way to the door that lead to the hallway. He was going to have a talk with Dumbledore…