Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the Characters.
A/N: This story is not compliant wiht Halfblood Prince or Deathly Hallows.
Twelve years later...
It was an extremely hot day in mid July and Harry was sitting on the bench, in the garden, at the Burrow, holding hands with Ginny. They had just finished spending hours degnoming (sp) the garden and were now laughing at Ron and Hermione's fight turn snog fest. Suddenly, Harry felt Ginny lips on his.
"What was that for?" he asked when Ginny broke the kiss.
"I'm sick of watching." Ginny replied.
"I prefer doing as well." Harry responded pulling her in for another kiss.
They had barely gotten started when the sound of Mrs. Weasley clearing her throat startled all four out of their intimate moments. Harry and Ron immediately removed their hands from the respective girlfriend's waist.
"Don't you four think about anything else?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
They was a collective mutter of sorry.
"Anyway," Mrs. Weasley rolled her eyes. "Remus just flooed. He would like the four of you to join him and Dumbledore for tea at six o'clock tonight. He says there's something you guys need to discuss."
"What?" Ron asked.
"If he told me Ronald then they'd be no reason for tea with them, would there?" Mrs. Weasley responded. "Now, go get cleaned up."
They four stood up and headed for the house. When they climbed the stairs and reached the girls' landing, the four stopped for more snogging.
"Come on!" Mrs. Weasley, who had followed to make sure they wouldn't do what they were doing, yelled. "You're gonna see each other in less than two hours.
"Sorry, mum." Ginny and Ron muttered as Mrs. Weasley shooed the girls into their room. Ron and Harry went up the stairs as quickly as possible.
The four took turns showering and changed their clothes. By five to six they were waiting by the fireplace.
They flooed to Remus's living room and found him sitting next to Dumbledore.
"Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione! It's good to see you." he exclaimed embracing each of them. "Have a seat."
They sat on the couch while Remus returned to his seat.
"Are we expecting someone else?" Harry asked noticing that there were seven teacups but only six people.
"It seems our guest of homor is a bit nervous." Dumbledore stated. "Remus, why don't you go speak with her."
Remus rose and went up the stairs.
"Who's the guest of honor?" Ginny asked.
"You'll find out soon enough. I'll say this though, Harry, think of her as an early birthday present."
Harry was slightly alarmed by that but before he could ask what was meant, Remus returned.
Behind him was a beautiful girl with waist length jet black hair and gorgeous baby blue eyes. She was wearing blue jeans with a pink t-shirt. She let her hair fall down her back. She hadn't let much of her body show but Harry noticed the bruises and scars on the parts she couldn't hide. There was something about her though, that was familiar to Harry.
"Come on." Remus said holding his hand out to her. She took it and let him lead her to another chair. "This is Annika Miller." Remus said. "Annika, this is Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter." Remus pointed to each one respectively and Annika bowed her head to each in turn, looking utterly terrified.
When Remus said Harry's name though, her look went from horror to shock and Harry thought he saw tears forming. He didn't understand, this wasn't the reaction most people gave when they heard his name.
"What's going on?" Harry asked staring at Remus.
"It's quite a long story, Harry and parts of it will be hard to swallow. But I promise it has a good ending." Remus smiled.
"Okay." Harry said unsure he wanted to know.
"I'll pour the tea." Dumbledore said. "Remember what I told you, Annika."
Harry looked at Annika who just nodded.
"I suppose we have to start with Kristy." Remus began. "She was my best friend. She was also an active witch."
"You knew an active witch." Hermione said excitedly. "I've only read about them and I've always wanted to meet one."
"Well, you can cross it of your list because Annika is one but we'll dote over that later. I need to continue." Remus replied. "I had known Kristy since we were five. She was the first to find out my secret and took it to the grave. She was kind and caring and did alot for me. Anyway, when I went to Hogwarts and met your parents, Sirius and Peter, I talked about Kristy all the time and they bugged me forfour years to meet her. So one Hogsmeade weekend, I invited her to join us. Since she was a witch, she would have no trouble finding it. Once I introduce my friends to Kristy, James became quite taken with her and she with him. After that day, they get owling each other. I honestly thought he had gotten over Lily. I was wrong because they married a few months after we graduated. James remained friends with Kristy though. You follow so far?"
Everyone in the room nodded. Annika still looked as though she was gonna burst into tears.
"Well, a month after you were born Harry, your parents had Sirius, Peter, and I over for dinner. The night started out good until the fight." Remus continued.
"What fight?" Harry asked.
"Lily felt like James was taking her for granted. I can't remember exactly how the subject came up. By the end of it though, it looked like the end of their marriage. James walked out. I found out the next day, he spent the night at Kristy's. It started out as James venting but turned into more." Remus stated.
"No, you're lying!" Harry yelled. "My father would never do something like that!"
"He did, Harry. He woke up the next morning and realized it was a mistake. He knew then that he didn't want to wake up in anybody else's arms but Lily's. He left Kristy a notesaying how sorry he was and went back to his family. Lily forgave him for your sake and made him make an Unbreakable Vow to insure he never slept with anyone other than her ever again."
Harry still couldn't believe it but what reason would Remus have to lie to him.
"A month later, Peter, Sirius, and I were hanging out at my flat when Kristy came over. She told us, she was pregnant."
Harry had to catch his breath. He suddenly realized why Annika looked so familiar.
"Is she..." Harry had a hard time forming coherrent sntences. "But where..."
"Harry, Annika is your half sister." Remus finished.
"But what happened?" Harry asked. "How come no one told me?"
"Only four people knew. Myself, Dumbledore. Sirius, and Peter. She made us swear not to tell James. She didn't want to screw up the marriage anymore. So we respected her wishes."
"He didn't even know?" Harry asked.
"Nope but it was my idea not to tell you. I wasn't sure if she was still alive and if she was, who's side she was on. I didn't want to get your hopes up."
"What do you mean you weren't sure?" Harry asked.
"Kristy had her and named me godfather. Things were going good until Annika was five. Then another prophecy was made about Voldemort's return and how you wouldn't be able to stop him without your other half. We assumed it meant Annika. We weren't to worried about it because of the four people who knew, only two could tell. But just as a precaution, we moved them to America. Three days after the move, Kristy was gonna go for an interview and I was gonna watch Annika. When I got to the apartment, Kristy was dead and Annika was gone. I didn't know who had her, where they took her, or how they found out. I searched for tweleve years and came up with nothing."
"So where did you find her? What happened in twelve years?" Harry questioned.
Remus looked at Annika.
"You don't have to talk about it." he told her.
"I know but he deserves to know." Annika replied, her voice was high pitched and shaking, like she was afraid to talk. "I'll start with the day they took me."
FLASHBACKANNIKA'S P.O.V.
Five year old, Annika was playing on her bed, waiting for her Uncle Remus to come. She heard a big crash from the living room and her mom came running in.
"Anni, baby. I need you to get under the bed and stay there until Uncle Remus comes. Be quiet and don't let anyone but Uncle Remus know your, there!" Kristy told her.
She did what she told and heard her mom leave, shut and lock the door. She heard spells being thrown and her moms screams. She also heard a few men scream. After a few minutes, she heard another spell and her door creak open.
"Come out, Come out. Wherever you are." she heard a cold voice say.
"No! Leave her alone! She's just a child!" her mom yelled.
Annika heard another spell and saw her mom fall to the floor. Annika, uable to contain herself, let out a scream and was immediately pulled out from under the bed. She kicked and struggled against the man holding her.
"Hold still, you little brat!" the man yelled.
Annika was so scared, she did what he said.
"Do what you want with the mother, then kill her." the man said to his friends.
END FLASHACKHARRY'S P.O.V.
"The next thing I remember was waking up in a cage. A couple hours later I met Lucius Malfoy." Annika paused for a moment as though expecting someone to punish her for using his first name. "I became a slave in the Malfoy Manor. The only one who really cared about my well being was Narcissa. She healed me when I needed it, fed me when Lucius and Draco wouldn't, and she even taught me the basic things, like reading and writing. I honestly don't think I'd be alive right now if it wasn't for her."
"But how did they know who you were?" Harry asked confused.
"Peter told them before she was born." Remus answered. "I didn't realize it until we found out, he was the traitor back in your third year. Then I knew Kristy had made a mistake to tell us while he was there."
"I don't mean to cut you off, Uncle Remus, but if I don't finish my end now, I won't be able to." Annika stated.
Remus just nodded.
"Anyway, after the Dark Lord returned, Lucius told him of the prophecy and about how he insured I would never be able to use my powers or even meet you, Harry. The Dark Lord was pleased and rewarded Lucius. He also decided to put me to good use. I became they entertainment for the inductions of new recruits." Annika continued, near tears.
"That's sick!" Ginny commented.
"When have you ever known Voldemort to not be." Harry said, hoping his use of Voldemort's name would show Annika that it was okay to say it.
"Well, a two weeks ago, I was used for an induction. I can't remember his name because there were so many but I was beat up pretty bad. Narcissa came to me afterwards to heal me but got caught. I don't know what happened to her." Annika once again had tears in her eyes.
"We do." Dumbledore stated. "She came to us badly beaten and dying. I don't know how she managed to make it to Hogwarts. Anyway, I had Poppy take as best care as she could of her. Narcissa spent a week coming in and out of conciousness. The points when she was awake, she told us all about Annika and how it was her husband that kidnapped her twelve years ago. She told us how she did the best she could to keep Annika alive and how she had been caught. And she helped us work out a plan to get into Malfoy Manor and rescue Annika." Dumbledore stated.
"How is she doing?" Annika asked.
"Unfortunately, she was given a slow acting poison that an antidote has yet to made for, she died two days before we came and got you." Dumbledore answered.
"No." Annika breathed.
"I'm sorry." Dumbledore said.
"We got her out they day before yesterday." Remus said and Harry knew he was trying to cover the painful silence. "We wanted to give her some time to rest before we introduced you."
Harry just nodded. He couldn't figure out what he was feeling. Shock, anger, hatred, happiness, and guilt. He didn't know which to express.
"I know this is a lot to swallow." Remus continued. "And if you want to be angry about this being kept from you, get angry with me. I wanted to save you pain."
"I understand." Harry replied and in way he did. Then he looked to Annika. "I want you to know, if I would've known about you, I would've done everything I could to find you."
"I know that now." Annika replied. "But when I was growing up in that hell, I honestly thought you didn't care."
"Why would you think that?" Harry asked feeling slightly hurt.
"They would always tell me that you were happy without me and didn't want anything to do with me." she know had tears flowing freely down her face. "So when you didn't come, I assumed they were telling me the truth."
"No, I didn't even know you existed." Harry told her.
She nodded and Harry had the strange urge to embrace her. It only took a small nudge from Ginny for him to act on the urge.
He wrapped his arms around her and felt his own tears fall from his eyes. As the two sat there crying and holding each other, Harry found himself thinking,
I have a sister. this was by far the best birthday present he had ever recieved. And his birthday was still two weeks away.
A/N:This is where you guys won't like me. I've actually been trying for awhile to figure out how to give Harry a sister and have it make a little sense. Which is why I did it this way.
