A/N: Hellooooooooo everybody! Sorry this took forever to update…when I decided to update my stories all the computers in my HOUSE decide that they don't like word anymore and stopped running the program at the same time. SO I have spent the past few months begging my dad to install it on his laptop which he finally did. Another thing, my birthday is Sunday so as a present to YOU guys; I plan to update all my other stories.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Harry Potter…except for Valerie…I own her…don't take her...please?

~ * 10 years later * ~

'A flash of green light, the sound of a women screaming, pain spreading through his forehead as he held tightly onto his screaming sister, who was sobbing into his shoulder and then that creepy dim lit smile.'

Harry woke up gasping, his hand shooting straight to his forehead, resting right on his lighting bolt shaped scar, which he and his sister have had since they can remember. Valerie, his twin sister, had hers on the left side of her forehead while his was on the right of his forehead. They were told by their aunt and uncle that they got them one night because of a car accident that killed their parents when they were only one year old. Harry reached up to the metal chain that turned on and off the only light in the room, hoping that Valerie didn't choose tonight to be a light sleeper. After the light was turned on, Harry reached for his black glasses and ran a hand through his messy untamed hair. Harry looked over at Valerie to see if she moved or woke up. Valerie was now turned towards Harry, giving him a full view of her lighting bolt scar that matched his since the side bangs that normally covered her scar was pinned back. Harry looked over at the bedside table and saw the gold chain of the object that he was searching for. Harry picked up the gold locket and looked at the engraved front that said 'Potter' with crystals around the name. It belonged to the twin's mom but she gave it Valerie on their first birthday. Harry opened the necklace to see a picture of one year old Harry on one side and one year old Valerie on the other. Because it's one of the only things the twins have to remember their parents by, Valerie never takes the necklace off except for when she's sleeping and when she's showering, so when he can't sleep or his sister is off showering, Harry loves to just hold it and stare at the photos wishing that he and his sister could go back in time and live in a happier time.

Harry jumped in his bed and dropped the locket into his bed sheets as he quickly turned around after hearing a groan only to see Valerie sitting up in her bed and rubbing her eye and looking to stare at Harry, who was guiltily smiling at his twin sister. Valerie Potter was the younger twin – only by seven minutes but Harry still loved to tease her about that little fact. She had long wavy black hair that reached her mid-back – which was right now thrown up in a messy ponytail - and when in the sunlight, had slight red tinted highlights through out her hair. She also had side bangs that normally covered her left eye – and scar – but right now, a sliver clip pinned them back. Her eyes, like Harry's were a bright emerald green, the only difference however, was that Harry's eyes had specks of Hazel in them. Harry also had black hair but his was messier then Valerie's and no matter how many times he brushed it, it still looked like he had just rolled out of bed, much to the dismay of the twins uncle Veron, who daily told Harry to brush his hair.

'Ugh, Harry, what the bloody hell are you doing up so early?' (A/N: ok, I now British people don't walk around saying 'bloody hell' all the time, but I couldn't resist throwing it in there hehehe)

'Sorry Vannie. It was that bloody nightmare again.' Vannie was Harry's nickname for Valerie that he's used since they were three. Valerie tired to come up with a nickname for Harry for payback, but failed….badly…turns out you can't really make the name 'Harry' any shorter. Vannie smiled sadly at her brother and stood up and walked the short distance to Harry's bed and sat down next to her brother. She sighed as she draped she draped her arm across his shoulder and rested her head on his shoulder still half asleep. Harry, already feeling comforted by his sister smiled down at his sister and was not surprised to see her already asleep and softly snoring on his shoulder. He laughed quietly at his sister and stood up, grabbing Vannie to carry her to bed. He hugged his twin in his arms quickly before placing her back in her bed and pulling the covers back over her before laying back down in his own bed and falling back asleep.

(A/N: Now originally I was going to end it here but it's kinda short so im going to add chapter 3 in as well. Now all the stories I've read about Harry having a twin, it never really showed how close they were before they went to Hogwarts, so I decided to just have a little sibling chapter but I didn't plan on it being this short….oh well)

The next morning, both Harry and Valerie were in their beds peacefully sleeping. Sadly for them, that wouldn't last very long since the twins aunt Petunia was awake and armed with a frying pan.

"Get up! Get up now!" The twins just stared at the door, look each other, then to the door again then shrugged and layed back down.

BANG! With one last bang on the door for good measure aunt Petunia stomped off to the kitchen.

"Wha-" thump! "Ok…ow" Harry jumped quickly turned to see that Valerie had also jumped but also fell off her bed and was now laying on the floor looking very confused and rubbing the back of her where she hit it against the wall of the twins cupboard under the stairs. (Isn't their aunt and uncle just the nicest? ) After seeing his sister's face, Harry burst out laughing. It however was cut short because of Valerie's oh-so-nice present to Harry – a pillow thrown hard into the middle of his face. He yelped and fell onto his bed, shocked at the sudden appearance of the pillow. Vannie laughed as Harry threw the pillow back onto her bed and stood up and walked over to her. After helping Vannie up, Harry walked the extremely short distance to the twins desk to grab his glasses as Vannie re-did her ponytail and searched for socks, finding a few pairs under Harry's bed. After she picked off a spider or two (spiders were all over the cupboard under the stairs, which sadly, is where the twins slept) (A/N: In case you couldn't tell – I finally got the book), she chucked a pair to her twin and put on the other pair. After they were ready, Harry led the way out of the cupboard and down the hall to the door that led to the Dursley's kitchen. Their aunt petunia was there waiting for them, with her usual frown that was on her face whenever she had to talk to the Potter twins.

'You, girl. Look over the eggs and bacon, and don't let them burn.' Vannie nodded and turned around, rolling her eyes as she walked to the stove.

'Boy, make the coffee and make sure your sister doesn't screw up the food.' With that said, Petunia lifted her head into her usual I'm-better-then-you face, she marched out the door and into the living room, where the twins Uncle Veron was sitting watching television. Harry ran a hand through his head as he walked over to the coffee pot. As Vannie turned the bacon, the twin's uncle Veron waddled into the room. Uncle Veron was a big, beefy man with a very large mustache (A/N: Has anyone listened to the audio version of this book? I love the way the guy says mustache – sorry had to put that in) and yelled at the twins for his coffee and breakfast as he sat at the table that was almost buried in Dudley's birthday presents. After Harry and Vannie served three big plates and two smaller plates for them, the twin's cousins Dudley came running into the kitchen with Petunia closely following him as usual. Dudley automatically started counting the insane amount of presents that rested on the table, and quickly became annoyed. Vannie's eyes quickly widened and she started shoveling her small amount of eggs and bacon into her mouth and Harry quickly did the same, trying to avoid the Dudley tantrum that was sure to happen.

'Thirty-six? That's two less then last year!' Dudley whined to his mother. Vannie stopped shoveling her food, to turn to Harry and roll her eyes before eating, and Harry smirked in return. Petunia also sensed danger quickly coming and jumped in to calm her 'little angel' as she called him, which to this day still makes Vannie snicker in amusement.

'Dudley darling, there's one from Auntie Mage under this giant one from Mommy and Daddy.' She tried to smile kindly to her son. Sadly, this did not help Dudley calm down; in fact it only made his face turn red in anger. Harry and Vannie were now becoming quite frightened and actually wanted to go to their small little cupboard as soon as possible.

'OK, thirty-three then, that's STILL less then last year!' 'Ugh, again with the whining.' Vannie thought silently and Harry snorted quietly and nodded in agreement. One of the twin's favorite things of, well, being twins, was the telepathy connection between the two.

'But were buying you two more presents when we go out today, how's that popkin?' At the name popkin, Vannie's mind was screaming with laughter of both hers and Harry's, since his brain was also having a laugh attack.

'So, I'll have thirty…thirty…' Dudley tried to count, but failed. Vannie leaned in close to Harry, seeing as it was safe to talk since both of Dudley's parents were pre-occupied with trying to keep their 'little angel' happy.

'Is that…is that smoke coming out of his ears?' Vannie said sarcastically (if you haven't noticed, Vannie's the more sarcastic one, and has more of a back bone then her brother) to with Harry chocked on his food from laughing so hard. Both Petunia and Veron made a 180 to glare at the twins.

'Sorry…' Harry wheezed '…went down the wrong pipe.' After one curt nod from Veron, they both quickly turned back around to Dudley while the twin's washed their plates, put them away, and escaped to the sanity and peace of their small cupboard…well, as much peace and sanity one can have living at a place like the Dursley's.

A/N: Ok, sorry that took so long to upload and sorry its so crappy, but I plan to update all my stories by my birthday on Sunday! So, before I update again I want 5 reviews…c'mon guys, its not hard..review!

~ Chrissie

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