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Chapter 2

Elektra looked down at the letter in her hand as both happy and sad tears fell freely down her face. She looked down and read it again.

'Elektra

I'm not sure how to start this or even what to call you. I don't even know if you know who I am. I guess someone would have told you, but maybe not, I mean no one told me about you. So I'll tell you I'm your older brother Harry James Potter. It occurred to me that you also might not know about what happened to Sirius since not many do. I'm not sure how to tell it so I'll just put it as it is. Sirius is dead. I'm sorry, I got the feeling you were close? He was killed during a battle in the Dept. of Mysteries two weeks ago.

I found a letter left by him a week ago telling me about you and Azrael. He explained everything to me and I decided I should try to contact you, it took me a week to get up the nerve and figure out what to say. You're the only real family I have left now. I'd like to get to know you and Azrael if not as siblings then as friends. I know not many know about you two so it would be near impossible to try and claim your both my long lost siblings, but I know who you are and that's enough. I want to be your brother and I hope you'll be my siblings as well.

I'd like to meet you both, but I don't know how that would be possible. Right now I'm with the Dursley's. Our mother's sister, her husband, and son. I'm not sure what you know or don't so I'll just assume you don't know anything that way if you know you can ignore what I say but if you don't you'll find out. Anyway I have people following me every time I leave the house, Dumbledore's people. So meeting, if you want to that is, will probably have to wait until I can sneak away from Hogwarts.

Oh I also know you and Azrael are were-cats(Felidae's?) and I don't care. You're my family and that's all that matters, besides I have lots of unusual and diverse friends like Remus who is a werewolf, Hagrid who is half-giant, Dobby who is a free house-elf, and a centaur. I'm also not what people would say is normal. Nothing as cool as having an animal form like you, though. I can speak to snakes, an ability which is seen as dark and evil. My mind is also connected to the Dark Lord's. So I think that's about it.

Your brother

Harry'

The good news was that her oldest brother finally knew about her and Azrael and he accepted them even though they are were-cats. He wanted to meet them and be a family or at the very least friends. The bad news was that Sirius was dead. Her beloved Godfather and the only one besides her mother and brother who had loved her unconditionally the first ten months of her life. Sirius had been like a father to her and he'd loved her like his own daughter. She knew Azrael who feel the same about this as her. The only question was how did they get to their big brother? Sirius had told them many things during his few visit's to the Pride since his escape from Azkaban.

One of the things he'd told them was about the Dursley's. He'd told them everything he knew about their brother. He'd also informed them that he didn't think the Dursley's treat Harry well. He didn't think they actually hurt him, but he knew they didn't love him. It had been clear to Sirius that Harry didn't like his relatives the night he'd asked Harry if he would like to live with him, this had never happened but Harry had immediately accepted without hesitation once the shock of the question wore off.

Sirius said he hadn't thought much on it at the time but later wondered why Harry would agree so enthusiastically to live with an escaped convict that everyone thought a murderer and Death Eater who betrayed the Potter's to Voldemort. It hadn't even been an hour before that Harry was so convinced of these facts that he had been prepared to kill Sirius and had even attacked him. This had confused Sirius. How did one go from wanting to kill someone to wanting to live with someone? The obvious answer to him had been that Harry didn't get along with his relatives.

This had worried both Azrael and herself once Sirius had explained this to them. They'd both asked numerous times if he thought Harry was being physically abused. Sirius hadn't been sure, but Harry didn't show any signs of abuse except for being smaller then he should. Sirius had also talked to a few of Harry's friends and asked them about the Dursley's. He'd found out that they didn't like Harry and gave him a lot of chores. One of Harry's friends had also let it slip that they once locked him in his room and put bars on his windows while not feeding him regularly. All of Harry's clothes were also hand-me-downs from his much larger cousin. The neglect was bad, but it didn't appear to be anything worse. She and Azrael had been happy about this, but it disturbed her that her mother had sent her here to get her away from her father who hated her so she wouldn't have to grow up with someone who hated her and Harry ended up being raised by three people who hated him.