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Chapter 2

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"Potter, Anna!"

Anna bit her lip, and walked to the stool nervously. She trembled a little, but when she turned around so that she faced all the students' faces in Great Hall, she saw that Harry gave her an encouraging smile. She suddenly felt better, and she even could give Harry a slight smile too. Then, Professor McGonagall put the Sorting Hat on her head.

Five seconds later, the Sorting Hat screamed its decision to all Great Hall's occupants.

"RAVENCLAW!"

Polite applause was given, and Anna took off the hat. She walked to the table, which was now her table as well as the rest of other Ravenclaws. She grinned at Harry.

"Potter, Harry!"

This time, slightly different than Anna, Harry walked without any nervous traces on his face. He sat calmly, not noticing some odd looks that he received from teachers and some older students, as well as some whispering from them.

The hat was large and easily covered his eyes and ears, something which made Harry a little uncomfortable. He never liked the darkness, especially the feeling of emptiness in it. Then, suddenly, the hat started speaking to him.

"Hm, difficult. Definitely not fearful," the hat muttered "Only a little loyalty, eh? We can scratch Hufflepuff from our options. A very cunning boy, very cunning and strong-willed. Ambitious, especially in survival... And you also have the brain that will be needed for that ambition."

Smart, Cunning, and Brave... Harry knew that the hat meant that he had traits of those three houses: Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Gryffindor, he had read much about them, and had known that maybe Slytherin was the most promising house for him and the one that could helped him to achieved his goal. But now...

Sitting at the Ravenclaw table was a girl that, for the first time in his life, could give him warmth, the very first kid that he could call a 'friend'.

He wanted to be with her.

As simple as that.

"Interesting. Very interesting thought, oh yes, I should correct my previous judgment on you. Definitely not... Not Slytherin. You better be RAVENCLAW!"

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June, 1992

Month had passed since the two kids met for the first time. They both now had become best friends. They were never separated, at anytime or anywhere. Always together. They would study together, sat at the same table in classes, and ate side-by-side in great hall. Everything together.

At first, their other friends, especially Ravenclaws, were very curious about two of them because they had same last name, same eyes, same hair color, and many others things. They both even had same favorite foods.

"Are you sure you're not twins? So many things are similar between you two, you know," Terry asked one day.

"We don't know. There's possibility for that. We both raised in orphanages since we were babies. The people in my orphanage never told me about my parents, they just said I don't have any remaining family alive," Anna answered.

"Same with me," Harry said, not bothered by those questions.

Their answers were always the same, and after some months, they stopped questioning them. There were so many things that had happened, that wiped their curiosity from them both. A lot of those things were connected to Neville Longbottom, the Boy-Who-Lived, and his best friends. First there was the troll. Then the Quidditch match, where he lost the control of his broomstick momentarily. Then, the last time, was when Longbottom was caught by Professor McGonagall. He was caught while descending the stairs from Astronomy Tower, together with Hermione Granger, the Gryffindor know-it-all, outside curfew hours. No one knew what he did with Granger.

Harry and Anna never cared about them in slightest.

"That's not important," said Anna, while the two of them studying in library. Harry glanced to their side. There, sitting with stacks of books surrounding her, was Granger herself. The exams were approaching, and no other first years seemed as busy as Granger. Harry frowned a little.

"She knows that she is the top in our year, she even surpasses us. Does she need to study in open air like this? She intimidates so many students, you know," Harry whispered.

"That's why she was called a Know-it-All," Anna said.

They studied a little more, until Anna finally sighed, yawned and stretched her hands. Harry looked up from his book, and raised his eyebrow a little.

"Do my eyes trick me? Did I really just see you yawned in the middle of our study session?" Harry asked.

"Oh, shut up," Anna said, as she shook her head.

"Who are you and what've you done to my best friend Anna 'the Brainy one' Potter?" Harry said teasingly.

"' the Brainy one?'" Anna asked, her mouth forming a small smile.

"That's what they said. A new method to differ us, beside our hair and gender," Harry said, raising his shoulders.

Anna looked at him for a moment before she laughed. Harry laughed too. Madam Pince's and Granger's faces suddenly appeared, and they were glaring daggers at them both. Before they could say anything, Harry and Anna packed their things and went out of the library quickly, still chuckling.

"You know, people said that we're twins. But I think the real twins are Granger and Madam Pince. They both are so protective of any books in existence!" Harry said.

Anna laughed again.

They walked along the corridor, the one which now was so familiar to them, the one which would take them to Ravenclaw Tower. When they passed a large window, they saw that it was raining outside. Harry didn't care about it, but Anna stopped.

Harry stopped too, and turned to Anna. She was staring outside the window, her expression was soft, and her mouth formed a slight smile. Her black hair hung around her face, framed it perfectly. So perfect, so beautiful.

Harry shook his head. Another thought that he shouldn't have... especially towards his best friend.

He waited for a moment, and then when he didn't see any signs that Anna was going to leave the window, he chose to ask, "Anna? What happened?"

Anna turned her head a little, and stared at Harry's eyes. She answered, "Do you think we can meet during the summer holidays?"

Harry blinked. "Huh?" he said, less than eloquently.

Anna shook her head, and said, "I mean - I really will miss you, I'm sure of that. And both of us don't have owls, and we can't call each other by phone, so - can we... meet?"

"Of course we can meet. I'll come to your orphanage, don't worry about that. I promise," Harry said. He frowned a little, noticing that Anna's face reddened a little. What the... "Anna? What's the matter, really?"

"Nothing... I'm just..." she swallowed, and took a deep breath. She said again, "This year... You have made this year become the best year of my life. You're... so nice to me. I like for having you as my friend. So..."

"You study too much, Anna," Harry said quickly. He felt that his face also warmed because of her little speech. He didn't know why, but he felt so happy knowing that he had made Anna's year amazing and knowing that Anna like him as her friend.

Anna looked up, and for a moment they just stared at each other's emerald green eyes. Then, just like when they met for the first time, Anna snorted first.

"Sorry," Anna said, shaking her head. "I'm in melancholy state. Sorry."

"It's okay," Harry answered; he reached for her hand and held it. "Maybe... err... we study too much? Maybe we need rest? How about if we play outside?"

Anna blinked, and suddenly giggled. She said, "It's raining."

"I don't remember you ever saying you disliked rain," Harry said, smiling.

After a little chuckle, they put their things at Ravenclaw Tower, and then headed together to the Castle Ground.

It had been two months.

Two months since they escaped from a place they called home. The only place they ever called home with all of their hearts. The wizarding world of Britain was collapsing more and more into the darkness, under Voldemort's reign. The number of muggle-borns called to the ministry was increasing each day, people that opposed the ministry were swept out or even captured, and brought to Azkaban.

Harry had seen a wanted poster, with picture of him and Anna inside the Daily Prophet Newspaper more than once. He felt so angry about it, but he knew he couldn't do anything without exposing danger to them. There were so many snatchers and Death Eaters around Britain right now.

They were, at first, planning to go outside of England with magic. But then they realized that they never learned how to create a portkey. Aside from portkeys, they didn't know of any other means of transportation that could get them safely to the European continent. Harry thought about apparating, but Anna opposed him. There were so many miles stretched between them and the continent, apparating from center of the island simply was suicidal. So they planned on walking to Dover, the closest point to the European continent. They could Apparate to Calais, France, from there, and then they could live safely in Europe.

Because they were both wanted by government, they could not risk themselves by moving in the open. They were avoiding big cities and public roads, sometimes visiting muggle towns, but they never slept at an inn. It simply was too dangerous, so many ministry's spies inside the muggle community. So, because there wasn't any other choice, they went to Dover by their own feet. Walking slowly, moving little by little, inside the woods. Slow, but safe.

Anna's safety was his main priority right now, and Harry was intent to fulfill it.

Now, they were standing outside their tent. Their wands were in hand; their stance was ready to fight. But Harry's expression was more afraid than Anna.

"What was that?" Anna whispered.

Harry felt that too. Not heard, but felt. The earth below them was trembling, not continuously, but in a rhythm.

It was like something big was punching the ground over and over again.

"Shut up, Anna..." Harry whispered, he pushed his sister a little, making an attempt to hide her from the source of those tremors. Wrong, the sources of those tremors.

Three giants, large, big, and abnormally frightening, appeared from behind the trees. Those giants held big clubs, and one of them even had a Broad axe behind its back. The three of them walked slowly together, with the giant that held a Broad Axe in front. It seemed it was the leader.

Harry and Anna had never seen a giant before, much less three at once. It was really frightening, watching the three of them walking with their mighty weapons, acting like the earth was owned by them. And honestly? Maybe they really owned the earth.

Harry knew full well that neither he nor Anna could produce spell that could take down giants. If they were sighted, it would be the end for them both. So their best chance right now was ducking beside their tent, hoping that the Giants would passed by them.

One of Harry's feet snapped a twig.

Those three giants stopped at once, and turned their heads to Harry and Anna's position.

One growled, and raised its club a little.

"Harry..." Anna whispered, grabbing Harry's hand strongly, "We need to go..."

"Can... can they see past the protections that we put around our tent?" Harry asked, very afraid now.

"Yes, they can! Because the protections only work on humans! Now we need to go!" Anna said, more forcefully this time.

Harry quickly agreed, but before he could even perform the spell to pack their things, the giant that closest to them roared. They both jumped, and watched in awe at the giants when it approached them, raising its club above its head -

"RUN!" Harry screamed.

At the same time, the largest giant, the one which brought the Broad Axe, roared. It's not as loud as the previous giant, but it contained strength so much that the other giants stopped at once. Then, without any other words, the two giants walked again, leaving Harry and Anna unharmed.

Harry watched in awe at how the situation turned right in front of him. He then looked up to the Leader Giant, but the Leader had turned its back to them, to lead his men again.

It was one full hour until Anna could bring some sense inside her brain again and said the first thing that came into her mind:

"M-m-maybe we should avoid woods for a while."

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Against all odds, Harry and Anna found themselves in a little village. It was a muggle village, full of children running around and some adults talked. No one noticed two teens walking together, hand in hand alongside the village road. After searching for a while, they found an Inn. It was little, and looked worn out, but it seemed clean enough.

They knew that it was a bad idea to check in legally. Who knows how many spies that reside in the Inn's Bar? So they did their very first muggle crime ever: They apparated directly into one of the Inn's rooms.

Anna placed standard protections at the door, making sure that they would not be disturbed by any persons outside their room. Harry cleaned the room, and made the bed so it was comfortable for them.

Wait a sec...

A bed.

Only one bed. For both of them.

"What's happen? Harry?" Anna asked, noticing that Harry froze in the middle of his work.

Harry blinked, and turned around quickly, facing Anna.

In some part of his brain, the one that held so many devils and so many bad thoughts, encouraging him to take this chance, this was a very good situation. He could sleep together with Anna, finally, in bed, together, just two of them. He could smell her hair, touched her soft skin, maybe even give advice to take their clothes -

But another part of his brain noticing what Anna said.

"Oh. One bed..." Anna bit her lip, clearly noticing what was going on. She looked at Harry, and smiled. She said, "Don't worry. I could sleep on the couch."

That sentence woke Harry up from his brain's inner struggle. He shook his head, and said quickly, "No. No, Anna! You're the one that will sleep on the bed. I will sleep on the couch, and guard the room -"

"Harry," Anna said, taking a step toward Harry. Her expression was soft, sad, and sympathetic. "You don't have... to be so tough for me, you know. I know how you are awake until past midnight, every night when we were in the tent. I know that. You deserve a good sleep for once, you know."

"Ah. Don't worry. I always have a good sleep -"

"Then why do you have bags under your eyes?" Anna asked, taking another a step towards him. She bit her lip, and said, "Really, Harry. You have to take a rest -"

"No! No! And No!" Harry snapped.

A little too loud. He noticed that Anna's face looked hurt. But he shook his head, and continued, "I want to protect you. All this time, I do it to protect you. Don't you know that! Or do you think that all I've done was... Just in vain?"

Another loud sentence. Harry winced inwardly when he saw Anna's expression. She nodded weakly, and said, "I am sorry, Harry... I just... I just..."

"Oh, no, no!" Harry said quickly, hugging Anna fully. Anna stiffened for a second, before letting down her guard and hugged him back. She sobbed a little, and Harry felt so bad for making her cry. He closed his eyes, and held her tighter.

They stayed like that for a while, until Harry said first, "I'm sorry, Anna... I'm just... I just want you to get the best, you know. Between two of us, I'd rather have the worst than seeing you... uncomfortable."

Anna suddenly chuckled in Harry's shoulder. She whispered, "I know, little bro. Sorry."

"No. I'm sorry," Harry said again.

She sighed, and nodded to his shoulder.

After some seconds later, she pulled back first. Harry felt cold wave washed him with the absence of Anna's warm body, and he looked at Anna warily. But Anna wore her usual smile, and it was so difficult to stay in somber mood if he looked at her smile.

Before he could say anything, Anna said, "Look, Harry. Just... This bed simply is too large for me. We can use it together."

"Use... Together?"

"Yes," Anna said.

"As in... sleeping together?" Harry asked slowly. His bad-section- of-brain now was in uproar.

"Yes. You can say like that. Of course, I will be extra-careful to not touch you more-than-in-appropriate, little bro," Anna said, teasingly. She looked at Harry hopefully.

Harry opened his mouth, but no sound came. He opened it again, but still no sound. So he surrendered to his bad-section-of-brain, and nodded.

Anna grinning widely, so wide and so innocently that Harry also smiled even wider.

He knew he would regret his decision later, but for now, he didn't care much. Anna was smiling happily. That's all that he need. Nothing else.

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A/N: There will be reasons for everything. Even the giants, why they were there. Leave a review, if you don't mind. Thanks :)