Summary: Harry's twin sister, Holly, is a spitting image of her father with her mother's temper. But why is she so insistent to deny how much she's like their parents? Why is she so interested in the Weasley Twins?
Disclaimer: Do not own. Never have; never will.
A/n: NO FLAMES! Not accepted. Thank-you. VGxx
2nd A/n: I debated whether to jump straight to Fourth Year but I decided against it. Here is more of Third Year. Nearing the end of year.
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Chapter Seven – Adopt Me!
Holly survived the rest of the term without having anything said to her about being related to Harry, she refused to let herself or him believe it. She trusted that Remus had said something to take Harry off the trail. But it was hard to do. What do you say to someone who is convinced that someone else is related to them? Everyone saw the likeness between her and James Potter, so why was she insistent that she was a Lupin. To make matters worse – Fred and George were on Harry's side. Holly couldn't even pull a prank without one calling her 'Potter' at least once. In the end she told them she couldn't do it anymore.
"What do you mean Sparks?" Fred asked put out.
"I mean I cannot pull a prank with you lot if you keep calling me Potter at least once during the course of such!" Holly snapped.
"But we don't mean to Spark!" George said also sounding hurt. Holly put up a hand.
"No I don't care if you mean it or not. I can't do it. Now if you want someone to help you get another kid to do it. Cause I'm not risking my neck with my father and I'm not putting up with you smearing me with that name!" Unfortunately for Holly, Ron, Harry and Hermione had just walked in as she said that.
"What's wrong with my name!" Harry yelled as he saw who had said it.
"I never said there was anything–" Holly started but Harry cut over the top of her.
"You just said you don't want Fred and George smearing you with it!" Harry shouted.
"There's nothing wrong with–" Holly tried again but he didn't listen.
"Don't lie to me!" Harry all but screamed.
"LET ME FINISH!" The common room fell silent, "There is nothing wrong with you having the name Harry – it's just it's not my name." Holly said calmly. But Harry still didn't like it.
"Denying it won't make it go away." He said. Holly stared at him, hazel locked on green.
"Denying what?" Holly asked sharply.
"Who you really are." Ron put in.
"So now everyone is on Harry's side. I'M NOT A POTTER!" Holly screamed instead of running upstairs like everyone thought she would she pushed past the three third years she'd made friends with first year and past her two best friends and out of the common room. She didn't even stop to say sorry to Neville and Ginny as she roughly brushed past them.
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-- Lupin's Office --
"Dad what did you– Dad?" Holly stopped when she found the office empty; she looked down at her watch. It showed 7:15pm. The Feast! She'd forgotten all about it! She quickly shut the door but stopped dead. Her warm hazel eyes met cold hard grey ones.
"Miss Lupin? What are you doing here and not at the feast?" Severus Snape snarled at her.
"I could ask you the same thing Severus." Another voice jumped in. Remus to the rescue. Holly let out an inaudible sigh. Remus always had an uncanny way of turning up just in time.
"Holly? What are you doing here?" Remus asked her.
"I had to ask you something Professor, it couldn't wait." Holly said. Remus nodded and opened his office for her to go in.
"Now what did you have to ask me Holly? I hope it's important. I'm missing Chocolate Pudding for this." Remus said. Holly rolled her eyes; she was so over her father and Chocolate Pudding! With a wave of her wand she conjured some for him
"Eat it. Look, Harry and Ron and Hermione and Fred and George they're all against me, they don't understand why I can't let out why I'm not allowing myself to be a Potter." Holly said, Remus ignored the pudding in front of him and watched her with interest.
"Potter hey? Well there's only one way to settle that, and it's to admit that you are a Potter." Remus said relaxing back in his chair.
"No! No, no, no! When I turned 6 I vowed never to be a Potter again! You were so much more of a father than I could've wished for!" Holly yelled.
"I was doing what James would've done to you! You would've been the only female born Potter! He would've doted on you no end! I know James and he was like that! He loved kids!" Remus said leaning forward again his elbows narrowly missing the pudding.
"You are the only father I've known Remus! I do not want to admit to be something I'm not!" Holly snapped angrily. Remus could tell he was pushing it. But she wouldn't hurt him. She'd get expelled or suspended if she did.
"But you are a Potter. No matter how much you try to deny it. You can do everything to deny it – but it's in your blood. You could've gone up after Malfoy and caught Neville's Rememberal and could've become the youngest Quidditch Player in a Century! But no, you stayed put on the ground – just like your mother would've." Remus said.
"Just like you would've!" Holly stated.
"It makes no difference what I would've done! You look just like James but you act just the same as Lily did!" Remus said laughter edging into his voice. Holly stared at him disbelief on her face. She couldn't believe she was hearing this!
"I can't believe you! Argh! No matter what I do or say you always keep saying I'm a Potter when I'm not! There is more then one way to fix it!" Holly snapped.
"Oh yes? And what may I ask is the other way?" He asked, anger now edging into his voice.
"Adopt me!" It took a moment for Remus to truly understand exactly what Holly had said.
"WHAT?!" He stood up towering over her.
"Adopt me Remus! Then I will truly be your daughter!" Holly said. Remus refused over and over again no matter how many times Holly tried to persuade him to.
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Holly woke to the sound of voices the next morning. Parvati, Lavender, Hermione and Ginny were all talking in hushed voices but she caught the words 'Harry', 'Professor Lupin' her own name and 'daughter', she didn't have to be exceptionally bright to know what they were talking about. She yawned loudly to let them know she was awake, immediately the talking stopped. She pushed the curtains around her four-poster open.
"Oh please do not allow my moment of awakening let your conversation cease. Please go on." She said sourly. She stood up and walked into the bathroom. When she emerged Hermione and Ginny were the only ones left in the room. Holly merely cocked an eyebrow and dressed as quickly as she could.
"Why do you deny who you are Lupin? It's no good you know. We know you're Harry's twin sister." Hermione asked, a biting note of sarcasm in her voice.
"Oh god, Granger can we not? Please? I fought with my dad last night I do not need your sarcasm this morning." Holly said, rolling her eyes.
"She's not being sarcastic Holly. She merely asked you a simple question." Ginny said.
"Don't you start defending her Weasley. You're no better." Holly said.
"Don't start on me!" Ginny snapped.
"Why not? All the Weasley's are against me anyway!" Holly ignored the shouts of her name as she exited the Dormitory, and ignored Fred and George completely as she made her way down to breakfast. She didn't need to be argued with or ignored completely.
Harry, Ron and Hermione positioned themselves about two metres away from her. Fred and George sat opposite them. Ginny sat with her brothers. Holly ended sitting by herself not that she particularly minded but it seemed to worry her father. He glanced at her quite a few times during the meal but she ignored all looks sent her way. Even in Potions she was ridiculed. Snape purposefully paired her with Harry. They worked surprisingly well together though. Even Snape was surprised when he saw them talking civilly to each other about it.
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"Do you mind?" Holly's voice was heated as Harry placed his feet up on the table in the common room and it obscured her view of the paragraph she was copying down for her Essay for History of Magic.
"Professor Binns wants this done by Tuesday and it's Sunday. I need to get this done ok?" Holly looked across at the boy who lived; she would've scoffed had she not been born his sister. Boy who lived what sort of title was that? She pushed his feet off the table and finished copying out the paragraph.
"Did you have something to say Harry?" Holly asked as she waited for the ink to dry. He looked at her now, piercing green meeting with Hazel.
"I think I was wrong about you Holly." He said. She cocked an eyebrow.
"Wrong about me? How?" She asked.
"Maybe we're not twins. Maybe it's just my imagination." Harry said softly resting his chin in his palm.
"Good. Because look at this." Holly held out a page to him. Certificate of birth With her name Holly Elizabeth Lupin displayed along with Emma Andrews and Remus J. Lupin so it was a legitimate birth certificate. But what Harry didn't know was that this was a total fake – it wasn't real! Holly had found a way to trick him.
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Bit freaky in the next chapter. Look out for it!
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