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Chapter 2: Diagon Alley.

Demitria Prewett

The Attic

Potter Manor

Capal St. Mary, Suffolk

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Justus Prewett

The Attic

Potter Manor

Capal St. Mary, Suffolk

"Oh look," said Demi, "Our Hogwarts letters…wait a minute – why does this say…– Justus!"

Fast as a speeding Snitch, Demi jumped up from the table and ran with her neon yellow bath robe trailing behind her into the bathroom where her brother was taking a bubble bath.

"Demi!" he cried indignantly, oblivious to the fact that the bubbles covered all of the water and then some. "I'm naked here!"

Demi rolled her eyes. "Forget that. This is important!" she thrust the letters into his hands.

"So? It's just our Hogwarts – why does it say Prewett?"

"Exactly!" said Demi.

"But – but my name was never Prewett! And yours was changed nine years ago!"

"I know!" agreed Demi, averting her eyes as her brother hurried out of the tub and pulled on his robe – sea foam green, if you were wondering.

"Maybe – maybe Hogwarts made a mistake?" suggested Justus.

"Maybe…" said Demi, not convinced. "But I think we'll have to ask them."

Justus's green eyes widened.

"What if there's a reason? Maybe we'll need to know!" Demi defended herself.

"Fine," sighed her brother, and the two twins left the safety of their annex and travelled down the stairs and through a few halls. They were heading for James's study, but they needn't have. They ran into Krystal.

"What do you brats want?" she demanded impatiently.

"Mother…" began Justus nervously. "We – uh – we got our Hogwarts letters today."

Krystal quirked a brow. "So?"

"There seems to be a misspelling or something," said Demi, showing her. "See? It says Prewett instead of Potter."

"That's right." Nodded Krystal. "Because that's your name now. Prewett."

The children were confused. With a nasty smile on her face, Krystal leaned down and said softly. "We can't have the world knowing about the Other Potter Twins, can we? If you want to stay in our house, you'll play by our rules and the rule is this: You were taken in by us. You are Jayden and Sierra's cousins, and you will address James and myself as Aunt and Uncle. If you want to keep living in this nice house, in your nice little rooms, and making your goody-goody friends, then you had better stay in form. Got it?"

The twins nodded, stunned into silenced.

Krystal smiled. "Good. Be sure to get that godfather of yours to take you shopping for your school things. We wouldn't want you to be unprepared for school…."

And with an evil chuckle, their mother – or should we say Aunt – was gone.

Demi and Justus tried to forget about this latest development. They convinced themselves that they were better off anyway – they hadn't wanted to be part of that family since Demi's father and Justus's mother, whom they both usually referred to as mum and dad, died. However, the hole was still there. It was one thing to favour some children over the others, but quite another to change their names and force them to act like outsiders.

Overall, though, the two now-Prewetts were still happier than they had ever been. Thoughts of their new friends and the day they would soon spend with their godfather heartened the pair as they walked slowly back upstairs, hand in hand.

There was a problem: as Sirius worked as an Auror, he sometimes had to go on missions that would last for unknown amounts of time.

This was one of these times.

James and Krystal weren't about to take Demi and Justus to Diagon Alley with them and their favourite twins, lest people learn they exist, so the question was, how were they going to get to Diagon Alley?

In the end, they decided to go the next morning, a day after their 'family' did. They would expect them to be in their room, and rarely checked on them anyway, so they would simply sneak out. Although after the newest development, Demi and Justus doubted that either would care anyway.

When Gideon and Lily died, they had secretly left a joint vault for Justus and Demi, apparently expecting that something like this might happen, and Sirius withdrew money for them when they needed it.

So the next morning, Demi awoke and dressed in a purple and denim dress and her favourite knee-high black leather boots, smiling as she snake-braided her hair and though of how Sirius would say she that looked more like him every day.

Justus, next door, dressed in blue jeans, a white collared shirt, and a red, gray, and blue plaid shirt over it. He quickly combed through his hair and grabbed his leather money pouch before meeting Demi in the playroom.

"Ready?" he grinned. They were always excited to get out of the house.

"Of course."

They went into James's study – which was almost never used – and Demi quickly located the jar of Floo powder.

"You first," she offered Justus, and he took a pinch reluctantly. They hated Flooing.

"Diagon Alley!" he cried, throwing the powder down and disappearing in a whirl of green flames.

"Here goes nothing," said Demi, taking a deep breath, and followed her brother, making sure to close her eyes and keep her elbows tucked in.

She suddenly jerked to a halt, and found herself falling towards the floor…until a hand jerked out and caught her.

"Thanks," she said gratefully, looking up at her rescuer.

"No problem," he assured, smiling. Demi guessed he was about her age. He had short brown hair, slightly tanned skin, and black eyes.

Behind him, Justus was being helped up by a girl who looked very similar to the boy: she had lighter hair, a dark blond, but the same eyes and nose.

"I'mWayne, and this is my cousin, Lavender." He introduced, gesturing to the girl.

"Hi," said Demi. "I'm Demi Pott – Prewett, and my brother's name is Justus. Are you two first years as well?"

They both nodded.

"Lavender!" called a voice from bookshelf to their right. "Look at this book I found – oh, hi Demi, Justus!"

Matilda Honey appeared, holding a stack of books.

"Hi, Matilda," said Justus.

"You know each other?" askedWayne, quirking an eyebrow.

"Yes," said Matilda, setting down the books. "We met at The Children Who Lived's birthday party. Demi and Justus are their twins. I told you guys, remember?"

"Oh, right!" said Lavender. She turned to the Potters. "I think it's horrible, what they do to you."

The siblings blushed.

"Wait," saidWayneslowly. "Didn't you just say your last name was Prewett?"

Matilda looked at them with a confused expression.

"Yeah – something happened yesterday…" said Justus. "Apparently our parents are actually our Aunt and Uncle."

"Really?" said Matilda, looking even more confused. "But–"

Luckily at that moment a woman walked toward them. Justus and Demi didn't like having to lie to their friends, but they decided that they would tell them the whole story at Hogwarts. They didn't want it getting out – they liked their rooms!

"Matilda, dear, have you found everything yet?" the woman asked Matilda.

"Yes, mum." Matilda answered, heaving the books into the cauldron at her mother's feet. "And these are the friends I was telling you about – Justus and Demi."

"Oh, hello there dears," she said, shaking each of their hands. "I'm Jennifer Honey. It's nice to meet you."

"You too," said Demi, smiling.

Jennifer glanced down at her watch and wrinkled her nose. "Sorry kids, but we have to go. Perhaps we'll see you two at the platform?"

The twins nodded, and Matilda hugged them both – something neither was used to. A moment later, Demi and Justus were alone.

"Okay," said Demi decisively. "Let's start getting our books."

So the Prewetts split up and got two copies of all the books they would need for the year, plus a few more for fun reading. Next they went to the potions supplies store, followed by their telescopes and dragonhide gloves. They came to a stop in front of the Magical Menagerie.

"We have plenty of money," Justus said. "We should get a pet each."

Demi thought for a moment, and then nodded in agreement. "Yeah, we should. Come on."

The inside of the shop was filled with hisses, barks, meows, gurgles, and an assortment of other noises they couldn't identify. Every surface, not to mention the cages, had at least one animal on it.

After about ten minutes of wandering, petting, and question the employees, Justus had picked a large snowy owl he named Hedwig and Demi picked a tiny half-kneazle kitten calledAdelaide.

After paying for their animals, the twins headed to Madam Malkin's to get their robes and uniforms. Inside were two children about their age already being fitted by a slightly chubby, red-cheeked woman.

"Oh blast it, two more," she said when she saw Demi and Justus. "Come on over here then, stand up there, that's it…"

"Hi," said the girl across from Justus. She had very long, dark brown hair and looked to be Italian. "I'm Basel Zabini, and this is my cousin, Blaise. Are you new to Hogwarts this year as well?"

"Yes," answered Demi. "I'm Demi Prewett, and this is my brother, Justus."

Blaise looked a lot likeBasel– he had the same dark skin and hair, but his was short and even curlier. He smiled at them both and asked the inevitable question: "What Houses do you think you'll be in?"

"Probably Gryffindor or Ravenclaw," said Justus. "But we don't really care either way. Just as long as we're not near those Children Who Lived."

Baseland Blaise both laughed, and Justus and Demi were relieved that they weren't fan-people.

"I agree," saidBasel. "Though I think I'll be in Hufflepuff."

"That's you two done, dears," said Madam Malkin to the two Zabini's, and they paid her and left with a wave to Demi and Justus.

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"I'm not nervous." Demi said.

"Me either." Agreed Justus.

They both stared determinedly at the sign that read 'Ollivander's', then, with a simultaneous deep breath, they walked in.

"Hello there," said an old man behind the counter. "Here for your wands?" they nodded shakily. "Well come on then, don't be shy. Ladies first."

Ollivander pulled out a measuring tape and began measuring Demi, who tried to ignore his slightly disconcerting stare.

It seemed like hours before Justus and Demi finally found their wands – Justus's twelve inches, yew and dragon heartstring, and Demi's eleven and a fourth inches, holly and phoenix feather. Ollivander even informed them that Justus's wand happed to be from the same tree as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's had been, and Demi's core came from the same bird as his. Ollivander thought it was an interesting coincidence, but Justus and Demi thought there was more to it…

When all their shopping was finally done, the two twins Flooed back home and went up to their suit. That night they both stayed up late reading, and at exactly midnight, something happened that was very strange, even for Justus and Demi.

Two ribbons, one yellow, one sea green, suddenly burst out of thin air and floated towards them.