DISCLAIMER: Yeah Yeah Yeah, you know the drill…I own absolutely, positively NOTHING! And my brother loves to remind me –throws tomato at gloating brother—take that Dejan! LoL
Now…ON WITH THE STORY!FINDING LEILA- CH. 2
Harry sat with Ron and Hermione at the Gryffindor table. A girl with raven hair and hazel eyes came up to him with a past to explain.
"Hello Harry."
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Harry turned around to see who had spoken to him. Before him, he saw a girl with wavy black hair pulled back into a low ponytail. She had lovely hazel eyes and looked very much like him, however she had thin oval glasses instead of large round ones.
"Uh, hi… you look familiar…do I know you?" Harry asked with curiosity.
"Yes, think hard of who I am, Harry," Leila responded.
"What's your name? I might be able to remember if I knew your name."
"Oh right, sorry. My name is Leila," she said with a growing smile on her face. Harry thought for a moment. Suddenly it occurred to him. Suddenly he remembered everything.
"Lei? Is it really you?" Harry asked excitedly. He hugged his sister for the first time in 15 years.
"How long has it been?" Harry asked as they separated.
"15 years almost to the day," Leila responded. "I've missed you so much," she said.
"I've missed you too…oh yeah. Ron, Hermione, meet my twin sister Leila."
"Your twin?" Ron said, "I though Lupin said she was his niece."
"What?" Harry asked, confused.
" I suppose I ought to explain," Leila said.
"Yeah, please," Harry said. Leila sat next to Harry and turned to face him.
"Okay, so when Hagrid and Lupin separated us, Hagrid obviously took you to the Dursley's. But Remus took me to his flat," Leila began.
"Why?" Harry asked.
"Well, Sirius was your godfather, but Remus is my godfather. Since Sirius was in Azkaban, you were sent to Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's. Remus took custody of me because it's what Mum and Dad wanted if something happened," Leila continued.
"But why would Mum and Dad separate us then?" Harry asked, still confused.
"Well in the event that something did happen to both of them, they wanted to ensure that we were taken care of. So they made their best friends, who saw each other almost daily, our godfathers."
"I think I get it now…wait, how do you know all this?" Harry asked.
"Uncle Remus told me, and yes I do call him Uncle Remus," Leila answered. "Whenever he would take me to the Weasley's, he would tell Ron and Ginny that I was his niece because everyone else knew the truth, so I've know Ron for years, he just never knew that I was your sister."
Hermione finally spoke, "I knew she was too, Harry. We've been friends since first year. She told me when I noticed how similar you two were and that you two had the same surname."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Harry inquired.
"Leila asked me not to because she wasn't allowed either," Hermione responded.
"Okay, I have one more question," Harry said. Leila nodded. "Why was I sent to the Dursley's?"
Leila was silent for a moment then spoke. "Because it's what Dumbledore wanted. You were in danger. I wasn't. Uncle Remus almost took us both until Hagrid told him Dumbledore would take care of your affairs. I was free to go with my godfather and rightful guardian."
"I get it now," Harry said. The four teenagers went back to the Gryffindor Common Room. They sat and talked for a while and finally parted to prepare for their first day of classes.
--Boys Dorm—
As the boys got ready for bed, Harry asked Ron some questions about his long lost sister.
"Hey Ron? What was Leila like as a kid?" Harry asked.
"She was pretty cool, but sometimes she acted kind of weird…" Ron responded.
"Weird how?"
"Like…she can do wandless magic and every so often she'd throw this fit or something. She'd start screaming as if someone had performed the Cruciatus Curse on her. Remus would take her somewhere to calm her down. But none of us know where…" Ron explained.
"Hmm…I'll ask her about it…'night Ron," Harry said. Ron instantly fell asleep, but Harry stayed awake for a while thinking. 'I can't believe I finally found her,' he thought.
So? How was it? Please, please, PLEASE! REVIEW! Oh yeah, something(s) to pay attention to : Ron didn't explain about Leila's wandless magic and he didn't explain in complete detail about her "fits." The fits that she has will be explained later on and we'll get to see some of her wandless magic.
Oh yeah, I'm going PARTLY by book 6. Although I did not like it as much as the others, in fact I just about HATED it (it really disappointed me), there are some parts I think should be added into this, which'll show up later. This story WILL be Harry/Hermione soon, I promise. And Leila has an unexpected love interest…ok that's all I'll spoil for now. Umm…hmm…I feel like I'm forgetting something….oh yeah, just so's you all know, Leila's gonna appear in all the stories I write after this one. Again, Please, please, PLEASE! REVIEW!
Till Later,
--Marija--