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In the Gryffindor common room, Rosemary was writing in her diary about the sorting ceremony that occurred only a few hours before. Of course, the common room was very loud with everyone talking about "that potter kid". From her seat on the windowsill she was able to see out over to the forbidden forest as well as into the common room. While looking outside, she noticed a cloaked figure walking quickly into the forest. 'What's he doing outside at this hour?' Rosemary wondered. She didn't have long to ponder this thought because the common room became suddenly quiet. Fearing the Weasley twins were up to no good, she looked up from the window. She noticed everyone was staring at the base of the boys' staircase. She moved over an inch to discover a first-year staring at her.

"Uh… pardon me, but could someone point me in the right direction to the loo?" Harry potter was looking directly into Rosemary's eyes as he spoke.

"Uh… just go down the hall, take a left, a right, go through the tapestry of the four founders of Hogwarts, take a right, and if you did everything correctly it will be on your left." Rosemary chose this bathroom because she wanted to talk to Harry. It was also near the Slytherin common room, and she could get Marie.

"Uh… Rose… why don't you show him the way yourself?" Sophia whispered to rosemary, seeing the look of obvious confusion on the boy's face.

Rosemary stood as she put a bookmark in her diary. "Oh, just follow me." She told him, holding her diary against her chest. Sophia was not going to read this entry! He followed her out the door to the Gryffindor head of house's office. She knocked on the door.

"Come in, Potter, Doué." Came the voice from behind the door.

"Hello, professor McGonagall." A nervous Rosemary greeted as she opened the door.

"What would you like to ask me?" McGonagall asked.

"I was wondering if I could take him to the loo, he doesn't know the way." Rosemary gestured to Harry.

"Yes, go ahead, but don't stray far from the route." Rosemary and Harry started to leave the room. "Oh, Doué," McGonagall looked over her rectangular glasses. "Are you using this as an excuse to tell Mr. Potter?"

"No, professor, I'm just showing him to the loo." Rosemary answered, turning red.

"Alright, see you in Transfiguration tomorrow."

"Goodbye, professor." Rosemary answered as she closed the door.

"Tell me what?" Harry asked rosemary.

"Oh, I'll tell you with my twin another time."

"Oh… okay… so who was that professor?"

"Professor McGonagall teaches transfiguration. She's pretty strict, so I advise you not to get on her bad side."

"What about the other professors? I heard Snape was torture."

Rosemary clutched her diary tighter at the mention of Snape. It reminded her she still needed to write that part of the night. "Yeah, he is, especially with Gryffindors. And I'm sure he'd have something against you, since he hated our- I mean, your father." Crap! She almost gave it away!

"Oh, great." Replied Harry sarcastically.

"Tell me about it." Rosemary just realized Snape might have something against her now that he knew just who exactly her father was.

"What about the other professors?"

"Well, professor sprout teaches Herbology, she's really nice, and the course is fun. Professor Flitwick teaches charms class. He's amazing, so is the course. Professor Quirrel teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts. That class is always interesting, but difficult. I don't know about him, though, he's new."

"Yeah, I met him at the leaky cauldron in London."

"That's cool. I think that's it for a first year's classes. We're at the loo anyway."

"Thank you for showing me the way, uh…"

"Oh, my name's Rosemary."

"What's your last name? Or should I call you Rosemary?"

"Oh, you'll find out my last name when my twin and I talk to you, so just call me-"

"ROSE!" Marie had just come around the corner.

"Marie!" Rosemary greeted her.

"Potter." Sneered Malfoy.

"Malfoy." Harry sneered back.

"DUMBLEDORE!" Dumbledore jumped out of the loo at that time, surprising all the students. "Hello there, kids! What are you all doing out so late?"

Rosemary and Marie answered in unison. "We were bringing him to the loo."

"My word, you girls really are twins, aren't you!" Dumbledore responded with a smile.

"I think I'll use the loo later." Malfoy growled, glaring at Harry.

"Ok, do you want me to take you back to the common room?" Marie asked.

"No, I don't need help from a Gryffindor-lover."

"Oh, Draco! Don't scowl so much, your face will get stuck that way!" Dumbledore smiled.

"I think it already is." Mumbled Harry as Malfoy stalked away. "I'm gonna-" he pointed to the lavatory door.

"Do you want me to stay to walk you back?" Rosemary asked. Maybe she and Marie could tell him together, and with Dumbledore's help!

"It doesn't really matter…" Harry replied, unsure, as he opened the lavatory door.

"So how was your summer, ladies?" Dumbledore asked.

"Fine." The twins answered in unison. The group stood there, slightly awkwardly. The girls had never been in the presence of the Headmaster before.

"So will you girls tell young Harry now? I can be sure no one disturb you, if you'd like." The headmaster broke the silence.

"Alright, now you have to tell me, what is it?" Harry asked as he exited the loo into the hall.

"Oh, I guess we could tell you now…" Rosemary looked sideways at her twin.

"Oh, uh, right… do you want to start, Rosemary?" Marie shuffled back a bit.

"Oh, um… Harry… we, Marie and I… your last name is Potter, and, well…" Rosemary started.

"Our last name is Potter as well…"

"And… you're… our brother…" Rosemary finished.

"What?" was all Harry could say.

"THEY SAID, YOU'RE THEIR BROTHER!" Dumbledore yelled. The others looked at him as thought he were crazy. "What? I'm just trying to add some humor!"

"Well, what you're saying is impossible, because I'm an only child. The Dursleys told me so."

"When your- our parents found out Lord Voldemort wanted to kill you…" Rosemary started.

"They sent us into hiding with our uncle Felix."

"Sometime during our stay on the Isle of Drear, near Scotland, we heard our parents were killed, and that you… you, our brother, by some miracle…" rosemary continued.

"Survived." Rosemary and Marie finished together, eyes filling with tears.

"We stayed on the island until uncle Felix was… was… k-killed." Marie stuttered.

"Did Voldemort get him, too?" Harry asked, eyes wide.

"No… he… he left to go to the post so we could get you, but he was…" rosemary broke off, and sobbed into her twin's shoulder.

"He was… he…" Marie crumpled to the floor, sobbing, and taking rosemary down with her. This, of course, made the girls cry harder.

Dumbledore patted their shoulders sympathetically while he continued, "Felix was eaten by a pack of quintapeds."

"What's a quintaped?" Harry asked, scared.

"A quintaped is a type of spider with five legs and many teeth. It has quite a taste for human flesh." Dumbledore answered.

Harry shivered.

"Well, basically you're our brother, and we've been wanting to tell you, but we couldn't decide when or where." Said Marie, regaining control. Rosemary had also calmed down a bit, too. Dumbledore probably did something to them to make them calm.

"So wait… you're Potters, too?" asked Harry disbelievingly. Dumbledore and the twins nodded. "Wow, the Dursleys lie a lot, I mean they told me my- our parents died in a car crash, and that I was an only child."

"Well now that's rude." Chimed Dumbledore. Marie stood, dragging Rosemary with her, and engulfed Harry into a hug. "Oh! Group hug!" Dumbledore squealed. He placed his arms around the huddle and suddenly they were at the portrait of the Fat Lady outside Gryffindor tower.

"So Rosemary can look after you, while Marie goes about her business, since she's in a different house. Explained Dumbledore. Marie nodded and told her siblings goodbye.

While walking to the dungeons, she almost ran into a limping potions master.

"Professor? Are you alright?" she asked, truly concerned for her professor's well being.

"Yes, yes, I'm fine." He answered, tripping and stumbling down the dark corridor until he fell. Marie shrieked and darted over to him to help him to his feet. "You are just like your mother, always caring for the wrong people." He mumbled.

"Why are you saying you're a wrong person? You're just… erm… misunderstood." She said, helping her professor down the corridor. "Are you going to be okay? Or do I have to levitate you?" she saw the look of horror on the man's face. "Don't you give me that look, I did pass charms last year!" protested Marie.

"I'll be fine." He mumbled, not looking Marie in the eye. "Thank you, Miss Doué."

"Not a problem sir, I would offer to heal that, but we haven't gotten that far." She sighed and entered the empty common room, helping the slightly disabled professor through to his quarters. "Goodnight, sir."

"Goodnight Miss Potter." He whispered. Marie smiled to herself.

A/N – Mary: see? I told you it would be longer! Oh, for those who might be confused, rosemary had her diary with her the entire time… she didn't want anyone reading it, especially Sophia… and Sophia plays a bigger part next chapter.

Victoria: ahh, the start of a beautiful friendship… or more… Thanks to all those reading! Please review!

Mary: oh, just adding this a while after we wrote this, and after re-reading the other chapters... so if you want to find out what the Xs mean, re-read the ending authors note in chapter 2... sorry for any confusion.