Journey: Harry Potter

42.

"His parents are your parents."

Those words, that whole conversation, had been ringing inside Lea's head since she had left his office. Every hour, every day, for a week. Those words just hunted her. 

Lea never believed Dumbledore would tell her the truth, half his personality was keeping people in the dark. But there's no way he would lie about that, it was too serious to lie about. Her parents had been Lily and James Potter. Harry was her brother.

Is. 

Harry is her brother. Her twin in fact. The boy she had been reading about, almost studying the words of the famous books, was her twin brother. That felt weird, it felt wrong. To know a person so well, to know their life and what they were even going to do. And yet, Harry knew hardly anything about her.

There wasn't a way to describe the emotional turmoil that was going on inside her mind right now. 

Her spoon kept tapping at the table, her lips pressed together and her eyes not focusing on anyone. Thats probably why Daphne was waving a hand in front of her face.

"Earth to Lea," She finally heard when she snapped out of it.

Lea blinked, looking at Daphne sitting right across from her. "Um, sorry. My mind's not in my brain right now."

"I could tell," Daphne let out a little laugh, but still looked a bit worried. "Are you all aright? I feel like you have been present since term started back up."

"Yeah, I-I'm fine," Lea reached for one of the cups of tea in the middle of the table. She never put milk and sugar in it, which would normally have Daphne making a little joke about how American's don't drink tea properly. But today, Daphne didn't even make one of those.

Her friend was too worried about whatever was keeping Lea's mind trapped on something. It couldn't have been Draco, because the two had hardly talked. Lea hadn't really been talking to a lot of people of late's.

Lea sighed when she noticed Daphne wasn't going to give up till she said something. "It's just all the homework we have due. You know we have papers due in transfiguration and charms. And then there's the dragon pox potion we have to study up on for our next lesson."

Daphne hummed, nodding her head and not believing a single word that came out of Lea's mouth. "So, it has nothing to do with the fact that tonight's a full moon?"

The mug in Lea's hands froze right as it was touching her lips, her body tensing up. With everything going on, she had totally forgotten tonight was the full moon. 

Daphne leaned in closer, trying not to be overheard by anyone else at the table because she knew this was a sensitive subject. "Lea, I know it must be hard, but Mya seems like a strong girl. She'll pull through."

"I know she will," Lea placed her mug back down on the table. "She's Mya, she'll make it."

"Then why are you worrying so much?" Daphne asked. "There's nothing anyone can do for a new werewolf first transition. I asked Madam Pomfrey about it the other day. She told me the first transformation is the hardest, but after that, it gets better for them."