The Potter Twins

Deathly Hallows- Chapter 1: The Wedding

A few days later it was wedding day. Fleur looked gorgeous in her dress and she and Bill looked so happy together. I was sitting at a table with Hermione, playing with my mom's ring, when I noticed it was engraved. I don't know why I hadn't noticed it when it was given to me, but I noticed it there. 'Be the light in the dark.' I didn't really understand why Dumbledore would leave this for me other then the fact that my mom gave it to him and the engraving made me even more confused. 

"Are you okay?" Hermione asked me after noticing the confusion on my face. I nodded to her and let the thoughts disappear. 

"Hey, Hermione." I said to her and pointed for her to turn around. She did and saw Viktor Krum at another table. "Well, go say 'hi'. You two are still friends right?" She sighed to me and went to talk to him. Why he was there, I didn't know. Maybe he was still friends with Fleur or maybe he somehow knew Bill. Ron came and sat down at our table. 

When he saw Hermione talking to Krum he let out a disgusted sound. "What's he doing he?" I answered with a look of amazement. "What?" 

"You!" I yelled, then lowered it not to disturb the party guests. "There is clearly something between you two, but for some reason you refuse to talk or do something about it." I sighed. "Look, right now we don't know how much longer we have, suck it up and tell her." I left him with that. I walked around the tent, saying hello to people, watching Harry and Ginny dance, and caught sight of Ron and Hermione talking. 

Luna came up beside me and startled me out of my thoughts. "About time, don't you think?"

I jumped. "Luna!" I said, gasping for air. 

"Oh! I'm sorry, Haley! I thought you knew I was here."

I took a deep breath and smiled at her. "That's alright, Luna. You just startled me."

"I wanted to introduce you to my dad." She turned and grabbed an older man's arm. "Dad, this is Haley Potter. Haley, this is my dad, Xenophilius Lovegood."

I held out my hand to him and he shook it. "Pleasure to meet you, sir." 

"Oh! Polite. A trait lost on the youth." We all laughed at that comment. Then I saw something on his vest.

"That's a very interesting pedant, sir. What is it?"

He took the silver triangle in the palm of his hand. "This? Oh, that's the symbol for the Deathly Hallows." Before I could question him, a light orb came in the tent, making the music and dancing stop. 

It was Kingsley's voice that came out of the orb. "The Ministry has fallen. The Minister is dead." Then, as it disappeared, it left us a warning. "They are coming..... They are coming." I ran to Hermione and Ron.

"We need to leave. Now!" I said, but we couldn't find my brother. We started to run around the tent looking for him, as the Death Eaters arrived. The party quests fought them off and apparited away when they could. Harry was fighting off a Death Eater when we found him. I waved my wand and the Death Eater froze. "Harry!" He ran over to us and all four of us apparited away from the Burrow.

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We landed in the heart of London and almost got hit by a Double Decker Bus. "We need to change." Hermione said and led us to a back alley, where no one could see. She opened her bag and started to pull out clothes. 

"Haley, when did master non-verbal spells?" Ron asked, while we changed. I shrugged, I had already been able to do non-verbal magic since Harry found me, because I'd practice so much on my own. 

After we were all changed, we walked to a coffee shop to plan our next move. "What about all the people at the wedding?" Harry asked. His concern was for everyone, but especially the Weasleys.

"They've planned for this. They will have gone into hiding, they're safe." I told him. I had heard Mr. and Mrs. Weasle planning where to go if anything happened a few nights ago. 

"What about my backpack with all my stuff?" He asked then. He was making any excuse to go back and check on them. Hermione shook her head and touched her bag. 

"We've had everything packed for weeks. Just in case." Two men came into the shop then and walked over to the counter. Ron must have seen something because he yelled us to duck as the men fired spells at us. Harry knocked one man back so hard, I'm pretty sure he dented his head on the wall. 

"Petrificus Totalus!" Hermione yelled and the last man, stiffened and fall over.

"Ron, get the lights. Please." I said and followed Harry over to the man. He took out his Deluminator and it sucked in the lights.

"We should wiped their memories. Clean up, so no one knows we were here." Harry said. Hermione used a the Forgetfulness Charm on the man and left. As we walked down the streets of London, we talked about how they might have found us. 

"Maybe you two still have to Trace on you?" Hermione asked. 

I shook my head. "Trace breaks at 17. Wizarding law." Then Hermione stopped. 

"We didn't celebrate your birthday! Ginny and I made a cake, we were going to have it after the wedding." 

I took Hermione's hand and pulled her to us. "It was nice idea and we appreciate it. But we can celebrate it later." 

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We made our way back to the Grimmauld Place house to hide while we tried to find the real locket. I had learned the locket was a fake Horcrux after I showed it to Draco, who had opened it and find the note.

"'To the Dark Lord, 

I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know I discovered your secret. I have taken the really Horcrux and intend to destroy it when I can. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match you will be mortal once again.

-RAB'"

I passed the note to Harry. "I thought it was Sirius' brother, Regulus. But I searched every inch of his room and found nothing." 

Kreacher brought us the tea tray and started to pour us cups. "Haley, where did you get Master Regulus' locket?" 

I looked at my house elf. "You've seen this before?"

"Yes, Kreacher helped him get it from the cave. Master told Kreacher to leave, to destroy the locket. Master never came home." 

"Kreacher, where is the real one?" 

Kreacher hung his head. "Kreacher doesn't know. Someone came in the night, after Master Sirius died. He took many things including the locket." 

Harry gave me a look. "Who was it Kreacher?" He asked. 

"Mudungus Fletcher." 

He was a member of the Phoenix and was at the wedding. How could he steal from his fellow members? I looked from Harry to Kreacher. "Find him." Kreacher nodded and appraited out of the house. 

A few days went by before Kreacher returned, with Fletcher and another house elf. "Harry Potter!" the house elf called out when he saw my brother. "Master Wealsey and Miss Granger! Who is this young woman? Dobby doesn't know her."

I held out my hand. "Haley Potter. Harry's sister." Fletcher tried to leave but Kreacher stopped him. 

"What's going on? You sent a pair of bleeding house elves after me." 

"When you turned this place over, don't deny it, you found a locket? Where is it?" I asked him. I didn't want to play games anymore. 

"Was it valuable?" I scowled at him. "A ministry hag took it from me." 

Harry stepped over to him. "Who was she? The witch?" Mundungus shook his head then noticed a newspaper on the ground. He picked it up and pointed the woman on the cover. 

Umbridge.