The Potter Twins

Chapter 8: The Forbidden Forest

The walk from the castle to the Forbidden Forest felt very short, but long at the same time. I thought about my life in that time. I thought about how much I'd lost, like my parents, my foster sister Stephanie, and 14 years with my brother. I thought about how much I'd gained since Harry found me, a family, wonderful friends and the love of my life. 

We came upon a clearing, Harry stopped and took his Snitch out of his pocket. He had realized it was engraved and now understand what 'I open at the close' meant. He brought it to his mouth, since he'd caught it with his mouth the first time, and it opened. A stone flowed out of it. "The Resurrection Stone." Harry took it in his hand and the ghosts of our parents, Remus and Sirius. 

Mom reached out her hand to me and I wanted to badly to hold on to it, but my hand just passed right through hers. She frowned at me, she thought it would work too. "You've been so brave, my darlings." 

Harry asked Sirius if it hurt to die. "Quicker than falling asleep." 

"I'm sorry, We never wanted any of you to die for us." I looked to Remus. "Remus, what about your son?" 

He smiled at me. "Others will tell him what his mother and father died for. One day, he'll understand." 

Harry wrapped an arm around me. "It's time." Then he looked at Mom. "Stay close to us."

She smiled at us. "Always." Harry dropped the stone and our family members disappeared. I took the two potion vials out of my pocket. One with Harry's Paralyzing Potion and one was empty. 

"Here, drink this." And handed him the potion.

He uncorked it. "What is it?"

"It's so we won't feel any pain." With my hand covering the empty vial, I uncorked it and 'drank'. Harry drank the potion and I could it start to take effect. 

"My fingers are numb."

"That means its working." I took his hand and we walked deeper into the forest. 

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We found them at another clearing. Voldemort, Bellatrix, and several Death Eaters who had Hagrid tied up because he was a half- human. 

Harry and I stopped halfway across the clearing and Harry whispered to me. "Haley, I can't move." But I said nothing, it had worked. He was completely paralyzed, but only temporarily. Another the Dark Lord did to kill us would only effect me. 

"Harry. Haley. The Ones who lived, come to die." Voldemort mocked us. He raised his wand and shot the Killing Curse at Harry but I stepped in front of him and got the full blast. It pushed me back into Harry and we both fall to ground.

Harry could no longer talk because of the potion. I remember fading in and out of consciousness when Narcissa, Draco's mom, came over to us. 

I heard Bellatrix asked her if we were alive. But Narcissa pulled my hair out of my face and asked me something. "Is Draco alive?" The last thing I remember was nodding to her, but I lost consciousness.

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I woke up on a pure white couch in a pure white house. I sat up and looked around, it was my foster house. I heard a faint wheezing sound and followed it to the kitchen table, under it was a blooded tiny Voldemort, curled up and gasping for air like it was dying.

"There's nothing you can do for it, Hal." a high pitched girl's voice said to me. I looked back at the couch and saw six year old, little Stephanie sitting there.  "Come sit with me." 

"What are we doing here, Step?" I asked, walking over to sit with her.

She smiled at me. "This is your waiting room, Haley. " She waved her hand to the TV and the real world played on the TV like a movie. I saw Hagrid picking up mine and Harry's bodies as the Death Eaters and Voldemort lead him out of the castle. 

"I have to back, don't I?" 

She looked at me. "That's your choice. If you wish, you could come home with me or you can return and live your life. Be with your brother, with your boyfriend. Have kids like you've always wanted." She stood up then. "The choice is yours, Haley. The innocence are rewarded for their sacrifices." She climbed the stairs to where our old room was and disappeared halfway up them. 

"Step? Stephanie?" I watched on the TV as the Dark Lord and his followers got to the castle. 

Draco and Ginny walked out together with Neville. "Neville, who is that Hagrid's carrying? Who is it?" Ginny's voice came through the speakers of the TV. 

"Harry and Haley Potter are dead." The Dark Lord announced and Ginny started to scream and run for us, but Draco grabbed her arms pulled her back. The look on his face broke my heart. Everyone filed out of the castle faster to see if he was lying. He asked everyone to join him or they would died. 

Narcissa called for her son to join Voldemort's side and be part of her family again. "Draco, come here." 

He didn't move, but he did response. In front of everyone, in front of the Dark Lord. "No." 

"Wake up, Harry. Wake up." I said to the TV. The potion should have worn off by now, he should be awake.  "Harry! Wake up! You have to help them. You have to kill him." Then the room went dark. 

Neville was in the middle of a glorious speech defending us when I realized I was back in my body. Harry took my hand in his. "I knew you'd come back." He was awake, he pretended so I'd come back. 

 "....... They're hearts did beat for us. For all of us." He pulled out a the sword of Gryffindor out of the Sorting Hat. "This is not over!" 

Harry and I jumped out of Hagrid's arms and I shot a Blasting curse at the snake, but it just grazed her and killed several Death Eaters. Voldemort shot spells our way as we ran in the castle, only to miss, as many of his followers including Draco's parents fled. Very few including Bellatrix stayed to fight the Order and Hogwarts students. 

Once we got the castle doors, we told everyone to get inside. "We just have to kill the snake." Neville, with the sword in hand, run towards her only to be blasted back, but not killed, by Voldemort. Draco picked up the sword. 

Hermione handed both Harry and me a fang. All five of us attempted to kill her on the stairs but Voldemort got the upper hand. Harry and I led Voldemort into the bell tower, separating him from Nagini.