The Potter Twins and the Coming of Age

Harry went inside to find the girl from his dream, talking to Petunia in an extremely calm tone. He was not surprised to see her, or the old man standing next to her in Muggle clothes, Albus Dumbledore.

"Yes, Petunia, I know it's been a long time since you saw me, but Albus and I just wanted to grab Harry and go. We've got a lot of things to discuss."

"Professor, what are you doing here?"

"That's what I'm asking myself- what am I doing here? I suppose I am trying to keep Jacquilene here from doing something she shouldn't be, or to keep Severus and Sirius from killing each other."

"Those aren't easy feats, either one, Albus. Do you want me to explain everything now, or in the van?"

"Yes, explain in the van. Harry, go get your trunk."

"No, let's go to the car and summon his stuff from here!"

"No, Jacquilene! We must not be seen!"

"Okay, do it the hard way." Jacquilene swung her long, curly, dark red hair off of her shoulder. "I'm going to be in the van making sure Sirius hasn't killed Severus or Fudge, for that matter."

"Miss Potter, those conflicts is way out of your hands."

Harry came downstairs with his trunk, when Jacquilene dropped a BIG BOMB.

"Not if I can help it. I don't want my godfather to go back to Azkaban now that he's cleared- oops, I wasn't supposed to say that, was I? Anyway, those two have been squabbling since you lot got us from Williamson."

"Jacquilene Reilie," Professor Dumbledore gave her a stern look. "Drop it."

"'Kay, it's dropped! C'mon, Harry, let's head out. Bye, Petunia."

"Goodbye, dears. Be careful, okay, Harry? You too, Jacquilene- you better start acting more like your mother and less like your father before you get expelled. Lord knows that you look enough like Lily to be her personality-wise."

"Why don't you come with us and dust the old wand off, Petunia? I bet Severus would like to see you again. OH, WAIT- I wasn't supposed to mention that either..."

"No, I couldn't. I'd feel so awkward, after all I've done...but I would like to Severus again."

"Yeah, join us. Maybe he would not be as bitter, and he'll help you get over Vernon."

Vernon had left Petunia as soon as Harry came back to Privet Drive for this skanky office secretary by the name of Emma Genary, and he had taken Dudley with him. Petunia had just been sent divorce papers from Vernon, and she gladly accepted the fact that they were not meant to be. However, Harry just found out that his aunt was a nice person after she had broken through Vernon's Muggle Brainwashing, but he hadn't known about the fact that she and Severus Snape, Harry's Potions teacher, were extremely close to eloping in her sixth year at Hogwarts.

"But you'd be so much happier without me around..."

"Yeah, join us. I understand the whole brainwashing thing. You're forgiven."

"Well, go get the others, then, while I go pack."

"Okay, I'll go do that."

Jacquilene ran out and quickly came back in. she had not only brought Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, and Sirius Black with her, but a few of the Weasleys, Hermione Granger, Cornelius fudge, and Remus Lupin. Jacquilene was chatting with a group of teenagers Harry didn't know.

A car pulled into the drive way, and its driver slammed its door.

"PETUNIA! THOSE FREAK FRIENDS OF YOURS BETTER NOT BE IN MY HOUSE!"

Harry ran outside, and he told the gorilla sized man with a giant moustache to "Go suck a cock!" and to "get the fuck away from her, you bastard!"

"Well, he's telling Vernon off quite well," Ron and Hermione glanced at each other.

"He's never gotten angry before, but not this angry. He's actually standing up against that- that git," Hermione chose her words carefully. "I guess Vernon really doesn't scare him anymore, but why would he in the first place? Vernon's a hundredth of Voldemort."

"DON'T SAY THE NAME!"

"Well, I'm glad he's not taking his stuff anymore. That man is like a Muggle Deatheater."

"I'm warning you, if you don't leave now, you will get cursed."

Vernon stomped back to the car, and quickly sped off again, as Harry came back in, looking relieved.

"Let's go. I feel like puking all over myself. I can't believe I just did that."

"I can't believe it either. That has to be the stupidest thing you have ever, ever done with the exception of when we turned back-"

"Shut up, Hermione."

"Oh! Sorry, I forgot."

"What did you do?'

"We've done nothing at all, Mr. Fudge, sir."

The large congregation of wizards and witches squished themselves into a particularly large van, and sped away from Privet Drive.

"So, Cadet General Potter, how are you?"

Jacquilene's smile faded.

"How do you think I feel? The love of my life is dead, and Voldemort is once more after my twin brother!" She smoothed out her tight fitting black sweater. "I'm doing just hunky-dory not to be crying and screaming my head off, thank you very much. On the last Hogsmeade trip, Cho Chang and Angelina Johnson were too kind to inform of the events that occurred and they brought me what Cedric had left in my possession!"

She burst out crying, and the girls next to her put their arms around her.

"Jacqui, everything's going to be fine!"

"Yeah, don't be upset! Cedric would want you to be happy!"

She tried to dry her eyes. "He would. It's so hard, though, because I miss him so much than I ever could have imagined! I miss him as much as I miss Mum and Dad."

"Everyone who knew them miss them," one of her friends looked at Sirius, as the other one looked at Remus. "Especially our dads- they miss them more than we can imagine."

Remus and Sirius exchanged glances, and nodded. Sirius shook off the emotion. "Jacqui, have you taken your medication?"

"No, sir." She took out a medical kit, and removed a shot and two water bottles. She handed one to the girl beside her. "Here, Mercedez. Remy, do you want yours?"

"Yeah, I would very much like that." Remus took the bottle from Jacqui. As for her, she gave herself the shot.

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Harry and Sirius walked into the huge library, as Albus and Cornelius followed.

"I didn't do it, Mr. Fudge. I'd never do that."

"This isn't about Cedric's death, Harry. This is about the night your parents died."

"Why isn't Jacqui in here, then?" Sirius had a confused look on his face.

"She's wasn't there, remember? She was in the hospital."

"Yes, she was. How did you know?"

"Come on, nobody forgets seeing their twin so weak it seems like they're going to die. I was always forbidden to ask questions at the Dursleys, so I never asked about her. I don't think they knew about her."

"I did," Petunia came in, "I'm sorry. I was just looking for Lily's diaries."

"They are in Jacquilene's possession, I believe."

"I'll go get them from her."

Suddenly, two, freaked out, high pitched screams came from the living room.

Harry ran to the living room, to find his sister lying in the floor, being held by a soaking wet Cedric Diggory. Standing beside him, was his mother and father, looking at their daughter. Harry's jaw dropped, before he passed out himself. He regained consciousness after a few minutes, by a deep voice and a head of messy jet black hair like his.

"Harry, son, are you okay?"

"No! I'm just shocked. How's Jacqui?"

"She's in shock too," James Potter help his son up from the floor. "She needs to go to St. Mungo's for her treatments, though."

"What does she have anyway?"

"Energy draining disorder," Cedric looked up. "She has to give herself shots daily to keep up her energy level normal. Each summer she has to go to have a series of spells put on her to make herself normal after she's totally drained out. This whole situation might have taken what was left of it."

Abbei Black looked quite grim, looking at Jacqui, who was curled up on a stretcher, looking innocently pretty. "So, Prankster Princess gets a stretcher, while-"

"Prince Pothead lies on the floor. Hmm-"

"I'm not a pothead!"

"That's what you think."

Abbei and Mercedez looked at each other. "Well, that's the situation, but she is ignored, sick, female twin. Yeah, that really puts it in perceptive, so we'll just go find someone to pull a nasty little prank on once Janedoe over there wakes up from her beauty sleep. Honestly, Mercedez and Jax are the whitest girls I've ever met, I think."

"You should be talking, Paws, you're half white, or was that the last time I checked? Besides, you look like you're just white, so there!"

"Last time you checked, Luna, I was half white, and you were a werewolf. Come on- we need to go before Jax wakes up and kills us."

"Well, duh, I'm a werewolf. How long did it take you to figure that out?"

They ran out of the room, and before Lilly and James could check on Jacquilene and Cedric, they had too run out. Albus walked in, not looking surprised.

"James. Lily. Cedric," Dumbledore did not look surprised. "So, who was it that used the Slytherin Resurrection Goblet?"

"It wasn't Tom, and he's the only Slytherin heir left, unless he had a love child with that Lestrange woman. Whoever it was either must be trying to help Voldemort or is really against him, but at least we're back. We ran into Frank and Lisa-they want you to owl them and tell them where their son is; they were more worried than we were," Lily was quite upset. 'We were dead sure that Harry and Jacqui would be dead by now. Lucky for us Cedric knew who we are and he told us everything that happened. Sirius really didn't kill all those people?"

"No, it was Peter."

"Oh. Well, it figures. He was good for anything but a servant. That's what he's doing now, right, being Voldemort's butler?"

"Yeah, that's the gist of it, Mum."

She tuned around to discover that Jacquilene and Cedric had left.

"Where did those two go off to!? He's much too old for her, James! They've got to break up!"

"Lily, remember how your family felt about me? They wanted you to marry some med-school student. I don't care about the age difference; all I care about is that he truly loves her."

"What if he gets her pregnant?"

"Then she'll do the responsible thing, Lily. If she's a cadet general, that she must be somewhat responsible, right? But anyway...does anybody know where they went?"

'They probably ran off to some secret place of theirs. I have no clue where it is, or what time they'll be back."

"We need to discuss a lot of stuff, so let's start with Mercedez and Abbei. Where are your dads?"

"Sirius is in the library with Minister Fudge. Remus is somewhere around here with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley."

"Arthur and Molly, right? They were in the seventh year when we were in our first. Where's Snape and Petunia?"

"Yeah...Aunt Petunia and Professor Snape are in their room."

"Who else is here that we should know already?"

"Is there anyone else that is seriously involved with this whole situation?"

"Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, sir."

"Okay, er, we need to gather everyone up. Oh, here's my wand." James pulled out his wand. "Now I just have to find my glasses."

"Jacquilene has them but she's the only one who can get into her room."

"I can," Abbei crossed her arms. "The entrance is behind the painting of the stag and the white tiger. Just say, 'I am up to no good' and it opens. Look in the silver locker; the combo's 17, 7, 31."

"How do you know that?"

"I know because I know Jacqui really well and I watch the security cameras. Seventeen is the age she wishes she is, and July thirty-first is her birthday. 'I am up to no good' is how you open the Marauders' Map."

"Marauders' Map?"

Fred and George walked into the room.

"Oh yeah, Prongs, Padfoot and Moony made two, incase one got confiscated-which one did. We use ours to spy on people we know at Hogwarts."

"Tap on the person's name, and you can see them and what they're doing."

"Cool. Harry, do you still have the other copy?"

"Yeah. Somehow I got it in the mail when I got back to the Dursleys."

"How'd you get a hold of it? And who are the Marauders?"

"That's classified information. If we told you we'd have to kill you."

........Meanwhile.....

"Cedric, this is just so weird. You die, and they you come back again, only with my parents, too. I'm just an emotional mess right now. When you first died, it was like the sun inside of me had gone out. It was like a dementor was continually following me, and now that Tom's back, he's going to want Harry again. What if he finds out about me? He has no idea that there's another Gryffindor descendent, and if he finds me, I'm a goner. My nerves are shot, and I haven't been able to talk to anyone about this kind of stuff, so that's why I'm rambling. Ced, what if my parents are really Death Eaters in disguise?"

"It's really them, Jax. Smile, I love it when you smile. Everything's going to be okay. Nobody's going to get hurt."

"That's the biggest lie I have ever heard, Cedric Charles Diggory. You died and Harry's traumatized!!! And I'm scared that everyone I know is going be killed by My-Name-Is-Tom-Voldemort-Riddle-And-I-Going-To-Kill-You-All."

"Jax, everyone is scared. Don't worry because what ever happens will happen and we'll just deal with it."

"You are right. Whatever the Order can't prevent, well just have to deal with it and roll with the punches. I wonder what kind of mission Dumbledore's going to give us at school."

"Nothing big, we'll just have to watch of some Junior Death Eater. Woo hoo, another year of watching Ferris Warrington."

"Yeah, I know, but Soleigha Malfoy is not a threat- she's on our side, goddamnit, but she's quite the gossiper. She swears that she caught Draco snogging Greggory Goyle. What if Piers gets stuck with having to try to seduce secrets out of him?"

"Well, then, it sucks to Piers. He can do better than Malfoy the ferret."

"It's not any worse than as what Severus has to do! Hopefully he'll be okay, considering the chances of him blowing his cover."

Jacquilene smiled, as she wrapped herself in the blankets. "This is the best night of my life, Cedric. Everything's so calm, and quiet. It's so peaceful and I'm really comfortable. Maybe I should sleep here all the time."

"Yeah- hey, why do you get the blankets? I'm cold."

"I get the blankets because I'm the girl. Oh, fudge that- come on in. I don't what you to freeze."

"Aw, you're so sweet."

Cedric leaned over and kissed Jacquilene on the cheek. She, however, returned it with a passionate kiss on the lips. They immediately started to make out. Cedric stared at her green eyes. Gorgeous, they were. Stunning, they were, especially with her individual twinkle. She had unbraided her hair, and it fell far beyond her waist. Her skin was so smooth and creamy white....Jacquilene fell against her pillow, gasping for air.

"O my god, you're beautiful."

They started to snog again, when they heard a voice yell, "JACQUILENE! CEDRIC! GET IN HERE!"

Jacquilene jumped out of the bed, slipped on her jeans, and ran her brush through her hair. Cedric just jumped out of bed and grabbed Jax's backpack. They quickly ran out of the small cabin.

Amos and Victoria Diggory stood in the living room. Amos didn't seem too pleased with Cedric, who had his arm around Jacquilene's waist. Jacquilene had fled upstairs, looking like she had seen a Death Eater.

"What did I tell you about her, Cedric?"

"Dad, look," Cedric didn't sound angry. He was actually kind of calm and composed. "I love her, and I don't care if you don't like the way she dresses or her personality! I don't care if she's part Muggle-born, either! I don't care if being her boyfriend puts me in danger. Jacquilene Reilie Potter is the most beautiful person I've ever met and I want to be with her till the world ends. You are just going to have to tolerate it, Dad. Oh yeah, as soon as I get Mr. and Mrs. Potters' permission, I'm going to ask her to accept a promise ring."

"Fine the, don't take the chance of having a perfect life with that Chang girl. Live in misery and in hiding with Jacquilene."

"Fine. At least I'll be with the one I truly love, and guess what! I never went out with Cho! It was Jacqui disguised as Cho so Draco Malfoy wouldn't tell Voldemort about her! I would have never gone out with her because she had a crush on Harry!"

Harry had entered the room, but he didn't gape at the sudden revelation. He paused, as Ginny Weasley quickly stopped behind him, looking quite embarrassed.

"Uh, excuse us, we...um...have to go to the basement and work on our Potions homework, right Gin?! We really must hurry, don't want to already get detention from Snape."

"Why are you two so embarrassed?"

"Nothing, we're not- not embarrassed," Ginny's cheeks were almost as bright red as a red rose. "Okay, we walked in on Harry's aunt and Professor Snape, and they were doing something we really didn't even need to hear about!"

"Yeah, but we have to get that essay done! C'mon Gin," Harry was lying straight through his teeth when he mentioned the work. Cedric could tell that they were going to do something other than homework.

"Oh, I almost forgot- Cedric, if anyone asks, especially her brothers, we are not going out, right?"

"Right, Harry. Ginny and Harry are not dating if anyone asks, especially Ginny's brothers."

The couple continued to run downstairs, in a mad rush.

"Dad, respect my decision. I know I lied about the whole Cho thing, but I really do love her, and we only lied for Jax's protection. I'm seventeen, and I can make my own choices. I'm not going into the ministry. I'm going to become a doctor for St. Mungo's, and once Jax's out of school, she's going to become an Auror, and hopefully we'll get married. I'm going after I want, not what you want for me."

"Fine then. I'll respect your decisions until she ditches you for someone else."

"Amos, I hate to tell you this, but I had the Perfect Love Dream last night, and it had to do with Jacqui and Ced," Victoria looked quite pleased. "I couldn't ask for a better future daughter-in-law. Congratulations, Cedric."

"Thanks, Mom."

"Why didn't I have the dream?"

"Amos, I hate to tell you this, but you don't know our son at all, and you haven't even made an attempt to know Jacqui."

"Well, then, that wasn't hard. Hope you're happy. Come on, Victoria. Your stuff is here, and don't ever return to our home again."

Amos stormed out, extremely angry with Cedric and the fact that his son was not following the plan they had made out for him.

"I'm so sorry he's being like this. Tell Jax that she's a very lucky girl, and I'll write you, son."

Victoria followed Amos's suite, and Cedric went into the library, where he found Jacquilene talking to her parents. She seemed ecstatic.

"I can't believe it; did your mum tell you?"

"About the- yeah, she did; she says you're a very lucky girl. Who told you?"

"Yeah, I know!! Abbei, Mercedez, and a ton of others told me. You wouldn't happen to know where my dear un-identical, not-easy-to-kill, younger, twin brother, Prongs Jr. is?"

"He's in his room doing homework with Ginny."

"That's nice. Getting it done quite early, aren't they?"

"Yes, they are, but if you did your homework that early, I'd have to kill you, James."

"No, you wouldn't kill me, because you love me too much. What's the good news, Cedric?"

"It turns out that Jax and I are meant to be. You know that we should really get in touch with Neville and ask him if his parents have gotten to his Gran's house all right."

"Yeah, let's do that right now. Some Death Eater might have spotted them and killed them for good..."

Jacqui went over to the fire, through some Floo Powder in, sat right in front of it and yelled, "Longbottom Manor!"

"Hey, Jacqui," Neville Longbottom's head poked through the fire. "The greatest thing has happened! My parents aren't insane any more; they say that your mum and dad and Cedric Diggory are alive again!"

They heard a scream coming through the fire. "LILY!"

"Uh, Mrs. Longbottom, I'm Jacquilene. Mum's over there sitting on top of Dad."

" God, it's nice to see you again, Anemarie," Lily was now sitting beside Jacquilene. "How's life?"

"Great, but I have no clue what's gone on in the past fourteen-fifteen years. You?"

"I've found out a lot, but everything seems fine, but Voldemort's back."

"He was destroyed?"

"It happened when he tried to kill Harry."

"Yeah, Mum. He came back to life last term at the third task, I don't really know- or want to know- what went on. Nobody does, except for Harry and the few people he told..."

"Well, he didn't tell me, but I know. Dumbledore and Sirius told me, so I would know that I have to watch everything I do so Moldy Voldy doesn't find out I exist. It was really horrible, from what I perceived, and it's not the best of things to talk about...."

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"Severus," Petunia pushed him away. "We have to stop. Ginny and Harry already know that we've rekindled the flame. If anymore of your students find out there'll be a riot, just because of our houses."

"Fuck the houses and how we're supposed to hate each other. That doesn't matter, and it's so immature. Your family doesn't seem to care, and I don't have a family that cares even about my safety. Just let go and forget everyone."

"What if Vernon-"

"Fuck Vernon! You heard what Harry said to him. He's not going to come back after you after that threat."

"Okay, maybe I'm just being paranoid, but can we wait till we have total privacy, Sevie?"

Her pretty blue eyes and the cute little puppy pout always worked. Funny, he could elevate Muggles against his own will, but he couldn't go against whatever Petunia wanted on his own will.