Holly Lillian Potter is the fraternal twin of Harry Potter. While Harry looks like James Potter with his mother's eyes, Holly looks precisely like Lily. When Voldemort failed to kill the twins on October 31st, he gave both babies scars. Harry's scar spade like a lightning bolt, while Holly's is shaped like a crescent moon.
The twins have been through everything together. From the abuse, they suffered at the hands of the Dursleys to their adventures at Hogwarts. Now, in their fourth year, the twins will have to survive being entered in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. They will have to face ridicule, mistrust, and betrayal. But along the way, Holly finds comfort in a certain Bulgarian Seeker, maybe even love. Will their relationship last through all the trials and tribulations that Holly faces? Read and find out.
An older man is wandering up to a house carrying a lit torch. He opens the front door, inside is just as dark. He begins climbing the stairs; we hear whispers and hushed voices coming from upstairs. The older man waits outside the room where the conversation is taking place and listens on.
"Oh no no, no, my Lord Voldemort. I only meant... perhaps if we were to do it without the boy and the girl..." Wormtail asks.
"NO! The boy and the girl are everything; it cannot be done without them, and it WILL be done exactly as I say," Said a raspy voice of a person sitting in a chair.
At that moment, another man stepped closer to the chair, "I will not disappoint you, my lord."
"Good. First, gather our old comrades. Send them a sign."
A snake slithers past the older man and into the room and begins to hiss at the figure in the chair.
"Nagini tells me the old caretaker is standing outside the door."
Wormtail stands in the doorway and looks at the older man. The older man looks terrified.
"Step aside so I can give our guest a proper greeting. Avada Kedavra!"
Holly wakes up in a flash of panic, her green eyes full of fear. The scar, in the shape of a crescent moon, burning beneath her fingers.
Holly Lilian Potter, Harry Potter's twin sister, looks around a little disoriented at first until she remembers that she's at the Burrow. She and Harry had arrived the night before and were set to head out to the Quidditch World Cup with the Weasleys that morning. Holly looked out the window; she noticed that the sun wasn't up yet, but she knew she would never be able to go back to sleep.
Slowly, Holly got up as to not disturb her fox familiar. Her Arctic Fox, Archimedes. The fox looked up at her when he felt the bed shift then buried himself under the covers. Holly smiled then quietly made her way to the bathroom to get dressed. Holly made her way downstairs, where Mrs. Weasley has already started breakfast.
"Good morning, Mrs. Weasley."
"Good morning, dear. It seems you're the first one up. Care for a cup of tea?"
"That would be lovely."
With the wave of her wand, Mrs. Weasley prepares a cup of tea for Holly. The young woman sat down at the kitchen table and drank her tea. She watched Mrs. Weasley bustled around the kitchen, making breakfast.
"Would you like some help, Mrs. Weasley?"
Mrs. Weasley turned and smiled at Holly, "No, thank you, dear, I have everything under control," Molly tells her then sets a plate of eggs and sausage in front of Holly.
"Eat up, dear, you'll need to hurry. The others will be down soon; then, you'll be heading out."
Holly nods and begins to eat her breakfast. A little while later, Ginny comes downstairs, looking a bit tired. She greets her mother then plops down in the chair next to Holly. While Ginny and Holly are eating their breakfast, the fireplace roars to life, and Hermione steps out.
"Good morning, everyone."
"Good morning, Hermione. Care for some breakfast?"
"Yes, please, Mrs. Weasley."
Holly gets up and hugs her best friend, "Good morning, Mione."
"Good morning, Holly, are the boys up yet?"
"No, I tried to wake them, but Ron growled at me," Ginny said.
Hermione sighs, "Leave it to me."
Hermione marches upstairs just as Fred and George are making their way down, "What's got her knickers in a twist?" George asks.
"Harry and Ron aren't up yet; she went to go wake them," Ginny explains.
The twins nod. They sit down across from Holly and begin eating their breakfast. George reaches across the table and steals a sausage from Holly.
"Oi, you have your food."
George winks and takes a bite of the sausage.
A little while later, Harry and Ron come stumbling down the stairs with Hermione following behind them. Harry takes a seat next to his sister, Mrs. Weasley places a plate of food in front of Harry and Ron. Harry and Holly eat their breakfast silence while the others are discussing the seeing the Irish against the Bulgarians. Ron keeps going on and on about Viktor Krum, Hermione rolls her eyes.
Hermione looks at her best friend and frowns, "Holly, are you alright?"
"Yeah, just a little tired, bad dream."
Harry's head snaps up; he stares at his sister, who gives him a meaningful look. 'They must have had the same dream.' Hermione thought.
Once everyone has had breakfast, they head out following Mr. Weasley through the woods. They meet up with another wizard named Amos Diggory and his son Cedric. Mr. Weasley introduces everyone, and they head out again this time making their way up a hill.
"That's it, sir, just over there," Arthur says as he reaches the top of the hill.
"Shall we? We don't want to be late," Amos tells everyone.
Everyone starts gathering around an old boot that is at the top of the hill. Harry and Holly look at each other confused.
"Why are they all standing around that manky old boot?" Harry asks.
Fred and George explain to Harry and Holly that it's a portkey. Everyone is in a circle touching the boot, "What's a portkey," Holly asks.
"Time to go, ready? After three one, two…" Mr. Diggory starts counting down.
"Harry, Holly!"
Harry and Holly rush forward and touch the boot.
"Three!"
With that, there's a white flash, and suddenly they're all flying through the air — everyone cheers.
Suddenly Mr. Weasley yells for everyone to let go. All the children scream and let go of the boot. There's a resounding thud as everyone hits the ground. Holly groans as she rolls over onto her back. Harry stands up and helps his sister stand. They walk across the field, and we see there's a massive crowd gathered and cheering, tents are set up all over.
"Well, kids, welcome to the Quidditch World Cup!" Arthur tells everyone.
They walk into the crowd, taking in the sights. Music is playing, and people fly about overhead on brooms. They approach a small tent. Mr. Weasley and Mr. Diggory say their goodbyes then Mr. Weasley ushers everyone into the tent.
"Home sweet home."
They enter the tent and find that it's much larger on the inside. There are several rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a dining area. Mr. Weasley tells the girls to pick out a bunk and unpack while Harry and Holly stand there, staring around in awe.
"I love magic," They say at the same time.
Later on, that night, Harry, Holly, Hermione, and the Weasleys make their way up into the stands at the massive stadium where the Quidditch World Cup is being held. They continue to climb higher and higher into the stands.
"Blimey Dad, how far up ARE we?"
Lucius Malfoy and Draco are walking below them.
"Well, put it this way, if it rains you'll be the first to know," Lucius says as he looks up at the Weasleys.
"Father and I are in the minister's box, by personal invitation of Cornelius Fudge himself," Draco tells them.
"Don't boast Draco. There's no need with these people."
As Harry and Holly are about to walk away, Lucius catches Harry's foot with his cane, "Do enjoy yourself, won't you? While you can," He tells the twins with a sneer.
Holly pulls Harry along as they follow Mr. Weasley to their seats.
The ceremony begins, and balloons and fireworks go off.
"Come on," Yells George.
"It's the Irish!" Fred yells.
Five green and white figures fly through the air on their brooms, leaving a colored trail behind them. A glittering leprechaun appears in the sky and starts dancing. Everyone is excited.
"Here come the Bulgarians!"
Five red figures this time, one of them performs a stunt on his broom. One of them appears on the large screen. The crowd begins to chant 'Krum, Krum, Krum.' Viktor waves at the crowd.
Later that night, the twins were celebrating the Irish's victory over Bulgaria even though Viktor had caught the snitch. Ron began to wax poetically about Viktor's skills causing Fred, George, and Harry to make fun of him. While they were laughing at Ron, the twins could hear noises coming from outside the tent.
"Sounds like the Irish have got their pride on," Fred comments
"Stop! Stop it. It's not the Irish. We've gotta get out of here. Now," Arthur urgently tells everyone.
Exiting the tent, there's nothing but chaos going on. Some figures in pointed hoods carrying flaming torches are walking across the campsite, chanting ominous noises. The crowd is panicked and rushing all over.
"Get back to the portkey everybody, and stick together. Fred, George... Ginny is your responsibility." Arthur orders.
Everyone rushes towards the portkey, but people are screaming and pushing each other, making it hard for the group to stay together. Hermione and Holly are holding hands as they try to follow Fred and George. Suddenly, Holly is roughly shoved to the ground losing sight of the others.
"Holly!" Hermione screams as she loses grip of her sister's, in all but blood, hand.
Holly climbs to her feet and looks around, "Hermione, Harry!" She screams, looking around Holly sees that she's completely alone.
Without hesitation, she whips her wand out and starts walking towards the hill where the portkey is. Holly hears a noise behind her and whirls around. To her horror, two masked figures are standing behind her. Holly dives out of the way as the two figures send curses her way. Knowing she doesn't have a chance against them, Holly starts running; the two characters give chase. Curses and hexes go flying past her head. Holly continues to run until she finds herself cornered. She turns to face her attackers when suddenly she's lifted off the ground.
Holly screams as someone has just hoisted her up onto a broom, "Don't vorry, I am here to help." A masculine voice from behind her says.
Holly turns around; she can barely make out the face of Viktor Krum, who is easily avoiding curses that are being sent by the masked figures once they have reached a safe distance, Viktor lands and helps Holly off his broom. Holly stumbles and reaches for her scar.
"Are you alvight, you are not hurt?" Viktor asks.
"I'm okay, thank you for saving me," Holly says, smiling shyly.
"You're velcome, but I must be going, I cannot be seen. Vill you be alvight to find your family?"
"Yes, I'll be fine."
"Good. Until ve meet again, malŭk. (Little one.)"
With that, Viktor mounted his broom and flew off. Holly watched him fly off into the night. She couldn't believe that Viktor Krum had saved her. Holly was so shocked she didn't hear the others calling her name.
Holly suddenly felt someone crash into her, "Holly, are you alright? Are you hurt," Harry said as he squeezed the life out of his twin.
"Harry, can't breathe," Holly squeaked out, making Harry let go of her.
By this time, Hermione and Ron have shown up as well along with Mr. Weasley, "Holly, are you alright, what happened?" Hermione asks.
Holly explains how she was saved from two hooded figures that were chasing her, but she didn't tell the others who had saved her. That was something she wanted to keep private.
"Who were those people," Holly asked.
"Death Eaters, followers of You Know Who. One of them left that dark mark in the sky," Hermione tells Holly.
Holly briefly looks at Harry, who nods, letting her know that he too felt a burning in his scar. Harry puts his arm around his twin as they follow Mr. Weasley back to the portkey and head back to the Burrow.