AU where Harry has a twin sister! Yay, another OC, I just can't freaking help myself. The Harry potter books really lack in the whole cool female character department. Hermione is for Ron only… putting her with anyone else seems wrong somehow. And everyone else either dies or has no real plot with them so I am forced to come up with my own!

I hope you enjoy her. I know that if you read Hestia's Kindness many loved Grace; hopefully Daisy will be just as enjoyable for all of you.

Anyways Twendel (my muse) is yelling at me to put a disclaimer. I shouldn't have to, no one would believe me if I said I owned Harry Potter. So… J.K. owns everything except Daisy, she's all mine.

Two at the Cost of One

Chapter 1

A Daisy's Sun

Harry is the light when there is no other. For me he is the sun that is so greedily hidden from me. Although, in this place I don't see how there could be a light even if I could see.

Harry sees the good in everything, even when others could not or would not.

I'm getting ahead of myself though of course. I should start with introducing myself. My name is Daisy Potter. I am about to turn 11. And another important thing I should probably mention is that I am Harry's sister… twin actually. Oh… and I'm blind. I don't think I was always blind… I can sometimes concentrate and remember images of things from when I was very, very small. I can see a blurry outline of my mother's face smiling down at me, my dad's fuzzy form lingering over her shoulder as he wraps arms around her waist. They are all unclear… but I know they are real.

Being blind isn't all bad I for one don't have to see my uncle… Harry tells me he is horrendous and that I should count myself lucky I don't have to look at his multiple chins! But, being blind is also like an extra chore. Every day our uncle hands Harry a list of at least 30 things we have to get done before he gets home from work. Being blind means that normal tasks that take other people little time takes me twice as long. I have to search out my every move, plan… like I'm choreographing a dance till it is perfection.

Much of the time I don't complete my half of the list. Harry always jumps to help me get it done. And, much of the time I have to lie. I say I have gotten more done then is the truth because he has already done so much. I put a heavy burden on my shoulders to keep him safe, but it's a price I would pay a thousand times over to keep him happy for a bit longer.

…Even if I suffer much for it. In this house, when Harry or I do not finish a chore we get lashings… if we protest or fight against them we get slapped. Most days I come back to our room for bed where Harry is waiting for me, I'm bruised and sore… I know it's a visible thing. Harry always asks what happened. Being blind gives me the excuse to say I ran into something or tripped, but I also know that he can see through those lies.

I'm not sure whether it's for my benefit or his that he chooses not to ask more, ask how I can flint around the house like I can see during the day, but once our uncle gets home I suddenly stumble and become clumsy.

Harry and I live a hard life, but because of the sacrifices I make Harry is my light. He battles through tough situations with a sense of humor that never ceases to make me laugh.

I'm older by 22 minutes, normally that wouldn't make much of a difference… but for some reason it did with us. We are both very intelligent, but I am also mature. I know that part of the reason Harry isn't as mature as I am is because I want to make it that way. I try my best to keep him as in the dark and safe as possible from the terrible life we live.

The problem is… like I said, he is very smart and one day he is going to catch onto the fact that some nights I come back to our room limping… one day he's going to realize that I come back to our room at least once a week with a black eye not because I fell again… but because our uncle is a cruel man.

…One day Harry is going to stop being so very happy and humorous…

And it will be a sad day.

So, for as long as possible I will take all the blame, I will do whatever necessary to ensure that he is my sun, my light in a dark world.

I was promising the Snake Tames a Lion story since I wrote Hestia's Kindness and then I've been working on To Wound a Lion as a trade… but this story had been floating around in my head for so long that I just must share it now!

I once said that I wouldn't post a story until it was 100% complete because I hate long update waits and story's that never get finished… but I'm not that kind of girl I promise they will get finished. If I do not update it is because I didn't get a chance to use internet on my usual Thursday allotted time.

Anyway hope you enjoy and let me know what you think… I know this seems odd now, but I assure you it will be a wild ride!