Yep. A Harry Potter Story. Again. And it changes the storyline. Again.*gasps* I've become a cliche! *passes out*
 Hehehe, YEAH I'm perfectly fine, in case you were wondering. (You probably weren't)

Warning(s): A LOT of Harry&Hermione shipping ahead. AND OOC-ness. This story starts when Harry and Hermione are nine years old.

Disclaimer: I, hopelessromantic4life, do not own the Harry Potter series or any of it's characters. All rights go to the author, J.K Rowling.

"Get back here, loser!" Dudley yelled, waddling as fast as he could-which wasn't very fast at all- after his much skinnier cousin, his friends in toe. Harry just kept running through the library, just hoping he could manage to get away. He narrowly turned the corner of a bookshelf...

Just as another girl around his age did the same. Harry collided into her, sending the them colliding into the floor, with Harry on top of her.

"Oh! I'm really sorry about that!" Harry apologized, blushing furiously "Hehe, didn't see ya there"

"It's ok; I wasn't really looking where I was going, either" she said calmly, though her face was also slightly tinged with pink. Harry stood up, extending his hand to the girl. She took it, albeit with slight hesitation, and hauled herself back to her feet. At this point, Dudley and his gang managed to catch up with Harry.

"Oooh. What have we here?" Piers sneered. Harry realized with a jolt that he was still holding the girl's hand. He quickly let go, his face growing even more red.

"Go away" the girl snapped, glaring at the group of bullies. Dudley stiffened, unused to having someone stand up to him, then stilled himself and smirked.

"Why should we, beaver? We want to be here" he taunted in reference to her slightly buck teeth. Her eyes widened in hurt, then narrowed.

"I said 'GO AWAY!'" she screeched, forgetting she was in the library. As she could see was red; seething red rage.

What happened next was certainty magical, though it's outcome definitely was not pretty.

Books began floating, hanging in the air. The group of bullies stared in awe, but the books were quickly hurled through the air at them. The first hit Dudley's forehead, puncturing the skin. Blood began to stream down his face like a river. Dudley screamed, turning on his heels and running with his friends right behind him. The books followed them.

"Woah" Harry breathed, feeling a mixture of fear and awe. The girl sighed, relaxing. In the distance, you could hear the books drop.

"How did you do that?" he asked her, somehow not fearing that she might do the same to him.

"I-I don't know" she said slowly, a look of confusion covering her face "I just got really angry and then, BAM! it happened"

"Huh. Well, thanks for that, anyway" Harry told her. The girl gave him an odd look.

"What do you mean?" she asked him, one eyebrow raised.

"No one has ever really stood up to Dudley, especially not for me" Harry explained. Her expression softened, and she placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Well then, these people are total jerks" she joked.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" the librarian yelled from across the room. Harry flinched, though he knew she couldn't see them.

"We might wanna run. Come on!" Harry said, grabbing the girl's arm and dragging her out the back door.

How sad was it that he knew exactly where to hide?

The two panted as they reached the safe area, dropping to their knees.

"*pant* Why *pant* are we *pant* here?" The girl asked.

"The teachers would find us there and instantly blame us. They wouldn't care what our argument is" Harry informed her "They simply can't know we were there and we're in the clear"

"Ah" was his only response.

"My name's Harry, by the way" he tried. The girl smiled at him.

"Nice to meet you, Harry. My name is Hermione Granger" she said holding her hand out "I'm new at this school" Harry grinned and took her hand.

"Well, Hermione, I think this is the starting of a beautiful friendship. I'm sorry if that sounded stupid" He told her. Hermione chuckled.

"It didn't sound stupid at all, Harry. It just makes you sound mature" she said.

"Thanks, Mione" he told her. She raised an eyebrow.

"Mione?" she questioned. Harry shrugged.

"I thought it sounded cool" he answered.

"We should probably head back to the school" Hermione said, ignoring him.

"Wanna race?" Harry asked her playfully.

"Sure. On your mark, get set, GO!" Hermione exclaimed, running towards the school.

"Hey! wait for me, Mione!" Harry shouted, chasing after his new friend.

DAW! Aren't they adorable? Well, they are for now, anyways. Just wait till they grow up a little. Hehehe.

Well, see ya later!