Professor Vector was designated as her and her family's guide to the magical community. The Professor explained the basic concepts of the community like the government, the currency, and the medicine. This was of interest to her parents with them both being Dentists and how they wanted their daughter to follow in their footsteps and take over the family practice. Hermione's plans were different then the future her parents had planned for her. By the age of 11 when they first met the professor, Hermione was set on becoming someone who helped others and had an aversion to the idea of being bitten by children in a dentist chair.
There was a boy in her school at the time that lived with his extended family. He was left out of activities by the other children, much like her but for much different reasons. As she was seen as boring and studious, the boy was left out for being a "freak" as his overly rotund cousin used to call him. When she confronted the teachers about her suspicions that the boy was being left out maliciously, they had done what they could but the adage of "boys will be boys" allowed them the comfort to give up after a while. Hermione continued to point out problems with the boy's social well-being and was essentially told by both the teachers and the principal to mind her own business. He was the reason why she wanted to help others to get a voice. Being mistreated by one's own family is something that no one should have to endure. It got so bad that she approached her parents on her tenth birthday and asked what they could do. They called the social care team and the police after visiting the school themselves and witnessing the cruelty that the boy faced along with the aftermath of bruises when he would arrive at the school in the morning. They both reported back that there was no scrawny black-haired child with a scar on his forehead that lived with the Dursleys.
They tried for over a year to help the Harry and to no avail. They were blocked at every possible impasse that they could try. It was so bad that even Hermione, who shared a lunch block with him, could not contact him for fear of retribution from the teachers. It was deemed hopeless.
When Professor Vector had a moment alone with Hermione as her parents went to prepare a platter of biscuits and tea, she asked the professor if there was anything that magic could do to save the boy. When the professor heard Hermione's tale, she had great concern that a child was being treated in that matter as a ten-year-old. She told Hermione that as soon as they were done with their admission paperwork finalizations, they would go to see the boy before heading to buy the school supplies that they would be needing.
After all the i's were dotted and the t's were crossed the group consisting of Professor Vector, Hermione and Drs. Grangers left for Privet Drive to check up on the boy. They found him working on the garden outside of the home while being kicked repeatedly by his cousin. Concerned, Professor looked around the neighborhood as is searching for something. As if finding what see was looking for, she walked through an alley way to a road called Wisteria Walk following an Orange smooshed faced cat. "Where are we going? Aren't we going to help him?" Hermione Protested.
"Of course, we will, but first I need to talk to someone," the professor responded as a cat disappeared into a cat door of a small grey house. Grasping the knocker, the professor knocked on the door alerting the resident to our presence.
A woman opened the door with a hesitant smile, and upon seeing the badge being shown to her by Professor Vector, she opened the door wide for the group to enter her home. The home itself smelled of cabbage and was decorated with photos of cats everywhere, and Mrs. Figg (judging by the name on the mailbox) lead the group to her sitting room so they could speak comfortably.
"A Hogwarts professor in my neck of the woods. I was expecting this in July, are you not a bit early?" questioned Mrs. Figg.
"No, I already collected my student from the other side of Little Whinging," said the professor nodding her head in a way to indicate as to the purpose for the Grangers' presence. "I sought you out for an entirely different matter. The boy named Harry who lives on Privet Drive," Mrs. Figg shifted uncomfortably, "Is that the Harry I think he is?"
Mrs. Figg nodded in response.
"Who brought him here?" The professor angrily inquired.
"I think you know who did that." Said the old woman sadly. Hermione and her parents were thoroughly concerned.
"We have been trying to remove the boy from that family for over a year, my wife and I even became foster parents so that we could help him. Do you know why we were never able to succeed?" Hermione's father plead.
"Dumbledore thought he would be safe with family something about blood wards due to his mother's sacrifice. He has great influences in all types of government, magical and non-magical." She stared at the man with wide eyes.
"Thank you, Mrs. Figg. Do you mind if I erase your memory of this interaction as it would implicate you once Mr. Potter is moved to a more secure family and home?" The professor asked.
"Yes, but, you…" she pointed at eleven-year-old Hermione, "you're the girl from school that he says is nice to him. He called you Hermione." The girl nodded. "It's your turn to take care of him." She directed at the Grangers. They all nodded. She got up, grabbed a plastic Sainsbury sac and went to a set of cabinets on top of the sink in the kitchen. She then stuffed the bag full of bottles and jars. She brought it back to them. "When I have babysat him in the past, I have been sure to feed him these as needed. The blue bottles will bring him to full health and will accelerate his growth so that he can be the normal size of a boy his age. When he drinks those be sure to have plenty of food around. I haven't been able to give him full doses as needed without the Dursley's getting angry. The rest of them are burn salves, bruise creams, scar reducers, pain relievers and vitamins." She instructed the matriarch of the Granger Clan.
Looking to Professor Vector, Hermione questioned, "Does that mean Harry is like me? Magical?"
"Yes he is, and we are going to give him his letter right away."
The Granger's left the home and waited for Professor Vector as was requested of them. After a dim flash of white light that could be seen through the front windows, the professor exited. And the group walked back to number 4 Privet Drive. For once, someone took their concerns beyond a mild investigation, they were finally going to be able to get him out of there and into a loving home.
That was the day that Hermione gained a brother. It was 5 o'clock by the time that they all made it back to the house. Hermione hugged Harry and told him welcome home. The blood binding ritual was short and all it required was for Harry to give a drop of blood and for Mrs. Granger to accept it into her bloodstream. Mrs. Granger was grateful for being AB+ that day so that the ritual would take, and no adverse effects would take place because of incompatible blood types. Professor Vector said that that was all that was required for the blood wards from his mother's sacrifice to be transferred to the Granger's home and as soon as the ritual was complete, Harry immediately took to calling the Grangers Mom, Dad, and sister.
As the process of getting Harry out of the Dursley's took a long time, they all had to wait until the next day to get their school supplies for the following year. That rest of the non-magical (muggle) school year was uneventful and the bullying for Harry had almost stopped as the Dursley's were forced to move away. The bond that Harry and Hermione had grew until they were almost inseparable. Although Harry was in a lower grade than Hermione, the two were sure to spend recess and lunch together. When Harry's first Christmas came, Hermione remembered the tears in his eyes when he realized they had hung up a stocking for him. With his tears came some accidental magic of a mild variety with a gold glowing emanating from his body. When she had seen it, Hermione hugged him and said, "Love you brother."
"Love you sister"
The family quickly acclimated to being a family of four. As the new family for Harry the Grangers, along with their two children went to the parent teacher conferences. Harry's teachers were shocked to see the Grangers represent his family as they had borderline ignored Hermione's concerns in past years. They were able to show great improvements in Harry's scores and said that they wanted to test him for his math skills as they said that he may need to take advanced mathematical courses. The Granger's were proud of their new son, for how he was kind and strong, but this type of praise sent them over the moon that they had two children that were intelligent beyond their grade level.
