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Bound By Time
Chapter 1: The Beginning
It was a cold, rainy day. Today was August 31st, the last day of summer vacation. Hermione was lying on her bed listening to her Ipod. Tomorrow she would pack her trunk and get on Platform 9 and 3/4 to go back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was excited that she would see Harry, Ron, Ginny, and all her other friends, but she knew she would miss her parents a ton.
Oh, well. She thought. I have no choice, besides I want to see my friends.
The next day she said goodbye to her parents and got on the Hogwarts Express. Before she got a chance to find Harry and Ron, Hermione saw the person she loathed most at school.
"Hey, Mudblood. Have a nice summer?"
"Why do you care, Malfoy? It's not like we're friends or anything!" she spat out venomously.
He retorted back, "I would watch my back if I were you!"
Showing more than a bit of aggression she replied, "How dare you threaten me! I am seventeen, and I won't be threatened by some stupid, obnoxious ferret!"
"What did you say, Granger?"
"You heard me loud and clear!"
"Well, you know what? I -" He had gotten cut off by two strong fists connecting with his jaw. Malfoy stumbled backwards and smashed into a compartment door, startling a bunch of first years. Hermione turned around to find out who had defended her, and found Harry and Ron. "Harry! Ron!" she gave them each a huge hug. "Oh my gosh! I've missed you guys soo much! Look how much you've grown over the summer."
"We've missed you too, Mione."
"We sure have. And you're saying we've grown? Look at yourself! You look amazing!" Harry exclaimed. He was right. She had grown a few inches making her height about 5' 8'', her hair had straightened out and had purple streaks, that almost looked red in the sunlight, she had begun to wear make-up over the summer, and she had finally noticed how great her body looked, so she had started wearing clothes that fit her better, but still didn't show too much skin.
"Thanks. Let's go find a compartment." Hermione said and they all moved around Malfoy as he lay on the floor forgotten. "So where's Ginny?"
"Oh, she's scanning the train for hot guys." said Harry.
"WHAT? Where is she? Oh, is she going to get it..." said Ron firing up at once, which is just the reaction Harry wanted to get. He and Hermione burst out laughing at him. "What…Hey! Stop laughing!..." They continued for about five minutes.
"hehe..O..k...hehehe..ok... we'll st- hehe-op. We'll st- stop." Harry finally managed to stutter between laughs.
"Geez, Ron. You've got to learn how to chill. So where is Ginny for real?" Hermione asked.
"Saving us a compartment at the other end of the train." Harry reassured Ron.
"So how was your summer, Mione?" Ron asked.
"Fine. I basically read the entire time. I spent two weeks at my cousins' cabin by a lake in Maine. Other than that it was normal. What about you guys? How was your summer?"
"Pretty normal. I stayed at Ron's the entire summer, so I didn't have to deal with the Dursleys. We basically played quidditch."
"Yeah Harry said it all." Ron said. "Oh, and I got back together with Lavender."
Hermione smiled and replied, "That's great, Ron as long as your happy. So...Harry, what about your love life?"
He grimaced. "Well... Ginny and I broke up."
Then Hermione's face fell. "But...why?"
"Because of a bunch of things."
"Harry, I want specifics. I mean I care about you and Ginny a lot."
"I know you do. I care about her, too. It's just...with Voldemort rising to power I didn't want her to be in danger."
"Aww, Harry. That's soo sweet." she said giving him a comforting smile.
"Well...that's not the only reason." Harry slightly shifted.
"What's the other reason or reasons?"
"Because we figured out we need to take a break, and I think we may just love each other as brother and sister. You know, like you and I do?"
"Ok, well that's fine, again just as long as your happy, Harry."
"Speaking of brotherly sisterly love and safety and all that, there's something we need to talk about, Hermione." said Ron looking suddenly serious.
"What?" she asked looking concerned.
"Hold on," said Harry dragging them into an empty compartment. "Ok, well here's the thing, Mione, we care about you and don't want anything to happen to you, so we were thinking-"
"If you guys are thinking that you are gonna be able to keep me from fighting in this war then you're wro-" she started to say but got cut off by Harry.
"That's not what we were gonna say. We don't want anything to happen to you, but," he pressed on. "If anything does happen to you we want to know, and I don't mean by the Daily Prophet either."
"Then I don't get it. What are you talking about?"
"We're talking about all three of us getting bonded as brother, brother, and sister." said Ron and Harry just nodded looking completely serious and Hermione knew this was no joke.
"Alright." she said slowly. "When will we do it?"
"Tonight at midnight." Ron responded.
"The plan is we'll go down to the Room of Requirement together and do it there."
"Sounds good, but who will be our bonder?" inquired Hermione.
"We already figured that out." said Harry.
"Ginny will bond us. We already talked to her about it during the summer and she agreed. Best sister I've ever had."
"The only sister you've had, Ron." she pointed out. "Come on let's go find Ginny. We should be there in about half an hour or so." Then they left the compartment and found Ginny about ten compartments down. For the rest of the trip they played Exploding Snap and caught up with each others lives. Finally the train pulled into Hogsmeade Station.
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