A/N Hey, this is the first story that I have actually posted, so I hope you enjoy it. This is a story is AU and may have Harry slightly OOC, but you have to remember that Harry was never influenced by the Dursleys
Here it was, Halloween night, and witches and wizards around the world were celebrating, Why, you ask? Well, I shall tell you. The whole story revolves around a little baby boy, Harry James Potter.
Lord Voldamort, or he-who-must-not-be-named, was gone. No one knew where, but at that moment they could all care less. Dumbledore and McGonagall were at the Dursley residence, with Hagrid, dropping off baby Harry where he was supposed to spent the next eleven years of his life.
The next morning when the Dursleys awoke, they found a baby on their doorstep. A woman's scream could be heard from miles around, "Get rid of him Vernon, get rid of him."
So Vernon, not wanting to upset his wife anymore, swiftly picked up the baby, threw him into the car, and drove off to find the nearest orphanage.
It was a place called St. Lawrence. Vernon walked in and without a word set the baby on the floor and left. The owner of the orphanage, a kindly woman named Miss Stevens, woke up to the screams of a child. She sighed, another long day was about to begin. When she exited her room, she realized that the screams weren't coming from the children's rooms, but the main hall. So many thoughts rushed through her head, had a child escaped during the night and had gotten hurt, would she be fired. When she rounded the corner to the entrance hall she saw a baby carrier sitting at its center. She picked up the carrier and looked at the baby lying inside. The first thing she noticed was the baby's eyes. They were a bright vibrant shade of emerald now that he had stopped crying. The baby boy had jet black hair and a bid smile. Attached to his jumper was a note. She pulled it off and read it. It was vary simple, only saying, "His name is Harry James Potter". She sighed. This was not unusual, but parents generally waited until later in the day to drop off their unwanted children. There was nothing else left to do with the child except find him a crib that he could call home.
The next few years passed by quickly for Harry. At two and a half he got to move to the boys' room for children two and a half to seven years old. He was generally a quiet child and preferred to play by himself rather than with the other children. There were about 50 children in his room, so none of them got very much attention from the extremely short-handed staff. It didn't bother Harry much, but like all the other children he longed to be adopted by a loving family.
Hermione's P.O.V.
Hermione was so excited. Her parents were about to adopt a child and Hermione would soon have a brother or sister. They had prepared a room for the child and they were about to go to the orphanage and decide which child to adopt. They drove to the orphanage and went inside. The first thing Hermione noticed upon entering the orphanage was how dreary it looked. There was no color on the walls, and the stone tile entry way was quiet depressing. Her parents were greeted by a middle aged woman who introduced herself as Miss Stevenson. She invited them to look around and informed them that it was play time for the children. She directed them down the hall saying that the boys' room was on the left and the girls' room on the right. She left them to attend to something and the Granger's decided to visit the boys' room first.
When Hermione entered, she saw a large group of boys running around, but one caught her eye. There was a little boy who looked to be about four or five years old sitting in a corner by himself. He had a messy mop of black hair on his head and large emerald green eyes. He was reading, or at least looking at, a book. She informed her parents that she was going ot go talk to him. They let her and went to talk to some of the others. She slid up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. He spun around to face her, startled.
"Hello, my name is Hermione, what's yours?"
"I'm Harry, nice to meet you," said the little boy.
"What book are you reading?" asked Hermione. She loved to read, even though she had just learned how, and hoped that this little boy did to.
"Oh, I can read, but I like to look at the pictures. Sometimes one of the older boys will read to me."
"Well, maybe I could try and read it to you," said Hermione. She flipped to the front cover of the book. "The Little Engine that Could," Hermione continued reading the book to him, stumbling on very few of the words. After she was done reading, they continued talking about anything and everything that came to mind.
Eventually Hermione's parents came to find her. They also talked to Harry and had a nice conversation. Eventually her parents informed her that it was time to go. Hermione reluctantly said good-bye and left with her parents after promising to eventually return.
After a while they had to go and they returned to the entrance hall. Hermione paused a moment to gather her thoughts and when she was sure of herself she spoke, "Mom, Dad," Hermione said nervously, "I think we should adopt Harry. I really like him and he wants to learn to read early, just like me."
"Don't you want to go visit the girl's room first?" her mother asked.
"I'm sure I want Harry to be my new brother,"
"Okay, if you're sure," her father said after a moment of debate with her mother.
'Yes, we get to adopt Harry,' thought Hermione.
"Why don't you go talk to Harry while we fill out some paperwork?" her mother asked.
"Ok, I'll see you when you're done, thanks," Hermione called to her parents as she trotted down the hall to Harry's room. When she got there it took a moment of searching, but she finally spotted Harry near the bookshelf on one side of the room.
"Harry!" she called to him. He turned around, startled at seeing her again so soon, and waved to her.
"Hello, are you back again, already?"
"Yep, and I've got some great news Harry. Guess what?" Hermione was nearly bursting with excitement.
"I don't know, what?"
"WE GET TO ADOPT YOU!" Hermione screamed.
"Really? Do you mean it?" Harry asked unbelievingly.
"Yes! My, soon to be yours, parents are filing out the paperwork right now!"
They continued to talk about how their new lives would be. Hermione told Harry about their house and yard. Harry asked Hermione if they had lots of books he could read and she said of course. Eventually Hermione's, and now Harry's, parents returned and told them that everything was now finalized.
Hermione and Harry hugged each other and went over to Harry's bunk together to gather his stuff. He didn't have much; all of his possessions fit into a backpack. With a last goodbye to Miss Stevenson, they were off and Harry had a new family.
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(In the Car)
"Harry dear," Ellen, Hermione's mother said, "how much clothing do you have?"
"Three outfits, Mrs. Granger," replied Harry.
"Please Harry, call me Mom and my husband Dad, or at least call us Ellen and Fred. Mrs. Granger makes me feel old. Do you feel up to do some shopping right now, or would you rather wait?"
"Now is fine, m-m-o-o-m," he stumbled over the last word, having never used it before. "I've never been shopping before. Where are you going?"
"I was thinking we would go to the clothing sore and buy you some new clothes and then maybe go to a toy store,"
"Um… can we go to the bookstore instead?" Harry cringed and waited to be reprimanded for being ungrateful.
"Sure, if you would rather go there than the toy store," Fred replied.
Harry, shocked that they had accepted his request, could only mutter "Thanks D-dad," once again tripping over the unfamiliar word.
"Yeah! The bookstore!" Hermione squealed. She loved the place and couldn't wait to show Harry around. "Daddy, can we teach Harry to read like you taught me?"
"If he wants to. How about it son, would you like to learn to read?" the Grangers were big on books and knowledge. If Harry was too, then he would fit right in.
"Oh, yes! I've always wanted to learn how to read so I could read more books. The older boys didn't always have time to read to me,"
Just then they pulled up in front of the clothing store and Harry quickly got out of the car and stood near Hermione. She lead the way into the store, followed by Harry and their parents. They quickly found the little boys section, and bought him a few pairs of pants, some shorts since it was summertime, and a good size stack of tee shirts.
Harry tried to protest, saying that he didn't need that many clothes. The Grangers insisted that he did. They told him that all little bots should have at least seven sets of clothes, usually more. All in all, Harry ended up with about 10 new outfits, 2 new pairs of shoes, and all the other clothing essentials. His new parents told him that they had already picked up a few other things, like furniture, for is room at the house. The next stop was the bookstore.
As they pulled up in front of the bookstore, Harry's heart started to beat a little faster. So much excitement today and now he was getting to go to the bookstore for the first time. Since it was Hermione's favorite place, she didn't hesitant to jump out of the car and head towards the doors of the store. By the time Harry finally got to the door, Hermione was already inside waiting for him. He opened the door and took in the sights and sounds. The first thing he noticed was the smell, new paper and ink, combined with a hint to coffee. The sights were next, row upon row of books, as far as the eye could see, at least from his position. Lastly he noticed the sounds: the quiet russling of pages, whispered voices, and someone drinking a cup of coffee.
Someone grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the back of the store. He turned to the person holding his hand and discovered that it was none other than Hermione. Apparently, she was tired of waiting on him. She showed him the children's section and pointed out a few of her favorites. Ellen told Harry that he could pick out 10 books to take home. Eventually Hermione helped him pick out several and persuaded her parents to buy an educational computer game that came with an encyclopedia to use on the computer. They paid for their purchases and headed towards the place that Harry would call home for the next several years.
A/N Yeah! please read and review! I am going to start work on the next chapter, but there won't be any new posts for over a week since I am leaving for camp.