Arranged

Summary: Prince Harry Potter is the royal heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Gryffindor. He has been arranged to be married to the Princess of Ravenclaw, Hermione Granger. They are immediately drawn to each other, but are not sure if they are in love. On the side, an evil Dark Lord emerges who plans to overthrow Harry and kill him. He will also be betrayed.

Set in modern day. Guns and magic and cars. Military uniforms. It's half magical and half Muggle. Think of the TV show Kings if you've ever seen it. Now imagine the characters in that world. Hehe.

Change: Harry has no glasses. Hermione is two months younger than Harry.

Arranged

Prologue

Hogwarts, a world of great power and leaders, is made of four realms. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each realm was named after the one who founded them.

Gryffindor is the realm of the Lions. Their flag colors are gold and a maroon red. They are the higher power among all of the realms. Godric Gryffindor was the Founder of the realm. He was the one with the idea to split the lands, so the other Founders gave him the power to overlook the others. They were the Lions of Courage and Bravery. They had the biggest hearts full of love. Their King, the High King, James Potter and his wife, Queen Lily, were said to be the best King and Queen the world has ever had. The world prospered and flourished under them.

Rowena Ravenclaw was the Founder of the Ravenclaw realm. She was very Clever and Intelligent. Most who are from the realm are very clever. They are the Ravens and their flag flies the colors of silver and blue. Their King and Queen were Muggles, as in they didn't do magic, but still powerful in talking and speaking for their people. Their daughter, however was a Muggleborn, who was someone who could do magic, but parents were normal and couldn't do magic.

Helga Hufflepuff was the mother of the Badgers of the Hufflepuff realm. They are very Loyal and Honoring and stuck to their word. Their flag flies the colors of yellow and black. Their King and Queen were Amos and Katrina Diggory. Their son, Cedric, married Duchess Cho Chang and they assumed the throne when he turned twenty years old, which was just recently.

Salazar Slytherin founded the realm of Slytherin. They were the Snakes, with their flags flying green and silver. They were Cunning and Sly. Salazar was not like the other Founders. He did not like Muggleborns. The people of Slytherin were very rebellious and did not associate with the others. They were sometimes feared by all. Their biggest enemy was the Gryffindors, who they were in a war with. They did not like that they were overlooked and overruled by a Muggleborn witch, who was their High Queen Lily. Their King and Queen was Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.

It was not a war for High Queen Lily. It was a war for the freeing of all Muggleborns from their discrimination.

Betrothal was very common in Hogwarts, especially among the Royals. In fact, all of the Kings and Queens had been betrothed. An arranged marriage, as it was sometimes called. Betrothal is made from birth when both sexes are revealed. The two babies meet when the second is born and meet again when they are five. When they turn seventeen, they are married and must conceive and Heir on their wedding night. The pair will be coronated King and Queen when they turn twenty or when the King dies.

The minute High Queen Lily Potter found out she was pregnant with a baby boy, the news spread like wildfire. Everyone knew by the next day. Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and even Slytherin, who had separated themselves from the rest, heard the wonderful news. Not long after, the Ravenclaw Royal Family was blessed with the news of a baby girl on the way. Queen Charlotte sent a letter to her High Queen, suggesting an arranged marriage between their offspring. Of course, they accepted, creating a stronger alliance between the two Kingdoms. When Prince Harry Potter of Gryffindor and Princess Hermione Granger of Ravenclaw was born, they were shown to each other and met when they were just a few months old. Of course, they had no idea who each other were.

Reverend Albus Dumbledore was the Godric Gryffindor Cathedral's pastor. He anointed James and Lily and James's parents. Now he was to anoint Prince Harry and Princess Hermione.

When they were five, King Jacob and Queen Charlotte journeyed with their daughter to Gryffindor to meet her fiancee. Hermione did not know what that meant, so she was told she was meeting a friend. After Hermione had been born, the Healer had told them that they had given birth to a Muggleborn. She had magical blood in her.

Harry was a mischievious little boy and his parents warned him not to play pranks on his new friend. He agreed with them, promising no tricks, all the while crossing his fingers behind his back. He had a few tricks up his sleeve.

However, when the Prince first laid eyes on his Princess, all thoughts of pranks and jokes were gone from his mind. Princess Hermione Granger of Ravenclaw was very pretty. She had long, brown, curly locks and chocolate-brown eyes. He smiled when he saw her get out of the limousine. She had a big smile on her face, which made her look even more pretty.

Harry had very untidy black hair, like his father, and piercing emerald-green eyes, like his mother. He and his parents, along with a lot of guards and a few assistants. Harry was hiding behind his father's legs when they had driven up. When they had gotten out of the black vehicle, he had peeked out and saw his future bride.

His father, had nudged him from behind him to go and meet Hermione. He was pushed to her and he avoided her gaze, a little nervous. He cleared his throat and extended his hand for her to shake. "H-hi, I'm Harry. It's nice to meet you."

"Hermione. It's lovely to meet you, too," she agreed smiling.

He grinned back and looked at his mother and father, unsure of what to do. "Hello, Charlotte, Jacob, it's lovely to see you again," Queen Lily said hugging the other Royals. "How have you been?"

"Just lovely, Lily," Charlotte replied.

"Shall we go in for tea?" High King James suggested and they all agreed. They all went inside, with Harry and Hermione pulling in the back, guarded by a few servicemen. They all had tea and the two children went outside to play in the gardens for a while. They ran and played tag. Neither child had any friends, so it was nice to play with someone their own age. "I'm gonna get you!" Harry cried running after her and grabbing her waist, pulling her to the ground. The both laughed and he yelled, "You're 'It'!"

The two young Royals had so much fun playing with each other. The assistants and Royal Nannies had to chase them down for a long while. After they played, they had dinner and then the Granger Royal Family went home to their Kingdom. Harry and Hermione were sad to see each other go. Hermione's parents had to carry her to the limousine because she did not want to leave Harry. James had to stop Harry from running after it. It was a sad separation to see.

A war broke out as the Slytherin Snakes snuck into the country of Gryffindor and began to attack Muggleborns. High King James and High Queen Lily were furious that this had happened. This happened ten years later. Slytherin had gotten a big enough army to attack. However, Gryffindor held them off and drove them out of their lands and back into theirs. High King James declared war on the green lands and asked Colonel Sirius Black, his head of military and his best friend to start drafting more men. Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff immediately joined the fight without hesitation.

Prince Harry Potter was nearly sixteen and wanted to join the army very much. His father and mother told him he could go into training and become a King's Own when he was sixteen. So, Harry endured the torture and pain of the training camps, meeting many boys his own age, making friends.

Finally, when he was sixteen, he was drafted and became on of the King's Own. He was sent to the front, on the border between Slytherin and Hufflepuff as they touched. For now, he was Your Highness Private Harry Potter. He was offered his own tent, but turned it down as he wanted to be like every other man that was there.

Between Harry and Hermione, they could not talk to each other, write letters, e-mail, or even have each other's cell phone numbers. It was custom to both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw traditions, as they wanted to wait for the wedding. However, they did see each other on the television and in the magazines and newspapers. Also, at the end of the month, they were given a letter, written by their personal assistants about what the two Royals did that month. For example, Hermione had petitioned for a home for the orphaned children who were living on the streets and so, her personal assistant, Nymphadora Tonks, sent a letter to the Prince of Gryffindor about her accomplishments that month.

When Hermione got the letter that her fiancee was to join the army, she was devastated. She did not want him to be hurt. She cried that night in her room, scared for him. He was right on the border, which was very dangerous territory.

And her worry only got worse when he was injured very badly. He had gotten shot in the shoulder twice, in the thigh, and in the chest. It was severe and the Hufflepuff Healers rushed him to the hospital to perform a surgery on him. However bad he had gotten hurt, he managed to blow up one of Slytherin's tanks with a bazooka, earning him a very big reward, as it had never been done before.

Hermione sat in her bedroom on her bed holding a pillow to her chest as she watched the news media film outside of the hospital, waiting for their sources to tell them if he was okay. She began to cry as the newscaster, Sarah Oliver spoke very desperately, "I'm here at Badger General Hospital in Helga, the capital of Hufflepuff, where High Prince Harry Potter is inside, deeply and severly injured. We have news from a source that he was shot twice, not once but twice, in the shoulder, a very bad place to get shot in; in his thigh and in the chest. However, he managed to blow up a Slytherin tank which has never been done before with a single shot! We do not have any news yet if he's okay. He's in an operation right now that hopefully will save his life. His parents, the High King and High Queen from Gryffindor are being flown in from their castle. His betrothed, Princess Hermione Granger of Ravenclaw, cannot see him until their wedding as per Ravenclaw and Gryffindor customs. I can't imagine the grief she is going through right now as to have her own fiancee dying in a hospital and she cannot even see him."

Hermione sobbed harder as she heard her last comment. Her fluffy orange cat, Crookshanks, leapt up onto her bed and rubbed against her leg affectionately, sensing her sadness and comforting her. Hermione stroked his head wanting some warmth. There was a knock at her door and it opened revealing Queen Charlotte Granger. She gave her daughter a weak smile. She sat on her bed and hugged her tightly, watching the news with her.

"Here come the High King and Queen now!" Sarah Oliver cried looking off camera. Soon enough they came into view and ran right past her to the doors, their servicemen and assistants following them.

An hour later of biting nails and nervous paces by many concerned people, they finally got the answer that the three worlds had been waiting on.

Hermione sunk to her knees as she was in front of her bed, in front of her television set and sobbed harder than she ever had before with her hand covering her mouth.

Harry was going to be okay.

TBC...

Well, there's the first chapter or prologue. Hoped you liked it. There's not a lot of magic, mostly guns and bombs and all that shit.

Next chapter: Wedding.

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Update (3-4-10): Some of you have noticed that I had accidently out that Cedric died and in the next chapter put that he was alive. I changed it. He's still alive. Thank you for noticing that and telling me.