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It's MY Life

Chapter 2

Bloody Hell! Harry thought to himself when his screams of pain finally stopped. I knew it was going to hurt but damn! That REALLY buried the needle on the pain scale! Harry glanced around at his surroundings. Taking in the painted bedroom and what seemed like a cage around him until he recognized it. Right, crib. Babies get put in cribs for the night you idiot not cages.

His thoughts were interrupted when the door to what he supposed was his bedroom opened and the just awoken form of his mother stepped into the room. His eyes were glued to her, greedily drinking in the sight of his actual mother coming forward to pick him up and hold him in a hug. He closed his eyes and relished in the sensation for a few minutes before another voice made its presence known. "Is he all right, love? Think he needs his nappy changed again?"

Harry's eyes snapped open at the voice as he looked upon the form of his father. He realized that all of the people who told him he looked like him growing up were remarkably accurate. He would look like an almost carbon copy of James Potter as he got older. Then the second question permeated his brain. Mental note: added to to-do list: prove I can go to the bathroom myself at first available chance. He really didn't need the embarrassment of knowing his parents were changing his nappies. It's bad enough when parents bring out baby photos of their kids when they're older to embarrass them without having his older self stuck in the mind of a baby and actually knowing what was going on.

"I think maybe he's just a little fussy. You did tell him about Halloween tomorrow. Maybe he's just a little excited." Lily was slowly bouncing up and down while rocking back and forth from one foot to another, gently rubbing his back to get him to calm down. "Maybe he's just hungry again?"

Harry immediately started squirming again. Oh HELL no! Not that! It's bad enough with the nappy changes! I don't need to be more scarred knowing I'm being fed from my own mothers breast! Got to get down! Got to get down now before the side effect of the potion wears off.

The potion that Harry had taken did do what it was intended. It sent his older self's memories back to his younger body. However it did have a side effect that was theorized would happen. In order for such a transference to taken place it had to have a lot more power. Therefore, the potion had boosted his magical core by a factor of ten. This boost was not a permanent thing, it was solely to make sure what happened would indeed happen. Harry suspected that maybe half the power boost would be used for the actual trip. This left him with roughly five times his adult core for a limited time. He had already thought of what to do with the excess energy, he just needed to see it through.

Lily, unable to calm a squirming Harry and able to sense that he wanted down, placed him on the floor of the room. It took Harry a few minutes to work get used to undeveloped baby muscles and how to use them. He finally managed to crawl his way over to the door of the room and set himself just inside. Using some of his magic he summoned five wooden building blocks to him. Lily and James' mouths had hit the floor in shock at the display of magic coming from him. Harry noticed this out of the corner of his eye and mentally apologized for the shocks he was going to give them this night.

Grabbing each block one at a time he infused it with a spell of his own making, keyed to the magical signature of only one person. He banished the blocks to their positions, one on either side of the doorway and the other three to their designated spots. He then started to crawl to the doorway itself. He heard James stuttering behind him, "L-Lily? What is our son doing?"

Harry ignored the speculation going on behind him and continued his crawl towards the doorway. Reaching the threshold he slapped his pudgy hand down and set the triggering spell. A light flashed and for a moment a clear barrier appeared in the doorway before fading to nothing. Damn! Harry thought to himself. This is taking more out of me than I expected. I just hope I have enough to finish. Probably going to pass out for a few days afterwards though. At least they'll know it was just from magical exhaustion and nothing more sinister.

He turned around and crawled back to his parents. Stopping before his mother he held up his arms. Lily took the hint and picked him up while James stood a few paces away. Harry began fussing again and looked around at his dad. James just stood frozen to the spot staring at his son in wonder. Harry started screaming again while mentally cursing himself that his young body didn't know how to talk yet. Come on Dad! People always said you were smart. Take a hint and get over here! After a bit more screaming James made his way over to his screaming son and worried wife. Little closer Dad, come on! Need contact for this to work and my magical boost is starting to wear off!

Finally James wrapped his arms around his wife and infant son. Harry immediately stopped screaming and began concentrating on where he wanted to be more than anything right at this moment.

With a loud crack he apparated the three of them to a small bedroom in Crawly. Harry was very thankful Hermione had shown him pictures of her bedroom from when she was a child. He didn't know how he would have gotten here otherwise.

With the loud crack of apparition Harry thought for sure that Dan and Emma Granger would come running soon. That proved to be an understatement of massive proportions as the door burst open and there stood Dan Granger with a shotgun in his hand staring at the two adults and one baby that were standing in his daughter's bedroom. The child in the couples arms was screaming his head off. "What the Hell are you people doing here? How did you get in here? Who are you? And what do you want?"

Harry was smiling to himself even though he was feeling very tired at the moment. His reserves were almost gone but he had to wait for a few more minutes before the last part of his plan came into being.

Lily Potter holding her baby boy in her arms and still in a state of disbelief over what her son had just done, still had the presence of mind to recognize the shotgun. Knowing they were in no position to get their wands out in time she struggled to come up with a plausible explanation until they could obliviate the people of their sudden appearance in what was obviously their home. "I-I'm sorry sir. We're not really sure how we got here. We were at home a few minutes ago. Our little Harry here woke up screaming and wouldn't stop. Me and my husband were trying to calm him down when we found ourselves here."

James attempted to play along. "I'm terribly sorry for intruding into your home like this sir. I'm James Potter, this is my wife Lily and our son Harry. If it's not too much trouble could you perhaps tell us where exactly we are?" Harry had to admire his parents attempts to explain away wizard things to a couple of muggles but he was going to have to put them on the spot even more.

He was still screaming and struggling in his mothers arms and his screaming had awoken Hermione who also started screaming. Dan and Emma could make no move to comfort their daughter because James and Lily were between them and her. Harry struggled and screamed even louder at the sound of Hermione. Lily finally gave up and put her son on the floor by her feet. He stopped crying immediately, drawing the eyes of the two Grangers to him which was what he wanted. Using the last of his reserves he apparated into Hermione's crib and hugged her close.

At the first contact a golden glow surrounded them, reestablishing their bond. Hermione wouldn't understand it for many years to come but it was the only way Harry could keep his parents away from Godric's Hallow for a few days while his trap for Tommy boy could be sprung. As the glow faded both children finally fell asleep still holding onto each other.

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As their children fell asleep both sets of parents were staring at them with wide eyes and open mouths. Lily and James recovered first and gave each other looks as if to say, So much for the secrecy laws. They turned to face the other two adults in the room who were still staring at their daughters crib and the strange boy that was sleeping beside her. James attempted to break the silence first. "Well, that was unexpected."

Dan recovered before his wife and aimed the shotgun at the intruding couple before asking again, "Just who the hell are you people?"

James and Lily slowly raised their hands indicating that they meant no harm. "Please sir, if I may? As I stated before, my name is James Potter and this is my wife Lily. The little boy asleep next to your daughter is our son Harry. Also as I said before, we have no idea where we are. We were both rudely awakened a short time ago by our son screaming. When we were both trying to comfort him we found ourselves here in this room. From that point to right now you know the rest. If you could be so kind as to tell us where we are it would be greatly appreciated," James finished with a small smile.

Emma Granger, finally overcoming her shock at the appearance of three strange people in her daughters bedroom in the middle of the night, answered first. "Crawly, you're in Crawly. This is our home. I'm Emma Granger, this is my husband Daniel and that's our daughter Hermione." Regaining her thoughts and voice lead to another question, "What just happened?"

Lily answered first, "Ah. As to that would you mind terribly putting the gun away? And if we could talk someplace else I'd appreciate not disturbing the children. Harry is almost impossible to put to bed again after he has woken up."

Emma smiled slightly and nodded. "Hermione is the same way. If you give us a bit to make ourselves more presentable we'll talk in the living room." She then noticed that Lily was standing there in nothing but a nightgown and James was wearing a shirt and boxers. "Would you like to borrow some housecoats to cover up with?"

Lily and James both looked at each other, taking in their clothes before blushing a deep red. "If it's not to much trouble we would appreciate it." Emma smiled at the two and nodded before taking Dan by the arm and walking back to their bedroom. Once they were gone Lily turned to James and whispered fiercely, "What are we going to tell them? What about the Statute?"

James sighed deeply and ran his hand through his jet black hair. "There's nothing for it love. You saw that glow, you know what it means just as I do. You also know that it only happens between a witch and wizard. That means that Hermione's a witch, probably a muggle born one if her parents are anything to go by. That means they would have found out anyways when she turned eleven. This way they're just finding out a little earlier than normal is all."

Emma walked back into the room carrying two housecoats and catching the last of their whispered conversation. "What are we finding out earlier than normal?"

Lily looked up with a deer in headlights look before saying, "We'll tell you in the living room." Emma nodded and handed the two housecoats. She waited a moment as they put them on before turning and leading them out of the room and down the stairs to the living room. Gesturing to the second sofa Lily and James took their seats before Dan and Emma sat opposite them with a small coffee table between the two. Reaching for her husbands hand Lily took a breath and tried her best to explain in a hopefully believable fashion. With her first question she knew that hope crashed and burned. "What do you know about magic?"

Dan and Emma looked at each other and back to the two intruders/guests sitting across from them. Emma braved an answer first, "You mean like in fairytales and books you mean?" Lily and James nodded. "But that's all it is, tales told in books and on the telly and in the cinema."

Lily shook her head and began her explanation. It took her and James almost two hours to explain to the Grangers, with copious demonstrations with their wands, about the magical world. And now how they were a part of it with the part about how Hermione was a witch. Emma nodded at that as if something had finally been explained. She was remembering the day that Hermione had been born. As soon as she had started screaming the lights in the delivery room had started flickering and tables full of equipment had shaken. At the time she was exhausted and chalked it up to a minor earthquake or some such thing. With Lily and James' explanation and demonstrations it actually made more sense. Coupled with Lily explaining that such things were normal during the birth of a magical child the Grangers finally came to believe the two strangers that had showed up in the middle of the night.

"That's all well and good," started Dan. The appa-whatsis still sounded a bit wonky to him but he was willing to put it aside for the moment. "But you still haven't explained about that glow from earlier." He couldn't help but notice the nervous glances the two newcomers shared. "What is it? Is it bad? I can tell you two know something but don't want to share it. This is our daughter and I think we have a right to know."

James gave a sigh and looked as if he was trying to find some way of giving news he really didn't want to give. Finally he looked Dan straight in the eyes and said, "It's a bond of some kind." He saw Dan's eyes start to widen and he looked like he was going to start screaming so he hastened to add to the explanation. "There are lots of different kinds of bonds. Good and bad. We know that it is a good type of bond based on the color. What type of good bond we won't be able to tell for a few more years. It could be a bond of friendship or love or…" he trailed off quietly.

"Or?" Dan prodded.

"Or it could be a soul bond," Lily finished softly.

"What is a soul bond then?" asked Emma.

Lily started again with the explanation. "A soul bond is a very rare bond between two people that were born specifically for each other. In the non-magical world it's called a match made in heaven. It's basically just what it sounds like. Their two souls are bound together forever. If that's the case we will know for sure when Hermione receives her letter for Hogwarts when she turns eleven."

"Why then?" Emma asked. "Why can't we find out sooner?"

James and Lily shared another nervous look before James took over. "Because if that is the case then Hermione will receive her letter for Hogwarts first because she is older. Being that the letter is magically generated it will have her legal name on it. If it's true that they are soul bound then the letter will be addressed to Hermione Potter because they'll be legally married in our world."

"What?" Dan shouted as he jumped to his feet. "There is no way I'm allowing my daughter to be married already! Married before she can even talk? No! I won't allow it! You two can just grab your son and get the hell out of our home right now!"

"We can't!" Lily wailed and began to cry on James' shoulder.

Emma grabbed hold of her husbands' arm and gently pulled him back down to the sofa. Once he was seated again she looked over to James who was holding onto Lily, rubbing her back and whispering softly to her. "Why not?" she asked calmly.

James was the one to answer. "We can leave if you want us to," Lily gave a sob at this point. "But we would be unable to take Harry with us. The bond needs forty-eight hours to solidify and stabilize. If we were to separate them now it would literally kill them."

The two couples talked for many more hours. Lily helped Emma prepare a lunch for them as well as dinner as they talked through the day. It was decided at the end that Lily and James would stay for the requisite time for the bond to stabilize before going home again. Lily and Emma prepared the guest room for the night. Both couples had become, if not friendly then definitely comfortable with each other by the end of the day. Remarkably, neither child had woken the entire time. It was decided that they would continue the talks the next day as both couples settled for the night.

~~oOoOo~~

Back in Godric's Hallow a lone figure calmly walked up the walk to the house where his spy reported that the Potter's were hiding. With confidence born of many years he blasted open the front door and strode inside. Looking around the room he made his way upstairs to find his target. As he walked he relished in the feeling of his coming triumph. With the child's death there would be nothing left to stand in his way. Finding child's room he stepped through the door and was immediately encaged in a shimmering field of light. Shocked at this magic he paused and tried to identify it. He started his examination and noticed the beams emanating from five simple wooden blocks. Sneering with contempt he sent a spell to destroy one of the blocks only to have the block in question absorb the spell. He fired another spell then another and another. His spells becoming progressively more powerful. When his spells failed to destroy the blocks he fired the strongest spell he knew at the shimmering field in front of him.

His shock lasted only a moment later when the spell rebounded and hit him fully in the chest. The impact knocked him back the few feet to field behind him and he bounced forward off of it onto the floor. He tried to scream out in rage and frustration only to find he couldn't. Glancing down he saw a hole in his chest large enough for a football to pass through cleanly. The creature gave a look of wonder at the hole he had blasted clean through himself before finally dying of the wound. Lord Voldemort, most feared Dark Lord of the age, died on the bedroom floor of a child he had gone there to kill.

A/N Now don't get your knickers in a twist! As I explained it was a TEMPORARY power boost that Harry got. This is not a SuperHarry story. The boost in his magic is already gone, don't expect it to come back. And Voldemort is not gone either, he still has his horcruxes out there. All I changed is Harry's parents not dying and him becoming one. He still has all his future knowledge so things are going to be different but he'll develop just like any other magical child from this point onward as far as his magical core is concerned. Please leave a review to let me know what you think! Thanks.