Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and I never will.
THIS IS NOT A HARRY/HERMIONE STORY! It may seem like it in the first couple fo sentences of this chapter but they are not romantically involved! Actually, they might test the waters of love just to make sure what they feel is only friendship. YOU CAN BE SOULMATES BUT ONLY BE FRIENDS! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED! THEY ARE SOULMATES!
Chapter 3 – Meeting the Marauders
For the rest of the summer, Harry and Hermione stayed at Hogwarts. They were inseperable! If Hermione was in the library, Harry was in the library. If Harry was at the quidditch pitch, Hermione was there too.
They had gotten closer than they ever had to anyone in their whole lives.
They got so close, it was to the point where they could feel the other person's feelings. If Hermione was sad, so was he. If he was in pain, so was she. Another strange occurance was that they were sharing dreams.
It was now September 1st and Hermione had just walked into the common room from the girl's dormitories. It was around 7 in the morning. She didn't expect Harry to be awake, so she curled up onto the overstuffed but unbelieveably comfy couch, staring into the fire. She started to cry.
After about 5 minutes, she heard noise coming from the boys stairs. She looked up to see Harry at the bottom, wiping tears from his eyes. "Kitten, if you're gunna cry, could you warn me first, so I get get ready to feel unmanly?" Harry said with a sad smile.
"Ha ha ha, Leo! I was just thinking about what happened to the Weasley's. What happened to Ron? Is he dead? What do they think happened to us?" She was speaking really fast, when she was cut off by Harry.
"Kitten, we don't know. We might never know." Harry said sadly. "But just think about what today is! They're coming today! I finally get to meet my parents! And we'll see Sirius again! Think about how great its gunna be." He saud excitedly.
"You're right, but they're not your parents, at least not yet. Plus, we have to think about what they're going to say when they see you, an exact carbon copy of your father." Hermione said.
"We don't know how they'll react! So stop thinking about it! Just relish the moment because we don't know how long we have here. So I say we do whatever the hell we want!" Harry said determinedly. "If we want to fall in love, I say go for it! If we want to reek havoc, I say right on!"
Hermione raised her hand to her forehead, "Leo, you are going to be the death of me! But okay, I'm in!"
And with that he told her to go get dressed and that they are going to Hogsmeade for the day, to get rid of the butterflies (in their stomaches).
After Hogsmeade
It was about 5 o'clock when they came back to Hogwarts.
"Leo I think we should go upstairs and get ready for the Welcoming Feast." Hermione said.
"You're right. Let's go." Harry replied.
When they reached the Fat Lady that said at the same time, "Stripes!" She opened and they climbed in. Hermione went straight up to the girl dorms.
"Hmmm, where is my uniform?" She said to herself. I wonder if the Marauders are nice? Will we become friends with them? Hermione thought to herself.
She put on her white uniform shirt, her skirt and her Gryffindor crested robes. Then she made her way over to the mirror.
She had changed since her first year. Her was no longer big and bushy but wavy and sleek. It was a chestnut brown with natural light brown/blonde highlights. Her eyes were hazely-brown, she also wore contacts. Her glasses were black cat eye shaped with rhinestones. The only people that she let see her glasses were her parent, Harry and Ron. Not even the girls in her own dormitroy knew about them. She had also developed over the summer. She was a nice 5'8" and had a perfect hourglass shape.
The boys hadn't treated her any differently because they were like brothers. Harry and Ron were known to everyone as Hermione Granger's bodyguards. So most people didn't mess with Hermione, not only because she had two over 6 foot guys and qudditch perfected bodies with her at all times but because she was the second best dueler in the school. (The first was Harry)
After 30 minutes they were both in the common room waiting for 6 o'clock when they were told to come wait outside the Great Hall doors.
When 6 o'clock came around, the left the Tower. Both in their Gryffindor robes, Hermione with her Prefects badge.
"I'm nervous Leo. What if they don't like us?" Hermione said the latter part more to herself than to Harry.
"Don't worry! We're gunna be fine!" He said as he pulled her into a one armed hug from the side.
They finally got to the doors to the Great Hall.
"You know Kitten, now I'm nervous too. Everyone is going to be staring at us!" Harry exclaimed, wringing his hands.
Just then the Great Hall doors opened and everyone turned to look at them. They slowly walked into the hall and up to Dumbledore. As they looked at the Gryffindor table they saw 4 boys sitting with each other. The first one had incredibly messy black hair and hazel eyes. He was an exact carbon copy of Harry, which made half the hall gasp. That was none other than James Potter. Next to him was a boy with long shoulder length black hair and grey eyes. He looked like a younger version of a certain dead escaped innocent convict they knew. This was because he was, he was Sirius Black. Across from the younger Sirius was a tall boy who looked tired. He had strawberry blondish-brown hair that was long to his ears. He had a couple of small scars on his face. This was their old DADA professor, Remus Lupin. Next to him was none other than a short, pudgy boy with short dirty blonde hair and a rat like face, Peter Pettigrew.
Hermione had to shoot Harry a "You better not do anything rash" look to make Harry restrain himself from killing Peter.
They finally made it up to the front where they stood next to Dumbledore, "These are our new exchange students from Greenwich Academy of Magic, Mr. Harry Powers and Miss Hermione Grey. They are in their 7th year and they have already been sorted and…Congradulations Gryffindor, you have just gotten to wonderful additions." At this the Gryffindor table started roaring with applause. "Miss Hermione Grey is also going to be the 7th year Gryffindor prefect with Remus Lupin. Oh and another congradulations to James Potter and Lily Evans for making Head Boy and Girl!"
Then Dumbledore, nodded towards their house table and they made their way there. Just as they were about to sit at the end of the table a voice called out to them, "Hey Grey, Powers! Over here!" They looked up to see the young Sirius waving them over.
They looked at each other an smiled. They couldn't believe that they were being invited to sit with them already! They made their way to the middle of the table where the Marauders and a familiar looking girl with dark red head who was siting with a group of girls. They sat in the seats across from each other. Hermione in between Lily and Sirius and Harry between Remus and some other girl they didn't know.
The first one to speak was James, "Hello, I'm James Potter, Head Boy and Marauder, prankster extraordinaire!" He said extranvagantly with as big a bow as he could muster sitting down.
"Hi, I'm Remus Lupin," said the boy next to Harry. "This next to me is Peter Pettigrew and that git over there is Sirius Black. Don't listen to them, everythign they say is rubbish." Remus said pointing to James and Sirius.
"Hey! Shut up Moony! Not everything we say is rubbish!" protested Sirius.
"Don't mind them, they're just a big bunch of gits. Hello, I'm Lily Evans, Head Girl and that git's girlfriend." She said with a friendly smile pointing at James.
"Anyway, We are The Marauders! Master Pranksters! Our life is to make life fun and to ruin the life of certain Slytherins!" They all said with bows like James' previous one, as though that was what they said to everyone they met.
"Well, it's nice to meet you all! I'm Hermione and this is Harry." She said happily.
"Well it's nice to meet you too." Sirius said flirtatiously. "You think I could show you around tomorrow?" Giving her a sexy grin that made her heart flutter a bit.
With a small smirk she replied, "That would be wonderful! … But I've been here since the end of July. I know this school by the back of my hand! And I know its History too! Hogwarts: A History, my favorite book! But thanks anyway."
"Oh Moony, Wormtail, did you hear that?" James asked. "Padfoot just got turned down?" He said laughing.
"Shut up, Prongs! It's not like Evans didn't turn you down a million times before she finally gave in." Sirius said.
Suddenly Hermione said, "Oh no! My memory is going blank!" She said sarcastically grabbing her head. "I can't remember anything about the castle! I think I might reconsider that tour now!" She said this with a smirk, still holding her head, putting on a show.
At this everyone was howling with laughter. Even Sirius, "Well, aren't you just the comedian! Okay meet me in the common room at 7 o'clock so I may escort you down to breakfast, milady!" Sirius said while laughing.
"Why thank you, good sir! It would be an honor!" Hermione said in the same fashion.
After dinner they made their way up to Gryffindor Tower. The Marauders, Harry, Hermione, Lily, and three other girls sat in the common room around the fire. Lily was sitting on James' lap.
"Oi Hermione! I never introduced you to your dorm mates!" Lily said pointing to the three girls sitting on the floor next to the chairs and couch they were sitting on. "That there is Jennifer Connelly," she said pointing to a girl with Weasley-red hair and hazely-green eyes. She had long, red, curly hair that was up in a pony tail. She wasn't skinny at all but a little chubby. But people didn't look at her size, she was really pretty with lots of freckles. She waved kindly at Hermione.
"Next is Sabrina Marshall and the last is Leilani McDuff." The first girl, Sabrina was a short girl with wazy brown hair with gold highlights. She was tan and really skinny. Leilani had pin straight black hair down to her waist. She was average height and an average size.
"Hi, nice to meet you," Hermione said moving to shake their hands.
"Welcome to Hogwarts! I hope we become fast friends." Said Jennifer with a friendly smile.
"Me too!" Hermione said back.
"Now, do you mind if I go up to the dorms? I'm really tired!" They shook their head no.
"In fact, I'm all tuckerd out, I'll join you!" said Leilani standing up and Jennifer and Sabrina joined her.
"Goodnight everyone! It's really nice meeting you!" Hermione said to The Marauders and Lily.
"Don't forget! Tomorrow morning at 7!" Sirius said.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world!" she said with a wink and a smirk.
" 'Night Kitten." Harry said standing up to give her a big hug. When they were hugging he whispered in her ear, "We did good today, Kitten. Goodnight." Then they broke apart and she made her way to the stairs.
" 'Night Leo!" she called right before she went up the girls dorm stairs with Jennifer, Leilani and Sabrina.
When Harry turned arouns all the remaining Marauders were staring at him, with wide eyes. James and Lily had just retired to the Heads Dorms.
"What the bloody hell was that!" Sirius exclaimed refering to the exchange between Harry and Hermione.