Hey! Sorry for the delay on all my chapter but I'm putting them out now and already working on the next one. Tides of War is going to be renamed and the chapter should be out shortly. Restart Button is being edited. Shattered is on a hiatus until I can get the format down to perfection and Magic of New should be up by tomorrow, I think Magic of New will be the most ground breaking of all my stories though, things are about to get rough lol. Well enjoy the chapter. It wasnt edited but dont grill me for it. REVIEW please. I would be greatly appreciated and help spread the word about my story.


Harry sat watching the people mingle between themselves. Several families were still setting up their tents while the children ran around chasing each other or playing their own little version of Quidditch on the little brooms that barely hovered a couple feet off the ground. It was a peaceful scene in reality. It was chaos and harmony in motion and though it wasn't exactly the most exciting thing to be doing at the moment Harry was content to be watching them.

"Hey I was wondering where you went."

Harry looked over his shoulder and found his breath to catch in his throat. Hermione stood in tight jeans, converse, a simple top and a cardigan but it was the fact that Hermione could look so beautiful in such simple clothes that made his heart skip a beat.

"Hey," he said as he gave her a soft smile and patted the grass next to him, which she smiled and complied. "Just getting some peace and quiet, something I don't get much these days."

"The Weasleys are great but they can be a bit rowdy," Hermione said with a smile as she watched a young boy fly around on his broom and imagined a young Harry flying around, "so…what are you thinking about?"

"Honestly?" Hermione nodded; Harry sighed before continuing, "I'm thinking about Sirius, to tell you the truth. I'm worried about him, I know he's a grown man and all but I can't help but worry. I feel stupid…"

"You shouldn't," Hermione said, "he's important to you. I worry about you all the time, especially when you don't respond to my letters.

Harry smiled her before he frowned and picked at the grass, "It would help if I actually got your letters…" he murmured

"But I do send them to you. I – "

"No, Hermione I don't mean as in that you don't send them, I mean as in receive them," Harry said.

"What are you talking about Harry?" Hermione asked confused, "Professor Dumbledore let me borrow one of the school owls to send you letters…"

Harry chuckled dryly, "Of course he would let you borrow one. Because he's the one that always intercepts my letters. Did you know that my parents had a will?"

Hermione shook her head

"Yea well neither did I till earlier this summer, apparently shortly after my visit to Gringotts my first year they sent a letter asking for my presence for the reading of my parents will. It was sent to my magical guardian," Harry explained

"Magical guardian?" Hermione had never heard of one before.

"Dumbledore…I'd…rather not talk about it," Harry said quietly

Hermione stared at Harry for a moment before turning her attention to the children again, pensive. They were silent for a good five minutes before Hermione decided to break the silence, "So, did you go to a hearing of the will."

Harry nodded, silent for a moment before he sighed and replied, "They left me everything obviously, well almost everything. They left a couple of plant nurseries to the Longbottoms and a selection of books to Hogwarts, but everything else: the estates, the vaults, the holdings; everything went to me," Harry picked at the grass again before tossing the pieces into the wind.

"So what are you going to do now?" Hermione asked

Harry stared at the sky before looking at her, sadness and confusion in his eyes, "Sirius says I should check out the estates see if I'd like to move into one. The vaults, he says, have a couple of things in there that I would like and that I could use other than just the money."

"And the holdings?" Hermione asked curious

"Worth over 1 billion galleons, 100 billion pounds…holdings that have been in the family since it first started," Harry said, "I'm probably the richest man in the world, not including the Black family vaults and holdings…"

"Sirius gave you everything?" Hermione asked confused

"He was sentenced to life in Azkaban, by default the vaults go to the next in line. Malfoy would have gotten the vaults if it hadn't been for his father being a Deatheater at the time the vaults were defaulted. Magical Britain is stuck in the 18th century so the lineage cannot go to a female and Bellatrix was convicted as a Deatheater at the time as well. My great-grandfather was married to a Black making me the next in line with every other Black either in Azkaban or dead."

Hermione was shocked how the magical world worked but just nodded, "So, what are you going to do?"

Harry shrugged, "I want to sell it all to tell you the truth, I want to just sell it all and disappear…forever," Harry murmured, "but…I can't. Those things, along with Sirius, is all I have left as a connection to my parents. Besides," he said with a smile as he wrapped an arm around Hermione's shoulder and gave her a hug, "I'd miss you too much."

Hermione giggled a bit before she looked up and found herself captured by Harry's striking eyes. Everything else faded away and all she could do was focus on him. Harry found himself captured by Hermione's eyes. They were the perfect shade of chocolate.

Before either of them knew it they were nose and nose feeling the short breaths that the opposite was taking. They froze, both minds now racing. Hermione was thinking of every possible outcome of kissing Harry and unfortunately like most people, she started to think of the worst. Harry was just concentrating on the fact that this was an opportunity that he could not ruin. However before he could move to kiss her, she ducked her head. She was terrified.

Harry was a bit shocked but he slowly titled her chin up and captured her eyes again. He smiled softly at her before he did what he should have done in the first place.

The kiss was soft and slow. Unlike most first kisses, they seemed to be in perfect harmony. The world didn't matter at the moment. For the first time Harry actually found himself not concerned over…anything. Hermione herself felt like she had finally found happiness and a place in the magical word. She always felt out of place and the people didn't help making her feel less than them. She found comfort in Harry and Ron only served to remind her that purebloods were stuck in a mindset that desperately need to be changed.

"Watch out!"

Harry and Hermione parted surprised as a ball raced just inches above their head. Harry smiled as he ran over and picked up the ball as he found himself surrounded by a group of young children, none older than 5. Hermione smiled as she watched Harry kneel and talk to the children. She watched as the children all fawned over Harry and as he signed the ball for the children as well as a couple of their brooms. Harry looked over to her as he mouthed 'sorry' and smiled at her.

Hermione just shook her head and sat there smiling at him. Harry had changed. Before he would have shied away from the attention, he would have tried to hide from it all and definitely wouldn't have signed anything. This was a Harry who seemed to have come to terms with many aspects of his life, aspects that many other would almost never have to deal with.

Harry looked over at Hermione for a moment more before he got a mischievous look on his face and began to whisper to the children. Moments later they were all running towards Hermione who was again spacing out and before she knew it they were surrounding her.

"Do you wike Hawwy?" one little girl asked.

Hermione was stunned. She blushed before she laughed and smiled at the little girl, "Yes, yes I do. More than he knows I think."

A small black boy spoke up this time, "then, then will you go out with him?"

"Well what did he mean by that?" Hermione teased the small boy

The boy shrugged, "I don't know, my mummy aways takes me and my sister out to the park. Maybe he take you there."

Hermione couldn't help but say 'Awww' at the small boy's response, "Maybe he will," she said with a smile.

"So is that a yes?" she heard Harry ask behind her.

She turned and smiled at him before turning to the children, "I think me and Harry need to be alone," the children all said by to Harry and Hermione before they ran off.

"I have to admit that was cute," Hermione said as she stood and turned to him grinning.

Harry smiled before wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close, "Hermione you've been my best friend for three years now. You've always stood beside me no matter what and I don't know how relationships are supposed to work or the first thing about being a boyfriend or having a girlfriend other than the soap operas that my aunt use to watch, which I am sure is waaaay off, but what I do know that I…I like you and I want to give a shot. So will you be my girlfriend?"

Hermione smiled, wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a kiss. After which she whispered in his ear, "Yes but, on one condition."

Harry pulled back to look her in the eyes confused.

Hermione smiled, "You…have to buy me lunch, I'm hungry."

Harry smiled and started to laugh out of relief, "Come one I think I saw a food stand on the way here."


"He didn't!" Hermione exclaimed as she took another spoonful from Harry's cup of ice cream.

"Yup, jumped right off the Divination tower before he summoned his broom and flew off. Got himself a month's detention with Professor McGonagall because of it. Of course he had every girl fawning over him for the rest of the year; he had a date every night after detention though. He even said after the third week McGonagall let him get out early for the final week," Harry said

"No way, Professor McGonagall?" Hermione said

"Yea, I know. Shock to me too," Harry laughed

"Sirius was quite the lady's man then," Hermione said as she took another scoop from Harry's cup, "hm I wonder why he never got married then."

Harry shrugged, "He wouldn't say and I didn't want to press it." Harry went to scoop his ice cream but found it to be empty, "Hey! Hermione!" he said complained playfully.

Hermione giggled as she pecked him on the cheek and put her spoon in his cup, "get used to it, you have a girlfriend now."

Harry playfully looked at her angrily before throwing away the cup, "So tell me about your parents."

Hermione was a little taken aback from the question but soon realized that Harry was genuinely interested, he wanted to know what it was like to have parents who actually loved you and where alive, "Um well they're both dentists. My mom is the one who wears the pants in the relationship really. She's the one who always supported me in schoolwork and m education. My father does to but he's the complete opposite. He's basically a man-child," she said laughing, "he's into sports, film, music and video games, he absolutely loves video games. He goes paintballing with his friends every weekend. He tried out for the SIS but he fell in love a girl and ended up in medical school following her."

"Your mom," Harry said.

"Nope, he met her later on," she laughed, "no, the girl he followed to dental school died the summer of his Sophomore year in a car accident. My mother was a struggling student who worked in the library, where my father spent most his time after she died. Obviously they fell in love, my father helped her pay for school and soon became a man-child again and they opened their own practice and they spend most of their time at home."

Harry nodded, "Well it's not the usual love story but a story all the same."

Hermione smiled and laid her head on his shoulder as they walked towards the Weasley's tent. They arrived to find George and Fred off to the side while Ron and Ginny seemed to missing. It was Charlie who noted their presence.

"Hey there Harry, Hermione, had a nice walk?" he asked with a wink. The statement caught the attention of Fred and George.

"Harry, Hermione!"

"Together!"

"Well then I guess that means we do owe Professor Snape 100 galleons and McGonagall, Flitwick and Sprout each owe us 500 galleons!" one said

"Why?" Hermione asked suspiciously

"We had a bet with them after we got in trouble and Snape took us to see McGonagall. We made a little wager on whether the two of you would get together and Snape bet for you two. McGonagall on the other hand made a wager for Hermione and Ron while Harry would end up with Ginny. We of course took that bet because everyone knows that Snape is usually right." The other explained

"You made a wager on our relationship choices?" Hermione growled. Harry mouthed 'Run' to Fred and George, which they quickly did and made a dash while Harry smiled and caught her before she could make chase

"Let them go, they have to come back anyways," Harry said with a smile as he pulled her into a hug before turning to Charlie and Bill, "we'll be inside the tent."

"Oi, no funny business you two love birds!" Bill joked behind them, to which surprisingly, Hermione flipped him the bird.


It was several talk and kiss filled hours later that Harry and Hermione lay together in the same bed, both tired and napping when they were awoken by two voices they did not want to face so suddenly

"Harry/Hermione!"

Said couple shot up and found themselves looking at a very much angry Ron and a very surprised Ginny.

"Oh bugger," Harry murmured


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