When Fate Intervened
Thank you everyone for sticking with me and this story. I am a first time Fanfiction writer and I am so amazed that my two stories are doing so well. Thank you!
This is just a short interlude to re-introduce the characters and the story in their new timeline. I hope that you enjoy this chapter and any, thoughts or comments that you may have in regards to it, I would love to hear.
Disclaimer: All characters known and loved belong to the great J.K Rowling all others obviously belong to me.
Chapter 4
To Begin Again
Hermione Potter was a quiet but precocious child. Born to Charlus and Dorea Potter in March of 1960 along with her twin brother James.
She was a pretty baby girl born with wispy chocolate brown curls and hazel colored eyes nowhere near looking like her brother James with his shock of black hair that never seemed to sit flat upon his head although he did share her hazel eyes.
They grew up together as twins should. They learned their first steps together, their first words, their colors and their numbers. James became Me for Jamie which as she became older, became her preferred way of addressing her brother unless he has in big trouble and then all three of his names were called forth and he knew that he better have a really good excuse or a massive head start on his sister.
Growing up Hermione had three best friends. Her brother Me of course and her other friends that no one could see but herself. Being her twin did not mean that Jamie could see them but even without seeing them, he believed that they were there because My believed that they were and she could see them.
They appeared to her often when she was a baby as a little boy with black messy hair and bright green eyes and a little girl with long blond hair and silvery blue eyes. They seemed to be close by whenever she had need of them as well as before she fell asleep at night to tell her fantastic stories of a little boy with a lightning shaped scar, a locket, a ring, a diary, a tiara, a snake and a cup.
Hermione was just like other little girls her age. She loved dress up and running around the house with her twin and reading stories with her Mummy and Daddy before bedtime. Her most favorite though and Jamie's least favorite things to do were the Tea Parties.
Tea Parties had to be set up just so. Hermione asked the elves politely to set up her table and chairs and then she would gather up all of her stuffed animals in a row and invite them to have a lovely tea with her and her brother Jamie.
Now just because it was a lovely day for a tea party, very cloudy with rain pouring down outside the wide window of Potter Manor, did not mean that niceties did not have to be followed. When her mother came into visit she was having a terrible time trying not to laugh.
James sat in one corner with two of the stuffed animals, a black dog and what appeared to be a rat, pouting. In another corner sat a stuffed Dragon and a tiny dear that looked like Bambi and two little weasels and in a third corner sat a stuffed terrier and a stuffed horse. Meanwhile Hermione sat upon one of her chairs; back straight and pinky held high and spoke in such a serious voice to one of her stuffed wolves, the other sitting across from her and the stuffed hare with grey-blue eyes.
"Hermione, dear" began her mother "Why is your brother sitting in the corner?"
"Mummy, Jamie was being bad. He and Paddy and Wormy were being bold and making fun of Sevvie."
"Well that wasn't very well done of him" replied Mrs. Potter, looking at her son with a raised eyebrow.
"And what about Mr. Dragon?"
"Draco and Harry wouldn't stop fighting, so I made them sit in corner together to talk it out."
"And your little red dog? "
"Ronnikins wouldn't stop chewing with his mouth open. It's quite disgusting"
"And your other Animals pet?"
"The twins were being mean to Ronnikens and Gin Gin the horsie wouldn't stop fawning over Harry and spouting bad poetry. It almost put me off of my tea."
"So you are enjoying tea with Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Wolf and Mr. Wolf the second?" asked her mother
"No mummy, I am having a glorious tea with my good friends Sevvie, Mus and Moona Luna the bunny.
Understanding that maybe Hermione needed to be introduced to more kids her own age, even though she had her built in best friend in Jamie and maybe stop, having tea with so many of the ladies that took tea with Mrs. Potter.
"Ok, Love it is time to thank your friends for coming to tea and request the elves cleanup for the afternoon. We must get ready for guests and you and Jamie must look your best and be on your best behaviors'."
"Yes mummy, come on Me and let's say goodbye to all of our friends so that we can greet our new guests."
"Yes My,….. mummy will there be pudding for desert?
"Yes darling there will be pudding for desert. I believe there will be a lemon curd pudding. Headmaster Dumbledore loves lemons.