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"As you were both raised by muggles, I have a feeling you don't know the real creation story," Dumbledore told Harry and Hermione.
They were both intrigued by this.
"Zelena and Merlin (not from King Arthur but his namesake) are the creators and they design humanity. This includes putting souls in humans. Souls are what defines us and they have all our thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams in them. However, they are very fragile and easily broken. When this happens, the same soul is put into 2 different bodies and they must come together to be whole again.
This book: Soul Bonds - the sole facts can tell you about what you will be experiencing. Any questions?"
"What are the more recent changes we will be expecting?" asked Hermione.
"Mainly that you will be able to feel each other's emotions and Hermione, you will have Harry's initials tattooed on you above your soul. Positioning of the soul is different for everyone but it normally reflects their personality so I would expect yours to be on your head. Luckily, it is easy to hide with a glamour spell. Also, about 6 months after meeting, it will become painful to be separate from each other. Hermione, your parents were certainly not happy about the situation but I showed them my memories of the first wizarding war and they reluctantly agreed. Harry, we will also need to visit your vault but not the one that you went to instead another one that you can only use when you are an adult. In the eyes of the ministry, anyone with a soul bond is automatically married and if you are married you are an adult so you should be able to access that e vault which brings me onto your wedding."
"I was thinking my parents and perhaps Susan Bones. We don't know her that well but I would like to be good friends with her." began Hermione before Harry continued,"I would like to invite Hagrid as well."
Dumbledore nodded."If we invite Susan, we could also invite her aunt, Amelia Bones who works in the ministry and we can trust to be discreet about this. Now let's go to your vault."
Dumbledore placed a hand on each of their arms and they apparated to Gringotts.
"I thought you couldn't apparate out of Hogwarts." stated Hermione.
"One of the perks of being headmaster."Dumbledore replied with a twinkle in his eye as they walked into Gringotts.
As they entered the entrance of Gringotts, they were greeted by a goblin who Dumbledore bowed to.
"This is Bodnuk the head goblin. He is in charge of all of the important matters."
"Nice to meet you Harry Potter. I assume you have your key."
Harry took out his key that Hagrid had given him and placed it in Bodnuk's outstretched hand.
"And do you allow your soul mate to access your vault and share your riches?" Bodnuk asked.
"Of course. I trust her." Harry replied and Hermione squeezed his hand.
"Then we will proceed."
They travelled along the bumpy track and stopped at Harry's first vault where they collected the key to his second vault.
This was significantly larger than the other and instead of coins was filled with jewellery and heirlooms.
Dumbledore advised them,"Here are the rings of your family. There is both the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor ones as well as many engagement ones. Please pick one for you to have, Hermione."
She carefully examined them before picking out a beautiful ring that had small rubies and sapphires on the band and an emerald as the main focus. To her, it represented Harry's heritage with the red and blue but the emerald was the same shade as his eyes.
She suddenly felt a wave of affection wash over her that she was sure wasn't her. She looked at Harry who confirmed that he felt the same.
She gave the chosen ring to Harry and Dumbledore gave them each an anklet that said H. and Hermione realised that when they were married they would have the same initials. He explained that the anklets would focus their power as it would be unpredictable at first. It was then that they realised the time and went back outside the bank to apparate to Hogwarts.