This story is based off of Harry Potter written by J.K Rowling

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Hoot = yes, lift wing = no

" - normal talking

' - Parseltongue

We started our shopping in diagon alley, we first stopped at slug and jiggers apothecary to get some ingredients, second was quality quidditch supplies to get tom a broom, which he thoroughly enjoyed.

Now it was time to go to ollivander's wand shop, i finally get to have a replacement wand and tom might get one too, we will see. I wonder if Garrick Ollivander's father is still the owner or if it got passed down yet.

I walk into the store pulling tom in after me, we are greeted by the familiar sight of shelves filled with millions and millions of different wands and the smell of wood. I look at the counter and there stands an older man, not quite sure how old but old enough that it is obvious that he is Garrick Ollivander's father.

He greets us, "hello, welcome to Ollivander's, i am Gervaise Ollivander, how can i help you?"

"Hello, i am Hermione and this is my son tom, i would like to get a replacement wand and if a wand chooses him, a wand for tom, even though it is a little early."

He nods, "of course, of course, come stand over here and we can get started."

He leads me over to the platform and takes my measurements while asking numerous questions that matter to wand choice. Once done he goes about searching the shelves.

He picks up about three boxes and carries them over, "lets start with this one, Apple wood, unicorn tail hair core, 12 1/4 inches, supple flexibility."

I take hold of the wand and immediately i am filled with a nauseous feeling, i don't even bother waveing it, i just drop it back into it's box.

He shakes his head, "lets try this one, sycamore wood, dragon heartstring core, 12 inches, reasonably springy."

I take this one, i don't get an awful feeling but it's not the one, i place it back in it's box.

I look over at tom and he has what seems to be an impatient look on his face, i say, "don't worry, it will be over soon and then you get to see if a wand is calling out to you too."

Ollivander handed me the last one, "this should do it, vine wood, horned serpent horn core, 12 1/2 inches, brittle."

When i grabbed this one i knew it was the right one, the sparks that shot out of the tip after a wave was only confirmation.

Ollivander smiles, "good, good, but it's also very interesting, you see that wand has a brother wand, and that brother wand seems like it is trying to bond with your son."

I get excited, "oh!, hurry to bring it over i want to see if they are compatible."

Tom looks on with wide eyes, probably just as excited.

_P.O.V. Tom_

I stand there waiting for my wand and i'm in disbelief, she did say that if a wand wanted to bond she would get it for me, but i didn't actually think it would happen.

Mr. Ollivander comes back with the wand and holds it out, "go on then, give it a wave."

I nod and take the wand out of the box, as soon as the wood touches my fingers i am consumed by this feeling of being connected to a part of myself that i didn't know i was missing, a completeness, the only thing that can compare in importance is the feeling i have with hermione when we are just at home.

Home... this is what home feels like.

I really got to figure out that nickname for her, but that isn't important right now, whats important is giveing my wand a wave. I do and sparks shoot out.

Hermione's nickname will be mia (m-y-a) not (m-ee-a), it came to me suddenly but i knew it was perfect.

Said person gives a squeal and picks me up for a quick twirl, when we stop twirling she doesn't set me down, instead she rests me on her left hip with an arm around me, i didn't know she was strong enough to lift me, not that i'm big, the idea just didn't cross my mind.

We say goodbye to Mr. Ollivander after paying for the wands and leave the store with me being carried still, i don't mind even a little bit.

I look at her, almost eye level and say, "i found the perfect nickname."

She smiles a happy, content smile, "oh? What is it?"

"Mia."

She leans over and kisses my forehead, "you're right, it is perfect" she lets out a giggle, probably at my red face, "now lets go to Eeylops Owl Emporium, Magical Menagerie and the final stop will be hogwarts after dropping our things off at home."

With wide eyes i ask, "we are going to get an owl? Whats at Magical Menagerie? Why Hogwarts?"

She laughs, "yes a family owl for the post, mice, and some nice bird company, the Magical Menagerie has animals that are common as wizard's and witch's familiars, such as cats, toads, and owls but there are people who have things like rats and snakes, there was even this guy i knew who had a pet ferret" she gives a snicker as if remembering a private joke, "and we are going to Hogwarts because of those boys from the book store yesturday, what i said about their punishment was not a bluff."

My excitement is too much to contain, i have the urge to fist pump, so many awesome things planned, but i manage to contain myself mostly and point in the air instead and exclaim, "lets get going! To the owls!"

Mia laughs some more and continues walking with me still on her hip, if she wanted to carry me all day i would not complain, after all comforting humam contact has been hard for me to come by in my so far short life, i'll take what i can get, even though i'm sure mia would humor me with cuddle sessions in the future, we shall see.

_Hermione P.O.V_

I carry tom all the way to Eeylops, not setting him down until we get inside, and thats only so that he can walk around and search through the many owls.

Its been too long since the last time i had contact with someone, he didn't seem to mind even though he gives off that stoic vibe most of the time.

I bend down, my new high is ridiculous, "lets look at the owls, don't pick until we feel some kind of connection with it, doesn't have to be strong, just something that you feel."

He nods and takes my offered hand. We then start scanning through the cages of owls.

He looks up at me, "we won't keep them in a cage right?" He has a sad look on his face, yea i wouldn't want to be in a cage either, which is why i wasn't planning to have one except for transportation if they don't allow the owls to stay on shoulders for travel.

"No, we will keep a cage for other times but they will have a stand they can use, don't worry" i give his hand a squeeze.

Just then i felt a small tug of a feeling and another tug on my hand from tom, i look at him and he points to where i'm getting the feeling from, looks like he felt it too, good.

It's not like the familiar bond i felt with crookshanks, it's similar but a much more muted version, but a bond none the less.

We walk up to the cage and we see a beautiful snowy owl, reminding me of harry's owl hedwig, but they are different instead of just white with some brown/tan spots, it was white but each feather had a black tip about one inch in length per feather, so it was a white owl covered in black spots, some were not visible but most were they were mostly consentrated on the wings and back, so its face and chest were mostly white with some black spots.

Tom stares and says, "it looks like its wearing a suit."

I giggle, "yea" i reach out and unlock the cage, then continued to hold out my arm after opening the door.

Without hesitation the owl steps out of the cage and talon walks up my arm to my shoulder. And even though my work robes don't have sleeves, the owl does not clench it's talons enough to make any scratches.

I run a few fingers over it's feathers, "you're very pretty, are you a boy or a girl? What do you think tom?"

He thinks for a few moments, then nods, "definitely a girl."

Looks like he is right because she lets out a pleased hoot, maybe people guess boy too often for her taste.

"Could we make a yes/no answer thing for her? We could talk with her a little then" tom says, looking very excited.

I knew he was smart, i give him that proud smile i save for these moments, "we can try" i look sideways to the owl on my shoulder, "can we do hoot for yes?"

The owl gives a hoot,

I nod, "can we do lift a wing for no? Doesn't matter which wing."

The owl hoots and then lifts her right wing since her left would have slapped me in the face.

I smile, "great, first question, do you have a name already?"

She lifts a wing.

I think, "tom pick the first letter, then i will think of a name."

He thinks for a second, "how about A?"

I nod and she gives a hoot, "lets see... A." I think for a moment and then snap my fingers, startling both of them, "how about Ari?"

Tom nods and the now dubed Ari hoots her approval.

"Great, now lets pick out the owl treats you want" i walk infront of the owl treat section and wait for ari to hoot or raise a wing at the package before moving on. By the end i have 5 different kinds she picked.

I set the packages on the counter and look at tom, "why don't you go pick out the comfiest cage you can find so that it's not so hard on her when she does have to go in it, oh and a stand too."

He nods and goes off to find them, and by the time the worker at the counter rings up the treats and ari, also asking her name for their records, tom comes back with the items, the cage is standard size with a swing stand inside that has a leather covered cushion on it and the bars of the cage look a little bit more spaced out in comparison to some others. The seperate stand for the house, most likely going to be in my office, has a cushion similar to the cage's, just a little bigger.

"Good choices tom, hopefully we won't have to use the cage very often." Once the worker rings up the stand and cage i pay for everything and put the items into my bag.

As we are walking out of the store i say, "once we get to Magical Menagerie you will look for a familiar, you get a feeling similar to what we feel with ari, but much, much stronger, you will know when it happens."

He asks, "and it doesn't matter what animal?"

I smile, "no, it could be any animal, though you probably have a greater chance of haveing a certain animal over another, all are possibilities."

He nods, "whatever it turns out to be, i will keep it anyway, even a toad."

He says that but the look on his face says he hopes that won't be the case, i don't think it will but you never know.

"No matter the animal, the familiar bond is one of the closest bonds you can have, they will be your faithful companion for as long as they live, never leave you, and always protect you, it's so strong they won't die of a natural cause while you yourself are alive."

He has a look of wonder on his face, "they will never leave me?" Giveing a valiant effort in stopping his tears.

I smile at him, "never" i bend to pick him up and rest him on my hip while ari continues to sit on my shoulder for the rest of our walk to Magical Menagerie.

_Tom P.O.V_

A familiar bond sounds like the greatest thing in the world to me, I can't wait to get there.

We arrive at Magical Menagerie and mia sets me down like before and we start to walk around, we drift through the sections and we get to the cats.

Mia looks like she wants to stop for a second, but then shakes her head and we continue.

Eventually we get to the reptile section, next to the toads, there are glass cases with either a snake or lizard inside, this is perfect for Parselmouth practice, and a way to check to see if mia did gain that gift from me.

Before that thought could go much further i feel a pull to one of the cases, it is so much stronger then i thought it was going to be, i need to get to it now, right now!

I then start to drag mia after me in my haste, she just giggles though and i don't have time to feel sorry for pulling her because i have to get there right now!

We come to a stop infront of one of the bigger cases, inside is a snake with dark scales almost black, its not coiled but not all the way out either, but i can see that its very long, maybe 10-15 feet long, and about as thick as one of mia's legs.

When we get there the snake notices immediately and looks right at me after lifting it's head a little, probably the pull.

It makes a hiss and i can understand, mia makes a surprised sound next to me so she understood too. I can't think about that though because my familiar said somthing.

'Little one, what are you called?'

My face hurts from smiling, 'i am called tom, what are you called?'

It replies, 'i am known as nagini.'

And just like that i have found another missing piece of myself that i didn't know i didn't have.

_Hermione P.O.V_

As soon as the snake that tom was bonding with came into view i knew it was nagini.

Of course i am worried, there are a lot of bad memories i have of this snake. But i can't bring myself to be overly worried, this time around is already different, nagini won't be the same this time either.

I sit back and listen to a snake talk for the first time, its a wonderful thing to be a Parselmouth.

Then tom brings my attention back, 'she is called hermione, i call her mia, she is my mom' i'm so happy i want to cry, i don't.

It's the first time he has said it to someone else, saying it to me isn't the same as this.

Nagini looks over at me, 'you know the language of the snakes?'

Time to see if i can, i smile, 'yes, welcome to the family nagini.'

This causes tom to get teary-eyed, he then hugs me around my waist and nuzzles his face into my stomach, this is a very emotional day.

Speaking of which, its about to get a whole lot more emotional, since i just started to feel my familiar bond pull, i didn't think i would feel it, haveing been bonded to crookshanks before, guess it doesn't matter.

I ruffle tom's hair, 'sorry nagini we will be right back, i am feeling my bond, will you be ok?'

She simply says, 'yes.'

I pull tom with me and i notice we are still in the reptile section, looks like i'm getting a snake too then.

We stop infront of a case around the same size as nagini's, the snake is thicker than nagini, but not as long, and dark also but more brown than black, it's big enough around to be used as a body pillow.

Lifting it's head it looks at me without a word, stareing at me for a moment, 'what are you called?' He says after seemingly giving his approval.

This also teaches me that snakes have different kinds of voices per gender, nagini is a girl, my snake sounds different and i'm pretty sure it's a boy.

I answer, 'i am called hermione, what are you called?'

'Hermione, i am called Akasha.'

That is a great name, i already feel the bond solidify.

I put a hand on tom's head, 'this is my son, he is called tom, he just made his bond with nagini over there, welcome to the family Akasha.'

Tom nods at him, 'welcome Akasha.'

I give a squeal, 'i have so many questions!'

Tom shakes his head, 'just important ones, so we can get nagini and akasha and leave.'

I smile, 'yes, yes go ask nagini these things too.' I list off things like if she has poison, favorite food, treat, how they like to be cleaned, etc.

Once tom has left i ask akasha the questions and he says, 'I do have poison, does not kill, only paralyze, i like mice for snack, bigger animals for meals, rabbits mostly, i don't like tubs, don't like a lot of water.'

I nod, we will have to get those rodents somewhere, probably a muggle pet shop, and looks like only sponge baths for him.

Tom comes back and naginj said mostly what akasha said, only differences is that her poison is lethal, and she is fine with short baths.

'We will go to the front and pay, then we will come back and get you two' me and tom then pay for them and follow the worker back so that he can unlock the cases for us.

The worker looks apprehensive at the idea of unlocking nagini's case, i don't blame him, she does look lethal and she is so i get his attention, take the keys and say, "you can just supervise which key unlocks her case?"

He looks relieved but still apprehensive about anyone opening her case, he points out the two keys for both nagini and akasha's case anyway.

I unlock nagini's case and reach my forearm in, 'come nagini, time to go.'

She obediently curls around my arm until her head is at my shoulder, she really is heavy, me and tom are going to get a work out carrying them around, ari on my shoulder doesn't even react, thats good.

That is enough that i can lift most of her body out and i neal down next to tom and ask in a hiss for nagini's sake, 'you think you can carry her?'

Tom nods with a determined look on his face, 'i am big enough, right nagini?'

She gives a hiss like laugh, 'of course little one' i giggle, if only snakes could grin.

She transfers from my arm to across tom's shoulder from left to right where she rests her head, the rest of her coils around his torso and the extra around his left leg, he looks rediculouse, but the content look on his face and the unintelligible hiss from nagini that sounds like a sigh means we don't care.

After i'm sure that he is able to stand i walk over to akasha and unlock his case. I put my right arm in and say, 'let's go akasha.'

He hisses back, 'it is nice to stretch.' And he starts to climb up my arm and he passes ari who is still on my right shoulder on his way to my left, when he rests his head there the rest of him coils around my wait and hips, since i'm taller thanks to the adoption potion there isn't a lot of extra length but there is enough that he has to coil his tail around my thigh once around. Man we got big snakes.

As soon as that is done i get the light, content feeling of being in contact with my familiar, we both let out sighs, his being a hiss, i could fall asleep right now, i wonder if akasha would be ok with being my body pillow.

Walking is harder but nothing we can't handle, we leave the shop after giving the worker back his keys, walking in the street with 2 snakes and an owl must look weird, oh well.

When we get to a apparation point i ask, "are you guys ready to see the house, we have plenty of space for you to explore" tom repeats me in Parseltongue for the snakes, ari gives a hoot and the snakes hiss out a yes.

Lets hope they aren't sick from this, i tell everyone to brace themselves and we apparate home.

Once we get there tom groans, "it never gets better" and the snakes make hissing noises that aren't words but they convey a nauseous feeling and ari hoots weakly, looking like she is going to fall off my shoulder.

"Lets go inside", 'sorry akasha, nagini' i say as we walk to the front door, 'you can explore the area when you are better, rest now.'

They agree and ari gives a hoot.

Ari gave a hoot.

Wait...

'Ari you can understand this?' The thought that the language didn't matter to owls never crossed my mind, but then again how would an owl from the british ministry be able to understand the instructions from a foreign ministry, i'll have to look that up one day.

Tom smiles, 'that makes talking easy, don't have to repeat anymore' he hissed in excitement, 'i'll show you my room nagini, you can rest there' he jogs up the stairs after i get the door open.

I walk up the stairs to the office and take ari's stand and cage out of the bag along with one of the packages of treats. I put the cage in the far corner, the stand goes next to my desk and i summon a dish from the kitchen and pour the treats into it and then i set the dish on one of my shelves.

I go back to the stand and hold out my arm, ari then talon walks to the stand and rests, 'you can go out hunting if you are hungry later, for now rest, you too akasha i will put you in my room but i will leave the doors open so you can go down stairs to use a window to get out, i will leave this one open for ari so she can fly out.'

Akasha hisses, 'that is fine, do not worry, why do you not wish to take me with you? cannot keep you safe from here.'

'We will be fine, Hogwarts is a very safe place, later we can make something for if we ever are in trouble' i walk down the hall and open my bedroom door, from further down i can hear tom talking a mile a minute to nagini about everything he can. I smile, so adorable.

I sit on the end of my bed so that akasha doesn't have to move much after uncoiling, once he does he lays there unwound and spread out, enjoying not being in a case probably.

I bend over and peck him on the head, 'we will be back soon, if you think we are gone too long, send ari and we will hurry for you.'

He just lazily lifts up his head and bumps my forehead with his mouth and flicks me with his tongue, 'one hour.'

I just giggle, figures he would be like that, 'goodbye akasha.'

I head down the hall to tom and open his door, 'time to go, leave the door open so nagini can get out when she is better.'

He wines in hiss form, 'do i have to go too? I want to talk with nagini.'

I look at the cealing, 'oh? Guess you didn't really want to see Hogwarts then.'

Tom sighs, 'alright, alright, bye nagini.'

I smile, 'see you soon nagini' once tom gets close enough i pick him up and put him on my hip, i want to savor it until he gets too big after all.

Once we get to the front yard i say, "don't worry akasha said only one hour, we will be back soon."

Tom sighs, "ok but we come right back" he puts his arms around my neck, as far as his arms can at least and rests his head on my shoulder, "let me know when we stop spinning."

I ruffle his hair, "of course" and we apparate to the gates of hogwarts.