The Grangers are talented dentists, there's no doubt about that, but some people don't appreciate such talents. Because of a few complications, they had to shut down their Practice and move to another house. Where did they go? No.4 Privet Drive. Of course it was smaller than their old house but it's better than the streets, right?
"Those Durslys are so rude!" Yelled the 2 year old daughter, Hermione Granger. "And their son is a Man-Eating Dinosaur!" And she left them to go up to here new room so she could unpack.
Her Father, Richard Granger, just looked at where his daughter went of to and scratched his head in confusion. " 'Man-Eating Dinosaur'? Aren't those words a bit to old for here?" He asked his wife, Emma Granger. She shrugged.
"I actually don't know whether she's Two or Twelve." She shaked her head. Hermione has always been mentally older than her actual age. She even started reading Seven years-old level books not two months ago!
After a few hours of unpacking, the Grangers ordered Pizza and ate with a few conversations here and there (Hermione was still complaining about the Durslys), Everyone was so tired that they all went to bed early.
Hermione tossed and turned on her mattress (they haven't moved her bed yet), she just couldn't sleep. After five minutes she just decided to lay on her back and stare at the cealing.
And then she heard it.
Someone hitting the drums. It's in a steady rhythm... like a... like a heart beat?
Ba dum... ba dum... ba dum...
She can't explain how, she just can hea- she can feel someone's heart beats.
Ba dum... ba dum... ba dum...
And they're getting louder.
So she decided to investigate.
She left the mattress and got to her window, and by using a chair and a few cushions (she's still to short to reach the window), she was able to peak outside.
Only to find that it's pich black outside.
'That's strange.' she thought. 'Shouldn't the lamp posts be working by now?'
She went to her bedroom door.
Ba dum... ba dum... ba dum...
The heart beats got slightly louder, which means that she's getting closer.
She walked down the stairs.
Ba dum... ba dum... ba dum...!
She stopped right in front of the door. To short to reach the knob, she pressed her ear against the wood.
And the heart beats are louder than ever.
BA DUM... BA DUM... BA DUM...!
Suddenly feeling like she must find the source of the heart beats, she went up to her room, brought the chair, and went back down so she could reach the knob.
She opened the door only to find... A baby?
'Who would leave a baby on a stranger's door step?' But only then did she realize the open, bleeding wound on his forehead and that the only thing covering him is a thin blanket in a cold November night...
"MUM! DAD!"
Richard sighed. He woke up to his daughter shouting about a baby in the cold and something about heart beats, but once Emma saw the boy she immediately took him in, covered him, and tended to his wound.
They found their daughter quite attached to the baby. She has been watching over it in her room while Richard and Emma were reading the letter they found in it's crib.
After making sure that her daughter couldn't hear, she asked her husband "What are we going to do, Richard? That child should've been with the Durslys. The letter was clearly addressed to them."
"I don't know, Emma, but we're definitely going to keep him for the night. Maybe we can visit the Durslys tomorrow?" He asked her.
"Sounds like a plan. But Hermione is going to be so heart broken. It appears that she found her future husband." She smirked at him when his eyes widen.
"Emma, don't joke about that! They're both just kids!"
"Kids that will grow up to be husband and wife." Oh, she just loved teasing her husband.
"Right, we'll keep him for the night, then we'll visit the Durslys tomorrow." He said, trying to direct the conversation to a different topic.
But she's not going to give him a break, is she? "Just try not to strangle the boy when Hermione comes back home one day with a ring on her left finger."
Richard just groaned. Dammit his wife knew how to push his buttons. It's hard to believe that they were best friends in the past.
She just smirked at him, but she decided to have mercy on him for the time being. "I'll go upstairs and tell Hermione about our plans."
If only she knew how true her teasing was.
Hermione kept watching over the baby for a while. She couldn't help but stare at him, even her favorite book proved to be unable to distract her from him (which surprised her a lot).
She just didn't know why but his heart beats proven to be somewhat soothing for her.
Ba dum... ba dum... ba dum...
They seem calmer now. 'They must've been beating to fast from the cold.' She bet. 'He was hardly wearing anything.'
She lost count on how long she was watching him but she didn't even flinch when she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in!" Emma entered the room and sat beside her daughter on the floor while she just continued to watch over the child.
They sat in silence watching the boy for a few moments until...
"Harry." That made Hermione's eyes leave the boy.
"What?"
"That's his name. Harry." Her Mum answered.
"How do you know that?"
"There was a letter in his crib and it says his name is Harry." Her Mum explained.
'Harry?' she thought. 'I don't think I'll forget that name anytime soon.'
"We also found out that he should've ended up with the Durslys."
"WHAT?!" shwe yelled. "what do you mean 'He should've ended up withe the Durslys'?"
"I'm sorry, dear, but we think that whoever put Harry on our doorstep thought that the Durslys still live here. Harry is their relative."
"But...But...Mum, please! You saw the Durslys, their meanies!" she can't just leave Harry with them, she just cant!
"I'm sorry, dear. We will keep him for the night, though."
"Really? Can he stay with me tonight? pleeeeease?" she was about to object but once she saw Hermone give her best puppy dog eyes, she just couldn't help it.
"Alright, he can stay with you tonight."
Hermione just squeezed the living daylights out of her mother in delight. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, Mum! You're the best!"
This is where it all started...
Just a tiny flame that is their Soul Bond...
But just like any flame, it grew and got stronger...
It kept growing until it became the strongest bond ever known to Wizard Kind...
And to think it all started with a Heart Beat.