Fates, Bloods and Battles: Year 1
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By: Drunken Dryad (or Val)
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Chapter 3: Knowledge
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN IT! That honor belongs to the wonderful and amazing author that is J.K. Rowling.
A few weeks later…
Harry yawned to himself as he finished planting new begonias in the Dursley's garden. The smell of freshly cut flowers wafted up to him, relaxing his muscles. He shook himself. He couldn't fall asleep yet. He still had to go and repaint at least part of the fence in the backyard.
He picked up his tools and took them back to the shed. After putting his gardening tools away, Harry picked up the paint, the paintbrushes and the ladder and headed towards the closest part of the fence.
He yawned again and sighed to himself as he realized that he had forgotten the can opener. He got up to go get it when he heard a sudden popping sound. Alarmed, he looked towards the can and realized that the can was already open. He shrugged; too tired to care how it happened.
He started painting at the bottom of the fence, the constant motion slowly lulling him to sleep. He slowly nodded off, his attempts at keeping himself awake failing.
The next morning…
Harry woke up to what felt like snakes crawling over his legs. He turned, thinking it was just a dream. As the feeling continued, he suddenly sat up. As he looked at his legs, he found that there were really snakes crawling over his legs. There were two garden snakes, one was a yellowish green color and another a golden-white color. He noticed that they weren't paying any particular attention to him.
Suddenly, he heard the snakes…talking!
'Sessss…what do you think of this strange creature?' The yellowish green colored one spoke, sounding extremely curious.
'I do not know, Lesssssa…I suppose it is one of those strange creatures that has…what do they call them…glesssss? No, it's legssss…I think…' The golden-while colored one, who was apparently named Sess, answered.
Harry suddenly had the urge to tell them the answer.
'I am a human. How can snakes talk? I thought that animals weren't supposed to be able to talk?'
'AHHHHHHH! It is a sssspeaker! It ssspeaksss! What do we do, Sesss? What to do?' Less suddenly slithered off Harry's leg. As soon as he realized what the snake was saying, Harry began to laugh.
:Hermione:
Hermione yawned tiredly as she woke up the next morning. She sat up in bed, slumping in bed for a few more minutes before going into her bathroom to take a shower. She quickly took a shower and dressed in a pair of jeans and a short sleeve white t-shirt which had the word 'lucky' and a big green clover on it. She grabbed her comb and went in search of her sister. Ilia loved to do Hermione's hair, and Hermione loved letting her sister do her hair. When she entered the living room, she saw her sister sitting there with her boyfriend, Marshall. She bounced her way over to the couch and stopped in front of her sister.
"Ilia, will you do my hair for me?" Hermione asked, smiling sweetly at her sister.
"Okay, sis, what do you want?" Amelia simply smiled and replied, glad to spend some more time with her little sister.
"Just one braid. Thanks, Ilia." Hermione stood between her sisters legs and handed Amelia the comb and hair-tie.
Amelia combed out Hermione's hair and braided it, asking Hermione about 1st class and everything else that went with being five years old. After Amelia was done with Hermione's hair, Hermione and Marshall sat down for a game of chess. Marshall had been a long-time boyfriend of Amelia's and had taught Hermione the fine art of chess when he had last come over. Though she had been practicing, Hermione simply did not have enough patience for chess. Her father always joked that Italian women didn't even know the meaning of the word 'patience'.
As Marshall and Hermione were finishing their game of chess, the wonderful aroma of Athena Granger's cooking drew the to the kitchen. The whole family sat down to breakfast and had a large meal of eggs and sausage.
A few days later…
Marshall and Amelia had left two or three hours ago and since her parents were at work, Hermione asked her babysitter, who was almost asleep anyway, if she could go to the park. Old Mrs.Wilson nodded tiredly and went back to enjoying her beauty sleep.
Hermione decided to make herself a snack before leaving, so she quickly made two turkey sandwiches and grabbed two juiceboxes and got ready to leave for the park, hoping that Harry was there again. On the way out the door, she grabbed the book that was sitting on the counter so that she could read it at the park. She also grabbed some extra pencils in case Harry needed them.
:Harry:
As he finished washing the dishes, Harry smiled to himself. Maybe he would get a chance to go to the park again today. His aunt and uncle were going to visit Marge, and Dudley was at a sleepover. His aunt and uncle were going to pick up Dudley from the sleepover and they were planning to stay for two or three months of the summer vacation. Harry trudged back into the living room, hoping that his aunt and uncle would leave soon. He soon got his wish because just as he walked into the living room, his uncle was loading up the car. His aunt came up to him.
"Do not leave the house or let anyone see you here, boy. No one is to know that you are living alone. There is some food in the refrigerator, so try to eat sparingly so it will last. We will be back in three months or so. Do not destroy the house." His aunt smiled at him cruelly as she locked the front door. After all, she assumed, he dare not leave the house without locking it, and if he did lock it, he would not be able to get back in. What she did not know was that Harry had found an old spare house-key that Dudley had lost, so he was free to come and go as he pleased.
When he heard the car start and go, he smiled to himself. They were finally gone. He decided to go to the park and see if Hermione was there again. He hoped she was. He really liked her.
He grabbed his sketchbook and walked out the back door, carefully locking it so no one could get in. He noticed Sess and Lessa by the petunia's in the backyard and decided to take them. He hoped Hermione would like them. He, of course, forgot his pencils again.
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Hermione had reached the park half an hour ago and there was still no sight of Harry. Hermione was just about to give up and head home when she noticed a little boy with black hair walking towards the park. He seemed to be holding what looked like two ropes in his hands. Hermione smiled to herself and sat once again inside the play-house.
Harry walked up to the park, searching for Hermione. He started walking towards the swings when he noticed someone by the monkey bars. However, as he came closer, he realized it definitely was not Hermione. He walked towards the swings once again when he saw someone sitting inside the play-house. He walked towards it and as he came closer, he realised it was, indeed, Hermione. Harry smiled happily. He had found his friend at last!
Hermione opened the door to the play-house and let Harry in, smiling at him.
"Hi Harry! How are you?" Hermione asked, sitting in one of the chairs of the play-table and motioning for him to take the other.
"I'm fine. My aunt and uncle left the house for about three months, so I have the house all to myself. I'm really glad they're gone. How are you?" Harry answered back, setting his sketchbook down.
"I'm fine, so, who's your babysitter?" Hermione asked, offering Harry a sandwich and a juicebox.
"Babysitter? I don't have one. Thanks." Harry replied, thankful for the food.
"No babysitter? But Harry! You're only five! How can you take care of yourself?" Hermione asked, looking at him concernedly.
"I'll be fine, thanks for asking. Anyway, do you want to meet my pets? Their names are Sess and Lessa." Harry reassured her, smiling excitedly at the sight of his snakes.
"Sure!" At the sight of the snakes, Hermione oohed and ahhed, finding them fascinating. She had always loved reptiles, another of her characteristics which had chased away many little girls.
Hermione and Harry spent several hours laughing and getting to know each other, glad to have finally found a friend.
Harry found that Hermione was an extremely intelligent child, not unlike himself, who had very odd characteristics about her that did not let her have many friends. He found that she loved all types of animals, and her dream was to be able to be the greatest scholar in the world someday. He also found, strangely enough, that she also had strange things happen when she was angry, scared or confused.
Hermione found that Harry was an extremely artistic and intelligent child, who had not made friends because his cousin had chased everyone away. She found that he loved animals, especially snakes, and strangely enough, he could talk to snakes! She took it all in stride, as her parents had taught her that different was never bad. It was just different. She found that his dream was to someday be able to fly. She found, coincidentally, that he also made strange things happen when he was angry, scared or confused.
They had finally found another person who could understand them.
A/N: Hey all! Yes, this chapter is kind of cheesey, especially the ending, but bare with me, it was just a transition chapter. Yes, I know Hermione is still very OOC for a five-year old, but there is a reason, I promise! Well, other than the fact that she was a very intelligent child. There is a reason for both of their maturity.
Now, I have to warn you now, this fic will NOT be a Harry/Hermione fic! In fact, I'm pretty sure there won't be a pairing in this fic. There might be one in the sequel, though.
Now for replies to my wonderful reviewers.
Pandas rule the world- Hey, thanks for reviewing again! And yes, as for your question, they will definitely find out before Hogwarts about magic. I can't tell you how, though. The surprise would be ruined. Anyway, thanks enormously for your reviews!
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