Title: Child of Hogwarts
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: None. Things will be different from the get go.
Rating: M
Disclaimer: I do not own Hermione, or Luna, or Ginny, or Cho, or... I would buy them all but I am broke.
Summary: After seeing baby Harry interact with a Student after the death of his Parents, Dumbledore has a better idea of where Harry should be raised. Inside the halls of Hogwarts.
Harry and Minerva were waiting just outside the entrance to the closest Tube Station to the Leaky Cauldron, waiting on the Granger Family. Minerva was dressed in a slightly old fashioned dress while Harry was in a pair of jeans and a long sleeved shirt. After a few minutes waiting the three Grangers emerged from the Tube Station. Like Harry, Mr Granger was wearing Jeans and a long sleeved shirt. Mrs Granger was wearing a blouse and slacks ensemble while the daughter was in a nice dress.
"Mister Granger, Mrs Granger, Miss Granger. Good to see you again." Minerva said. "This is Mister Potter. He will also be starting at the School this September."
"I'm Harry." Harry said holding out his hand to shake to the daughter.
"Hermione." She replied, taking his hand to shake.
"Time to go." Minerva said.
"Yes Mummy M." Harry said.
"Harry." Minerva admonished.
"Sorry… Professor." Harry said, looking embarrassed.
Hermione was looking around Diagon Alley in awe as the group approached the large white marble building that Professor McGonagall had called Gringotts Bank. All three of the Grangers goggled at the small creatures that were running the bank.
"They are Goblins." Harry explained. "They are a militaristic culture, so they value strength. Be firm and confident but not arrogant."
The Professor was leading her parents to one of the tellers in order to convert their Pounds into Wizarding Currency. Hermione looked around and saw Harry hugging a Witch who looked like she was in her early twenties, who then led Harry through one of the doors behind the tellers.
"Mister Potter is going to withdraw funds from his vault. He will be back soon." Professor McGonagall said when she noticed Hermione's look.
There was a short delay after her parents had changed their money before the same Witch escorted Harry back out into the main floor of the Bank, giving him a kiss on the cheek before he walked back and joined the group.
As they exited the bank Professor McGonagall and Harry were in front of the three Grangers. As they walked a lot of Witches in their late teens and early twenties were waving at Harry. As they walked, Hermione got the impression that it was Harry who was actually leading the group. The group entered into a new looking shop with the sign 'Custom Wands'.
Inside the shop there was a single Witch in her mid-twenties standing behind a counter with dozens of small draws built into the wall behind the counter. The Witch was dressed in a long sleeved white button up shirt, a red tie and a blue pants and vest set, with her blonde hair in a pair of long pigtails over each ear that reached down to her waist.
"Tri!" Harry said. "Glad you got the store open. Where's Nina?"
"Hey Harry." Triela replied. "She's busy out back with Stephan. I am so glad you chose to come to us instead of that old creep Ollivander."
"Miss Marko." Professor said with a raised eyebrow.
"Sorry Professor but it is true. He only uses three kinds of Core, pre-creates the wands and just randomly throws wands at a customer till he gets a reaction." Triela replied.
"Triela and Nina are new Mistress Wand Crafters. Nina trained under Gregorovitch, the famous Wandmaker of Prussia. Tri here trained at the Centrius Virgas School in Rome." Harry said.
"Stephan also has thirty years of experience as a Master Wand Crafter in Norway." Triela added. "We make custom wands from one of sixty different Cores and over two hundred different Wand Woods. As you are here with Harry, we will prioritise your Wands and should have them done in about five Hours."
"Aww… Tri." Harry said with a smile.
"Oh no." Triela countered. "That's won't work on me. I'm not Hopkirk."
"Um… how do we do this?" Hermione asked.
"We will give you small samples of various different kinds of Cores and Woods and see how they react." A new voice said from the side of the room, just in front of a door to the back room.
"Nina!" Harry said, before running and giving the new Witch a hug.
Hermione saw that the new Witch was about the same age as the Witch behind the Counter but she was dressed in the more normal robes of a Magical and had mousy brown hair in a short bob cut.
"Professor." Hermione began. "What is with all these Witches? The one at the bank, at least fifteen waving at Harry in the street and now these two."
The three older Witches laughed and Hermione blushed in embarrassment.
"Sorry, Miss Granger, we did not mean to embarrass you." Professor McGonagall said. "Mister Potter… Harry has grown up living at Hogwarts since he was about eighteen months old and all of the Witches you have noticed have been what Harry refers to as his Big Sisters. They are former Students who helped to look after him at the School and still feel… affection for him as a Little Brother since."
"And yourself as well, I presume, given what he called you earlier." Her Father said.
"In a manner of speaking." Professor McGonagall replied. "Myself and another member of the Staff, the School Healer, would house Harry during the summer holidays when the school was closed."
"If anything, that makes me more confident in sending Hermione to your school." Her mother said. "At least we know Hermione will be cared for."
"Even if no one else does, though they will, I promise to look out for your daughter." Harry said solemnly.
"Ok, that one worked." Triela said, stepping out from behind the counter and giving Harry a hug. "Now shall we start with you or Miss Granger?"
Harry simply indicated for Hermione to go first. After a second Hermione nodded and stepped forward as Triela and Nina began laying out Wand Cores for Hermione to touch to see if there was a reaction.
Five hours later, after doing the rest of their school shopping, meeting at least one of Harry's Big Sisters in almost every store, and a lunch at the Leaky Cauldron, where two of Harry's Big Sisters had a friendly argument over who would serve his table, they were back in the Wand Shop. Amongst their possessions was Harry's new Snowy White Owl and Hermione had obtained a snub nosed orange Half Kneezle. Harry had promised that Hermione could use his Owl to send letters to her parents.
"Ok, all ready." Nina said, holding out two long rectangular boxed. "Harry, your Wand has a Chimera Claw Core and Hawthorn Wood, eleven inches. Miss Granger yours is the feather of a Sumerian Lammasu and Cherry Wood, ten and a half inches."
Hermione took her wand and felt not only warmth but protection from the Wand. She saw Harry with a smile on his face as he held his own wand.
Walking out of the Wand Shop, the sun was casting long shadows over the Alley.
"Mister Granger, how did you get from your house to the Underground?" Harry asked.
"We caught a bus to the local train station." Her father said.
"Mummy M, why don't you Apperate them home? I'll Floo back to the House from Tri and Nina's shop." Harry asked.
Professor McGonagall looked at the three Grangers for a few seconds and then nodded.
"I will only be able to take two at a time." The Professor said. "Perhaps Mrs Granger and Miss Granger first and then Mister Granger with Miss Granger's supplies."
Hermione's mum and dad looked at each other for a few seconds before agreeing. Hermione and her mum took the Professor's hands and then there was a feeling of being squeezed down a long, too tight tube before they appeared in their own living room. A second later the Professor disappeared with a crack before appearing a few moments later with her father, her trunk and the cage with her new pet. He father looked a little sick from the experience.
"Miss Granger, I look forward to seeing you on September First." The Professor said. "Please make sure to follow the instructions on how to get to the Platform for the Hogwarts Express precisely."
Another crack and the Professor was gone. Hermione's mind was running a mile a minute. Her new Wand, wanting to read the new books, Harry, the wonders of Diagon Alley, Harry's Big Sisters, excitement for the new School, Harry. She would not be able to get to sleep easily tonight.
TBC….
A/N: Big Sister Triela takes her name and appearance from the character of Triela in Gunslinger Girl Manga/Anime.