So I don't really like this chapter, but it's a necessity.

Please take a look at the new point 8), it's hopefully the last change for a few chapters =)

I'll probably keep posting the points for the rest of the arc, or at least up until chapter 5. After that it'll be all few chapters, whenever there is a change and at the beginning of every arc.

1) English is my SECOND language, furthermore: my dad is Canadian, in school we used British English, and a good part of the books I've read are in American English.

2) I don't have a Beta currently, however if you'd like to take the job on or want to recommend someone, I'll be all eyes.

3) I don't mind criticism, I'd probably enjoy constructive criticism. However, if you don't like the story, don't read it. Nobody forces you to keep on reading. If I notice that someone is bashing my story or me repeatedly, I'll announce them as a tsundere – what else is somebody supposed to be if they keep on complaining but don't stop reading the story?

4) Pairings are as of right now still open – if you have an idea, I'd love to hear them – especially with an explanation. I'm also open to multiple partners. Hermione's final pairing will not be fem!slash. NOT because I've got something against it, but because I can't personally identify with it and wouldn't know how to write it. Maybe she'll date another girl for a while but nothing that will last. That doesn't mean that I won't try my best to include same gender relationships.

5) If you'd like something to happen or have an idea for a situation, just post it or write to me and I'll take a look. I can't promise that it'll show up, but if it does I'll give credit where it's due.

6) The Vortex will include the khr plot, even if I don't know how far along it will be when Hermione shows up.

7) I will try my best to update regularly, but I won't make any promises. What I can promise, is that I'll do my best to update the chapters of their Arcs within a few days. The Arcs being: Before Hogwarts, Year 1, Year 2, etc.

8) I might, at some point, maybe, post the story on AO3 and/or Wattpad. If that happens or if I decide to start posting anything else there, I will, of course, inform you and tell you my username.

9) Finally, neither ´Harry Potter´ or ´Katekyō Hitman Reborn!´ are owned by me. They belong respectively to J. K. Rowling and Akira Amano. I claim only possible Oc's, anything that does not happen in the stories, and the idea of The Vortex.

Hitsugaya Ren: I'm not quite sure on how I'm going to play out Hogwarts, but I don't think I'll make Dumbledore a bad guy, more just an old man who made a few bad/questionable decisions. Which won't necessarily mean that Hermione's going to like him, but I'll play the whole situation by feeling once it comes to that. The pairings are still open. There might be a few wizards and witches who have Flames or Knowledge of them, most notably those with mafia-ties and pureblood families, but it won't be something that too many are aware off. While I thank you for the input, I'll keep the flames as I announced in the first chapter. Besides, she'll learn from one of the outwardly calmest Stormes there are, and as for Lightning, it's not like she'd have to redirect and/or absorb the attack physically, she could just as well do it with cold logic.

mlsmls27: Thank you =) Truthfully? I'm not quite sure myself on where the story is going to go, I just wrote the first chapter down and decided to post it. I love the pairing, you're right, they'd be absolutely terrifying. End everybody's reaction to it would be so much fun (Squalo I think would either try to drink himself into a coma or have one of those 'I'm so done with this' expressions'…

Kain Vixenheim: True, she doesn't really need it, but it would be an interesting twist, no? I could use them for her "Light-bulb moments" (like the Basilisk or Skeeter) for example. I don't think she would just accept it, however, having grown up with Fon she might not doubt it quite as much. I could see him bring it up with her and then talking Hermione into investigating that possibility. Investigating being the deciding factor since I don't think she could say no to such a mystery.


3. Rooftop Guardian

Hermione would never admit it to her parents, but secretly she absolutely hated it when they worked late. Something that was happening more and more often nowadays.

Before Hermione was born, her parents were active members of Doctor Without Borders and spent a lot of time travelling from one place to the next to help with anything dental related, something they stopped doing during her mother's last Trimester. However, between Hermione's intellect and acting older than she was, as well as her parents belief that she would be fine (and tell them if she wasn't – as if that would happen), they decided it was okay to slowly start helping out again a few months ago. And while they were not going to travel anytime soon, the conferences and phone calls did take up a lot of time. Which meant numerous late nights where they wouldn't come home up until the early hours of the morning.

The first time they came home late, Hermione thought it was fun. Sure, she was kind of tense for the whole night but she could eat as many sugary sweets as she wanted (she hid the evidence), could watch whatever TV show she wanted (she changed it back before she went upstairs), and read until they came home (with a flashlight to avoid being noticed). But the next time, only a few weeks later, there was a storm. And Hermione wasn't usually bothered by them, but that night she had a realisation:

Hermione Jean Granger was weak and vulnerable. Being alone during a storm where anything could happen she, for the first time since she could remember, felt her age. Like the small, seven years old girl she truly was. And she realized something else: She was arrogant. So, so arrogant thinking that she was something more than a little girl in a big world.

Of course she knew that the world wasn't a rosy place, that there were a lot of dangers everywhere. But it was always a kind of distant thought. She knew, but at the same time, she didn't. She still didn't, she was missing the necessary experience that she hoped wouldn't come anytime soon, but everything became more real.

That was when things slowly to change. Hermione would be one of the first ones to admit that she became slightly paranoid, noticing danger where there was none and looking for different ways to escape when she theoretically didn't have to. She started to spend more time at the library with the long-term goal to pick up as many odd skills as she could manage – which admittedly was a slow going process. In a few years she might have an easier time getting the more descriptive books but right now they weren't usually accessible for her. And lastly, she decided to keep a better eye on her own weirdness. Not because it bothered her, truthfully she loved it, no matter how often Janette the Troll and her idiot cronies called her a freak. Especially when a book was too high up to reach her. But she wanted to know more about it, about what she could do and maybe how she could use it, which was another slow going process but that didn't bother her quite as much.

But even with all that she was doing, Hermione didn't feel safe when her parents were gone for the night. Technically she knew that she hadn't managed to make as big as a difference as she would like, being only seven at that point and having only started. That didn't mean she didn't feel like she should have somehow achieved more.

That night however, even though her parents wouldn't return before midnight, Hermione felt safe. Somehow she knew that her Rooftop Guardian never quite left her side, never straying too far from her on her way home. And even hours later, long after her bedtime, she was aware of his presence on her rooftop. And yes, Hermione was quite aware that she should be freaked out and suspicious of him (and why was she calling the person a 'him'?) but she just felt so secure

Hermione smiled softly and curled up on her bed. She knew that for at least this night nothing bad would happen to her.


Fon followed the bushy haired girl closely, feeling as though letting her go home alone would be wrong. The longer he kept following her, the more interesting she became. He didn't try to fool himself thinking that she wasn't aware of his presence. Somehow she was aware, even if she did try terribly hard to not look towards his direction (the girl didn't quite manage, but he's seen newbies that were worse). What struck him though was the relaxed state she was in. Most people would be tense when someone followed them, she on the other hand seemed, dare he say it, as if she felt safe. Fon wondered if whatever told her of his location, told her that he wouldn't hurt her.

Once they reached what seemed like her home, a two-story brick building with some yard and a few trees around it, he contemplated that he could, now that she had safely made it back, leave her on her own. Surely her parents wouldn't be gone too long. But Fon's gut feeling told him that he should stay close by, and after all those years in the triad and as an Arcobaleno he would be foolish to ignore it. Therefore he decided to make himself comfortable on the roof, ready to spend a long night being bored.

Yes, it was a long night, but bored? Of course, Fon had dealt with children before but for some reason the young Miss Granger (yes, he checked the family name so he at least had something to call her before he'd look closer into them) seemed terrible amusing. And that wasn't just because she systematically destroyed every evidence that pointed against her being anything but a perfectly reliable daughter (even if it was a big part of it, especially since she was still so young).

It was already past midnight (and far past her bedtime) when she decided that she had read enough and curled up beneath her blanket and going to sleep. Her parents were still not back and Fon tried really hard not to let it bother him.

It took another two hours before a car turned into the driveway and two tired people stepped out and entered the house. Noticing that Miss Granger was waking up, probably taking note of two people entering the house, he jumped down onto her windowsill so he could see into her bedroom through the curtains, readying himself to attack should they harm the girl.

Hermione immediately relaxed with him being closer, likely feeling safe, and quieted down. The door opened a gap wide and a man in his late thirties peaked into the bedroom before softly closing the door again. It didn't take long after that before both people went to bed themselves.

Fon climbed back onto the roof, ready to keep watch for the rest of the night, but some movement from the room below him froze him in his tracks. The window opened slightly and a soft voice whispered up to him: "Good night, Rooftop Guardian". As the little girl went back to bed Fon silently murmured a "Sweet dreams, little one", before sitting down for the rest of the night (No, Reborn, she did not have me in my 'Overprotective Mother-Hen Mode' before I even met her, I was only worried about the girl being alone at home. Reborn, stop laughing).


Just to be clear: Hermione's parents love their daughter very much. They are just two very busy people, which means that Fon will spend a lot of time with her once they officially meet (Wink Wink)

My Question for today: Which other Arcobaleno should she meet? Should she meet any of them before the khr plot? And should Hermione share blood with any of them? If so, how close or distant?