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.:Hermione:.
"Excuse me?" I asked. Marriage? Lord and Lady Griffindor? What the hell?
"On this evening, at ten fifty two, the event of a soul bounding took place between the Lord Harry James Potter Griffindor Ravenclaw, and Hermione Jean Granger," the phoenix said, from it's voice I could tell it was a male.
"Soul bounding? Lord Griffindor and Ravenclaw?" Harry asked, finally regaining his voice.
"Maybe we should discuss this in private?" the Raven asked, who I now worked out was a female.
"Of course," professor McGonagall said from the crowd. "I'm their head of house, so we can proceed to my office," she said, walking up to us. The birds nodded and disappeared in a flash of fire.
Harry and I looked at each other, not quite sure what to do, but followed silently behind professor McGonagall. As we were following her, Harry put his arm around me and hugged me close to his body. He is my personal God.
When we reached the office, the birds had perched themselves on the edge of McGonagall's desk.
"Why don't you all sit down?" the raven asked. "We have much to discuss. You are welcome to stay Minerva."
She was to shocked to say anything about a bird speaking to her, so she just nodded and sat down next to us.
"First things first," Harry said. "Who are you?"
"Oh, do pardon us, it seems we have skipped the introductions. My name is Egon, and this is Ava," he said, stretching his wing to the Raven Next to him.
"I am the Familiar of the Noble House of Griffindor, while Ava is of the Noble house of Ravenclaw. I was first born to the great Godric Griffindor, while Ava was born to Rowena Ravenclaw. We have kept in contact over the millennium, waiting for our heirs to be recignised. We never thought that our heir, would be heir to two houses," Egon said, bowing his head to Harry.
My thirst for knowledge got the better of me and I asked the question that was at the top of my head. "How can you know who the heir to your houses are? I thought all records had been lost over the centuries," I said.
"You are a very bright girl," Ava said. "Rowena will be proud to have you as part of her family. Yes, the records were lost for a long time ago, but we know who our heirs are. We both came straight to the castle when we felt that serge of magic tonight."
"Which begs another question," Harry said. "How is it possible that I'm the heir to both houses?"
Egon was the one to speak this time. "The Potters are direct descendents to the house of Griffindor. While the Evens family were as close as you can get to the direct descendents of Ravenclaw. Because you are the last remaining heir, you are eligible to obtain all inheritance of both Noble houses. And because you are now a legal adult, I would suggest a visit to Gringotts as soon as possible."
"Which brings us to the next matter," Ava said. "Soul bounding."
"What is that exactly?" McGonagall asked, speaking for the first time.
"It is like a match made in heaven. The creator himself chooses soul bound couples, well before they are even born. They are incredibly rare, they most recent one before these two, taking place over 200 years ago. When a couple is soul bound, they release a great force of magic, which is what you would have felt earlier this evening. Your magic would have also have increased dramatically. You share your magic, so if one of you learns something, the other will know how to do it as well, even if they never learnt it," Ava finished.
"That's a lot to take in," Harry said after a minute.
"It is also recommended to have as much physical contact as possible, to help stabilise a bond. Sleeping together would be a good idea," Egon said.
At that moment, two owls landed on the widow sill of the office. Harry got up and opened the window to let the two owls in. "Ones from the Ministry and ones from Gringotts," Harry said, taking the letters from them. He patted them then came over and sat down on his lap again.
"Which one first?" he asked, resting his chin on my shoulder.
"I vote Gringotts," I said. He nodded and broke the seal and put the letter in front of us.
Dear Lord Potter Griffindor Ravenclaw,
Due to the recent soul bounding between yourself and Hermione Jean Granger, you have come into the inheritance of the Potter, Griffindor and Ravenclaw vaults.
Please come to Gringotts at the soonest possible date to discuss your parents will and the key to the vaults you now own.
I will be expecting you.
Sincerely,
Ragnok,
Director of Gringotts Wizarding Bank.
"Seems like I've come into a large amount of money," Harry said.
"It does. Now lets see what the Ministry has to say," I said.
Dear Lord and Lady Potter Griffindor Ravenclaw,
Congratulations on your marriage at ten fifty two on the twenty forth of December 1995.
In the event of a soul bounding, the couple in question immediately become of age and have all Ministry tracing devices removed. The Lord will also be required to attend sessions of Wizard Agarmont (No idea how to spell that :()) at a notified time.
Good luck with your marriage and may your life be long.
Alyssa Cameron,
Head of marriage department,
Ministry of Magic.
"Wizard Agarmont?" Harry asked after we finished reading.
"Legally of age?" I asked.
"When a couple is soul bound, it means they are instantly classed as adults, even if they are under age. And Harry was going to be part of the Wizard Agarmont as soon as he came of age," Ava said.
"What's the other bit of paper?" I asked.
Harry opened it and my eyes bulged. It was a certificate of marriage.
"You know what this means Mr. Potter?" I asked with a sly smile.
"No, what dose it mean Mrs. Potter?" he asked, playing along with me.
"You have to buy me an engagement ring and a wedding ring," I said with a huge smile.
"I'll get them in Diagon Alley tomorrow," he promised, kissing my cheek.
"Would the two of you like to go to your manor tonight?" Egon asked.
"We'd love two," Harry said, standing up, bringing me with him.
"Which manor would you like to visit?" Ava asked.
"I think we'll have to say Griffindor," Harry said. "Because I know the Ravenclaw home will have the biggest library know. And I really don't want to have to spend an hour trying to get Hermione to go to bed."
I poked my tongue out at him and gave him a mock glare.
"You know it's true Hermione," he said, kissing my cheek. "My beautiful bookworm." I had to blush at that one.
"How do we get there?" Harry asked.
"For the first time, you must put your hand on me. When we get there, the house elves will give you each a port key to reach it whenever you need. The houses of Griffindor and Ravenclaw are the two safest houses in the world. They are under protection unheard of in this time. Some are even set by Godric and Rowena themselves," Egon said.
Harry turned to McGonagall and smiled. "We'll be back for the start of term. I still have to compete in the tri-wizard tournament. But I will request that a marriage quarter is set up for Hermione and my self in the Griffindor section. Could you please have Dobby and Winky do it, I trust those two most," he said.
"Of course," she said.
With that, Harry hugged me close to his side and put his hand on Egon and we disappeared.
When I opened my eyes, I was standing in a lounge room that would resemble the Griffindor common room, only bigger. The major difference was the portrait handing above the fire.
He was a Noble looking man with chin length wavy brown hair and green eyes. He had a troublemaker smile, and was dressed in stunning red robes with a crest I had never seen on the breast.
"So the heir of Griffindor has come at last," he said. "I must say it has been a while since I've had some human company. So tell me, what are your names?" he asked. He was definitely one of the nicest portraits I had ever met.
"I'm Harry Potter," Harry said, "and this is Hermione Potter," he said, hugging me closer to him.
"How dif you find out you were the heir to Griffindor?" he asked, looking truly interested.
"Tonight, when we kissed and became soul bound. Egon and Ava came to us, telling me I was the Lord Harry James Potter Griffindor Ravenclaw. I'm really not one for titles though. And because I'm soul bound to Hermione, she is Lady, you get the picture," Harry said.
"Did you say Ravenclaw?" Godric asked.
"Yes," Harry said. "My dad was the heir to Griffindor, while my mum was the heir to Ravenclaw. Their both gone now," he said.
"Well I would like to hear the whole story. But for now you must sleep. I will have Kirra, head house elf show you to the main bedroom," he said. As soon as he was finished, a house elf in a black skirt and red button up top appeared.
"Are we elves getting new masters to serve?" she asked, looking ridiculously excited.
Harry got down to eye level with the elf and smiled. "Yes you are. But I must insist that you call me Harry, and my wife Hermione. Pass this message on to the rest off the elves as well," Harry said.
His wife. God that sounds good.
"Yes ma- Harry," she said. "I will show you around the house then you can go to bed." Harry nodded and told her to lead the way.
The bottom floor had the lounge room, a massive dinning area, kitchen, a bathroom and an indoor swimming pool. The second floor had five guest bedrooms with unsuited. With all the rooms sticking to the red and gold theme, with a bit of white throne in. The third floor was one of my favourites, for the entire floor was taken up with the library.
"Breath Hermione," Harry whispered in my ears when I saw the room. "Remember, this is only half the size of the Ravenclaw one," he said.
I smiled at that and gave him a soft kiss.
"If you will follow me to the top floor, it is your bedroom, and has already been completely stocked with the most expensive muggle and wizard robes," she said, and continued up the stairs.
When we reached the top, Kirra opened the door in front of us and waved up in. when we entered, I nearly had a heart attack at how amazing it was. At the opposite end to the door, there was a bed that was nearly double the size of a king, with a rich red bedspread. Along the whole wall on the left of the door, was a window, with a bench going the whole way along the window, with red curtains, tied up at each side of the widow so you could see the moon and the forests. There was also a couch at the end of the bed that faced the plasma screen TV. mounted on the wall, with two desks on the floor below. On the right wall of the door, there were two other doors, leading to either the bathroom or the closet.
"Good night," Kirra said. "There will be breakfast awaiting you in the morning."
"Thank you Kirra," the elf blushed at the praise and left the room, shutting the door behind her.
"Do we want to know what's behind those other two doors?" Harry asked.
"We have to get ready for bed," I said.
"True," he said. "One on the right first?"
I nodded and we walked over to the door. Harry took a deep breath and opened the door. Inside was a bathroom pretty much exactly the same as the R.O.R., only it also had a shower, and bench going along one whole wall for getting ready.
"This is pretty extravagant. Do we want to see the closet?" he asked.
"It has our pj's," I said.
He nodded and we walked up to the other door. Harry turned the handle and walked in. I let out a squeak at what I saw.
There was a rack of clothing going down each wall, with an island in the middle that was full of shoes. At this end of the closet, there was a set of draws, which said Lady Griffindor, with another set of draws up the other end that I assumed was Harry's. It seemed the right side of the rack was mine, while the left was Harry's.
"I'm ganna guess pj's are in the draws. Once we've found them, we'll keep our backs to each other while we get changed," Harry said, heading for his draws, while I smiled and nodded.
I started rummaging through the draw that said pj's until I found a pair of blue flanny pants with white clouds, and a grey singlet. I quickly found a comfortable bra and undies and started getting changed.
Just as I was pulling my singlet down Harry said he was decent. "Same," I said, turning around.
Harry was wearing a pair of grey flanny pants with a white muscle t-shirt, that definitely did it's job. I smiled and picked up my dress and hung it up on my rack.
"Can you help me get all the pins out of my hair?" I asked.
"Sure," Harry said, coming up to me and turning me so I was facing the wall with him behind me. He started to gently pull the pins out of my hair, without hurting me at all.
"Done," he whispered, pushing my hair behind my shoulders.
"Thanks," I said, turning around to face the door, "Lets go to bed."
Harry nodded beside me and we walked out of the door to the bedroom. I wave of nervousness suddenly washed over me, I was about to sleep in the same bed as Harry Potter. Harry must have felt my nervousness, because he turned me to face him and gave me a soft gentle kiss. "I love you."
With that he pulled back the covers and went to the middle of the bed. He turned to me with his arms open for a hug, which I couldn't refuse. I climbed into the middle of the bed and into his arms. We lay down and Harry pulled the covers over us. He looked his watch then smiled at me. "Merry Christmas." Kissing me gently.
Definitely, a Merry Christmas.
.:Harry:.
I woke up with my arms wrapped around a beautiful brown haired bookworm. Hermione. I can't believe she's my wife. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
Hermione stirred in my arms and opened her eyes. "Good morning," she said.
"Most deffinatley, a good morning," I said.
"I'm going for a shower," she said, getting out of bed. "Can you pick out an out fit for me?"
"Sure," I said. She nodded and headed to the bathroom.
I got out of the bed and went to the closet. I picked out a pair of red silk robes, with black pant and a white button up top for me. With the same robes for Hermione, with a mid thigh black skirt and a white button up top. I figured she wouldn't mind if I went through her underwear draw. I picked out a plain white bra that would show up underneath her top, and a pair of comfortable looking underwear.
I walked out of the room and put her outfit on the already made bed, and walked to the bathroom. I knocked on the door and got a reply of come in.
Hermione had a towel wrapped around her and was just finishing putting her hair up.
"I left an outfit on the bed for you," I said.
"Thanks," she said with a smile, before exiting the bathroom.
I had a quick shower and got dressed even quicker, running the towel over my hair a few times to get rid of the excess water. When I left the bathroom, Hermione was sitting on the bed putting on a pair of black ballet flats. "You did surprisingly well at picking my outfit," she said, coming over and taking my hand.
"What can I say?" I said.
"You just did," she said. "Let's go down to breakfast."
When we got into the dinning room, there were two places set up with food set out on them.
"They did a really good job this morning," I said, sitting down and putting food on my plate.
We ate in a comfortable silence, with nothing needing to be said.
"Let's go to Gringotts today," I said.
"Why?" Hermione asked.
"Because there will be less people their today, which means less people gawking at us," I said.
"Who knew you could be so logical," she said with an adoring smile.
Just then, Kirra appeared, holding two very expensive looking watches, one for Hermione, and one for me.
"These are port keys," she said, handing them two us. "All you have to do is touch them with your finger, and say were you want to go. They are also your only way of getting back in here," she said.
"Thank you Kirra," I said. "Enjoy the rest of your day." With a pop the elf disappeared.
"Let's go," I said. Both of us put our fingers on the watches and said 'Gringotts.'
A few moments later, we were standing in the lobby of Gringotts, with goblins doing work around us. A goblin that I recognised to be Griphook, the first goblin I'd ever met come up to us.
"Hello Griphook. My wife and I are here to see Ragnok, regarding my inheritance," I said.
"You remembered my name?" he asked shocked.
"Of course. You were the first goblin I ever met," I said.
"Very well. Follow me," he said.
We followed to a set of oak doors where he instructed us to wait outside. After a few seconds, he came back out to get us.
When we entered, when found ourself in a very plush office, with a large wooden desk with a goblin sitting behind it.
He motioned for us to sit down. There was only one chair, but that didn't bother me in the slightest, for Hermione just sat on my lap.
"Good morning Lord and Lady. It is a pleasure to meet you. I didn't think you would be able to come so soon," he said.
"The pleasure is ours," Harry said. "And please call me Harry, Director."
"In that case, call me Ragnok," the goblin said.
"First things first," he said. "I must test your blood, to make sure you are indeed who you say you are."
I nodded and held my hand over the stone bowl in the middle of the desk. Ragnok pulled out a sharp knife and sliced my palm. As soon as the blood had dropped into the basin, my cut healed.
The blood turned gold and Ragnok nodded. "Your blood is pure."
He pulled out three boxes, one the word Potter, one with the word Griffindor, and one with the word Ravenclaw. "You must put each ring on to show that you are the head of that house. I nodded and put the Potter ring on, which resized to fit me. I then put the Ravenclaw Ring on, which then blended with the Potter ring so I would only have to wear one. I then put the Griffindor ring on and it blended with the other, so it was the one showing.
"Now, I am going to go over all your holding and investments from the Potter Family. I am then going to go over all the places and companies you own from all three families. I am then going to show you the vaults of Griffindor and Ravenclaw, because there is simply to much money, plus heirlooms to put a dollar value on," he said.
I nodded and he started to go over all the land, investments and money the Potter family had. With that amount of money alone, I wouldn't have to work for about three life times.
Next was a list of all businesses and other such things I owned from all three families. There were so many I didn't even remember half of them. The ones that really meant something, were, the Daily Profert and Hogwarts.
"So you're saying that Harry owns Hogwarts?" Hermione asked.
"Yes. Godric and Rowena were the main inverters in the school. Between them they owned about 80% of the school. Which makes Harry and yourself the owners."
"Wow."
"Would you like a tour of the vaults?" Ragnok asked.
"Yes please," I said. Hermione and I got p and followed him through the bank to the carts. He got in the front, while Hermione and I got in the back.
"Hold on tight," I said. Instead of holding onto the bar in front of us, she held onto me.
We visited the main Potter vault first. It had ten times the amount of gold then the one I'd been using, and a few other artefacts. We didn't stay there long thou.
We got back in the cart, and headed down the highest security track in Gringotts. When we got to the end. There were only two. One was for Griffindor, and one was for Ravenclaw. We decided to look in the Griffindor vault first. I nearly passed out when I saw the amount of gold in there. There were also many priceless artefacts. We were about to leave again, when I something in the corner of the vault. I went over and found it was the very sword I had used to kill the Basalisk. I picked up the sword and placed it in the holster next to it and put it around my waist. It disappeared, but I could still feel it there.
"Let's look in the other vault," I said. Hermione and Ragnok nodded and we headed over to the other vault.
When we entered, we found that there was not quiet as much gold in the vault, but a few more artefacts.
I was just browsing around at the many artefacts Rowena possessed, when I noticed Hermione starring longingly at something. I came up behind her and saw a beautiful necklace. It was a sapphire heart, with a boarder of tiny rubies around the outside.
"That will look beautiful on you," I said from behind her.
"I can't take that," she said shaking her head. "It's priceless."
I had already picked up the necklace and was lowering it down onto her neck. "No where near as priceless as the person wearing it," I whispered.
"Thank you."
"You welcome."
"We're ready to leave now," I said.
Ragnok nodded and we made our way to the cart. Once we had made it back to the bank I turned to Ragnok. "Is there anyway I can get a card so I can use my money in the muggle world?" I asked.
"Of course Harry," Ragnok said, disappearing into his office. He came back out with two black cards.
"These came be used in the magical and muggle world. One for you and one for your wife."
"Thank you Ragnok. I'll be in contact if need be," I said.
"Of course."
With that I took Hermione's hand and led her into Diagon Alley. "Where are we going?"
"I'm keeping my promise," I said with a sly smile, dragging her into the jewellery store in Diagon Alley. "I don't care what the price is, pick your favourite engagement ring and your favourite wedding ring."
She nodded and started looking around the store she had found exactly what she wanted.
The engagement ring was silver, with a large diamond in the middle with rubies and diamonds on either side. The wedding ring was silver with diamonds and rubies and had a curve in it to fit the size of the diamond.
I already had three expensive rings, so I just settled for a gold band. I swiped my card and immediately put the rings on her fingers.
"Thank you so much Harry. This is way more then I deserve," she said hugging me.
"You always deserve the best Hermione, never forget that."
"Thanks," she said.
"Let's head back," I said.
"Yeah, lets," she agreed.
With some muttered words and a small pop, we disappeared.