Chapter 6: Finding Life Mates

After leaving Fawkes to recover, he glided into the kitchen where Sirius was sat and perched himself in front of Sirius and projected his thoughts into him.

"Sirius it is I, Harry, I am glad you are out of that horrible place, but I must ask that you remain here until, I can clear your name. I know it is a lot to ask, but you are safe here and no one can find you as you are in a different realm that cannot be found unless you are a phoenix."

Sirius was in daze he just heard his godson voice since arriving, and now there was no doubt that this was his godson. He pulled out the letters and journal that Harry had been keeping and he could see his life before he came to the realm was not good, in fact he thought it was worse than Azkaban and no child should have to go through that. Sirius then made it his life's mission to tell Harry about all about his parents. Even though Harry could not respond, he sat listening to Sirius telling him about his parents. This went on until one day Fawkes flew into the room and approached Harry.

"Harry, I must thank you for getting me out of the old mans, office and to find me as baby you must be very powerful."

"Fawkes there is no need to thank me, it is because of you that I am here, and I cannot thank you enough for that, now I was wondering if there was a way that Sirius be able to communicate with me without bonding to him, because as you said I must bond with my life mates before the rebirth. I would also like a way that does not risk his life."

"Harry I will perform some magic that will test the worthiness of Sirius, it will not tell us the result of the final spell , but it should give a good indication, a gold glow means worthy, sliver glow means he might be but is in inconclusive and black means if we try the spell he will die, Would you like me to perform the spell?"

"Yes please Fawkes I would like that and you will have to teach it to me."

"That I will Harry, do not worry, you still have much to learn."

Fawkes the approached Poppy and asked her to inform Sirius what would happening and what could happen. Sirius agreed to go through test and hoped for the best, he wanted to be able to speak to his godson and did not want to wait another two years before being able to do this.

Fawkes started to sing , well that is what it sounded like to Sirius but actually Fawkes was reciting a spell that had not been used for centuries, it was a long and complex spell, the colours that were surrounding Sirius were gold, silver and black, the first colour to drop away was gold now all that was left was two colours, silver and black. They were alternating like it was trying to make a decision, finally one colour started to drop away completely and Sirius was left standing with a silver glow around him. Sirius hoped for gold but it was not to be.

Poppy then informed Sirius that he went ahead with the actual test, it would test his magic and look deep into his very soul, he was also told that if it found him not worthy he would be stripped of all magic and booted out of the kingdom. The only colour he would want to see now is gold.

"This is your choice Sirius please choose wisely."

"Poppy could you please tell Harry that I love him and I would love to go along with the spell, It might put my safety at risk, but I am willing to risk my magic for Harry."

Poppy then approached Harry an informed him of Sirius wish to proceed, so Fawkes flew in front of Sirius then he dug his claws into Sirius's palm and as he did that, he cried into the wound while reciting the incantation. There was blinding flash of light that filled the whole room , no one could see anything, all they could see was white mist. They had to wait until the white mist had cleared to see what colour Sirius had started to glow.

Sirius was shocked when Fawkes drew his blood and went to pull his hand back but he could not, the spell had started and he was surrounded by a white mist and he felt himself being judged. He could feel the magic inside him, looking for any faults that could be found, Sirius could not move he could only think and he could not see anyone or anything around him.

After about two hours the mist started to fade and everyone held their breath to see if Sirius was still standing there. Then there was a loud bang that shook the kingdom to its core, and a phoenix that was six foot tall and had wing span of over twelve foot. This was the first ever phoenix to be born and it spoke to Sirius

"SIRIUS BLACK YOUR SOUL, MIND AND MAGIC HAS BEEN LOOKED AT…. ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED, I GRANT YOU THE POWER TO BE ABLE TO CONVERSE WITH CREATURES OF THE LIGHT. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN SIRIUS, BUT YOU ONLY JUST PASSED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FACT YOU ARE OUR KINGS GODFATHER YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND UNWORTHY."

As that was said Sirius was surrounded in a golden glow, and the majestic bird disappeared in to thin air. Sirius let out a breath he did not know he was holding, he went straight over to his godson and gave him the biggest hug he had ever seen. No one else had heard what the figure had said to Sirius, but from the looks of Sirius it was a very close call. Harry and Sirius spent the rest of the day catching up and now Sirius could have a conversation with Harry he was over the moon.

The Following day

Fawkes explained to Harry that it was time for his mission, he had to find his life mates, but before he could do that, Fawkes explained to him that once he spent a year with each he must return here for the re-birth, under no circumstances, was he to attempt to re-birth in the human realm. Harry understood what he had to do, so he went in search of Sirius, to let him know he would be away for a couple of years and that could he call on Fawkes to help out around the realm. The realm was more than just the castle, and there was plenty to explore.

After a tearful goodbye, Harry made his way to the entrance of the realm and flame travelled back to the human realm.

Harry was now flying over England searching for his life mates, he knew he had to find two, and he been provided with some information that should help him seek what he was looking for. He was looking for a seventh child that was the first daughter in seven generations and the other was a daughter that has come from a family that had not had any magical children in seven generations. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack. He could sense a lot magic across the United Kingdom, but he could not hone on anyone. He knew he would feel a slight pull towards them, it was like trying to find a baby phoenix that was surrounded by so magical people. Nearly impossible.

After a couple of days of searching, Harry felt something tug at his heart, could this be one of the ones he was searching for. Harry Flew down ad it was a lovely place, he did not know where he was, but he felt the tug get stronger as he approached the town. The closer he got the stronger the pull, he knew he had found one, but now he had to examine everyone that passed while he sat at the top of tree, waiting for the right person to come along. If he was right in his assumption, then whoever it was would feel a pull towards this tree.

Hermione Granger was a six year old girl walking through the town with her parents, she wanted to get to the library and the bookstore, her parents had promised she could go there after they had finished their shopping. Just recently strange things had started to happen around her, like when her mum took one of her toys off her and put it on the top shelf, she decided that she wanted back and then all of a sudden it was back in her hands. Her Mum looked at her like she had done something wrong, but her mum did not believe her and when her dad saw this, he asked her to go to her room while he discussed something with her mum and she could take the toy with her. But this had happened more than once to Hermione, and after the first time her mum seemed to be pleased when something strange happened.

It was a great day for Hermione nothing strange had happened for a couple of weeks now, that was until she felt this strange pull towards a tree. Mr. and Mrs. Granger saw their daughter wonder off in the opposite direction to the library and she was heading towards the park. Mrs. Granger went to call her back, but Mr. Granger stopped her and they followed their daughter through the town.

Hermione was curious the closer she got to this tree the stronger the pull was, she increased her pace and then all of a sudden stopped at the tree, looked up and there she saw the most magnificent bird she had ever seen.

Harry felt the pull getting stronger and he looked around he could feel his life mate approaching, he was getting excited, he only been on the tree for a couple of days, occasionally flying off for food and water. But his wait had paid off. He looked down and saw the most beautiful sight he had ever seen, a girl around his age, and she had the most lovely brown eyes and bushy hair, hard to control just like his, when he was in his human form.

He swooped down and landed on Hermione's shoulder.

Hermione looked up and saw the bird swoop down towards her, she did not feel afraid, it was the most beautiful bird she had ever seen and it landed on her shoulder. Her parents watched in amazement at the bird that had landed on their daughters shoulder, as soon as he landed on her should there was a flash off golden light bonding the phoenix to the girl. Mr. Granger knew what had just happened and that this bird had just bonded to his daughter.

"Hello youngling, my name is Harry pleased to meet you."

Hermione was shocked she just heard the bird speak to her, how could that be possible. Harry noticed the confused look on her face.

" Yes youngling you can hear me , which is good and only you can hear me, everyone else around will hear a song and make them feel at peace, you are special and if you think in your mind what you want to say to me we can converse, I can also understand everything that said around me, in any language."

Hermione was shocked, the bird had spoken to her and she could understand it but, but no one else could. She felt special for the first time in her life.

"Pleased to meet you Harry, my name is Hermione"

"Lovely name Hermione, now will I be allowed to come with you back to your house, I will explain everything to you there."

Hermione agreed to take Harry back to their house, she now had to get permission off her parents to bring him back. Hermione's parents agreed to bring him back and Harry directed Hermione to where she could purchase a perch for him and also to get him some food, even though he was not partial to that food it was better than rodents, he knew he would have to catch a few rodents while he was here, because he needed meat for his diet, to keep himself in shape, for when he returned to his own body.

Once they reached the Grangers house, Hermione placed the perch in her room and got Harry some water and some food, so he could get settled. Hermione then went downstairs and found her parents having a discussion about the bird Hermione had brought home. Over dinner her father told her that she had magical talents and the bird that came to rest on her shoulder was a phoenix and it was a magical bird, that it had to bond to the person as a familiar , and that was how she could hear him speak. Hermione was shocked, she had to go and have a conversation with this bird and find out where he came from.

AN : So Harry has found life mate number one and now he will spend a year with her and go everywhere she goes. In the next chapter life at the Grangers, Their bonding does not class as a marriage it is the start of a soul bond that will form among the three of them and once Harry is back to being human, when they reach school, they will find an undeniable pull towards each other, that is all I am giving away!

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James and Lilly will be not be featured, they are watching Harry from afar and they will not be back into the story line until Harry reaches Hogwarts.