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Chapter 3
When they arrived at Hogwarts, Harry and Tonks stood up.
Harry was quite shocked when she grabbed his hand.
He glanced at her questioningly:
"It feels nice—without that, it's like there is a hole inside of me", she said.
Harry had begun to feel it, but figured that he wouldn't mention it if it was just him.
"All right, I don't have a problem with doing that", Harry said.
She then linked her hand through his, and they left the compartment.
"First years over here", Harry heard Hagrid yelling.
He turned to see a fleet of small boats.
"Only 4 to a boat", Hagrid said.
Harry and Tonks climbed into a boat with 2 others.
Unfortunately for them, it was one of the red heads, and a girl with bushy brown hair.
Before the girl could get a word out the boy blurted out:
"Have you seen Harry potter"?
"Why—do you need to see him"?
"Yep—I just want to meet him is all".
Harry made a split second decision.
"I'm Harry potter".
The kid's mouth dropped open so that he looked rather stupid.
"You don't look like I was told to look for", the said in a rush.
"Wait—someone told you to look for me"? Harry asked growing angry.
"Yes—the headmaster told me to find you", the red head continued seemingly oblivious to the fact that he was blurting out stuff that he shouldn't.
Harry then just cast a silencing charm at him and turned to the girl who was just sitting there staring at the boy in shock.
"Hi—I'm Harry Potter—how about you"?
"Hermione Granger", the girl responded.
"Ah—pleasure to meet you", Harry said.
"This girl next to me is Tonks-we don't speak her first name as she gets mad if you do", Harry said with a grin.
"Watch it", Tonks said with a scowl.
They then arrived at a small dock.
The deputy headmistress took the students from Hagrid.
She then proceeded to give a speech about the houses—which Harry tuned out as he had devised that speech and he had a memory of doing so from all four of his founder rings.
They eventually entered the great hall.
No one expected the strange boy with blue hair and an oddly mature expression standing next to the girl with vivid hair of a similar colour to be the boy who lived, Harry Potter.
He noticed the stupid old bastard who had put blocks on his magic looking around as if searching for something.
He immediately knew that the headmaster was looking for him.
McGonagall went down the list until she got to:
"Potter, Harry".
There was a gasp in the hall and several whispers.
Harry ignored them as he strode confidently forward.
As he sat on the stool and a hat was placed upon his head he heard a voice:
"Ah, lord Hogwarts—welcome".
Harry instinctively knew this was because of him holding all four founder rings.
"Hello", Harry responded back.
"Your other half should be up here—why is she not"?
Even Harry with all of his knowledge was slightly confused.
"Why would that be"?
"She must remain in close physical contact of course", the hat said.
Harry knew this because of Black's memories, but he didn't think that since they were that young that they would have to do...
"Oh—of course not that yet", the hat responded with a mental laugh.
Harry let out a mental sigh of relief before the hat again asked:
"Is it all right with you if I get her up here"?
"I guess so", Harry said.
The hat then spoke to the room at large:
"Could MS. Tonks please come up here as well"?
McGonagall seemed slightly confused, but she eventually relented.
Tonks looked slightly confused, but joined Harry on the platform.
"You can stand up you know", the hat said with another mental laugh.
"The only reason that they make people sit down is so that people don't fall over".
Harry stood up and then the hat grew.
"Ms. Tonks—if you could come under here as well please"? The hat asked.
Tonks shakily moved closer to Harry before the hat was covering both of their heads.
"Ah, now you are both here, we can begin".
"Ah—so lord Hogwarts, where do you wish to be placed"?
"Where am I needed the most"? Harry asked.
"I would say Hufflepuff—they need someone to boost their confidence".
"Tonks—what do you think about that"?
"I like it—I've always liked Hufflepuff's qualities", Tonks thought.
"Very well then".
"You will also have to inform the administration about the soul bond".
"You should also be receiving letters soon regarding this", the hat said.
"If you want to talk at all, you as lord Hogwarts can go anywhere in this school—so be sure to stop by".
"I am in the headmaster's office".
"I will—that was a very enlightening discussion about soul bonds", Harry said.
The hat then screamed out:
"Hufflepuff"!
The Hufflepuff table simply clapped softly, and Harry and Tonks sat down near the end.
They sat across from a red haired girl.
"Hi—I'm Susan Bones", the girl said.
"I'm Harry Potter", Harry said.
"I'm Tonks—good to meet you Susan".
The sorting then continued...
After the sorting was complete with the red haired boy being sorted into Gryffindor—no surprise there, the headmaster stood up.
He said some random words and then the food appeared on the tables.
Harry of course knew that this was all an act—the food could have appeared whenever the headmaster wanted.
As soon as the food appeared, Sareth began speaking into his head:
'I need meat—if you eat it, then you will feed both of us/.
'It saves me having to go out into the forest and attempt to get food that way'.
'You're just lazy aren't you'?
Harry then gave the equivalent of a mental chuckle.
'All right then'.
This would also secretly be useful to Harry as the meat would assist him with some of his more powerful abilities as protein was useful.
He then turned to Tonks.
"Hey Tonksie, bet you can't do this", Harry grinned.
He then proceeded to empty a platter of ham into his mouth.
The only reason that it didn't kill him was because he broke it down as it entered his body.
"Wicked", was the only thing that Tonks could say with a grin.
He then turned to a prefect sitting further down the table.
"Excuse me; do you know where I could find our head of house"?
"Right over there", the boy said pointing to a woman at the staff table.
"Thanks very much", Harry said.
After the meal had finished—Harry consuming an entire platter of puddings, Harry turned and whispered to Tonks:
"We'll have to go and talk to our head of house about our little... Problem".
She instantly understood and nodded.
"Of course Harry, I'm ready when you are".
They then stood up and walked over to their head of house.
"Professor"? Harry initiated the conversation.
"Ah—Mr. Potter-I'm Professor Sprout. Can I help you with something"?
"Yes—could we speak to you in private if you have a moment"?
"Of course—the Headmaster should do his welcoming speech soon, and then we can go to my office".
"Thank you professor", Harry said.
They then walked back to the Hufflepuff table and sat down again.
The headmaster then talked about items that were forbidden, and also mentioned that the third floor corridor on the left side was out of bounds.
He said that you shouldn't go there unless you wanted to experience a painful death.
He poked Tonks and whispered:
"We'll have to check that out".
She simply nodded as she had been trained.
He could see a side of her that had a sense of adventure, and he intended to cultivate that.
After the speech ended, professor Sprout gestured the two 11 year olds to follow her.
They promptly stood up and exited the hall.
When they arrived at Sprout's office, she closed the door and then turned to face them.
"So what is it that you need from me, Mr. Potter and Ms. Tonks"?
"We need to discuss accommodations professor".
"And why would you need to do that? You are 11 after all so you wouldn't be married or anything like that".
"It is far more complicated than that—we are soul bound, you see", Harry said.
Harry thought for a second that the professor was going to collapse.
Her face went very pale and she had to sit down in her desk chair very quickly.
"Are you 100% sure"?
"There has never been one seen at Hogwarts—especially in people so young. It is normally formed after many years of marriage, and is very rare", the professor explained.
"I am sure", Harry said.
"As am I", Tonks confirmed.
"I understand why that hat had you both up there now", the professor exclaimed".
"Very well—I am able to assign you a common room and bedroom to yourselves as this is very rare".
"The founders did think it through though", the said with a smile.
"Would you be able to keep it quiet (I am aware that you will have to inform certain people, but beyond that)"?
"Say no more—I only have to inform the headmaster".
Harry silently groaned—the bastard would most likely be difficult.
"Thank you professor", Harry said.
Professor Sprout then summoned a house elf who first bowed to Harry and then to her.
She looked surprised at that, but passed it off as the elf probably knowing who Harry Potter was.
She instructed it to set up a room for a soul bound couple.
The elf bowed first to Harry and then to the professor before popping away.
"For the rest of the school, you can use the excuse of your abilities being disruptive to other students—for now", Sprout said.
"I will inform the headmaster tomorrow".
"Thank you very much professor", Harry and then Tonks said.
The professor then escorted them down to a portrait of surprisingly enough, Godric Gryffindor.
The portrait bowed and said:
"Ah—are these the people who will inhabit the chambers within"?
"Yes, Godric", professor Sprout replied.
"Godric will look after you from here—I have to go and file this soul bond information", the professor said with an apologetic expression.
She then left.
The portrait of Godric Gryffindor then shocked Harry and Tonks by bowing to Harry and exclaiming:
"Welcome, Lord Hogwarts—my heir".
"If there is anything that you need, just say it and this castle will do anything in its power to provide it to you".
"That goes for your lady as well", Godric said before bowing to Tonks.
She glared at Harry before growling:
"We'll talk about this later".
"Yes dear Tonksie", Harry responded with a cheeky grin.
"Now, are you interested in setting a password"? Godric asked bringing them back to the task at hand.
"Yes—how about"...
Harry thought for a moment before asking Tonks:
"What do you think about Black supremacy"?
"No one would guess that one"... Harry said with a grin.
"I like it—very honorable to the family".
"Godric, the password is Black supremacy", Harry exclaimed.
"Very good, Lord Hogwarts—if there is anything you need, please just ask any portrait".
Godric's portrait then swung forward admitting them into a lavishly appointed apartment.
"Ah—this is nice", Harry said sitting down on a couch in front of a fireplace.
Tonks sat down next to him.
"What the hell was all that about with Lord Hogwarts"?
Harry then explained about his inheritance of all four founders.
Tonks was amazed, but her advanced training quickly allowed her to move on from that revelation.
"Now, my dear Tonksie, there is someone who you should meet", Harry said pulling out Walburga's frame.
"Please don't call me that", she said with a sigh.
"Would you prefer Nymy"?
"No, no—that's fine", she said putting an emphasis on the Tonks.
Harry knocked politely on the frame and then Walburga appeared in it.
"Great aunt Walburga"? Tonks asked in shock.
"Walburga, this is Andromeda's daughter—and now my soul bonded".
Walburga was silent for a moment before screaming:
"What"?
Her painting just seemed to shrug and she just sighed.
"Ah—son, son, son, why do you do this to me"?
Harry then explained quickly to Tonks about the mother/son relationship that they shared.
"Harry, Kreacher has informed me that you have inducted the Tonks back into our family—now I see why".
"I suggest that you transfer all of your considerable knowledge about soul bonds to young Nymphadora so that she understands it fully", Walburga said suddenly.
"Please don't call me Nymphadora", Tonks groaned.
"All right, all right", Walburga said.
"I'll just call you Tonks then".
"Thank you, any Walburga—you don't mind if I call that, do you"?
"Of course not dear"...
Harry then said:
"Tonksie, you ready for this"?
"Sure Harry—do it".
Harry reached across the bond between their souls.
He then carefully inserted the memories that Black had about soul bonds—leaving out all of the more intimate moments, as he didn't think that she needed to see these yet.
There was a tapping on a small window.
Harry opened it to see an official looking owl.
He untied the letter from its leg and read:
Dear lord Black,
We at Gringotts wish to congratulate you on your marriage to Nymphadora Black—formerly Tonks.
This has also transferred to all of your other many prestigious titles as well.
We wish you luck, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Gringotts wizarding bank
Department of records.
Harry then found himself panicking—gasping for breath.
"What's wrong Harry"? Walburga asked quickly from her frame.
"Just read this both of you—I'm so sorry", Harry said before he couldn't help himself.
Several tiers leaked out of his eyes before he could hold them back.
"What's wrong Harry"? Tonks asked with a worried expression on her face.
Walburga was sporting a similar one of concern and worry.
Tonks quickly skimmed the letter before she began to laugh.
Harry looked at her like she was mad.
"Aren't you mad at me"? He asked.
"Of course not stupid—maybe feel a bit rushed, but not angry"...
Harry instantly felt a wave of relief sweep over him.
"Can I please see that"? Walburga asked franticly.
He held it up so she could read it.
She also let out a small laugh.
"Well, that soul bond is far stronger than any that anyone has ever seen I guess", Walburga said.
"There is no way of changing it, and most witches would be honored to have married someone as high as you", she said.
"I agree—I feel so honored right now", Tonks said.
"I was trained all my life on pureblood protocols, but I never imagined anything as in depth as this. And a soul bond—that's something real special", she continued.
"The thing that I'm most worried about is my parents", Tonks said with a worried frown crossing her face.
"It's all right Tonksie", Harry said wrapping an arm around her.
"We'll face it together", he whispered.
"Thank you so much Harry", she whispered back.
Harry then heart a shrill voice from the window.
/Hey—please open the window/!
Ah—Hedwig Harry thought to himself.
He then stood up and opened the window.
Hedwig then flew in and landed on the window ledge.
/I see that you have found your mate/, she hooted softly.
"Tonks—watch this".
"Remember I told you about other abilities"?
"Well this is one of them".
/Yes, Hedwig—this is Tonks, my soul bound/.
/She can't understand you unfortunately. Harry hooted softly causing Tonks to gasp in shock.
Walburga didn't react as she had seen this on a regular basis.
"You're an animal speaker as well"?
"That's like super rare—there have been very few in the history of the wizarding world"! Tonks exclaimed.
"Yes—I'm still amazed by it myself", Harry said softly.
"There's also someone else who you should me. You're not afraid of snakes, are you"? Harry asked with a consigned look.
"No—I've always found them rather interesting", Tonks said.
'Sareth, do you want to come out here for a few minutes'?
'Of course, master', she replied before appearing around Harry's body from his serpent mark.
Tonks gasped before exclaiming:
"That's a basilisk—amazing".
Harry the hissed a few sentences with Sareth, and Tonks was fascinated watching their exchange.
"That's so cool", Tonks whispered still in awe.
Sareth then slithered from around Harry's body before curling up next to him.
"It's about time for you to get to bed", Walburga said in her motherly persona.
"Yes mum", Harry said.
"Yes, ant Walburga", Tonks said with a smile.
"I look forward to future conversations with you", Walburga said before instructing Harry to hang her portable frame about the fireplace.
He did this, and then opened the door to what he assumed was his bedroom.
He saw a large bed with well-appointed hangings and sheets.
"Tonksie—you know one of the catches about soul bonds—the physical contact that we need"?
"Yes Harry—those memories were quite informative", Tonks said.
"So this means that we have to sleep in the same bed"? She questioned him.
"Yes it does", Harry replied back.
"Speaking of sleeping, I don't know about you but most metamorphmagi revert to their original forms when they sleep".
"I can hold mine, but am more comfortable switching that off at night", Harry explained.
"I'm just curious what you normally look like"?
"You've seen my form, but I think we will be spending quite a while together, so"...
He was cut off when Tonks quickly transformed back into an extremely beautiful body (in Harry's rather mature opinion).
She had long black hair that cascaded down her back in waves.
Her eyes were a violet colour, but her face was still a similar shape to the one that she normally wore.
It was slightly more angular.
"You're very beautiful", Harry said softly.
"Why don't you wear that form more often"?
"The reason is that I look very similar to my aunt Bellatrix, and people would try to kill me if I looked like here—as I'm sure you are aware", Tonks said softly.
"Ah—I see", you should wear it among family though", Harry said with a chuckle.
He then changed out of his robes, threw some pyjama's on while Tonks did the same.
They then rather uncomfortably at first slid into bed next to each other.
This felt so strange to Harry.
He simply slipped his arm around her waist, and held her close.
That was the position that they fell asleep in that night.
A/N:
Thank you so much for all of the follows, favorites, and reviews.
The soul bond idea comes from Darth Mars's story the bonds of blood, though I am changing it in this story.
A question for you guys: who do you guys want the other girl (or girls to be?
I'm thinking about adding another one sooner.
Perhaps an older one as Harry is very mature as he has all of the memories and life experiences of several of his ancestors?
Or do you guys just want me to hold off on that?
Please let me know.
I hope that this chapter met your expectations, please drop me a review as the suggestions and comments are very helpful.
Thanks for reading.