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Chapter 2

True to her word Meredith had prevented the death of James and Lily, she had made it seem like Lily had 'realised' the flaw in their plans and had quickly move houses whilst setting a trap for Voldemort should he arrive, James was lucky being as well connected with the goblins, he had arranged from them to set up wards draining the magic from a host when they came into contact with the wards set. So when Voldemort arrived that night to find an empty house he found that his magic was being drained quicker than he could stop it, he attempted to apparated away but found he didn't have enough magic to do even that, in a fit of rage he poured every last magical reserve he had left and pushed it out of him, however he didn't realise that he was taking his life force as well and fell down to the floor dead. Worm tail had arrived later and seeing his master on the ground dead he was shocked as to how anyone could defeat the dark lord.

Sirius had arrived soon after and found the body of the dark lord with Worm tail whimpering above him, noticing the dark mark on his arm Sirius arrested Worm tail and he was sent to Azkaban shortly after, Remus and Sirius were informed after that all three Potter's had survived.

6 Years Later

"But mum I don't want to go to the dentist!" The 7 year old Harry whined as his mother informed him of their plans, Lily however wasn't budging.

"Wanting and getting are two different things Harry, now as there is no magical alternative you are going to a dentist whether you like it or not! I'll make you a deal, you go to the dentist and I'll take you to buy another book in Diagon Alley afterwards?"

Harry beamed, ever since he had returned he had made himself determined to be the best that he could be so using his skills that he already possessed he had dedicated himself to reading every book he could, 'plus Hermione reads a lot too so we have more in common' Harry thought to himself, sighing in defeat he agreed to his mother's demands.

An hour later and Harry was sitting in a chair fidgeting uncontrollably, even in his previous life Harry had not enjoyed the dentist, although that may have been due to the fact that his dentist was friends with the Dursley's.

"Harry Potter? Were ready for you" A receptionist called out, Harry gulped in fear, Lily squeezed his shoulder

"Don't worry baby I'm right behind you" She said, Harry slowly moved into the room where he sat on the chair, a few seconds later and two doctors walked in, Harry looked up at them 'Oh you are kidding me!' Doctor Daniel Granger and Doctor Emma Granger were his dentists! 'Hermione!'

"Hey there kiddo, my name's Dan and this is Emma were going to be taking a look at your teeth, now I'll make you a deal I will be as quick as I can and in return you resist the urge to bite my fingers...Deal?" Dan asked holding his hand out, Harry couldn't help but smiled and he nodded and shook the hand.

"I must warn you that my Harry here is rather nervous about coming here, I'm Lily by the way Lily Potter" Lily said holding her hand out which Dan and Emma each shook happily.

"Ah don't worry about it I'm used to nervous children my own daughter doesn't like dentists" He chuckled to himself, Harry smiled inwardly to himself.

"Hermione" He said aloud then going wide eyed as he realised what he had done, Lily looked at him in worry whilst Dan and Emma were surprised

"How did you know what our daughter is called Harry?" Emma asked in curiosity, Harry shrugged his shoulders, it was awkward for a few seconds then Dan proceeded to his exam. The exam itself went rather well just because there is no magical dentist doesn't mean that Lily doesn't use charms 'magic has its benefits' Harry thought.

"Right then young Harry your teeth are in tip top condition just keep doing what you're doing and I think that you will be absolutely fine" Dan said pulling his gloves off. Harry smiled, finally a dentist that was nice.

"Thank You Doctor Granger" He said as he got off the chair, Dan smiled

"Oh don't be calling me that makes me sound ever so old, no you call me Dan and my wife Emma" He said smiling to Harry, just as they were about to leave Harry heard the voice that made his heart warm up, Hermione.

"Daddy!" She yelled as she ran across the room and jumped into his waiting arms

"Hello princess did you have a good day at school?" Dan asked his daughter laughing; Hermione's smiled faded a bit

"That mean boy kept calling me a bookworm and he pushed me" Hermione said frowning, Dan wasn't impressed.

"I swear that boy is nothing but trouble, don't worry baby ill ring your school tonight and make an appointment to see the head teacher, and oh Hermione guess what happened today this young man here guessed your name without any clues at all!" He said pointing to Harry who was mesmerized by Hermione, she asked her father to put her down and she held out a hand for him to shake.

"Nice to meet you" She said politely, Harry smiled and shook her hand.

"I'm Harry Potter" he said as polite as a 7 year old could be, Hermione blushed.

"Right well Harry we have to go now, so it was a pleasure to meet you all" Lily said after Harry and Hermione seemed to get lost looking at each other, Harry snapped out of it, and smiled to Hermione.

"It was nice to meet you Hermione" Harry said as he walked towards the door, Hermione wasn't satisfied with this and threw her arms around him giving him his first hug (2nd time round) Harry chuckled and returned the hug eagerly, this made the hearts of all the adults melt. Hermione quickly wrote down her home address and handed it to Harry

"We could be pen pals if you wanted?" She asked, unsure as to whether she should even attempt such a feat, Harry smiled and eagerly agreed taking the piece of paper from here 'Now I can get to know the younger Hermione as well this is brilliant!' Harry told her that he would write to her tomorrow and include his home address so she could reply, Harry and his mum then left the shop and Lily apparated them to Diagon Alley, Harry couldn't help but notice that Lily had a grin like a Cheshire cat.

"What?" He asked his mum, who laughed aloud

"I think it's cute how smitten you are with that nice young girl" His mum replied, and then she stopped and knelt in front of him.

"Harry how did you know what she was called?" His mother asked 'I can't tell them the truth yet, not until I'm older' Harry thought of a lie on the spot.

"I heard Mrs. Granger mention to one of the other patients that her daughter was called Hermione" Harry said hastily, Lily wasn't convinced but let it go for now.

Sure enough arriving home Harry wrote his first letter (2nd time round) to Hermione.

Hello Hermione,

I'm not entirely sure what to write in this letter, I have never had a pen pal before so I don't know what to do here, maybe you could explain to me what a pen pal is and what they talk about.

Anyway I have included my address in the letter and I look forward to your reply

Harry

p.s. Mum couldn't stop grinning when you hugged me, she said and I quote "How smitten"

Harry put the letter in the envelope and handed it to his mother, since Hermione didn't know about magic (yet) they had to resort to other means of the postal delivery luckily Lily knew a charm that would send the letter to the post bag of the postman who was going to be delivering the letter to said house. A quick flick of her wand and the letter was away, Harry thanked his mother and then went to find his dad, and he didn't have to look far as he found him in his study/office.

"Hi dad" He said as he knocked and walked into the room, James looked up and smiled at his son.

"Hello there my boy how was your trip to the dentist?" He asked gesturing for Harry to come and sit down at his desk.

"It was alright, I met this girl who gave me her address and said that we could be pen pals, I wrote her a letter a little while ago" He said blushing slightly, James smiled.

"Did you know Harry that I used to be pen pals with your mother before we were friends?" He asked, Harry shook his head answering no, even in his previous life he didn't know this.

"Yeah, I'm not going to say that I was the perfect student when I was at Hogwarts because I would only be lying, in my first few years there I was kind of full of myself, don't get me wrong I wasn't misbehaved in class or constantly getting into trouble... well actually that bit isn't true as well you know the story of the marauders. Your mother couldn't stand me she thought I was pig headed and arrogant it wasn't until your uncle Padfoot got kicked out his house and came to live with me that I saw just was she was on about. I made a promise to myself that day I would find a way to win your mothers heart. Of course I had to be clever about it so I wrote here anonymous letters, she responded and the two of us got close via mail. When she found out it was me the first thing she did was slap me, free tip Harry don't ever let a woman slap you because trust me it hurts, but anyway after that she went into some kind of shock and ran off. I went after her of course and with a long talk later we were friends in reality, then of course I got made head boy and your mother was made head girl and well we sort of fell in love and the rest they say is history" James finished reminiscing,

Harry couldn't help but be happy, it was things like this that he had missed in his last attempt at life, the small things that people always took for granted, what he wouldn't have done to be have been able to have such a life.

"Dad, did you ever think that you and Mum wouldn't get together in the end?" Harry asked his father, James nodded

"Oh I had that thought every other day of my life, I didn't think that your mother would be able to look past the pompous prat version of me and see the person that I could be and who I became, however I made one mistake throughout all of that nonsense thinking" James replied

"What was it?" Harry asked eager to know;

"I underestimated just how uncommonly kind your mother truly was, she was able to look past anything negative about a person and find something about them worth loving, in my case your mother saw past the marauder and found the love that I felt for her, knowing that was genuine she knew that I could love her unconditionally, and to this day my love for her never wavered or faltered it only grew"

Harry smiled and hugged his father, Harry knew that he could become the person Hermione could love if he had the support of his father the man Harry modelled himself after whilst utilising his mothers ability to love anyone who was deserving of it.

Harry said goodbye to his father and went into his room, by now it was getting rather late so he brushed his teeth wished his parents a goodnight and climbed into bed falling into a deep sleep dreaming of that bushy haired pen pal of his.

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