Chapter 7
"Hermione, is that you?" Harry asked barely above a whisper, Hermione giggled.
"Well who else would it be Harry?" Was her response, Harry smiled but still had to check.
"You know what I mean" He replied slightly edgy by the fact that a troll should be near them by this time
"Horcruxes, Goblet of Fire, Yule Ball, and Forrest of the dean; convinced yet?" She replied with a little suave, Harry nodded before pulling Hermione into the hug he had been waiting for ten years for
"Ok so you have all your old memories and your new ones?" Harry asked still not letting Hermione go
"Yeah, although like Meredith told you everything has changed already I mean look at us not in Gryffindor and Weasley is in Slytherin, but wait a minute Harry what time is it exactly?" Hermione asked curious, Harry glanced at his watch confused.
"It's 19:28 why?" He asked; Hermione pulled her wand out.
"Well I remember the exact time that the troll came in here, it's hard to forget anything else, the troll came into the bathroom at exactly 19:34, Harry I think we should send for the professor's I don't need you to save me from the troll again, if we can avoid it then we should at all costs"
Harry nodded and took out his wand a quick patronus charm with a message sent to Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall, Harry and Hermione made their way out of the bathroom with caution, it was as they walked out of the door that they saw the troll, as soon as it caught sight of the two of them it picked up speed and raised its club ready to strike, Harry and Hermione grasped hands and both raised their wands.
"PROTEGO" They both yelled, both were blinded by the bright light that came out of their wands, they could only assume it was a modified shield charm, so they held it for as long as they could, when both felt their bodies starting to weaken thirty minutes later they released the charm and both made a break to run from the troll, both however ran straight into Hagrid who stopped them both from falling back, both looked around and saw that there was a number of staff members around and a unconscious troll on the floor.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Granger; are you both ok?" Professor Flitwick asked, both nodded, professor McGonagall moved forward.
"What was that spell you just used?" She asked
"Protego, why do you ask professor?" Hermione replied.
"I've never seen a shield charm as powerful as that not at least one that can be held for such a long time without putting the casters lives at serious risk" she replied, professor Flitwick spoke next.
"but that is not the only surprise you have shown us tonight, it seems that Mr. Potter is able to conjure a patronus charm and quite successfully to, it was his message within the patronus that alerted us to the troll's location" Harry only shrugged.
"My mum and Dad taught us both for many years professor, as well as Uncle Remus and Uncle Sirius, something was always bound to stick" Harry joked, Hermione laughed as well.
"It is not surprising when Lily Potter and the marauders part wisdom that the student gains knowledge but the power required for such charms are phenomenal" Professor Flitwick replied, Hermione answered this time
"Professor it's like in muggle stories that you hear of sometimes, when a child is trapped under a car there are often reports of mothers lifting the cars off the children, its adrenaline professor" Hermione lied to the professors knowing full well the reason for their power display
"Indeed well never the less both of you are to be commended for the usage of such charms, please take twenty points for Ravenclaw each" Professor Flitwick replied, professor Dumbledore chose that moment to make himself known
"It is true that the use of such charms at such a young age is to be commended however it must also be taken into due consideration that both Mr. Potter and Miss Granger did not follow the instructions given to them in the great hall for that I'm afraid punishment must be given" he replied. Harry wasn't going to let that stand.
"Excuse me Professor if you were to pay better attention to your surroundings you would have noticed that neither myself or Hermione were in the great hall during the time when you made aware of the troll's presence in the school, as for the reasons why we were not in the great hall is simple, you Sir have a rather serious bullying problem in this school and I for one and not going to sit idly by whilst my best friends life was in danger"
Professor Flitwick beamed in pride at his two students, they may not be Gryffindor's but they had the courage of a lion that was without a doubt.
"Well that clears up that then Headmaster, if Mr. Potter and Miss Granger were not present then they cannot be held accountable for their current locations, however action will be taken against the perpetrator of Miss Grangers bullying, now I wish to escort both of my students back to their dorms, so if you will excuse us" professor Flitwick announced before ushering the two students out of the corridor.
The walk back to the common room was silent it was not until they were outside the entrance that professor Flitwick spoke
"Mr Potter and Miss Granger, would you both please come to my office tomorrow morning before class to discuss the events of this evening, the information disclosed shall remain completely confidential" both of them nodded, professor Flitwick bid them both a good night and the two walked into the common room, now empty with everyone in bed the two sat down on the settee
"So... that went well" Harry said before they both started laughing; however Hermione never got the chance to reply as someone beat her to the punch.
"I'd say so" the reply of Meredith who appeared sitting on top of the fireplace
"Meredith! Wait I thought you could only visit seven times?" Harry said confused, Meredith smiled
"I can, but I can also visit Hermione seven times throughout her life as well, is it really my fault if I forget to freeze you in time as well?" Hermione asked eyebrows raised Harry and Hermione both laughed.
"How very Hermione like of you" Harry replied, Hermione swatted his arm
"Indeed, although I'm older so technically all Hermione's intellect would be very 'Meredith' but that's neither here or there, I'm here to give you both an update and some advice, first things first well done Harry for restoring the old Hermione back to her younger body, Hermione you will find that you are going to feel ill in the morning but that is simply because of the merging of the two souls, Harry didn't have to worry about his trip because his soul was still premature when it merged"
Hermione nodded and sighed to herself if she hated one thing it was feeling ill.
"So onto new things, if I might make a suggestion, tomorrow professor Flitwick is going to ask you to measure your magical cores, let him. It will be of great benefit to you both and it was cause Voldemort to make his move earlier than anticipated, but as the final trap for the stone has not been set yet he is going to come after you both" Meredith replied
"How do we stop him?" Hermione asked
"That's the easy part; tell me something how do you fight sadness and anger?" Meredith asked
"With happiness" Harry's reply was almost instant
"Bingo, and what spell requires happiness?" She asked
"The patronus charm! But wait back in our last life we used the patronus charm when we had the horcrux and it wasn't affected how will it help now?" Hermione replied, Meredith smiled
"Brightest witch of her age making her presence known, it's simple really, at the moment the soul fragment has been exposed and isn't safe in a object, instead Voldemort has chosen to have his soul fragment possess Quirell, if you cast a patronus charm strong enough that charm will destroy that particular soul piece of Voldemort, that in turn will make it more difficult for the resurrection to take place due to there not being a presence to given instruction on how to resurrect him" Meredith replied, Hermione still had questions
"But there are other horcruxes what's to stop the death eaters using a different horcrux" Harry had the answer for that question
"They don't know they exist, well not all of them at least think about it we only know for certain that two death eaters knew about Voldemort's horcruxes, Lucius and Bellatrix, if we can destroy those horcruxes before they try a resurrection then they will believe that their precious dark lord is gone for good, after that we simply destroy the remaining horcruxes and secretly inform the DMLE who the known death eaters are"
Meredith clapped and jumped down from the fireplace, she ruffled Harry's hair.
"That coming from the kid who didn't know where to find a bezor, well I think that we have covered enough for now, but of I will say one more thing, my bosses have told me that for each soul fragment you destroy a new power from your soul bond will be unlocked, you'll soon discover your first power of the next few days. Good luck" with that Meredith disappeared
"That really is a great plan Harry" Hermione said, Harry smiled
"Well after hanging around with you for so long you pick up a few things" Harry replied, Hermione went to stand up but Harry grabbed her hand
"We need to talk" he said and gently pulling her back down to the settee
"I know" she admitted before turning herself to face Harry
"Why didn't you tell me back then?" Harry asked; he could see Hermione was nervous he watched she played with her fingers before taking a deep breath.
"I never believed I would have been good enough for you, I mean look at me Harry, my hair is a untameable mess, my teeth are large and I pride myself on reading every single book in existence, I didn't think you would ever be interested in someone like me" She said ashamed, she got irritated when Harry began to laugh softly
"What's funny?" she asked slightly annoyed
"Hermione, oh you beautiful person you, I never cared about how a person looked Hermione, to me it was all about character and you had that in volumes, you have honour and charisma and you always stick by me when everyone else desserts me, Hermione in that life and in this one you were the one constant thing in my life and for that I will always be thankful, and as for your hair, I love the way it is untameable it not only reminds me of my own hair equally untameable but it speaks volumes about the person you are, you won't ever let yourself before put down or stereotyped, you fight that and live as your own person. That's a trait I admire about you"
Hermione smiled and felt tears in her eyes.
"Your pretty good with words" she whispered, Harry smiled
"Only if the person is worth it, over the last five years I got to grow up with you and gained a bond that can never be broken I'm not talking about a soul bond, I'm talking about the bonds we shared before we kissed. That is something I will cherish for the rest of my life" Harry replied
That was enough for Hermione to start crying, Harry smiled and puller her into a hug.
"Now what do we do?" Hermione asked as she laid her head on Harry's shoulder
"Now... now we make up for the mistakes of our past live, now we move forward to the future that we are destined to have, now I make up for all the lost kisses that I should have given you and make it up to you by giving you a lifetime of my love"
Harry softly cupped Hermione's face and placed his lips softly on hers, not worrying about past events or events still to come because they didn't need to worry about that for now.
They had that moment.
AN: I'm sorry about how my delays with updating this story, as much as I love writing fan fiction I can't ignore the real world and unfortunately I have to deal with drama that it brings.
But I promise you although it may take some time I will update this story whenever I can.
Reviews are always welcomed!