Disclaimer: See the Prologue.
A/n Hey guys. Sorry for the long wait between updates, I was not sure what to write. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter. Updated to fix the spelling of some words. Small update to fix a word thanks to a comment on AO3.
Chapter 2: Making a new friend
"One year later: September 1st, 1985
It had almost been a year since Harry, Neville and Dudley were picked up by the Goblins and Grindelwald. They began training at the beginning of the year.
Things had not been exactly easy for Harry, Dudley, and the goblins. That was for many reasons.
Harry had not known love for the 3 years of his life.
He had only known hate.
The Dursley's despised Harry.
There were rules that he had to follow.
1. Stay in the cupboard.
2. Clean the house and cook for it. If not done then he would get punished badly.
3. Don't ask questions especially about his parents.
4. Follow instructions.
5. Don't ask for anything. For example, clothes, ice-cream, food, drink, etc.
6. Don't tell anyone about what happens in the house.
7. Don't show anyone all the welts, bruises, and scars.
8. If someone does ask about them, make up something and tell them that.
9. He was not allowed to be better than Dudley.
10. Always behave.
11. Never complain about anything.
12. Don't do any freakishness in the house.
Harry was wary of the goblins and Grindelwald.
It took him 2 months to trust them and know that they really care about him and loved him.
Neville was not being compared to his father anymore.
The goblins checked him over as well.
Dumbledore had blocked One hundred percent of his wandless magic, One hundred percent of the multi elementals fire, water, and air, One hundred percent of the Familiar bond, One hundred percent of his Ligilimency/occlumency, and ninety-five percent of his magical core.
After the blocks were removed, Neville was doing well in his training.
Dudley was not happy.
The compulsion charm had meddled with his mental state. If the compulsion charm would have still been on him then he would have not been intelligent and would have become a bully.
Grindelwald was Dudley and Harry's personal mind-healer. He helped them go through their memories and taught them the basics of oclumency and legilimency.
It took Dudley 10 months to learn that he has to actually get up and ern what he needed. He could not just sit there like he was the boss and demand stuff.
Luckily, he was not that spoilt by his parents yet.
Grindelwald was very tempted to teach them border line dark spells but he knew that he had to wait. They were too young for that.
Harry and Neville learnt martial arts, potions, first- and second-year spells from the goblins and Grindelwald, and pure-blood etiquette from Neville's gran.
Dudley did the same things as Harry and Neville except the spells because he was a squib.
Neville and Harry would be starting wandless magic and shape-shifting next year.
It was getting quite boring staying in the bank and at Neville's house so Grindelwald was going to put glamor charms on the three children and take them to explore the muggle world.
They would be starting school next year so they decided to look at a few schools to see which one would be the best for them.
They were just walking around when they saw two eight-year-old boys and two nine-year-old girls rip a book in two pieces and throw it away.
Harry was very angry. He loved books and he didn't like it when those people just ripped the book in half and threw it away like it was nothing.
He went over to investigate.
The rest just stood back and watched what he was going to do next.
He went up and saw the boys and girls around a bushy haired girl with large front teeth and cinnamon brown eyes. There was a ripped schoolbag on floor and books scattered everywhere.
"Think you're better than us do you Granger?" said one of the girls, "Hermione this, Hermione that, you're always sucking up to teachers. You are nothing. You are just a stupid teacher's pet and an insufferable know-it-all," continued the other girl.
"We don't want ugly people like you in this school," said the boy, "We will show you "what happens to girls like you," continued the other boy.
Suddenly, the book started flying through the air over to the girl, Hermione.
Harry recognized the signs of accidental magic.
She must be a muggleborn, he thought.
She had tears streaming down her cheeks.
Harry could not take it anymore. He remembered how the Dursley's treated him for just being different. He was not going to let her suffer.
He quickly walked over to them.
"Leave her alone," he said quietly.
"Oh yeah? What will you do to us, little boy?"
Harry didn't say anything, but with a few punches and kicks, they were all out cold.
"What is your name?" Harry asked.
"H Hermione G Granger," stuttered the girl.
"Shhh," Harry whispered, "No one is going to hurt you anymore." He gave Hermione a hug and unnoticed to him, a golden glow surrounded the children.
Gellert watched in amazement. "Soul bond," he whispered, that's incredible.
Grindelwald explained to Harry, who was surprised at first and then was able to deal with it. He also told him that they would talk to Hermione's parents too about the soul bond.
A few hours later, Granger household
Dan and Emma Granger were dentists, they took care of many people every day. They were waiting for their daughter to come home, and then the doorbell rang.
She was surprised because Hermione normally just nocked then came inside. She went to get the door and see what was going on.
What she found was an unfamiliar man and a young boy, who looked like he was five standing with her daughter.
"Good afternoon sir, how can I help you?"
Grindelwald just decided to get inside first, as this was not a conversation to be had on a doorstep.
"good afternoon Mrs. Granger, how are you, my name is Gellert Grindelwald. May we come inside; I have something I would like to talk to you about."
"Sure, come in."
They went inside and Emma shut the door. She wondered what was happening and said that she would go get her husband. She said hello to Hermione then left.
Dan had just finished a shower and dressed, when Emma came in.
"Hi darling, we have some visitors and a man named Gellert Grindelwald wants to talk with us about something."
"Ok, that's fine, do you have any idea what's wrong?"
"No, I think we should see what the man wants."
They went back downstairs and Dan spoke.
"Hello Mr. Grindelwald, my name is Dan and this is my wife Emma, what can we do for you? Call me Dan."
Gellert quickly tried to think of an explanation for what he was about to tell these people.
"Thank you, Dan. You see, we noticed that your daughter was able to do some things and that she had almost lost control of her power today at school."
Emma decided to ask a question.
"Please call me Emma and I assume that there will be problems if she loses control?
"Yes, she is still young, which makes it more likely that it might happen. I and some people I know can train her if you like."
Dan and Emma were stunned, here was a man that was offering to help train this power, but they could tell that there was something he was not telling them. Dan decided to talk.
"Mr. Grindelwald…"
"Call me Gellert."
"Ok, Gellert. We thank you for your offer, but we can tell that there is something that you are not saying."
"Yes, there is a world hidden from you that your daughter is apart of and so is this little boy."
Gellert explained about the magical world and even showed the Grangers some magic. They were amazed that there was a whole new world hidden from normal people and that they never knew before.
He explained his own situation and about the darker side to the Wizarding world and then got to the real reason why Harry and him were there.
Hermione, who had been sitting quietly until now, spoke up.
"Sir, what was that spark when I held Harry's hand?"
"That little one, was the beginning of what is called a soul bond."
He turned to Dan and Emma and started to explain.
"A soul bond is so rare; it is considered myth in the Wizarding world. It is when 2 people literally become part of each other…"
Dan interrupted.
"I'm sorry Gellert, I don't understand. What do you mean, become part of each other?"
"What I mean is, that they are meant to be together for the rest of their lives and they will not find anyone else that is compatible."
"Oh, I see. Are there many benefits to this?"
Gellert took a moment to remember what he could to be able to respond to Emma.
"there are many benefits, such as being able to share abilities and also communicate telepathically with each other. There are others, but I can't remember them at the moment."
Dan and Emma decided not to worry about it much for now, but they would come back to the topic later.
