Hey sup! This story is called Found. Harry & Hermione are walking down the street in town and they hear a baby cry and they find an abandoned baby in an alley. They take it to the hospital and they immediately want to adopt the baby. They are not together yet. They are just best friends who live together. Weaselys do not exist in this story. Post-war. Harry & Hermione: 17 almost 18

Chapter One: Found

A baby's cry could be heard coming from a dark, black alley, catching both Harry and Hermione's ears. They both stopped and turned to look into the alleyway, curious of the strangled sound.

"Did you hear...?" Harry asked only to be cut off.

"Yeah," Hermione answered running to the sound and finding a small bundle of blankets. Harry trotted up behind her. There was more crying and the bundle moved a little, proving their suspicions correct. Hermione tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and knelt down.

"Hermione..." Harry protested but she ignored him, gathering the bundle in her arms. She stood up and looked down at the face of a beautiful baby girl. She smiled dreamily at her. The baby girl had brown hair and strikingly emerald-green eyes. Her pink face had rosy cheeks from crying and possibly from the sharp cold. "Hey, shh, it's okay, shh. You're alright," Hermione soothed. The baby immediately calmed down and stared at the two teens in wonderment. "There you go. Hi, where did you come from? Where are your parents?"

The baby, of course, did not answer, but Harry did. "I think they left her. They left her out here to freeze. What kind of people are they?" He shook with anger.

"What should we do, Harry? Should we take her and not tell anyone or should we go to the hospital?" Hermione asked her companion, gazing lovingly at the baby. "She's shaking! She must be freezing cold! We have to take her to the hospital to get her checked out."

Harry nodded and Hermione held the baby tight to her chest to give her body heat. Harry wrapped his arms around her and apparated them to Dorchester Wizarding Hospital.

They appeared in the emergency room on the second floor. There was not anybody sitting in the waiting room, so Harry shouted, "We need a doctor!"

A medi-witch immediately appeared around the corner. "Yes?"

"We found this baby in an alleyway. She looks abandoned. She's shaking," Harry explained.

The medi-witch looked at the baby girl in Hermione's arms, shaking uncontrollably and would give a small cry every now and then. She looked up at the two teens, "Follow me."

She led them into a patient room with a table on one side of the wall. "Set her up here," she said tapping the table. Hermione set the bundled baby upon the table and the medi-witch set to work. "What are your names?"

"I'm Hermione Granger and this is Harry Potter." The medi-witch looked up at Harry for a moment and smiled slightly, then got back to work. "I'm Healer Sarah Carrows." She opened the bundle and released the baby's arms and legs. She had a pink onsie one that looked very thin and would not keep out the cold weather. The little one looked at Hermione and Harry and began to get fussy. She held out her hand, wanting to be back in Hermione's warm and safe arms again.

To relieve her, Hermione let her wrap her hand around her finger. "Shh, shh, it's okay, you're alright, sweetheart, you're fine," she said with a small smile that calmed her down. Harry was amazed at how motherly and affectionate she was. 'She's going to make a great mother someday' he thought with a smile.

When Healer Carrows was finished looking her over, she said, "Well, I think you brought her in just in time. Another ten minutes out in the cold would've given her hypothermia. Congratulations, you're heroes! I do sense a magical aura around her so we know that she is not a Muggle."

Harry and Hermione shared a relieved glance. "So, she's going to be alright?" Hermione asked.

"She's going to be fine. But since she was abandoned, we're going to send her to the Dorchester Orphanage for Magical Children until we can find a home for her," Healer Carrows replied.

"Well, do you think it's possible if we took her home with us? I mean, she's already attached to me," Hermione asked looking at the baby curiously who was looking at her with longing. "Why should she go to an orphanage and not be shown any love when Harry and I could give that to her?"

"I see, very well. Are you willing to adopt her?"

Hermione looked at Harry, who nodded smiling. "Yes, we'll adopt her."

"Alright, I'll get some paperwork so you can take her home," Healer Carrows said with a smile leaving the room.

Hermione looked at Harry smiling widely. "We went to get milk and we came home with a baby," Harry joked. Hermione laughed and turned to her new baby girl, who was reaching up and wanted her to hold her. Hermione picked her up and held her like he did earlier, which made her happy. The two teens smiled as she yawned and snuggled more into Hermione's embrace, feeling safe, warm, and loved in her new mother's arms. Harry gazed down over Hermione's shoulder at her. "What are we going to call her?"

Without hesitation, Hermione replied, "Lily. Lily Charlotte Granger-Potter. After both our mothers." Harry smiled gratefully. "It's perfect. Lily."

Healer Carrows came back with an important-looking parchment and a quill with a bottle of ink. "Alright, so you'll just need to sign here, Mr. Potter and Miss Granger, and I'll sign and fill in the rest." Harry and Hermione both signed on the lines provided. After Healer Carrows took the quill, signed and filled out the needed information. "What would you like to call her?"

"Lily Charlotte Granger-Potter," Harry answered. Healer Carrows wrote that down and looked curiously at Lily. "She looks about eight months, don't you think?"

Hermione nodded. "Yeah, I would say."

The medi-witch finished filling out the adoption papers and made a copy for the two, new, young parents. "There you go, Congratulations! Just come back if you're having problems. Someone will be in contact with you so I'll need your address. We just want to make sure you are doing okay."

"Thank you." Harry wrote down thier address and with the baby snuggled and tucked away, safe and warm in Hermione's arms, they left to go to the store to get baby supplies.

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Later that night, Harry and Hermione went home to get Lily settled into the nursury that used to be Harry's. They had bought everything from diapers to baby clothes. It was about eight o'clock and Lily was getting tired. So, they went upstairs to the nursury to change her diaper, her clothes, and to start setting up their baby belongings.

Harry put the baby bedding in the crib, while Hermione changed Lily. She tickled her as she took her onesie off, making her giggle. She tossed her old onesie away, feeling she did not need it if it almost caused her to freeze to death. The new mother put a warm, pink pajama onesie and picked her up into her arms. "Are you hungry?" Hermione asked Lily playfully.

She gurgled, giving her answer "yes".

Hermione gave her a bottle of milk before she laid her down to sleep. She put her in the crib, which Harry finally finished putting the bedding in, and turned the mobile on. The crib was circular so that Lily could not hit her head on anything. They had decided that they were going to choose the wall colors the next day, since Lily was falling asleep.

Harry walked into the room as Hermione was rocking Lily to sleep. He smiled and strode over to them, watching Lily nod off. "She's so perfect," he whispered.

"Yeah, can you believe they left her there to freeze? How cruel is that, Harry?" Hermione asked. She picked her up and brought her to the crib. She gently laid the baby down on her stomach and put a pink blanket over her. Harry softly ran a knuckle over her cheek, smiling softly.

"Why would anyone want to leave her?" he asked her. "She's the most perfect baby in the world."

"She is. I feel this attachment to her. Like she needs me and I need her," Hermione agreed. She leant over and kissed Lily's forehead, Harry followed suit, and they left the room, leaving on the magic turning lamp that had butterflies on it, that they had gotten just before; and leaving the baby monitor on, as well, so that they could hear if she was awake. They walked downstairs to the living room, tired but needing to talk. Harry laid down on the couch sprawled out, taking his socks and shoes off. Hermione came sat down in between his legs and leaned back against his chest, putting her legs up on the cushions, right after kicking her socks and shoes off. Harry wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her tight and warm against his chest. They missed this. Being with each other and talking about nothing, just...existing. "Well...what do we do now?" he asked her.

Hermione inhaled deeply and let it out slowly, feeling content, safe, and warm in his arms. "Um, well, we should probably introduce her to my parents. Possibly tomorrow. I hope they're okay with this." She began to draw lazy circles on Harry's thigh with her fingers.

"Why wouldn't they be okay with you adopting a baby girl?" Harry asked.

"Because I'm only seventeen-" she answered.

"And emancipated," Harry interjected. "Look, Hermione, I know they're your parents, but you're seventeen years old, you don't need permission to adopt a child. They're not going to get mad at you for doing the right thing."

"You think so?"

Harry gently pressed his lips to her neck and kissed it lightly. Hermione closed her eyes at the soft touch of his hot lips against her warm skin. "I know so."

"Mmmm..." she moaned softly at the touch of his lips on her neck. He pulled his mouth away, diappointing Hermione, but she hid it well. She kept on with the lazy circles on his leg. Harry closed his eyes at her touch.

They stayed like that for about an hour before they both gave in and went to sleep.

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At about six o'clock the next morning, Harry and Hermione were both woken up by a familiar cry. Harry leapt up out of his bed and ran into the nursury to find Lily sitting up in the bed, crying softly now. "Hey, hey, hey, shh, it's okay, it's okay." Lily raised her arms to be picked up. Her new father complied, lifting her out of the crib and into his arms. She put her cheek on his shoulder and softened her cries.

He realized she needed a diaper change so he put her on the baby changing station and changed her. When he was done, she began to cry again. He picked her up and she did the same; she put her cheek on his shoulder and, as best as she could, she wrapped her arms around his neck. "It's okay, it's okay, shh, Daddy's here. Daddy's got you." (A/N: got that from Finding Nemo haha) Lily began to calm down and her cries lessened.

He heard a noise behind him so he turned around and began to blush. Hermione was standing there, with a dreamy smile, leaning on the doorway. "You're so cute, Harry." She folded her arms across her chest. She was wearing a pair of pink pajama pants with small brown stripes on them and a light blue, long-sleeved shirt. Her hair was in a messy ponytail. Harry thought she'd never looked more beautiful. "Uh, good morning."

"Good morning," she answered back, putting her arms down and walking over to father and daughter. Lily lifted her head to look at her and smiled immediately. "Good morning, Lily." She kissed her temple. "Come on, we need to feed her. Let's go make breakfast."

The young family went down the stairs and into their wonderful kitchen. "I'll feed Lily. Why don't you start cooking breakfast?"

"Sure. Here." He passed the baby over to her. and went get out eggs, bacon, and bread to make toast. Hermione took Lily and put her in the highchair they had bought yesterday and put in there. She strapped her in, put a bib on her, and fed her strained bananas from a jar. She did not make a mess, like most babies do. Hermione was surprised about this. She could tell that Lily would not be a handful, but rather, a very good and well-behaved baby. When she was done, Hermione put some formula into a sippy cup for her and let her drink it while she and Harry ate their breakfast.

"Okay, so I was thinking that I could call my parents and invite them over today to meet Lily," Hermione said taking a bite of her scrambled eggs. "Is that okay?"

"Yeah, sure. Go ahead," he smiled and then finishing his bacon. "It'll be nice to see them again."

They both finished their breakfast and Harry gathered both his and her dishes, put them in the sink, and waved his wand. They began to start cleaning themselves and were put back up in the cupboard.

Hermione took the bib off of Lily and got her out of her highchair. She said, "I'm going to go give her a bath. Can you help me?"

"Sure." He followed them upstairs to one of the guest bathrooms and they gave Lily a bath. She splashed Harry and Hermione a few times and they laughed so hard.

After, they dried her off and put her in a cute light blue dress with white stockings, and nice, black shoes.

"Okay, can you watch her while I call my parents?" Hermione asked when they finished dressing her.

"No problem." Harry sat on the ground next to Lily, who was playing with a picture book about unicorns. Hermione left the two and walked downstairs to call her parents. She picked up the phone and dialed the number. It answered on the second ring.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Mum, how are you?"

"Hermione? Hello, baby girl! I'm doing fine! You?"

"I'm fine. Harry's fine, too. Listen, what are you and Dad doing today?" She got straight to it.

"Nothing, why?"

"Well, I was wondering if you two would like to come over today. Harry and I have some wonderful news," she said with a soft smile.

"Are you pregnant?"

"NO! Of course, not, Mum!" She blushed and they both giggled. "Just please come by the Manor. We'd really appreciate it."

"Of course, dear. I'll tell your father. What time shall we be over there?"

"Um, around noon, I guess. Harry and I still need to shower and get ready."

"Okay, then, I'll see you at noon. I love you!"

"I love you, too, Mum! Bye!"

"Bye!"

She hung up and went back upstairs to Lily's room. "Harry?"

"Yeah?" He said beaming as he played with his new daughter.

"My parents are coming around noon and we still need to get showers," she told him.

"Okay, you can go first and I'll watch Lily," he told her. She nodded and left the room, going take a shower.

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An hour later, it was almost noon and the Potter/Grangers were waiting for the arrival of Hermione's parents. They were in the living room, playing with Lily.

The doorbell rang and they immediately stopped. Harry looked at Hermione and said, "I'll get the door. You stay here with her." She nodded and he kissed both of their temples; and then went get the door.

He opened it, smiling broadly. "Harry! It's so great to see you!" Jacob Granger cried. He was a tall man, who was about in his mid-forties. He had graying brownish hair and brown eyes. Charlotte Granger had brown, flowing hair, and hazel eyes. She was a petite woman, who was also in her mid-forties, but still looked pretty lovely.

"Harry! I've missed you so much!" Charlotte exclaimed giving him a hug.

"Mrs. Granger!" Harry cried out with a laugh as she embraced him.

"I told you to call me 'Charlotte'," she said and kissed his cheek motherly. It was no secret that she had been on a mission getting her daughter and her daughter's best friend together. She thought it would happen when they moved in together, but she got nothing from them.

"Harry," Jacob held his hand out to him, which Harry shook firmly. Jacob had always liked Harry. He knew that every father was protective of their daughters, but from the first moment he met Harry, he liked him as if he were his own son, or son-in-law.

"Mr. Granger," Harry said letting his hand down.

"Jacob," he corrected. "You're pratically family."

Harry smiled and blushed. "Okay. Let me take your coats." They gave him their outerwear and he put them on the coatrack by the door. "Would you like anything to drink?"

"No, thank you, dear, I'm fine," Charlotte declined and Jacob shook his him "no".

"Okay, then, come on, Hermione's in the living room. We have a surprise for you." He led them into the living room, where Hermione still sat on the couch with Lily on her lap.

"Hermione." Harry got her attention. She looked up at her parents and smiled. "Hi, Mum, Dad! It's great to see you!"

They smiled and stared at the little girl in Hermione's arms. They were wondering why she had brown hair and emerald-green eyes and looked like their daughter and her best friend.

"Oh, this is Lily. Yesterday Harry and I went grocery shopping and we heard a noise in an alley. We looked and we saw her laying there in a small bundle of blankets almost frozen to death." Charlotte gasped. "Harry and I brought her to the hospital to get her looked at and the Healer there told us she was going to send her to an orphanage. I refused to let her go there. She would not be loved there. So I offered to adopt her and Harry agreed, so you're now looking at Lily Charlotte Granger-Potter," Hermione explained to her parents.

Charlotte smiled, happy that they used her name as her new granddaughter's middle name. "I know this is sudden and you don't have to be her grandparents if you don't want to."

"What? No, you know how long I've wanted grandchildren?!" Charlotte asked them, making them laugh. "Ever since I met Harry."

Both Harry and Hermione blushed and refused to look at each other.

"Well, now you do have a grandchild, Grammy," Harry said with a loving smile. "Poppy." He looked at Jacob, who lightly shoved him, playfully. They all laughed.

"Would you like to hold her?" Hermione asked.

Charlotte nodded vigoriously, looking at Lily, who was gazing at her in wonderment.

"Lily, this is Grammy, she's nice, she'll give you tons of toys. And that's Poppy. He's very sweet. Come on, baby." She picked her up into her arms and stood up. Charlotte reached over and took her into her arms. Lily didn't fuss that she was out of Hermione's. She smiled at Charlotte.

"You are a cutie. I'm Grammy, sweetheart." She kissed her cheek. "You found yourself a home? You found yourself a family? Hmm?"

Hermione looked at Harry lovingly. He looked back and slightly nodded understandingly.

After a few minutes, Jacob got to hold her and Charlotte and Hermione went talk in the kitchen, while they drank tea.

"So, you and Harry adopted a little girl," Charlotte said to her daughter.

"Yeah," Hermione said nodding.

"Harry's the cutest when he's around Lily. I could see that in there."

Hermione nodded chuckling. "Oh, I know. It's cute and so sweet. He's such a good daddy to her. We haven't had her even twenty-four hours and he's already great with her. He changed her diaper this morning when she woke up. I walked in when he finished changing her. Oh, I was about to die! It was so cute!"

Charlotte dreamily smiled (A/N: they do a lot of smiling haha). "Oh, I remember when you were born and walking in on your father changing you. He put it on backwards!" They burst into laughter.

"Poor Dad."

Once they settled down, Charlotte asked, "Are you and Harry going to get together?"

Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Mum, I've told you this before. We're just friends, nothing more, nothing less."

"But you want to be more, don't you?" her mother asked reading right through her.

"Yeah, yeah, I do," she blushed and took a sip of her tea.

The Granger matriarch decided to change the subject. "How are you liking motherhood?"

"It's great. I love it. Lily is just the sweetest baby I've ever met. I'm quite attached to her." Hermione was beaming.

"Hermione, you're seventeen, and you're a mother. Not many seventeen year old girls would want to be a mother, but you do. You have a good heart."

Her daughter said, "Thank you, Mum. I learned from the best."

Charlotte smiled widely. "Thank you, dear. Now come on, let's go meet the boys and see what they're up to."

Hermione took their teacups and put them in the sink, in which they began to wash themselves, just like with the plates; and they walked back into the living room, finding both Jacob and Harry sitting on the ground with Lily. Harry was more of laying on his back with Lily straddling his stomach, and him holding onto her hands so she didn't fall back. Jacob was sitting next to him and they were looking and making faces at Lily, who was staring at them with a blank expression.

The two women laughed. "Stop terrorizing my daughter!" Hermione exclaimed. She walked to Lily who held out her arms for her to pick her up. Harry stood up and helped Jacob to his feet.

Charlotte was admiring how motherly her daughter was to her granddaughter. The way she held her, the way she kissed her cheek every two minutes. Lily loved it. She loved her new Mummy. She could tell. She was always gazing at her with the widest smile on her face. She would put her head down on her shoulder, close her eyes, and smile in contentment, happy for possibly the first time in her short life. She didn't know what her real parents were like, but she couldn't imagine them making her smile. Charlotte was glad her new granddaughter was happy.

TBC...

Hey hope you liked it. I have no plan to abandon Bitten, fyi. Haha. I thought of this idea a few years ago and got started on it not long ago. Anyway, please review.