I don't own Harry Potter whatsoever

A/N: I've decided to follow what many other authors here have done and show off my story ideas I have jumping around in my head and I am working on for future post. To let you know that these are all rough drafts mostly and not the final product. So in some there will be certain changes to come. Note, so of these may not have appeared on my story ideas section on my profile and there will be others that are on my profile, but not on this. Those will come later. Also most of these will be Harry/Hermione pairing, but there will be others too.

Dumbledore's Awakening

By: Sheltie

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore sat in his office. As Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot and many other titles made him a very busy wizard. But right now he was contemplating what happened this past year with the Chamber of Secrets being opened. His thoughts then turned to Harry Potter. Harry once again showed that he wasn't like any other child his age. During his wandering thoughts a flash of flame appeared making the old wizard jump.

"Who are you?" Dumbledore asked warily drawing his wand at the stranger.

"I am you," the new arrival said as he took in his surrounds.

Dumbledore looked at this duplicate and wondered if he was going senile or something.

The other Dumbledore chuckled.

"No, you're not going senile yet, but I've come to hopefully right the wrongs that will be made" the other Dumbledore said taking a seat.

"What are you talking about?" Dumbledore asked curiously though keeping his wand on the stranger.

Dumbledore had plans for Harry and so far they were going quite well.

"I know what you're thinking, and I want to tell you to abandon your plans, because, if you don't things in the future will be terrible" the other Dumbledore said gravely.

"Like what?" Dumbledore asked not believing anything this copy was saying.

"You're an arrogant fool, you know" the other Dumbledore said frowning.

Dumbledore looked shocked.

"My first piece of advice is to not intervene in true love" the other Dumbledore said firmly.

"What do you mean?" Dumbledore asked.

"You've seen how Harry and Miss Granger act around one another and how Harry walked around blind while Miss Granger was petrified" the other Dumbledore said.

Dumbledore nodded.

"This is the markings of a love that will be as great as it will be powerful," the other Dumbledore said.

"But I've already have things set for Miss Weasley" Dumbledore said in an almost whining tone.

"That's a mistake, she'll never be able to reach Harry like Miss Granger does and you know it" the other Dumbledore said firmly.

Dumbledore slouched and sighed, he knew that there was connection between Harry and Miss Granger, but was hoping that it was nothing more than friendship.

"My next piece of advice to you is to tell Harry the prophecy and about your theories about the Horcruxes" the other Dumbledore said.

"But he's far too young and deserves a childhood" Dumbledore reasoned.

The other Dumbledore snorts at this.

"What childhood? We took that away when we left him at his aunt and uncle's" the other Dumbledore said with venom.

Dumbledore sighed at this.

"Do the right thing and follow my advice, also get Harry out of the Dursleys and have him stay at Miss Granger's, where their bond can develop" the other Dumbledore said then he disappeared just as he appeared.

After the other Dumbledore left Albus sat back and thought about all he's done and what his plans were. Little did he know that the other Dumbledore gave him insight of the horror that would happen if he followed his plans. Harry defeated Voldemort, but at the cost of losing Hermione he lost it then and became worse than Voldemort could ever be and when he found out about the manipulations to his life those responsible and alive suffered terribly as did the entire wizarding world. This shook Albus to his very soul and decided that a new plan was needed. His first step was to get Harry out of his relatives.

/Scene Break/

Harry Potter leaned back on his bed thinking of his second year of Hogwarts with a pensive look on his face. He nearly lost his life again, but that didn't bother him nor the fact that Ginny almost lost hers though he was glad he saved her. His thoughts were on his bushy haired friend, Hermione Granger. His bushy haired friend that laid petrified on a hospital bed only a couple weeks ago. That image was burned into his mind and he couldn't shake it. That was his reason to destroy the basilisk and Riddle. To save Hermione.

While he was thinking about this a knock on his door broke him out of it. Harry opened the door and found Dumbledore standing there.

"Professor, what are you doing here?" Harry asked confused.

"I'm here to take you, Harry" Dumbledore said simply.

Harry's face lit up.

"Really?"

"Yes, and you'll never be coming back" Dumbledore said.

Harry rushed and packed his stuff.

"Where are we going to, the Burrow?" Harry asked as they left.

"I was thinking you might like to stay with Miss Granger" Dumbledore said.

"I would like that" Harry said smiling.

Dumbledore watched as Harry packed his meager belongings into his trunk and then shrunk it down. He took out a deflated beach ball and told Harry to hold on to it and they both disappeared.

/Scene Break/

They arrived in a big backyard with Harry landing on his butt. As he got up he looked around to see that this backyard looked nicer than the Dursleys. The sliding glass door opened and a high pitch squeal was heard before Harry was knocked down again.

"Harry, what are you doing here?" Hermione asked with excitement in her voice.

"He's here in hopes that you and your parents are willing to take him in for the summer" Dumbledore said to get the attention of the young brunette.

"Oh that would be so great" Hermione said bouncing up and down with excitement.

"Let's see what your parents think first before anything is decided" Dumbledore said as he led the way into the Granger house.

Once inside Hermione got her parents in the living room and she took a seat next to Harry and held his hand. Dumbledore saw this and knew that the bond the two shared had increased rapidly in just a few short seconds.

"Mr. and Mrs. Granger, I've made some mistakes in my life and I'm now trying to make amends to them. When Harry was fifteen months old I left him on the doorstep of his aunt's in hopes they would raise him like their own. My hopes were dashed with every report my spy I placed there sent which stated that Harry was treated horribly, but my ego was too grand to rectify this mistake until now" Dumbledore said.

Harry was seething with rage, but a calming reassuring squeeze to his hand soothed him.

"My first step to amend my actions is to hopefully have you take Harry in for the summer" Dumbledore said.

The Grangers looked at one another then turned and saw how happy their daughter was and that made up their mind right there.

"We'll do it, but what happens next summer?" Mrs. Granger asked curiously.

"Well, I was hoping that you'd be willing to take him in as well then" Dumbledore said.

Again the Grangers looked at one another and knew that this was a big decision.

"We'll discuss it, but since we don't need to decide until next year, why don't we shelve that topic for now" Mr. Granger said.

Dumbledore nodded he then took out Harry's shrunken trunk and enlarged it.

"Very well, I'll leave you to your summer" Dumbledore said and with a pop he disappeared.

Hermione rushed to her parents engulfing the two in a big hug.

"Thank you so much" Hermione squealed.

Harry watched this and smiled wistfully.

"Oh Harry, this is going to be so great I have a whole list of things we can do" Hermione said exuberantly.

"Whatever we do Hermione, I'll be happy with as long as I don't have to go back to the Dursleys" Harry said.

"Come on, I'll show you to your room" Hermione said pulling and dragging the messy haired boy out of his seat and to the stairs with only enough time to go back and grab Harry's trunk.

Her parents watched this with awe as they've never saw their daughter like this before and was quite fascinating to see. How could a boy do this to their well-mannered daughter?

/Scene Break/

Harry was pulled until they reached the upstairs hallway.

"This will be your room, it's next to mine" Hermione said smiling.

"Hermione, this is too much, I don't deserve this" Harry said as he saw the room he'd be using.

"Harry, you deserve this and so much more" Hermione said in her tone that meant it wasn't up for debate.

"Harry, where did you sleep at your aunt's?" Mrs. Granger asked curiously she and Mr. Granger followed the two upstairs at a more moderate pace.

Harry looked nervous and glanced at the Grangers than to Hermione, who gave him a nod that said that it was okay.

"My bedroom is the smallest room in the house, but before that it was the cupboard under the stairs," Harry said looking down.

Hermione looked shocked, even though she had a bit of an idea how he grew up. She gathered her best friend into a hug hoping it would erase the memories. The Grangers frowned at this and had a feeling that this wasn't the only mistreatment that the boy suffered.

"What else Harry?" Mrs. Granger asked though she knew she wouldn't like the answer.

"I cooked for them as soon as I could reach the stove, I never had a birthday card or present until I was eleven. I never even knew my name until I went to primary school; I was called freak or boy all my life. I never had any friends until Hogwarts. If anyone tried to, Dudley and his gang would threaten them. They also beat me up on a regular basis as did my uncle" Harry said keeping his head down feeling ashamed.

Hermione squeezed him tighter as tears leaked from her eyes.

Mrs. Granger looked at this young man amazed that he'd turn out like he did despite the environment that he grew up in. Mr. Granger was seething with rage; he hated anyone who abused children.

"You don't have to worry Harry, you'll never have to return to those people ever again, I promise" Hermione whispered.

Harry looked up at his best friend silently asking, 'really?'

Hermione nodded. She had a stubborn and determined look on her face that Harry recognized instantly. It meant one thing, Hermione was now on a mission and nothing in heaven or hell would get in her way.

"Yes, really Harry" Mr. Granger said giving the boy a smile.

Harry wiped the tears from his eyes.

/Scene Break/

Later that night after dinner Hermione decided to make a suggestion and wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"Mom, dad I think we should take Harry out shopping tomorrow" Hermione said firmly.

Mrs. Granger smiled while Mr. Granger grumbled at the suggestion of shopping.

"That sounds like an excellent suggestion dear" Mrs. Granger said happily.

"You don't have to do that I'm fine with what I have" Harry muttered keeping his head down.

"Harry, you're getting some new clothes and there will be no arguments, got it?" Hermione said in her 'don't argue with me' tone.

Harry looked up and saw the look on his best friend's face that meant that there was no negotiating on this and he sighed in defeat.

Mr. Granger watched this and felt for the boy. His daughter inherited that look from her mother along with probably many more, which that poor boy has probably been subjected to through the years of their friendship.

"Come on Harry, it's time for bed we have a busy day tomorrow" Hermione said getting up and dragging Harry along.

"Night mom, dad."

"Night dear."

"Goodnight Mr. And Mrs. Granger."

"Night Harry."

The two kids left.

"That poor boy has no idea what he's gotten into" Mr. Granger said chuckling as soon as the teens left.

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Mrs. Granger asked as she snapped her head back to her husband.

"Come on Emma, you know how our daughter is when she gets on one of her crusades" Mr. Granger said smiling.

"Yes I do, but this is for a boy who she has been friends with for more than two years" Mrs. Granger said.

Dan nodded.

/Scene Break/

The next day was a whirlwind of activity. First, Hermione woke Harry up early and dragged him to the kitchen for breakfast then after that she dragged him back upstairs to get showered and dressed and even gave him a time limit on it. After that Hermione, Mrs. Granger and Harry went to the mall for some serious shopping. Harry was amazed at all the shops there were since the only place he ever really saw was Diagon Alley. Hermione made it her mission to get Harry new clothes and asked him if he had any preferences in which Harry just shrugged. Hermione took that as a green light for go crazy. Which she did though her mom kept her in line somewhat, but even Mrs. Granger went a bit overboard on buying Harry clothes. At the end Harry had an entire new wardrobe.

"Thank you Mrs. Granger" Harry said for the millionth time.

"There's no need to thank me Harry, since I should be thanking you instead" Mrs. Granger said smiling.

Harry blinked.

"You somehow got my daughter out of her shell, and for that I can't thank you enough" Mrs. Granger explained.

"I didn't do it alone, Ron was there also" Harry said, embarrassed at the praise.

"No, it was you who did it. Hermione writes to us and she told us about Ron and she doesn't put him in a good light a lot of the time, but you are always the focal point of each letter" Mrs. Granger said smiling.

Harry didn't know what to say, what do you say to that?

/Scene Break/

Harry settled into his room now wearing his new clothes when Hermione came in.

"Come Harry, we need to burn those old rags of yours" Hermione said pulling the young man off his bed.

She then rummaged through his trunk grabbing all of Dudley's cast-offs. Harry followed Hermione out back and found her parents there also. Hermione handed Harry a lighter and gestured to the bin that had his old clothes in.

Harry smiled and nodded as he lit his old clothes on fire. Cheers rang from the Grangers and Harry grinned.

During dinner the conversation was lively and Harry wished that this wasn't some dream. After dinner Hermione pulled Harry into the living room to watch a movie.

"What do you want to watch Harry?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know, I've never really got to watch movies at the Dursleys" Harry said.

Hermione squeezed his hand, which she was still holding.

"Well how about this one" Hermione suggested.

Harry just shrugged, he trusted Hermione's judgment.

/Scene Break/

Later that night Harry and Hermione were still up and talking about their previous years at Hogwarts.

"I'm sorry that I didn't stick up for you against Ron" Harry said.

Hermione smiled slightly.

"It's just that I never had a friend before and was dead set on keeping the one I had" Harry continued.

Hermione pulled the messy haired boy into a hug.

"It's alright Harry, I don't blame you at all," she said.

"I promise to take your side more often and to listen to you more" Harry vowed.

/Scene Break/

The rest of the summer went well as Harry and Hermione spent every day together making their bond grow in strength even though they had no idea they were doing just that. What also happened was that Harry started to take his academics more seriously and made a change from just Divination and added Arithmancy and Ancient Runes to it. They discussed Muggle Studies and Hermione decided to drop it and they sent letters to Professor McGonagall so she could make the proper changes. Harry was also was having the best summer of his life. He went to a lot of places that he's heard about and he felt that this was better then being at the Burrow.

Hermione enjoyed having a friend over since she never had one over before and the fact that it was Harry made it better. She always felt a strong connection with the green-eyed messy haired boy ever since she met him on the train. She did all she could to be close to him, but was always forced back by a certain redhead, but that all changed Halloween night. That night changed her life, she thought that she'd never have a friend and it'll a be a repeat of her primary school days.

But that changed when a troll appeared in the bathroom and she thought she was as good as dead that's when he came. Harry Potter came there to save her. After that she stuck close to him in hopes to repay the debt she owed. She read about life debts and knew she owed Harry one. She didn't owe one to Ron since he was the reason why she was in danger and you couldn't make a life debt if you're the one who caused the one to be in danger in the first place.

/Scene Break/

It was a week and a half before Harry and Hermione had to leave for Hogwarts and with the Grangers they decided to stay at the Leaky Cauldron.

"This is so great Harry, we're going to have the same classes" Hermione said smiling.

"I know, but what do you think Ron's going to do?" Harry asked.

"He'll be upset, but that shouldn't worry you, Harry. You've always been selfless. I think you need to be selfish once and awhile" Hermione said.

Harry nodded.

"Alright now that's settled let's see what's in these books" Hermione said.

Harry had to laugh as he watched Hermione pour over all the new information that was right in front of her. He could see how her eyes sparkled as she read this new information and wondered if he could somehow bring that out in her himself. He noticed how she bit her bottom lip as she read, which made him want to kiss her. This made thought made him stop in his tracks.

Kiss Hermione? Do I want to really kiss Hermione? he thought.

/Scene Break/

The Weasleys showed up with the usual chaos that comes when the group of redheads make an appearance anywhere.

"Hey mate" Ron greeted.

"Hey Ron, how was Egypt?" Harry asked.

"Great, it's nice to go somewhere new, so how was your summer?" Ron said.

"Excellent, I spent it with Hermione" Harry said smiling.

Ron frowned for a second, but immediately smiled quickly hoping for the two not to notice. Sadly for him Hermione did and she knew what it was about. She knew that Ron fancied her a bit, but she never saw him in that light and probably never will as she knew that all they ever do was argue and that wasn't a sturdy basis for a good relationship. Now Harry on the other hand, she could see as he cared for her for one and that and they got along so well.

"Come on, we better get going since Ron still needs to get his books for the year" Hermione said.

Harry nodded and followed with Ron right behind him.

/Scene Break/

The trio entered the Magical Menagerie so Hermione can get a familiar while Ron stopped off by the counter to get Scabbers checked.

"See anything that tickles your fancy?" Harry asked.

Hermione shook her head, but her eyes never left the animals.

"NO CROOKSHANKS!" the shopkeeper shouted.

Harry and Hermione turned around to find a clawed paw stretch from its cage and try to scalp Ron.

"Bloody hell" Ron screamed as he tried to cover his head and protect Scabbers at the same time. He then ran out of the shop like a bat out of hell.

"I'll go check on Ron, you stay here and find your pet" Harry said to Hermione.

Hermione nodded.

Outside Harry found Ron trying to console a terrified Scabbers.

"It's alright Scabbers that thing won't hurt you" Ron said calmly.

"You alright Ron?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, but poor Scabbers, look" Ron said pitifully.

Harry saw that the rat had more bald spots on its body and looked skinner than ever. Just then Hermione came out carrying a wicker case and a big grin on her face. When the two boys found out what Hermione got for a familiar Ron was livid.

"You bought that monster!" Ron shouted.

"Crookshanks isn't a monster Ron, he's just misunderstood" Hermione said.

Ron glared at the wicker case muttering something about hexes.

"Come on Ron, Crookshanks is a cat and cats go after rats" Harry said.

"You're taking her side?" Ron accused.

"I'm not taking any side, I'm just stating a fact" Harry said with a sigh.

This didn't sit well with Ron and he stormed off back to the Leaky Cauldron with Harry and Hermione following behind.

A/N: tell me what you think of this one.