The following week after the many revelations was actually rather relaxed. The Dursley's were being nicer to Harry and Harry had finally found his mother figure in Morgan, even if she could be slightly sarcastic and witty at times, he still loved every moment of it. Merlin even visited for an hour or two each day before going off on mysterious errands. All he would tell Harry was that some things had to be organized by him for future training and Harry's future roles. Morgan told the Dursley's and Harry about stories of Hogwarts and the founders, of King Arthur and Camelot, of villains and heroes of old, many of whom were thought to be just legends. And of course, stories of Lily, James, and the other Marauders.
Harry found these times to be the happiest of his short life. He even started comparing different people he knew to stories of the legends. Morgan reminded Harry of a mix between the smart Rowena and sly, ambitious Salazar. Merlin sounded more like a combination of the brave Godric and kind Helga. Granted Helga and Godric were Merlin's apprentices at one time, so their personalities would have naturally been similar was Harry's opinion. The same went for Rowena and Salazar with Morgan as their magical trainer. Even the Dursley's had roles since with their new attitudes they were much nicer to him. His aunt sounded a lot like Espera, the kind and gentle mother figure of the four founders. She was actually the caretaker of Salazar and Godric when they were younger. Uncle Vernon was more like Derzen, the head chef at Hogwarts when it first opened. Both were rather loud, but very cheerful; and both were a little on the round side (as his aunt would jokingly remind them). Dudley was still a little mean, but what could you expect after only one week. Overall, Harry was very happy with how things were changing.
Not even a month after learning of his inheritance, Morgan started training Harry on how to act like a proper nobleman between table manners and greeting styles. She even worked with the Dursley's since it was possible they may be seen in such gatherings in the future. Harry wasn't sure why Morgan started so early in his life, but she said all noble children started learning at a young age so he would too. He also started to learn Latin to help prepare him for its use in the magical world. Other things were approached as well, like study habits for Dudley and Harry to Vernon and Petunia's delight. Harry and Dudley were still in Kindergarten, but that didn't stop their family from being proud of their accomplishments. This training continued for six more months before everything changed.
Across from town, a six year old, brown haired, brown-eyed little girl was diligently doing her class work while the rest of her class was having fun on the jungle gym. None asked why she did it, but all of the other kids teased her about it. That certain days, Clarence decided to tease the bookworm about it.
"Hey, Granger!" he called out. The girl named Granger looked up from her book.
"Why are you always reading those dumb books?" he asked.
The girl looked upset about his words and replied, "They're not dumb! They're highly educational and if you cared about learning you'd read them too!"
The boy and his friends just laughed and one of them grabbed the book she was reading and threw it to another boy when the girl tried to get it back. They continued to do so until one accidentally threw it over the chain-link fence around the play area. Just as the girl was about to go get the book, they were all called in to go back to the classroom. Knowing she would get in trouble for not listening, she sadly went back to her classroom with tears in her eyes. When this happened, Harry had a feeling of sadness that he couldn't explain that didn't go away after almost an entire hour. He decided to ask Morgan about it when he got home.
A few hours later, when Harry and Dudley were picked up by Petunia, the little girl was picked up by her mom, but not before getting her book back.
When Harry got home, he immediately told Morgan about the event and she looked into his mind and found something that honestly surprised her.
"Harry! I've found a connection in your mind to someone else. It's a bond!" she exclaimed in surprise. "A soul bond to be precise! I've only seen seven others my entire life! Your parents had one too! A soul bond is an inexplicable connection between a man and woman binding their souls together in every sense of the word! We have to find her soon!"
Harry's mind was spinning. 'HE had a soul bond with some girl he probably didn't know and was somehow connected to her!'
"Found her location!" called out Morgan.
"How did you track her?"
"Through the connection she has with Harry," replied to sorceress. "Lets go Harry. I think just the two of us should be fine, but I'll be going as your adopted mother. Is that alright?" Harry just nodded and took her offered hand. They apparated away.
The minute the young girl got home, she went upstairs and put her books away. Soon her mother was calling her for dinner, so she went downstairs. Just as she passed the front door, the doorbell rang. Her mother said to wait for her. Once her mom arrived at the door she opened it to see a woman and a young boy that appeared to be her son. Behind her, her daughter gasped, so she turned around. Her daughter seemed to be surprised about the guests. 'Does she know them' wondered her mom. Never in all of her years would she have guessed what her daughter would say first.
"I've been dreaming about you!" the young girl said to Harry. This surprised all present, which showed on their faces causing the young girl to blush. Morgan then smiled and said, "Excuse me ma'am, my name is Morgan and this is my adopted son, Harry. There is something I need to tell you about our children. May we come in?" The mother of the girl just nodded dumbly and led them all to the living room. The woman named Morgan looked sheepish for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid I don't know your name or the name of your daughter."
"Of course. Excuse me. What my daughter said just surprised me! I'm Kate, well Katherine really, but everyone calls me Kate and this is my daughter, Hermione. John, my husband is at the office right now and won't be home for a couple of hours. If I may, why did you come here and what does my daughter mean when she said she has been dreaming about your son?"
Morgan looked at Hermione and then her mother. Hermione's bushy brown hair and look of wonder on her face made Morgan smile. Looking at her mother was like looking at an older version of Hermione with flowing brown hair instead. Just as she was about to speak, Harry blurted out, "We have a soul bond, Hermione! I've had dreams about you too!" This didn't seem to surprise Hermione, though the look of confusion came over her face when Harry said soul bond, but Kate looked like she was starting to get impatient. Morgan, hoping to stop any possible confrontation, said "Kate, I know you've never heard of it, so what I'm about to say will confuse you and you'll probably deny it, but please bear with me. Magic exists. Hermione is magical. Magic runs in your family even. For the last seven generations, your family has been squibs. A squib is a person in a magical family without the ability to perform magic. Hermione is the first magical in your family in hundreds of years. If my information is correct, your family descends from The Ancient and Most Noble House of Hufflepuff. There may be more families, but that is the most important one that I know of. We can of course have this checked at Gringotts, the magical bank to be sure."
Through this all Hermione and Kate had shocked expressions on their faces. Hermione then started jumping up and down exclaiming, "I'm a witch, I'm a witch, I'm a witch!" Her mom just shook her head slowly and said, "What about John? Is he magical as well?"
Morgan answered, "Not that I know of, but I cannot be sure until he arrives home. Now, I'm sure you have many questions, so go ahead."
Kate and Hermione asked tons of questions about magic and the magical world.
Kate was about to ask, I've always been suspicious of my cousins from my mom's side of the family. I have three cousins from that family, but two of my cousins died a few years ago. They were always so secretive and didn't really have much to say at family gatherings. Its possible they could be magical, but…." She was interrupted by the sound of the front door opening and Hermione running off to great her father. Kate was distracted and forgot to continue, but Morgan put it to the back of her head for the time being. The first thing out of his mouth after everything was stated was, "A soul bond? My daughter has a soul bond!" Morgan was slightly surprised by this response, since what the soul bond was had not been explained and she said that she was surprised.
"I know what they are. I haven't been exactly truthful, Kate. I'm a squib. My parents and brother are magical. When my father kicked me out of the family, I changed my last name to Granger. My brother and I still talk on occasion and are luckily still on speaking terms even though he embraces his pureblood heritage. He has two daughters and one is about Hermione's age. The other is a year younger." Morgan asked who they were.
He responded, "My brother's name is Geoffrey. Geoffrey Greengrass.