Os there any fics where Harry and Hermione or just Harry idc is/are animagi??? I would love to see that. Please any harmony kind of stuff like that would be nice

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In this week’s chapter of Enchanted: Lover (2008), Hermione starts maternity leave and prepares for her son’s imminent birth. But Hermione Potter doesn’t do well with just sitting around and starts getting stir-crazy. Cue a little help from their friends. *Only three chapters remain*

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52472776/chapters/157270012

FFN:https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14310031/1/Enchanted

Here is what I remember:

It's right after the war. Hermione walks into the castle to shower in the bathroom, and Harry shows up later. They help each other shower, heal each other's wounds, and it ends with them walking up to the dorms and falling asleep.

It's from Hermione's POV.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59336038/chapters/157234678

after over a month, i'm back.

oh, and things will get very dark after this chapter. can't wait to show you all.

I'm speechless. And i feel like crying as well. One one the best stories I've ever read, experienced all sorts of emotions throughout the whole story. What a journey it was, thank you madharmony for the amazing story.

Today at six in the morning after waking up, I got an idea. I thought it was great when I was so sleepy... now I don't :D But I'll try it. Basically, it was about the fact that Madam Pomfrey introduced a massage program for quidditch players (and actually anyone who needs massage help, but it started because of those tired athletes). For the first few months, she could not find enough masseurs, so she asked for volunteers among the students. Hermione signed up there, but after some time she found out that Harry doesn't go to massages (probably because of the fear of physical contact). Well, at least she thought so. Hermione later found out that Harry was getting massages and that he had been to everyone but her. She will feel hurt, but everything will be fine when she finds out that Harry avoided her because he didn't think he could handle it if she touched him intimately like that (because he is in love with her if you don't know what page this post is on). Or Harry could only go to her for massages and they would gradually fall in love. I know, it has a lot of illogical holes, but we can either forget about it or you can edit them if you are interested in writing it. (if you are interested you can make any changes) I hope someone likes it :)

LF a story where Harry and Sirius/Padfoot are rescued by the Grangers. I think there was a church involved (might have been where they were found). Harry and Hermione grow up together before Hogwarts. I remember it being a cute story and I would love to reread it again.

Is there some fics where Dumbledore actually cares about Harry and is involved in his life and teaches him etc etc etc. please let me know and of course harmony pleaseeeeee

so i dont many mentions of The Cupboard Series or atleast as much as there should be

it goes very off-track the canon, but is one of the best Harry Potter rewrites i've ever seen

personally I find the early 2 years a bit weak. but god damn does the story pick up later.

to summarise without spoiling much of the story, Dumbledore is very different than he is in Canon, harry meets Hermione and Neville instead of the Weasleys, one of the best Harmony progressions.

some of my favourite parts of the story are

!Early introduction of Sirius and him actually being there for harry, Dumbles being a manipulator, redemption to the Dursleys, also Dobbys and Sirius are Alive!<

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This isn’t going to be a typical “essay” of mine, though I may follow it up with some commentary in another post. I’ve tried to collect instances of Harry being protective toward Hermione in the books, and there simply isn’t room here for much commentary, given Reddit’s post length limit.

I’ve sometimes seen it asserted in HP fandom that Harry doesn’t care very much about Hermione, whereas Ron is often brought up as being protective of her, especially because of his actions at Malfoy Manor. Some people try to draw a contrast there: supposedly Harry wasn’t as worked up while Bellatrix was torturing Hermione, so he wasn’t as emotional about Hermione’s safety. Ron definitely deserves credit for his bold actions there and in a few other places within the books for Hermione. But even at Malfoy Manor, Harry is literally learning to drive Voldemort from his mind while coming up with a plan to save Hermione.

For Harry, protecting Hermione is almost an everyday occurrence. It’s so pervasive in the books that I think some people don’t even notice how it’s just part of Harry’s standard behavior. I truly wish fandom wouldn’t seemingly turn this into some sort of “contest” between Harry and Ron. But since people frequently do, here’s extensive proof that Harry cares too. All the time.

I’ve tried to compile examples of all sorts of protectiveness here: From the first time Harry is willing to jump on the back of a troll for a girl he barely knew to defending her verbally and physically from teachers and other students. From strategically planning to protect Hermione from harm to moments when he simply shows everyday concern for her well-being when she’s exhausted or being ostracized. From all the times he grabs onto Hermione in battle to the moment he braces himself without a wand “to punch, kick, bite, or whatever else it took” to try to shield Hermione from a giant.

Please let me know of any other book passages you feel may have been left out here.

Without further ado, here’s a compilation of protective moments you might keep in mind if people ever try to claim Harry doesn’t care deeply about Hermione (or is less committed to her well-being than, say, Ron). Some are much more intense or meaningful than others, but I thought chronological ordering going through the books was most straightforward.

40 times Harry was protective of Hermione

(1) PS10: Harry remembers Hermione and convinces Ron to go find her

They passed different groups of people hurrying in different directions. As they jostled their way through a crowd of confused Hufflepuffs, Harry suddenly grabbed Ron’s arm.

‘I’ve just thought – Hermione.’

‘What about her?’

‘She doesn’t know about the troll.’

Ron bit his lip.

‘Oh, all right,’ he snapped. ‘But Percy’d better not see us.’

(2) PS10: Harry acts “very brave and very stupid” in trying to save Hermione from the troll

Hermione Granger was shrinking against the wall opposite, looking as if she was about to faint. The troll was advancing on her, knocking the sinks off the walls as it went.

‘Confuse it!’ Harry said desperately to Ron, and seizing a tap he threw it as hard as he could against the wall.

The troll stopped a few feet from Hermione. It lumbered around, blinking stupidly, to see what had made the noise. Its mean little eyes saw Harry. It hesitated, then made for him instead, lifting its club as it went.

‘Oy, pea-brain!’ yelled Ron from the other side of the chamber, and he threw a metal pipe at it. The troll didn’t even seem to notice the pipe hitting its shoulder, but it heard the yell and paused again, turning its ugly snout towards Ron instead, giving Harry time to run around it.

‘Come on, run, run!’ Harry yelled at Hermione, trying to pull her towards the door, but she couldn’t move, she was still flat against the wall, her mouth open with terror.

The shouting and the echoes seemed to be driving the troll berserk. It roared again and started towards Ron, who was nearest and had no way to escape.

Harry then did something that was both very brave and very stupid: he took a great running jump and managed to fasten his arms around the troll’s neck from behind. The troll couldn’t feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if you stick a long bit of wood up its nose, and Harry’s wand had still been in his hand when he’d jumped – it had gone straight up one of the troll’s nostrils.

(3) PS16: Harry makes a plan to send Hermione out of harm’s way while he bravely goes on ahead

‘There’s only enough there for one of us,’ he said. ‘That’s hardly one swallow.’

They looked at each other.

‘Which one will get you back through the purple flames?’

Hermione pointed at a rounded bottle at the right end of the line.

‘You drink that,’ said Harry. ‘No, listen – get back and get Ron – grab brooms from the flying-key room, they’ll get you out of the trapdoor and past Fluffy – go straight to the owlery and send Hedwig to Dumbledore, we need him. I might be able to hold Snape off for a while, but I’m no match for him really.’

‘But Harry – what if You-Know-Who’s with him?’

‘Well – I was lucky once, wasn’t I?’ said Harry, pointing at his scar. ‘I might get lucky again.’

Hermione’s lip trembled and she suddenly dashed at Harry and threw her arms around him.

‘Hermione!’

‘Harry – you’re a great wizard, you know.’

‘I’m not as good as you,’ said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him.

[…]

‘Positive,’ said Hermione. She took a long drink from the round bottle at the end and shuddered.

‘It’s not poison?’ said Harry anxiously.

‘No – but it’s like ice.’

‘Quick, go, before it wears off.’

‘Good luck – take care –’

‘GO!’

Hermione turned and walked straight through the purple fire.

(4) CoS11: Harry rescues Hermione from Millicent, fighting her off physically

‘Time to split up the dream team, I think,’ he sneered. ‘Weasley, you can partner Finnigan. Potter –’

Harry moved automatically towards Hermione.

‘I don’t think so,’ said Snape, smiling coldly. ‘Mr Malfoy, come over here. Let’s see what you make of the famous Potter. And you, Miss Granger – you can partner Miss Bulstrode.’

[...]

but Hermione and Millicent Bulstrode were still moving; Millicent had Hermione in a headlock and Hermione was whimpering in pain. Both their wands lay forgotten on the floor. Harry leapt forward and pulled Millicent off. It was difficult; she was a lot bigger than he was.

(5) CoS12: Harry calmly reassures Hermione when she's upset and takes her for help (while Ron backs away)

They heard the lock slide back and Hermione emerged, sobbing, her robes pulled up over her head.

‘What’s up?’ said Ron uncertainly. ‘Have you still got Millicent’s nose or something?’

Hermione let her robes fall and Ron backed into the sink.

Her face was covered in black fur. Her eyes had gone yellow and there were long pointed ears poking through her hair.

‘It was a c-cat hair!’ she howled. ‘M-Millicent Bulstrode m-must have a cat! And the P-Potion isn’t supposed to be used for animal transformations!’

‘Uh oh,’ said Ron.

‘You’ll be teased something dreadful,’ said Myrtle happily.

‘It’s OK, Hermione,’ said Harry quickly. ‘We’ll take you up to the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey never asks too many questions ...’

(6) PoA12: Harry notices Hermione is exhausted and tries to suggest a solution to her schedule

‘How are you getting through all this stuff?’ Harry asked her.

‘Oh, well – you know – working hard,’ said Hermione. Close to, Harry saw that she looked almost as tired as Lupin.

‘Why don’t you just drop a couple of subjects?’ Harry asked, watching her lifting books as she searched for her Rune dictionary.

‘I couldn’t do that!’ said Hermione, looking scandalised.

(7) PoA13: Harry wants to help Hermione when she gets upset, and he calls Ron out

There was no arguing with this, as Ron chose that moment to say loudly, ‘If Scabbers hadn’t just been eaten, he could have had some of these Fudge Flies, he used to really like them –’

Hermione burst into tears. Before Harry could say or do anything, she had tucked the enormous book under her arm, and, still sobbing, run towards the staircase to the girls’ dormitories and out of sight.

‘Can’t you give her a break?’ Harry asked Ron quietly.

‘No,’ said Ron flatly. ‘If she just acted like she was sorry – but she’ll never admit she’s wrong, Hermione. She’s still acting like Scabbers has gone on holiday or something.’

(8) PoA17: Hermione clings to Harry physically (and repeatedly) for his protection; Harry acknowledges that silently (raising his eyebrows), which seems to reassure her so she can relax a bit and they can move on together (this passage also sets up Hermione's pattern of turning to Harry physically for reassurance and protection that comes up in several quotes below)

‘Crookshanks!’ Hermione whispered uncertainly. She now grasped Harry’s arm painfully hard. ‘How did he know –?’

[...]

Harry glanced at Hermione, who looked very frightened, but nodded.

Harry pulled himself out of the hole, staring around. The room was deserted, but a door to their right stood open, leading to a shadowy hallway. Hermione suddenly grabbed Harry’s arm again. Her wide eyes were travelling around the boarded windows.

‘Harry,’ she whispered. ‘I think we’re in the Shrieking Shack.’

Harry looked around. His eyes fell on a wooden chair near them. Large chunks had been torn out of it; one of the legs had been ripped off entirely.

‘Ghosts didn’t do that,’ he said slowly.

At that moment, there was a creak overhead. Something had moved upstairs. Both of them looked up at the ceiling. Hermione’s grip on Harry’s arm was so tight he was losing feeling in his fingers. He raised his eyebrows at her; she nodded again and let go.

Quietly as they could, they crept out into the hall and up the crumbling staircase.

(9) PoA20: Harry tries desperately to protect both Hermione and Sirius from the Dementors

‘Expecto patronum! Hermione, help me! Expecto patronum!’

‘Expecto –’ Hermione whispered, ‘expecto – expecto –’

But she couldn’t do it. The Dementors were closing in, barely ten feet from them. They formed a solid wall around Harry and Hermione, and were getting closer ...

‘EXPECTO PATRONUM!’ Harry yelled, trying to blot the screaming from his ears. ‘EXPECTO PATRONUM!’

A thin wisp of silver escaped his wand and hovered like mist before him. At the same moment, Harry felt Hermione collapse next to him. He was alone ... completely alone ...

‘Expecto – expecto patronum –’

Harry felt his knees hit the cold grass. Fog was clouding his eyes. With a huge effort, he fought to remember – Sirius was innocent – innocent – we’ll be OK – I’m going to live with him –

‘Expecto patronum!’ he gasped.

(10) PoA21: Harry ensures Hermione is safe and holding on to him as they ride Buckbeak

‘Ready?’ he whispered to Hermione. ‘You’d better hold on to me –’

He nudged Buckbeak’s sides with his heels.

Buckbeak soared straight into the dark air. Harry gripped his flanks with his knees, feeling the great wings rising powerfully beneath them. Hermione was holding Harry very tightly around the waist; he could hear her muttering, ‘Oh, no – I don’t like this – oh, I really don’t like this –’

(11) GoF9: Harry gets defensive about Hermione to Draco

‘Language, Weasley,’ said Malfoy his pale eyes glittering. ‘Hadn’t you better be hurrying along, now? You wouldn’t like her spotted, would you?’

He nodded at Hermione, and at the same moment, a blast like a bomb sounded from the campsite, and a flash of green light momentarily lit the trees around them.

‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ said Hermione defiantly.

‘Granger, they’re after Muggles,’ said Malfoy. ‘D’you want to be showing off your knickers in mid-air? Because if you do, hang around ... they’re moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh.’

‘Hermione’s a witch,’ Harry snarled.

(12) GoF9: Harry physically protects both Hermione and Ron

Harry whirled around, and in a split second, he registered one fact: each of these wizards had his wand out, and every wand was pointing right at himself, Ron and Hermione. Without pausing to think, he yelled, ‘DUCK!’ He seized the other two and pulled them down onto the ground.

(13) GoF18: Harry defends Hermione from Snape when her teeth are enlarged

[Ron] forced Hermione to show Snape her teeth – she was doing her best to hide them with her hands, though this was difficult as they had now grown down past her collar. [...]

Snape looked coldly at Hermione, then said, ‘I see no difference.’

Hermione let out a whimper; her eyes filled with tears, she turned on her heel and ran, ran all the way up the corridor and out of sight.

It was lucky, perhaps, that both Harry and Ron started shouting at Snape at the same time; lucky their voices echoed so much in the stone corridor, for in the confused din, it was impossible for him to hear exactly what they were calling him. He got the gist, however.

(14) GoF19: Harry can’t abide people insulting Hermione’s appearance

‘Stunningly pretty? Her?’ Pansy Parkinson had shrieked, the first time she had come face to face with Hermione after Rita’s article had appeared. ‘What was she judging against – a chipmunk?’

‘Ignore it,’ Hermione said in a dignified voice, holding her head in the air and stalking past the sniggering Slytherin girls as though she couldn’t hear them. ‘Just ignore it, Harry.’

But Harry couldn’t ignore it.

(15) GoF26: Harry refuses to leave Hermione during the Second Task and tries to fight the mermen

‘You take your own hostage,’ one of them said to him. ‘Leave the others ...’

‘No way!’ said Harry furiously – but only two large bubbles came out.

‘Your task is to retrieve your own friend ... leave the others ...’

‘She’s my friend, too!’ Harry yelled, gesturing towards Hermione, an enormous silver bubble emerging soundlessly from his lips. ‘And I don’t want them to die, either!’

[…] Harry struggled to fight off the mermen, but they laughed harder than ever, holding him back.

(16) GoF31: Harry calls out Molly to ensure she stops treating Hermione poorly

‘Hello, Hermione,’ said Mrs Weasley, much more stiffly than usual.

‘Hello,’ said Hermione, her smile faltering at the cold expression on Mrs Weasley’s face.

Harry looked between them, then said, ‘Mrs Weasley, you didn’t believe that rubbish Rita Skeeter wrote in Witch Weekly, did you? Because Hermione’s not my girlfriend.’

‘Oh!’ said Mrs Weasley. ‘No – of course I didn’t!’

But she became considerably warmer towards Hermione after that.

(17) OotP15: Harry can’t help sticking up for Hermione against Umbridge, despite being warned; note that he knows by doing so, he’s risking more detention that will involve him carving words into his own hand

‘That is enough,’ said Professor Umbridge. She walked back to the front of the class and stood before them, all the jauntiness she had shown at the beginning of the lesson gone. ‘Miss Granger, I am going to take five points from Gryffindor house.’

There was an outbreak of muttering at this.

‘What for?’ said Harry angrily.

‘Don’t you get involved!’ Hermione whispered urgently to him.

‘For disrupting my class with pointless interruptions,’ said Professor Umbridge smoothly.

[...]

‘Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher,’ said Harry loudly, ‘there was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head.’

This pronouncement was followed by one of the loudest silences Harry had ever heard. Then –

‘I think another week’s detentions would do you some good, Mr Potter,’ said Umbridge sleekly.

(18) OotP20: Harry acts to prevent Hermione from being detected

‘There are three sets of footprints in the snow leading from the castle doors to your cabin,’ said Umbridge sleekly.

Hermione gasped; Harry clapped a hand over her mouth. Luckily, Fang was sniffing loudly around the hem of Professor Umbridge’s robes and she did not appear to have heard.

(19) OotP28: Harry defends Hermione’s actions regarding the DA to Cho

‘That was a really horrible trick of Hermione Granger’s,’ said Cho fiercely. ‘She should have told us she’d jinxed that list –’

‘I think it was a brilliant idea,’ said Harry coldly. Cho flushed and her eyes grew brighter.

‘Oh yes, I forgot – of course, if it was darling Hermione’s idea –’

(20) OotP30: Harry physically pulls Hermione out of the way of Grawp and protects her

Grawp’s hand had shot out of nowhere towards Hermione; Harry seized her and pulled her backwards behind the tree, so that Grawp’s fist scraped the trunk but closed on thin air.

‘BAD BOY, GRAWPY!’ they heard Hagrid yelling, as Hermione clung to Harry behind the tree, shaking and whimpering. ‘VERY BAD BOY! YEH DON’ GRAB – OUCH!’

(21) OotP33: Harry physically protects Hermione from the centaurs

Harry grabbed Hermione and pulled her to the ground; face down on the Forest floor, he knew a moment of terror as hooves thundered around him, but the centaurs leapt over and around them, bellowing and screaming with rage.

(22) OotP33: Hermione holds on to Harry; then he prepares himself, wandless, to fight a giant with his bare hands in any way necessary to defend her

Harry could feel Hermione shaking as Grawp opened his mouth wide again and said, in a deep, rumbling voice, ‘Hermy.’

‘Goodness,’ said Hermione, gripping Harry’s arm so tightly it was growing numb and looking as though she was about to faint, ‘he – he remembered!’

‘HERMY!’ roared Grawp. ‘WHERE HAGGER?’

‘I don’t know!’ squealed Hermione, terrified. ‘I’m sorry, Grawp, I don’t know!’

‘GRAWP WANT HAGGER!’

One of the giant’s massive hands reached down. Hermione let out a real scream, ran a few steps backwards and fell over. Wandless, Harry braced himself to punch, kick, bite or whatever else it took as the hand swooped towards him and knocked a snow-white centaur off his legs.

[…]

[Grawp] yelled and stamped his enormous feet and the centaurs scattered out of the way; pebble-sized droplets of Grawp’s blood showered Harry as he pulled Hermione to her feet and the pair of them ran as fast as they could for the shelter of the trees.

(23) OotP35: Harry grabs onto Hermione and tries to protect her at the DoM

‘RUN!’ Harry yelled, as the shelves swayed precariously and more glass spheres began to fall from above. He seized a handful of Hermione’s robes and dragged her forwards, holding one arm over his head as chunks of shelf and shards of glass thundered down upon them.

(24) OotP35: Harry desperately holds on to Hermione when she’s injured in the DoM and panics at her injury

Dolohov grinned. With his free hand, he pointed from the prophecy still clutched in Harry’s hand, to himself, then at Hermione. Though he could no longer speak, his meaning could not have been clearer. Give me the prophecy, or you get the same as her ...

‘Like you won’t kill us all anyway, the moment I hand it over!’ said Harry.

A whine of panic inside his head was preventing him thinking properly: he had one hand on Hermione’s shoulder, which was still warm, yet did not dare look at her properly. Don’t let her be dead, don’t let her be dead, it’s my fault if she’s dead ...

‘Whaddever you do, Harry,’ said Neville fiercely from under the desk, lowering his hands to show a clearly broken nose and blood pouring down his mouth and chin, ‘don’d gib it to him!’

Then there was a crash outside the door and Dolohov looked over his shoulder – the baby-headed Death Eater had appeared in the doorway, his head bawling, his great fists still flailing uncontrollably at everything around him. Harry seized his chance:

‘PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!’

The spell hit Dolohov before he could block it and he toppled forwards across his comrade, both of them rigid as boards and unable to move an inch.

‘Hermione,’ Harry said at once, shaking her as the baby-headed Death Eater blundered out of sight again. ‘Hermione, wake up …’

‘Whaddid he do to her?’ said Neville, crawling out from under the desk to kneel at her other side, blood streaming from his rapidly swelling nose.

‘I dunno ...’

Neville groped for Hermione’s wrist.

‘Dat’s a pulse, Harry, I’b sure id is.’

(25) HBP4: Harry instinctively defends Hermione’s Muggle-born status (when she wasn’t even the topic of conversation)

‘Your mother was Muggle-born, of course. Couldn’t believe it when I found out. Thought she must have been pure-blood, she was so good.’

‘One of my best friends is Muggle-born,’ said Harry, ‘and she’s the best in our year.’

‘Funny how that sometimes happens, isn’t it?’ said Slughorn.

‘Not really,’ said Harry coldly.

(26) HBP14: Harry catches a glimpse of Hermione (as Ron is snogging Lavender for the first time) and goes after her when she’s upset

Harry turned away from Ron, who did not look like surfacing soon, just in time to see the portrait hole closing. With a sinking feeling he thought he saw a mane of bushy brown hair whipping out of sight.

He darted forwards, sidestepped Romilda Vane again, and pushed open the portrait of the Fat Lady. The corridor outside seemed to be deserted.

‘Hermione?’

He found her in the first unlocked classroom he tried. She was sitting on the teacher’s desk, alone except for a small ring of twittering yellow birds circling her head, which she had clearly just conjured out of midair. Harry could not help admiring her spellwork at a time like this.

(27) HBP15: Unlike in PoA when Ron and Hermione are fighting, in HBP Harry gets away from Ron while Ron is “busy” to regularly spend time with Hermione (this one may not be explicitly “protective,” but shows how Harry now is more actively attentive to Hermione when she’s alone than he was in the early books)

Hermione’s timetable was so full that Harry could only talk to her properly in the evenings, when Ron was in any case so tightly wrapped around Lavender that he did not notice what Harry was doing. Hermione refused to sit in the common room while Ron was there, so Harry generally joined her in the library, which meant that their conversations were held in whispers.

(28) HBP15: Harry runs after Hermione and tries to help when she’s crying after Ron does a cruel impression of her in class

Hermione laughed unkindly at Ron’s disastrous first attempt, during which he somehow managed to give himself a spectacular handlebar moustache; Ron retaliated by doing a cruel but accurate impression of Hermione jumping up and down in her seat every time Professor McGonagall asked a question, which Lavender and Parvati found deeply amusing and which reduced Hermione to the verge of tears again. She raced out of the classroom on the bell, leaving half her things behind; Harry, deciding that her need was greater than Ron’s just then, scooped up her remaining possessions and followed her.

He finally tracked her down as she emerged from a girls’ bathroom on the floor below. She was accompanied by Luna Lovegood, who was patting her vaguely on the back.

‘Oh, hello, Harry,’ said Luna. ‘Did you know one of your eyebrows is bright yellow?’

‘Hi, Luna. Hermione, you left your stuff ...’

He held out her books.

‘Oh, yes,’ said Hermione in a choked voice, taking her things and turning away quickly to hide the fact that she was wiping her eyes on her pencil case. ‘Thank you, Harry. Well, I’d better get going ...’

And she hurried off, without giving Harry any time to offer words of comfort, though admittedly he could not think of any.

(29) HBP15: Harry, again more assertively than in PoA, actively calls out Ron for being unkind to Hermione

A long way along the table, Hermione was sitting alone, playing with her stew. Harry noticed Ron looking at her furtively.

‘You could say sorry,’ suggested Harry bluntly.

‘What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?’ muttered Ron.

‘What did you have to imitate her for?’

‘She laughed at my moustache!’

‘So did I, it was the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.’

(30) HBP15: Harry spots Hermione fleeing McLaggen at Slughorn’s party and goes after her

‘I’m definitely not interested,’ said Harry firmly, ‘and I’ve just seen a friend of mine, sorry.’

He pulled Luna after him into the crowd; he had indeed just seen a long mane of brown hair disappear between what looked like two members of the Weird Sisters.

‘Hermione! Hermione!’

‘Harry! There you are, thank goodness! Hi, Luna!’

(31) DH9: Harry grabs onto Hermione in a dangerous situation at the wedding

Harry and Hermione threw themselves into the panicking crowd. Guests were sprinting in all directions; many were Disapparating; the protective enchantments around The Burrow had broken.

‘Ron!’ Hermione cried. ‘Ron, where are you?’

As they pushed their way across the dance floor, Harry saw cloaked and masked figures appearing in the crowd; then he saw Lupin and Tonks, their wands raised, and heard both of them shout ‘Protego!’, a cry that was echoed on all sides –

‘Ron! Ron!’ Hermione called, half sobbing as she and Harry were buffeted by terrified guests: Harry seized her hand to make sure they weren’t separated as a streak of light whizzed over their heads, whether a protective charm or something more sinister he did not know –

(32) DH10: Harry can’t abide Kreacher’s language about Hermione

‘Master,’ croaked Kreacher in his bullfrog’s voice, and he bowed low, muttering to his knees, ‘back in my mistress’s old house with the blood traitor Weasley and the Mudblood –’

‘I forbid you to call anyone “blood traitor” or “Mudblood”,’ growled Harry.

[...]

‘The Mudblood touched Kreacher, he will not allow it, what would his mistress say?’

‘I told you not to call her “Mudblood”!’ snarled Harry, but the elf was already punishing himself: he fell to the ground and banged his forehead on the floor.

(33) DH13: Harry grabs onto Hermione in a dangerous situation at the Ministry

Harry saw Yaxley’s head turn, saw an inkling of the truth dawn in that brutish face.

‘Come on!’ Harry shouted at Hermione; he seized her hand and they jumped into the fireplace together as Yaxley’s curse sailed over Harry’s head.

(34) DH13: Again Yaxley appears, and Harry again instinctively reaches for Hermione’s hand

There was a noise in the cubicle behind them; Harry looked around; Yaxley had just appeared.

‘LET’S GO!’ Harry yelled. He seized Hermione by the hand and Ron by the arm and turned on the spot.

(35) DH17: Harry and Hermione hold on to each other in a frightening situation

‘Harry, stop.’

‘What’s wrong?’

They had only just reached the grave of the unknown Abbott.

‘There’s someone there. Someone watching us. I can tell. There, over by the bushes.’

They stood quite still, holding on to each other, gazing at the dense black boundary of the graveyard. Harry could not see anything.

(36) DH17: Harry reassures Hermione when she (once again) grabs hold of him

Hermione jumped and clutched Harry’s arm.

‘It’s OK,’ said Harry reassuringly, and he led the way into the sitting room.

(37) DH17: When Nagini moves to attack Hermione at Bathilda’s, Harry basically gives up fighting and protecting himself, instead focusing solely on pulling Hermione away from danger as best as he can

‘He’s coming! Hermione, he’s coming!’

As [Harry] yelled, the snake fell, hissing wildly. Everything was chaos: it smashed shelves from the wall and splintered china flew everywhere as Harry jumped over the bed and seized the dark shape he knew to be Hermione –

She shrieked with pain as he pulled her back across the bed: the snake reared again, but Harry knew that worse than the snake was coming, was perhaps already at the gate, his head was going to split open with the pain from his scar –

The snake lunged as he took a running leap, dragging Hermione with him; as it struck, Hermione screamed, ‘Confringo!’ and her spell flew around the room, exploding the wardrobe mirror and ricocheting back at them, bouncing from floor to ceiling; Harry felt the heat of it sear the back of his hand. Glass cut his cheek as, pulling Hermione with him, he leapt from bed to broken dressing table and then straight out of the smashed window into nothingness, her scream reverberating through the night as they twisted in mid-air ...

(38) DH23: At Malfoy Manor, Harry plots an escape and finally masters the ability of blocking out Voldemort’s mind for the first time (using what is later referenced as the power of “love” in the next chapter) in order to save Hermione; there’s much more to this whole passage—I’d encourage people to read the whole chapter to see how Harry is constantly pushing Voldemort out of his mind to focus on the rescue of Hermione and getting them all out of there

Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain. Barely conscious of the fierce prickling of his scar, he, too, started to run around the cellar, feeling the walls for he hardly knew what, knowing in his heart that it was useless.

[…]

As Harry spoke, his scar burned worse than ever, and for a few seconds he looked down, not upon the wandmaker, but on another man who was just as old, just as thin, but laughing scornfully.

‘Kill me, then, Voldemort, I welcome death! But my death will not bring you what you seek ... there is so much you do not understand ...’

He felt Voldemort’s fury, but as Hermione screamed again he shut it out, returning to the cellar and the horror of his own present.

(39) DH31: Harry grabs onto Hermione during the BoH

And Hermione was struggling to her feet in the wreckage, and three red-headed men were grouped on the ground where the wall had blasted apart. Harry grabbed Hermione’s hand as they staggered and stumbled over stone and wood.

(40) DH32: Harry once again instinctively grabs onto Hermione during the BoH (leaving Ron "bringing up the rear")

‘RUN!’ Harry roared; the night was full of hideous yells and blows as the giants wrestled, and he seized Hermione’s hand and tore down the steps into the grounds, Ron bringing up the rear.

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I’m sure there are more passages than these; please comment with any others. Thanks to u/TryingToPassMath for the idea of collecting a post just with all the passages of Harry being protective of Hermione. Thanks also to friends at the HMS Harmony Discord server for reminding me of a couple excerpts listed here.

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EDIT: Thanks to Dragonfly for noting in comments this additional moment from DH31 during the BoH, where Harry's "fury" at Hermione being attacked and his need to defend her wipes everything else from his thoughts:

A jet of scarlet light shot past Harry by inches: Hermione had run round the corner behind him and sent a Stunning Spell straight at Crabbe’s head. It only missed because Malfoy pulled him out of the way.

‘It’s that Mudblood! Avada Kedavra!’

Harry saw Hermione dive aside and his fury that Crabbe had aimed to kill wiped all else from his mind. He shot a Stunning Spell at Crabbe, who lurched out of the way, knocking Malfoy’s wand out of his hand; it rolled out of sight beneath a mountain of broken furniture and boxes.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54156019/chapters/157151620

Enjoy!

It has happened at long last. Only took SIX AND A HALF YEARS...

Elfish Welfare is finally complete, with the epilogue posted. Thank you to everyone who has read it along the way. Apologies for taking so long to everyone who has been waiting for me to finish it before they started it. This is notification that it's done and ready for you all to go devour now.

And notification that the completion of Elfish also signals the last chapter that I will be posting of my works on FFN. Nothing is being removed from the site, but any new content will only be posted to my AO3. Link to Elfish on there is below, so nice and easy to get to. I apologise to any folks who hate reading on AO3, but FFN's backend has been too unstable and I'm just over dealing with it.

I'm not closing the account, and will still respond to reviews and PMs, but I won't be putting anything new up there.

Anyway, waffling. Here's what you really want, the links to the final chapter of Elfish Welfare:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14758079/chapters/157141885
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12948152/66/Elfish-Welfare

What are the best harmony fics in your opinion. I've seen unlike a sister and in the forest of dean recommend a lot, but besides these 2, what other fics are there?

Hold on Forever by Rob Thomas

(You'll have to click the image to see the full lyrics). Love this song so much, and the lyrics..it's really sweet as a Harmony song imo

I am pretty sure it was a Reptilia28 challenge fic, but it may have been a standard time travel. Anyway, Harry and Hermione are redoing 3rd year, Harry pulls Hermione into a broom closet to discuss something. Remus opens the door wanting them to get to class and Harry calls him Moony, giving away that Harry knows him in some capacity. That’s all I have, I remember nothing else from this story but that scene has been replaying in my head and it’s driving me crazy. TIA!!!

Fics that aren't hosted on the two largest hosting sites. Whether it's another third host like the portkey archive, or an author's personal site like Keira Marcos'.

It’s only going to get worse. I have seen multiple times on the main sub how it’s taboo to even mention Harry and Hermione as a couple. We know that Hermione and Ron is the canon pairing but I feel like this series is going to further double down on it to dismiss all other pairings. I hope JK Rowling takes creative decisions to add series original scenes like the bleach author but it’s just wishful thinking.

There will be a new generation of shippers who will watch the series and just outright hate the non canon pairings and Hermione and Harry is the only one that is actually a threat to the canon one. You will hear many comments like “they are siblings”, “Ron actually challenges Hermione”, “Harry and Hermione can’t get along without Ron’s company” etc.

Recently got back into fics again and managed to do a deep dive on reading fics on AO3. I usually just downloads finished fics on my Kindle and reads WIPs on my phone.

Just this week, I tried to download some new fics and noticed that the amount of Harmony fics is (correct me if I'm wrong or if it's just my filter lol) didn't even reach 10k?

And then I check other fics and see at least 20k, 30k, 35k for different pairings???

I'm not THAT angry, just honestly surprised! It just... I don't know, this fic just makes sense so why are the fics so low? Are they hiding in a different platform???

I just started reading a fic where it starts with Harry and Hermione going back in time to safe Sirius it’s pretty close too the book in the beginning but I can’t find it anymore. Have you got suggestions which one it might be?

Hey everyone it's been a while since I've posted an update on this sub.

I have now have 35 chapters and over 150k words and we have just finished up second year and entered third.

Come on in give my story a read like it follow it give it kudos. And most importantly leave a review! I love hearing my readers thoughts about my writings it literally fuels me.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14309445/0/

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58215655

i actually respond to reviews given on AO3 and will periodically update ffn chapters to respond to recent reviews.

Hope to hear from everyone soon!

Trying to find a one shot where Harry had traveled back in time multiple times trying for the best outcome. In the last run he skipped Hogwarts entirely, but that meant he never befriended Hermione, who was his co-conspirator in previous timelines. He seeks her out at the bookstore she works at (or maybe it was a library?) to pose his situation as a hypothetical and ask if she thinks it was worth it to save so many lives but at the cost of their relationship.

I think there was another story in the series where they talk to Hermione's therapist?

Ideally less than 100k words

I read a story where they have a fallout and like for 10 chapters they spend them suffering, only for everything to be immediately solved in one chapter, just by the power of love and forgiveness, and everything is perfectly fine.

I love drama and angst but when it’s solved in such a way it just leaves me unsatisfied.

In Godric's Hollow, Harry and Hermione turned into a married couple using Polyjuice potion, and then went to visit the graves of-- yes. A married couple. It may/may not mean anything, but just interesting parallels.

Okay, hear me out..Harry and Hermione starting a hugtag game at Hogwarts.

It’s silly, spontaneous, and 100% them. One day, maybe after a particularly rough week, Hermione randomly says, “Hugtag!” Harry’s confused. “What’s that?” Her answer? “You have to drop everything and hug me. Now. That’s the rule.”

Harry plays along, and suddenly—it’s a thing. Any time, any place: Hugtag. In the Common Room, in the middle of revising, while Harry’s chatting with Ron about Quidditch (“Mate, seriously? Now?”), or even after a row when they really need it. Yes, it’s inconvenient. Yes, Ron rolls his eyes.And yes, it gets annoying sometimes..like during important moments, or when he’s deep in a conversation with Ron...And yes, they secretly love it.

And the best part? It doesn’t stop. Even as life changes..through dating, marriage, careers..it’s their thing. Hermione calls “Hugtag!” when they kiss after marriage.Hermione call "Hugtag!" when Harry is nervous for his first day as HeadAuror .She calls "Hugtag!" when Harry’s pacing nervously before the birth of their first kid. Years later, the kids giggle whenever their parents drop everything for an overdramatic hug in the kitchen. “Mom and Dad are doing the hug thing again!”

Harry, by nature, never once calls “Hugtag.” It’s always Hermione. He’s not the type to be spontaneous like that; she’s the one who calls it. He just responds. But when it comes to their tradition, it works.

But here’s where it gets sappy (and I’m not even sorry or maybe...): when Hermione passes away—old and peaceful, surrounded by love..it’s the one thing Harry can’t let go of. It’s in the quiet moments, when he whispers “Hugtag” to himself and feels her there. Not because he wants to call it, but because he’s finally calling out to her, for the first time.

And when his time finally comes? His last word is “Hugtag.” Because he knows...wherever she is, she’s waiting for him with open arms.

Sweet? Yes. Emotional? Absolutely. What do you think about it ?

[ Just a heads up: this is my own idea/headcanon, so if you’re interested in using it for a fanfic or creative project, please reach out to me first! I’d love to discuss it with you, and I’m always open to collaborating.Thanks!]

Do you prefer post war, during hogwarts, during the war, around epilogue? Etc...

currently reading unlike a sister and really enjoying it. Kudos to the author for the amazing story. >! currently in the part where harry views his memories in the pensive when he visited hogwarts, and seeing his interactions with hermione during that time really make me want to read a post war fic after this lol. !<

There’s a fic called always and forever by lorelover, they posted on portkey till it shut down, any chance that author is here and has more chapters?