Harry had to stop for a moment as he suddenly had his arms full of Granger girls. Dan looked ready to go looking for another knife - and then use it on whoever had done that to Harry. Getting himself back under control, having Hermione and Emma clinging to him certainly helped with that, Harry gave them the bad news that neither of the teens had considered at the time.
"Hermione is my very best friend, and both of us are working to ensure we are everything to each other as we get older, but just the thought that I could have lost that terrifies me. She's seen who I really am, and what it took to get me here, yet still loves me. You don't need me to tell you how special Hermione is, and I want that special someone by my side for the rest of my life. The bond helps us move toward that goal every single day but the initial part was the scariest thing I've ever faced. That's really been the only downside to the whole experience, something that we could possibly have avoided if we'd known what would happen - and had time to discuss it before putting the rings on."
Hermione gently kissed Harry's lips as Emma sat back in her own seat and reached for Dan's hand. "I'm ready whenever you are. Dan. These two have been open and honest with us since meeting them in that restaurant, it's time for us to do the same. I can't go back to being that cold version of myself again. If these will help us move forward, I'm willing to give it a try."
Dan's wide smile provided its own answer but he replied anyway. "I'm in, but with one condition. If I act like a buffoon again, one of you needs to slap me around the back of the head."
He leaned over and kissed his wife, before turning to watch Harry take a pair of open bracelets from an exquisitely made box. The bracelets were just under half an inch wide and about an eight of an inch thick - also clearly made of a high carrot content gold. Five stones, they surely couldn't be diamonds, were in alignment down the centre of each bracelet. Carvings, that Hermione was telling them were runes, also made each of the bracelets works of art - and probably worth a fortune each.
"The stones act as battery cells, collecting ambient magic and storing it to power the runes. If you're sure about this, Harry and I will push magic into them before you put them on."
With both her parents nodding, they each held a bracelet between their hands and used their rings to pour magic into the stones. Those stones were sparkling with magic as Hermione slipped her bracelet onto her father's wrist, while Harry repeated her actions with Emma. All held their breath as nothing appeared to happen for at least ten seconds, before a visible pulse of magic jumped between the two bracelets.
Emma was heard to mutter an 'oh my' before her eyes slowly rolled in her head. Dan didn't even manage that before his eyes closed. Harry was using his magic to stop either of them slipping to the floor, though Dan and Emma's hands were still joined.
Hermione was running medical scans on them, scans that were telling her they were sleeping - and their biorhythms had synchronised. "Maybe we didn't think this through enough, or pushed too much magic into the bracelets, or both."
"Hermione, let's just move them onto you bed. They'll be comfortable there."
"Great idea, I'll be comfortable on that couch."
"We'll be comfortable there, we need to monitor them all night."
As they levitated Dan and Emma onto Hermione's bed, she couldn't resist chuckling. "This is the first time I've ever had to put my parents to bed. Do you think they'll give us a rollicking for spending the night together?"
"Since your dad hasn't stopped grinning since you put that bracelet on him, I would say probably not. We'll need to get some sleep anyway, shopping tomorrow."
"Harry, I'm willing to bet Luna, Ginny, Millie, Susan and Hannah won't get much sleep tonight either. All were far too excited to sleep when we came up here after dropping that little surprise on them."
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