Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
With These Hands
by Kgfinkel
When she was a mere fifteen months old, little Hermione Granger contracted meningococcal septicaemia, strain B while playing at her daycare. The disease ravaged her tiny body forcing her to lose her arms and hands below the elbow. Undeterred by the loss of her limbs, this scrappy child defied the odds and thrived. Inspired by a children's tale about a girl who sings songs to save her home, Hermione childishly wondered if it was possible to sing magic in reality. On that fateful Halloween, young Harry Potter turned his head when Voldemort exploded from Lily's protections which resulted in the magical backlash ripping through his auditory nerves rendering him completely deaf in his left side and 80% hearing loss on his right side. When Sirius found him, he found his godson crying and sporting a nasty lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead. Sirius had no idea of the changes that lay ahead, and the role that Harry would play in them. A nearly deaf boy who signs to communicate and a bionic girl who doesn't let her disability define her. With These Hands, they'll set out to change the world.