the_debt_of_time

That pretty much magically made her your family, Harry. Not your sister exactly, she would
need to be adopted into the Potter family for that to happen. But, she's tied to you forever.
Do you understand?"
Harry nodded, his expression holding no regrets over what he had said to Hermione
earlier in the evening.
"Some bonds are stronger than others, and some witches and wizards are magically
in tune with them. Mia could actually see the bonds when she meditated. Came in pretty
handy once or twice," Sirius said with a short laugh. "I can't see them myself, but I
can feel some of them. Like little tiny strings pulling at you."
Harry took a moment and closed his eyes. "I think I feel it, er... them. Like
something right here." He pointed to his chest. "It's pulling in different directions. What
does that mean?"
"Which directions? How many can you feel?"
"Not sure. One for sure goes straight to you."
"That'll be the Familial Bond. It's one of the two you've had sealed. They're stronger
that way," Sirius explained.
"So, what does this have to do with... ?" Harry began, and Sirius could tell that he
was trying to bring the subject back to Hermione.
Sighing softly, Sirius licked his lips and whispered, "Mia and I shared a Soul Bond."
"You were soul mates with my aunt?" Harry asked, eyes widening. "Wow."
"Yes," Sirius confirmed with a slightly jerky nod of his head. "It's very rare."
"What was that like?"
Sirius laughed uncomfortably. "Intense," he said first and then added, "awkward,
uncomfortable, horrible, wonderful, awful."
Harry frowned. "I don't understand."
"I didn't want the bond at first," Sirius told him. "I thought it meant that magic
would force us together, and that we wouldn't have a choice. I'd gone my whole life being
told what to do. I already had my parents ready to force me into an arranged marriage I
knew would be terrible, and I didn't want some magical force to do the same thing, and
I... I loved Mia too much to let her be treated similarly. I thought she deserved better
than me. So it was awful. But bonds kind of make you protect the other. You want them