Author's Note: High Guys, here is another chapter of my story, Person of Interest. Now, I want to just ask you guys on who to pair Daphne with as long as it is not:
Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, or any girl & professors(Just to be safe) . Once again, I got nothing against the third sex but it is just my preference. Now I will just take your answers as a suggestion for the moment and if I remain undecided, I will launch a poll. Thank you guys and have fun watching The Dark Knight Rises.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter series. J.K. Rowling does
First Chapter: Hogwarts 4 years after the Prologue
Point of View: Harry
"Now, may we all welcome a new transfer student here to Hogwarts. I know this quite a unique predicament but this new student had been also into a unique situation herself even until today." Dumbledore said and immediately afterwards the a lot of the male population of Hogwarts started clapping.
"I hope she is hot, mate!" Seamus said while clapping his hands vigorously.
"I am betting 5 galleons that she goes to our year!" George Weasley said.
"Just five? I am betting 10 galleons!" exclaimed by Seamus while still clapping.
Dumbledore then coughed, the sound amplified by a charm, which made the cheers die down and then he said "Now, now, yes she is a girl but she is into quite a special predicament so I expect you boys to give her space as she adjust to our school as a proper Hogwarts gentlemen you all are. This lady that I will welcome you will be joining the 5th year students, as proven by her aptitude test score. Now, without further more interruptions, may I introduce to you the current head of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass, Daphne Jessica Greengrass."
As if on cue, a girl entered the Great Hall and Harry believed she is worth the cheers they were giving her since she is really beautiful. A wavy brown hair that reaches her shoulder blades, emerald green eyes, and pink lips with just the right size. Her body has the right proportions and even suggest that she is athletic. Harry just stares at the girl, gobsmacked like a lot of his fellow Gryffindors, as she walks graciously towards the teachers' table. In Harry's mind, however, her beauty is secondary to what he just heard 'Current head of a family?'. She then stopped in front of Dumbledore and then exchanged some words that Harry can't hear.
"Where is my money, George?" said by Seamus as he teased George.
"Later mate, but bloody hell, it was money well spent." exclaimed by George.
The girl, Daphne, has ended her conversation with Dumbledore and was now going to the students' tables and going, and going, and going to...the Slytherin Table. A collective groan is then given by the students, mostly males, from Gryffindor while the Slytherins were now the ones clapping. "Now, Ms. Greengrass had just told me that she wishes to honor the memory of her late relatives so as of now, she will be joining the House of Slytherin." Dumbledore said as the claps from the Slytherins just intensified. "With that done, we are now done for the night and your schedules will be available to you all with your respective Heads of House tomorrow morning. Good night and have a good night sleep!" said by Dumbledore.
The students then rose from their seats and headed out of the Great Hall. Harry noted, however, that Daphne Greengrass chose to approach Professor Snape and proceeded to have a conversation with him. Harry, along with the rest of Gryffindors, were nearly in the Gryffindor tower when Ron exclaimed "Damn mate, she was almost perfect until she was sorted into the bloody snakes."
"Honestly Ron, she is just a girl and it was her choice to go there." said by Hermione annoyingly to Ron.
"And that is what makes it worse, Hermione"
"Wait guys, what does Dumbledore mean that 'in memory of her late relatives or something' and why is she head of her family at a such young age?" Harry asked to both Hermione and Ron.
"Good question Harry! Wait, why is it?" Hermione then asked Ron.
"Bloody hell, I know something that Hermione doesn't! This night is full of surprises." Ron said as Hermione smacked Ron at the back of his head. "Ok, ok, I will tell you but when we are in the Common Room already. This is actually quite a story. For starters, what happened to her family is almost as famous as Harry himself."
This got Harry into thinking. 'What makes her family so famous anyway? Were they gone like what happened to my family? Or rather, were they instrumental in defeating Voldemort's forces?' is what pondered Harry as they reached the Gryffindor common room.
"Alright guys, first thing you should know is that what happened to her family is one of the most famous or rather infamous events in modern history." Ron said as both Harry and Hermione sat down on the couch.
"Infamous?" Harry asked.
"Yes, well her family is a pretty famous pureblood family and loaded, more or less richer than the Malfoys but what happened was her entire family were killed." Ron said.
"Killed? That's horrible." Hermione exclaimed
"Who killed her family? Death Eaters? Voldemort?" asked by Harry to Ron.
"No Harry since her family back then was neutral, with doubts of being a supporter of You-Know-Who during the war. What happened Harry was that a single man managed to almost eradicated the Greengrass Family from the face of the Earth. That event is known as the Red Wedding since it happen during the Engagement Party, that also doubled as a Family Reunion for the Greengrass family. Back then, a Greengrass lady was engaged to be wed to Arctus Malfoy, uncle of our favourite ferret."
"What was strange is that the man is a muggleborn." Fred suddenly said as he took a seat beside Ron.
"Muggleborn?" Harry asked the two Weasleys.
"Yes Harry, and his name was Christian Hansen. An Auror rumored to be the greatest student of our good old friend, Mad-Eye Moody." George said as he also sat in the same couch Ron and Fred were sitting on.
"What? Why did he do it?" Hermione asked the Weasley Brothers.
"Frankly, no one knows since Hansen was never caught. The purebloods, however, used what happened to the Greengrass family as a propaganda for anti-muggleborn bills and laws, some were ,unfortunately, passed. They were saying that Hansen had stolen the magic of the Greengrass family through Dark Arts. The event made a lot of the neutral families back then to support You-Know-Who. But as I said earlier, no one really knows why he did it or how he did it." Fred said to both Hermione and Harry.
"So, this is why she is important. Her family became the banner for pureblood ideals. She became the symbol of their ideals" Harry stated as the Weasley brothers just nodded in agreement.
"Wait, where did Daphne came from? Why isn't she dead?" Hermione asked.
"We don't know really, in fact we haven't heard that she was alive until tonight. Regardless, that girl is bad news. It would be best that we stay away from her. She may be as bad as Malfoy or worse." Ron stated.
It was only through his honed senses with Harry being Gryffindor's seeker for years that he saw, for a split-second, the frown on Hermione's face. 'Something is going on... ' Harry thought.
" No one knows about her? Then how could the people believe she really is a Greengrass." Hermione asked them once again.
"Short answer, my dear Hermione: Gringotts" said by George.
"Gringotts?" Harry asked.
"Yes Harry, those goblins in Gringotts got the best identity veriification charms for they hold almost everyone's money. It would be a breach of security if someone can just pose as another person and waltz right in to access the vaults. Those goblins would not like that, not one bit. There is no way Dumbledore would call her a Greengrass without verifying it from the goblins of Gringotts." Fred said.
Intrigued, Harry just got more questions than answer and Hermione just vocalized one of the questions he had on his mind. "What? Not even the Ministry knows about her?"
This is now making Harry very curious about Hermione's reactions. If his suspicion was right, he is guessing that Hermione somehow recognized the Greengrass girl. His suspicion is being more proven by Hermione's keen interest with the apparent elusiveness of Daphne Greengrass.
"Like we said, no one even knows she existed until today" Ron once again said to Hermione.
The group had then feel silent until Harry said "Well, I'm going bed now guys so see you all tomorrow." Harry then pondered on Hermione's questions. Other people would surely dismiss it as another symptom of Hermione's thirst for knowledge but for Harry, he sees something more personal about it. Harry has then reached his four-poster bed, found his luggage and then changed into his sleepware. He then lay down on his bed and promise to himself not to question Hermione about until the time was right. With that in his mind the Boy-Who-Lived finally went to sleep.
May I thank the reader plums for pointing out how massive my paragraphs are and how to properly organize the conversations. As you have seen, I have already updated this chapter. Thanks plums