Chapter 4

"Wh-What do you mean we are betrothed? Don't mess with me, Potter. You will not like the results." Daphne growled. Her face was red with anger and hands were clenched in fists.

"I am deadly serious and definitely, I am not messing with you. You can owl your father and ask him if you want to. Come and find me when you are ready to discuss some terms related to contract." said Harry and walked away.

Daphne was frozen in her place. No, she can't be betrothed to Potter. He was messing with her head, definitely, he was messing. But what if it is true; What if everything he said is true?

With these thoughts, Daphne made her way towards Slytherin common room. But her head was still spinning with the thoughts of Potter, things he said could change her life completely. No way was any of this true, maybe it was one of his pranks. It has to be a prank. She way cut off from her thoughts by Tracey who was waiting for her in common room with a huge grin on her face. She made her way towards her dormitory which she shared with Tracey, Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode. Tracey followed her with excitement.

She dropped her book on the bed and closed the door. She and Tracey were alone in the dormitory. Pansy was obviously with Malfoy and Millicent was in common room. So, they were safe here to discuss anything.

Tracey jumped on her bed and asked "So spill all the juicy details, Daph."

"What?" was the response of Daphne.

"Oh, come on. I am your best friend. You can tell me all the naughty things he said or did." said Tracey with a grin.

"Geez, pull your mind out of gutter, Tracey. He was just pulling my leg, maybe planning a prank. I don't know." she replied in frustration.

"What exactly are you trying to say, Daph?" asked a confused Tracey.

"Hesaidwearebetrothed." replied Daphne still frustrated at Harry.

"Would you mind saying that sentence in English because I am not getting a single thing you are saying." said Tracey.

"HE SAID WE ARE BETROTHED. His exact words were 'He is betrothed to a certain Ice-queen, Daphne Greengrass and I am betrothed to a guy named Harry Potter.' But I don't know if he was serious or not. I mean his face was serious, tone was serious, but I don't know." replied Daphne smashing a pillow on the wall.

"Oh Merlin! You are betrothed to Harry Potter." said Tracey.

"No, I'm not. My parents would have said something if I was, right? But they didn't. So, I think I'm not. But, the way he told me all these, I mean I don't know. He said I can ask my father for the conformation." replied Daphne in very low tone.

"Wow, just wow. I mean you are so lucky. Every girl in this castle would be jumping at this opportunity. He is the prince charming of every girl." said Tracey with a dreamy voice.

"Well, I am not any other girl and definitely I am not thrilled by this information. What if it is true, I will be on the hit list of You-Know-Who alongside him. Death Eaters will be looking for me." finished Daphne in a horrified voice.

Tracey knew Daphne was right. If any of this is true, Daphne will be in danger. A year ago when ministry announced that You-Know-Who was back, there was chaos everywhere. She can still remember Daily Prophet's headline of that day:

YOU-KNOW-WHO RETURNS,

AFTER 13 YEARS, YOU-KNOW-WHO STRIKES AGAIN,

WIZARDING WORLD IN SHOCK.

By the mere thought of that day, she shivered. Now, she understood the seriousness of this situation.

"Daphne, I think you should send a letter to your parents and confirm whether it is true or not. There is no harm in this. And this will also confirm our all doubts whether Harry was telling truth or not." she said looking at Daphne.

"Yeah, I think you are right. I'm going to Owlery and you are coming with me." replied Daphne and with that they were off to Owlery.

In Harry's suite, Harry was standing shirtless in front of a mirror looking at his reflection. There were scars on his body like it wasn't a body of a student but a warrior. They were a few tattoos also. One on his back, one on his chest but the most important one was on his left forearm; there was written 'THE LEGEND' in stylish fonts. There was also a silver sword pendant hanging around his neck. He was back after doing some training in Room of Requirements. He was sweaty and exhausted. He stood there for a few minutes, then picked his clothes and went to bathroom. After ten minutes, he came out well dressed, hiding his scars, tattoos and pendant under his clothes. He placed his wand in his wand holster and marched towards great hall for dinner.

In the great hall, things were quite as compared to this morning. Students were back to their normal uniforms. The effect of prank was no more there. Harry took his seat next to Neville who just smiled at him. Before he could say anything to Neville, he was approached by Weasley twins.

"Oh brother of mine, look who is here." said Fred.

"The almighty Harry Potter." replied George.

"The one who pranked us?" asked Fred.

"The very same brother of mine." replied George.

"Let me introduce ourselves. I am Fred Weasley and this handsome fella is my brother George Weasley." finished Fred pointing towards George.

"Hi, Harry Potter." said Harry shaking their hands.

"Harry, these two are the pranksters of Hogwarts and I have to say, they are very good at their work." informed Neville.

"Why thank you, Neville and you are the one who pranked us." said Fred pointing towards Harry.

"I like you two, you are nothing like your brother" said Harry pointing towards Ron who was giving him glares and then he continued "And yes, it was me who pranked Hogwarts but unfortunately you can't prove that."

Fred and George looked at each other and then at Harry and then George said "It's been a long time since we had a challenger. So, what do you say, are you up for a prank war?"

Harry chuckled and replied with a smirk "Are you guys sure you wanna do this?"

"Heck yeah." responded Fred and George at the same time.

"Well, then Game on, I guess." said Harry and with that Fred and George went back to their seats with huge smiles on their faces.

"Harry, you don't know what you are getting yourself into. I mean a prank war with Weasleys, that's trouble, my friend." said Neville with concern.

"Don't worry, Neville. I can handle those two. By the way, I wanted to ask you something. Whenever Malfoy say something bad about you or your family, why you don't stop him? I mean you are gonna be Lord of house Longbottom one day. So what I am trying to say is you should act accordingly. Don't let yourself get bullied by him." said Harry looking at Neville with a soft expression.

"I am weak, Harry. I am not strong like you, physically or magically. Before you came here, a very few people used to talk to me. I don't have many friends and I don't want to worry my gran by getting into some meaningless fights." said Neville looking at his plate.

"Who told you all this? Who said you are weak?" asked Harry in a commanding voice.

But Neville stayed silent looking at his plate. So Harry continued "You are not weak, Neville and don't you ever say that you don't have any friends. I am your friend and I take care of my friends. So, from tomorrow morning, we are gonna work on your fitness. Get up at 4, start jogging, then some exercise and then a healthy meal and you will be looking like a playboy in no time."

Neville looked at him with a smile on his face and nodded. He was very happy to have Harry as a friend. But his thoughts were interrupted by Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil who were whispering under their breaths looking at each other.

It was Lavender who spoke first "Well Neville, aren't you going to introduce us to your new friend."

Neville looked at them for a moment and then said "Of course. Girls, meet Harry Potter." and then looked towards Harry and continued "Harry, meet Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil."

Harry looked at them with a smirk on his face and said "Hello, ladies. Care to join us for the dinner?"

It was Lavender who replied "Why not, Mr. Potter."

"Please call me Harry, Sugar. Mr. Potter makes me feel old." said Harry looking in her eyes. Lavender was blushing mad at this.

The whole dinner went like this. Harry passing them comments, girls blushing on those comments. They got along pretty well. But then Harry felt someone's eyes on him. He turned around and found Daphne looking at him in anger. He raised his eyebrows at this and Daphne lowered her gaze and started talking to Tracey.

After finishing his meal, he got up, bid girls his farewell, told Neville to meet him at 4:15 a.m. on quidditch pitch and left.

He needed to do something important. He went back to his suite and started his work. After 5 minutes, he was standing in front of mirror in black pants and a black hood. His face was covered with the hood and hands with gloves. He looked at his reflection once and his lips curled into a smirk. And with that, he was gone.

Who said Apparition is impossible inside Hogwarts?

Next morning, Harry was feeling a little bit sleepy and tired. Thoughts of previous night were still in his head. He took a bath and marched towards great hall. He sat next to Neville who was talking to Hermione. When he saw Harry, he handed him Daily Prophet and said "You need to see this. This guy is killing Death Eaters. I mean he is humiliating them. Even fully trained aurors have hard time fighting against Death Eaters and this guy fought with 12 of them last night, alone."

He picked the newspaper and read the headline

THE LEGEND VS DEATH EATERS IN MINISTRY

Last night, 12 death eaters entered via portkey in Hall of Prophecy. Two guards were killed and 3 injured by them, but then 'THE LEGEND' showed up from nowhere and Hall of Prophecy turned into a battlefield. All 12 death eaters were killed by 'THE LEGEND'. Out of those 12 death eaters, 3 were ministry workers.

The curious thing is that none of the death eater was killed by magic. Like always, a sword was used by 'THE LEGEND' to take down all the death eaters. This is not the first time when death eaters are killed by 'THE LEGEND'. From last 8 months, this guy is dropping bodies of the followers of YOU-KNOW-WHO, most of the time using his sword.

Most of the people are calling him a hero, whereas some are completely against him. But the biggest question is who 'THE LEGEND' is? The only thing we know about him is that he has a tattoo on his left forearm with fonts 'THE LEGEND'. It is the reason people started calling him 'THE LEGEND'.

Ministry has announced a prize of 25,000 galleons for revealing the identity of our mysterious hero.

Rita Skeeter.

Harry's lips curled into a smirk after reading this. Last night he killed 12 death eaters in the ministry and returned to Hogwarts. He took a bottle of Whiskey and went to Astronomy tower where he spent his remaining night drinking alcohol and watching the view from the tower. It was difficult for him to sleep even during normal nights because of nightmares. Because of his connection with Voldemort through his scar, he could feel every crucio used by Voldemort on his death eaters. Not that it affects him much, because he was immune to crucio by now, but still the sight of Voldemort torturing people wasn't pleasant at all. Sometimes, he sees the death of his parents in his nightmares. It was hardest thing for him to do, watching his own parents dying again and again.

After a night like this, sleep was the last thing he wanted. He didn't like killing people. He killed them because it was the right thing to do. If he won't do it, they will kill innocent people and he can't let that happen.

He was pulled out from his thoughts by Neville who asked "You alright?"

"Yeah, I am fine. Just thinking about something. So tell me, what you think about this guy?" said Harry.

"Well, he is not doing anything wrong. He is fighting against death eaters and protecting innocent people. He is a HERO –"replied Neville.

But he was interrupted by Hermione who was looking furious "No, he is not a hero. He is killing people. It is wrong. He doesn't have any authority. And if he is a hero, why is he hiding his face?" she finished looking at both of them.

"And you are?" asked Harry.

"I am Hermione. Hermione Granger." replied Hermione extending her hand.

Harry shook her hand and said "Harry Potter and now the answer of your question. Have you ever considered that he is doing this only for the protection of people? Or do you think that he enjoy killing those people, Hermione?"

Hermione looked at Harry and said "First of all, it is not the answer of my question and I don't know. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. But definitely it is wrong."

Harry knew it would be foolish arguing with this girl. He knew her type very well, always following rules, teacher's pet and desperate to score first position in everything. So, he decided to drop the topic "Well, I can't change your opinion and now, I think we should go to our classes before we get late fighting with each other on a silly topic." replied Harry.

Hermione and Neville nodded and Harry asked "So Neville, what do we have first?"

Neville looked at his timetable and said in a barely audible voice "Potions, with Snape."

A/N

Hope u guys liked it.

Harry/Daphne relationship will be complicated for a while, not too much romance.

In next two chapters, most of the Harry's past will be revealed.

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Next chapter will be updated in a week.

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