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Chapter 5: Introducing Jasmine Potter
The next day Jasmine went with Hermione and Professor McGonagall to Diagon Alley and to Muggle London. Professor McGonagall told her that she could call her Minerva while they were out, but at school she had to call her Professor McGonagall.
Jasmine refused Minerva's offer to pay for everything so first they went to Gringott's Bank. When they made it to the teller the Goblin said,
"Miss Potter, please follow Griphook to see Ragnok. Your Godmother may join you. You're friend can wait in our waiting area. Ask for whatever refreshment you desire."
Jasmine and Minerva followed Griphook to Ragnok's office while Hermione waited for them to return. Griphook knocked 3 times on the door and after being told to come in, led the two of them inside.
"Ah, Miss Potter, Professor McGonagall. Thank you for coming. Griphook, you may go." said Ragnok.
"Why have you asked to see Jasmine?" asked Minerva.
"Well there's the obvious reason of signing documents pertaining to your transition, but also before I was named leader of the Goblins I was the Potter Account Manager. There are some things we need to go over in the will of the Potter family and about some of the House rules that now include you." said Ragnok.
"What rules?" asked Jasmine.
"The rules that deal with continuing the Potter line. The rules of House Potter state that if ever there is one Potter left they are to take on the duties of Head of House whether male or female. If the last Potter is a female, she has 3 years to procure a mate or sign a line continuation contract and two years afterwards to produce two children with at least one of them being a boy." said Ragnok.
Jasmine stared shocked at Ragnok.
"So you're saying that I have to be married or in a line continuation contract by the time I'm 20 and I have to be pregnant twice by the time I'm 22. This has got to be a joke." said Jasmine.
"I assure you it's no joke, Miss Potter and it would be before you're 16 and 18. Which brings me to the will of your parents. They wished for you to take the title of Lord Potter or in this case Lady Potter when you were 13 and for you to start getting trained in how to run an Ancient and Noble House." said Ragnok.
"Why is Jasmine just now finding out about this?" asked Minerva.
"Jasmine didn't come into the bank this year and none of our owls have ever found Miss Potter. We're thinking that there's a ward keeping Jasmine from receiving her mail." said Ragnok.
"Dammit, Albus. He wanted you to go through your early childhood without tons of fan letters coming in. He was supposed to remove the ward when you entered Hogwarts your first year. If you want all the fan mail there's a House Elf that has sorted through everything that's come in. His name is Pipi." said Minerva.
"Here's a letter for Dumbledore demanding that he remove any mail redirection wards from Jasmine otherwise his accounts will suffer." said Ragnok handing Minerva a piece of parchment. "Now to our last order of business. Do you, Jasmine Lily Potter accept the responsibilities that come with being Head of House Potter?"
"You know what? What if I say no to all of this? Being pregnant and married at a very young age. It's ridiculous." said Jasmine.
"If you say no, then you will be given the amount in your trust vault which doesn't even put a dent in the family vault, your House will be stripped of it's lands and titles and you will have nothing. Everything that ties you to your family will be gone." said Ragnok.
"What should I do, Minerva?" asked Jasmine.
"You should take your place as Head of House Potter. It's a difficult road you'll travel, but I've never known a Potter to turn away from a challenge." said Minerva.
Jasmine sat thinking for a bit then looked at Ragnok and said,
"I, Jasmine Lily Potter, hereby accept the responsibilities that come with being Head of House Potter and will henceforth be known as Lady Potter, Head of House Potter." said Jasmine.
When Jasmine finished her oath the Head of House ring appeared on her finger.
"Well now that's done let's get these signatures. I apologize, but it will have to be done with a Blood Quill." said Ragnok.
Minerva explained to Jasmine what a Blood Quill was and she signed all the parchmentwork she had too.
After she was done, Ragnok offered to take them to her vault. Jasmine declined saying she needed some fresh air first then she walked out of the office. She started crying as she headed for the exit and didn't hear Hermione's calls. She made it onto the steps of Gringott's and sat down and cried some more.
Hermione and Minerva let her cry it out for a little bit before making their presence known.
"Jasmine what's wrong?" asked Hermione.
Jasmine wasn't up to talking yet so Minerva told her what had happened.
"That's barbaric she's just a child!" said Hermione after Minerva was finished explaining.
"Hermione, I've told you repeatedly that you need to understand and respect our traditions before you call them barbaric. I'll grant you that it's unfair and that it could've been told to her better, but the Potter's are an Ancient and Noble House and like other Houses of their stature, have these kinds of rules in place." said Minerva.
"Besides, barbaric or not it's done. May we please go shopping?" asked Jasmine standing back up then headed towards Madame Malkin's.
Minerva started laughing.
"What's so funny, Professor McGonagall?" asked Hermione as they followed Jasmine.
"She didn't make a withdrawal from the bank." said Minerva.
BWYAHB
Minerva was exhausted by the time they got back to Hogwarts. Jasmine and Hermione were excitedly going through all of the purchases. Every now and then she would see something pulled out that she wouldn't have approved of.
Madam Pomfrey walked up to Minerva and said,
"She looks so happy."
"Will you make sure Hermione is back in her dorm by curfew? I need to turn in early. Where do they find all this energy?" asked Minerva.
"I don't know. Maybe someone should research it." said Madam Pomfrey.
The two of them laughed then Minerva left. Madam Pomfrey stood there for a minute watching Jasmine and Hermione.
"Teenage girls." said Madam Pomfrey before going back to her office.
BWYAHB
Jasmine was apprehensive. Tonight at the feast she would be seeing all the other students. Madam Pomfrey had kept her in the Hospital Wing over the rest of the holiday, but she would be moving into the third year girls dorm tonight. Hermione had already moved her stuff into the dorm so Jasmine had nothing to do and that led to her pacing that she's been doing for two hours.
"Hello." said a voice.
Jasmine turned around and saw a cute girl with blonde hair and radish earrings.
"Uhm, hello…" started Jasmine.
"Luna Lovegood. And you're Jasmine Potter formerly Harry Potter. But you can relax. He's gone and a strong beautiful girl has taken his place." said Luna.
Jasmine sat down in one of the chairs and said,
"I don't feel very strong right now."
"Well you are. You're finally who you were meant to be and you think that everybody's going to see Harry Potter in a dress. Am I right?" asked Luna. At Jasmine's nod she continued. "Come with me and I'll show you you're wrong."
Jasmine took Luna's hand and they went into the bathroom.
"Look in the mirror and tell me what you see." said Luna.
"I see me." said Jasmine. Luna wanted more so she continued. "I see that I'm a pretty girl and that I am strong enough to make it through tonight. I don't see Harry Potter at all. Just Jasmine."
"And that's who you are." said Luna.
Harry and Luna left the bathroom and Professor McGonagall was waiting for them.
"Miss Lovegood, you were told to stay in your common room." said Professor McGonagall.
"I was told that Jasmine needed me." said Luna.
"Who told you I needed you and how did you know my new name?" asked Jasmine.
"The Nargles." said Luna.
Jasmine had no idea what a Nargle was, but let that go for now.
"Thank you, Luna. You did make me feel better.
"Well you both need to get ready. The rest of the students will be arriving soon. Jasmine, I'll come get you once everyone is in the Great Hall." Said Professor McGonagall.
Jasmine nodded. She still wasn't completely sold on Professor McGonagall's idea of showing her off in front of everyone in the Great Hall, but she had agreed to it.
Professor McGonagall and Luna left and Jasmine got her robes on and after what she thought was too short of a wait, Professor McGonagall was back to get her.
The walk to the Great Hall was quiet and it took all her courage not to turn and run back to the Hospital Wing. They made it to the doors and stopped.
"Are you ready?" asked Professor McGonagall.
"Not really, but let's get this over with." said Jasmine.
Professor McGonagall pushed open the doors and instantly all heads turned to them. Jasmine followed behind Professor McGonagall. There were comments from several students as they walked down the aisle.
"Who's she?"
"She must be a transfer."
"She's beautiful. I hope she's in Slytherin."
Jasmine could've sworn the last was Malfoy. She looked in his direction and sure enough he was staring at her.
They made it to the front and the other heads of house joined them.
"Attention, please. I'd like to introduce you to Jasmine Potter." said McGonagall. There were scattered whispers of Potter and everyone started looking for Harry to see his reaction. When everybody quieted down, Professor McGonagall continued. "Jasmine used to be Harry Potter. She is what the Muggles call Transgender. She is now a young woman and that is how you will treat her. You will use the proper pronouns of she and her. If anyone harasses her or misgenders her and you'll find yourself in detention. Nothing offensive directed at Jasmine for being her true self will be tolerated."
After Professor McGonagall finished, Jasmine headed towards Hermione and Ron at the Gryffindor table stopping only to wave at Susan and Luna.
There was a lot of conversations going on at once like normal and she heard her name and her dead name in some of them.
"So are you moving into our dorm?" asked Lavender.
"Yes. I'll be there after the feast is over." said Jasmine.
"The stairs will let you up?" asked Lavender.
"Yes, the stairs recognized me as a girl even before I transitioned." said Jasmine.
"Are you going to play Quidditch still, Jasmine?" asked Oliver.
"I don't see why not." said Jasmine.
A boy that Jasmine didn't know said,
"Because boys are better at Quidditch than girls."
"Shut up, McLaggen." said Oliver while Gryffindor's Chasers glared at the boy.
After dinner and dessert were finished everyone headed to their common room. As Jasmine was waiting to leave someone bumped into her, but didn't stop. Once inside the common room more questions came at her and she answered some of them before heading up to her dorm. Once inside she started changing out of her robes and found a piece of parchment in her pocket. The parchment said,
Meet me in the trophy room at midnight.
This time I'll show up.
Draco
'Honestly what could he want?' thought Jasmine before slipping on her nightgown and going to bed.
A little before midnight, Jasmine left the dorm and the common room and made her way to the trophy room. She had the map the twins gave her and saw that Malfoy was in there alone so she entered the trophy room. As soon as the door closed, Draco said,
"I didn't think you'd show up."
"I didn't think so either. What do you want?" asked Jasmine seriously.
"After two and a half years you still hate me?" asked Draco.
"Well you haven't done anything to change. You're still an ignorant little toad spawn." said Jasmine.
"If I did change would you give me a chance?" asked Draco.
"A chance for what?" asked Jasmine.
"To be with you." said Draco.
"Be serious, Malfoy." said Jasmine.
"Call me Draco. I am being serious. You're beautiful and I think merging our two families would be a good thing." said Draco.
"Stop, Draco and slow down. I don't even know if I like boys or girls or both. This is still new to me and can you honestly tell me you're ok that I used to be Harry Potter?" asked Jasmine.
"Who you used to be doesn't matter. Who you are now does. Tell you what. If I can change as you said will you at least agree to a date with me? I'll be the perfect gentleman." said Draco.
Jasmine thought for a minute. He did seem sincere, but wanting to change for her is only a start.
"I'll agree to a date if I see real change, but you should really change because you want to. Not just for me." said Jasmine.
"I'll try my best." said Draco.
Jasmine said goodnight to Draco and the two of them walked back to their common rooms. She made it to her dorm without getting caught and laid back down to sleep. After a few minute she sat straight up and said to herself,
"Did I just agree to a date with Draco Malfoy?"
Author's Note: Does anyone think that Draco will really change? The pairing has still not been decided so if you haven't made a suggestion please do so. Sorry the updates to my other stories are slow going. I'm having a little writer's block on them. Thank you for continuing to read.