A/N: Thank you for guys for supporting the story. I love all the reviews that I have got. I would be updating this story at least once if not twice everyday till the end of this month. I do have a question should I increase my pace of the story?

By the 16th of September things seem to have settled down in Hogwarts. The new students have gotten used to their surroundings and the older students are back to their usual routine. There was no dramatic stories to tell during those couple of weeks barring speculations about Moody's Past or the upcoming tri-wizard competition.

My parents did reply back to my letter, well at least mother did anyways. Dad is still grumpy about the fact that he would be the one to make the announcement. My mother is actually really proud of me for taking such a mature view of the situation. She informed about her correspondence with Andromeda Tonks, Harry's magical guardian regarding the Christmas dinner. The latter half of her letter was her teasing me for being jealous of Astoria. Which I just strait out ignored.

My main concern though had been about getting Astoria adjusted to her new life in Hogwarts but it seemed as that Harry took care of everything. Apparently he spends a lot of time helping his juniors. I think that he spends this much time with his juniors so that he could avoid his gryffindor classmates more specifically the Longbottom group. Even during classes he sits away from any of the Gryffindors from what I have heard. At least I am glad to say that in all the classes that we share, he has sat beside me. No matter how much that fact annoyed Tracy but then again she is getting her chance to sit with Nott so I know there are no hard feelings

Harry doesn't even sit in the gryffindor table for meals baring the welcome feast. During breakfast he always sits with me in the Slytherin table where we would discuss our study plan and schedule for the day. During Lunch he would sits with Susan Bones and Hannah Abbot in the Hupplepuff table. I would join him occasionally when we had the same class after lunch. While for dinner he would always sit with Astoria without discussing how their day went.

With the amount of time we have spent together we have gotten quite comfortable with each other. The two of us share a similar sense of humor and we have a lot in common to talk about. Even while we work together, he pushes me to do my best while I help giving him a second opinion of his work. Its been slow but the two of us have been are working on a building a solid friendship if not more. With each passing day I get hopeful that might be the one I could give my heart to.

"Hey Daphne, don't zone out on us like that." Tracy said while poking my ribs. I just send her an icy glare. "wow, calm down. You can day dream about Potter later"

"I wasn't dreaming about Potter"

"Whatever you say. Anyways have you read today's news?"

"No not yet. Why?"

"Oh then you might want to read this." She hands me her edition of the Prophet.

The headline reads:

MASS MURDERER WRONGLY ACCUSED

Yesterday in the monthly wizengamot session Amelia Bones, the head of the DMLE, raised a motion for the trial of mass murderer Sirius Black. It seems that the Azkaban escapee was not the person who had betrayed the Potters on all hallows eve of 1981 when they sacrificed themselves to save their godson Neville Longbottom the-boy-who-lived.

Everyone in the magical world knows the story of the boy-who-lived. How he was under the Potter's care while his parents were away. After all Lily Potter was the godmother of Neville Longbottom and their house was protected by the Feidelius Charm for extra protection. It was a sad day that two great people would sacrifice their life to save a son who wasn't even their blood weakening you-know-who and creating a strong shield to stop the killing curse.

By questioning him under veritaserum we have discovered that it was Peter Pettigrew that was the original secret keeper not Sirius Black and that Pettigrew framed Sirius Black for his own murder. It was also confirmed by Sirius Black that Peter Pettigrew is indeed alive who's whereabouts are currently unknown. The order of Merlin recipient has been stripped of all his titles and is sentenced for the Dementor's Kiss when captured.

After the trial when we approached Lord Black for comments he said "I am glad to finally be a free man. I hope that no person suffers the fate I did." When we asked about what he is going to do next he replied "I'm going to spend some quality time with my family and would be meeting my godson on the weekend."

Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge refrained to comment from the topic while Lord Longbottom, father of the boy-who-lived was glad such an injustice was corrected.

"Sirius was a great friend of mine when we were in school. It personally hurt me when we first learnt that he was almost responsible for the death of my son. I am glad to finally learn the truth that my friend had not betrayed my trust after all. I do hope that the Aurour department find and punish Pettigrew for his crimes."

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"Harry did you read today's news?" Nott asked as Harry sat down for breakfast.

"Is it about the Black trial?"

"Yah, How did you know?"

"well seeing as my aunt Andy is his legal council I got to know about the result on yesterday."

"Aunt Andy?"

"Andromeda Tonks nee Black. Eldest of the Black sister. Partner to Tonks and Tonks law firm."

An idiot that Draco was just had to comment about who Harry was living with. "You live with a blood-traitor." The look of hatred that Harry gave Draco for that comment scared all of us.

"Heir Malfoy" Harry responded with a cold and calculated voice. A hint of warning to Draco. "I do hope that your mother has informed you, seeing as she is a black by blood, that Andromeda Tonks and her daughter Nymphadora Tonks have been reinstated to the Black line. I would advise you to watch what you say about the Blacks in front me as I am the heir presumptive till such time that Lord Black doesn't produce an heir of his own. If not then I can use my rights as heir presumptive to annul you mothers marriage and disown you from the Black line."

Now that was news. Nobody knew that Harry was the heir presumptive of the Black. By the time Harry is of age he would be holding 2 of the most powerful seats in the wizengamot. With the Black and Potter seats he gets a variety of family alliances that are both light and dark. The notable families in his alliance would be the Longbottom, the Bones, the Malfoy and the Lestranges. With us getting married he would most probably take over my father's seat too seeing as he doesn't have a male heir. Harry could probably become one of the richest and most influential wizard in Britain if not the world. I am surprised my parents haven't made the news official, I am sure grandfather did a thorough background check so he would have known this.

Draco Malfoy however chose to ignore how much authority Harry could command in the wizarding world. He was still in the fantasy land where he was the prince of Slytherin. "How dare you claim my title. I am the heir of the Noble and Ancient house of Black. A half blood like you can't lead the House of Black. You don't even have Black blood to claim the title." Yup Draco Malfoy had defiantly dug his grave by ignoring Harry's warning.

"Malfoy" that was all Harry said and everyone in the great hall fell quite to listen. "As you are but an insolent child I will answer the questions that you have raised about my heritage but your behavior will not go unpunished." Malfoy visibly shrunk in size, scared of the consequences of his actions.

"For your information, heir Malfoy, I do have the Blood of the most Noble and ancient house of Black through one Dorea Black who married Charles Potter and had a son James Charles Potter on 27 March of 1960. The same James Potter who is my father. So Malfoy it will do well to remember that my grandmother is your mothers aunt and if what Aunt Andromeda say's is correct, my grandmother was your mother's favourite aunt."

"Leaving that aside. Seeing that I am the godson of Sirius Black, the current Lord of the Most Noble and Ancient house of Black I do hold a highest rank as Heir to the Black Family till such time he doesn't have an heir himself." This caused a few gasps from the students in the great hall. Draco had turned as pale as a ghost as he began to understand who exactly he had insulted

"Seeing that I have answered why I am the heir presumptive of the House of Black, I hear by sentence your punishment with the powers vested in me being the heir to your line. For your wrongful accusation on me I hereby state that all alliances between the house of Black and Malfoy are on a standstill. There will be no interaction between the house Malfoy and Black, barring one Narcissia Malfoy nee Black, till such time Heir Draco Malfoy apologizes with to Heir Harry Potter-Black for his deeds. So be mote."

It was visible how shaken Malfoy was due to the whole ordeal. He didn't even dare to comment with his trade mark 'wait till my father hears of this' comment. If Draco wasn't a single child he would have been disowned for his actions.

"Harry my boy. Do you need to take such drastic methods." Professor Dumbledor started in his grandfather tone showing his displeasure of Harry's action.

"Professor Dumbledor, this is a family matter. Please do not get yourself involved. You do not have any say in this as you are not a Black." Harry didn't even give Dumbledor a chance to respond. He just left the great hall to find his peace.