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Chapter 19

December 25th 1988

Greengrass Manor

A tired Harry Potter woke on Christmas morning to a friendly and all too familiar voice.

"Happy Christmas, Harry!"

Harry blearily opened his eyes blinking in blurry vision before he fumbled with his glasses on his nightstand and slid them on to see a smiling Daphne Greengrass standing at the foot of his bed.

"Happy Christmas, Daphne," he returned the holiday greeting.

"Thanks for the potions ingredients!" said an enthusiastic Daphne who was clutching a small wooden box to her side.

Harry smiled, "I'm glad you like it."

Daphne then handed him a wrapped present.

Gingerly holding the package he looked up to see Daphne smiling at him. He tentatively opened his Christmas present looking down at it. His eyes immediately brightened at what he saw. He was holding a silver and green book.

Opening it up, what soon got his attention was the pictures within it. He was looking down at his own smiling face, with Daphne right beside him smiling and waving back up at him.

There were several photos of the two of them in fact.

"Wow," Harry looked at the pictures that included the first magical pictures of him that he could actually remember being taken. However, that wasn't why his throat was so dry or why he could feel tears threatening to come out. It was because he was looking down at him and his best friend..

"Do you like it?" asked Daphne tentatively. She seemed to take his silence poorly, fearing he didn't like her choice of gift "I know we will meet various people over the years and who knows what the future holds but you're my first real friend Harry and I want to document these times". .

Harry turned to her with a smile that threatened to split his face in half. "I love it!"

She smiled brightly at this statement

Harrys eyes roamed the pictures for a few more seconds before he placed them on the nightstand.

"Lets go downstairs now shall we"Daphne said "I think theyve got some other presents for us".

SCENE CHANGE

Harry was surprised by Christmas with the Greengrass Family.

The Greengrass Parents had gotten and Daphnes relatives even though they wernt here all contributed to getting Harry and Daphne a large collection of two dozen or so books that included a lot of different texts

Cyrus and Adeline had told the two that they knew of their interest in knowledge and decided to get them a good amount of books so they could learn even more.

Harry and Daphne would share the books and let each other know the important infromation.

That's what they were doing with all their other books anyhow.

Harry tried to not let the joy of Christmas be tempered by the annoyance that the Potters had not sent him anything.

Master Dao also sent Harry scrolls that had information about Martial Arts and Elemental Control that he couldnt wait to look into.

The remainder of the Holidays was a blur for Harry . He remembered spending a lot of wonderful time with Daphne,Astoria and their parents at their home in Northern France.

Sad that they didint get to visit anywhere but Harry enjoyed himself as he spent a lot more time with Daphne. The two were already good friends and were forming an even closer bond.

But soon the Holidays were over and Harry and Daphne had packed up their belongings and were getting ready for their second term of their first year. Harry was sure that he would never have a better Christmas holiday as the one he had with the Greengrass family but he hoped he was proved wrong.

So that was where Harry found himself the last morning of his holiday pushing his trolley through the crowd of muggles as he approached Platform Nine and Three Quarters.

Harry looked over his shoulder to see the Greengrass family behind him. Adeline and Cyrus were both smiling down at him as was Astoria though her attention soon shifted to Hedwig while Daphne came up alongside him with her own small smile.

Soon the crimson Hogwarts Express greeted Harry and the Greengrasses when they stepped through the magical barrier.

Dozens of families littered the platform as parents said goodbyes to their children. Younger siblings watched on morosely knowing that they wouldn't be seeing them again until the summer holiday.

Harry and Daphne pushed their trolleys through the crowd until they reached the train turning where the Greengrasses then said their last goodbyes to Harry and Daphne before leading them to the train helping Harry and Daphne with their luggage.

Goodbyes were exchanged again, as were promises to write and warnings to be good before the kids entered the corridors pulling their trunks just as the train lurched to life.

Harry was touched by the Greengrasses wanting him to write to them.

Once they got on the train and found a compartment Harry noticed that Daphne seemed troubled.

"Something wrong Daph?"He asked.

She sighed "Fawley"She said "I worry now that Fawley and a lot of the other Purebloods have gotten to go home and consult with their parents. They may be out to get you again. Especially Fawley would especially want revenge for you beating him up".

"I know"Harry said "Ive been working on learning as many spells as i can and so far ive got down Orchideous,Serpensortia,Tergeo, ,Verdillious,Wingardium Leviosa,Avis,Muffliato,Multicorfors, . .Orbis, .Avenseguim,Avifors,Aberto,Partis Temporus, .Prior Incantato, ,Repello .Riddikulus,Scourgify,Carpe .Reducio.. .Mobilicorpus,and Slugulus Eructo"

"That's 38 Spells"Daphne said sounding impressed.

"Most of which are absolutely useless in a fight"Harry said "But i'm going to spend a good amount of time now practicing those spells and seeing what i can do without a wand as well as spending some time on my Martial Arts moves".

"You know how many moves is that actually"Daphne asked.

Harry mentally counted in his head.

"Probably somewhere around 190 or so,"He said.

"Wow"Daphne said impressed "That's a lot do you think that those could be used against the Slytherin Purebloods when you deal with them again",

"Probably "Harry replied "Martial Arts are ment to be used in combat anyhow".

Daphne nodded "We should find Spiers "She said and the two of them talked a bit more before looking to see who else on the train that they could find.

SCENE CHANGE

When they got back Harry did notice Theodore Fawley glaring at him a few times but strangely didint say anything.

And soon weeks passed,with nothing happening, For Harry and Daphne now after the first few months had passed classes started to be so easy that they found it almost boring and they continued to not interact with other students other than Edmund Spiers. Not that they wanted to, with a lot of Slytherin looking to be a bunch of Pureblood bigots and most of which seemed to prefer to avoid the two of them, besides Spiers. Daphne and Edmund soon almost became his shadow, it was very rare to see Harry without his two friends.

They spent most of their time in the library studying anyhow, Edmund and Daphne studyed their first year books, and Harry searched for things that caught his interest.

He was really interested in learning more about Parseltoung.

Most spells witches and wizards knew today where in Latin but there were spells in other languages and Harry was curious if there was Parselmagic out there.

Sadly there wasnt much out there on that but Harry would keep looking.

After a few weeks of hanging out with Edmund Spiers, Harry and Daphne found that they did enjoy his company. He was quiet, more mature than most children his own age and Harry could have an intelligent conversation with him

Today was one of the few times that Daphne and Edmund weren't with Harry having other things to get done while Harry finished up in the library..

Seeing that it was almost curfew Harry packed his things and left the library. He made his way to the common room, said the password and entered.

As soon as he went in Harry knew that something was different. He felt a shiver go down his spine and discretely looked around the room. He immediately noticed that no Slytherin first years were present and that there was a group of five older boys that were separate from both groups, they had cruel smiles on their faces and were looking at him with contempt and hate.

It was Theodore Fawley,Marcus Flint,Lucian Bole,Jake Flinton and Alex Sykes

Harry knew immediately what it was about.

He now only had a matter of seconds to decide how he was going to react and how he could make it so that the situation could be used to his advantage and to ensure he didint get seriously hurt.

Before he could think more about it the five students were in front of him and Bole shoved him against the wall, making his head hit the stone and leaving him a bit dazed. Flinton and Sykes held his arms and the other three made a barrier in front of him.

"I think it's time that you learn how things work around here Potter," Fawley said in a tone that Harry had no doubt Fawley thought was menacing but was not intimidating at all, Harry had to stop himself from rolling his eyes, it was completely ridiculous, "It's time that you learn where your place is. You are nothing more than a disgusting half-blood, who shouldn't even be allowed into Hogwarts much less be able to consort with those in the noble House of Slytherin. You are worth nothing. Your place is at my feet, licking my shoes, it's the only thing you're useful for. And you are going to learn that, one way or another." And Fawley and the rest took their wands out of their pockets.

Before Fawley started to speak Harry was only planning to do enough so that he would come out of this without injury, but now he was angry. He was worth nothing? His place was at his feet?

And implying that he was unworthy to be friends with Daphne.

If there was something that he could not tolerate it was an insult against his friend.

"I see," whispered Harry, but everyone in the common room heard him, making more than one student shiver, "and who is going to, supposedly, put me in my place?"

"Me!" growled Fawley pointing his wand at Harry.

Everyone was shocked then as Harrys eyes briefly glowed white before Harry did something that surprised every one of them, he laughed. Harry laughed and most students felt their blood freeze, it was cold and cruel and nothing like a laugh should be. And when Harry lifted his head the boys took a step back instinctively. Harry's eyes shone with magic and a sadistic smile made his face seem demonic.

Harry lifted both of his hands, the movement followed by all those present, and put one hand on one of the arms of the boys holding him, the next moment the silence in the common room was broken by two agonizing screams coming from Flinton and Sykes

What the other Slytherins could not see was when Harry touched their arms he was sensing their bodys feeling their blood that ran through their body like water.

He then found multiple blood vessels which he burst.

Both Flinton and Sykes then let go of Harry immediately, holding their arm to their chest not appearing to have any injuries but he knew serious damage had been caused.

Having taken care of the small inconvenience of being restrained, Harry turned his attention to Fawley,Flint and Bole. Fawleys two friends lifted their wands in his direction, but before they could even open their mouths to say a spell, Harry had already acted focusing on their bodys blood and soon twin screams filled the common room as Harry forced their bodys to bend and slam into each other hard.

Harry was then focused on Fawley, however he didn't lose sight of the rest of the room, not missing the pale faces of some students, nor the fear that some of them couldn't hide.

That made Harry pause.

He didint want people to fear him.

He just wanted to change the attitude around Pureblood Supremacy that seemed to permiate their society and not become another Dark Lord.

"You're going to put me in my place?" inquired Harry softly, never taking his eyes of Fawley. Moving with speed he was soon standing in front of Fawley and quickly took the wand from his hand, "May I know how you plan to do that?"

Even though his tone was perfectly friendly, his eyes promised pain and Fawley lost any and all color that he had in his face.

"I am a little annoyed with what you tried to do to me and what you have said about Daphee Fawley," Harry informed the other boy "Even though i believe this world is messed up ive been content to just mind my own business until youve forced my hand, which, I have to admit, annoys me a little bit."

"And all for what,because of blood?" continued Harry, "Tell me, how is your pure blood helping you now?" Harry asked "After all your pureblood friends are currently incapacitated.

"What matters is not the blood Theodore, it is the magic. Do you understand?" inquired Harry, as if he was a professor asking his student a question.

Despite the pain Fawley lifted his head and looked Harry in the eyes, he didn't know if it was a rhetorical question but he answered either way.

"I u-u-understand."

Harry felt a hand on his shoulder.

It was Daphne.

Seeing her worried and concerned face Harry started to calm down.

He snapped Fawleys wand and then.

"You," Harry said looking at four other students"Take them to the infirmary."

The Slytherins didn't even think twice about obeying him and a few moments later they had left the common room with the four injured boys levitating in front of them and Fawley hurrying behind them and holding the wand that Harry had tossed back to him .

Harry observed the common room "I hope that the rest of you are not as stupid as Fawley was seeing as I would not be, at all, pleased if, due to your stupidity, I or Daphne were in any way harmed."

Harry was rather satisfied when he saw some of them nod and others looking at him with understanding and respect in their eyes.

The whole situation in Slytherin House had changed.

The Slytherin Power structure had been shaken up.

Not wasting time he and Daphne went to his room to get away from the Common Room.

As he described to Daphne about what had happened he was shocked instead by her hugging him and soon he felt tears on his shirt.

He tried his best to comfort her.

"Shh"Harry said "Its ok,im still here and i'm not going anywhere anytime soon"

I'm not going anywhere.