Author Note If your wondering why I reposted this chapter I found some issues that I wanted to fix and work out to make this story even better
I've gotten rid of all future Master Dao training sessions since people have been saying their to much like lists which was not my intention
I do listen to all of your reviews and do change and fix issues/mistakes when they are pointed out to me
Thanks for reading, reviewing and I hope you enjoy
Chapter 23
January 14th 1990
Hogwarts
Harry never expected that everything in Slytherin would get so crazy all of a sudden.
Ever since the year had begun Harry and Daphne had spent most of their time either training in Martial Arts or working on their Animagus Forms.
So they were not as aware of what was going on in Slytherin House as they probably should have been.
And Edmund had not been spending a lot of time in the Common Room either.
They did not notice the increasingly gang warfare that was breaking out between Fifth Year Muggle Born Jonathan Spratt who inspired by Harrys defeat of Fawley the previous year had wanted to change Slytherin and had gathered a good number of students to help him out.
Theodore Fawley though had come back from last year changed and had gathered his own group to stop Spratts group.
Gang Warfare in Slytherin House.
Who would have guessed that would have been the result of Harrys actions last year.
And it had all boiled to a head on an ordinary Sunday afternoon.
Harry and Daphne were walking back to the Common Room from the Library but when they entered they did not expect what they saw.
Over Three dozen Slytherins were firing spells at each other around the Common Room.
Harry saw Edmund behind a couch and he and Daphne rushed over to him.
"What's going on?"Harry demanded.
"It's Fawley,"Edmund gasped. "He and Spratt and their groups got into an argument and started throwing spells at each other".
Harry paled.
He then saw Warrington lift his head and shout "Serpensortia".
A Black Mamba appeared very close to Daphne.
She looked at it in shock.
As the closest person to it the snake soon started to slither towards Daphne.
"No"Harry yelled "Dont hurt her".
The snake stopped.
And so did everyone else in the Common Room.
Harry looked around and saw everyones surprised face.
He looked at Daphne and saw that she looked thankful and shocked.
Harry met her eyes to sort of ask if he had just done what he thought he had done.
She nodded.
Parseltoung.
What a wonderful way for that ability to come out.
Well if he was may as well use this to his advantage then.
"Snake"He said "Where do you come from".
"Speaker"The snake replied "I originate from the swamps".
The Swamps.
Oh well.
"Is there a way for me to be able to send you back?"He asked.
"Yes"The snake hissed "I have heard several of the other humans use this spell Vipera Evanesca".
"Ok"Harry said and then.
"Vipera Evanesca".
He was then able to get the snake hopefully back to its home place but as Harry turned around to see a astonished common room he realized that he had not used his wand.
Oh that was nice.
Seeing Daphne looking at him Harry quickly walked up to her and held out his hand to her that she took before they two of them hurried up to their rooms.
SCENE CHANGE
Harrys was woken from his dreams to see a bunny rabbit hopping up and down on him.
"What?"He said groggily, "Daph get off me please"He asked.
The rabbit then hopped off the bed and turned into Daphne Greengrass who was laughing heavily.
"Sorry Har"She said "I couldnt help myself".
Harry rolled his eyes and got out of bed.
Well good enough time as any to work on his Martial Arts Practice.
"What are you going to be doing then?"Harry asked.
Daphne pointed to her Potions books that where on a chair on the other side of the room.
"I'm going to be doing some reading"She said "Currently i need to figure out some more ingredients I need to get for my own Potions supplies".
"Currently i have all these ingredients and my goal is that i would be able to make all of these all at once"Daphne said pointing to her list.
Harry was impressed
His friend definitely knew her Potions and was probably the best Potions student in the school.
Snape loved her for that.
Shaking his head Harry decided to focus on writing down what was in his dream.
SCENE CHANGE
After having given the instructions Professor Snape then told the class "And this leaves you with the Girding Potion which may be consumed to increase one's endurance for a considerable number of weeks. I do warn those of you who wish to experiment with this potion that the maximum dosage is no more than two of these vials."
"You and your partner have an hour to complete this potion".
As Harry went to go get the Dragonfly thoraxes,Flying Seahorses,Doxy eggs,and Fairy wings Daphne started to get the Cauldron ready.
Walking back to their table Daphne and Harry started working on their Girding Potion and soon before they knew it their potion had turned the proper green and they had gotten done only using fourty or so of the sixty allocated minutes.
Turning in their Potion to Professor Snape they sat down where Daphne took out some of her Transfiguration Homework to complete and Harry took out a book about Elemental Essentials that he had gotten from Master Dao who he was interested in learning from again over the summer.
As Harry was reading through the text though he was distracted by another Slytherin that passed by there table and dropped off a note.
When the two of them left the Potions room Harry showed Daphne the letter from the student Raymond Shnider.
"It up to you Harry"Daphne said "Just be careful".
"I always will"Harry reassured her as the two of them headed down to the Great Hall for Lunch.
SCENE CHANGE
In April the Second years were given something new to think about during the Easter time had come to choose their subjects for their third year,a matter that Harry and Daphne took very seriously.
They had to choose to study at least two elective subjects for their third years to fifth years; with the options being Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, Muggle Studies and Study of Ancient Runes.
"This could very well affect our whole future"Daphne said to Harry as they pored over the list of new subjects,marking them with checks.
"Maybe"Harry said nodding.
"So what do you think looks the most interesting"Daphne asked.
"Hmm"Harry pondered
Earlier he had talked a bit with their other friends/aquaintances Edmund Spiers,Raymond Schnider,and George Horrigan about their classes.
Harry wanted to learn in class but he also didint want to take a ton of classes that would suck up all of his free time
"I think that for me Arithmancy and Study of Ancient Runes sound the most appealing"Harry said.
Daphne nodded.
Harry saw that Daphne then marked down Arithmancy and Runes on her list for electives.
"You know you dont have to choose the same electives that i do Daph"Harry said.
"I know"Daphne said "I just want to make sure that when im taking a class im with someone i know so we can help each other if the class gets challenging".
Harry nodded and then opened up the edition of the Daily Prophert that had just landed.
Corenlius Fudge had just been appointed Mimister of Magic to replace the elderly Millicent Bagnold under the slogan"A Fair Deal for Wizards Who Deal Fair with Muggles."
Bagnold had been Minister of Magic for a decade now and it would be interesting to see how Fudge would change things up.
Finishing their class selections and their breakfast Harry and Daphne went to hand in their sheets to Professor Snape before heading off to class.
SCENE CHANGE
Daphne was walking down a corridor a few days later after an excursion to the Library to finish her Transfiguration homework.
Harry was busy meeting with Professor Snape about next year's classes.
Daphne had already met with Professor Snape about her class choices earlier.
As she was walking Daphne did not notice a wand being raised behind her.
"Petrificus Totalus".
Daphne fell to the ground petrified as Theodore Fawley and several other Slytherins stepped out from behind statues.
SCENE CHANGE
Harry had just finished up a talk with his head of house Professor Snape about his classes for next year and was walking back to the common room when he felt a sharp pain.
His instincts were telling him that something very wrong was going on.
"Daphne"He gasped.
Knowing that she had been in the library Harry worked his way to the library from the Potions classroom.
He knew he was not overreacting,something had to be wrong and what else could it be.
Hurrying up several flights of stairs Harry finally saw Daphne and a sight that made his blood boil.
He knew what he needed to had done this before and could do it a lot better now.
Focusing on the five boys attacking Daphne, Harry viciously bent and twisted their blood forcing their bodys to move like marianette puppets.
Harry did not know if he would be able to do all five of them at once and was pleasantly surprised when he was able to.
Soon all five boys were standing stiff and rigid.
Fawley glared at him "What do you think you're doing?"He said.
At that Harry grew furious "What am i doing"Harry roared "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING GOING AFTER DAPHNE".
He then moved them so they were all on the ground kneeling.
His anger demanded more but Harrys rational side then stepped in and he just stunned the boys.
Looking at them more closely he identified Fawley,Bole,Warrington,Bletchley and Montague
They wherent important though.
He turned to kneel down and wake up his friend.
"Finite Incantatem"
"Daph… it's okay… they're gone now. You're safe… you're going to be alright," he said carefully.
Daphne came out of her petrified state in a daze.
She then saw Harry and embraced him before starting to sob.
Harry rubbed her back trying to calm her down.
He looked at her appearance.
She had bruises and scratches over her body but the most alarming part was that her uniform was slightly torn and he could see hints of the red bra she was wearing.
Daphne after a bit of time was able to look at him.
She was looking at him with extreme warmth, something that made Harrys heart flutter uncontrollably.
Harry saw warmth, but he also saw relief, gratefulness and admiration.
Harry held out his hand to help lead her to somewhere she could get help and get away from the scene of the attack. Daphne seemed to have other plans however. Tired from her ordeal, she collapsed straight into Harry's arms after standing up.
"Daph!" gasped Harry as he quickly prevented her from falling down. "Daph! What's wrong?"
Her response was to simply hold on tighter to him, unwilling to let go.
Harry cursed mentally. He needed to get her out of here to get her help and so he could deal with her attackers. He didn't know when someone else would stumble upon the scene. He had to get her out immediately.
He heard a breath behind him.
Turning around slowly Harry saw the extremely confused face of Severus Snape.
"Potter"Snape barked "What on earth is going on here".
Harry looked at his head of house.
He knew Severus Snape did not like James Potter and that some of that animosity had transferred to Harry but he hoped that his actions over the past two years had made it that he would believe Harry.
"These retrobates"Harry snarled "Wanted to get at me by going after Daphne and I took care of and stunned them".
"Stunning"Snape said "That is quite advanced, are you sure you were not trying to do anything with Mrs Greengrass".
"Never"Harry said vehemoutly "I would never do anything to harm Daphne".
"It's true Professor, he helped me. It would have been much worse if he hadn't been there," Daphne said.
"Mrs Greengrass"Professor Snape said, looking at her and then taking out his wand.
"Expecto Patronum".
A Silver Doe came out of Snape's wand that he spoke to before the doe moved quickly through the halls.
"Madame Pomfrey is on her way"He said, walking up to Daphne and conjuring her a robe.
"Thank you Professor"Daphne said.
"There are three spells"Professor Snape said "Brackium Emendo to heal broken bones,Episkey a spell to treat mild to moderate injuries including split lips and broken noses,and Reparifors a spell to heal minor magically-induced ailments like paralysis that i would like to use to help heal you as well as i can before Madame Pomfrey gets here".
"Ok"Daphne said.
As Professor Snape cast the healing charms that he knew on Daphne Harry looked coldly at the other Slytherin boys.
"What will be done about them Professor?"Harry asked.
"I dont know"Professor Snape said "Their familys come from wealthy and powerfull familys and with no non involved witnesses at the scene i dont know what will happen".
"But the Greegrasses are a member of the Sacred Twenty Eight"Harry said.
"With not as much power and influence as the Fawleys"Snape said.
Before they could talk any more though Madame Pomfrey hurried down the hallway, her eyes widening at the scene before seeing Daphne.
Madame Pomphrey ran some quick charms on the young witch, asking questions as she went along.
After Pomfrey's inspection, she cast a quick repairing charm on Daphne's uniform. It would still have to be replaced, since it only forced it all back together but the tear marks were still noticeable, but it would be enough to protect her modesty on the trek to the Hospital Wing.
"Madam Pomfrey can you take Mrs Greengrass and Mr Potter to the Hospital Wing"Professor Snape said "I will handle this rable"He said gesting to the other boys and then told Harry "I and probably Headmaster Dumbledore will need to talk with you some more so please stay with Madame Pomfrey until we come and get you.
Harry nodded.
He followed Madam Pomfrey as she levitated Daphne to the Hospital Wing and watched as she performed more diagnostic tests.
Soon Harry noticed that it was getting dark outside and he should let Daphne rest a bit before he got summoned by Snape and Dumbledore and he saw that Madame Pomfrey had gone into another room.
As he got ready to leave to another area to wait though a hand grabbed his robes.
"No, please, don't go," came the soft, voice of Daphne
Harry was momentarily startled at the demand.
"It's ok, this room is secure. Nobody's coming in here without me or Madame Pomfrey noticing and you need to get some rest"He said.
But the clutching hand insisted for him to stay.
"Please."
Sighing, he sat down on the bed, surprised when the hand left his robe and snaked timidly to his own. He did not deter it , interlocking his fingers with her own.
Silence reigned the room, both teenagers preferring to communicate through their joined hands. Eventually the one that ended the silence was Daphne.
"Thank you Harry"She said softly "You saved my life".
"Hey no problem"Harry said nervously "You're my best friend".
Daphne then looked nervous.
"Can I then ask you something Harry".
"Anything"He replied without any hesitation.
"Close your eyes"She asked.
Harry did so.
He was then surprised as he felt Daphnes lips on his.
Harry looked at her in shock.
"Sorry"She said "I was just thinking how we have been friends for seven years now and after hearing Clearwater talking about her new boyfriend made me think about how much i like you and feel protected being with you"Daphne said nervously "So i was wondering if you would be my boyfriend".
After a second Harry grinned "Only if you would do me the honor of being my girlfriend".
"It would be a honor Harry"Daphne said "It would be a honor".
SCENE CHANGE
A few days later Harry was sitting in Dumbledore's office with a glare that he never once let his glare fall off despite the various threatening looks he was getting from the older witches and wizards that were also gathered in Dumbledore's office. Each of them was from pureblood families, that much he knew. It was not just that they were wearing clothes that seemed to come straight out of the seventeenth century or that they carried themselves with an entitled sense of superiority. Those things were surely present, but the reason he knew they were purebloods was because they were the parents of the currently hospitalized Slytherins that tried to rape Daphne.
Defending the indefensible acts of the older students was the patriarch of the Fawley family: Hector Fawley who was the Minister for Magic from 1925 to 1939.
Someone old and quite respected.
Thankfully there were some people on Harrys side.
Cyrus Greengrass after being contacted and getting the story from his daughter was quite furious and was there having vowed to Harry in private to help him however he could.
Sadly because the Potters were in seclusion they could not be reached.
But Cyrus Greengrass was great as it was.
"Five wounded wizards, most of them suffering from deep unconsciousness thanks to exposure to the Stupefying Charm and all of them suffering from burst blood vessels and blood clots of a severe nature as well as several broken bones. How do you respond to these accusations?" drawled Hector Fawley.
'I really hate this slimy son of a bitch,' thought Harry but refrained from airing his thoughts to the Fawley patriarch.
Although he did not know how much internal damage his bloodbending had done to the boys.
He really couldn't care less though.
Cyrus was a lot more vocal than he was though.
"All in the name of preventing my daughter from getting raped I would say they got what they deserved".He spat.
Jason Warrington then spoke.
"That did not happen"He said "Your daughter was just leading our sons on and when they showed interest she got nervous and just made up that cock and bull story".
"How dare you"Cyrus growled, matching the fury in Harrys stomach.
"Whatever the case may be. It's clear that young Mr. Potter has taken violent actions against the student body of Hogwarts and It's a fortunate thing these five boys are not currently deceased due to internal organ damage caused by accidental magic," the Fawley Patriatch drawled, then looked at Harry directly with thinly veiled condescension.
"As such we demand that Mr. Potter be expelled forthwith from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to ensure the safety of the student body."
Before Harry and Cyrus had the time to protest, Dumbledore once again spoke. "That is a very heavy demand Mr Minister. Especially when we do not have any evidence to support either claim. As it stands, we have no proof to corroborate either version of events."
"It is the least you can do, Headmaster. When we saw the state of the fine young students we immediately contacted Minister Fudge and demanded that young Mr. Potter be arrested and put on trial," responded Fawley.
Hector then finished his statement before turning to his companions and promptly retreated from the Headmaster's office, the rest of the purebloods following him like a gaggle of schoolgirls in a popularity contest.
"You cannot let this go, Dumbledore," Cyrus growled"They attacked my daughter – my heir! It is unthinkable that they would get no repercussions for what they were about to do to her."
Harry decided to voice his thoughts as well to the Headmaster.
"I agree. What they were going to do to Daphne… you can't let them get away with it. I don't care how incestuously pure their blood happens to be."
Dumbledore raised his hands in an attempt to placate them. "I understand that you are frustrated by this event, but the fact remains that there is no evidence of either side being true. I believe you did nothing wrong Harry but we are dealing with a powerful force now. Hector Fawley along with the help of Lucius Malfoy have a great deal of control over the Board of Directors. They will try and block any attempts to expel their Pureblood Slytherin students."
"So that's it then? They get away with it? They try to sexually assault Daphne and all they get is a slap on the wrist, is that it?" growled Harry, "What happens the next time? When they try to go after her again, or any other student? Are they still protected by a bunch of bigoted assholes at the top?"
Dumbledore sighed. "No… I can't expel them from Hogwarts right now without evidence, but I can prevent them from coming back this year now that they are suspected of sexual assault. You won't have to worry about them for now."
Harry pondered the Headmaster's decision for a bit. He did not want to spend another year with the Slytherin students for sure, but it would keep Daphne from having to worry about another student attack for now. It was enough to satisfy Harry for the moment and he slowly nodded after seeing Cyrus nod.
"Now, I must ask you to return to your room for now Mr. Potter, you are excused from your classes..Cyrus, you stay. I need to discuss something with you."
As Harry left the Headmasters office he was deep in thought.
He was enraged that it looked like Theodore Fawley and his lot seemed to be getting off with just a slap on the wrist.
Thankfully Fawley only had one more year before he graduated but that would still be one more year.
That would still be another year.
The Slytherin Students would be back in five months and Harry was determined to be ready for whatever happened next year.
He would not allow what had happened to Daphne to happen again.
Never again.
