"The one putting the most pressure on her father, at the moment, is Caracticus Nott for a Betrothal Agreement for his grandson, Theodore. But, he's not the only one. So is Lucius Malfoy, Corban Yaxley and others she doesn't even want to think about.
"Until you 'outed' him during the first task, Malfoy was the forerunner. Now, it's Nott. And Nott's contract has the stipulation that Daphne's son be handed the Lordship the moment he becomes eligible. It also states that Nott will become Regent, with full access to the Greengrass Estates, for said son if anything happens to Samuel. Daphne said, reading between the lines, it is obvious her father would be killed very soon after any child she births is born.
"Next, she never believed she would be anything but a concubine to another. That you are giving her the option to cancel it shocked her to her core. She realised, by the way, it's obviously for if she meets someone who can offer her a 'marriage'; or if she decides she can't be a concubine, after all.
"You didn't meet her expectations, Harry, you exceeded even her hopes and dreams. That's why she... burst into tears like she did. In her own words, she never even dared to dream such a thing would be available to her."
Looking off into the distance, Harry thought about what his betrothed had told him and then muttered, "Hunh!" Looking directly back to her he said, "So, I did good, then."
She smiled back with a twinkle in her eye and said, "Yes, Harry; you did good. That is, you're doing good."
He thought about it a bit more and, starting to climb back to his feet, said, "I need to go get my communications mirror." He hadn't even realised he'd sat down during Hermione's explanation.
He'd taken only a single step before Dobby popped in before him and offered it to him.
"Oh! Thank you, Dobby," he said, sitting back down.
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Up in the Headmistress's office, the four Heads of House, the Deputy Headmaster, Madam Hooch and the Captains of the four House Quidditch teams met for the draw of the abbreviated inter-House Quidditch competition.
After explaining the design of the competition, Madam Hooch held up a small bag and asked each Captain to draw a stone from within. They were numbered.
The numbers drawn had 1, Ravenclaw; 2, Slytherin; 3, Hufflepuff; and, 4, Gryffindor.
Madam Marchbanks explained, "That means, Ravenclaw will draw the two teams they will play. If not chosen by Ravenclaw, Slytherin will not need to draw as they would be playing the other two. If chosen by Ravenclaw they will only draw one."
Though they looked confused, Hooch held the bag for Roger Davies, the Captain of Ravenclaw, to draw two.
They would be playing Hufflepuff and Slytherin.
"Chosen to play Ravenclaw in one of their matches, Slytherin will now draw one. "
The Slytherin captain drew Gryffindor.
"As Slytherin has drawn Gryffindor, that means Slytherin will be playing Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Which means Hufflepuff will be playing Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. And Gryffindor will be playing Slytherin and Hufflepuff.
"That's the four games of the shortened season. Are there any questions?"
Davies immediately piped up and asked, "When will the games be?"
"Madam Hooch will design a schedule and post it as soon as she can," replied Marchbanks while Hooch nodded.
Hooch added, "I'll draw up a fair schedule, but don't expect the first game for about a month. That should give you all time to rebuild your teams, if you need to."
"Thank you, Madam Hooch," he replied.
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After describing their first day back in the castle to Sirius, he then had a 'godfather/godson' secret to tell him and told him of the approach by Daphne on behalf of her father.
Sirius was not surprised. "It makes sense," he said.
Then he asked if Ted was there and if he could have a word.
Ted was and he did.
Once Harry finished describing his thoughts on what a CBA between he and Daphne should be like, Ted said, "Alright, just to clarify: You want escape clauses for the both of you along similar lines as the Betrothal Agreement between you and Hermione, without penalty to either party; the same with those clauses becoming void if Daphne falls pregnant."
"Yes."
"You don't want there to be any business clauses that become active on signing of the agreement, in case it's voided, but you do not mind business clauses in the agreement that only become active if the agreement becomes the contract."
"Yes."
"You want the conditions that convert the agreement into the contract the same, or as close to the same, as the conditions in the agreement between you and Hermione."
"Yes."
"And, finally, while any child or children born of the agreement will carry the name 'Greengrass' and be of the Noble and Ancient House of Greengrass, you want to maintain the right to both call and treat them as your son/sons and daughter/daughters."
"Right. I don't want to have anyone think of me as 'just providing stud services' or I was 'just the semen donor' or anything like that."
"I can work with that," said Ted.
"Thank you, Ted," he said. "Now, I need to write a letter to Lord Greengrass and inform him I would like him to sit down with my Law-wizard of Record to hammer out an agreement."
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