"Yes," Daphne nodded. "if I had to guess then I would say that Potter got sick of it, I think he was holding back, if the rumors are right then Potter was able to perform a patronus charm at thirteen. But now he has stopped holding back, he stopped playing the weakling. He had spent the whole of last year skipping classes, my theory is that he was learning whatever spells he wanted to learn."
"How strong do you think he is?" Tracy asked.
"I don't know, all I do know is that he was strong enough for father to moan for a whole hour about Harry not being his own son."
Harry stepped back and began thinking, he tried to remember if he had any encounters with Greengrass and Davis before and used his occlumency to help speed up the process. He was pretty sure that they hadn't really said more than a hundred words to him in all of their time at Hogwarts, he did remember that they had worn the Potter stinks badges but he also knew how Slytherin worked, you either willingly wore those badges or you did so just to keep the others off of your back.
Harry thought about it and decided that these two were great choices, they were purebloods from decently respected houses as far as Harry knew so they could provide valuable help. He had never seen them hanging out with Malfoy and his gang before but that didn't mean he knew for sure that they didn't support him.
"Father said he wants me to try and ally myself with him," Daphne admitted to Tracy. "he also told me that he would gladly give his consent if I wanted to get in a 'relationship' with Potter."
"He what?" Tracy gasped just as Harry raised an eyebrow, even though nobody could see it.
"I am not going to get in a relationship with Potter, but my father said he would approve if I did. He was at Potter's trial and he saw Potter fight, I wish we had a pensive so he could show me, but all I know for sure is that father was impressed. Personally, I think that we should ally ourselves with Potter now."
"What? Why on Earth would we do that when we've basically been ignoring him for the last few years? How would we do that?"
"I don't know, but Slytherin's respect power and Potter has power, everyone who had a family member at the trial will likely know about Potter's fight. If we had Potter then Malfoy and his gang would back off."
"You think Malfoy would back off?" Tracy looked at her like she was an idiot.
"Okay fine, not Malfoy, that boy is too stupid to understand the delicacies of Slytherin politics but the older years would understand and explain it to the rest of the house. We can get my cousin to help out as well, that would get most of Slytherin off our back apart from Malfoy which we can handle. We are much better at magic than he and his group are plus us two with Potter would be able to counter anything that he can do, after all he has been trying and failing to beat Potter for the last four years."
"Hmm." Tracy's face took on a thoughtful look, a silence filled the compartment for several moments before a knock was heard on the door. "Huh?" Tracy opened the door and nearly jumped in surprise when Harry was standing in front of them.
"Potter?" Daphne contained her reaction to the raising of a single delicate eyebrow.
"Hi, is it all right if I sit in here?" Harry asked.
"You want to sit with us?" Tracy asked in a surprised voice.
"Is that a 'no'?" Harry asked, looking ready to leave.
"No, I mean yes, you can sit here." Daphne said, slightly quicker than she meant to.
"Thanks." Harry smiled before he entered the compartment and placed his trunk in the overhead compartment. So," Harry said as he sat down. "Davis and Greengrass right?" Harry asked.
"Yes, glad you can remember our names Potter." Daphne replied. "I..." Daphne found herself interrupted as the doors opened once more to reveal Malfoy along with Crabbe and Goyle standing behind him like always.
"Potter." Malfoy sneered.
"Hello Malfoy, have you done something with your hair?" Harry asked in a conversational tone.
"Shut it Potter." Malfoy said, he was still very disbelieving of the fact that Potter had apparently fought Apophis and lived. To Draco there was only one possible reason for it, Apophis had probably gone easy on Potter and Potter had simply lucked out until back up arrived. Draco had seen just how dangerous Apophis was, there was no way in hell that Potter could beat him. Of course Draco had not seen the memory of the fight so he didn't know how powerful or skilled Harry really was. "Greengrass, Davis," Malfoy said as he noticed the two girls. "what are you doing in here with Potter?" He demanded.
"He only just got in here." Tracy replied.
"Shut it half-blood." Malfoy sneered at her before turning to Greengrass. "Having two half-bloods in the compartment, you had better leave before they infect you." He said while Harry noted the fact that Tracy was apparently a half-blood, a half-blood in Slytherin.
"So Draco," Harry spoke before Daphne could reply. "you find a boyfriend yet?"
"What?!" Malfoy turned to him, looking somewhere between confused and angry.
"I asked if you found a boyfriend yet." Harry replied.
"I am not a girl Potter!"
"Doesn't mean you can't have a boyfriend, so have you found one yet Malfoy?"
"Shut it Potter, I am not gay, that is disgusting!"
"Are you sure you're not gay Malfoy?" Harry asked, looking very confused. "I mean between always hanging out with bigger and stronger boys plus your stalking habits I had always assumed you were gay."
"I am not gay and I do not stalk!"
"Malfoy you have been following me around for the last few years, the level of attention you show me is far beyond creepy. I feel like I should just say this now, I like girls Malfoy." Harry said in an apologetic manner. "I am sorry Malfoy but I am not interested in you, not even if you were a girl. I mean with all the time you spend on your hair and how bitchy you are, it just would not work Malfoy."
"How dare you?!" Malfoy roared as he pulled his wand out.
"It's fine," Harry said in a soothing voice. "we all handle rejection in different ways. One day Malfoy you will find someone who loves and cares for you, unfortunately for you I am not that person. Goodbye Malfoy, good luck finding your soul mate."
"Curse you Potter!" Malfoy aimed his wand at Harry and was about to fire off a spell when Harry's flicked into his hand, Harry waved his wand and Malfoy flew back and into Crabbe and Goyle, the result was all three boys falling down on top of each other. The noise brought a few people out of their compartments to look at what was happening only to see Malfoy on the floor with Crabbe and Goyle.
"You three can't have sex there." Everyone heard Harry's say as he spoke in a much louder than necessary voice. Malfoy turned red as everyone looked at him and began whispering to each other, he got up and pointed his wand at Potter only for the head boy and head girl to arrive.
"What is happening?" The head boy asked.
"Malfoy barged into our compartment and insulted us before drawing his wand." Harry said quickly.
"He's lying!" Malfoy said before he pointed at his prefect badge. "I am a prefect Potter, that will be ten points from..."
"No," The head boy said. "no points will be taken, you two will stay apart for the train ride then later on you will both argue your cases in front of your head of houses."
"But..."
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