Soon it was the start of the fourth year; Sirius dropped Harry off at the train station along with Remus. As soon as he was on the train, he and Ginny found a compartment, this time he wasted no time in placing the necessary charms to keep out unwanted guests. The two talked and Harry told her about his little speech, needless to say she was proud.
Soon one of Harry's charms went off, it alerted him to when 'unwanted' people tried to enter, the twins or Neville or anyone else he liked would cause it to make a whistle sound whereas anyone he didn't like would result in a screech. Harry removed the silencing charm so he could hear who it was.
"Harry Potter!" Hermione shrieked "you will open this door right now, and you will tell me why the unlocking charm isn't working!"
"Harry!" Ron screamed "what are you doing to my sister?!"
"No I won't open the door" Harry shouted back "and no I won't tell you how I did that. As for your question Ron I'm about to snog the living daylight out of her, take a break, eat something then repeat until we get to the castle. Now you two can stop wasting your breath as I'm putting the silencing charms back up so I can't hear you and fortunately for Ron he won't be able to hear us"
"So" Ginny smiled after Harry put the charms back up "were you bluffing?"
"Let's see" Harry placed his hands around her and pulled her into a deep kiss
"Nope" Ginny whispered in-between kissing "definitely not joking" As soon as they got to the castle Harry was called into Dumbledore's office whilst Ginny went to the feast.
"Harry" He spoke "I'm sorry to inform you of this, but I've had a number of concerned individuals who seemed to think that it'd be unsafe for you to remain with Remus Lupin due to his condition"
"Well sir" Harry replied coldly "I don't think who I stay with is anybody's business but my own"
"I'm sorry Harry but the concerns cannot go unnoticed, I'm afraid I'll have to request you're guardianship to be transferred back to me. I am permitted to do so if I fear you're current guardian is a danger"
"Ha" Harry let out a short laugh "the great Dumbledore discriminating, that would be brilliant in the next Prophet article right after forcing 'boy-who-lived' under guardianship. As you can see Remus has not harmed me in anyway, even if he did he's not my guardian anymore"
"What?!" Dumbledore screamed
"Exactly what I said" Harry smirked "you see, it turns out Sirius wasn't as badly affected by the dementors as we thought he was. He requested his guardianship test be taken early and naturally he passed, I signed the necessary forms and I do believe they're being processed as we speak, that's if they're not already done. I have to be honest headmaster, I find your attempts adorable."
"ADORABLE?!" Dumbledore spat in fury
"Yes" Harry continued, unfazed "but that's a discussion for another time. Point is you don't have to worry about me, I won't stray from the better side, Ginny won't let me. You stay out of my way then when the time is right I just may do what's right. You're a bit slow but I'm sure you can comprehend what I'm saying, now I'd like to go the welcome feast. Excuse me"
"Hey Harry" A voice spoke to him on his way over, he turned his head to find Daphne Greengrass walking alongside him.
The two were great friends, not that many knew that. The two kept their friendship a secret for the most part, only Ginny and Daphne's sister know. Harry was rather fond of Daphne; she had been the first Slytherin not to hate him and he found that when she dropped the 'ice-queen' persona she provided really enjoyable company. Her sister was also just as entertaining and he liked the dynamic the two had.
Daphne was also quite fond of Harry, despite being more powerful than she could dream and richer than life, he was nice and down to earth. Unlike the other lions he didn't think twice about the fact that she was in Slytherin. He also got along with her sister, which was always a win in her books and he was so in love with Ginny that he wouldn't dream of doing something inappropriate with either of them. Daphne had insisted that they keep their friendship secret due to not wanting to deal with the rest of her housemates, Harry surprised her by immediately understanding and agreeing.
So far their relationship had been limited to letters, messages, and anonymous gifts and secret meetings with her sister and Ginny. She had initially worried about what Ginny would say but it turns out if Harry trusts someone then so does she. Harry and Daphne even got to the point where they would call each other siblings and invoked the family bond that their decedents had made so they could consider each other as actual brother and sister. They weren't legally but as far as everyone was concerned they were siblings.
Daphne did this because of obvious reasons like the Potters being wealthy and powerful, but she also did it because Harry was the one guy she couldn't hate no matter how hard she tried and she agreed with his opinion on a lot of things like blood-purity. If he wasn't taken then she would have probably asked him out but unlike others she knew it would be pointless to get in-between them.
Ever since the third year incident with Malfoy the two made their friendship public, she knew it would benefit her to be under the protection of Harry and as a bonus it gave Harry someone he could trust alongside Ginny. Daphne wasn't stupid, she knew that Harry knew her reasons and that just made her respect him more.
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