"Hello Daphne, so you need help for what matters?" said Harry Potter with questioning eyes.
'Anthony had guessed that it is perhaps about Astoria Greengrass, therefore he is waiting for the action to play itself.
"To be honest, I want to brew an invisibility potion, but after finding out that the invisibility potion is a moderately difficult potion that is on the 4th-grade curriculum, I wanted to ask some upper-class students, but they denied me due to its long-time brewing time," said Daphne with a pitiful expression.
For Daphne, her younger sister is her most precious person except her parents. To increase her lifespan, she is secretly plotting to enter the Forbidden section of the library in order to study whether there is a way to cure Maledictus.
Therefore, to enter the Forbidden section of the library she has to find a way to hide from Argus Filch the Caretaker of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So even though she asked many students for help, they denied her due to the long-brewing time, or to be precise 1 month of brewing time for the invisibility potion.
"I can repay you if you need money I have, and If you need me to do you homework, that is possible," said Daphne.
Anthony looked at Harry Potter, it seems that Harry Potter is now confused why Daphne Greengrass is willing to pay money even do their homework for the invisibility potion.
The invisibility potion is an illegal potion for commerce and is only designated for Aurors for their tasks. But in Hogwarts brewing invisibility potion is in the curriculum, and all the brewed invisibility potions are for academic use. Therefore the Ministry of Magic approves the Hogwarts students to brew numerous illegal potions.
"We accept!" said Anthony with an enthusiastic tone. "However, what we need is not you money, or have a favor. You need to help us in a project in return if we help you to brew an Invisibility Potion" said Anthony
Harry Potter who heard the proposal of Anthony understood the agenda of Anthony. By helping Daphne Greengrass in brewing Potions. Because Daphne Greegrass has Holly wood wand which is the same as his wand! Even tough it seems that they are helping Daphne in brewing difficult potion, instead Daphne would help them to brew Lightning beverage in a huge amount.
Daphne hesitated for a while, but when she imagined her younger sister Astoria Greengrass' face, she become determined and accepted the proposal
"I accept your proposal" said Daphne and shake hands with Harry Potter and Anthony Lefrancois Dumbledore.
When the trio was discussing about the specifics regarding the Room of Requirements to be a secret base for their operation, and their time schedule for brewing Lightning beverage as well as Invisibility potion, Ron Weasley, the poorest student in Hogwarts saw them from the table across and become over jealous.
It was because of Anthony that his stair to fame Harry Potter has been assigned to Slytherin, it is because of Anthony that his first crush in Hogwarts Daphne Greengrass is smiling for the first time after seeing Anthony. And it seems that now Anthony, Harry and Daphne have become friends.
Thinking about unrelated idealistic situations, Ron couldn't bear the anger within and went to the Slytherin table.
"Oh, who do we have here, Anthony Leracus Dumbledore! the all-knowing student in Potions! I heard that your wand has snake ingredients! Greengrass and Potter better beware nearby Anthony, the slimy snake!" said Ron with a mocking voice. Next to Ron, there was Seamus Finnigan who burned his eyebrows but staring at the trio with disgusted eyes.
"Ron, that's not true!" said Harry Potter with a rejecting and strong voice. Even though Ron Weasley and he were on good terms in the Hogwarts Express compartment. The recent words by Ron are overbearing.
"Oh the famous boy who lived is now on the side with the slimy snake! Greengrass better watch out!" said Ron, trying to impress his crush.
But instead of impressing Daphne, Ron Weasley has angered her.
"Tarantallegra!" said Daphne Greengrass pointing her Holly wand with ashwinder ash core towards Ronald Weasley. A red light burst out from her wand tip and jolted towards Ron.
When the red light hit Ron, he began to dance Jewish tap dance in front of the whole Great Hall!
The students who saw Ron Weasley dancing awkwardly, with a shocked face in front of the Slytherin table, laughed out loudly!
"Hahahaa!" laughed the whole students present in the Great Hall including Fred and George Weasley.
Professor Flitwick who saw Daphne doing the Dancing Curse to Ron, said "Finite" to Ron. It is the general counter curse and as soon as a white light from the tip of the Charm professor's wand touched Ron, he began to stop dance and embarrassingly runned out of the Great Hall.
"Oh my, what a great spellcasting skill," said Flitwick, but immediately coughing two times, he becomes serious and said "Using jinx towards your fellow student, Five points from Slytherin. Hope you take a lesson and don't make the mistake again" said the professor and left.
The Slytherin upper-grade students put their thumbs up which indicated that they have laughed out loud enough so that 5 points doesn't matter really much.
Harry Potter, who saw Daphne Greengrass protecting them even from insult begin to feel what friends are.
"Why did you protect our reputation? Daphne?" said Harry.
Daphne said with a determined voice "Even though we didn't meet for a long time, you are the only people who actually accepted to help me in the matter of brewing potion. Therefore, even it is not a long time, I consider your guys my new friend!" said Daphne with a weak voice.
Anthony said "Since we are friends now, helping each other is not a big deal, friends are not only for a favor, becoming an inseparable part of our lives."
Three of them put hair palms together and said "Friends!"
Soon enough, on the next morning of Thursday, Anthony, Harry, and Daphne arrived at the Transfiguration class early.
Anthony, who saw a cat on the table of the teacher, nodded towards the cat in a respectful way and zipped his lips, indicating that he wouldn't tell the secret of his teacher to anyone else yet.
Professor McGonagall, a registered animagus with form of the cat become surprised to see a first-year student recognize her in her animagus form.
Soon other first-year students come inside the classroom and slowly students were filled up.
The students started to write the date of the class and the subject that is written on the blackboard to their notebooks respectively.
5 minutes later, Ron Weasley and Seamus Finnigan breathed heavily and rushed in to the class.
"Thanks Merlin for teacher to arrive late! Better to sit to our desk" said Ron thinking that the transfiguration teacher is not here.
But to no avail, the cat sitting on the teacher's desk transfigured and become Professor McGonnagall.
"Bloody hell!" said Ron Weasley.
"Perhaps It Would Be More Useful If I Were To Transfigure Mr. Finnigan And Yourself Into A Pocket Watch?" said the Professor with a stern gaze.
"We were lost" said Ron with a weak voice.
"Then perhaps a map then? So that you guys would be more useful! I hope you don't need a map to find your seats" said the Professor.
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