Bab 51: Harry's Tournament
Daphne was eating breakfast with her family, sitting opposite her was Astoria Greengrass, Daphne's little sister. She was blonde like Daphne and had blue eyes as well but she was definitely a lot more energetic and excitable than Daphne.
On Daphne's left sat her mother, Roxanne Greengrass, she also had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked a lot like a super model. She was definitely where Daphne and Astoria got their good looks from, on Daphne's right was her father. Cyrus Greengrass, was a man with black hair and brown eyes, yet he still looked very much like a regal pureblood.
An owl came in through the window, Daphne recognised the snowy owl as Hedwig, Harry's owl. It flew down and dropped a letter next to Daphne's plate.
"Thank you" Daphne handed the owl a piece of bacon before she opened the letter. It was near the end of the summer holidays, as far as Daphne knew Harry had spent the first half in France and now he was in Japan for some tournament.
"Is that from Harry?" Astoria asked, she was very excited to meet Harry. Knowing that your potential brother-in-law had single handily defeated a troll and become the youngest seeker in a century was enough to make Astoria want to get to know him.
"Yes it is" Daphne nodded
"Well, read it out loud" Roxanne said
"Why?" Daphne asked
"Because we want to learn all about young Mr Potter"
"And to make sure he hasn't written anything inappropriate" Cyrus added
"Inappropriate? The boy is eleven" Roxanne pointed out
"Actually he's twelve now" Daphne informed her mother
"And he is the son of James Potter" Cyrus reminded his wife "and he said things at the age of eleven that most people wouldn't say in their final school years"
"Fine" Daphne sighed and she began reading the letter out loud.
'Hi Daph, just in case the owl, my name and my handwriting didn't make it obvious, it's Harry.'
"'Daph'?" Astoria smiled
"Shut up" Daphne said and continued reading.
'I had just got into an argument with some old woman, well, when I say argument I mean she yelled at me in Japanese for about five minutes and it somehow ended with me buying some chicken off of her. Don't know how that happened but it was really good chicken so I don't mind too much'
"That sounds like James Potter" Cyrus commented
"Your boyfriends funny" Astoria said
"Shut up" Daphne repeated
'How's your summer going? Say hi to your family for me, your sister is coming to Hogwarts this year, right? Her name was Astoria if I remember correctly, hope to meet her soon.'
"What've you been telling Harry about me?" Astoria asked
"Not much other than you exist" Daphne replied
'Could you do me a favour and look after Hedwig for a while? I managed to get her back to England with a portkey and I don't want her to fly all the way back to Japan for me. Could you bring her with you when you go to the platform this year? If your parents need payment to let her stay then just say the word and I'll pay, providing the prices are reasonable.'
"Hello Hedwig" Astoria petted the snowy owl "such a beautiful name for a beautiful owl" Hedwig nuzzled her head against Astoria's hand.
'Oh, by the way, the tournament is going great. By the time you get this letter I would have competed in the final round. I hope I win, the last round is a triple threat between me and two other people. Anyway, I have to go and I'll see you at the station next week.
From Harry Potter
P.S. I hope you've been practising'
"Practising what?" Roxanne asked
"Occlumency" Daphne answered
"Why is Harry hoping you've been practising occlumency?"
"Well, Harry has a few secrets" Daphne replied "he told me that if I wanted to know them then I'd have to be able to keep people out of my mind"
"That's why you've been in your room nearly all summer?" Cyrus asked
"Yes, Daddy" Daphne nodded "I'm a ton better at it now. I don't think I could stop a full on attack but I should be able to block a passive probe"
"Who would want to read your mind?" Cyrus raised an eyebrow
"The headmaster and Professor Snape" Daphne answered "they've already tried it with Harry"
"What?! That's illegal!"
"I know and I told Harry that" Daphne replied "he said don't bother telling anyone"
"Why not?" Cyrus demanded
"He has no proof and Dumbledore could weasel his way out" Daphne explained "if Harry accused the famous headmaster of reading minds then nobody would believe him"
"True" Cyrus signed
"Daphne, what's this tournament that Harry is talking about?" Roxanne decided to change the subjects
"I'm not sure but in his last letter he said it was something called Japan's underage war duels" Daphne replied
"What?!" Cyrus blurted out in shock "He's competing in one of Japans war duels?!"
"Is that a bad thing? It's just duelling"
"It's not just duelling" Cyrus replied "the war duels are a famous Japanese event where the competitors duel each other with no rules"
"No rules?" Daphne paled slightly
"There's only one rule and that's no interference from non-competitors, you can use any spell or weapon you want. They're banned in a lot of countries, the last time someone tried to compete in one he came back to England with a missing leg"
"But this is an underage event" Roxanne pointed out
"The Japanese are known for teaching their children offensive spells from a young age" Cyrus replied "they likely know a few deadly or harmful spells"
"Yeah but Harry's in the final round" Astoria reminded them "so he must be good, right Daph?"
"What?" Daphne turned her attention to her sister
"I said Harry's good at duelling, right?"
"Well" Daphne thought about it "I know he beat Malfoy in a duel, and there was that event with the troll but I've never seen him fight someone competent. What if he gets hurt?! The idiot, what was he thinking?!"
"Looks like someone's in love" Astoria remarked, she was unaffected by the glare that Daphne was sending her.
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