History Fanfic / DaphneGreengrassAndTheBoyWhoLived

'''Daphne Greengrass and the Boy Who Lived''' is an AU of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' starting from basically Harry's first Potions lesson, where Slytherin student Daphne Greengrass speaks out in Harry's defence. Intrigued at her actions, Harry talks with her after the class and the two start to form a cautious friendship, which extends to Ron and Hermione. Realising that she doesn't like how her house is perceived by the rest of the school, and assured by her parents that they value her happiness more than her social standing, Daphne makes her friendship with Harry public as she works to change Slytherin House and oppose Voldemort's return to power.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: As Daphne continues to spend more time with Harry, Ron and Hermione, she is essentially accepted as an honorary Gryffindor, to the extent that she not only sits at their table during meals but is sometimes invited into the Gryffindor common room.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Daphne starts spending time with Harry, Ron and Hermione even in secret because it's better than dealing with the political give-and-take of the Noble families in Slytherin.

** Daphne's parents bring this up when they write to Daphne to assure her that she shouldn't worry about the Greengrasses' standing in the Noble Houses at Hogwarts and just focus on finding friends she's happy to spend her time with, prompting her to publically sit beside Harry, Ron and Hermione at meals.

* LetsSplitUpGang: As the group [[spoiler:prepares to infiltrate the Ministry to steal the locket, Daphne suggests that she and Ginny look for further clues on the other Horcruxes, as all five of them aren't needed to break into the Ministry and having her and Ginny to worry about would risk dividing Harry's focus]]. Later on, [[spoiler:the group agree to divide up when searching for clues to other Horcruxes, with Hermione and Daphne in separate groups as they have the extended bags with their supplies and Ron, Harry and Ginny intending to rotate between the other two]]. Daphne also suggests it in [[spoiler:the run-up to the final battle, reasoning that Voldemort will attack Hogwarts once he realises that the Horcruxes are being hunted after the raid on Gringotts' so the best solution is that she, Harry and Ginny go to Gringotts' while Ron and Hermione go to Hogwarts to get the horcrux from there and prepare the students to fight back when Voldemort comes]].

* LyingFingerCross: When Daphne expresses her worries that her acting like a stereotypical Slytherin while around her house-mates might make it look to her Gryffindor friends that she's showing her true colors, Harry suggests this as a TrustPassword. If she crosses her fingers and discreetly shows the gesture to Harry, Ron and Hermione, they'll know she doesn't mean the things she's saying to maintain her reputation.

* RightThroughTheWall: When the group are staying at Grimmauld Place, [[spoiler:Harry notes that Ron and Hermione kept him up on various nights, and he enjoys "payback" by sharing similar moments with Ginny and Daphne]].

** Once Daphne's parents confirm that she can be friends with whoever she wants, Daphne publically leaves the Slytherin table to sit with Harry, Ron and Hermione, only returning to her house table for the Sorting feasts.

* TheirFirstTime: [[spoiler:Harry and Daphne have their first time in Chapter 104 when they spend the night in the Room of Requirement as Daphne needs comfort after she was briefly subjected to the Imperius Curse; Ron and Hermione and Harry and Ginny do the same thing at different points in the following chapter, and Daphne and Ginny have their own first time at the end of Chapter 107, following Valentine's Day]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In order to [[spoiler:lift Umbridge's lifetime Quidditch ban on Harry and the twins, Daphne writes to her mother, who subsequently uses her own authority and Quidditch contacts to call an official investigation into Umbridge's ban carried out by the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee, whose authority supersedes Umbridge's and the Ministry's on matters of Quidditch]].

* TrueCompanions: By sixth year, Harry takes it for granted that, whenever he has to go off to properly confront Voldemort, Daphne, Ginny, Ron and Hermione will be coming with him.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Invoked; when Daphne first moves to sit at the Gryffindor table, it attracts some glances from older Gryffindors, but they don't question it when they see that Harry, Ron and Hermione aren't bothered about it.

** Harry and Daphne basically do this regarding Dumbledore's apparent intention to leave them at Privet Drive for the whole of summer after fifth year without telling them anything prior to the Dementor attack, although Daphne helps Harry acknowledge that he can't be angry at Ron and Hermione for not daring to go against Dumbledore's wishes. Daphne takes this a step further by [[spoiler:criticising the entire Order for trying to keep Harry and his friends in the dark, pointing out that Voldemort's already shown that he's willing to go after Harry as an infant so Harry would hardly be safer knowing ''nothing'', even if Daphne concedes that some information should be kept back for the sake of security]].
** Later on, [[spoiler:Ginny calls Daphne out for apparating away from Bill and Fleur's wedding with her after the Death Eater attack. While Ginny affirms that she ''wants'' to stay with Harry and Daphne during the hunt for Voldemort's horcruxes, she had accepted that the Trace would make her too much of a liability, and feels that Daphne Apparating her away and jeopardising the whole mission reflected a lack of respect for Ginny's choice]].

* WithMyHandsTied: During Umbridge's reign of the school, Harry only fights the Inquisitorial Squad's attempt to start duels with him with his weakest spells, but is such a good duelist that even Malfoy stops trying to provoke him into a fight.

** Essentially applies to the canon characters regarding Rita Skeeter; [[spoiler:since Harry never lends the Marauder's Map to Moody in this timeline, Rita is caught in her animagus form when Harry glances at the Map and sees her name close by their current location when Rita herself is nowhere in sight]].

** When his friends are encouraging Harry to act as their new Defence teacher, Daphne joins Ron and Hermione in assuring Harry that he's a better wizard than he seems to think he is, pointing out everything he's achieved and what he's capable of.

* YoungAndInCharge: Harry takes charge of a joint operation with members of the Order of the Phoenix when [[spoiler:planning the attack on Malfoy Manor]], although he admits in hindsight that he was just channelling the illusion of confidence.
* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: At one point, Daphne considers using scrying to [[spoiler:search for horcruxes]], but is informed that wouldn't work; not only is scrying distinct from divination, but ritual scrying is so complex that it ultimately amounts to confirming what the person performing the ritual already knows. Likewise, Daphne attempting to determine [[spoiler:the likelihood of a horcrux at Hogwarts]] won't offer any definite information beyond the probability of a correct guess.