Daphne Greengrass

Astoria Greengrass (Sister)

Slytherin House

Daphne Greengrass is a Slytherin student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She started attending Hogwarts in September 1991. She is the Heiress to the Founding House of Greengrass, one of the Founding Twelve Familes.

## **Early Life:**

Daphne Greengrass was born on February 9th 1980 to Cyrus and Celia Greengrass. Daphne grew up in luxury alongside her parents and later her sister, Astoria, who was born two years later in 1982. As a child, Daphne enjoyed to read for pleasure but she did not bury herself in books by any means. From a very, very young age, Daphne was best friends with Charlotte Weitts. They have been best friends so long that none of them remember a time when they were not. Later, when Daphne was a bit older, she met Tracey Davis, and the two of them have also been near inseparable ever since.

At the age of seven, Daphne began lessons in brewing from her mother, Celia and at the age of nine, Daphne began receiving lessons in politics from her father, Cyrus. Daphne is not a blood purist, but she and her family believe very strongly in the maintenance of wizarding culture.

## **1991:**

### Autumn Semester, First Year:

On September 1st she embarks the Hogwarts Express alongside her long time friend Tracey Davis. There they end up entering the compartment in which a boy with black hair and green eyes decided to sit in, a boy whom they later on find out to be Harry Potter. The three of them start out a tentative conversation that is cut short by the arrival or Charlus Potter and Ronald Weasley that were looking for Harry. Later on that day, after a short sorting she ends up in Slytherin.

The next day, during the Potions class she, and her class partner — Tracey Davis, are the first to finish the brewing of their assigned potion. They manage to do that in 2/3 of the allotted time interval thus ensuring that they finished well before anybody else. During dinner that same day she, alongside Tracey and Pansy Parkinson question Harry about his learning habits, as he was just returning from the library, and the overall state of his memory. Unfortunately for her Harry does not reveal much of import through their dinner conversation. Later that night, in the Common Room while working on her Potions assignment, she observes the power struggle between Grace Weitts on one side and Terrence Higgs and Marcus Flint on the other. After everybody else with the exception of Grace leave the room for bed the two end up catching up and also discussing, much to Daphne's surprise, the possibility of befriending and allying Harry Potter.

On September 6th she offers Harry the chance to team out with her during the Potion class. After he readily agrees she starts teaching him the inner workings on Potion brewing, mentioning among others some techniques that are not Ministry sanctioned that are more complicated to performed but that are faster and a more efficient way of Potion brewing. At the end of their class they give each other permission to address one another on a first-name basis, thus marking the official start of their friendship. From that point forward most meals in the Great Hall are shared among Daphne, Harry and Tracey.

The next day Daphne and Tracey spend a good part of their day trying, and failing to find Harry. At dinner that evening, when Harry eventually show up, the two of them express their worry and dissatisfaction in regards to him not being to be found the whole day. They manage to extract an apology from him and the promise of future help when it comes to their wand-work, with that night reserved for helping them with their Transfiguration and figuring out Aegis Vocar. He also reveals to them that he has a nearly Eidetic memory. The next morning Daphne wakes up early and waits for Harry to arrive, when he does she requests a conversation in regards to Harry's reaction from the previous day. To ensure the privacy of their conversation Harry leads her towards his private study room. On the way Harry explains, much to his reticence some of his past before his return to the Magical World. Daphne ends up comforting him, being, as far as Harry can remember, the first person his age that has ever done that. Harry tells Daphne that one of the things that drive him now is the desire to show the world that they have chosen the wrong person to abandon and mistreat.

On the evening of Samhain she is present at the Weitt's Family Samhain Gathering. There she catches up with her close friend Charlotte Weitts and later on she mingles with the other guess, thus performing her duties as the Greengrass Heiress.

The morning of the Gryffindor-Slytherin match of the season Daphne and Tracey join Calypso Rosier's group for breakfast at the behest of Harry Potter. This is done as a political statement in regards to the internal Slytherin Hierarchy as the morning before the match the Great Hall would be full.

## 1992:

### Spring Semester, First Year:

At the beginning of the second half of their first year she and her friends end up on a first-name basis with Blaise Zabini. In time the boy becomes a part of her friends group.

On the evening of February 22nd, Harry invites Daphne, Tracey, and Blaise into The Speaker's Den where he informs them of what he had learnt in regards to the Philosopher's Stone after invoking Salazar's Sanction, a binding contract that makes anything discussed under it unable to be shared with anyone not in on it. He also reveals to them that he has been raised by muggles.

Throughout the rest of the term Harry ends up using the room to keep his friends up to date on a number of sensitive topics, among which are the Dragon Escapade and the encounter with the hooded figure in the Forbidden Forest during detention. Even though he omits the speculations and implications made by the centaur.

On the evening of June 4th, after she is informed by Blaise about what had just transpired in the Philosopher's Stone plot, she goes and informs Professor Snape. The next day, while sitting in the Hospital Wing, waiting for Harry to wake up, she has a conversation with Severus Snape where he congratulates her for the way in which she handled the situation. Later that day, Daphne, Tracey and Blaise gather in the Speaker's Den to discuss what could have happened.

### Summer Break between the First and the Second Year:

After arriving to London via the Hogwarts' Express, Daphne returns to her family manor using the portkey tied to her heiress ring. There she is greeted by her little sister, Astoria, and her mother, Celia. Her mother asks her about her end of year grades and the grades of her friend, Harry Potter. When it is revealed that Harry received three O+ grades, Celia is thoroughly impressed. They continue conversing about the school year and they lightly touch on the subject of the sudden disappearance of Professor Hurst.

At Greengrass Manor, Daphne Greengrass, Tracey Davis, and Blaise Zabini meet for a get together on July 6th. After formalities are exchanged, they cut to the case and discuss their concern over Harry's living arrangements and his lack of contact with any of them thus far over the summer. Blaise asks what the plan of action to rescue him is, having picked up on what Harry's situation is, and Daphne responds that if she hasn't heard anything in a week, she would put together a rescue plan.

A week passes and no news are heard about Harry so Daphne decides, on July 13th, to break her silence and tell her mother about her worries in regards to Harry and his treatment at the hand of the muggles with which he is residing. They then proceed to make a plan to rescue him. On the evening of July 17th, the Greengrasses, masquerading under the ruse of a potential business deal with the firm at which Vernon Dursley was a top executive arrive at No. 4 Privet Drive for dinner. When a creak interrupts their dinner, Vernon Dursley goes to investigate, with the Greengrasses following him. They stumble upon him trying to strangle Harry. They rescue him and his belongings and spirit him away at Greengrass Manor. There the two of them talk and Daphne informs Harry that he will be moved to Weitts Manor as Dumbledore would not be able to reach him there. The next morning Tracey and Blaise come to visit, after some time, Daphne and Blaise leave Tracey and Harry alone so that they might talk in private.

She does her Hogwarts shopping for the upcoming academic year alongside Harry, Tracey and Charlotte on August 19th. Before entering Flourish and Blott's her and her friends stumble upon Cassius Warrington, Calypso Rosier, and Flora and Hestia Carrow. They catch-up and discuss their respective summers before entering the bookstore.

### Autumn Semester, Second Year:

On September 1st she travels to Hogwarts alongside her friends on the Express. At the feast they all stay together and afterwards they head to their Common Room. On the way there, as Charlotte left with the fifth-year prefect, she discusses with her friends the possible complications caused by Charlotte's power move.

The evening of September 4th finds her in the Common Room, she is one of the people that inform Harry of Flint's decision to leave the Slytherin Quidditch team. The next morning she is present when Harry intervenes in a confrontation instigated by Ron Weasley and is one of the people that point their wand at Ron after the boy attacks Harry.

She is in the Slytherin Common Room on the evening of October 7th as part of Harry's group. When Charlotte arrives asking questions about Millicent Bulstrode's position among the second-years she is one of the persons that take part in that conversation.

The evening of October 31st, finds her and her friends waiting for Harry's return to the Common Room after the Chamber of Secrets opening debacle. Upon his return, Tracey and her start bombarding Harry with question. Eventually they have to settle down to allow him to answer. The next morning she waits for Harry to arrive in the Common Room. Once he does so, the two have a walk and a private conversation in the dungeons. During their walk Harry opens up to her and confesses his insecurities stemming from him being raised outside the Magical World and without any morals whatsoever. Daphne professes her confidence in Harry, and in the fact that eventually he will develop a moral compass and assures him that until that happens their group of friends will act as the moral compass. She also explains that while they all are friends, Harry is the leader of their group.

She returns home for the winter break on December 21st. There she is greeted by her younger sister Astoria. They touch upon Astoria's illness and the possible solution to it that shall be facilitated by Lord Weitts during the next summer. Astoria also informs her older sibling that they will dine at Weitts Manor later in the day.

On December 31st, she is present at her family's gala. There she enacts her revenge on Draco Malfoy by spiking his drink with Draught of Hate keyed to Giaus Weitts. Afterwards, in private, she reveals her actions to Harry, Blaise and partially to Charlotte who took part in the plan.

## 1993:

### Spring Semester, Second Year:

She is present in the Slytherin Common Room at the beginning of term to catch up with her friends on January 3rd. Some days later, on January 10th she ends up petrified and dragged to the Chamber of Secrets by the Heir of Slytherin. Following the skirmish in the Chamber of Secrets, he is rescued and sent to the Hospital Wing on the early hours of June 5th. By dinnertime he is unpetrified and reconnecting with Harry. The girl revels that she worries about her sister, Astoria, who has been under a lot of stress recently, and that has something big coming up that has been on her mind for a long time — thus the Greengrasses are tying to keep her in a good state of mind. Daphne asks Harry to help her learn how to duel so that she may be able to better defend herself. Harry readily agrees informing her that he expects preferential treatment in Potions.

On the evening of June 12th, in the Speaker's Den, under Salazar's Sanction, Harry tells his friends about his past relationship with Professor Hurst, and that she turned out to be Voldemort, about the prophecy, and about the Chamber of Secrets — or as much as he could about that. They depart for the Chamber of Secrets, unfortunately for them, before they can arrive, it's location is placed — unbeknowst to them — by Emily Nigma under the Fidelius Charm.

## Academic Results:

At the end of her first year at Hogwarts she scores the third overall highest score. Due to the debacle caused by the reopening of the Chamber of Secrets, there are no end of year exams in his second year, just Pass or Fail grades. Suffice it to say, she manages to advance onto his third year.

 History of Magic
 Potions
 Transfiguration | O- (2nd overall)

## Skills/Abilities:

**Skilled brewer:** She started taking potions brewing lessons from her mother when she was only seven years old. She only increased ever since making her a formidable skilled brewer for someone her age.