Grace Weitts

Grace Weitts was a Slytherin Student at Hogwarts from 1986 until her graduation in the summer of 1993. From her 5th year onward she was also a Prefect. She is the Heiress of the Weitts Family.

## Family Information

### Family Members

Sigmund WeittsAdriana Weitts

Charlotte Weitts

## **Early Life:**

At this point, there is very little known about Grace’s early life. Her sister, Charlotte, received a wand a year early to begin practicing in magic, so to say that Grace may have had the same opportunity is not unreasonable. Like many pureblood Heirs and Heiresses, Grace was schooled in politics and etiquette from a very early age. At this point, the only concrete fact we truly know is that she has known Daphne for years and views her as a second little sister.

## **1991:**

At the end of the welcome feast she stops Andrew Macnair that was attempting to bully Harry Potter. She then separates Harry from the other Slytherin first-years and shows him an alternative route from the Great Hall to the Slytherin common room. During their walk she given Harry some advice in regards to the political power struggle that is present in the house of the cunning. She is not aware at the time that in the future she will end up viewing Harry as an adoptive little brother.

The next morning when she arrives in the common room she sees Harry standing near the lounge centered around the fire place. A conversation ensures between the two on them at the end of which she tentatively compliments Harry for his perceptivity and his ability to be a fast learner.

The same night she is challenged for house dominance by Terrence Higgs and Marcus Flint. She easily defeats the two contenders and she decides to keep Terrence's wand for the night as a reminder to the boy of the risks of defying her. Flints ends up in a bad enough state that he needs to visit Madam Pomfrey in the Hospital Wing. Later on in the night, after Grace ensures that she is alone with Daphne in the Common Room, she checks on her and points out that Harry Potter might be not so light as his father and a possibly viable ally and friend.

On the morning of September 5th she has another intriguing conversation in the Common Room with Harry Potter. She remarks that he is a true Slytherin, though an unusual one, even though some might not be able to see that.

During the lockdown of Hogwarts caused by the death of Terrence Higgs and the subsequent Auror investigation she ends up spending a lot of time studding. She also has a discussion with Harry, that is hosted at that time by her family, that implied that she is aware that the black mamba incident from the Gala was his doing and that she approves of it at least somewhat. She gifts Harry a copy of *The Subtleties of Deception, Detection, and Defense.*

## **1992:**

On the evening of June 5th, she watches, under a Disillusionment spell, as Daphne Greengrass, Tracey Davis and Blaise Zabini leave a secret room, the Speaker's Den, in the Slytherin Common Room. She waits for them to properly departs then she starts investigating said room.

At midday on July 18th, she waits at the floo exit of Weitts Manor for Harry Potter that was set to arrive to spend the remaining of the summer under her families aegis. When he arrives, she invites him to settle in and use her first name. Then she informs him that she has a proposal for him to consider that she will present in a couple of days.

On the morning of July 20th while she eats breakfast she notices the control over his emotions that Harry displays when dealing with an unwanted letter from his genitor. Harry's composure while reading the letter clues Grace into his Occlumency Practice. When she asks him how he is doing with it, she is shocked by his progress, and tests his claim, informing him that he shouldn't be where he was before September given the time frame he had worked with. She then offers to teach him Active Occlumency in exchange for him looking after Charlotte, and he manages to convince her to teach him combat magic as well.

On the morning of August 1st, right after the Charlus Potter Birthday Gala, she explains to Harry during breakfast that anything his brother does is news-worthy. So, him having an academic duel with Harry would of course result in it being published in the Daily Prophet. Afterwards, Grace broadly questions Harry in regards to his understanding of the Mind Arts, noting that Harry has access to some proper sources. She then proceeds to help with with Active Occlumency by probing his mind.

Early in the morning of August 21st, while heading out she is surprised by Harry Potter. She explains that she is going to take an apparition test, but Harry is skeptical of this, so he calls her on it. She explains that she has some other business she is attending besides the apparition test, business that she doesn't want her mother or father to find out about. Harry agrees to keep quiet.

On the evening of September 1st, in the Slytherin Common Room, after the rest of the students leave for their dorms, Grace Weitts introduces Harry Potter to Rhea Pax, and she discusses both their lessons and what Harry's impression on the First Years is, with the implication that she is grooming him for greater things. During this conversation, Harry realises that she knows about The Speaker's Den based on the way she phrased a question about a private room.

The evening of September 4th finds her with Harry Potter in the latter's training room in the dungeons keeping good on her promise to help him with his combat magic. She assesses Harry's skill in dueling by fighting him, with the boy losing due to his inability to counter conjured snakes. Two evenings later, on September 6th, she tests Harry and determines that he is ready to proceed onto the second level of Occlumency training. They have their first lesson in second level Occlumency on the evening of September 11th. She explains how the second level revolves around clearing ones mind in order to prevent an invader from having anything to latch onto. Then she proceeds in pointing out some of the things that a competent Legilimens would be able to accomplish.

At the end of other Occlumency tutoring session, on October 4th, she is impressed by Harry's progression. She claims that if Harry were to continue to maintain his level of progress then he would have no problem advancing past second level by the end of the year. She also informs him that he can now safely start looking into subskills for the second level.

On the evening of November 1st she tutors once again Harry in Occlumency. During their training one of her probes ends up latching onto a memory and she is that shocked by what she sees — some of the abuse that Harry suffered during his 'childhood' — that she forgets to pull back. Harry eventually pushes her out and runs from the room before she is able to stop him.

Some days later, on November 8th, she meets with Harry and apologizes for her lack of control during their previous Occlumency session. Harry tentatively accepts her apology and they proceed with Grace giving Harry an introductory lesson in Legilimency.

After other private tutoring session in Occlumency with Harry, on November 15th, the two talk about the attack on Charlotte from a couple of days prior. Harry reveals that he is not going to involve himselfs directly, but, that he is going to ensure that Charlotte proceeds with an appropriate plan. She tentatively agrees with Harry's strategy, with the warning that if it does not work then he will have to deal with her displeasure.

On the evening of December 17th, after the chaotic duel between the Potter Twins, she leads Harry to an abandoned classroom, heals him and then ensures that he is not the Heir of Slytherin. She ends up confronting him about his source for learning Occlumency as fast as he does and only relents when she is assued of Harry's faith in his source of information to not lead him astray. Their conversation ends with her warning him of her suspicion that Albus Dumbledore might try to use Legilimency on him to get to the bottom of the whole ordeal.

It is quite likely that she is the one responsible for the death of Vernon Dursley on the night of December 21st.

## 1993:

On January 8th, she starts teaching Harry how to cast wordlessly. At the end of their practice the two talk with Harry finally asking her about her views on Dark Magic. She ends up confirming to him that powerful magic is the one addictive, not dark one, and that he is ready to begin learning it if he wants to.

The evening of January 15th finds herself having another duelling session with Harry, this one focused on his venting out his mounting frustrations, as Grace fights defensively until Harry gets tired. Afterwards, the two talk with Grace recommending Harry to slowly let his suppressed emotions leak, thus ensuring that they do not accumulate, which would lead to unfortunate situations. Some days later, on January 24th, after another session in the mind arts, Grace deems Charlotte as a level four Occlumens, thus ready to start building a mind palace.

She is ready to declare Harry Potter a level three Occlumens at the end of another of their training session on the evening of April 22nd. A little bit later she rescues him while he is incapacitated in the dungeons. After checking that he is alright, the two hurry towards the Slytherin Common Room to ensure that Selwyn has not hurt Charlotte. Once there, they stumble upon unconscious students and a message left for Grace from Daniel Selwyn informing her of Charlotte whereabouts and captive status. Grace tries to rush to her sister rescue but she is stopped by Harry who points out the importance of formulating a plan. Thus, as the students are beginning to wake up, she leads him to the entrance of the Speaker's Den, demands that he opens the room whilst informing him that she was long aware of him being a Parselmouth. Harry, with resigned reluctance, ascertains to her request and opens the passage to the Speaker's Den.

Some time later, Grace and an invisible Harry, proceed to rescue Charlotte. Grace steps first into the room where her sister is being help captive by Selwyn, Flint, Macnair, Jugson and Rowle, deciding to forgo the ward disabling as it would take too long, and proceeds to attack. Unfortunately for her she is apprehended by a second set of wards tied to the blood of her sister. Before things could get dire she is rescued by Harry. The two manage to deal with Charlotte's capturers and save the girl.

A little bit later, Harry and Charlotte are being treated for their wounds in Grace's suite granted to her as Head Girl. Grace explains to Harry that they have reached a stalemate with Selwyn, Flint, Macnair, Jugson and Rowle as they now know they Harry is a Parselmouth but that they will not tell a soul as that would lead to Harry revealing their use of the Unforgivables during their confrontation. At the time, Grace points out that Charlotte's way of handing the younger Jugson and the Mulciber Heir with the use of Legilimency is not exactly legal.

At the end of another tutoring session in Occlumency, on the evening of May 30th, she tells Harry that now he is ready to start learning about thought streams, a third level Occlumency subskill. She describes what they represent whilst pointing that she would be impressed but not surprised to manage it by Halloween. Before parting ways, Grace ensures that Harry will be careful in his pursuit of the Heir of Slytherin.

After Snape's announcement of Harry and Ares disappearance on June 4th, she goes to the boy's room where they have noticed Harry's friends departing before her. There, she mentions that she has placed an illegal tracking charm on a piece of Harry's jewelry, and thus she suspects that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Shortly afterwards, they proceed, under the protection of the Disillusionment Charm, towards it. There, before entering the Chamber with Calypso, proceed to stun the rest of their friends to ensure that they do not get themselves kill. They descend into the Chamber and they join the outgoing fight against Riddle and the Basilisk in their bid to rescue their friends.

Following the resurrection ritual, she listens to Lockhart story about Katalysator. She is essential in convincing Harry to spare Emily's life by explaining a little bit on the symbolism of murder. Following that, she departs alongside the rest with the help of Fawkes back to Hogwarts. There, after the Unspeakables question them she decides to take a vow of silence about what occurred in the Chamber of Secrets instead of having her memories wiped.