Daphne's seduction attempt

Harry removed the transfiguration and the Horned Serpent in front of him changed back to Alecto Carrow.

"Did it work?" he asked knowing full well that it didn't yet still holding a bit of hope that it did.

The death eater shook her head but he did not trust her so he used Legilimency to be sure and just as she had said.

It did not work.

Even in a Horned Serpent form, she was not able to feel or sense any form of magic in her surroundings.

What a pity.

He had gotten this idea when he was going through his memories of the movies and saw the fake Madeye Moody transfigure Draco in a ferret.

He had hoped that the subject had turned into a horned serpent then perhaps he or she would be able to sense magic like how Selena did.

But deep down, he knew that this would not work.

Just like how if you transfigure a human into a basilisk, it's hide would not have magical resistance nor would it's gaze kill anyone.

There was something that he was missing.

Something that the magical creatures hold that allows them to have those magical powers.

What was that something?

He didn't know.

To his knowledge, no one had tried to do what was trying to do right now.

So he had no predecessors to learn from.

And now that he had run out of ideas, he didn't knew what he should do next.

It seemed like he would have to discard this project until he learns more about magical creatures and their special powers along with transfiguration or he comes up with some revolutionary idea.

And he was so excited to get a magical sight too.

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Harry was a busy person.

Daphne knew that one fact very well.

He might be an unparalleled genius but that only served to increase his hunger for knowledge even more.

He spent most of his time either learning something new or working on one of his so called 'Projects'.

The only time he was not doing those things was when he went to practice dueling with Professor Flitwick. But the point remained that he spent every waking hour of his life trying to improve himself.

Daphne liked that quality in a man. In fact, she would followed his very foot steps if she was in Slytherin where each and every one of your move is noted and studied by other people.

She envied the freedom he had.

Envied how he could do whatever he wants in his life and get away with it without any repercussions.

Thankfully, she knew that envy won't change her situation. Only careful planning and hard work would.

Which was why she worked so hard under Andromeda's guidance.

So that she would be able to make something of herself when she eventually leaves Hogwarts.

No… not leave. Expelled.

She was not a fool and knew that once a Unbreakable Vow is given, there is no escape so her failing for 3 years in a row and then being expelled from the school was a given.

But the unbreakable vow never said anything about NEWTs or the Masters exam.

So if she was able to take a Mastery in Potions before the end of her third year, then she would instantly gain the fame required for her to make a name as a Potions' Mistress.

At that point, even if she was expelled from Hogwarts, she could simply claim that she was never very interested in other subjects and only ever had eyes for Potions and the public will understand. After all, Harry always said that the Sheep of the Wizarding world only listens to those who shout the loudest.

Or least that was the plan for the moment.

And she had to thank Harry for providing her with all the right opportunities that would help her achieve her goals.

Even if he hardly ever taught her anything in person.

Even the later exercises of 'Will and Intent' magic was taught to her by Penelope because Harry and Hermione had not come of his lab for the past few weeks.

She had no idea what they were doing in there but from the way Hermione smiled whenever she asked the bushy haired girl about it, Daphne could only assume that it must be something really amazing.

Well, if Harry was spending so much time in it, then she guess it must be amazing considering his other achievements.

But still… it would have been better if she was able to spend some more time with him.

After all, one of her plans was to seduce and marry him in the future.

By now she knew that such a plan would likely not work but a girl could always hope.

Unfortunately, whenever he was in the same room as her, he would always in the company of either Hermione or Penelope or sometimes even both of them. So she never really got any chance to get to know him on a personal level.

Which was why she was so surprised when she saw him sitting alone in his chair when she entered the 'Study Room' after lunch.

She had no idea where Hermione or Penelope were but she didn't care.

This was her chance to get close to him and she would not miss this opportunity no matter what.

"Hello Harry." She said as she moved toward him and he replied without looking up from the book he was reading "Hello Daphne."

His cold tone threw her off balance for a moment before she took control of her emotions and gave him a soft smile. Not that he noticed.

He had always been far more interested in his books and projects to make time for anything else.

Oh well, she would try to change that.

With those thought, she put her arm on his shoulders and started massaging them.

She was not very good at it but she hoped that it would bring him some relief so that he would let down his guard against her.

Unfortunately, he didn't show any reaction to her massage ands simply kept turning pages after pages.

She wondered he was even reading them or only searching for something specific in the book. Hermione had once mentioned that he read books at a very fast pace but surely she didn't meant this fast. Right?

She gazed at his book and felt her mind boggle at the pages that were filled with Ancient Runes.

She did not know much about runes but she had seen Penelope's books and these Runic Patterns and Arrays were far more complicated than anything she had seen in those books.

Penelope had told her that Harry had only started learning Runes from her about 4 or 5 months ago.

Surely he could not have become so advanced at Runes in such a short amount of time.

Right?

Yeah, maybe he was just searching for something in that book.

But the search did not stop.

And he did not give her any indication of whether he liked her massage or not and after a minute of silence, she was caught in the awkward position of not knowing what to do.

Should she continue her massage. Did he even liked it? Should she just stop and then leave.

To be frank, after a whole minute of being ignored by him, she did realize that this might not have been such a good idea but if she just left all of a sudden then that would just be awkward.

Thankfully, Harry seemed to have realized this as well as the next moment he closed his book and slightly turned his face to looked in her direction.

"Thank you Daphne. You can go now." He said softly before opening the book once again and she fumed a bit at being treated like a servant.

But then she controlled her anger and started going back to her seat when she heard him once again.

"You are a very talented person Daphne. Put those talents to use and become a great Potions Mistress and I'll make sure that you're not left wanting for anything in your life."

She processed hi words in her mind for a moment before she nodded at him. But then she realized that he was not looking in her direction and said "I understand."

He bobbed his head a little while reading the book and she took it as affirmation and left for her own table at the other corner of the room.

Well, so much for trying to seduce him.

Maybe she would try it when he's a bit older.

But then his words rang in her mind and she wondered if he'll really stand by those words if she did as he asked her to do.

Unfortunately, that was something that only time will tell.

She opened her fourth year potions book and started to study up on potion she would be making the day two days from now on.