"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
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CONSEQUENCE The boy who survived
FanfictionA story by JustBored21 James and Lily have been put into a coma, Adrian Potter is the boy-who-lived, Dumbledore raises him and drops his twin at his aunts. Harry the twin brother of the boy-who-lived comes to Hogwarts and gets sorted into Slytherin...
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