56 Chapter 56: I-I'm going to tell her!
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'I know, and I should probably remind you that your surname's Potter.' Before Harry could retort, Loki continued. 'Anyway, I've seen her in classes, so she's in your year. Greengrass is an old pureblood family, if you couldn't already tell by the silly name. I don't recall seeing any Greengrasses on the list of excused Death Eaters, but the majority weren't caught to begin with.'
'Anything else?'
'I feel as though we should be innately against her because of her Greek mythological name, but other than that, no.'
'Her name's from Greek mythology?' Harry asked. 'I know just how to seduce her.'
Loki groaned. 'Am I going to wish that I hadn't told you that?'
'I'm going to become a swan animagus.'
'I don't think that's how animag-'
'It worked for Zeus!' Harry mentally yelled. 'Are you admitting inferiority to some imaginary Greek god who uses lightning of all things! That's practically saying Thor's better than you!'
'Stop trying to annoy me,' snapped Loki. 'Pay attention to the mortal. Turning her into your spy, plaything, slave, thrall, or whatever you want to call her will require some effort at first.'
With a snort of laughter, Harry once again embraced reality, glancing up from the book he had resumed staring at when Daphne had sat down.
She returned his gaze for a mere moment, before blushing in a way that was certainly false and looking back into her book.
She was so obvious that Harry was unsure as whether he wanted to laugh at her, punch her in the face, or yell at her. He settled for leaning back and seeing how this played out.
Daphne had chosen not to make any overt moves that day - not that a single one of her actions were covert - and Harry had returned to the Gryffindor common room. He needed to continue planting the roots of his plan if he were to maintain Gryffindor's trust while infiltrating Slytherin.
He walked over to where Ron was chatting to a few other boys, and asked, "So, what do you think of Daphne Greengrass?"
The boys looked slightly so surprised, though as whether the reaction was to him actually speaking to them, or the odd question, Harry didn't know.
"Um," Ron began awkwardly. "Well she's kinda - well you know..."
"Kinda?" a boy with an Irish accent said. "More like really, 'well you know.'"
Harry grinned. "Malfoy seems to think the same," he said, "and I'm gonna take advantage of that."
Ron frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Well, we've already seen that I can beat Malfoy physically, so the next step is emotionally, yes?" Harry's grin grew even further. "If you want to mess with the snakes, you've got to play like a snake, so I'm gonna take Malfoy's girlfriend."
A slight gasp sounded from behind him, and Harry turned to see a red-headed girl looking slightly mortified. When she saw him looking at her, she turned and fled towards the girl's dormitory.
Confused, Harry turned back to Ron and the other boys. Ron scratched his head awkwardly. "That's my sister, Ginny," he said. "She has a huge crush on you and I suppose she's a bit annoyed that you like other girls."
Harry blinked. "Well, okay then."
After a brief warning to Ron and the others not to disclose his plan to anyone, Harry departed the Gryffindor common room. He had barely left before the sharp tap of shoes against a stone floor followed. Harry let his wand fall into his hand, but did nothing else but louden his footsteps.
As he turned the corner, his follower was only a small distance behind. When they followed him around the turn, Harry found himself looking at a rather angry Hermione Granger as he leant against the wall, rolling his wand in his palm.
'Another Greek name,' Loki said. 'I'm already irritated with her.'
"Anything I can help you with, Granger?" Harry asked, eyebrow raised.
She glared in reply. "Ginny told me what you were talking about."
"And?"
The intensity of her glare increased. "And it's completely unacceptable!"
Amusement rose within him, and he took a few steps forward so that they were a foot apart. Even from this range, he would easily be able to block a spell from a school child. "And what are you going to do about it?" he asked.
Hermione flushed red. "I-I'm going to tell her."
Harry raised an eyebrow. "I don't think you will."
"I will."
"Coming here wasn't wise," he said with a smirk. For good measure, he added, "Mudblood." While he didn't care about blood supremacy, it was apparently rather insulting.
Hermione's eyes flashed with fury, and her hand flew up in what Harry wasn't quite sure was a punch or a smack. It surprised him, as what kind of witch didn't use magic? However, he wasn't surprised enough that his reflexes failed him.
Before he had time to think, Harry plucked her hand from the air and squeezed. Bones crunched in his hand, and as a scream built in Hermione's throat his hand shot forward and grasped it.
Lifting her by the neck, he slammed her against the wall and stared her in the eye. Loki's might roared within him and he surged forward mentally.
An agony equivalent to being set on fire descended upon her, and instantly knocked her unconscious, as Harry had intended.
Harry almost drove his wand into her gut before he gained control of himself and dropped her to the floor.
Pressing his wand to her near-destroyed hand, he muttered a few rapid yet powerful healing spells, mending the bone.
He glanced around to make sure no one had seen, and then looked back to the unconscious girl and muttered, "Enervate". Pushing back any panic he might've felt at the risk of getting caught, he smirked.
"Go ahead and tell Daphne my intentions, if you like. Just know that next time I feel as though you have attacked me, whether physically or not, it will be the last time."
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