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🕑 Added 2025-09-10 04:58:34 +0000 UTCA Helping Hand
Harry had been at Hogwarts for all of a week before a pretty blonde in Slytherin robes grabbed him between classes and hauled him into an empty classroom. For a moment, he feared he was about to be hexed. Even though he didn't know any spells yet, he still reached for his wand.
"Potter, I need your help," the girl said.
"Who are you?" Harry asked.
"I'm Daphne Greengrass," she said, tossing her hair over her shoulder. "I need your hand to get rid of Malfoy. He won't stop bothering me."
Harry didn't know how he could help her get Malfoy to leave her alone. But if there was one thing he hated, it was bullies.
"Er, okay."
Daphne smiled brightly, kissed him on the cheek.
Blushing brightly, he watched her skip from the room. He raised a hand to touch his cheek, and then look back at where she'd vanished in confusion. She'd never told him how he could help.
Two days later, Harry was called into Dumbledore's office. McGonagall, Daphne, and a man he didn't know were already waiting for him.
"Ah, Harry," Dumbledore smiled. "Please, come have a seat. There's something we need to discuss. Is it true that you promised Ms. Greengrass your hand?"
Harry shuffled guiltily in his seat. Maybe he should've listened to Hermione and gone to a professor.
"She said Malfoy was bothering her," he said in his own defense. "I just offered to give her a hand so he'd leave her alone, but I haven't done anything yet!"
"No, not a hand," Daphne said, rolling her eyes. "I meant your hand. As in marriage."
Harry paled, his stomach dropped into his shoes, and his a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"And you agreed?" the man asked, pinning him with his pale blue eyes.
"Er, well, yes, but-"
"Then it's settled," he interrupted before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a scroll. "I have a marriage contract here. If you'll just-"
"Oh, come now, Gareth," Dumbledore said humorously. "You know as well as I an eleven year old can't enter into a contract. Let's give it a few years and see what happens. Until then, if Mr. Potter agrees, they can simply tell Mr. Malfoy there is a contract. Harry?"
Harry heaved a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, sure, professor," he said. "We can do that."
Daphne glared at him, but eventually nodded. Harry had no way she would spend the next seven years doing everything she could to make sure he signed that contract before they left Hogwarts.
Comments
Brian Jordan
One last point of interest: Harry is eleven years old as the story begins. I'm not objecting in the slightest, just reminding people that patience is a virtue. How the good professor will reward our virtue remains to be seen. (I also see numerous cold showers for our main characters as matters move forward.)
Brian Jordan
Did Daphne know Harry didn't understand exactly what she was asking? Quite possibly. Is she going to let a little thing like that stop her? Not bloody likely. Will she find herself increasingly determined not to let him get away for a steadily growing list of reasons? Very probably. Do I want to see where this goes? Abso - bloody -lutely! Please note, my wanting to read this does not mean I'm giving up on any of your other currently unfinished stories. I do appreciate that you can only do so much at a time and am willing to be patient. Plus, I don't want you risking your health, mental and physical. (I'm quite selfish but there are limits.)
Hacura
I love the concept. I think your imagination could make this very interesting.
Jcrime
I like it. Seems like a very different premise than most of like the contract stories you see. So I like the idea of something different. Will he still get the black name?
Elias
ok, normally when there is a contract it usually happens later with daphne going to Harry when he either has the back name or is super powerful , I like this premise of her going to him early when he has a very different idea of what he agreed to then she does and is not either a black or a Peveral at this point. go for it
David Clyne
What's the hold up🤔 get writing 🤨😉
HowlerAtTheMoon
I like it HarryxDaphne stories are always good
Morrigan Newhart
This looks like fun and different than what we normallg see in contract fics, hope we see more of it!
TheFrenziedWolf
Very interested in seeing more of this idea always love A DaphneXHarry fic
Ofunu
I mean, it would not be the first HarryxDaphne marriage contract story out there, but this is certainly and approach I have not seen before. Usually there is a contract already agreed upon either by Harry's parents or the Black family of which Harry is heir and thus must honor.
Sven Klausmann
Sounds promising
