Although Harry also thought Daphne had shown tremendous courage by taking the initiative to confess her feelings to Neville.
Harry found it a little hard to accept that this alone qualified her to inherit Gryffindor's legacy.
Things had unfolded like this:
Through Harry's sarcastic teasing of Neville and Daphne, Harry and the others learned what the two had done that day. Neville had found inspiration in what Daphne had said at the time, but had not worked it out himself, so he went to ask Harry and the others.
Harry could not figure it out either, of course, but they had Hermione and Ron.
And so they arrived at a new idea.
To obtain Gryffindor's legacy, or rather, the four Founders' legacies, one had to demonstrate the corresponding traits.
For Ravenclaw, it was a thirst for knowledge.
For Hufflepuff, loyalty and tolerance.
For Slytherin, it was probably bloodline.
And for Gryffindor, courage was undoubtedly the most likely answer.
Did entering the Forbidden Forest require courage?
Well, perhaps that was true for young wizards of this era.
But perhaps in the four Founders' time, the Forbidden Forest had simply been Hogwarts' back garden, and entering it had been perfectly normal.
In fact, even now, professors would take young wizards into the Forbidden Forest during Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology lessons, just not very deep.
So going during the day was not enough. They had to go at night.
Harry and the others therefore chose to sneak into the Forbidden Forest again at night.
Sure enough, this time they triggered an event as soon as they entered.
When they returned to the Centaur Tribe's camp that night, the centaurs actually attacked them.
The change caught them rather off guard.
After all, Harry and the others had already visited several times at