I do not own Harry Potter or any of the other stuff except some plot. AN at the end.
Albus Dumbledore was a very irritated man, to say the least. His original plan to put Harry with the Dursley's haven fallen through when he discovered the boy is a metamorphmagus. After days of careful consideration, he was going to take Harry to live with the Weasley's or another family that was devoted to the light, when he received an owl from the ministry stating that they knew he had the boy and there would be an emergency Wizengamot meeting tomorrow to declare who would get official legal and magical guardianship of the boy since his parents will was sealed until he was 18 and his godfather in Azkaban. With his peculiar situation concerning Harry, he was not allowed to sit in as Chief Warlock for the trial. This effectively crippled him from any decision in the boy's guardianship since he was only part of a magical family, not an ancient one, and had no other seat in the council. All his plans were falling apart before he could even invoke them. Hopefully, none of the more sinister families got their hands on him, but it was out of his hands now.
Line break
"I call this meeting to order as standing Chief Warlock for the trial concerning the guardianship of proclaimed national hero, Harry Potter," said Amelia Bones. As head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, she had to step in at times whenever the elected had a conflict of interest. "How we will do this is take up anonymous nominations from those seated and tally the top two nominations for a vote. Please write your nominations now and we will begin the tally." After about 15 minutes of contemplation and gathering, the results were in. "Okay so the two choices will be the Most Ancient and Nobel House of Longbottom, and the Ancient House of Avery," she said hiding her own surprise at the choices. She was sure that the Malfoy's wouldn't pass up an opportunity like this.
Over in his own corner of the courtroom, Malfoy had drawn up his own plan to leave the boy in the care of a dark family of his own choosing. He would have much rather preferred it to be his own, or possibly the Lestranges, but the it would be much too expected to try for the boy himself. That and all the remaining members of the Lestrange family were in Azkaban. No, he would sit in the background and pull the strings to make sure Avery got his guardianship and keep his own hands clean while being able to take credit for when the dark lord returns. Cunning like a true Slytherin.
"Each family shall make their statement now as to why they should get custody of the child. Lady Longbottom, you shall begin," Miss Bones stated.
"Well my argument is the obvious one, my daughter-in-bond was supposed to be named his godmother before his parents passing. That leaves the responsibility to our house to support and care for them when they couldn't."
"Objection," Malfoy started, "There was no legal documentation of anyone other than Mr. Black to be given guardianship in case of this situation. Therefore, Mrs. Longbottom's plea cannot be taken into consideration when making the decision."
Amelia sighed, "Sustained Lord Malfoy. Mr. Avery, make your case at this time please."
William Avery was not a dumb man. He was aware of the subtle shifting Malfoy had done throughout the entire case and wouldn't be surprised if he was calling in favors or blackmailing the other members to sway the vote in his favor. Despite this, he had one major trump card to play that the Longbottom family couldn't.
"As you know, the Avery family is anything but humble and weak-willed. Just like the Potter family we forged our empire not through business, but through war. In the Goblin wars we were the ones who stood against the first wave of goblins, losing many members of this family in the process. Despite our personal sacrifice, we covered the escape of many noncombatants and even joined in the counterattack. We also are credited in the most dueling conference championships of any other Ancient and Noble Families. Not to mention we also invented the bone breaking curse that our own aurors use to protect us. If the boy comes with us we will not only give him the knowledge he will get at Hogwarts, but the knowledge he will need to face any and all threats against Magical Britain," as he finished his speech all the dark families, a good amount of the neutral faction, and even some of the lighter families were giving him a standing ovation.
"Order in the court," Bones began banging her gavel. The room quickly calmed down. "We shall now conduct the vote. Everyone who votes Harry goes to the Longbottom's, raise your wand now," around a fourth of the room raised their wands. "Alright, now raise your wand if you vote he goes to Mr. Avery," a bit over half raised their wands. "It is decided, Mr. Potter will go with my Avery, effective immediately," she then banged her gavel signaling the end of the trial.
Hey there, it's your new favorite Harry Potter Fanfic writer (probably not) This is my first HP fanfic so feel free to send me all the hate and love as it comes. Steel can only be tempered in the hottest of fires, ya know. I plan on putting a lot of effort into chapters from here on out so expect anywhere from 5K to 30K for your average chapter. Kinda hard to find a good place to stop for what I've got planned. Any who, review, review, review. The more I know about your likes and dislikes, the better I can write this story. Not to mention everyone loves long compliments (hint hint)
This is Cloaked Protagonist,
Signing Off