Chapter 1: The Prosecution of the Dursleys

On this fine Halloween night we go to Private Drive number 4 where a man with a long white beard seemed to be waiting for something or someone. A brown cat walked up to the man and transformed into a woman. Unbeknownst to the Muggles that were in their homes these two people were Wizards that could perform extraordinary magic. They were waiting for a boy to be delivered to them. One this hallowed night the boy's parents were murdered in cold blood by a cruel Dark Wizard named Voldemort. When he turned to kill the boy his sent the killing curse, but it was not to be. The curse rebounded off the boys head leaving only a scar. When the curse rebounded it hit the caster in his chest destroying his body but not his soul. The wizard with the long beards name is Dumbledore and he sent Hagrid the groundskeeper at Hogwarts to fetch the boy at the ruins of his parent's house. He was due any minute now. They waited in front of the house for another odd minute or so until they heard the roar of a motorbike engine. When they turned around they saw the bike in question flying and coming down towards the ground. Hagrid got off the bike and after a brief conversation he gave the boy to Dumbledore. He set the boy down in front of the door and took a letter out of his pocket that would explain everything to the Dursleys. They stood there for a moment and after what seemed like an eternity the women spoke.

"I don't want to this boy here Albus, these people will abuse him."She stated in a firm voice.

"I don't like it anymore than you do Minerva but this is the only place that where he will be safe." He replied."Thank you for bringing him here Hagrid, you may leave."

Hagrid moved to get on his bike and with the roar of the engine he was had flown away.

"I hope you are right in doing this."She said the man before turning back into a cat.

"I hope so as well."He said with a sad tone in his voice and then he simply vanished.

The boy that they had left on the doorstep of number 4 Private Drive had a great destiny to fulfill but not for years to come. This boy would save the world from darkness, this boy is…
HARRY POTTER.

Now we go years later to where Harry is sitting in his room which was the cupboard under the stairs. It was his sixth birthday, none of the Dursleys had wished him Happy Birthday. They would often barely feed him much less get him a birthday cake. The only people that had wished him a happy birthday or been nice to him were the Evans family. They had moved in a year ago. There was John Evans and Amelia Evans and Harry was very good friends with their daughter Emily. They were the same age and they had lots of fun together but that was before the Dursleys had put a stop to it. Today he had been doing yard work when all three of them came over to wish him happy birthday. They invited him over but obviously the Dursleys point blank refused. Today would be a horrible day for Harry. Harry was a wizard and when anything strange or abnormal happened they always seemed to blame him and unfortunately today happened to be the day Vernon Dursley lost his job.

Harry was startled by his door being thrown opened by his Uncle. One look at his face and Harry cowered in the corner of his room."It's all your fault." He yelled at the boy whilst grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and throwing him against the door opposite his room."You and your abnormalities cost me my job."He yelled again while punching Harry with every word.

By now Harry had his bottom lip cut, his left eye was black and starting to swell. He had several other bruises and his body wracked with pain. Vernon Durlesy beat the defenseless boy for another five minutes before he stopped. He left the boy and went on with his own work. Harry stayed in that same position for another minute before he could muster the strength to get up and walk to the door. Once it was open he went straight next door to where the Evans lived, he only hoped they were home at this hour. Once he reached the door he knocked on it feebly. A few seconds later he heard the door handle turn and when it opened he saw Emily standing there.

"Hi Har-." Was all she said before she saw him. Half his face was had blood on it and the other half was covered with bruises. After a moment of shock Harry said one word before falling to the ground unconscious."Help" Emily immediately screamed for her parents and ran to look for them. She led them to the where Harry was and her dad called an ambulance. After five minutes during which they had cleaned his face the paramedics arrived. Emily got in the back of the ambulance with Harry and the paramedics while her parents followed behind in their car. Amelia had gotten the camera to take pictures of Harry before they got him clean. She explained to her daughter that this would be evidence against the Dursleys because it wasn't right to abuse a child this way.

"How bad is he?"John asked the doctor who had treated Harry.

"He has a concussion, three broken ribs and his left eye is severely damaged but worst of all is his left leg is broken."The doctor told them sadly." Are you his Guardians?"

"No, we think that they did this to him. We don't have proof but when Harry wakes up we need to ask him." Amelia explained to the doctor.

"Are you serious?" the doctor asked them completely shocked.

"Yes, Harry told us how the Dursleys barely fed him and how they also let their son bully him."John replied.

In Harry's room the nurse was tending to him making sure the bandages were on properly and that he was fine. Emily was sitting next to his bed holding Harry's hand with tears running down her face. She noticed that the boy was beginning to stir so she paged the doctor.

When the doctor felt it vibrate he took it out of his pocket and told them Harry was waking up. They looked around to see the Social Services that they called. They motioned for him to follow them and then went to Harry's room. When they walked in they saw that Emily was hugging Harry now that he was awake but she was still crying. Harry saw them walk in a he told Emily and she stopped crying but hugged him for a few more moments.

"How do you feel Harry?" Amelia asked him sweetly.

"Very sore."He replied

"Harry, we need you to tell us what happened so we can help you so it never happens again."John then explained what the man was doing here and how they were going to help him.

Harry started to explain what happened to him when his uncle got home and how he was brutally abused. Once he finished Emily was crying again and Amelia was also crying. John asked the Social Services man to step outside." My wife thought it would be a good idea to have photos as evidence s as it might help Harry." He said giving it to them." If Harry is removed from his Uncles care, is there any way that we may become his guardians. Harry trusts us and we think it would be better for him."

"If they are deemed unfit to care for Harry I think it could be arranged for you to be his guardian. Thank you for these."He said gesturing to the photos." It will go a long way to help the boy." When he finished talking he walked out the hospital going to his car. John turned back towards Harry's room and walked in. he saw that Emily was hugging Harry again but this time Harry was the one crying and Amelia was rubbing his back in a soothing way. Walking up to Harry's bed he put a hand on his shoulder and told him."It's ok Harry. It's going to be better for you."

A week later after Harry had recuperated enough to make it to the trial."All rise for the honorable Judge Jefferson presiding."

"Court is in session. The case of Harry Potter being abused. Vernon Dursley what do you plea?"The judge asked in a stern voice.

"Not Guilty, the boy is delusional. I would never do such a thing." Vernon replied

Harry sat in his chair listening to the judge speak. He knew that then Evans were going to help him. They said he just needed to tell them what happened and that they will handle the rest.

"Does the prosecutor have anything to say?"The judge asked.

"Yes."The man next to Harry said standing up. This man was Harry's lawyer."I would like to call to the stand the victim Harry Potter." The man went to the front and Harry followed and sat in the chair.

"Harry can you please tell us what happened on the before you were taken to the hospital."The man asked him.

Harry went into explaining what his uncle did and included every detail as best he could.

"Do you have any evidence to support his story." The judge asked the lawyer.

The lawyer walked back to the table and took something from his briefcase and gave it to the judge and explained."These photos were presented to me by Mr. Evans. These were taken shortly after he found Harry unconscious on their doorstep. As you can see the timestamp verifies the date."He finished pointing to the bottom right corner of the photos.

"Does the defendant have any evidence to counteract this?" he asked them. After a full two minutes of silence."I have reached a decision, I rule in favor of the victim Harry Potter. Vernon Dursley you are hereby removed of you guardianship over the boy and are to do 400 hours of community service."He turned to look at Mr and Mrs Evans." John and Amelia Evans your request to attain guardianship over Harry Potter is granted." Smacking his Gavel in from of him he declared," Court dismissed."

Harry couldn't believe what he just heard." Am I really going to be living with you?" he asked Amelia hopefully.

"Yes dear welcome to the family." She then pulled him into a hug which he returned.