Chapter 2
Harry was never aware that he was dumped into a cell in the ministry of magic, or that he was being guarded by dementors. None of the Aurors did what they were meant to do, make the dementors go away so the person could regain consciousness. So Harry didn't get meals the whole time he was there.
Unfortunately it was one of the order members who were guarding Harry the next day, so she used the crappy whips of patronus smoke to get rid of the dementors. That was how Harry came around.
Groaning, Harry woke up looking around in confusion; wondering where the hell he was and why he was cold before his eyes widened, Voldemort had been at the house, seeing a woman standing over him with pink hair caused him to groan in confusion what the hell had happened?
"Who are you? What happened and where am I?" asked Harry confused.
"You don't know do you? What's the last thing you remember?" she asked him her voice was not cold yet it was not warm either.
"Voldemort got passed the wards of Privet Drive and killed…" was all he could get out. Rolling over he puked up in the corner, emptying his stomach of its contents.
"Scourgify" she muttered, looking green in the face but relieved he would not have dispelled his stomach if he had done it. She believed him even if others didn't.
"Where am I?" asked Harry again more demanding. He was freezing and wakes up in what appears to be a cell with a woman he doesn't know.
"Holding Cell in the Ministry of Magic" she said bluntly there was no point in hiding him from the truth because there was going to be more horrible people guarding him, as well as dementors, she knew how they affected him.
"Why?" asked Harry confused it should not be him in the cell he had done nothing wrong.
"Because you are being charged with the murder of Vernon Dursley, Dudley Dursley and Petunia Evans-Dursley" she said sadly.
"WHAT!" shouted Harry who was looking at her like she had grown a second head.
"Yes, that's what I said. Everyone including your friends think you are guilty of killing your aunt, uncle, and cousin. They are called up to testify against you." she said looking aphetic.
"They do?" asked Harry horrified at the very thought that his friends even thought him guilty for one second.
"Yes, I'm sorry," said the woman.
"Who are you?" asked Harry.
"My name's Tonks, Sirius cousin and member of the Order of the Phoenix" she said.
"What's the Order of the Phoenix and how is Sirius doing?" asked Harry forgetting for the moment that he was in the ministry of magic on murder charges.
"The Order of the Phoenix is an organization created by Merlin, the most powerful wizard alive usually takes over it, that being Albus Dumbledore, as for Sirius well he is not a happy man right now. He thinks you are guilty as well as the rest of them; the evidence is too much. They have your wand magical signature and all. They didn't even have that much evidence against Sirius but people are demanding a trial so you will get one instead of being shipped of to Azkaban but the trial is not for ages so they are keeping you here guarded by dementors." she said.
"Sirius thinks I'm guilty?" asked Harry beginning with his eyes for it not to be true.
"Yes, I am afraid so" said Tonks.
"But…But what about Dumbledore surely he believes I would not do something like that?" said Harry abashed.
"Sorry, why do you think no one is here? Dumbledore. If he believed you would be here for you" said Tonks regretfully.
"Everyone thinks I'm guilty?" asked Harry sadness overwhelming him for the first time in five years since he started Hogwarts.
"That's about it," said Tonks. She gave him his gruel then left, Harry didn't eat it, the stuff looked absolutely foul even more so than the stuff he was used to and still got from his aunt and uncle.
As she left she heard Harry mutter "Well they will find out I'm innocent and they will be begging for me back, but I won't be forgiving them at all the backstabbing bastards" she closed her eyes, she realized either way Harry would change into a bitter boy.
Harry ended up eating two spoonfuls of the gruel before going and lying on the bed, and fell asleep; how he did he would never know. He didn't know what day it was or how long he was asleep when he came around, but another bowl of gruel had been left for him, Harry who was used to not getting food every day didn't give in and eat it just yet.
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The Burrow
Kitchen
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Hermione and Ron had been staying at the Burrow without telling Harry, not wanting the third wheel to feel left out; they had stayed friends with him only because of his fame. It had brought them fame alright, Ron hopes to join the Aurors or join the Chudley Cannons, being Harry Potter's best friend would ensure that, whether he had the grades or not. He would be better than any one in his family, better than Percy, Bill, Charlie, George and Fred.
When they had seen the paper they had paled and then went up the stairs to try and figure away out to get more fame from Harry as they possibly could so it would last.
Daily Prophet
Boy-Who-lived now Boy-Who-Killed
Harry Potter was taken into custody yesterday, it was alleged that he was found next to the dead bodied of his Aunt, uncle, and cousin. It's well known apparently that Harry Potter hated going home every summer, now it's clear that the boy-who-lived killed his own relatives. They somehow must have apparently pushed him over the edge and killed them in the most horrific way possible.
According to Albus Dumbledore "I didn't think he would do this, he seemed like a nice boy, it must have been a mask, it's a shame to loose someone with so much potential but he needs to be locked away. We can't have someone like him about, it's dangerous the bodies were disgusting, worse than what a death eater would do" was all he had to say.
Fudge said "Don't worry we have Harry Potter safely locked up, he is in the ministry and he won't be going anywhere. We have asked Dementors to personally guard him. The trial will be as soon as we have time and the press will be told the date tomorrow. I will do all I can to make sure you all are safe and sound." said the minister finishing his speech before going into the ministry.
There will be more news as soon as we have it.
Rita Skeeter
Daily prophet Reporter.
As soon as Rita could, she got her animagus registered so Hermione Granger could not get at her. Now she was laughing, she had the scoop of the year.
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Ron's room
The burrow!
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"What do we do? Potter has just messed up all of our plans to make it look like he fell out with us when we are doing what we want to do, making him look bad and us good!" raged Ron. He hated this they have been planning for four years and now it was all gone because he had to go and kill his relatives.
"I don't know, perhaps at the trial we can look betrayed and look like we do not want to betray Harry then we might get some publicity, telling them how good a friend we have been and what he is really like!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, that's a great idea; we will need to get our story straight before the end of the day or so because we don't know when the trial is. We can get my family against him, it was not me that wanted to go after Harry in the car; it was Fred and George!" said Ron thinking about Harry in disgust.
"I knew it was not you who wanted to help Harry!" said Hermione, who wanted to be part of a pure blood family. She was going to make Ron fall for her next year she would make sure of it; she was going to make them see her for more than just a mudblood girl, just like Lily Evans.
It was not just her, plenty of the muggleborns were beginning to do it, people getting together and deciding who to get with, most of them had wanted to go with Harry Potter, but Cho Chang was the one who ended up winning, but it didn't go as they had hoped. Cho had taken it too slow and she didn't know Harry was an abused boy who has had no love in his life, by doing that she has made it clear to him anyway that she doesn't want him.
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Hogwarts Great Hall
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Severus Snape after reading the paper turned to Albus Dumbledore and said "I stayed away from Harry because you asked me to, but I won't sit back as Harry wastes away in Azkaban, if you don't get him a trial I will stop spying. Lily was my best friend and lover she meant the world to me, and I will do anything for her son!" said Severus who looked as normal as he would angry bitter and sneering as usual but there was a tone in his voice he had never used before when speaking about Harry Potter.
"Very well Severus" said Dumbledore who looked like he had been kicked in the gut, he knew he needed Severus to spy for him so he had to do as asked, he didn't have another person to spy for him and not only if he said no would he be loosing his spy, but his spy who is in the inner circle and collected lots and lots of information for him.
Severus could not believe they had turned on Harry so fast. He had left Harry alone but sent presents to him every year, he may not be the boy's father but he was like an honorary uncle to him, just like Remus and all. But Remus had not fought to see Harry like Severus did. He had accepted that Harry was fine and end of story.
Dumbledore had asked him to be horrible to Harry and that he would explain why Severus did what he did. He did it so he could help keep Harry safe, from Death Eaters. By bringing information home he helped keep Harry safe, being horrible to Harry was a definitely had to. If not, the Death Eater children would tell and he would be killed before he could say he was a spy.