A/N: Here's the next chapter of A Moment in Love, the prequel to The Potter Twins. For the sake of this story, Luna is already friends with Harry and the others. Please read and review.

Realisations and Memories

1st September 1995

Hogwarts Express, nearing Hogsmeade Station

"Where's Harry?" asked Luna Lovegood

"The filthy little half-blood's in Azkaban. He's got a life sentence" replied Ron Weasley laughing.

"I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE HIS FRIEND, RONALD BILLIUS WEASLEY. YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN BELLATRIX LESTRANGE IS." screamed Hermione Granger, hitting her ex-friend over the head with a very large book, "NOW GET OUT AND TAKE YOUR SISTER WITH YOU. AND LEAVE THE BOOK ALONE. WHAT HAS THE POOR BOOK DONE TO DESERVE YOU AS ITS OWNER?"

Looking at Hermione in horror and shock, Ron and Ginny ran quickly from the compartment to avoid Hermione's wand.

"Why's Harry in Azkaban?" asked Luna.

"Apparently, he's done Crimes Against the Ministry and Wizarding Community" replied Neville Longbottom.

"That's ridiculous, all he did was protect himself against Dementors." said Luna, shaking her head.

"I know, but Dumbledore let him be sentenced, I think that Dumbledore was really using Harry, and when he became too independent and wouldn't become humble again, he let him go. I think that's why he has to live with the Dursleys, to keep him humble and looking up to Dumbledore for advice. It's my opinion that Dumbledore wants the glory of killing Riddle for himself by saying that if he hadn't tutored Harry, Harry would have died. It's ridiculous. And also, Harry went to Gringotts this summer because I got a letter saying that as I was Harry's real friend, I had to give him the message that he is now an emaciated minor and Lord of the Noble and Moste Ancient House of Potter as all the letters sent to his home address were diverted to Dumbledore's office. He doesn't want Harry to know that he is now considered an adult as it would give Harry full control over himself and he wouldn't have to rely on Dumbledore. Dumbledore has even been taking money from his trust vault and giving it to the Weasley's and his vaults. Overall, Dumbledore has taken over 100,000G for himself, 120,000G for the Weasley's and 200G a month is transferred to the Dursleys muggle account." explained Hermione, leaving the others shocked.

"We need someone who doesn't like Dumbledore to help us clear Harry's name" said Neville. "Any ideas?"

"How about Snape? He certainly doesn't like Dumbledore." sneered a new voice.

"Malfoy, what are you doing here. Come to torment me about losing my best friend and trying to kill the other?" said Hermione, jumping to her feet with her wand out.

"No, but to give you and your friends a choice" replied Draco Malfoy.

"Since when should I listen to you?"

"Since Dumbles got Harry in Azkaban"

"When did you start calling Harry by his first name, it's usually Potter or Scarhead."

"Well Hermione" answered Draco smirking, "since Harry ended up in Azkaban with a life sentence. If he doesn't get out, Riddle is never going to die and we're not going to be able to live a normal life that involves not getting crucio'd every week."

"Why do you want Riddle dead, he's your master isn't he? And why are you calling me Hermione, you always call me Mudblood or Granger?"

"Times change" was all that Draco said.

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1st September 1995

Great Hall, Hogwart's Castle

"Now for the start of term notices. First year's, please note that the Forbidden Forest is out of bounds, and some of our older students ought to remember that." said Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling as he looked over at the Weasley Twins and Hermione, who were sitting next to each other, as far away from Ron as they could. It turns out that the twins weren't in the plot against Harry. They simply wanted to help Harry out; consequently, they were shunning Ron and Ginny. "If you have any really important questions, please ask them now."

"Where's Harry Potter?" yelled one student from the Ravenclaw table.

"Unfortunately, Mr Potter will be unable to continue his education." replied Dumbledore.

"Don't you mean you put him in Azkaban for life imprisonment for Crimes Against the Ministry and Wizarding Community" shouted Hermione, standing up and addressing the hall. "Furthermore, you were stealing from the Potter vaults for you own gain. You embezzled over 100,000 galleons for yourself. Over 120,000 galleons for the Weasley family in Molly Weasley's name. And, every month you were paying 200 galleons to Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter's hated uncle. Before you did all this, you made sure that Harry went to the Dursleys by having Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, arrested for betraying the Potters to Tom Marvolo Riddle, otherwise known as Lord Voldemort, when you knew it was Peter Pettigrew. You also knew that Sirius hadn't killed Pettigrew, but you let him get imprisoned just for your little plan to work. Harry needed to be as downtrodden as it was possible for him to be just so that you could mould him to how you wanted him. You've also done countless other things against Harry."

"It was for the Greater Good, Miss Granger" answered Dumbledore.

"Wasn't 'For the Greater Good' Grindlewald's phrase?" retorted Hermione.

"…"

"I take that as a yes" said Hermione, smirking, "And just to let you know, Crimes Against the Ministry and Wizarding Community doesn't exist. You made that up then bribed Fudge with 1,000,000 galleons from Harry's account to sentence Harry to Azkaban."

"…" Dumbledore didn't know what to say to the accusations so most of the hall took the silence as guilt. Hermione sat down in triumph, being pat on the back by Neville, Fred and George.

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1st September 1995

Azkaban Prison, North Sea

'Not Harry, please not Harry…Stand aside you silly girl, stand aside….AAHH' Azkaban Prisoner no. 2X37OZ, formally Harry Potter shuddered as the dementor slide past on its inspection of the high security prisoners. Even after 1 month of the beasts, Harry couldn't get used to them; new memories were now added to his parents' deaths. He heard their deaths every day, along with the words that landed him in Azkaban, lovingly named by the inmates as HELL.

The dementor glided past again, this time it wasn't his parents deaths, instead, more recent memories: 'I, Minister Cornelius Oswald Fudge, do hereby sentence you, Lord Harry James Potter of the Noble and Moste Ancient House of Potter, to life imprisonment for crimes against the Ministry and Wizarding Community…Enjoy your stay here in Azkaban Prison…See you when you're dead…So what did the famous Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived do to get a life sentence here in Azkaban Towers, and more importantly, why in a high security cell next to mine…That's the highest security cell there is, even I'm not given that honour...That was Sirius Black's cell.' Finally the dementor passed on and Harry was able to come back to the land of consciousness.

The newer memories were of the famed Bellatrix Lestrange, who, once you got to know her, was really very nice. It turned out that she was innocent of her crimes as she was on mind altering potions. Whatever she thought, she acted in the opposite way. She wanted to free the prisoners, instead she killed them. Only when she was sent to kill Neville Longbottom, did she become herself again momentarily and hide Neville in the cupboard, before getting captured and sentenced to Azkaban. She had been given a trial, while her sweet, innocent cousin, Sirius Black wasn't. Harry was determined to get free and to show the world that Bellatrix Lestrange wasn't evil. There was one floor in that plan, he had to escape, and, unfortunately for him, he wasn't an Animagus like Sirius was. His only hope was that Bellatrix (or Bella Black as she wanted to be called as Rudolphus had divorced her) could teach him how to become one.

A/N: Dumbledore really is going to get his money's worth later in the story. Please read and review, I should get the next chapter up soon.