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Sorry but apparently I confused two Chapter fours. This is Sham Chapter 4.
Chapter 4 – A Voice from the Past
The day of the trial finally arrived. Security was excellent and Ernie Macmillan proclaimed it a work of art. A group of highly qualified but neutral experts had been assembled from all over the world and before the trial began each Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt and all surviving members of the Order of the Phoenix and relevant persons of interest had been thoroughly examined regarding charms, spells, curses, hexes, jinxes and potions.
The experts had been so thorough that they were able to discover and report any charm, spell, curse, hex or jinx that had EVER been cast on the individual as well as what potions had been administered to them. The potion experts were very experienced and talented and made even the likes of Severus Snape look like a rank amateur.
Percy had demanded much and now the world knew that the experts and tests being administered were of the highest quality and as accurate as humanly possible. The experts came from countries all over the world and some even had Muggle degrees in medicine, forensics, etc. There were also representatives from the Goblin Nation, the Confederation of Dwarfs and even the elusive Fae.
If nothing else the TRUTH would be shown and if that truth was questioned not only would the Weasleys and Kingsley have to find and produce certifiable experts better than the best but in the case of the Goblin Nation, Confederation of Dwarfs and certain Asian nations, actual international incidents would occur and/or blood feuds would be started.
All of the tests and reports were done and reproduced for review not only for Percy and the others representing what was now known for short as the "Dumbledore Faction" but also for the sitting members of the ICW. The Dumbledore Faction had demanded and received a very thorough, certifiable and without a doubt the TRUTH for the entire Magical World to see.
It had shocked them all as who stops to think before they cast a spell, take or administer a potion the effects let alone the medical history it creates. Hermione Granger for one was infuriated to read about all of the totally illegal potions which had been administered to her starting with her first year at Hogwarts through and up to her adult life ending a few days after James tried to claim the Lordship.
Some of the loyalty potions as well as charms, spells and hexes and OBLIVIATIONS had to be cast on her either by Albus Dumbledore or on his orders. However, after he died the only explanations as to the who and why the loyalty, lust, jealousy, "love" and other nasty potions and spells which had been administered to or cast on her caused her not to doubt that A WEASLEY had been responsible.
There had been discovered a few obliviations which were very well done and several that were not. Against his will Ron was administered more Veritaserum (brewed by the world's most renown Potioneer) and he confessed that Bill had done the "good obliviations" on Percy's orders over the years for "various things" but that the other not so good ones he had done the times when Hermione had found out about certain things he didn't want her to know about like, the girlfriends he acquired over the years, the STD he had picked up while away on assignment and even the occasional gambling losses he had.
If she hadn't been planning on divorcing him before but now he was dead, dead, dead. The worst, the ABSOLUTE WORST THING HE HAD DONE was to get some floozy pregnant. Hermione had almost died giving birth to Rose due to an accident and was warned by the healer not to even think about getting pregnant again for at least 10 years. The healer had personally placed a five year contraceptive charm on her so that "accidents would not happen" or Hermione would not be coerced into getting pregnant by her nagging husband (who the healer hated) or the formidable mother-in-law, Molly Weasley who the healer had gone to school with and loathed.
Imagine everyone's surprised when a year after Rose's birth Hermione got pregnant but the contraceptive charm was still in place. Molly called it a miracle and forced Hermione to change healers so that Hermione couldn't be told by her reputable healer that she was merely a surrogate carrier of Ron's child. It had been Molly's idea to transfer Ron's precious offspring (even if it was from a filthy, disgusting whore) into Hermione's "practically useless womb" so that Ron would finally get a much wanted son.
The child was born and named Hugo after Molly's grandfather (Hermione had had no say in the matter). Unfortunately, Hugo's birth had been difficult not only due to Hermione's still precarious health but also due to the spell transferring the fetus from one witch to another. Hermione had very nearly died this time and it wasn't until Fleur had managed to practically kidnap Hermione and take her to her original (and competent) healer that Hermione managed to survive. She also was now incapable of giving birth to any more children.
Several obliviations were done by Bill on Hermione and Fleur, but at least Bill had refused to make Hermione think she could and SHOULD get pregnant again to give Ron all of the children "he deserved to have" according to Molly. Under Veritaserum Bill had opined that Molly wanted Hermione to die so that they could marry Ron off to a "proper witch" who wouldn't want any career other than that as a faithful, dutiful, loving housewitch who would prefer to take proper and excellent care of her wizard, keep a clean house, be a good cook and pop out as many children as possible.
If by some miracle Molly and Ron wiggled out of all of the charges against them (like Harry "forgave them" and dropped all charges [ha ha]) Hermione was so going to sue and whatever else it took to get justice. And don't get Fleur started on some of the things she had found out her husband had done to her and her children at the command of Molly Weasley!
There was all that plus the fact that if nothing else, Percy, Molly, Ron and Ginny were all extremely guilty of committing line theft, especially considering that Ginny was never legally married to Harry Potter in any way, shape or form.
The Shacklebolt Administration had one scandal after another exposed as were some of the things which Dumbledore had made many of the Order of the Phoenix members do. Thanks to the Weasleys' demands EVERYBODY was being tried before an International Court of Law and thus nothing could be hidden, no deals could be made, no blackmail or favors called in – NOTHING! Not only were the Weasleys and Shacklebolt SCREWED, the reputation of Albus Dumbledore was exposed for what it truly was.
A new technique had been discovered whereby obliviations – even those done by a master wizard like Dumbledore – could be undone. It was long and tedious to perform and was very painful, but some people, such as long time Order members like Minerva McGonagall, wanted and NEEDED answers as to what knowledge they had been deprived of. Hermione desperately wanted to know also.
The trial took longer than anyone had anticipated but the exposure of the crimes and the finding out of so many truths, no matter how painful they were, were considered by most to be well worth it. Finding out the truth was the only justice that could be given to the many dead and ruined lives which all had been caused by one wizard's vanity, but at least the history books could finally be written and the truth told.
Weeks had gone by just presenting the findings and as of yet, Harry Potter had not been called on to make an appearance. Anticipation was still very high to see and hear his side of the "story" but until then, there was enough truth and scandals to make everyone's day and reporters' careers.
There was one rather unusual request for justice made in regard to Molly, Ginny and Ronald Weasley. It was made by Hermione Granger – who had asked for and was granted a special annulment of her sham of a marriage and thus was no longer be known as Hermione Granger-Weasley nor would HER ONLY CHILD Rose.
Hermione had professionally addressed the assembled court and asked a favor and cited an ancient law regarding line thefts and family feuds, etc. "Gentle Magicals," she said, "If at the end of these proceedings Ronald Bilius Weasley is found guilty – which I am positive he will be found guilty of many things – and if any of the punishments he should and WILL rightfully receive carry the death penalty (and most of them did), I humbly request and petition this Honor Court to allow my father, Daniel Matthew Granger, D.D.S. the right of parental fury and justice to carry out the punishment."
"Granted my Father is a Muggle, but I am his only child and have been so very badly abused in both the Muggle and Magical Worlds and I have no magical son of my blood and body, or magical brother or relatives to get me and my daughter justice as per several ancient magical laws."
"Know this that my Father is ready, willing, able and quite capable of carrying out an execution. He might not be able to wield a wand but he has a Muggle license and all necessary training and qualifications to use various Muggle weapons. In fact, my Father has a Muggle weapon known as a double-barreled shotgun and a full box of the ammunition and he would like nothing more than to use it on Ronald Bilius Weasley and.…"
Hermione had more to plead but laughter and even some applause were heard coming not only from various parts of the courtroom but from the Judges' gallery. A quick vote was called and before anyone knew anything, Daniel Granger, D.D.S. and irate Father was going to get his wish of many years.
What had started out as a "simple line theft" case had quickly grown into a worldwide scandal and many countries with members in the ICW had been looking for an excuse to investigate Magical Britain for years especially during the "Dumbledore years" and with the outing of all of the manipulations and law breaking by the "Leader of the Light" the trial had now taken weeks and there was still no sign of Harry Potter.
Therefore, as the trials now were finally winding down, Percy, knowing that all was lost, played his last card. Since he and the others had nothing to lose he decided to just brazen it all out and demand that Harry Potter show up and submit to testing by the Dumbledore Faction experts.
"If the esteem members of the ICW would remember, all of this 'nonsense' was started by the outrageous attempt to deny and actually steal from my nephew James Sirius Potter, his heritage and in so doing, not only to attack and discredit the British Ministry of Magic's reputation as well as irrevocably damaging the name, honor and reputation of the House of Weasley but to totally destroy the name, legend and legacy of Albus Dumbledore, the Leader of the Light and the acknowledged greatest wizard since Merlin."
Percy had entered the Court spelled with the "loo charm" which basically "took care" of the need to urinate and defecate. Aurors on stake out used to charm so they could keep watch and it was good for 24 hours so Percy was confident that as long as he kept drinking the water provided as a courtesy he could keep on talking. If nothing else, a member or two of the ICW might just "give up" and listen to the garbage he was spewing and give them a break. He truly doubted it with all the evidence provided but he had to try.
After three hours Percy was still giving his statement and making a request for "the so-called Harry Potter to reveal himself and submit to the Dumbledore Faction's experts. The judges sighed as it seemed that he showed no signs of stopping any time soon as he had a lot of research and "evidence" beginning with the start of Albus Dumbledore's life and achievements (real and imagined) and continuing with his legacy, then the history of House Weasley, the Shacklebolt Clan and everything he could think of to counteract and contradict what he was still referring to as the "so-called evidence" presented by the "WORLD'S EXPERTS."
Percy's voice droned on and on and soon it would be lunch time. Percy was so busy talking he didn't notice the three head judges conferring until the head judge interrupted his speech.
"Mr. Weasley, since you show no signs of stopping this ridiculous rant and are just wasting the Court's time and patience, we will now break for a two hour lunch at which time we resume and Harry James Potter will be called to.…"
"But our experts have not had the time to verify that…."
"Au contraire," said one of the other judges, "the three wizards and two witches you named as your experts have not only thoroughly examined Harry Potter, but submitted their reports to this Court ten days ago. Didn't they tell you?"
"No they did not," Percy said hesitantly wondering why they had not.
"Ah, perhaps they didn't want to ruin your day," smirked the head judge. "You see Mr. Weasley, not only were all your experts watched as they did their examinations, they had to swear beforehand on their life and magic that they would report the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
"Also, just so you know," added the other judge, "one witch and two of the wizards had…unexplained…charms and spells cast on them as well as potions in their system which was also…strange. Fortunately, they had these charms and spells removed and the potions flushed out before they did their exams."
The Court was dismissed leaving Percy and the rest of the Weasleys, Shacklebolt and the few other which made up the plaintiffs alone. They all quickly made their way to the private room which had been provided for them and to their surprise and delight (well Ron's delight) a light lunch had been laid out for them.
As soon as the door was closed and Bill finished checking the room for spells, charms and other goodies, Molly screeched out, "I thought you said the magic and the potions on our experts couldn't be detected."
Kingsley sighed heavily before saying, "I said they couldn't be detected by anyone in Britain and how was I to know they'd make them take oaths on their life and magic."
"Because you were once the Head Auror and have been a piss poor Minister of Magic for 15 years," snapped an angry Percy.
That had always been a sore point between Kingsley and the Weasleys. Kingsley had been appointed temporary Minister at the end of the war, then the permanent Minister for 11 years. The reasons for this was that he was a conscientious man and tried his best and because he had the total support of Harry Potter.
However, a faction, led by the Weasleys had forced him out of office for various reasons, most of which was because many (Molly) had decided it was "time to share the glory" with others or in other words, she thought Percy should be the Minister of Magic. So Kingsley was ousted and an election was held but to the great shock of everyone, Dermott Macmillan, Ernie's father, was elected and held that post for the next few years until his sudden death from a heart attack. As he was in excellent health and had just had a complete physical three months before and was told he'd probably live to be 150, it was a sad surprise for all.
Ernie tried to start an investigation but "unexpectedly never got around to doing so" and new elections were held. Percy expected an easy victory as all the Weasleys (and thus Harry Potter) were clamoring for his election. However, other people were also running and for some unfathomable reason Kingsley was re-elected.
Before the "scandal" it was being said that since Kingsley didn't look too well (hint, hint) he would not be running again and it was put about by many that Percy would definitely be the next Minister of Magic.
But now it wouldn't happen as they would never survive the scandal. At least Percy (and Bill and George) accepted the fact that they were all ruined and would be extremely lucky not to go to prison. The others refused to believe that they, the most loyal and successful supporters of Albus Dumbledore and his dreams, would lose everything they had acquired by "their hard work and loyalty" and would be very surprised to be convicted and…well their lives, honor and reputations totally and forever destroyed.
After lunch the members of the ICW took their places as did those persons and international dignitaries who had been allowed to attend the trial. The news media had their own separate box and since this was a historic trial it was going to be televised in Magical countries which had television and computer capabilities such as the Americas, certain parts of Europe and Asia. Britain still didn't allow this "Muggle nonsense" to come to Britain even though it was nothing more than a combining of Magic and Muggle technology. The reason given was "Dumbledore wouldn't approve" and his followers still upheld his wishes.
After everybody had been seated, including some very nervous Weasleys, Georg Schultz, the Head Judge, called the trial back to order. He then addressed the assembly.
"Gentle Magicals, during this trial we have heard many very disturbing revelations. Many scandals have come to light and some are so outrageous and impossible to believe that one would think that all of this was a work of fiction as how could people dream up such things, put them into operation and be confident of getting away with it."
"However, evidence has been given proving it is not fiction, but shameless behavior by people publically hailed as heroes, patriots and used as examples of what true wizards and witches should represent."
Upon hearing this both Molly and Ron puffed up with pride and thought that perhaps they were going to get away with everything they had done. The others involved knew better and at least Bill, George, Charlie and Kingsley had the decency of hanging their heads in shame. Ginny, however, sensed they would be hearing something really, really bad and she would be correct in this assumption.
The Judge continued saying "But now the worst sham will be revealed and this Court warns you to brace yourself for what I personally consider to be the most despicable cover-up and life-ruining scheme the late Albus Dumbledore ever put into operation."
With that said a hush fell over the room as people wondered what could possibly be worse than some of the things they had already heard. They'd soon find out as the Head Judge called out in a loud, clear voice "Bring in the individual known to the world as Harry James Potter."
Two court guards opened the double doors leading into the courtroom. A lone figure proudly walked into the room and a loud gasp was heard coming from just about everybody – except Molly Weasley who for once in her life was struck speechless and for very good reason.
It was Ernie Macmillan of all people who heard himself yell out, "But that's not Harry Potter – that's Flora Longbottom!"
