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Ch 3. The truth verified.
Ministry of Magic, London
It took Amelia Bones two weeks of searching but she finally got all the people who were needed to verify the proof she was sent together in the same room with her, Kingsley, Tonks and the Minister of Magic. She had already proven that Sirius had not been given a trail and was just thrown into Azkaban. She had checked to see if the rat was just a rat and found out he was an Animagus like Harry's letter suggested.
"Yes, I know that rat or should I say man? The number of times I have seen him transform I would know him anywhere. Last, I heard he was dead. Why is a "dead" man hiding as a rat?" Remus Lupin confirmed that he knew the rat was Peter.
"His vault is also still in his name as the owner of the vault. If he was dead the vault would be closed or transferred to his beneficiary, neither of which have happened. I brought what proof of that I could." Bill Weasley handed over a file stating that Peter Pettigrew still held control of his own vault. Which could not happen if he was dead.
"Thank you, Mr. Lupin and you as well Mr. Weasley for verifying that the proof we have is accurate. A trial will be held using Veritaserum to get more information than we have. If things are true Harry Potter will be assigned to his god father Sirius Black. And Sirius Black will be cleared of all charges." Amelia Bones informed them.
"I also have here a copy of the Potter's will which was sealed by Albus Dumbledore, it clearly states Harry was to never go to his Aunt Petunia and that Peter Pettigrew was their secret keeper." Bill Weasley said showing them all the will that specifically stated what he told them. And a piece of parchment sealing the will signed by Albus Dumbledore chief warlock of the wizengamot.
"Thank you, again Mr. Weasley I am sure your employers will not be happy that you have assisted us." Amelia remarked.
"Actually, at the request of Harry Potter they agreed to hand over the Potter's will and documents showing Dumbledore was stealing from Harry Potter and not paying his guardians for his care. The document is included in the fold with the will. The money has been returned to Harry but Dumbledore should not be allowed to get away with what he has done." Bill assured her.
"I will have Dumbledore arrested to answer to charges of theft, and endangering a minor. There may be more charges later but we will start there." Fudge told everyone, now knowing even more why Harry Potter had left the British wizarding world.
Plans made aurors were headed to Hogwarts to arrest Dumbledore and investigate claims of endangering students and bullying professors. Lucius Malfoy would be going to court about the Chamber of Secrets incident in a few days. Someone had leaked information to the press that Harry Potter had withdrawn from Hogwarts and left the British wizarding world and people were demanding answers.
Meanwhile
Albus Dumbledore was still searching for Harry Potter he had gone to Number 4 Privet Drive hoping they could shed some light on his location but he was informed that they did not even know when he left for sure just that one day he was gone. Upon, using Legilimancy he found their words to be correct they did not even know when Harry left. There was no clue as to his location at Privet Drive. Dumbledore then went to London to find out if Harry had accessed his vault and to interrogate the goblins on where he might have gone.
Dumbledore was furious to find out that Harry had removed his access to his family account, Dumbledore had deliberately not let Harry know about the account because he would find out that Dumbledore was stealing from him. Dumbledore was also informed that the money he had taken from Harry had been returned to Harry. If he wanted he could charge Mrs. Weasley for her share of the money back as well as Miss Granger but that would be up to him. Dumbledore found out as well that once Harry met with his account manager the Potter will was unsealed, so Harry knew he was never supposed to go to the Dursley's in the first place.
The goblins would give him no other information and he tried to force the issue, breaking the treaty with the goblins by trying to force himself into their minds. He was unceremoniously taken to his vault where he was told to remove all property he wished to keep immediately and he would from then on be banished from the bank. Fuming Dumbledore gathered everything he had in the vault in the weightless bags and trunks before shrinking them and taking them with him.
Dumbledore then returned to Hogwarts while deciding what to do about the goblins throwing him from Gringgotts. He would make them pay. Little did he know that he would not get the chance. Aurors were waiting to take him to the ministry for questioning. He tried to escape but they had already planned for that and did not let him reach his office where Fawkes was waiting. He was soon over powered and arrested. Though a few more charges were added to those he was already facing, including resisting arrest, attempted murder of a ministry official and assault with a deadly weapon on several other ministry officials. The arrest of Albus Dumbledore would be in the paper for weeks. His trial would be highly publicized.
Elsewhere in Scotland, 1 week later.
Minerva McGonagall was reading the Daily Prophet when an article about Dumbledore's arrest and trial caught her eye. He was arrested for child endangerment, stealing from Harry Potter, causing a treaty with the goblins to be broken, resisting arrest, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon on ministry officials. To say that she was stunned would be an understatement of the facts. Dumbledore would be serving the next 50 years in Azkaban and would be required to turn over the Dumbledore fortune to those he had wronged. Harry Potter and Sirius Black being among those wronged both were being given 25 million galleons and the rest would be split between the ministry officials he had harmed.
Three more articles seemed connected with the Dumbledore article. Severus Snape was being investigated for bullying students and was removed from his position at Hogwarts until the conclusion of the investigation. A new teacher would be assigned in his place by the new headmaster Filius Flitwick, she was passed over for the promotion because she was known not to believe students when they came to her with what she thought were ridiculous stories. There would be a complete investigation done at Hogwarts about the endangerment of students such as letting a troll in and possessed professors, basilisk and philosopher's stones. Dragons and three headed dogs were also rumored to have been present as well. There would be an overhaul done at Hogwarts, the ghost teacher Binns would be exorcised and all teachers would be tested in their competency of their subject matter. Also, since the DADA position was cursed they would change it to Defensive Magic and Dangerous Creatures and the teacher for that class had already been chosen Remus Lupin would now be teaching at Hogwarts.
The third article was about the capture and arrest of someone thought to have already been dead. Peter Pettigrew was tried with Verituserum and found to be a death eater. He was the one that betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, and had framed Sirius Black for his murder and the murder of 12 muggles. He had been living with the Weasley family for the past 12 years so he could keep an eye on what was happening in the wizarding world and any news of his master. An official pardon and apology was issued to Sirius Orion Black for a huge miscarriage of justice. From the ministry, he would be receiving 12 million galleons for his imprisonment, Barty Crouch would have to pay 1.2 million galleons to Sirius as restitution and the entire Pettigrew vault though not nearly enough would be added to the Black family vault which Sirius was already entitled too as Lord Black. Pettigrew would be getting the dementors kiss in a week's time so he would no longer be a threat to the wizarding world.
The final article was about the arrest and conviction of Lucius Malfoy who was tried under Veritaserum as well and it was discovered that he had faked being imperioused to avoid being tried 12 years before and he had given the diary that opened the Chamber of Secrets to an unnamed person as they were only a minor and had no idea that the diary was from Voldemort and the press was told they could not name said child for their own protection. Lucius would be spending the rest of his life in Azkaban prison, while half of the Malfoy fortune would go to the guardians of said child the other half would be put into a trust fund for said child, leaving the family only what Narcissa had brought to the marriage to live on. They could keep the manor house and 3 house elves. Any other elves or property would be turned over to the child's guardians.
The wizarding world was in shock when the articles appeared in the Daily Prophet. No one had even a hint about what was going down in the past few weeks. Minister Fudge and Madame Bones were hailed as heroes for finding out the truth and making sure justice was done. They cited the help of Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nyphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin and Bill Weasley in completing the investigations so q uickly.
Meanwhile, the Burrow just after the articles were printed.
"Oh, ho we are rich." Molly cheered believing the money for the guardians of Ginny would go to them.
"You forget mum that you disowned Ginny and she has new guardians now." Ron reminded her grumpily.
"Oh, pish posh Bill and Charlie will sign guardian ship back over to us whenever we demand it. And we will have Ginny return now that she is responsible for the money we will receive." Molly assured Ron with a greedy smile.
"Molly I do not believe Bill or Charlie will sign Ginny back over to us after the way she was treated." Arthur disagreed with his wife. "I told you treating her badly could come back to haunt you but you would not listen."
"We shall see about that. I will demand Bill and Charlie come to dinner and we will discuss it then." Molly told Arthur sure of her ability to brow beat her sons into doing what she wanted.
Molly was disappointed when her sons refused to not only come to dinner but to sign Ginny back over to her parent's guardianship. They knew Molly only wanted her for the money and they were not willing to subject Ginny to that. Molly was livid at her sons and swore she would gain control of Ginny as soon as she had the chance. She assumed that Ginny would be returning home of the Christmas Holidays and she would enact her plan then.
Ron was furious that he would not be able to have access to all the money that Ginny was awarded after the Chamber of Secrets incident was known of. He did not care that he and Hermione were part of the reason Ginny was forced to leave her family. He felt being her brother he should get anything he wanted when she got the money. Who cares if Ginny didn't like it.