The Truth will Out- Part 2

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Boy-Who-Lied?

By Rita Skeeter

In a stunning turn of events it seems that Minister Bones has done what the past administrations haven't, she has captured Sirius Black!

Early Friday Afternoon it was reported that Harry Potter and his new beau Daphne Greengrass arrived at a meeting with Minister Bones, here's the catch, instead of having a nice friendly meeting they planned on killing the former head of the DMLE! With the aid of known Azkaban escapee Sirius Black!

That's right readers; Harry Potter is in league with Mass Murderer Sirius Black! He is betraying his parent's memory and becoming the next Dark Lord.

New Evidence has surfaced that Sirius Black is also responsible for the Dark Lord's return and that Harry Potter joined his ranks that night by killing Cedric Diggory.

The three of them were arrested and currently inhabit a ministry holding cell awaiting a Trial.

The ministry reports that they will not be receiving separate trials and will be tried together.

They have charged Harry Potter with the Murder of Cedric Diggory, Treason and harbouring a fugitive. If he is convicted he could receive the Dementors Kiss.

Miss Daphne Greengrass has been brought up on the charges of Treason and Harbouring a Fugitive as well.

But my question is; how did Harry Potter become so dark?

Many have suggested that the Influence of the known Dark Family Greengrass are responsible. Others suggest that the death of Cedric Diggory drove him over the edge and others suggest that it all goes back to the death of his Parents.

Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter's classmate has told this reporter that Harry Potter had no real talent and depended on his fame to get through school and always felt the need to lie so as to look good in the eyes of others.

We at the Daily Prophet offer our gravest condolences to the families that have died because of the Dark Lord and those responsible for his return. We hope that justice is rightfully served to Harry Potter, Daphne Greengrass and Sirius Black.

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People all around the globe were shook to the core by news of the arrest of Harry Potter, his betrothed and Sirius Black. No one had ever believed that they could be capable of such acts. Other People grew concerned as to why this was happening.

Albus Dumbledore threw down his hands on his desk in a fury, this could not be happening, this would not be happening. Bones had crossed the line by arresting them, she knew better than anyone else that they were innocent but was doing everything she could to save her career.

He remembered the old Amelia Bones, the one who was ruthless to get the truth, not the one who had turned into a backstabbing politician. The old Amelia was dead in his mind.

She had flat out refused him access to Ms. Greengrass, Sirius and Harry. He had tried to set himself up as their attorney but had been denied saying that they were still being questioned and their right to an attorney had been denied at the current time.

It had been less than 24 hours since their arrest and people were panicking, Remus Lupin had arrived yelling insults at him and trying to gain any information that he could.

His fireplace all of a sudden flashed green and his head locked in on it.

"It's me Millicent, I am coming through."

Five seconds later Millicent Bagnold emerged from the fireplace, youthfulness and all; it was hard to believe that a 58 year old could have accomplished so much in her short life.

"Albus we have a problem, I know you and I don't see eye to eye often but I think this merits discussion."

"You speak of Harry Potter."

"Yes, we cannot afford to have him locked away or killed. You and I both know that he is essential to the Dark Lord's defeat."

"You wish for his defeat?" Asked Dumbledore coldly, he wanted a motive from her and he was going to try his hardest to find one.

"Of course I do! I will not let some Half Blood hillbilly cause havoc and destroy the legacy and the country I worked so very hard to build! Voldemort will be stopped!"

"And how will you stop him?"

"That is where you come in, we both know that Bones has become a tyrant, she needs to be stopped, when my vote of No-Confidence comes around you will put all your support behind me."

"Why should I do that, you were as much a tyrant as she was."

"You know that I did great things, you cannot deny that I made the Wizarding World a better place. I did my best to help with the recovery after the war, Bones may seem like the ideal leader during a war but she isn't a politician, it is too much to handle for her!"

"I understand, but how do you propose toget the public on your side, it seems that they are gravitating to Bones at the moment."

"Leave that to me."

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Dumbledore speaks out!

By Horatio Homunculus

During a press conference today Albus Dumbledore, acclaimed Headmaster of Hogwarts, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot since 1948, Supreme Mugwump of the ICW, Order of Merlin First Class gave his opinion on Harry Potter's arrest.

"As Headmaster of Hogwarts I have seen no evidence that Harry Potter would ever commit the crimes he is accused of. I fully intend to get to the bottom of this and hope that the truth will out."

Through his vague words we can deduce that he is against his student's arrest. We fully hope that he is right; it is still hard to believe that our savior would turn on us and become the very thing his parents died protecting him from.

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Molly Weasley tore a new one through Arthur and the rest of the Weasley family. Across their new living room lay many bags filled to the brim with their stuff.

"WE ARE LEAVING THIS INSTANT, I HAVE NO CARE IN THE WORLD FOR PETTY REVENGE, HARRY POTTER HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND WE HAVE NO CHANCE AT GETTING AT HIM ANYMORE."

"NO! MY REVENGE WILL BE HAD!"

"THERE IS NO REVENGE TO BE HAD, LOOK AROUND YOU! HARRY POTTER WILL BE CONVICTED AND HIS MONEY WILL BE TAKEN BY THE MINISTRY AND HIS THINGS WILL BE DESTROYED ALONG WITH ANY LAST REMNANTS OF THE POTTERS! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?" Bellowed Molly

"Fine, kids pack your things were leaving." Arthur Weasley said in defeat. It was over for their family, there was nothing left for them, they were out of the picture for Potter and because of their Petty feud he had lost a son. Arthur sighed and began to ponder how to rebuild the Weasley family.

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Families Flee!

By Titus Lee

Pureblood families are continueingto flee the country. In a shocking move, the Most Ancient and Noble House of Wentworth left the country for America, after yesterday's massacre of the Most Ancient and Honorable House of Grey leaving every member of the once powerful family dead.

Among the Wentworth's, The Li's and Patil's have joined in the mass exodus of left wing pureblood families along with the lesser Clan of Weasley, who had previously allied themselves with the criminal Harry Potter.

This sudden exodus of Minor and Major houses is crippling our economy, one can only hope that immigration increases, or else we could be doomed.

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Edmund Rothlilith read the newspaper twice to be sure of what he read. 'Shit', he thought, this was not good, if Harry Potter was behind bars they would have to make a new plan, perhaps his Grandfather could help.

He walked over to the fireplace and threw some floo powder into it watching it erupt into neon green flames before dunking his head into it.

"Grandfather, have you seen today's newspaper?"

"Yes, this is not good."

"Instructions"

"Get your father Edward to help you, I'm sure that we can bail him out."

"I don't think that would do much, the press is asking for his head on a pike and the Ministry is putting all the blame for the Dark Lords return on him."

"This is not good; Bones will undoubtedly rig the trial in her favour. Do everything in your power to make sure he is innocent, he is essential to our plans."

"By your command, Grandfather."

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The Truth about Harry Potter

By Xenophilieus Lovegood

Ladies, Gentleman, Wrackspruts and Crumple Horned Snorcacks, I bear shocking news regarding Harry Potter. Harry Potter is not actually Harry Potter; he is in fact Cubby Boardman, illegitimate son of Stubby Boardman who has been posing as Sirius Black for the last 14 years.

The Boardman's are known terrorists and people should be wary of them, you don't know where they could be hiding. They were an essential part of the Rotfang Conspiracy (see past issue #78) and are known to harbor illegal Butterbee's

The Real Sirius Black and Harry Potter escaped from Voldemort's clutches years ago to a Potter owned island near the Dominican Republic

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Bones Smiled to herself as she finished another press conference. Everything was going according to plan; the trial was scheduled for next week and the public was buying everything she said.

Again she felt awful for how she war ruining their lives. They hadn't done anything to deserve it; it was just their lot in life.

She walked in strides into her office followed by a flock of reporters beckoning questions at her demanding answers.

Her office had become somewhat of a mess over the last few days; she had taken to eating and sleeping their, rarely venturing to Bones Manor. She would floo call her niece every day, the niece that she was severely neglecting at this point. When this war was done, she would make a point of going on a long vacation with her. She felt remorse for her niece, but there was nothing she could do, she had to be at the Ministry 24 hours a day.

But it was best not to dwell on such thoughts.

There was a report on her desk, the report she had been waiting for all day, the one that would tell her if her suspicions were true; the in depth profiles of the defendants, the reports that could deeply help her case.

She slowly opened it and read its confidential contents.

Daphne Jasmine Greengrass

Date of Birth- March 14th 1980

Height- 5 ft. 8

Eye Color- Blue

Physical Profile- In good shape, scarring of tissue along her back and legs

Psychological Profile- Possible Neglect as child, Isolated, Strong Willed, Cunning

Other Details- Betrothed to Harry James Potter as of Friday, July 10th 1995- Estranged from Family- Small circle of friends-

Sirius Orion Black

Date of Birth- October 23rd 1959

Height- 5 ft. 11

Eye Color- Black

Physical Profile- Malnourished, Many Bruises, poor shape

Psychological Profile- Fiercely loyal and protective of his Godson Harry Potter, Mentally unstable (?), 12 years in Azkaban

Other Details- Godfather of Harry James Potter, absence of Dark Mark- Recently procured the lordship of the Black Family- estranged from rest of family-

Harry James Potter

Date of Birth- July 31st 1981

Height- 5ft 3

Eye Color- Emerald Green

Physical Profile- Skinny Frame, Eye sight problems, absence of muscle, scarring of tissue along lower back- Possible Abuse

Psychological Profile- Mentally weak, Strong willed, stubborn, mental trauma that took place some time ago, Loyal

Other Details- Recently Betrothed to Daphne Greengrass - Small circle of friends- Estranged from Relatives- Believes Sirius Black to be innocent-

She dropped the file on her desk and leaned back in her chair contemplating what she had just read. For all intents in proposes this file could go either way, to her though it seemed as if they were all innocent. It also seemed as though that they were all outcasts and had suffered abuse at the hands of others.

If she was too use this as evidence in her case, the defense could undoubtedly use this in support of Harry, with his belief of Sirius being innocent, it would be easy to pardon him on that charge. She was going to need a strong Prosecutor.

She prayed that she would find redemption in some fashion because what she was about to do was unforgivable.

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The Greengrass Family denies involvement with You-Know-Who!

By Samantha Ferguson

Earlier today this reporter sat down with Cyrus Greengrass father of the dark lady Daphne Greengrass, I am pleased to present to you our conversation.

SF- Lord Greengrass, what is your relationship with your daughter?

CG- Until recently, we used to be very close, however ever since she started hanging out with that no-good Potter Boy she started to act differently.

SF- An informant at the ministry said something about a marriage contract, are those rumors true?

CG- Sadly yes, I had already betrothed her to the honorable Nott family, however Potter weaseled her out of that contract and forced me to sign her over to him.

SF- How tragic, when did she begin to hang out with Harry Potter

CG- It wasn't until the last month of school; I'm convinced that he used the imperious curse on my daughter.

SF- You're brother Isosceles Greengrass, was a convicted death eater was he not? Are you a Death Eater of a sympathizer?

CG- Isosceles was a tragic mistake; he hung around with the wrong crowds. Father tried to stop him but it ended up getting my dad killed, Isosceles was a madman and bowed down to a false lord.

SF- Do you believe that your daughter will fall in the wrong crowd as well?

CG- Sadly she already has, it wouldn't surprise me if she had already taken the mark.

SF- Thank you for your time.

CG- It was a pleasure.

As you can clearly see, Harry Potter has turned an innocent child into a mad woman like Bellatrix Lestrange. It is tragic when things like this happened; I hope that Harry Potter gets the justice he deserves.

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Hermione cried into Neville's shoulder, it had been a long week. Harry had been arrested and they both knew he was innocent. Neville's Grandmother had tried to access Harry, Daphne and Sirius but had been flat out denied.

The three of them were currently having dinner at Longbottom hall. It was the first time all week that Augusta had been home for dinner, the Ministry was in uproar and the press was hounding every member of the Wizengamot, asking for interviews.

Over the last few weeks, Hermione had grown closer to Augusta, on the outside she was quite fierce but on the inside she really did care for Neville.

"Their interrogation finished today."

"It did?"

"Yes, Bones has decided to keep it close to her chest though. She has disclosed it as confidential information."

"Does that mean you'll be able to go meet with them."

"No, they are only allowing the defence to see them; apparently they appointed Griselda Marchbanks."

"Marchbanks, but she has nothing to do with law! She's the O.W.L and N.E.W.T administer, not a lawyer."

"They still appointed her; besides, she's the longest serving member of the Wizengamot currently so she knows a thing or two about the law."

"Is there any chance you can get us into see him?"

"I'll try to convince Griselda to relay a message, but I can't make any promises."

"As long as you ask him."

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GRISELDA MARCHBANKS DECLARED DEFENSE FOR HARRY POTTER, DAPHNE GREENGRASS AND SIRIUS BLACK!

As the interrogation for the accused ended the Ministry appointed the O.W.L and N.E.W.T administer to the position of defence attorney for Harry Potter, Daphne Greengrass and Sirius Black.

Many are wondering what pre-empted the decision to make her their lawyer. The ministry released a statement telling us that as one of the most non-biased and most qualified people to serve them she was chosen.

Griselda MarchbanksCDMG, APMO, fdBB is over 125 years old now and many wonder about her mentality, she did administer the O.W.L and N.E.W.T tests to Dumbledore and not many people can even remember when that was. She has served on the Wizengamot for the last 65 years, and Governor of the Wizarding Examination Authority longer than anyone can remember.

Is the Ministry purposefully destroying Harry Potter's chances at surviving? It would seem so.

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Amelia walked into the head of the DMLE'S on the fourth floor of the ministry.

"Rufus, we need to talk."

"Yes Amy?"

"I need you to be the Prosecution for the Ministry in the upcoming trial of Harry Potter." Amelia said quickly.

"Are you sure?"

"You are the only one I would trust with this."

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Head of DMLE is appointed Prosecution in Potter trial

By Evangeline Dreadlock

Earlier today a ministry spokeswoman told the prophet that Rufus Scrimdgeur, head of the DMLE is going to head the Prosecution on the Black/Potter/Greengrass trial

Scrimdgeur is quite an accomplished lawyer, after becoming head auror he took part in many trials and is responsible for putting many people behind bars; He was rumored to be Bartimus Crouch Sr.'s prodigy before his fall from power.

The defendants' odds are getting slimmer by the day.

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The public was tense with their anticipation of the trial of Sirius Black, Harry Potter, and Daphne Greengrass vs. the Magical Empire of Britannia. The public opinion mostly thought that they were guilty but a select few knew better than to trust the media.

Among those select few was their appointed defense lawyer Griselda Marchbanks.

Griselda had just been informed of her job and was gathering the papers she needed before going down to the ministry holding cell.

Why they had chosen her was beyond most people, but she knew the exact reason. Most of the Ministry thought she was a senile old bat and would mess up the case somehow.

She served as an elder on the Wizengamot for the last 65 years; the Marchbanks family had been largely matriarchal over the last 200 years, though it had existed for almost 1000 years. She was also the governor on Wizarding Examination's Authority, She also knew every student that had ever gone through Hogwarts since 1890.

However despite her abnormally large age, she was not senile, she was determined to prove herself as something more than a senile old bat who just dealt out exams to kids.

She had taken law back during her school days and knew the system inside out. She had read the ministry charter over 30 times and was well prepared. She had seen more in her long lifetime than anybody could ever imagine.

She was going to prove to everyone that Griselda Marchbanks still could fight, the press be damned.

She entered the lift that would take her down to the lower levels of the ministry where the prisoners were held.

Bones seemed to have lost it ever since she had become minister. It was a shame how much a decent person was crushed under a heavy workload, not good for a long life.

The lift pulled to a sudden stop and the grated metal doors opened with a creek into the dark barren cell row.

"State your business." the bored prison guard asked monotonously.

"Griselda Marchbanks, Defense Attorney for Harry Potter, Daphne Greengrass and Sirius Black."

He looked her over and gave a sharp nod before escorting her to the cell that held the three of them. Normally they would each get a different cell, but the cells were packed due to the war, so they had to share.

The guard gave her a pitiful look before throwing open the door to their cell pushing her in and slamming the door behind her.

The cell was small, but not too small, about 7ft by 7ft. benches lined the walls and the only natural light that decorated the room was through a small frosted glass window on the door.

Though it had been less than a week since their arrest, her clients looked worse for wear; their clothes were torn and they were all giving threating glares to her.

The girl who she assumed to be Daphne Greengrass was leaned into the chest of Harry Potter and Sirius Black was in a guarding position of them.

"Hello, I am Griselda Marchbanks your defense Attorney."

"We know." Snapped Daphne Greengrass

"Look here missy, I am trying to help you here, you probably haven't received any word from the outside world but I have. The media has turned you into a laughing stock, me too apparently. Bones is basking in glory and is doing everything in her power to get you killed, so if I were you I would shut up and listen to me!"

"Good Ole Marchbanks, tough as a nail." Barked out Sirius.

"It is good to see that you have regained you're idiotic sense of humor Mr. Black."

"No need to be mean." He said.

"First of all, I should tell you what you are being charged with, you are all being charged with Treason; Daphne and Harry are being charged with Harbouring a known Convict. Sirius and Harry also being charged with Murder, Sirius with manslaughter, Harry is also being charged with necromancy. The Treason charge covers, suspected illicit activities, and joining an illegal group."

"Now I should be able to get rid of Harbouring a Fugitive charge since Sirius was never convicted, however the Mass Murder and Treason could be harder."

"Daphne, Should be easy to get off since all of the evidence is extremely circumstantial and mostly speculation, much like Sirius."

"Though the evidence for Harry is also purely speculation, there is no way to counteract their statements without a proper witness, and unless you can procure the Dark Lord we will have a hard time convincing the Wizengamot."

"So, why don't we start with your side of the story?"

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Griselda Marchbanks holds a not- so secret meeting with Millicent Bagnold!

By Rita Skeeter.

Earlier today Griselda Marchbanks, Harry Potter's lawyer attended a luncheon attended a not secret meeting with Former Minister Millicent Bagnold, Headmaster Dumbledore and Wizengamot elder Augusta Longbottom, widow of the famed Herbert Longbottom (1904-1979)

Griselda Marchbanks is widely respected for her achievements and good fortune in life, longest serving member of the Wizengamot, longest serving Governor of Examinations and one of the oldest living people at the age of 125 (born) 1871

However due to her age many people suspect her of senility and slowly degrading health. She only serves on the Wizarding Examination Authority out of respect says an insider.

During her meeting, much was discussed, among things were the trial and how she was planning to overthrow the ministry and commit the highest of treasons.

It is sad to see how far from grace all of these elders have fallen. The widely respected are unbecoming these days in respect to the Ministry.

One has to wonder who still lets them have such influential positions.

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Narcissa Malfoy, nee Black was running; just running. She had no idea where she was running to, but she needed to get away from Malfoy Manor. The Dark Lord had moved in and that crossed the line for her. She packed up everything she owned and ran; the wards would detect any use of magic.

She was done with Lucius, she was done with her brat of a child, and she was done with the Dark Lord. She had enough! She was turning her back on that life and leaving Lucius Malfoy.

She had nowhere to go. Perhaps Cassiopeia would take her in, they had always been close. No, she didn't even know if Cassiopeia was still alive. The last she had heard was that she had moved to the Black manor in Romania during the first downfall of the Dark Lord, but she was getting on in age and that was 15 years ago and no one had heard from her since. She was definitely not a Purist but that didn't mean she wasn't a traditionalist.

Who else was there though? Andromeda… No, they hadn't talked in years and Andy would never accept her after all she had done.

When she had married Lucius she had thought it was for the best of her once strong and powerful family, but the once proud and grand house of Black had been ravaged by Voldemort, he had torn her house to pieces. It tore her apart knowing the financial losses and the fates of most of the members of the family.

She kept on running and thinking, maybe Grimmauld Place would be available. If Sirius had been captured than it still would be available, her parent's manor had been used as a Death Eater safe house during the war and had been thoroughly destroyed to pieces during a raid.

It seemed like Grimmauld Place would be her best choice. As far as she knew, she would be the only free black in Britain seeing as Sirius and Bella were in Jail and Andromeda had turned her back on the family.

She apparated with a pop and found herself on the doorstep of #12 Grimmauld Place. Her Black blood gave her access to the Property. She pushed the door ever slowly and entered the stately manor house disguised as a simple muggle flat.

"Cissy, what are you doing here?" Screamed a portrait in the disgusting entry hall. This house had really fallen to pieces since she had last seen it almost two decades ago. That is what happens though when a magical house is left uninhabited for more than a decade.

"I've run away aunt Walburga."

"Run, away from what?"

"I'm tired of serving the Dark Lord and Lucius, I ran away."

"Just like Sirius, go and break my heart Cissy, the Dark Lord will preserve our way of life, he is our true savior."

"You and Orion have destroyed our House, It was a good thing that Arcturus out lived both of you and was able to at least save some of the fortune. Since when do Black's bow down to anyone, Blacks are strong and Noble have you forgotten that?"

"Be that as it may… You forget…" Walburga stuttered not being able to form a proper comeback, stumped.

Narcissa heard a plate fall in the kitchen and shatter. She went into the kitchen hoping to find a frail old Kreacher for her to tell off, but instead she was treated to the sight of one of Sirius's friends, he had mousy brown hair and a thin frame, his clothes were shabby and his face was lined with scars, but surprisingly cute with his small smile and brown eyes. She tried to remember her cousins band of friends who had been in her year at Hogwarts. James Potter and Peter Pettigrew were dead so that left.

"Remus Lupin." She stated coldly staring at the intruder

"Narcissa Malfoy, what are you doing here?" He said raising his wand.

"I could ask you the same thing, this is a Black family home." She said threatingly as she raised her wand as well

"I live here now if you must know."

"How did you get past the wards?"

"If you must know Sirius keyed me in."

"That must have gone done with the old bat in the foyer well" Narcissa said through a closed smirk as she could hear Walburga screaming bloody half breed from the entry hall. Narcissa was tired though and she was not going to play standoff all night so she decided to break the ice and state her intentions, it was obvious that Lupin wasn't going to leave, but neither was she, she needed to rest after having escaped."

"Relax Lupin, I'm not going to hurt you, in fact I just ran away from Lucius and the Dark Lord, I just needed a place to stay and figured this godforsaken hell hole would be empty."

"Fine, I can deal with you staying her, but I'm not going to trust you completely. I need a vow though that your loyalty is not with Lucius or Voldemort."

"A wise choice 'I, Narcissa Dorea Black do swear on my magic that my loyalty is not with Lucius Malfoy or Lord Voldemort." When nothing happened Lupin exhaled the breath he had been holding, he hadn't been sure if she wasn't a scout or not.

"Okay. Was... Was everything that you said to the old hag in the foyer true?"

"Yes."

"I never thought that you would ever feel that way Narcissa. You know, back before the war, Sirius would always rattle on about how you, Bellatrix and Andromeda were like Sisters to him. But the war….."

"Yes and we all did things that we regret. Andy took a stand. Bella used to be very kind and caring, but the war it changed her. She was forced to do things she didn't want to after she was peer pressured into being a Death Eater, and Azkaban couldn't have helped, if there was anything left of Bellatrix Black, it's gone now."

"I never realized how close you guys had been."

"We were quite close, Siri and Reggie and even Jamie would come over almost every day when we were kids. Of course back than we were all shrouded by our wealth and had no care for the world. When we went to Hogwarts and James and Sirius were sorted into Gryffindor, things started to fall apart, we rarely talked and by the end of fifth year things had gone to hell. Walburga got angry with Sirius for running away and burned him off the tree, a couple of weeks later uncle Alphard gave him some gold which resulted in him getting burned off the tree as well, and only a few days later Andy left to be with Ted Tonks. I can still remember Andy explaining why she had to do it to me and Bella, there was a lot of crying and screaming that night. But all of that was eclipsed at the end of the next summer when Aunt Dorea allowed James to marry Lily Evans, that was really the end of the Black Family" She took a deep breath and wiped the tears off her face before continuing.

"At the end of sixth year when James asked Lily to marry him and Dorea had allowed it to happen the rest of the family was furious and began to take sides. I still remember the family meeting that night so long ago when Dorea refused to burn her son off the family tree, while he was legally a Potter, he was not far enough removed from the Black family to be considered part of an entirely separate family. Walburga, Orion, Cygnus and Mother were combatting with Pollux, Cassiopeia and Dorea. Arcturus and Melena just watched, by that point Arcturus had given headship of the family to Orion so that all he had to deal with was the estate during his old age."

"Eventually Walburga took her wand and singed Dorea off the tree telling her that she didn't want to ever see her muggle loving aunt ever again, Pollux and Cassiopeia were horrified at what Walburga had done and Cassiopeia threatened to kill her. Orion told Dorea to leave and eventually Cassiopeia and Pollux left with Dorea to Console her, she had been burned off the tree and banished from the family. After that Pollux and Cassiopeia refused to speak with them, didn't attend any of my Parents and Uncles and Aunts funerals. Dorea ended up dying banished, it wasn't until after Orion died and she had died that Arcturus reinstated her along with Sirius, Alphard and Andromeda. Arcturus thought that by reinstating them the family could be whole once more, but the damage had already been done."

"James's mother was banished from the family, no wonder she had seemed so jovial at the wedding, she even gave Lily a priceless goblin tiara to wear."

"I think she was truly happy for James, her true family, that he wasn't maimed by the issue of blood purity and war. After Charlus was killed, she slowly lost the will to live; Cassiopeia and Pollux were there every day until she died of Dragon Pox."

"That's tragic, I never knew."

"The Black Family was built on treachery, it's a house of lies and it's unfortunately normal among purebloods."

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GRISELDA MARCHBANKS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT!

By Lillian Firth

It is my sad duty to say to you all that Madam Marchbanks was almost murdered today in Diagon Alley.

Earlier in the day Madam Marchbanks, (recently annouced Defense Attorney in the Potter/Black/Greengrass trial) was shopping in Diagon Alley as we all do and was targeted. The suspect, Arnold Jameson threw a killing curse at her (but missed), yelled some vile insults at her before apparating away escaping capture.

It is a sad day when the world comes to trying to murder people in the streets based on what they do for a living, it is in my opinion that just because Madam Marchbanks is defending people who have committed such horrible acts does not mean that she has committed them herself.

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"Get up prisoners!" the guards shouted at Sirius Black, Daphne Greengrass and Harry Potter.

He entered their small room and cuffed them with magical suppressing handcuffs before leading them single file up to the courtrooms with their lawyer.

Over the last week Griselda had spent over 5 hours a day with them trying to get information for their case. One of the things she had noticed was how close the three of them had grown together. She got the impression that if one of them was going down, they would go down together.

She had been given the case officially because she had originally been a registered attorney in the Ministry way back before she had decided to become part of the WEA. But unofficially she had been selected because Minister Bones wanted in her eyes the most inexperienced Lawyer on the list, which just happened to be her. It was nothing personal and no one expected her to win, but Griselda would be damned if she didn't go down without a fight.

They were given clean clothes and a makeover so as not to look so bad for the trial.

She led them threw the hall and into the packed courtroom two of the Wizengamot.

Saying that the courtroom was packed would be an understatement. The Room was filled to the brim, it was about to explode she thought. There was a bench in the middle of the room for her and her clients that was already subject to hundreds of camera flashes.

This trial was turning into a Media Frenzy that they would juice until it was completely and utterly dry. She sat down with her solemn clients, at the bench designated Defense to one side of the room.

Albus Dumbledore walked into the room and sat down in his seat as Chief Warlock beside the Minister for Magic.

"All rise for the honorable Albus Dumbledore."

"Please be seated." Dumbledore Declared

"Over the next week we will hear testimony from many different people and get to the bottom of this case, Ministry of Magic vs. Harry James Potter, Sirius Orion Black and Daphne Jasmine Greengrass."

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-Hope y'all liked this chapter.

-I was not impressed by some of the comments I got, I mean someone said that by waiting to 65 comments, I was whoring my story. I just want to hear input, I don't want to feel like I am writing this story to myself, I want people to like it. Someone else said they disliked the way Harry and Daphne felt about the Weasleys and her family, respectively. The Weasleys were Harry's first "true friends", no matter how backstabbing they were, Harry never realized it and part of him still feels bad for their family, he never knew that they were manipulating him. No matter how much Daphne hated her family, she still feels a connection to them. They raised her and provided her a beautiful manor that became her home, it's always hard to leave home forever no matter the circumstances. People also said Sirius was very Naïve for going with Harry, and Harry was very Naïve for letting him go; yes that was the point, Harry is still fourteen years old and Sirius though forced to grow up, does not want to lose sight of his godson and jumps a lot before thinking.

-Concerning Daphne's abuse, I do not want to dwell on that much and some people have said that my story was good up until that point. But there is a saying that I think applies to her situation, what doesn't kill her makes her stronger. Daphne's father will serve justice during the trial.

-The full trial will be in the next part and will include a lot of dialogue, time skips and lack of perspective. It will be quite lengthy for a few reasons. Number 1, I disapprove of authors just using Veratersurum and a few quick questions later Sirius is released, If that were the case Sirius would have been freed years ago and the entire Wizengamot Body would be unnecessary during trials. My trial will be much like the muggle version, though I am not very well versed in it and mostly looked things up on Google. Also I am an evil author and like to cause suspense so what kind of suspense is involved when you already know the defendants innocent and they are using Veratersurum.

-The next chapter does involve a major cliff-hanger which results in the end of part 1 of the story. The next part will not be a new story, just a symbol that the book is moving on a different path than it had begun with. Not many things will have conclusions at the end of the next chapter though. Also the next Part will be moving more into open warfare and a lot more of Voldemort on the battlefield and the Rothlilith's in the political arena

-As always thank you to my wonderful beta Anka7995 who corrects all of my grievous grammar mistakes.

-Don't forget to Review! Always love to hear your thoughts!