Edit: 1/2/2018

Author Note: A really long chapter today, it's finally out!

I do not own Harry Potter.

Enjoy!

Lyzlov Yeremey Valentinovich, know his work could be called dirty.

What with being a lawyer to anyone who had enough cash to pay his fees, it didn't matter to him if the person was undeniably guilty of the crime or not, as long as he got paid.

So, imagine his surprise when he was called by a Lord.

A Lord!

At first, he thought that the person on the phone was just pulling his leg, after all, why would a Lord call him of all people?

But the moment, he saw proof, along with the information that he was expected to work with, he promptly took it.

A Lord's nephew being abused by the very people who were entrusted with him?

This was something big.

Child abuse and Child Neglect were taken very seriously in the Muggle world, just like in the Magical world.

And as he read the Charges, Lord Potter wanted to put against the Dursley family, he couldn't help but feel a growing sense of excitement.

It was a rare thing being giving a case like this.

One where he was on the good side instead of the law, instead of the bad side.

The Dursley family should have faced conviction years ago but always manage to escape somehow.

But this time, he would do everything in his power to put them behind bars.

The following days, he was given undeniable evidence that shocked even him of the brutality of it all, it was the kind of case that would easily make headlines and make him famous.

However, he could see why such a case should not go public.

Hadn't the abused child suffered enough?

So, on November the 7th, 1996, Lyzlov strolled confidently inside the Courtroom and finally met the person who hired him.

Steelcold.

Russia's most famous Crime Lord to date.

Lyzolv felt like somebody had shot him at the sight of the man.

"I hope you had a nice flight, Mister Valentinovich" The man said, with a warm smile on his face.

But that smile didn't reassure him, instead it was a confirmation.

If he screwed this up.

He would never leave this courtroom alive.

Ch 9: The Dursleys Vs the Mafia.

"Can the Prosecution, please step forward." A man dressed in a cop uniform called out and a freshly clean and tidy Harry James Potter revealed himself.

The boy was seen wearing a custom made Russian black suit and behind him was his Uncle, wearing a black and white striped suit, followed by their Attorney, who had paled slightly for some reason.

Most of the seats in the room were filled with the Russian Mafia, very scary looking people but they had all left their weapons at home for obvious reasons and made sure to flush any drugs they had taken in, in the last 24 hours.

Steelcold held his nephew arm for support.

He wanted him to know, he was here for him.

"Now, can the defendant's, please step forward" The same man, dressed in a Cop's uniform, said, as both Vernon and Petunia Dursley, stepped forward.

Vernon wore a tightly fitted gray suit, which many couldn't help but be appalled at, seeing the man's unhealthy weight while Petunia, who resembled a tooth pick, wore a bright yellow dress that did not mesh well with the rest of the room.

Both of them, wore faces that said that they could do no wrong.

Harry tensed at the sight of his childhood tormentors but a squeeze to his arm, told him his Uncle was here for him and Harry highly doubted the man would allow him to run, right now.

Well, not very far.

"Petunia and Vernon Dursley, you are both accused of Child Abuse, taking advantage of Child Benefits, along with taking bribes and multiple accounts of failed manslaughter. How do you plead?" The man in a Cop's uniform, said, while the people in the back we're whispering amongst themselves.

"Not, Guilty" Vernon said, he still looked he could do no wrong. "My family has always been a normal hard-working, family. Just trying to get through the day. We would never, ever, think of doing such a thing. Clearly, these charges against us, are all lies made by the person who's has it out for my family since the very beginning, even though, we have treated him like our own"

And Harry wanted to tackle the man, he wanted to give his so-called Uncle a punch to the face, he wanted to scream at the clear lies spouting out of his mouth, but the hand on his shoulder told him otherwise.

It suddenly tightened.

"Mister Valentinovich, was it?" Mogan Holland, their judge for this case, said, as the Russian man nodded. "You do realize that these charges are very serious allegations. I hope, for your sake, that you have solid concrete evidence"

"I do, your honor" The man said, getting out his black briefcase and taking out a stack full of paper, the judge's helper took the stack of paper and placed it in front of her, then he said. "What you see in front of you, is what the Dursleys spend yearly and what they report to have spent."

Petunia Dursley paled slightly while her husband face went slightly red, wondering where he found those.

"So...as you can see your honor" Lyzlov said, "What they have actually spend and what they have reported to have spent is completely different from each other. The numbers just don't match up."

"Yes. I can clearly see that" The women said, looking at the stack of paper in front of her with a critical eye, before saying. "There is at least three thousand pounds difference between what they've reported spending and what they did spend. So, Mr and Mrs Dursley, how do you explain this?"

"If I may your honor" The Dursleys lawyer began, although, he despised the man and woman beside him, they were paying him good money for his services and said. "What those statements, don't say is that every month, my client receives money for the child's upkeep, because they are the child's legal guardians"

WHAT!?

Harry was fuming at what he just learnt.

All this time, the Dursleys were being paid to keep him under their roof!?

What about all those speeches they always told him about that said they took him in out of the goodness of their own hearts.

So, they took him in, out of the goodness of their own wallets, that they filled every month!?

Yes, Harry felt ready to explode.

"Calm down, or I will have to retrain you." A voice whispered into his ear and Harry felt a shiver down his spine as all the anger in his system was forcibly contained, at the threat in his Uncle's voice.

Not even facing Voldemort put such fear into his heart, then his own uncle did.

"Hm" The judge said, as Lyzlov rose once again and said.

"Your Honor, may I have permission to speak?" The Russian said.

"Permission, granted" The Judge said.

"Thank you." Lyzlov said, before he continued and said "It is true that the Dursleys receive a monthly allowance, I think we can all agree on that, but what they spend it on, is not on my client. Here are pictures of my clients living conditions, along with some more 'tamer' images of my client under their care"

Pictures!? Both Vernon and Petunia thought, what pictures!?

"Now, see here-" Vernon began.

"Mr Dursley's, please be quiet" The judge said, forcefully. "I have not giving you permission to speak" the pictures were shown to her and she was appalled at what she saw. By the sheer size of the living space the boy 'Harry' was forced to live in and what he was forced to wear, it was obvious to anyone that the boy was wearing old cast off and that 'room' was no place for a child.

"So I'm sure, after looking at these pictures, you may be wondering where the money went since the boy is clearly not being looked after" Lyzlov said, "Through investigation, I found out that a small one percent was actually invested into my clients well-being while the rest was spent on holidays, toys and anything else that my client was not allowed in on. And what is more shocking is that people know how well know the Dursley and how they like to boast. Neither of them has mentioned, the male of the house getting a Raise or how they could afford to get something new and expensive ever couple of days." passing another pack of statements on the items the Dursleys have brought since Harry went under their 'loving' care.

Vernon face turned an interesting shade of purple while Petunia was screaking, that it was all a lie.

"Petunia Dursley, do I have to tape your mouth shut?" The Judge said, honestly, if it wasn't the man yelling, his wife would take his place.

Petunia promptly shut up.

"Along with statements, my client's guardian has collected from the surrounding people. Many, have noticed how freely the Dursleys spend money compared to everybody else" Lyzlov said, "And my client Guardian, has also uncovered something interesting. Money keeps on going missing where Mr Dursley's works. If you look at the records, every time money goes missing, Mr Duley's suddenly gets a new luxury, if it's isn't a very expensive watch or a brand-new car, it's something else that was equally expensive."

"So, theft should be added to the list of charges to the defendant, then?" The Judge said, amazed that the man hadn't be caught until now, she was willing to bet that Vernon Dursley place of work have been notified and if by some miracle he manages to make it back home, he would find himself in another lawsuit.

And the person, who was supposed to be defending the Dursleys, was suddenly finding it really hard to defend these people, something told him he wouldn't have time to even think of anything that may save the Dursley's from Jail.

So, he did this. "Your honor, may I call someone to the stand?"

"You may" The Judge said.

"I call, Harry James Potter to the stand" The man said, as all eyes found their way to Harry.

Harry instantly felt like running, but Steelcold gave him a look that said 'it's best to face it now than later', so with weak determination Harry went to the witness seat, where he found himself on the receiving end of a very purple faced Vernon Dursley, who was finding it hard to control himself from charging at the boy and choking him to death.

"Harry James Potter" The Judges helper said, getting out a bible which Harry placed his palm on. "Do you swear to say the Truth and nothing but the Truth, in this courtroom today and before god himself?"

Harry nodded his head slowly, his eyes desperately searching for his Uncle's and said. "Yes"

The bible was put away.

"You may begin" The Judge said.

The Dursleys Lawyer got up and addressed the boy in much finer clothing than he was and said. "Now Mister Potter, is it true that you had a lot of anger towards your guardians as a child?"

And Harry did not gulp, compared to the horror of Voldemort, this man's gaze was nothing and said. "I wouldn't call it anger."

"Yes, or no Mister Potter" The man injected. "It's just a simply question. Did you harbor a lot of rage towards your guardians as a child?"

"Yes" Harry said, being honest.

"Good" The man said, "And is it also true that because of that anger you want out of your way to make sure, your relative's lives were how would you put it? 'Hell on Earth' while you stayed?"

"No" Harry said, he couldn't believe this man.

He had faced Cornelius Fudge and the court, he know what to expect and this time, he wasn't going to let himself be walked all over and have Dumbledore save him so he took a deep breath and said."In fact, it's the other way around. Did my 'Dear' Uncle ever tell you about his drinking problem? No? Did he tell you how often he was drunk and how often, he would personally go and find me in hopes to 'relieve the stress of the day'. Did my Aunt tell you how she just stood there and watched as her own husband whipped out his belt and beat me until I was at death's door simply because his toast was slightly burnt?"

And whatever Vernon and Petunia were expecting, this certain wasn't it, they had all counted-on Harry not being able to talk about the abuse, that it would be too humiliating for him to talk about and that he would cave into the shame, like they had hammered into him.

Whoever this was, was not Harry Potter, that weak little boy, that they loved to just walk over and he won't say a thing.

Steelcold looked at his nephew with pride in his eyes, as long as Harry took long deep breaths, then he wouldn't be overwhelmed by the memories, it was something he had taught Harry in their long night together, helping him deal with the pain.

"And has it ever occurred to you that the anger you have over your parents leaving you on these poor hard working, people's doorstep would cause you to hallucinate? Making you believe that you were abused and cause you to lash out?" The man said.

"Objection" Lyzlov said, standing up. "We are not here to discuss my client's mental state, in fact I have, not only a recording from an eyewitness who witnessed the abuse themselves, but I also have a recording of all the members of the Dursley family confessing to their crimes"

"Objection!" The Dursley lawyer said turning green, if the man truly did have that, then Child abuse would surely be added to his clients list of charges.

"Objection overruled" The judge said, "If you indeed have what you say you have, then present it forward and let me and the jury view it privately"

"Now see he-" Vernon began as he began to advance only to find himself handcuffed to the chair.

"I will not tell you again, Mr Dursley" The judge said, "Rain in that anger of yours or you can spend the night in a jail cell on the charge of being disruptive in court." than she and many others disappeared into a secluded room to listen to the tapes.

And Harry was sure, that if it wasn't for the fact that Vernon was handcuffed, then the man would have went for him without mercy as soon as the Judge and the Jury left the room, unfortunately Petunia decided to do enough for the both of them.

"YOU UNGRATEFUL, LITTLE BRAT!" She roared as she lunged at him, determined to strangle the boy to death.

She didn't get very far.

Nobody saw Steelcold move, before anybody know it, he held Petunia in place with shear strength and whispered something in her ear that nobody but her could hear.

The women turned as white as a sheet, when the man finally released her and she quietly went back to her seat without complaint, looking at Steelcold with pure fear in her eyes and a whimper.

Harry and many others wondered what the man had said to make her back down so quickly and soon the Judge and the Jury came back in, they all had different levels of rage on their faces.

Things were not looking good for the Dursleys.

"From all your faces..." Lyzlov began, "I assume, I don't have to give you pictures of the abuse?"

"N-No" The Judge croaked, looking at the Dursleys as if she was seeing monsters.

How hadn't they faced justice yet!?

But just in case the message hadn't hit home to her yet, Lyzlov passed the less 'graphical' pictures for evidence to the judge, she took one look at it and couldn't help but wince and said. "The charge for failed manslaughter is indeed verified, shall we proceed?"

"I call to the stand my client legal Guardian." Lyzlov said, as the man himself strolled in with a purpose, out of his seat and into the witness box with grace, it was obvious to anyone that this man was clearly somebody, just by his posture alone.

"Lord Potter" The Judges helper addressed, as lots of people in the room looked on with wide eyes while the Mafia group of people cheered at the sight of their boss taking the stage and said. "Do you swear, to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?"

"I swear" The man said, without missing a beat and looking absolutely calm.

"Now than, Lord Potter" Lyzlov said, "Is it true, a week ago. you came for your nephew?"

Reminding Harry of the happiest moment of his life.

"Yes" Steelcold said, calmly.

"And why, Lord Potter would you do that?" Lyzlov said, "Surely, your nephew was being taken care of properly?"

Everybody couldn't help but notice how he said that, making the opponent turn green.

"I've spent over 30 year's thinking I was alone, and then I find out I had a Nephew. I wanted to know more, I wanted to be part of his life even if It was just small trips or just having a little chat, every once in a while" Steelcold said, "I would have happy just walking out if he did not wish to see me."

"But you didn't" Lyzlov said, "According to the reports, you 'kidnapped' your nephew from his guardian's house."

"I did no such thing." Steelcold said, "I have very official papers, that clearly have Vernon and Petunia Dursley's signature on it, that state, that they transfer their guardianship to me" handing the documents over to the judge to look over. "So, by law, I am my Nephews Legal guardian and I have both Vernon and Petunia Dursley's blessing, so I couldn't have kidnapped my nephew."

The judge looked at the papers to see they were indeed legal and very much real.

And both Vernon and Petunia looked very red in the face, as they remembered what they got in return for signing over their signatures.

"I see…" the man said, looking over at the red faced Dursleys and said. "So Lord Potter, can you please describe to the Judge and Jury, what you saw when you entered the Dursleys residence?"

"Gladly" Steelcold said, "The Dursleys residence, looked just like every other house on the block, even down to the very walls, it was extremely clean too, you would think any normal family lived there."

And both Vernon and Petunia looked proud because it meant that they were normal.

"But" Steelcold said, making both of them frown.

"But, what Lord Potter?" Lyzlov said.

"There were no pictures of my Nephew in the house" He said, "I faintly recall that every picture I looked at only showed a family of three, not four. You would think that there wasn't a fourth person in the house at all just by seeing them. So, I did some digging around and I found out there was hardly any information about my nephew at all, that even proved that my nephew did indeed exist. Not even the problem school that my nephew was supposed to have attended had never heard of Harry James Potter, which I find extremely odd."

"Yes, very odd indeed" Lyzlov said.

"OBJECTION!" The Durley's lawyers said.

"On what account?" The judge said.

"Your honor, I don't see how this has anything to do with the case" The lawyer said.

"Your Honour, this does in fact have something to do with the case, I just haven't gotten to it yet" Lyzlov said.

"You may proceed." The judge said.

"Now, Lord Potter, when you asked to see your Nephew" Lyzlov said, "Just what did they say?"

"I seem to recall, I was told that I was in the wrong house." Steelcold said, "I was told that he didn't live here and when I mentioned money, they quickly changed their tune"

"Money?" Lyzlov quirking an eyebrow while the Dursleys had a careful blank look on their face. "Why did you have money with you?"

"Well, I wanted to offer money to help them take care of my nephew, after all, he is my only living relative that I know about." He said, "And people tend to open up a little bit more when they think money is involved."

And both Vernon and Petunia looked like they were barely restraining themselves from lunging at him and trying to kill him for what he did.

"So, there was no actual money involved?" Lyzlov said.

"Of course, not" Steelcold said, "You can't buy people, it's morally wrong and Harry is one of a kind. I would never put a price on him and treat him as nothing but a possession. He's a human being."

He would never know how much that one sentence meant to Harry.

"So, Lord Potter. What did the Dursleys say when they heard the word 'Money'?" Lyzlov said.

"They told me, I was in the right place, confusing me." Steelcold said, "They then presented me with my Nephew. From a cardboard under the stairs. He looked absolutely terrible, he clearly lost weight since the last time I saw him, so naturally I was immediately concerned about his wellbeing and the quality of the care my own nephew was put into"

"So Mr and Mrs Durley not only lied about having your nephew at their home, but they brought him out in a clearly abused state, isn't that right, Lord Potter?" Lyzlov said, knowing that he was painting a very grim picture of Harry former guardians.

"Yes" Steelcold said, simply.

"OBJECTION!" The Durley attorney said.

"On what ground?" The judge said.

"For trying to paint these hard-working people in a scandalous light" The man said, knowing he was literally flying blind here and the Judge gave him a look that said 'really? That's your excuse?'

Well, he tried.

"Overruled. Mr Valentinovich, please continued" The judge said.

"Thank you, your honor" Lyzlov said, giving a look of triumph to his opponent and said. "Now, than Lord Potter, after you saw your Nephew. What did they say to justify his state. Surely they gave you a reasonable excuse for your nephew, to be in such a state?"

"Actually, no" Steelcold said, shocking a good half of the room. "Instead, I was witness to my own Nephew being manhandled by none other than Mrs Durley while Mr Durley, described to me quiet wonderfully how I should 'treat' my Nephew. I believe he said "Beat the freakishness out of him', so imagine my shock, when I saw him encourage his son to beat my Nephew up, right in front of me without any remorse. I even recorded the whole thing on tape." getting out a flash drive from his pocket to add to the overwhelming mountain of evidence against the Dursleys.

Petunia paled while Vernon had gone a nice shade of purple, Harry was amazed to see the end result of that day.

"Your honor" The Dursleys Lawyer said, standing up, if this indeed was both of his client confessions, then this trial was as good as over. There would be no saving the Dursleys and said. "I object to the recording without either of my clients knowledge" knowing he was literally pulling excuses out of thin air, right now.

And judging by the judge's own face, she know it too.

Damn the Dursleys.

Why was it so hard to defend them!?

"Lord Potter, I'm sure you're a very fine man and I would be happy to review the tape with my jury" The women said, and Vernon faced changed to different colors, Petunia skin was so pale that she could have been a ghost.

The Judge than got up and went into a room, followed by the members of the Jury, five minutes later they all came out showing nothing on their faces as the Judge said.

"I believe, we can call this court to a close right now, unless the Dursley's attorney would like to make a last bid to defend his clients?" she said, just daring them to try.

And both Petunia and Vernon looked at the man with hope, hoping that he would somehow pull out a magic wand from his ass and turn the tables to their favor, to the point that Harry would be sent to jail.

Only to find the man, had gone mysteriously quiet.

The man know the Dursleys were guilty, end of story.

There was nothing, that he could say to save these horrible people from being grabbed by the 'Hand of Justice', that should have come years ago.

"I do not" The man said, lowering his head and both Vernon and Petunia raged and started shouting at the man, seeing how useless he was and how their hard-earned money was wasted on him.

"Mr and Mrs Durley, do I have to tape both your mouths shut?" The judge said, she wasn't the only one tired of hearing their voices.

Both of them reluctantly shut their mouths.

"Now for the sentencing." The judge said, and you could almost feel the glee in the room.

One from the Harry who thought he was about to finally see his Uncle family behind bars with no Dumbledore in sight and two from the Dursleys, who thought they would actually get away with this like all the other times.

A Freak has always saved them.

They were both convinced that Dumbledore would barge in here, wave his stick about and make this all go away, everything will be back to normal by tomorrow morning and both of them could take pleasure in making the little freaks life hell to the point, he would be begging them to kill him.

This would have happened if Dumbledore know the Dursleys were currently in court right now, instead he was sitting in his chair, sucking on a sherbet lemon, thinking of ways to track down his weapon and get rid of the current Lord Potter.

So, it was not meant to be.

A woman, from the Jury stood up, almost instantly when the question was popped and said. "We the Jury find the accused, Vernon and Petunia Dursley….Guilty. Of all charges."

"WHAT!" Vernon burst out, ready to advance on the women until he realized someone had glued him to his seat.

This time, the Judge wasn't taking any chances, someone took out a pack of tape and taped Vernon mouth shut.

"We find Vernon Dursley guilt on all charges of Child Abuse, Child neglect and Tax fraud. He is also found guilty of several accounts of attempted murder of one Harry James Potter. He is also found guilty of swindling money from his place of work and from the government itself" The women continued.

And Petunia looked like she was going to faint, Vernon was trying and failing to get out of his chair so he could beat the women.

"For Petunia Dursley because she did not take part in the beating inflicted on by her husband and son, and there is evidence to support the claim that she enjoyed watched her sister son suffer and would usually give him a smack or two which she deemed 'light', that ended up damaging Harry James Potter eyesight and bodily harm, she is found also guilty of child abuse and child neglect. Unfortunately, that is all that we can charge her for." The women said, giving the women a sharp glare.

"Miss, Valentine please keep your statements professional" The judge said, knowing she hated this woman too.

"Yes, Ma'am" The woman said.

"So, Vernon Dursley, you are found guilty of all charges that was stated" The judge said, "I sentence you also to a weight loss program until you are deemed an acceptable weight to enter Prison and when you have lost some of that fat, you will be serving a full two life time sentence's, where you will be forced to take anger management classes as well, with a chance of appeal in 60 years from now." and they all know Vernon would be luckily to even survive that long even with losing weight, there was no way he was getting out of jail.

And the man seemed to realize that too and want on a full-blown rant.

They were all suddenly silently thankful for the duct tape on the man's mouth, because they would no doubt hear the man screams and curses, while Petunia did a dramatic faint.

And Harry was tempted to break into a small dance right there and then.

"And as for Petunia Durley, since your crimes are nowhere near as extreme as your own husbands, I sentence you to two years in prison, which you'll be retaught how to be a Mother." The judge said, and Petunia looked downright insulted that someone was suggesting she was a terrible mother. "And even when your prison sentence is over, those classes will continue until you are deemed fit enough to take care of a child, and during that time you'll be separated from your own child and an arrest warrant will be immediate, if you attempt to contact him or go near Lord Potter nephew or any other child, ever again"

And if it wasn't for Steelcold threat, Petunia would have made a lunge for Harry for ruining her life.

"And speaking of child, where is Dudley Dursley?" The judge said, she would have thought the boy would be here by now, he too was on trial.

"You can't be serious. We couldn't possible let our Dudlykins come to such a stressful place." Petunia said in a sweet tone and many people looked at her, like they wanted to hurl.

"Mrs Dursley, did your son not receive his notice that he was to attend his own court case, today?" the judge said, wondering if something had happened in the mail.

"You honor, you can't be serious!" Petunia said, looking pale. "My little Dudley is just a little boy"

"No. Mrs Dursley 'Your Dudley' isn't a boy. He is eighteen years old, therefore an adult in the eyes of the law and as an adult, he is expected to show up for his own course case, just like every other adult under the law" The Judge said, sternly before summing two police officers and saying. "Can you go to the Dursleys residence and fetch, one, Dudley Dursley, if he resist's than add that to his list of accusations."

"Yes Ma'am" They both said, as they both walked out of the door ignoring Petunia shouts and Vernon growling.

"Now, then. I do believe this case is closed." The judge said, and both Vernon and Petunia looked shocked when a pair of handcuffs were slapped onto their wrist before helping them out of their seats.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS US!" Vernon yelled, finally allowed to speak as he was led away.

"On the contrary Mr Dursley, I am within full legal right to do this, unlike you" The Judge said, "I am honestly surprised that you and your wife have managed to avoid justice for this long, you should have been behind bars years ago. I'm glad that I was the one who finally let justice prevail in this courtroom today."

And with that, both Vernon and Petunia were forced out of the room, they all could still hear their shouting and screams until they both went mysteriously quiet.

Nobody bothered to wonder why this was so, they were just thankful for the miracle of sweet silence.

Half of an hour later, a kicking and screaming, very purple face, Dudley Dursley was shoved through the double doors by two police man who looked relieved that finally the nightmare was over.

Most of the people in the room were appalled by the young man's weight and his behavior.

"Dudley Dursley" The judge said, looking down at the obese young man in front of her who cowered. "We will now begin your trial"

And Dudley frantically started to look around the courtroom, hoping to see his parents who were ready to straighten this out and defend him like usual, he was certain he would walk free from this one like usual.

But when he turned, he only found his freak of a cousin in an expensive suit with a bright smile on his face and his parents nowhere to be found.

It was then, in that moment…

Dudley Dursely know…

He was fucked.

And scene!

So, what do you think? Finally, this chapter is up and live! Next chapter, Dumbledore gets a shock when he discovers that nobody has lived in Dursleys residence for over a month, meanwhile a very happy Harry Potter cracks open a book that is apparently about his life and gets a good laugh. Review/ fav and follow!