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A.N. thanks to Known Unknowns for beta my stories
Albus was waiting in a conference room in the Ministry and wondered what this new prophecy meant. Harry's relatives had disappeared, and they had taken Harry with them. The blood wards had been canceled, and he needed to find out where they went so he could raise new ones, but what about the legion? Who were they, and whose side are they on? Were they by any chance responsible for what happened to Harry?
He remembered it very clear, but he hardly had the time to think over it.
He didn't know if the Dursleys and this meeting had anything to do with this new prophecy, but it was a strange coincidence. Was this legion already on the move? Who were they, what did they want, why did they fight, and where they were were all questions buzzing through his mind.
It was time for the Wizengamot meeting to start. He promised himself that he would ponder this riddle more when he returned to Hogwarts. Now he had to finish this meeting and then go to his office. It looks like Amelia, leader of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (and the new boss for six months now) had found some misjudgment in her old boss. It looked like one of the wizards that had been sent without trial to Azkaban had huge potential to be innocent on all charges. They were going to see the evidence, check with Veritaserum, and then they would let him free with a heavy sum.
He didn't know how wrong he was.
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Jonathan McLaggen was a Squib, and he was also one of the many Squibs that were cast out of their families. At eight years old his family abandoned him in the Muggle world with nothing but the clothes on his back. He was lucky that Nickolas Ray had found him and had brought him to the orphanage where he was the patron. For the first time he felt accepted, and he wanted to forget the wizarding world. When he was older, he decided to become a lawyer.
He didn't want anything to do with the wizarding world, but when Nick came to his home on the 7th of August and asked him to lead a case against the wizards, he would have declined if he was anyone else. He owed his life to Nick, and a small part of him wanted to show the rest of the family that threw him out that he was far from worthless.
Now he was waiting for the members of the Wizengamont and his client to come from Azkaban, so he remembered the previous day.
Flashback...
Jonathan had just entered the Ministry of Magic. He continued cursing Nick for making him come there, but he also felt excited to show those wizards that their magic couldn't fix all of their problems.
He really would like to have brought his gun with him to shoot the damn guard who found it an amusing joke for a Squib to come to the Ministry.
At least he didn't have to do a lot of things when he found Miss Bones. He told her that he represented Sirius Black, and that he wanted to have a trial in front of the Wizengamont since he had never had one and thanks to the new evidence that had been found.
Amelia didn't believe him, until he gave her a rat that Nick brought with him to his visit and asked her to check for an Animagus. One spell afterwards, and there was pandemonium in the Auror Department.
End of flashback...
Jonathan checked the wizards and witches that had been gathered. Only Albus Dumbledore and Sirius Black were missing. He checked then and noticed a few people that he had been asked to target. Minister Fudge was talking with a blond who had to be Malfoy. If the Minister was like Nick had told him, it would be easy to have new elections. His job was to create a lot of pandemonium for at least a week. He promised he would create a lot of pandemonium for a month.
He had three targets, and the goblins were so kind as to give him all of the useful information for two of them. He hoped to hit all three of them, but if Fudge spoke without stopping to think then it would be too easy. He also knew that with the reporters of the Daily Prophet and different witnesses it would be far too easy to create problems for the Ministry.
Finally Albus joined them, and he felt a chill. It looked like the Dementors were bringing his client.
When Sirius joined them, Jonathan noticed Albus jerk and then look at him, then back at Sirius and mutter something that he couldn't hear. He needs to tell Nick later about this. He also noticed that Malfoy seemed to be scared for a moment, and then spoke quickly with fudge. Crouch was looking indifferent. He also looked at Sirius and while he looked like he was drugged, probably the effect from Dementors, he had hope in his eyes.
It was time to start, so Albus rised. ''The trial of Sirius Black is about to begin, Interrogators: Albus Percival Wulfic Brian Dumbledore, Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, and Amelia Bones, head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcment. Defense: Jonathan Andrew McLaggen. Ms Bones, you can start explaining why you requested this meeting."
Before Amelia had a chance to say anything, Fudge rose from his seat and Jonathan smirked. Nick was right.
''Yes, why did you bring us here for someone who has already been sentenced to a life time in Azkaban?''
''In what trial?'' all looked at Jonathan, and complete silence fell in all the room.
''Beg your pardon?'' Fudge asked, and he must have been more shocked that someone else had challenged him than by what he had said.
''I said, in what trial was the rightful heir of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black convicted guilty of his crimes? You say he was convicted, I say he was thrown in Azkaban immediately so some relatives of his would be able to steal the Black fortune. Too bad that the goblins declined to give the Black fortune away, right... Mister Malfoy?''
Jonathan's smirk had reached his ears. Two birds with only one stone. Malfoy and Fudge were silenced, and quite a few glares were directed their way. Even Purebloods that supported Malfoy would reconsider their decision on what would happen to one of the most noble and ancient House's. The Light side would immediately jump to free an innocent man, and the neutrals would just want to get their leader back. Nick had done a nice job to gather inside information, but for the love of God he didn't know how he did it.
After a minute of silence, Amelia rose and started speaking. ''Thank you, Chief Warlock. Yesterday Mister McLaggen came to my office and he brought with him a specific piece of evidence that caused a number of questions to arise concering the fact that Sirius Black never received a trial, but was instead thrown in Azkaban immediately. I gather you here today so we can find out what happened that day and bring justice.''
''Do you mind telling us what evidence you have?''
''Not what, but whom. Mr. McLaggen brought to me an animagus wizard in the form of a rat, and we were shocked when we forced him into his human form.''
Sirius interrupted them. ''You caught Wormtail?'' He asked Amelia.
''We don't know any Wormtail, but we know him as Peter Pettigrew.''
Pandemonium. Fudge was yelling "it can't be Petigrew, Black killed him!" you could hear lots of families discussing how it could be possible for him to be alive. Sirius was laughing too hard, Albus was trying to bring some order, and Malfoy was talking with some other members. Jonathan made sure to capture their faces with his small camera. Nick would need to search them.
No one noticed Amelia signal to Alastor Moody, and less than ten seconds later a small bald man with ragged long nails and nine fingers joined them. Silence fell again when they saw the proof in front of their eyes.
Amelia spoke again ''I request permission for Veritaserum for both of them, so we find out what really happened.''
''I second that.''
''Permision passed. Please bring the potion.'' Albus ordered.
Sirius Black went first. After he drank it without any fuss, Amelia began the interrogation.
"Please say your full name."
''Sirius Orion Black.''
''Were you the Secret Keeper of James and Lily Potter?''
''No.'' murmurs started among the wizards. Malfoy was still talking with Fudge, and he did looked furious.
''Did you betray the Potters to You-Know-Who in any way?''
''No.''
''Did you kill the twelve Muggles on the second of November, 1982?''
''No.''
''Say in your own words what happened that day.''
''I went to check on Peter where he was hiding. James and Lily made him the Secret Keeper after they asked me to be, but because I would be the obvious choice, I said it would be a better idea to have Peter do it, since no one would guess that they made him their Secret Keeper. I was getting targeted, but that Halloween decided to visit Peter where he was hiding, but when I went there, Peter was gone. There was no battle... nothing at all. I went to James and Lily's house to warn them. When I arrived there, Hagrid took Harry. He was on orders from Dumbledore, so I went after Peter to get my revenge. When I found him, he yelled to all the Muggles on the street that I betrayed James and Lily, then used his wand to send a hex behind me that caused something to explode, and in the chaos he cut his finger, transformed to his animagus form, then disappeared.''
Before he even finished, the entire courtroom was in an uproar, and many were yelling for Pettigrew's head. Albus was trying and succeeding to calm them down, but Jonathan decided it would need a bit more chaos.
''Mister Black, do you know who arrested you?'' Jonathan asked with a smirk.
Black answered in the same monotone. ''A hit wizard by the name of Cornelius Fudge. I believe he is Minister of Magic now.''
Jonathan saw the Minister go white, and was sure that no matter what - even if he wasn't responsible, Fudge would be out of office by tomorrow.
After that, Pettigrew was just for the record. The only difference was that he went to hide in a wizard family for the past several years, until four days ago when he slept in that house, and the next day he woke up in front of Ms. Bones.
Jonathan hoped the next part would work. ''Mr. Pettigrew, since Black was in Azkaban, why did you decide to hide and not come back as a hero?''
Pettigrew spoke in a monotone voice and when ended, knew that the trap had been laid. ''Not all of the Dark Lord's supporters went to Azkaban. I needed to hide from them, because they believe that with my information the Dark Lord perished.''
The next question was from Amelia before he could speak again. ''You know death eaters outside of Azkaban? Name them.''
Malfoy interrupted Pettigrew and start yelling ''This is outrageous! We are here for Sirius Black.''
To be continued...
a/n:
Timetable:
31 July: Damien has arrived
3 august: Damien wakes up
4 august: Sunday Damien and Nick make plans
5 august: Monday Damien and nick make contacts (also with goblins but they didn't go as person.)
6 august: Tuesday the rat got stolen from Percy
7 august: Wednesday Nick went to Jonathan
8-9 august: Thursday-Friday Jonathan read the files and get ready for a weekend of hell
9 august: Friday Harry escapes. Late the evening miss Figg investigate
10 august: Saturday trials
11 august: Sunday daily profit screams
