Hello once again everyone Nuin Griffondor here again for another chapter of Sister of Potter. I've decided that my chapters will be coming with lines from some of my favorite movies and such. I started it last chapter and with this chapter I finish the quote, if you know where the quotes come from comment the name of the movie or production.
I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.
The Wizengamot exploded with a cacophony of noise and angered shouts. It took nearly half an hour, as well as a dozen noise making spells to regain order. Mairin simple stood in the center of the room, her eyes we those of a predator closing in on their prey. Dumbledore stared into those eyes, and he remembered another pair just like them, in the castle of Numengard many years ago.
"I do hope you have some proof to go along with these ludacris accusations Regent Potter." Dumbledore said, "For the invoking of familial justice has backfired on many souls in the past. I would hate to see your own family's vast magics turn against you."
"I assure you Chief Warlock," Mairin said, a smirk on her face, "That today, many wrongs will be righted."
"Well, we shall go in order of the trial's listed," Dumbledore said, trying to buy himself some time, for afterall, there had to be an intermission between the trials, "House Potter Versus Sirius Arcturus Black. Who stands as defendant for Mr Black?"
"I do," Came a voice from the doorway, and walking through the door was Lady Terra Greengrass.
"I will represent Mr. Black, and will defend him in his stead." She said, and the crowd murmured, Terra Greengrass was an excellent Magical solicitor. But she might be biting off more than she could chew.
"Proceed with the evidence against Mr. Black." Dumbledore said, and Mairin stood.
"In a thorough search of the Archives by our own Amelia Bones there was no Trial for Sirius Arcturus Black, who is now the last of the Blacks. The case against relies on heavy assumptions and circumstance." Mairin Potter said, as she walked around the room, "In fact, it is known now, that Sirius Arcturus Black, the Heir of the Ancient and Noble house of Black has never seen the inside of this courtroom, He was thrown into Azkaban without a trial. So, the Familial Justice of the Potters is now overruled by the Justice of House Black. The Trial has now become the state of Great Britain Versus Sirius Black."
A slight smirk twisted its way across Mairin's face as she sat down next to Terra Greengrass, an outraged murmur went through the Wizengamot. It was also cleverly done, now no matter if Sirius Black was found Innocent or Guilty, she wouldn't face any consequences. From his chair at the head of the courtroom, Dumbledore, who had been slightly relieved at the fact that Mairin would have been attacked by her own house magic when it was proved Sirius was innocent, paled even further.
Terra stood up and walked to the center of the room, and then said, "With that I will call to the stand my first witness, Regent Mairin Potter of House Potter, who has consented to the use of Veritaserum."
Mairin smirked as an Auror brought a bottle of Veritaserum in.
"Opening Veritaserum," He said and cracked open the bottle so that all could see, then administered three drops onto Mairin's tongue.
"Your name for the court," Terra said.
"Mairin Euphemia Potter," She replied.
"Your Brother's name was?"
"James Fleamont Potter."
"Alright down to business, was Sirius Black the secret keeper of the Potters home in Godric's Hollow?"
"No."
"Who was it."
"The same person who led a dozen Death Eaters into our home, nearly killing me in the process, Peter Pettigrew."
There was silence then an outroar of voices, Terra smirked as she then turned to the rest of the court, "Which means that Lord Black was not guilty of the crime that he was accused of, and even if he did kill those twelve muggles, he was pursuing familial justice as his fiance and future In-Laws were betrayed by this man. The laws are very clear in this matter."
This time there was an outcry from every corner of the room, about why this had never come to light before. To which Mairin smirked, "This never came to light, because no one bothered to try and give him a trial. Imagine what could happen to any of you if this would occur."
Silence reigned in the courtroom as the antidote was administered to Mairin and Terra used the silence to catapult them further. "I now call my second witness, Heir Apparent Harry James Potter."
Harry stood from his seat and walked down to the center of the courtroom in the style that his Aunt had told him to do so. Slowly, but with a purpose, his hand on the railing and his nose held a tad higher with superiority. Many in the room would shudder as the watched him, feeling as though they were watching James Potter himself walking down the steps to the center of the room. When he arrived in the center of the room, Mairin sent him a reassuring nod as she conjured a chair for him to sit on.
"Heir Potter do you consent to the use of Veritaserum?"
"I do."
Three drops were administered as the court wondered, what else could there be to say?
"Your name?"
"Harry James Potter."
"And did you on the last week of your third year see Peter Pettigrew?"
"Yes."
Mairn quickly cast a silencing charm on the room, then practically shouted, "I would like to finish these court proceedings while I'm still young, or are you forgetting we have a second trial?"
Several muted glares were sent her way as she dispelled the charm and Terra continued her questioning.
"Did say how he managed to escape, and how he framed ."
"No, but the story was told by Lord Black, Pettigrew cut off his finger to make everyone believe that he was dead, blew up the street, then he transformed himself into a rat."
"And how did he do that?"
"Pettegrew is a Rat Animagus, he and his group of friends did it to help out the fourth member of their group."
"Yes, There were four of us who did so," Mairin said, as she stood up, "Myself, My brother, the Late Lord Potter, Lord Sirius Black, and Peter Pettegrew. We didn't register because they could be useful in the war. I haven't had the chance to register since I woke up, and have an appointment to do so this afternoon."
"What this means, is that Peter Pettigrew is in fact guilt of double attempted line ending, perverting justice, and of being a death eater. Lord Black is innocent of all crimes. Members of the Wizengamot, I implore you to make this wrong right."
Dumbledore stood and called for a vote. Which was almost unanimous, with the sole exception being the Lord Malfoy, who was currently holding the black seat due to his marriage with Narcissa. Magic swirled around the room, and a parchment appeared in front of Albus, who cleared his throat.
"The Family magics have spoken, the Lord Sirius Black his cleared of all charges to his name, and will receive half a million galleons for each year of his wrongful imprisonment. The dementors will have their target changed to Mr. Pettegrew, and…."
Dumbledore's face turned horrified, and the rest of the Wizengamot listened with baited breath.
"And he shall be forever known and branded as an Oath Breaker, and his transformative powers shall be ripped from him by the power of the two families. As well as a curse put upon him that, from this second forward, his pain shall forever linger and will forever be added onto when he receives more pain, but being forced to keep his sanity, and to never age, Mote it be."
Magic seemed to swirl through the air and then flew through the ceiling.
-Little Haggleton
Peter was feeding his master in his little homunculus body when pain ripped through his body. Pain far worse than that of the cruciatus curse. He fell to the ground his screams continuing as th pain did not end. His master, fearing that the might be discovered, silenced him, then used the imperius curse to make him continue feeding him.
"Whatever it is, Wormtail will be fine later," He thought, unknowing that the back of Pettigrews shirt began to stain with blood as in every ancient tongue and rune was written Oathbreaker in the shape of a greek omega.
-Back in the Wizengamot
Mairin smirked as Dumbledore began to sweat when the all came back from their recess. Terra, Mairin, Harry, and Morgan all returned to the center of the room. Dumbledore made a move to return to his seat as Chief Warlock, when Mairin stopped him.
"Mr. Dumbledore, you are the accused, you're down here with us." She said, with a sickly sweet voice. Dumbledore looked around, then sighed as he walked to the Wizengamot floor. The Vice Warlock, an elderly woman by the name of Kiran Snowpear walked to the stand and called the trial of the House of Potter vs Albus Dumbledore.
"The charges Against Mr Dumbledore are as follows," She said, then put her spectacles on and viewed the parchment, "Attempted line theft, perversion of house justice, Sentencing the heir to a life of abuse, theft of house property, and theft of the house Grimoire, Mr. Dumbledore, how do you plead."
Dumbledore stood tall and then said, "Not guilty to Attempted Line theft, Perversion of House Justice, Sentencing the heir to life of abuse. As for the other charges, well, I pulled them out of Gringotts several years ago when the bank was broken into, because I feared for their safety, the items will be returned at the nearest date."
Mairin's face darkened, those two were some of the more serious crimes, she remembered the exact dates they were taken out and they roughly corresponds with the break in that she was told about. Now he might have seized the opportunity to get into the vault and take them so he could cover his tracks.
"Crafty bastard," She muttered under her breath.
"Well, it does seem to be a reasonable explanation," Snowpear said, "Charges Dropped."
Harry leaned over to his aunt then asked, "Why can't we use Veritaserum on him?"
"Health risk," She replied, "The older you are, the riskier taking Veritaserum is, if you are above the age of one hundred then it is prohibited to use it on you, Dumbledore is nearly one hundred and thirteen."
"Counselor, Please present the evidence for the other charges." Snowpear ordered, and Terra stood and motioned for her witness to come in. In marched Bloodthirst the account manager of the Potters, in his hands was a file.
"This is Bloodthirst the account manager of the Potters," She said, and turned to the goblin, "Bloodthirst, do the goblins of Gringotts have evidence of the charges of Attempted Line theft and Perversion of House Justice on Albus Dumbledore?"
"Indeed," The Goblin said, and then handed the file to the court scribe, who handed it to Snowpear.
"It says here, acting as Mr. Potter Magical Guardian, signed a marriage contract to a Ginevra Weasley, while an active contract was still in place, with its mandate to be married before the other contract occured." She said, then flipped the page, and her eyebrows, "It also says here that he sealed the Potter will, which would have exonerated , as well as prohibiting him to be placed where he was placed. Mr. Dumbledore, this is a very ironclad case with these two charges alone, are you sure that you do not wish to retract your statement."
"Absolutely not," He said, "I was well within my rights to so, Neither of those were illegal, merely unethical, My sealing of the will was For Harry's protection as was his placement with his relatives. Due to his mother's sacrifice, powerful blood wards were enacted around the place where her blood was. Her only living relative was her sister."
"But, the will would have exonerated , the fact remains that, despite your good intentions you damned one man to Azkaban for twelve years. If the other charge is correct, than you damned two people unjustly." She then stopped, and looked at Terra, "You have evidence?"
"Yes we do," Terra responded, "We need an auror who is a licenced Legilimens."
The courtroom was silent for several minutes as such an Auror was fetched. Eventually A Kingsley Shacklebolt was brought into the room, It was the explained that they needed him to verify that Harry was abused as a Child. Several minutes Later Kingsley had retrieved the memories, and put them in a vial for evidence purposes.
"It is True," Kingsley said, looking slightly pale, "He was indeed abused by his muggle relatives."
"It is the wish of Heir Potter that the exact details be withheld, He does not wish to be viewed differently by his peers." Terra said, and many in the court began to look a Dumbledore with thinly veiled fury, Dumbledore looked shocked then disbelieving, but before he could begin to utter his honeyed words, Terra Struck while the Iron was hot.
"I call for a vote," Terra said, looking at the Vice Warlock, who nodded her head, Ignoring Albus's objections.
"Those in favor of conviction?" She asked, and nearly the entire Dark and Neutral section, as well as a few of the light raised their hands. It was at this moment that Dumbledore knew he was screwed.
"Those in favor of clearing the accused of all charges?" She asked, and the majority of the light faction voted against, and a couple hands in the neutral. No hands came up from the dark.
"May the Family magics have mercy on you Albus." Snowpear said as the parchment appeared, and she began to read it.
"Albus Dumbledore your punishment for crimes against the house potter given to you by the house magics are as follows, Your position as Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, and Grand Sorcerer are stripped from you. Everything that you currently own aside from your wand is now the property of House Potter, including your patens on your inventions and discoveries, the Phoenix Bond that you have it taken from you and gifted to the Potters. A fine of thirty Million Galleons with a forty percent interest rate is imposed upon you after everything you owned has been stripped away. There is also a banishment from all Potter grounds as well as a restraining order. You cannot come within twenty meters of Mr. Potter unless it is related to school Business."
Once again magic swirled around the room and magic flew through the ceiling yet again. Mairin was semi-surprised that the family magic kept him as Headmaster of Hogwarts. But she was still smirking, Dumbledore had just lost nearly everything, now she had something else to do.
Time Skip-Several days Location-Bora Bora
Mairin walked down the beach towards a little hut that She and Sirius had purchased through muggle means for their honeymoon. She smiled slightly as she walked through the front door and, seeing that it was empty, but that someone was living there, sat down at the table and waited. She didn't have to wait long.
Sirius walked through the door, looking remarkable better from his time in azkaban, but still carried traces of it. He didn't notice that she was sitting there until she cleared her throat. This caused Sirius to spin around a wand in hand as he did so, but was stopped as he saw exactly who was sitting there.
"Mairin?" He asked, not believing his eyes.
"Hello Siri," She said, her voice soft and filled with emotion as she stood up. The two stared at each other for several seconds, then Sirius walked over and kissed her. She returned the kiss as Sirius picked Mairin up and carried her to the bedroom.
That was rather difficult for me to write, I am not usually very good at writing court scenes, and I tend to avoid them, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and until next time Mischief Managed