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Sorry it took me so long to update. This Chapter was really hard to write as i don´t know a thing about trials and so. Of Course i read Fanfics about that but it is very different to write it.
Hope you like it
Harry Potter a different life
Chapter 12
"Harry time to get up" Lily said in a soft voice as she sat on the edge of the bed. She gently shook him.
"What?" Harry said drowsy.
"You need to get up sweetheart" Lily said sweetly as she handed him his glasses. Harry put them on and looked around.
"What time is it?" he asked while suppressing a yawn.
"It is 6am. We need to leave early so no one sees us. I let you get ready while I wake your siblings" she said smiling and left the room. 15 minutes later Harry went downstairs into the Kitchen to only see his father and brother eating pancakes.
"Morning" Harry said as he sat down next to James who filled his plate.
"Morning son/Harry" the others said and smiled at him. 10 minutes later Lily entered together with Emily and Charlotte. Breakfast was a quiet affair as they were all tired. 30 Minutes later they were ready to leave.
"As we can´t take the floo, as it is being watched, we are going to aparate over to Amelia's place. Me and James will take Marc and Charlotte and Milly is going to take Harry and Emily" Lily said as she grabbed Marcs hand. Soon they were all standing in the Bones living room. Amelia and Susan were sitting on the couch. "Morning" Lily said sweetly.
"Morning" Amelia replied as she stood up and hugged them. Susan did the same. "I arranged a Portkey that will bring us directly to my office" she said as she picked up an old looking pillow from the coffee table.
Amelia's office was small but nice. It was decorated in bright warm colors and there were a few plants, flowers and pictures. "Okay I will check if the coast is clear. The trial will be held in Courtroom 5" Amelia said as she stepped out of the office. 5 Minutes later she was back. "Okay everything is clear but we should hurry people will be arriving soon" Amelia said and led the over to the elevator. Amelia´s office was located on level two and they needed to get to level 10. It took them 5 minutes to get down there. They quickly found Courtroom 5. "Okay there is a small waiting room on the left side you wait there I will go back to the Atrium and wait there for the others" Amelia said and left.
The room was small there were two couches and a table in the middle. There were a few old Books, magazines and newspapers lying around. Harry sat down next to Susan and grabbed one of the books. 'The Ministry's guide on how to be successful ' "strange title" Harry thought as he started reading. 30 minutes later McGonagall, the Longbottom´s, Bogrod and Ragnok arrived. The kids all sat in one corner playing cards or reading while the adults and Goblins were all sitting on the couches. For the next two and a half hour they discussed the trial and how they will proceed. At 10:30am Amelia got up to get ready as she was to be leading the trial.
20 minutes later Amelia Bones, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and the whole Wizengamot including Albus Dumbledore. To Aurors led Sirius inside. He was tied with steel chains on the chair. He looked worn out and ill. His hair was dirty and tousled. His clothe were ripped and he seemed to bleed a bit. He looked up and saw Amelia looking at him closely. He tried to smile but he was too weak so he looked back down.
"Trial of Sirius Orion Black may now begin" Fudge started. "You are accused of the murder of Peter Pettigrew and 13 Muggles how do you plead?" he added and looked at Sirius with disgusts.
"Not guilty" Sirius barked weak.
"Not guilty eh?...Then how comes that you were found laughing hysterically while 13 dead muggle bodies were spread around you…That is because you killed them as well as Peter Pettigrew… you've dismembered him and only one finger was found by him and later you have murmured it "is my fault" what do you have to say to that?" Fudge asked.
"It is my fault…" Sirius started was stopped by Fudge.
"Ah so you admit that you killed them" Fudge said.
"Minister let him continue. It is not your right to sentence him" Amelia said.
"Not my right I am the Minister of Magic I have the right to do everything" Fudge stated.
"No you aren´t Head of DMLE I am so please let him continue" Amelia said slightly angry, looked at Sirius and nodded.
"As I was saying. It is my Fault. I was the one who suggested switching secret keeper because I was the obvious choice. We switched to Peter. That was also the reason why I went after him but I didn´t kill anyone that was all Peter he is an unregistered Animagus…a rat" Sirius finished.
"An interesting Story Mr. Black can you prove that?" Fudge asked.
"N…No" Sirius stuttered.
"Lords and Ladys of the Wizengamot…"Fudge started but was interrupted by Amelia.
"I can prove it" she said standing up.
"And how can you prove a lie?" Fudge asked with a smudged smile.
"It is not a lie" she said angry as she move up to the podium. "On the first of August I was ordered to Gringotts. I was ordered there because someone committed crimes. You see that day Professor McGonagall from Hogwarts accompanied a first year to Diagon Alley" Amelia started and looked around the Courtroom. Dumbledore looked shocked and angry. "Turned out that First year was none other than Harry Potter" she continued. Everyone looked shocked. Murmur was going around in the Courtroom "Why did Harry Potter need help to go to Gringotts?" "Did he commit crimes at Gringotts?" "Did someone stole his Money?"
"Anyway. When I arrived I was told a very disturbing story. Someone stole Money from Mr. Potter…a lot of Money. But that was not the only thing. Someone sealed his parent's testament. The testament stated that Peter Pettigrew was the Secret keeper and that Harry was in no way to be placed by his relatives. Yet he was placed there…and abused" Amelia stated. More murmur was going around now. "The will was sealed by the same person who placed Harry with his relatives…by Albus Dumbledore" Amelia said and everyone was now looking at Dumbledore. "Yes you Dumbledore. I also know that you stole Money from him and gave it to other people and some for yourself. Also you were one of the Persons that were present what the testament was made…you know very well that Sirius in innocent. Lucky I have a copy of the testament" she said and handed the too Augusta Longbottom who handed it around.
"But that is not all. We also found out that Dumbledore placed a few charms and blocked on Harry Potter and send his younger sister to live in an orphanage. Yes Lily and James had another child but they kept it secret. Dubledore also placed Memory charms on Lily and James Potter as well as Dorea and Charlus Potter. They are very well alive. We don´t know where Dorea and Charlus are as the Goblins are still searching for them but Lily and James were found four days ago. They are very angry. Furthermore a few days after Harry´s defeat of you-know-who Dumbledore came to me and kidnapped my Daughter" Amelia said. Sirius looked up and quickly found Dumbledore. He was angry. "How dare this man kidnap his little girl? How dare he touch her?" Sirius thought.
"Funny story really but do you have any prove" Dumbledore asked.
"Of course I have…Lady Longbottom would you please bring them in" she said and Augusta stood up and left the room. A minute later she came back and behind her were two goblins and Lily and James Potter. Gasps could be heard thru the room. Sirius looked shocked at them. "To make this easier please induce Veritaserum" she ordered. Auror Moody walked over to them and they both drank the Potion.
"Please state your name" Amelia said.
"James Nicholas Potter" James said.
"Lily Rose Potter neé Evans" Lily said.
"When is your Birthday" Amelia asked.
"27th of March 1960" James said.
"30th of January 1960" Lily said.
"Who was your secret keeper" she then asked.
"Peter Pettigrew" they both said.
"Is there any prove of that" Amelia asked.
"Yes it is in our testament and in our memory" the both said.
"Where did you live the last 10 years" she asked.
"London" they said.
"That is enough please induce the antidote" Amelia ordered. Lily and James drank the Antidote and Amelia ordered them to sit down at the side of the room. She then addressed the Goblins.
"Ragnok and Bogrod are here to address the matter of stalling and mishandling of a minor. They gave me some documents stating everything that happened to the Potters and their property" Amelia said and handed the documents around. "Please fill us in on what you have found out" Amelia said.
"Very well. It started when Mr. Harry Potter first came to the Bank…"Ragnok started. Both Goblins filled them in on what happened over the last days. Many members of the Wizengamot were shocked at what the Goblins had to say and together with the Documents that Amelia handed around nearly everyone believed the story. Dumbledore was furious…his plans were failing but he knew that he lost. He needed to make new plans and soon. When the Goblins were done Amelia thanked them and they sat down at the side of the room.
"Is there anyrhing you would like to add. Mr. and Mrs. Potter?" Amelia asked.
"Yes there is…When we got our Memory´s back and had our children back we went to our Vaults to make sure that nothing was missing. Luckily only one thing was missing but we have that back now as it is a Family heirloom. What many people don´t know about the Potter family is that we are direct descendants of Godric Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw. It is a Family tradition that a male family member visits the Vault of Gryffindor. That is because Godric wanted his knowledge and legacy to go on. But not everyone is chosen to have access to that knowledge. Harry however was chosen. He has some of Godric´s Journals and he found interesting things in them. Such as that an heir to the founders would have last say in the Wizengamot and board of Governors. As well as a list of classes that the Founders wanted to teach but some of them aren´t even taught I have a list of everthing" James said and handed the list Harry made around. Everyone was shocked. Dumbledore paled...he was in trouble.
"I think that is everything. I would like to hear your statement Dumbledore" Amelia said and Dumbeldore stood up. "Please induce Veritaserum" Amelia ordered and Dumbledore dank it.
"Name" Amelia asked.
"Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore" he answered.
"Birthday" she asked.
"26th of June 1881" Dumbledore said.
"Did you do any of the things we have listed?" she asked directly looking him.
"Yes everything" he admitted.
"Is Sirius Black innocent?" she asked.
"Yes he is I was there that night" he answered looking down.
"What do you know about the classes that Mr. Potter has mentioned?" she asked.
"Everything I changed it so no one would be more powerful as me" he said still looking down.
"Thank you that is everything…please induce antidote" Amelia said and Dumbledore drank it. The Goblins stood up.
"Albus Dumbledore you are here by arrested and sentence to death for steeling and mishandling of a minor of a noble and ancient Family" Ragnok said but Dumbledore had other plans. He took his wand and with a bang he vanished.
"Search for him I want him arrested" Fudge barked furious.
"Fudge do you have anything to say?" Amelia asked him.
"Ah yes of course. Sirius Black I have to apologies you are hereby a free man again and a fine of 50.000 thousand Galleons will be paid to you. Furthermore I want the Aurors to look for Dumbledore and Pettigrew and the board of Governors to look into the case of the classes" Fudge said and cheers were going around in the room. Amelia immediately rushed over to Sirius and hugged him tight.
"Oh Sirius" she said and kissed him.
"I ´ve missed you so much" Sirius said weak.
"I never took the ring of because I knew that one day you would be free" she said.
"Really? Thank you…I love you" Sirius said.
"I love you too…now come on you really need to see a healer" she said and took his hand. On the way out they were approached by Lily and James.
"Padfoot" james said ginning as he hugged his brother in everything but blood.
"Prongs I am so happy to see you again and you Lils" Sirius said and they hugged.
"Would you like to see our kids?" James asked and Sirius nodded. Together they walked to the waiting room. The kids immediately stood up.
"Harry, Emily, Marc, Charlotte this is Sirius Black. Harry he is also your Godfather" Lily said and the kids all hugged Sirius, Harry tighter than everyone.
"Sirius I am sure you remember Susan my niece" Amelia said.
"Yes of course I do…It is good to see you again Susan" Sirius said and Susan smiled.
"Oh and that is Neville Longbottom" Amelia said.
"Ah of course I remember" Sirius said and they shook hands.
"Okay we really should go Sirius needs a healer and I bet the Atrium is filled with reporters" Amelia said and they all left. Luckily two Aurors led them thru the crowd of Reporters. They quickly said goodbye and went home. The trial took all day and it was already Dinnertime. They quickly ate and went to bed.
That night Harry couldn´t sleep. Outside was a loud thunderstorm. He looked at the clock an saw that it was 1am he got up and decided to get something to drink. When he walked back upstairs with a mug of hot chocolate he saw his youngest sister standing in the hallway crying. He walked up to her.
"Hey Charlotte what is wrong?" Harry asked as he bends down to talk to her.
"Nightmare" she said sobbing.
"You wanted to go to Mum and Dad right?" Harry asked. She nodded.
"Do you want to come with me… so we don´t need to wake them" Harry suggested and she happily nodded. Together they walked to Harry´s room and Harry gently picked her up and placed her on his bed. "Do you want to drink a bit?" he asked pointing to his mug. Again she nodded. Harry gave her the mug and she took a big sip and handed it back to Harry who finished it. After placing the mug on the table next to the bed he climbed into the bed next to Charlotte. Together they lay down and Charlotte snuggled into Harry´s side. Harry carefully wrapped an arm around her and they both fell asleep.
I hope you liked it and everything was okay.
If you have any tipps on how to write trials please let me hear them.
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