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I don't own Harry Potter. I don't own Tenchi Muyo or any of the other stories in the Tenchi universe.
Here is the continuing 'saga' of my 'what if'.
Chapter 13
Deloris Umbridge was extremely angry. After her secret had been revealed she had been forced out of Hogwarts, just as she had received the power she needed to take control of the school.
Minister Fudge had protected her by delaying the investigation but a lot of damage had been done to both his and her reputations. She kept searching for the means to get Potter imprisoned. He and Dumbledore were a threat to her beloved Minister. Discrediting them would also allow them to push the investigation again her, and the Minister by association, under the rug.
It was closing in on Christmas when Lucius Malfoy stopped by her office.
"Good morning, Deloris. I have come across some information that I believe you should know immediately." He greeted her.
"Good morning, Lucius. How can I help you? What is this information you have for me?"
"It involves Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived. I have been trying to discover the circumstances around the Third Task and the death of Cedric Diggory."
"Interesting. What have you discovered?" Umbridge leant forward in interest.
"I have reason to believe that it was Harry Potter himself who murdered Cedric Diggory in cold blood." Lucius intoned solemnly.
"Really? I must take this information this information to the Minister immediately. The Ministry and the entire Wizarding World thank you for this service." Umbridge rose and began to leave.
"Might I suggest?" Lucius stopped her.
"Yes?"
"You will want plenty of Auror's, and probably Dementors as well. I would not expect him to come quietly. Nor would I trust him not to use his newfound wealth to simply buy his way out."
"You're right. He must be dealt with immediately and permanently, so that confusion he has brought to the wizarding world is halted." Umbridge left.
"Too easy. She didn't even wait to see the evidence I faked." Lucius grinned evilly to himself. "Well, Harry Potter, let's see how you handle being the enemy of the Wizarding World as well as the Dark Lord."
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Harry was enjoying a nice breakfast with Ginny when the door to the Great Hall slammed open and Deloris Umbridge lead a contingent of Auror's into the hall.
"Harry Potter. You are under arrest for the murder of Cedric Diggory." She announced. "I have documents here, signed by the Minister of Magic himself, to take you into custody and have the Dementor's kiss performed on you immediately."
"Really?" Harry didn't seem particularly concerned. "And what reason do you have to not only suspect me of causing Cedric's death but to place me under an immediate death sentence without even being allowed a trial to defend myself?"
"The Ministry does not answer to criminals like you." Umbridge spat. "Take him into custody."
Dumbledore rose. "I too would like to know the answer to that question."
"The Ministry recently received information that it was Harry Potter who murdered Cedric and has been covering up his crimes."
"And who brought this information to light?" Harry asked, standing.
"Does it matter? Lucius Malfoy, senior advisor to the Minster has been investigating the events of that fateful day and has learnt the truth. Now you will pay for your heinous crimes."
"So that's what's going on. Sorry to disappoint you but... I'll be leaving now." Harry replied casually and disappeared into a blur of movement.
The Auror's began casting at him but he easily dodged their spells and slipped through their ranks using his martial arts to trip them and knock them into each other before vanishing out the doors, leaving the elite of the DMLE fighting to get back on their feet to pursue him.
Out of sight, he teleported to the kitchens and dodged Dobby's cheerful embrace.
"Sorry Dobby but I'm in a hurry. I need you to pack my things and tell Ryo-oh-ki to take them to Mage." Harry told him urgently. "My cloak and the map need to go to Ginny. No one must know about this and no one must know we even spoke."
"Dobby will obey Harry Potter." The elf said, managing to be serious, and vanished.
Harry grinned and teleported outside. Waiting for a moment until he could sense that the Aurors were nearly at the main door he took off across the grounds towards the lake.
It was then he sensed them, the swarm of Dementors closing in on him. He turned back and looped around the grounds, still dodging the Auror's spells as he finally headed towards the slope down towards Hagrid's hut and the Forbidden Forest.
"Mage, it looks like we'll need exit plan two." He spoke to his wrist link.
"We'll be position in twelve seconds and the cannon is prepped and ready to fire. Teleport out as soon as you are ready." Lily's reassuring voice spoke to him.
Harry grinned, dodged a few more times and started down the slope, disappearing from the Auror's view. The swarm of Dementors were now in almost a single group and followed him closely.
!HPNNfH!
"Hah, he'll never escape Dementor's they will corner and kiss him and end this immediately." Umbridge crowed as she watched the dark robed creatures close in on the fleeing boy. "Die, Potter. Die."
Ginny had followed them out and was listening in terror to Umbridge's bragging.
The Dementors were swarming around a single point part way down the slope, closing in on their prey as Umbridge began cackling madly.
"No, Harry. You can't die like this." Ginny whispered, tears flowing down her cheeks.
Suddenly the area down the slope lit up brightly forcing everyone to look away. Then they were all knocked to the ground as it lurched beneath them. The sound came next, the roar of the explosion.
Ginny's horrified scream tore across the sudden quiet that followed as she struggle to her feet and ran for the top of the slope. All that was left was a massive smoking crater, blown into the hillside. There were no signs of the Dementors who had cornered Harry. Nor of Harry himself.
"So he's dead is he? Good riddance." Umbridge sneered as she and the Auror's reached the top of the slope and gazed out over the destruction.
"We're still on Hogwarts grounds so there's no way he could either Apparate or Portkey out. He's dead. Pity about the Dementors though." She finished on a grumpy note. She turned to the Aurors "We're done here. Let's go, I have to report back to the Minister."
!HPNNfH!
"I'm sorry Ginny." Harry whispered as he watched Umbridge and the Auror's leave the distraught girl kneeling at the top of the hill, tears streaming down her face. "I'm so sorry, but you'll have to think me dead for a little while."
"It won't be long." Lily reassured him.
"It's been too long already." Harry countered. "I need to talk to Washu."
"Already on it." James responded.
Washu's cheerful face appeared. "Hi Harry, what wrong?"
"I made Ginny cry. Lucius Malfoy fed Umbridge the story that I killed Cedric and she came here to give me the Dementor's Kiss. I just faked my death to escape and buy a little time... and... I couldn't warn her about it first." Harry explained, finishing on a distraught note.
"That explains why she is crying." Washu sobered.
"Yeah. She's going to kill me."
"Yup." Washu grinned. "You'd better think of a really good way to apologise or else you're a dead man for real."
"First, let's get back at Malfoy and Voldemort."
"We are on our way. I have three new locations. One stationary and two mobile."
"Give me the location of the stationary one. I'll check it out while I'm waiting for you lot to get here."
"Okay, I'm sending the coordinates now. Go to Gringotts first and make sure that they won't allow your money to be stolen from you. See you soon." Washu paused. "We'll sort this out, don't worry."
"Thanks. Later."
Harry sat back into his seat and moved the cloaked ship closer to the school. Ryo-oh-ki was just leaving the Gryffindor tower with his trunk. Hedwig winged her way towards him as well.
Thanks Ryo-oh-ki, Hedwig. I'm really sorry but I need you both to stay with Ginny." Harry told them as he accepted the truck.
Hedwig hooted angrily.
"I'm sorry Hedwig, but look at her." He pointed. "I can't go to her. I need you to be there for her while I can't. Please. There's no one else I can ask."
Hedwig turned away from him but relented as she watched the crying figure. With a soft hoot she flew out of the ship and down to Ginny, followed by the saddened Ryo-oh-ki.
"Bye Ginny." Harry whispered.
He pointed the ship south and gently increased the throttle and felt the ship start to move forward.
"Give me the coordinates. He ordered. "We'll do a fly by on the way to London for a sensor sweep."
"Aye, Captain." Lily replied crisply and brought up the coordinates on the HUD.
Harry adjusted his course and when he was far enough from Hogwarts, slammed the throttle to the limit to vent his frustration and watched as the landscape started blurring beneath him.
!HPNNfH!
Harry waited patiently for Ryo-oh-ki and the others to arrive. He had now thoroughly scanned the area surrounding the magically hidden structure. The area was deserted which would make this easier for them. Lily and James kept trying to engage him in conversation to keep his mind off his distraught girlfriend but Harry was only responding in grunts.
The others arrived and Harry teleported down to join them. Ryoko immediately engulfed him in a hug.
"It will be okay. It's only for a couple of days. Then we can tell her you're fine and she'll yell at you and hit you and then she'll forgive you." She whispered in his ear.
"Thanks." Harry returned the hug.
Breaking free of the hug he shook himself. "Let's get this done. What's first?"
"First I need to do a detailed scan of the barriers here and figure out how to counter them." Washu answered. "It shouldn't take long with the scans you've already done."
"Can't we just teleport through?" Ryoko asked.
"Yes but that doesn't mean that we won't trigger something in the inside." Washu explained. "I have to get a fix on the soul fragment and figure out how to get us to it."
"Well get on with it them."
"I will, as soon as you shut up and let me." Washu growled.
"Yeah yeah." Ryoko sat down.
Washu worked at her console furiously. "Got it. I have temporarily cancelled the barriers around the soul fragment. Harry, Ryoko, teleport us here." She indicated a point on a display.
They nodded and grabbed the others, teleporting the whole group into the building.
"The soul fragment is in that box. The item it is contained within also has some very unusually energies. It's worth further study."
"Later." Harry snapped. "Let's get it and get out of here."
"Okay." Washu chose not to provoke him. She knew how upset he was. "I just need to unlink the barriers from it and link them to something else."
She worked at her console again and used another hyperspace portal to remove the entire box and replaced it with a replica.
"All done. Let's go." Washu let her console vanish.
They teleported outside and Washu removed the dampeners from the building. "There, all back to normal and no one the wiser."
"Good. Let's go." Harry said shortly.
"Okay. We can plan how to get you back to the land of the living. What did Gringotts have to say?"
"They know I am alive and will block any attempts to claim my vault, for a fee."
"Good." Washu nodded. "One of the two mobile soul fragments will be Voldie himself. Let's plan how to reveal him and his followers to the public and get you back in the public's good graces.
"Any ideas?" Tenchi asked.
"How about we go there and let loose with every bit of firepower Ryo-oh-ki and Mage have?" Harry growled.
"Well. That would solve the problem but it wouldn't get you out of trouble." Washu said.
"Harry. Back off." Ryoko glared at him. "We know you're upset and angry but you don't have to take it out on us."
"I know. I'm sorry." Harry paused. "I'm going to find a nice place to take a walk and try to get sort some of this stuff out in my head."
"Good. Let us know when you're ready and we'll come find you."
Harry nodded; teleported back to his ship and took off on a random course.
!HPNNfH!
Harry had found, or rather Lily has found it and guided him, a nice stream in a woodland area with a clearing he could set down in. He had wandered around the clearing for a while trying to come to terms with the turbulent emotions he was feeling. It had taken a while but eventually he had calmed down enough to get Lily to signal Ryo-oh-ki.
"Nice place you found here." Ayeka complemented him as she sat down next to him.
Ryoko sat down on the other side. "Feeling better?"
"A bit." Harry shrugged. "Did you come up with anything?"
"Yes. A nice simple plan. We stake out Voldie's place for a while and find a time when there are plenty of Death Eaters there. We send an anonymous message to the Ministry saying you are still alive and are meeting with wanted criminals. We set up a defensive location for the Auror's at their arrival site so they won't be slaughtered immediately. When we detect that they are leaving we blow the barriers protecting Voldie's house and watch as they come out to investigate." Washu spoke from behind him
"Not bad. The Ministry Aurors meet Voldie and his Death Eaters and know he is back." Harry nodded not looking round.
"Yes but there is one more thing. You can use the, ah... 'situation' that'll occur to get a few concessions. Immunity from the law for all acts relating to dealing with defeating Voldie and his Death Eaters, monetary compensation and you can get your godfather declared innocent."
"I'll need to remove their masks to make sure I am taken seriously. If Malfoy and Wormtail are there and seen it will make my case much stronger." Harry said after thinking about it.
"You can do that can't you?" Tenchi asked.
"Yes, but it'll help if they don't see me first."
"That's easy to arrange." Washu clapped her hands together. "Let's get started."
"Lily, head back to Hogwarts. I need you there to protect Ginny and the others." Harry told his ship's computers.
"Acknowledged." Lily replied simply and his ship lifted off and headed north to carry out his orders.