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Everyone returned to court after the coffee break with a refreshed mind and a fresh prospective on the situation. Most of the people had taken a pepper up potion while they'd been on break so felt much better physically now. There was still the matter of the things he'd done which had been good and those needed to be addressed before they could decide what to do with him in terms of a punishment.
"Okay. Order! Order! Now we know that Dumbledore himself did rid us solely of Gellert Grindlewald which is something that can never be forgotten or simply ignored. It is his actions after this however which were most disgusting. Just because he did that did not give him free reign to do whatever he wanted to and this was one of his biggest failings in life as he thought it did. He became bigger then himself and lost all of his humility. Yes it was good that he did these things but one sole exceptionally good deed does not erase the countless bad ones he did. I feel we need to have each member of his staff come before us and whilst under veritas serum asked about their opinion of him and whether or not they ever helped him. It can aid us in knowing whether he made his staff do things for him magically or otherwise through blackmail as we need to know the extent of what he's done before a punishment can be decreed upon him. As we have Minerva here with us it's only fitting we begin with her. The students of the school can have a weeks holiday to stay and or return home to family because of an emergency which doesn't concern them. They will appreciate the break I am sure. Mr Sirius Orion Black as the newest member of the staff will not be questioned as he can't have been manipulated in such a short space of time. Minerva please go first!" he said as the others agreed with what he was saying.
"I don't need to take the serum to tell you he did things he shouldn't have but I will of course take it anyway!" she said as he began to question her once the serum had been administered.
He decided to start with a routine question and then move on to what he really wanted to know. "Please tell me your full name and where you grew up".
"My name is Minerva Josephine McGonagall and I was born in Edinburgh and grew up in the Scottish countryside."
"Did Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore ask or force you to do something you weren't ok with?"
"Yes he did over the years. Albus told me that if I couldn't accept the Slytherin students bullying and accept that everyone deserves all the chances in the world I would be fired. He told me that I have to ignore the fact that they treat everyone awfully because at the end of the day punished students become dark students. He told me I should be happy that my Gryffindors are such well behaved students and not punish other people. He said Severus Snape is allowed to treat the students any way he sees fit because he's had a harder life then all of us combined and so to complain about him too often is to be fired. Also although he's probably not aware of it I know for a fact that he erased my memory on many occasions!" she said sounding disgusted.
"Can you please explain to me how you know for sure that he erased your memory on several occasions?"
"I know it because as you are aware each family has spells which only a member of that family may cast. They can tell anyone they chose about it but only they will be able to cast it. The McGonagall family has a spell you would cast on the door of any area you are in quite often as I did with my office and classroom door. This spell would tell your mind something of your choosing when the spell was originally cast each and every time you enter the room. Originally my ancestors had their home doors telling their minds to make sure they'd out the fire and so on. For me I always had it tell my mind to check my memory for holes as I was always terrified of forgetting things in old age or having my mind attacked. I did this initially so I wouldn't forget things but unfortunately as time wore on I had to do so because of Dumbledore as he kept messing with my mind. So the door would say to me check your memory for holes in case someone has erased or tampered with your memory in any way. It can be annoying each time but I would rather be safe then sorry. I am not a trained healer in that area but I was able to unblock some of them, the memories he'd hidden I mean. The rest are still hidden or suppressed and I don't like that. It feels like I have something disgusting and or foreign in my head all the time. I would like them to be unblocked professionally by someone who knows what they are doing and then removed from my person."
"I am sorry to hear about that as that's awful. I wonder if you could possibly use that spell on some of the people here but only the important people and not just random employees if you get my drift. It would certainly be handy to remember these things each time we entered our offices and so on."
"I can do that yes and I will do it for certain people only as it is a family spell and I wouldn't want just anyone getting the benefit of such a close family spell as ours. I'm sure you understand" she said as he nodded at her that he did.
"Can you please tell me what memories you were able to unlock and then we'll see about you getting the rest of those pesky memories unblocked and removed as we can now do that. I should also state that this can be done with anyone else whose suffering with trapped or hidden unwanted memories now!"
"I can but it isn't pleasant. I witnessed or shall we say caught a seventh year Slytherin Student raping another student and just as I had separated them and was about to give out the severe punishment Dumbledore appeared there almost from out of nowhere telling me that people who do not give those who deserve it second chances make those people evil and dark. He said he wouldn't want me to become one of those people. He then said it would be best I forget it altogether and erased my memory of the event. The girl was not a pureblood and what disgusts me more then anything else was that Albus said we mustn't do anything about it lest we sully his name any further then she had already. He'd raped the girl and yet it was her fault for 'sullying' his line. Did you ever hear such nonsense? In another circumstance he made me forget that a group of girls had tortured a muggleborn girl to the point that she almost died because she wouldn't swear allegiance to Voldemort. I swear to god people should be in jail Minister! It's not right and I want no hand, part or act in it" she said seriously.
"This sounds exceptionally harsh my dear and I am so sorry he abused you like that. Please tell me before you go did you ever use an unforgivable on someone and if so who was it?"
"I used the Imperious Curse on Lucius Malfoy once to get him to say what I wanted him to as Albus had asked me to poison him which I wouldn't do. He said if I didn't do it I could kiss my job goodbye. I Imperioused Lucius to say a few things that he would likely say had he been poisoned. Albus fell for it. I love my job and couldn't lose it. Besides which whether Albus likes it or not I think we all know how clean or lack thereof Lucius is. He was in with Voldemort up to his neck and damn well we all knew it. He's done much worse to people he's been torturing and we all know it so me making him say a few strange things is nothing really if you think about it!" she said as the antidote was given to her.
"Thank you Minerva for your honest account. It has been most insightful. We will get you the help you need right now. To the rest of you cancel your schedules for the next week as the staff will all be questioned each day. Do not worry about pay as each member will receive two hundred galleons a day from the Ministry that they would have earned if they weren't going to miss work at their various departments and so on. As for Dumbledore he can stew in it as far as I'm concerned. We'll get to him when we're ready. This court is adjourned and will resume tomorrow at ten am sharp. Good evening everyone!" he said stepping from the podium as they all left with Minerva being escorted to the mind and memory section of the Health Department for the treatment she sorely needed. Her memories would be unlocked and then removed where they'd be played for the Wizengamot and Hogwarts staff in it's entirety to see. If staff had something to hide this would show everyone what it was whether or which. Tomorrow sure would be interesting.