Previously
Perseus put down the paper and looked at Hadrian.
"It explains a lot, but my question is still how?" Perseus exclaimed.
"Magic." Was the only answer that Hadrian gave him.
They both turned toward the Hospital bed where Granger, Weasley and Weaslette were lying. They were completely covered in wounds and the weirdest stuff that Perseus had ever seen. He shuddered, it was awful to look at, but, he guessed, they deserved it.
Now
The doors to the Hospital Wing slammed open, Lucius Malfoy had arrived with Madame Bones and Aurors in tow.
Gesturing to the three people lying in the Hospital beds, Lucius commanded the Aurors to keep watch over them. After gesturing, Lucius and Madame Bones walked towards Perseus and Hadrian.
"Welcome Madame Bones, Lord Malfoy. I presume that you are here to arrest those three?" Perseus said with a small bow.
"Indeed, we are, Lord Malfoy here, will stand for you in court." Madame Bones answered with a warm smile.
"Thank you, Lord Malfoy." Perseus said thankfully, while Hadrian didn't understand what was going on.
"Uhm, what is happening?" Hadrian asked.
"I believe that I can explain that. The crimes that miss Granger, miss Weasley and Mr Weasley committed, are serious crimes. Namely line theft and keeping the Heir and Lord of multiple Houses ignorant of everything that an Heir of a Lord should know. That of course are the main concerns in the Wizarding World, while they also will be prosecuted for keeping abuse a secret and keeping you under charms and potions." Lucius said while observing his nails. "Beside that, they worked tighter with Dumbledore, no one likes that at the moment." His smile looked like a shark who smelt his prey.
Perseus laughed.
"There is no place like hell." He said while shaking his head. Perseus only received blank looks.
"Anyway, the way is looks like right now, they shall go to Azkaban for life. After having served the Goblins for twenty years for stealing." Madame Bones explained kindly towards Hadrian, who gave a small smile back in return.
"That I can understand, but what are the Aurors doing here?"
"They are here to detain Weasley, Weaslette and Granger, or maybe I should say No-Name-1 and No-Name-2?" Perseus said watching what was happening above the chest of Weasley and Weaslette.
The Crest of the family could be seen, but it seemed impure, it had a dark colour that was rapidly fading into black. The moment that the Crest was completely black, it started to crumble down. At the same moment, the new No-Names started screaming as if they were in some sort of horrible pain, like the Crucio curse.
Perseus quickly put his hands over Hadrian's ear is hope that he didn't have to hear what the rest of the room could hear. When it was finally over, Perseus took a step back and looked down before taking a deep breath.
"What did just happen?" Hadrian asked his face as with as a ghost because of what he had just seen.
Lucius sighed before looking Hadrian deeply into his eyes.
"Arthur Weasley, as Head of the Weasleys, has casted them out of the family. What you just saw, was the pain of losing your family magic and your family bonds. I am surprised that Weasley even dared to do this. I didn't think that he had the balls to do it." He said softly. "The moment that they are awake, No-Name-1, No-Name-2 and Granger will be taken to the Ministry." Lucius turned around and walked towards the door. "Oh, before I forget it, the memory of the parents of Granger will be completely erased of Granger after the Trial. In that way, she can see the disappointment and after that, nothing. It is a way that is used to break Mudbloods." With that, Lucius walked out of the Hospital Wing and Hogwarts. Hadrian watched him, with his eyes looking like a lost puppy.
xxx
Lucius was right, after the Trial, the memories from the Granger's parents were erased and they walked past Granger without saying anything.
The Trial itself was fast and without any mercy. The members of the Wizengamot called for blood, but it was decided that instead of the dementor's kiss, that they indeed should first serve the Goblins in their mines for twenty-five years before going to Azkaban for the rest of their lives.
To make sure that they would survive the first twenty-five years, they were given a collar. With Ginevra, they even went further. Because of the Life Dept that she owned to Hadrian, they gave her a slave collar, which was then sold to the Goblins before she went to Azkaban.
She was lower than even the lowest slave in the mines and it was only because she couldn't die for the first twenty-five years, that she stayed alive. A few months into Azkaban, killed her. Nobody mourned. Except Hadrian, he would never forget what she was planning to do to him and he wished in that moment that she would have died.
Granger and No-Name-1 survived longer in Azkaban, but after five years, they died to. In their case, truly no one died.
From their ashes, the new Wizarding World arose. With Hadrian and Perseus on top. But that would still take some time, after all. The current Wizarding World is still behind some centuries.
