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Harry leaned back as he read his messaging lacrima. Natsu had sent him a quick message to let him know that Tenrou island had been found and everyone was alive. Harry let out a sigh of relief, while he was part of a new guild, he would never forget all his time spent in Fairy Tail.
The return of Fairy Tail did mean something else though, something big was coming, Harry's old guild always wound up smack dab in the middle of every confrontation in Fiore. Harry knew it was time to act, Crime Sorciere had a job to do.
Harry allowed his serious thoughts of the future to pause as he remembered how his new guild was formed, and all the good they had done in relative secret for the good of Fiore.
Flashback
After Lisanna, Natsu and Laxus departed for Fairy Tail, Harry and his group began the journey to Era, home of the Magic Council.
After a week and travel and recovering from the battle with Voldemort, the group finally arrived in Era. Harry, Meredy, and Ultear entered the city while the group from the wizarding world began teaching Sirius how to access his inner magic.
The cloaked trio was stopped in front of the council building by several rune knights and frog messengers.
"Halt, declare yourselves." Lahar, Rune Knight captain declared, eyeing the three closely.
"My name is Ultear Milkovich, I have come to turn myself into the council for my crimes." Ultear said, flipping back her hood, drawing gasps of shock from the rune knights. Ultear was one of the most wanted for helping in the upheaval of the previous council, and for the notorious time mage to turn herself in was surprising to the council representatives.
"Very well, I shall escort you and your companions before the council for your trial, but I must restrain you." Lahar agreed carefully, knowing how dangerous the woman in front of her was.
"My companions are innocent, I alone am guilty, I agree to be restrained, but they will not be." Ultear said, offering her wrists to be cuffed, and the three followed Lahar into the council room.
After the council got over the shock of a high criminal turning herself in, they began the trial.
"Ultear Milkovich, you are charged with infiltration and destruction of the previous council, how do you plead?" Gran Doma, head of the council asked, knowing the answer already, simply going through the formality. The man did keep a close eye on the two shorter cloaked figures behind Milkovich, he could almost feel the magic inside them, they were both S-class at least.
"Guilty, to the crimes mentioned and some you haven't mentioned, would you like me to list them?" Ultear asked, preparing to air all her dirty laundry, letting her past come to light.
After a positive response, Ultear let loose everything. Her treatment by the Magical Research Bureau and Brain, her involvement in the sacking of many villages under Grimoire Heart, her role as the true mastermind behind the Tower of Heaven and Jellal, and much much more. The council was frozen at the sheer volume of her admissions.
When she was done, Harry stepped forward, ready to say his piece as he flipped back his hood. "My name is Harry Potter, ex Fairy Tail mage, and I would like to propose a plan on how to answer these crimes." Harry said, not letting the anger and shock of the council speak out.
"It is clear that Ultear Milkovich not only realizes her crimes and repents for them, but is willing to act on the side of the council in order to make up for her crimes. My proposition is thus, by current Fiore law, Ultear Milkovich has earned herself just under 600 years of prison time. A special task force, in the guise of an independant guild, led by Ultear Milkovich will serve under the council to eliminate dark guilds. For each dark mage captured and sentenced, their sentence will be subtracted from Ultear's. When she fully clears herself, the guild will be no longer under the council's control, but will continue to work with them. This new guild will also offer reprieve to other dark mages who wish to truly repent for their crimes." As Harry spoke, Meredy silently wove her magic into the council, willing them to be open and accepting to Harry's idea.
"The council will consider your proposition Mr. Potter, but where is the proof that the accused will not regress, and if she does, how will she be stopped?" Gran Doma asked, looking down on the three mages.
This time, Meredy stepped forward and removed her hood, grateful she had never been a known dark mage and member of Grimoire Heart, meaning the council had no reason not to trust her. "I possess a lost magic known as Maguilty Sense, it allows me to share sensations between parties I cast the spell on, if you are willing, I can emotionally link any member of the council to the accused and allow them to feel what the accused feels, if she in genuine and not."
"And to address the second, I was an S-class mage for Fairy Tail, with the likes of Titania Erza and Laxus Dreyar, I could defeat Ultear if she were to turn." Harry said, challenging the council with his steely gaze.
"We will pass on your offer young lady, but we will take into consideration your offer. This council will now take a recess to discuss your idea, the accused will be taken to a holding cell, you both are allowed to be in the vicinity, but any action taken to free the accused will be treated as treason." Gran Doma said in a cold voice, glaring down at the pair of young mages, who simply nodded and followed the guards and bound Ultear out of the room.
After waiting for three hours, the three mages were called back into the council room.
"After much deliberation, we have decided to agree to your proposal, provided you can gather other mages to join your project." Gran Doma said, eyeing the three carefully and signalling for Ultear to be unchained.
"We have four allies waiting outside the city ranging from low B to low A in strength with no previous criminal record who would also join this project." Harry said, getting agreement from the council.
"We shall give you a week to come up with a guild logo and name before we give you your first mission, if there is nothing else, we will dismiss." Gram Dome said, ready to dismiss the council when Ultear cut him off.
"There is one more thing, as revealed by my admission, Jellal Fernandes is innocent of all crimes, I had used a possession spell on him, I would ask that he be released and allowed to join our new guild as a secret member, as his face is still known and hated by the people of Fiore." Ultear petitioned, drawing grumbles and complaints from the whole council.
"While we did notice that admission, Jellal is too powerful, if even traces of the spell remain, he would defeat you, while you might be powerful Mr. Potter, you do not have the power to defeat a wizard saint." Doma argued, shooting down the idea.
"Then how about this, I shall use my magic to allow the council access to his mind, to prove he has never consciously acted against the people of Fiore." Meredy offered, drawing interest from Gran Dome, little did he know Meredy was twisting his emotions slightly to agree with the idea.
"Fine, Lahar, bring Jellal Fernandes here, if he truly poses no threat, he will be allowed to join, if he does though, he will be executed tonight." he said, and Lahar was off.
Twenty minutes later, Jellal was brought into the council room, looking surprised at his summoning.
"If you would." Gran motioned for Meredy to use her magic, which she gladly did, linking Jellal's mind to each of the council. Meredy directed them through Jellal's past, showing the moment the possession spell took over and showing where the destruction of the Tower of Heaven destroyed it completely. As a bonus to their case, Meredy showed Jellal aiding the Guild alliance during the confrontation with the Oracion Seis.
When she ended her spell the council was convinced.
"Very well, Jellal, as you are not guilty for your crimes, you are hereby released on the condition that you join a newly forming independant guild meant to hunt dark guilds, and that you conceal your appearance to prevent drawing attention to yourself. The council will hold a fake execution for you next week to further cover your tracks, are these terms acceptable to you?" Gran Doma offered and the deal was happily accepted by Jellal.
And so, Crime Sorciere was born
Flashback end
Harry smiled at the memory, it had taken five years, but Ultear had managed to work off her sentence, and for the past 6 months Crime Sorciere had acted as their own guild, Ultear serving as the master.
In that time, Neville, Luna and Hermione had all grown into strong A rank mages, working as a functioning unit. Harry himself had worked with Meredy, combining their magic to drain every dark mage of their magic without a fight, the council was most pleased with the deal they had struck, as the positive PR they received was at an all time high.
But despite all the good they had done, Crime Sorciere's work was still not done, they had one more goal, one that the Laxus, Lisanna, and Natsu planned to help them with, the death of Zeref.
Every year, Harry and the others had sensed what they knew to be Zeref's magical signature at the Grand Magic Games, but the council was not allowed to interfere with the proceedings as the Royal Family was in charge of the games, meaning that any unit under the council was not allowed to interfere. Now though, as their own legal guild, Crime Sorciere planned to enter and root the dark mage out.
Something was brewing and Harry wasn't going to sit by and do nothing, he had a job to do and a family to protect, not even Zeref was going to get in the way of that.
Short, but the next chapter will be the beginning of the GMG, which should be pretty exciting. The amount of reviews I got concerning Sirius's power was awesome, and most of them were really interesting, I think I know which one I am going to go with, kinda a blending of multiple ideas, so it should be good. For the GMG, I'm not sure whether I am going to replace Blue Pegasus or Quatro Cerberus with Crime Sorciere, so I am open to some input.
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