Summary:
There is another Magic school other than Hogwarts. Harry learns this firsthand when he is invited to attend such a school. How will his destiny change when he is given the chance to learn and be free from the limitations and the stigma the world has set for him?
A/N: this fiction portrays elements and character appearances of various people from various anime, movies, books and games. The characters from Harry Potter and characters from those games, anime, movies, and books are not mine.
~That morning; Council Room; Solstice Palace~
The Council room held a Death God Trial. A Death God Trial is a trial held by the Grand Council with Undertaker as it's main Judge and the Death Gods in order to justify actions of certain individuals that have broken the Law of the Dead. In the center of the council room sat Headmaster Riddle, Lucius Malfoy, and the Lestranges. These people had been recorded as the ones that had broken Laws from the Death Laws. All of them had their wands confiscated. In front of them was a raised podium featuring William T. Spears.
"This court is now in session. Members of the Grand Council we are here today to judge Tom Riddle Jr., Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolfus Lestrange and Rabastan Lestrange on their past actions concerning the Laws of Death. Each one of them has made actions that disrupt the death laws however their present actions also been confusing as of late. As such, they shall stand in front of the council one by one and will be given a chance to plead their case."
"Proceed." said Undertaker seriously.
"The court would like to call upon Lucius Malfoy to the Stand." calls out Ronald knox.
Lucius stands tall and walks to the stand. The moment he stepped on the stands a bright light flashes and he is unable to move his feet.
"That stand has been bewitched to hold you in place as well as force you to tell the truth. Nothing more nothing less. Anything you say is considered truth. No false statements shall escape your lips even if you want to. I assure you that you will not be harmed in any way." assured William.
"Lucius Malfoy, according to the Death Laws you are responsible for reanimating corpses and making them into inferi. Do you deny this claim?"
"No. I Don't deny that I did that. However, I regret to inform you that even though it was through my wand that those creatures came about, I was under the control of someone else."
"Do you mean to say that all those times you reanimated those corpses you were in someone else'control?
"Yes."
The entire room erupted into whispers but listened intently.
"Would you be willing to show us who it was?"
"Yes." suddenly in front of the stand appeared a crystal ball. " Mr. Malfoy would you kindly place your hand on the crystal ball and recall those instances like you would do a pensieve." he did and the crystal ball began to glow before a light shot out of it and soon enough memories came flying out like a movie reel.
~Lucius' Cinematic Memory Reel~
Lucius was on his way to his Manor after a meeting. The Dark Lord had been kind that night. None of them had been crucio-ed or died. The more the man kept splitting his soul, the more of a monster he became. Where was the man that told them of a utopia that they all dreamed of? What happened between hm and Dumbledore that night when he asked the Headmaster for the post of DADA?
Without warning he felt someone cast a stunner at his back and he fell like a sack of bricks. When he regained consciousness he realized that he can't control his body. He tried to stop but his legs kept walking. He tried to scream but his mouth fell shut. It was like looking out of a window. The world was moving but he was trapped within his own shell.
Lucius looked at his surroundings and saw that it was a graveyard. He saw his body move and his lips utter a spell. Suddenly the ground began to quake and soon putrid decaying hands came out from under the ground revealing inferi.
Out of the shadows came a tall figure. The moon illuminated the graveyard and showed to him who it was. It was Albus Dumbledore.
"A wonderful spell, that imperious curse. No one will ever know that I made you do this and you won't be able to tell anyone either. If you had joined me instead then you would be in the side of good. Such a waste."
after that the old man took out his wand and used a complex spell. Suddenly all lucius saw was darkness.
~End Lucius' Cinematic Memory Reel~
The crowd was stunned. Even Tom was stunned at the revelation. Lucius was escorted to his seat and Bellatrix stood next.
"Mrs. Lestrange, according to the Death Laws you are responsible for inflicting the cruciatus curse on many an individuals in the past. It was found that any who had been subjected to this particular curse has potential to destroy or break their soul or cinematic record. Do you deny this claim?"
"No. I take full responsibility for my voluntary actions."
"Voluntary? What do you mean by this?"
"It is true that I used the cruciatus on muggles and random muggleborns since it had been ingrained into me to hate muggles and muggleborns as a child. However, We were not given a target that fateful night. We were never supposed to go near the Longbottoms. Also I ,my brother-in-law and my husband would never willingly hurt families with children."
"So you have no responsibility for what happened?"
"Yes."
"And what of the Longbottoms' case?"
"I nor my husband or my brother-in-law were in control of our bodies that night."
She touched the ball in front of her and her record began to unfold.
~Bellatrix' Cinematic Memory Reel~
Bellatrix sat on a bench in their Manor's garden when she felt something hit her. Almost immediately she blacked out. Her last vision was her husband and brother-in-law running to her aid only to be hit with spells before they could defend themselves and falling hard to the ground
When she regained consciousness she realized that she can't control her body. She looked at her surroundings and saw that it was house. More specifically it was a safehouse. Next to her were Rabastan and Rodolfus but she looked closer and saw their eyes were glazed. They were in the same position as her. She saw her body move and entered the house. She saw to her horror was Alice and Frank Longbottom. Her body moved and with a crazed voice unlike her own she screamed the pain curse and saw both of them writhe in absolute pain. Next to her both her husband and brother-in-law copied her and she watched helplessly as both Frank and Alice lost their minds to the pain.
A tall figure entered the room. It was Albus Dumbledore.
"No one will ever know that I made you do this and you won't be able to tell anyone either. All this is for the greater good after all."
after that the old man took out his wand and used a complex spell. Suddenly all Bellatrix saw was darkness.
~End Bellatrix' Cinematic Memory Reel~
The entire council and court was stunned. Was everything the machinations of an old man? Immediately Bellatrix sat down. Both the Lestrange males testified the same as Bellatrix and soon enough it was Tom's turn. However, instead of William questioning him the grand council asked that he show them his Cinematic record first.
~Tom's Cinematic Memory Reel~
Tom Riddle sat in his room within the orphanage angry at the world in general. He was different, powerful, much more so than the other children in the orphanage and that made him lonely. They run from him, they fear him, they despise him for being not part of their world but one day he will make a name for himself and become a great man. Then the old man came and he wasn't alone anymore. However when he told the old man that he could talk to snakes the man had an odd look in his eye. Faster than Tom could comprehend the man took out a pretty stick -no, a wand- and shot a sickly light at him.
As he grew he could feel himself losing control over himself. As he aged he could hear voices in his head commanding him to do awful awful things. The worst was when that girl died.
The odd thing was, the voice sounded like the Transfiguration Professor, Dumbledore.
Tom tried to tell Headmaster Dippet but he found himself incapable as is he was under someone's control. Soon he began to do atrocious things as he grew older, the voice was getting louder. It kept telling him to make Horcruxes, the darkest of arts. He couldn't resist the voice and it drove him to mutilate his soul. He began to collect things belonging to the founders, killing his only living blood family (though if he were to be truthful he enjoyed killing the Riddles for leaving his mother to rot.)
However, Everything went downhill when he returned to Hogwarts under Dumbledore's rule.
Tom, despite his full acceptance and liberal use of the Dark arts, was still good inside and all he wanted was to share his knowledge to the future generations of Hogwarts students. After all there is no light or dark magic. There was only intent and power. After Dumbledore rejected his proposal to become part of the faculty, he had cursed him or rather furthered the curse he had inflicted on him since he was a child. He did however hear Dumbledore muttering.
"The coming of a new Dark Lord for me to vanquish. Wonders truly never ceased. And now to find a savior, a sacrificial lamb. When the savior kills you, I shall kill that savior and be the Lord of Light. Then both your magics will be mine. I will be the most powerful being on this Earth."
~End Tom's Cinematic Memory Reel~
The entire floor was shocked. All of it was Dumbledore's doing. He manipulated people like chess pieces making himself the King of the veritable chess game, the master puppeteer. William cleared his throat though it was clear that he is frazzled by the turn of events.
"Headmaster Riddle, according to your cinematic record your very actions including the murder of countless people and the birth of your various horcruxes was all the machinations of Albus Dumbledore?"
"Yes"
"How is it that you seem to have regained your mental capacities as well as that of your followers?"
"An anonymous source gave us a ritual using a bone from a father, a willing servant and blood forcibly taken from an enemy including blood in order for me to regain a body on my own. According to Bella, the blood was Dumbledore's. When the ritual was done my mind began to clear a lot more and I realized the horror that I had done to myself. In order to repent, even for a little, I had my followers collect the horcruxes that I had made and merged my soul pieces together. After that my mind was clearer, my magic was stronger. It was strong enough to change the Dark Mark." Tom told everyone while showing the new form of the tattoo.
"Were those all the Horcruxes? Earlier in the year Headmaster Loki and the staff of the Infirmary found a demented piece of your soul attached to Mr. Potter." said William. Grell then came up and put a black jewel on the table. It was the exorcised soul piece. "Headmaster Loki exorcised the soul fragment and placed it here in this crystal. He simply told Mr. Potter that it was dealt with and done as to not elicit panic."
"I suppose that I made him into a horcrux by mistake since my soul and sanity were flimsy enough back then. It is possible."
William turned to Undertaker and finished his questioning.
Tom Riddle and his followers waited for the verdict. Thirty minutes later the Grand Council came into the room and read the verdict.
"We, the grand Council along with the full authority of the Death Gods see that despite your actions you have all proven that you were under the control of a madman with delusions of grandeur. We also applaud that each and every one of you are honest enough to take responsibility for any of your actions.
"Lucius Malfoy, whose crime was desecrating the dead and making inferi, we find you...Not Guilty. However you will be upon your mortal death will be put in probation under the Shinigami realm for a minimum of 30 years before entering the afterlife."
"Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, whose crime is Cruciatus that is powerful enough to harm a soul,we find you...Not Guilty. However you will be upon your mortal death will be put in probation under the Shinigami realm for a minimum of 30 years before entering the afterlife."
"Tom Marvolo Riddle, for shattering your soul and making horcruxes, we find you... Not Guilty due to insanity via machinations. This court would also like to inform you of recent evidences that helped support your claim. The content of the exorcised fragment from Mr Potterwas found to have the magical signature of Albus Dumbledore all over it thus adding to your testimony and giving it credibility. However, you will be, upon your mortal death, will be put in probation under the Shinigami realm for a minimum of 30 years before entering the afterlife. Rest assured that your probationary sentences will only start upon your mortal death. Your probations can be negated upon the capture of Albus Dumbledore."
"This case is closed. Messrs Malfoy Riddle and Lestrange, you are free to go."
"We shall have another hearing, Minister Cornelius Fudge, Delores Umbridge, Molly, Ginevra, and Ronald Prewett Versus the citizens of Illumina, under the entire Grand Council tomorrow morning." said Master Darius