Partners?

A/N: Don't own a thing, especially not HP. I hope you enjoy chapter fifty-three. Italics denote thoughts. Bold is for spells. Also, thank you for the great feedback.

Chapter 53: Cursum Perficio

Molly Weasley watched as two aurors walked into the room that held her cell. Standing behind them was DMLE Director Amelia Bones, the Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge, and her son Percy, perhaps Percy found a way to get me out of here..Molly thought, she smiled at her son then froze when he didn't return it. The doors opened again and three more people entered the room. Harry, the boy who should have been her son in law, Fleur, the veela that took Bill from his family, and Nymphadora the traitor who let Harry seduce her.

"Molly Weasley, your trial will begin. You are accused of the crimes of crafting illegal love potions and attempted line theft by use of said illegal love potions against the Lord of House Potter-Black. How do you plead?" Amelia Bones spoke, the quiet of the room shattered by her voice.

"I..I did nothing of the sort. Harry and Ginny are in love, it's that damned veela and Nymphadora Tonks. They seduced Harry and stole him from my daughter! That...that blonde bitch murdered my Bill!" Molly said, pointing first at Fleur and then at Tonks.

"You are entering a plea of 'not guilty' is that correct?" Amelia's voice was clipped, almost bored as she motioned to one of the aurors. "Auror Proudfoot, please administer the veritaserum, three drops." The auror nodded and opened Molly's cell. Molly tried to resist taking the truth potion and so Proudfoot forced her mouth open and pour the requisite number of drops into her mouth. With that, Amelia began the trial.

"What is your name?"

"Molly Weasley."

"Did you brew love potions for Bill Weasley to use on Fleur Potter-Black?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"My son wanted her. Albus needed her out of the way, so this would make everyone happy."

"Why did Albus Dumbledore want Fleur out of the way?"

"She and Harry were becoming too close after the tri-wizard tournament." Harry looked at Fleur, she looked horrified, I'm the reason that she was drugged.. Molly continued to talk, "He was concerned that she would steal him away from Britain and take him off to France. We needed him here to fight you-know-who."

"Did you try to give Harry a love potion for Ginny?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"He is supposed to be with Ginny. They are this generations Lily and James. But he's been bewitched by those hussies. So I brewed a love potion. It would allow my Ginny to win back her man and then after a few months it wouldn't be needed again.."

"And why is that?"

"Because she would be pregnant by then. We were going to brew a fertility potion after they were together again."

"I see, Auror Proudfoot, you may give Molly Weasley the antidote so that she is lucid for her sentencing."

Auror Proudfoot nodded and proceeded to give the antidote. As Molly Weasleys eyes cleared she took in the scene. Fudge looked pleased while Harry and the other women looked furious, but the worst was Percy. Percy is looking at me like I'm no better than a death eater...

"Molly Weasley. You are found to be guilty of the crimes of brewing illegal potions and attempted line theft of Lord Potter-Black. Your sentence will be obliviation and having your magic bound, you will live like a muggle for the rest of your life." Amelia said as she looked to the aurors, "Prepare the prisoner for transport."

"Wait, please you can't do this to me! It was Dumbledore, he forced me to brew the potions. He said that if Harry had left for France we'd be defenseless!" Molly pleaded as the aurors raised their wands.

"So instead you and Dumbledore decided to take his free will from him?" Amelia said sharply.

"Please, I'll do anything! I'll testify against Dumbledore for you, I'll tell the world what he's done..I can't live in the muggle world like...like my cousin the squib.." Molly was silenced by a stunning spell cast by Proudfoot. Her cell was opened and she was levitated out of the room.

"We will keep her at Azkaban until the trial for Dumbledore. If she is useful, I will see my way clear to moving her to light security and lowering the sentence to five years with time served." Fudge said to Percy.

"It's more than she deserves sir.." Percy couldn't believe it, Everything father said was true..mum really was trying to dose Harry...

"The trial against the Dursleys will begin in a few hours. The mind healer is still working with Mrs. Dursley." Amelia said, walking to Harry's side. "If you wish to leave the Ministry, I'll give you a wardstone that will activate when it's time to return."

"Thank you Madam Bones, I think it would be a good idea if Fleur and I went to clear our heads." Harry said, taking his youngest wife by the hand. Fleur smiled softly, her hand squeezing Harry's gently.

"'arry, thank you.." She said looking at their hands.

"Fleur, I'm sorry that it was my fault that you got involved in all this.." Harry began, but Fleur stopped him with a soft kiss.

"Non, none of that 'usband. They were right, if I had known that even 'alf of what I know now about your life, I would 'ave forced you to bond with me and made you stay in France for the rest of your life.." She said looking into his eyes, "I told you during our date, if things 'ad been different, we would 'ave been dating by this time anyway.." Her arms slid around his waist. "I love you 'arry Potter-Black, you 'ave been my 'ero since the day you risked your life to save my sister..I thought at the time that you were just trying to impress me...but as I came to know you, I learned that it is just 'ow you are.."

"Yeah, risking my life does seem to be part of the pattern." He said chuckling, then winced as she smacked him in the side.

"You are my 'ero and I will not let you disparage yourself." She said smirking, then straightened and looked at him imperiously, "Now, come and take your wives to get something to eat."

Amelia presented Harry with a small black stone, "Here, this will vibrate when we are ready for you. I'd recommend that Auror Potter-Black take you through the private floo outside of my office. The less people that know you are here the better, I'd hate for that wench Skeeter to find out you're here as a witness to the trials."

She already knows, Cissy is with her now telling her about the Dursleys.. "Thank you Madam Bones." He said pocketing the wardstone, Amelia nodded and turned away leaving the room.

"Alright Hubs, lets get to that floo. I think you need to take us for something unhealthy, I don't know why but I've been craving a muggle cheeseburger. We'll go to my flat and get changed into some of the clothes we bought." Tonks said, taking his hand and leading him on.

Fudge and Percy walked out of the room towards the Ministers office. "Weasley, you did very well today. I was very impressed that you didn't try and ask for leniency for your mother." Fudge stopped at the door of his office. "If you wish, you may inform Arthur in regards to your mother. After that, return to my office, I'll have a list of tasks for you to complete before the Dumbledore trial."

"Yes sir, will you be returning for the trial against Harry's family?"

"No, that will be your job to represent the Ministry."

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"A portkey? You mean Draco was going to try and kidnap me?" Narcissa wished that she could feel more shocked. Draco you are far too much like your father..She sighed softly.

"Little Draco wanted to force you to wherever he's been hiding. I left him a friendly little reminder to never try and hurt my family again." Bellatrix said with a little smirk, "If he was smart, he saw the note and set it down gently. He's not smart though, he's the son of Lucius Malfoy, so he threw it down. The explosion probably left a few pieces of him but nothing worth burying."

"Bellatrix, you didn't have to kill him." Narcissa said, more out of obligation than anything else, He would have given you over to Riddle and you know it...He was obsessed with regaining the wealth of House Malfoy...

"Cissy. I would gladly have set his ass on fire in front of an entire schools worth of muggles. He was a threat to my family and those don't live." Bellatrix's voice was cold then, it was easy to imagine the former death eater at the height of her insanity.

Narcissa shivered, "Does Harry know?"

"No and I'm not going to tell him unless I have to. He has enough going on right now, we handled the problem..." Bellatrix sighed, "Are you going to tell him?"

I should..."No. As you said, he has enough going on.." Narcissa sighed softly, "Our husband seems to never have a day where things go easy for him.."

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Lousy stinking muggle bastards...Rita Skeeter had never been this mad before in her life. She knew that Harry had not had the idyllic childhood people assumed he'd had. She knew a false story when she heard it, Harry showed me the scars, they'd been beating him for years..years! She was determined to make the magical world aware of what had befallen their savior. This had became something different, this was not about making a profit this time. This was about showing the world that Harry wasn't some mythical golden child, that he had suffered, that he was just a particularly strong willed teenager who had faced down the most powerful dark wizard in generations.

Boy-who-lived and the muggles-who-abuse

by Rita Skeeter

Like many, this reporter believed that our very own boy-who-lived, Harry Potter-Black lived a life of leisure somewhere far from the troubles of the day to day grind. Sadly, during another of our exclusive interviews with the Lord Potter-Black, I found out that this was not the case... I was shown evidence of terrible abuse at the hands of his relatives. Relatives I am happy to report are in the custody of the DMLE. An interview, edited only for the sake of those with weak constitutions will be available on pages 3,4,7, and 9.

Rita sighed looking at the paragraph, it should be enough to get some attention, hopefully it would be enough to get Harry some allies in the Wizengamot.

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Pansy Parkinson sat in her room, she had felt very strange today. A few hours ago she had been reading on her bed when she passed out. She had awoke almost immediately afterwards, but now she felt different. I feel like I've had my head in a bucket of bubotuber pus and only just now have gotten clean of it..

She decided to go into the family study and get a book to read when she heard her parents talking,

"It's the Dark Lord, I can't just ignore his summons.."

"Of course you can Cyril, you aren't a marked death eater, its not as if you-know-who can summon you.."

"No, but he can send Greyback here to collect me if I don't obey him."

"What does he want?"

"We are to prepare an attack on the home of that muggleborn friend of Harry Potter, that Granger girl. Rookwood got a hold of her wardstone and made a copy, the second that it goes off we'll know where to go. The Dark Lord wants her alive, and he wants her parents made an example of.."

"That's horrible, Cygnus please you can't-"

"Melinda, it's either I go there and at least look like I'm obeying him, or he sends that bloody werewolf here and he kills us and turns Pansy.."

Pansy raced back to her bedroom. She grabbed a piece of parchment and began to write furiously onto it. I've got to warn Harry, he'll know what to do..

She wasn't questioning why precisely she was suddenly filled with the urge to help her boyfriends worst enemy. She continued to write as her mind filled back up with lost memories.

"Hi, my name is Pansy, what's yours?" A smiling girl with dark hair says as he looks for a compartment.

"H-Harry Potter.." The boy smiles nervously, he notices her eyes go to his scar but she doesn't act like the others have so far.

"Your parents were heroes in the last war...I'm sorry for your loss.." She says softly, "Would you like to sit with me?"

"Sure I-" He stops, he frowns seeing someone outside of the compartment, a blonde boy flanked by two larger ones. "I have to go, I'm sorry, maybe we can talk at the castle.." He leaves before she has a chance to say anything, a few moments later her future husband walks into the compartment, flanked by his two hired friends.

"Who was that?" He asks her

"Harry Potter."