Sirius and Bloom walk into the Ministry - three hours early, but Bloom spaced out while staring in a mirror she was using to brush her hair, then turned to him and said they needed to leave sooner than they thought - for her trial.

Sirius is fuming even now, this is an utter joke. What did I expect, though? I was imprisoned for twelve years in Azkaban without a trial, why should I expect the Minister would actually follow the laws put in place to protect innocent people? He's going to turn this on its head faster than a Duelist can get their wand out.

They get in, only to hear from Kingsley Shacklebolt that the Hearing that used to be three hours later got moved to…maybe five minutes from now in Courtroom Ten. Sirius curses, muttering about how they wanted to get her convicted on the basis of not showing up for her trial, and they get into Courtroom Ten with about a minute before the trial starts.

Fudge doesn't look particularly pleased about that, and neither does the woman Bloom recognizes as the next Defense teacher, but most of the others seem neutral. To her surprise, Percy Weasley is also there - he's the Scribe, but he won't look at her.

When she sits down, the first thing she notices is that she's been magically bound to the chair - the second is that she already hates the sound of her new Professor's voice, and that fake cough of hers.

Umbridge notices Bloom frowning at the chair, balling her hands into fists at the arms and apparently trying to get up. She smiles and says "Hem, hem. I take it you didn't realize all convicts, such as yourself, are bound to the chair, Miss Potter?"

Bloom looks up, and evenly says "I wasn't informed. I also wasn't informed about the change of time and place for the meeting until five minutes ago. Tell me, is the Ministry biased against me, or just incompetent? Because, either way, it seems far too easy to declare me guilty by skipping the trial when you make it so I can't get to it on time."

The tension in the room is so thick, you could actually touch it.

Fudge glares at her down his nose, and says "Disciplinary hearing of the twelfth of August, into offences committed under the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery and the International Statute of Secrecy by Bloom Jessica Potter, resident at Potter Hall. Interrogators: Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister for Magic; Amelia Susan Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; Dolores Jane Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister. Court Scribe, Percy Ignatius Weasley…"

Bloom glares up at him, as he rolls off an incredibly long list of names, and asks "Can we get to the part where you spit out what I'm being charged with? As I recall, I used a Patronus Charm to get rid of two Dementors that appeared at the birthday party Sirius threw for me."

Cornelius glares, and says "You, Miss Potter, are charged with breaking the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery by using magic outside of school. Now, you admit to-"

"Getting rid of two Dementors? Yes, and you can ask anyone who was at the party to come forward as a witness. Sirius was there, and he's leaning against the wall back there."

Umbridge says "Hem, hem. Miss Potter, Dementors don't just show up randomly. If I didn't know any better, I'd say your trying to accuse someone of sending them there."

Bloom snaps "Well, these two were. And they were headed straight for me. You say it's impossible that they'd have been there? Either you people can't control them, or someone sent them. Take your pick." Umbridge turns a dark shade of red at that, glaring at Bloom.


Fudge tries to turn the trial into a load of crap, showing a heavy bias against Bloom, trying to keep her from speaking her piece - eventually, she loses what little bit of her cool she'd managed to hang onto after learning the trial was moved up and just silently and motionlessly casts a silencing spell on the entire Courtroom. And blows up the damned chair, to - that gets everyone's attention on her via the loud explosion.

"Is this how Sirius' trial would've gone, had he been given one? Guilty until proven innocent? This 'trial' is nothing but a biased, bad joke, and the joke ends now. Madam Bones, does the Ministry possess a Pensieve for use during trials?"

She nods, and Bloom says "I'm requesting use of it. I'm willing - hell, insisting - on providing memories for viewing that I'm willing to swear a Wizard's Oath upon the accuracy of. And we all know how that'll go down, right? I lie about what happened, try in any way to alter the memories, and I lose all my magic. If I'm lying, I'm out of your hair forever. If I'm not, this is a bloody set-up and someone wants me out of the way. Something along the lines of 'laws can be rewritten' I'd say. And, if you refuse to watch, you all can find a new Girl-Who-Lived. Because, in case I haven't made this perfectly clear yet, I'm not going to be anyone's damned weapon to be used whenever you feel you need me. You call me crazy, you call me a liar, and then you expect me to save your hides?"

There's a thick silence in the room, and not just because of the Silencing Spell Bloom hasn't removed yet - several people have gone a sick, pasty white, and Fudge's brow is covered in sweat. Even Percy Weasley's staring at her in shock.

Translation: the Wizarding World's celebrity making a public break from Wizarding Britain wouldn't go down well, and the public would likely riot.

The Pensieve gets brought out, with Sirius grinning hugely the entire time - he's sure he's about to literally explode with pride for his Goddaughter at the moment, and not just because she's strong enough to Silence the entire Wizengamot and get away with it - and Bloom performs the spell to put her memories in the Pensieve.

After it's done, she mutters "Shame it doesn't rip the memories out altogether. Anyway…" Looking around, she clears her throat and loudly says "I, Bloom Potter, hereby swear that the memories I've placed in this Pensieve are accurate and truthful. So mote it be."

The tip of her wand glows brightly, and then she says "Now, let's get the verification out of the way." She puts her wand out, and then lets loose a fifteen-foot-long jet of flames. "Did everyone see that? Do I have to float the entire Wizengamot to get the point across that I didn't make anything up in there?"

There are even more pasty faces, Umbridge and Fudge among them, but Madam Bones motions that she has something to say. Bloom nods at her, silently breaking the Silencing spell on her, and the woman says "I believe you've made your point - all of them - quite clear, Miss Potter. What can we expect to see in this?"

Bloom grins, and says "Well, aside from my memory of what happened at my birthday party, I figured I could clear up any questions as to what happened to me at the end of the third task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament that I was unwillingly entered into. Seeing as the head of the DMLE is here, as well as the Head of the Auror's office, and the Minister of Magic himself along with many, many people that will see this and have quite a bit of influence in the Ministry, I thought it'd be a good idea. The Task will come first." Bloom can bet the only reason there's still silence in the room, instead of a mess of whispers and shouting - particularly from Fudge, who's soundlessly screaming at her and his face turning colors in a way that nearly gives her flashbacks of the Dursleys, even as the images start up - is the silence spell.

Bloom purposely stopped the memory at Voldemort summoning his Death Eaters, not wanting to reveal any names and get Lucius in trouble, but it still causes a silent uproar among the Wizengamot members.

Her memory of the Dementors attacking her party gets her acquitted at once.

The revelation that Voldemort is actually back, despite Fudge having tried to deny it, gets people near-hysterical.

Bloom, however, doesn't care about any of their reactions - seeing as they were willing to have her wand snapped in half, and good luck with that, she's more than willing to hold their feet over the fire and see what reactions happen.


As Bloom and Sirius exit the courtroom, Bloom cancels the spell and Sirius bursts into full-blown hysterical laughter as the place explodes into an uproar, and slides down a wall to the floor. After he manages to get himself under control, he says "Bloom, that was bloody brilliant. Show them the truth in a way they can't dismiss or ignore."

Lucius comes over, and remarks "How very Slytherin of you, Bloom. And brazen. Not many people could get away with silencing the entire Wizengamot, you know."

Bloom shrugs, and says "I believe I forgot to mention the little detail that I'm through living my life according to their jumped-up rules. I'll still follow their laws and all, but when even they aren't? I've never held back when it comes to going off on someone before, and I'm not about to start now just because Fudge thinks he's got some power over me. Bets are he doesn't even know how many times I used magic during my childhood just to survive."

Lucius raises an eyebrow at the cacophony coming from Courtroom Ten, and says "You've certainly caused quite a bit of chaos this time. I'll be surprised if Fudge is Minister for longer than another week."

Bloom shrugs, and says "He'll find some way to weasel out of getting upended. I think it might have something to do with the woman in desperate need of a cough drop."

Lucius grimaces, and says "Dolores Umbridge. Senior Undersecretary, and Chief Sycophant to Fudge. She's the one you say is going to be the next Defense teacher?"

"Unfortunately. Something tells me she'll be as bad as Lockhart. If not worse."

Sirius nods, and says "Nasty woman, can't open her mouth without some prejudiced nonsense falling out."

Bloom rolls her eyes, and says "Wonderful…"


Draco nearly spits his tea in shock upon hearing Lucius' account of the trial - and nearly chokes on it because he can't stop laughing at Bloom's reaction.

Narcissa calmly remarks "There's not many people that can do that and get away with it."

Draco chuckles "Bloom's not many people. She also doesn't take their crap sitting down."

She's never taken anyone's crap sitting down, now that he thinks about it - not his, not all of Slytherin's, not anyone's. Only reason she put up with the Dursleys' crap as long as she did was because she didn't have anywhere to go.


AN: Hey, everyone! Next chapter is up! Yeah, who ever said Bloom was going to take Fudge's bs sitting down? You'd think he'd have learned since the incident at Malfoy Manor... Anyway, we're almost to Hogwarts! I've narrowed down the DA's new name between 'Defenders of Hogwarts' and Guardians of Hogwarts' - one plays up the Defense class they're supposed to be learning, the other plays up the detail that they're trying to guard the school from Fudge and Umbridge's influence, so to speak. Final poll! Defenders vs Guardians! I'll count up the votes and give the results in a week!

Fair warning, I've had WAY too much free time on my hands, even with the homework and stuff, so I - predictably - got bombarded with ideas for stuff of all kinds. Not even just Winx Club crossovers...although, I have a few ideas for some more of those to. *Guilty look* Guild Wars 2, WinxXMerlin crossover, WinxXDragon Nest crossover, a few pure Winx stories, a Harry Potter story...yeah, its a lot. I may be going insane in my own unique way. Insanity by fanfiction writing. At any rate, I would appreciate some feedback on if they're any good...I say this, yet I had to write these stories down just to get them out of my head.

Harry Potter - FemHarry called Hailey. Creature Inheritances. Manipulative Dumbledore. Sane Tom. Lily was adopted and had a Naga Inheritance. Grey Hailey. Very far into it by necessity of staying sane and being able to focus on other stories. Also has a prequel, so things will make sense.

Guild Wars 2 - multiple stories, spawned by playing the game! Sylvari Commander, multiple Commanders...yes, I'm clearly into the game and I totally admit it.

WinxXMerlin - found this show, really into it...and Bloom gets sent back in time to help Merlin. She ends up taking the Great Dragon's(how ironic)place, since she can't die. Uther hates her.

WinxXDragon Nest - Bloom gets thrown into Dragon Nest world(Alteria or Legendia, I've seen it called both) by Valtor from Season 8, but Season 7 never happened. And she's a fighter after all the things she's been through. And the other characters are spin-off classes. Yes, I also think I might need help. This is getting serious.

Winx stories - two different ones. one where Valtor isn't evil...or even in control of his own body...or an adult. Another where its much the same with the Wizards of the Black Circle. These two hit me in the back of the head out of nowhere and refused to leave my head.

In fact, all of them did once I started playing the games and such. Any possibilities? Yes, I've been keeping myself entertained...with some consequences. Ta-da...

PS. for the next WinxXHTTYD crossover, its still happening! I just sorta want to finish this one before I start posting another. And...I may have worked on it a bit, thanks to Corona.