Chapter 3

Amelia Bones immediately started reading out all the charges that Hadrian was going against. To say the least, if Hadrian was guilty of all of them, then he would either be in Azkaban for life or sent through the veil. However just before the prosecutor, Fleur Delacour, could get up and start questioning the accused, Daphne got up and asked, "Esteem members of the Wizengamot, my client wishes to be allowed to get up from his seat, to say a few words to you all, before the prosecutor starts questioning him." Much to Fleur's dismay.

The members immediately started talking amongst themselves and shortly came to a conclusion. They then motioned the Minister to allow the request as the members were wondering what he had to say.

Hadrian slowly got up and looked at the courtroom, "Thank you Minister Bones and the members of the Wizengamot for allowing me to stand up and to say a few words."

"To clear up on a few things, I think it would be prudent to finally reveal to the world who I really am. All of you know me Harry James Potter, older brother to the boy-who-lived and the disgraced heir of the Ancient and Noble House of Potter. However, I was never born a Potter nor will have I ever been a Potter."

The courtroom was once again filled with noise. Everyone was confused at what was going on. He was a Potter. He looked like a Potter.

"I was born on 18th July 1997 in St Mungo's Hospital. My name is Hadrian Sirius Black, Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black."

Their was pin drop silence in the courtroom. No one said a word. And then all of a sudden someone shouted, "LIE'S. HE IS LYING. THROW HIM THROUGH THE VEIL FOR WASTING OUR TIME AND SPREADING OUT LIES." Several people instantly started backing him up.

Amelia was having a very hard time trying to take control of the situation. Just like everyone else she too was confused and conflicted. It was common knowledge that Sirius Black had never settled down nor had any children but standing right in front of her was his son. Moreover the child in front of her was born on the same day that her child had died. And she knew that she had a child with Sirius Black who at that time, she was in a serious relationship with. There was no way that the man in front of her was her child. He looked nowhere near like a Black. However that thought immediately went out of the roof when, as Daphne Greengrass walked towards Hadrian and removed a ring from his finger. Everyone's jaw dropped and plenty of people gasped.

Standing in front of them was the no longer 5 foot 11 inch man. Instead he was replaced by a man standing 6 foot 3 inch. The well-known Potter black messy hair was gone and was replaced by black silky hair that was styled stylishly backwards. He definitely looked like a Black, but he had some facial features that she was too familiar. That was because she and her niece had the same features too. He was standing tall and proudly with his eyes closed as if he was relishing the moment. You could see a something poking out the collar of his elegant black robes that looked suspiciously like a tattoo. His robes had the the Black crest on over the left side of his chest. And then he opened his eyes.

His eyes were stormy grey. They glowed with power. It looked like there was a raging storm happening in them. "I've got to say, it feels good to permanently remove myself from that glamour. It was starting to feel like i was carrying something on my shoulders!" he exclaimed in a cheery voice. However he heard some people were still muttering that he was not Lord Black, but he quickly shut them up when the Lord ring appeared on finger. He then looked at his father, Sirius Black, and gave him a not so subtle wink which did not go unnoticed by anyone. He then looked at Daphne who was staring at him with a light smirk and humor filled eyes. She then gave him a brief nod. He stepped into the center of the room, closed his eyes and then released his magic. His magic was cold and violent. Everyone began to involuntary start shivering. They were mesmerized by the power he was releasing. He then opened his eyes that were glowing brilliantly and put his right hand over his heart and started to speak loudly before anyone could stop him.

Spectators and reporters around him were confused at what was going on. However everyone who belonged to the Ancient house's immediately knew what he was doing, as they had all been taught the old ways. Lord Hadrian Sirius Black was going to give a Lords Oath. If he broke the oath not only would he lose his lordship, his life could also be in forfeit. Lords Oath were always acknowledged and taken seriously by everyone. Not just because they were a lord but because they were more dangerous than normal Magical Oaths. There had not been a Lords Oath in over 100 years.

"I Hadrian Sirius Black, Lord of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black hereby call Mother Magic as a Lord and declare that I am who I say I am and I will tell the truth when asked until this trial is over. So i say, So mote it be!"

There was a big flash of light momentarily blinding everyone around him. Then his Black crest glowed green signifying that he was telling the truth. Everyone around him was quiet. Nobody had witnessed a Lords Oath before and as they processed what was going on, Hadrian calmly walked back to his chair and promptly sat on it. His eyes had stopped glowing and he looked challenging at his former friend, Fleur Delecour who was standing still with her eyes wide open.

It took everyone a while to get their wits back together. Once they had processed what had happened they immediately demanded to continue, especially a red faced Lord Potter. He was furious. How had he never known that the man in front of him was never his son. And how had his brother in all but blood, Sirius Black never tell him that he had a son who also was being raised as a Potter. Lily too was furious. She had half a mind to storming up to Sirius Black and wipe that infuriating smirk of his face. Alexander Potter looked quite happy. He had never gotten on with Hadrian and he felt like he deserved the title as heir because not only did he get good grades in school he also defeated the Dark Lord twice. The Potter family could finally rise to greatness. Rose Potter on the other hand was very upset. She had just found out that the person who she thought was her brother was a lie.

Everyone was in similar states of shock and anger. The reporters on the other hand were having the time of their lives. This event was going down in the history books without a doubt. Fleur Delacour was now very intimidated. She was not only prosecuting Voldemort's right hand man, she was now prosecuting the Lord Black. She knew that the Blacks were well respected house despite being dark. However they were also known all over the world and they were people you would never want to cross due to political power and fortune.

The minister sat on her chair staring at the man whilst everyone was getting over their shock. She was scared not because of the fact that he was a Black, but because who this man was. Despite him looking like a Black he had some very prominent features that came from the bloodline of the Bones. She needed to know who his mother was. And she wasn't the only one. She looked at Susan who was also looking back at her. She could immediately tell that she too recognized some of his facial features. She needed to find out now who the parents were of current Lord Black.

Leaving all decorum aside, she demanded loudly, "Who are your parents?" The courtroom quieted dramatically.

She then received a reply, but not the from the person she wanted it from, "I do not see how this has got anything to do with the trial." replied back Daphne smoothly.

Sirius sat their watching everything happen. He never knew just how cold and powerful his son's magic was. It was suffocating. He just hoped no one asked who Hadrian's parents were. But that thought went out of the window when Amelia asked the question. He knew that if Hadrian did not answer, it would raise speculation which would not do any good in the current situation, and if did answer then they would have to reveal more than was necessary in order to get him exonerated. It seemed the Hadrian was thinking on the same lines.

"Leave it Daphne. I'll tell them." told Hadrian. She then whipped her head around and looked menacingly at Hadrian. "It's better if we tell everyone now before it stabs us in the back later." She kept staring at Hadrian until she begrudgingly nodded her head.

After clearing his throat, which brought everyone's attention back on to him, he confidently declared, "My father is Sirius Orion Black," and then he looked at the Minister, who was looking straight into his eyes, "My mother is Amelia Johanna Bones."

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