Chapter 1: Meeting

May 15, 1982, London

There were four men and 2 woman present in the small room. They were not friends, they are not here on family get-together. Most of them don't have any family left. Their companionship was forged in suffering and loss. These were the peoples who were caught in the middle of a war. There was no place for them in either side of the war, still they were the one that lost the war.

Today they are at a cross road even if most of them don't know it. The woman they are waiting for will bring the information they need to choose the direction their life would take.
This was the last day of closed trial and the result will be not be published to the public except for the people going to jail. None is supposed to know who was on trial. Only conviction list is given out to the press. Some old fools are closed in a room to decide what to do with the criminals that destroyed the life of thousands.

"Where is Freya, he was supposed to be here an hour ago" Felix Miller, a young man, was getting anxious. He was the youngest just out of Hogwarts an year before and brand new orphan.
"You know it is a risky task, maybe she couldn't get to the copies. We have some contingency plans for that. No reason to worry unnecessary" Phoebe Taylor, a woman in her middle ages, replied. She too was anxious to know the result. But age does have its uses.

"Felix, have you found a job yet?" Phoebe asked to change subject before he could continue.

"Not really, I have enough money from fire insurance. I will get by until I find one."

"May be Jacob can help you with that, may be in education department they don't have any large workload, you do have more than enough newts that no one can deny you a junior position." A man sitting at the table, Noah, suggested with a slight look towards Jacob Tremblay, junior clerk on misuse of muggle artefacts who nodded back.

"But I don't want work in the ministry, I will have better options if I join uni and find job in muggle world"

"There are reasons for what I said Felix, you will be very well suited for the job and if it doesn't work out, I will help you with better one."

Before Felix could reply, the door opened and Freya Martin entered the room, falling into the nearest chair. She was a small woman of about 30. The lines under her eye may have added a couple of years but still young. She put a large bundle of parchments on to the table in front of Noah.

"Where were you" first question was from Felix.
"These are level 7 confidential files. I am not allowed to go in there, I had to confound the joker who were carrying them to make him go to bathroom to make a copy before it was sent to the archives."

Noah Anderson took the packet. Level 7 was the highest, they didn't want anyone to know the details of the trial. He looked around the room. This was the whole reason for this meeting. Everyone was eager to know what happened to their enemies. They didn't have much happiness other than knowing they got the justice they deserved. There is not much therapy can cure when you can't be completely truthful to your psychiatrist.
But he knew there wouldn't be any happiness for them in these papers. It was apparent to him from the day ministry decided the trial will be closed. In a way he was counting on it. These are good peoples who wouldn't hurt a fly, but that was before war, now with proper motivation they can be useful for his plans. A plan he created long before he found them. But he couldn't ask them to what he want for no reason. He has to be careful in directing their anger towards the real enemy. It has to be planned accordingly that they should be the one making the decisions, not him. He can't lose them, in a way these people are his family now after all the therapy sessions together. The fact that the enemy is common is a bonus. In the end, he will have his justice along with them.

With a determined look, he opened the folder, and put the papers on the table.
"Take a look people, today we will know how much we can trust our government"

AN: this story takes place in 1982 after first war. Major characters of this story until around 1991 will be Original Characters. There will be large jumps in time.

Due to the influence of OC some canon characters may act slightly different (no over powered characters or children acting like adults)

English is not my first language and if you find any errors feel free correct me.

Reviews are always welcome