Chapter 28
Almost immediately the heads of houses along with Dumbledore came into the quarters and surveyed the room. When they saw the shape, Lockhart was in many of them were shocked as he was bound and broken. Severus was pissed and was the first one to speak "what happened" he demanded. The tone in his voice indicated that he wanted answers.
Hadrian stood up and responded, "professors what you see here" he pointed to Lockhart "is the result of what happens to a rapist who tried to sexually assault three underage girls." If possible, Severus was even more livid and looked ready to kill the broken pig. He had seen many things in his life, but none had ever made him as angry or disgusted at what he had just heard.
Albus blue eyes were burning. "Mr. Potter would you and the young ladies please explain in more detail" he may have asked but he was sorely tempted to read their minds.
Before he could respond he, heard a very angry voice "WHERE IS HE? WHERE IS THAT MOTHERFUCKING BASTARD" everyone looked to see a red faced Cyrus Greengrass. If looks could kill at the moment, they would all be dead. Behind him was an equally red Cameron Davis and Xavier Vaisey. Next to them was a pink faced Amelia Bones, who looked like she ran from the apparition point. She brought along two aurors, next to them was Arcturus Black who looked equally as pissed.
As the fathers made their way inside to go find their daughters. Albus tried to defuse the tension with his best grandfather persona. "Amelia, would you and the others please explain why you are here at this late hour?" He did not like the fact that her of all people were here as he had a feeling that this was going to be hell. This was his castle! He thought angrily there was no way in hell that he was going to have her take over.
"We can explain that" Nicole said. Her father looked between angry and worry as he hoped that nothing happened to his girl.
Amelia discreetly took out a crystal, indicating that she was ready. Taking a breath Nicole explained that she, Tracey and, Daphne had detention with Lockhart for refusing to participate in class. When they arrived for their detentions, they knocked on the door and when it opened, they walked in only to find no one around. The next thing they knew they were knocked unconscious, only to wake up naked and bound to the bed.
Daphne followed up by saying that they had no idea where they were at the time but deduced that they were in Lockhart quarter. When he came into the room, he started touching her body, all the while shuddering and felt cold. She called Harry name only to be slapped by him. He said that after he was done with them then he would target Harry. She said his name again and was about to receive another hit when Harry burst through the door and started beating Lockhart to a pulp. He then sent the castration curse at him, sliced his remaining hand off, then bound him.
When she finished Cyrus began seeing red. There was only one thing on his mind at the moment and that was Lockhart head on a platter. The bastard had dared to touch his daughter. His little girl! Moving away from her he marched straight to him, taking his wand out and waving it he revived.
Gilderoy felt pain in every part of his body, looking around he saw that many of the adults were in the room. "What is" he struggled to say as his jaw was broken added to the fact that Cyrus delivered a left hook to his already damaged face.
Putting his wand away he used both his hands and grabbed his neck lifting him up. "You dare touch my daughter. I will kill you!" the anger in his eyes and his voice was noticed and he tightened his grip over his neck.
Lockhart was choking now, that was until Madam Bones came in "Lord Greengrass let him go" she commanded, even though deep down she would be doing the same thing. She saw that he didn't loosen his grip and stepped forward "I said let him go" she spoke again this time in a more firm voice.
Cyrus wanted nothing more than to kill the fool but complied very reluctantly and slammed him against the wall letting him slide down. Before turning around, he delivered a swift kick to the fools face and went back to his daughter, allowing Amelia to take over.
Amelia had no sympathy for the wounded person but had to uphold the rules of her job "Gilderoy Lockhart, you have been accused of attempted rape of a minor, how do you plead?"
"I did no such thing" he said defiantly. "It was Potter he was the one, who was going to rape the girl. I was only trying to save them, but he attacked and overpowered me." Thanks to his jaw being broken it was very painful for him to speak. Desperate to save his reputation he wanted to pin the blame on Potter.
Arcturus was furious. This meat bag was trying to pin the blame on his nephew, were if they not in school at the moment full of witnesses. He would take great pleasure in tearing the shit stain apart piece by piece and only after making him suffer worse than he ever thought possible would he end him.
"Mr. Potter you attacked a teacher and have caused him severe damaged" Dumbledore said. "This is a grave offence, and you will be punished later" he said in a stern voice, before turning to the other adults "I think it would be prudent to examine each of the ladies minds as" he was cut off by a punch to the face courtesy of Xavier. Everyone looked at the man as was livid, even Dumbledore was startled as he tried to fix his now blood dripping nose.
"Like hell I'm going to let anyone look into my daughters mind" he said angrily. "She will be heading to see a mind healer. All of them!" he declared. "As for Mr. Potter punishment" he said quickly looking at Harry then back to Dumbledore "he just saved three girls from the man that you and the board of governors hired. If the fool had actually did the unthinkable to my daughter, then you can bet your life that I would take great pleasure in pushing him through the Veil of Death."
He then turned to Madam Bones "how quickly can we get a trial?"
"Four day" she replied. One of the aurors she brought along handed her Lockhart's wand "Mr. Lockhart is this your wand?" The fool could only nod. Taking her own wand out she pointed it at the other wand "priori incantatem." She tested the wand and saw that there were stunning, binding, and obliviations charms. And worst of all the imperius curse on it.
Bones was a patient and levelheaded woman but even then, she had her limits. What she saw made her furious "Gilderoy Lockhart as the Director of the Law Enforcement of Magical Britain and Ireland. I hereby, place you under arrest for attempted rape upon minors and using the Imperius curse. You will be taken to a holding cell in the ministry to await your trial. You may contact a lawyer if you have one, if not then you will defend yourself. Cuff and take him away. Her two aurors slapped some magical suppression cuffs on the fool; Lockhart tried to get out of them, but Cameron took out his wand and fired a bone shattering curse at his spine followed by a stunning spell.
Amelia flashed a look of approval before sweeping out of the room along with the others.
"Lords Greengrass and Davis. Mr. Vaisey "Severus began bringing the attention to him "it would be best if you take your children to St. Mungo for treatment. They are free to return home and stay their till the end of the trial."
The three fathers did not hesitate to agree. Hadrian turned to his uncle "would it be possible that I can go with them? I have some contacts over at St. Mungo that could probably help."
"Now Mr. Potter I still require your presence to discuss" Dumbledore was cut of as Arcturus spoke above him "go ahead, but I will be coming with you" he said. Arcturus then turned to Dumbledore giving him a look that dared him to disagree "he will be leaving to go help fix the problem you created. You will get your explanation at the trial. Got a problem with that" the dangerous steel in his voice indicated that he was not a question.
Dumbledore reluctantly deflated and shook his head.
Hadrian summoned one of the Hogwarts house elves. With a pop the little elf appeared before him "what can Tiana do for Mr. Potter?" Hadrian took a knee "can you go get Aaron Puecy in slytherin house? Tell him his father is here to take him and his sister home!" with a pop the elf was gone. Harry looked at Mr. Vaisey who gave him a look of gratitude. "Your kids have been above fair with me this year. I am just returning the favor. Some the healers I know can help them if you want to use them" he offered.
"Thank you, Mr. Potter" he said. Then the elf popped into the room with his son. Aaron immediately went over to his sister and was about to ask what happened but was halted by his father.
They then went to the Floo network to go to St. Mungo.
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Group by group they appeared in magical hospital through the floo network, where they entered the kiosk. Harry and Arcturus told them to stay where they were and while they head to the receptions desk. Good thing there was no line at the moment. So, they just walked up and rang the bell; within the next moment a man who looked to be in his early 40s arrived.
"Lord Black and Mr. Potter" the man greeted them with a nod "what brings the both of you here, tonight?"
Harry was the one to respond "is Ailsa Atkinson, Eira Khan, and Stephen Ahmed available? He asked. "I have some friends that require mind healers!"
The healer eyed him for a minute before reaching into his desk and pulling out who was scheduled to work tonight. Quickly scanning the list, he found the healers the boy was asking for.
"Yes, they're on duty tonight" he confirmed raising his head. "I'll have them brought down immediately" he then got up from his seat and went to go place a call to the others.
Both uncle and nephew walked back to the others, where they were sitting in some of the chairs.
"They will be here soon" Arcturus said.
Aaron got up from his seat and walked up to Hadrian. "I don't know how to thank you enough for what you're doing" he began. "But I want you to know that I am grateful" he bowed his head.
"As am I" his father stepped in, from what he had heard from his kids Potter was an honorable young man who was no bully and did what he always thought what was right. He had even leant them some help on a few of their assignment, "however there is something that I like to know" he stated.
Harry inclined his head for him to proceed.
Xavier continued "my children have spoken highly of you. They said that you don't behave like the other Gryffindors at school. At first, I was skeptical of what sort of game you were playing, but then I heard that it was you that orchestrated the media frenzy around Hogwarts."
He paused staring intently at the young man in front of him. The boy face held no emotions. If he could be honest, he was happy the young man did what he did, but it didn't stop him from being curious about his motives.
Arcturus stepped forward "for merlin sake talk" he said in a voice that showed that he was not in the mood for games tonight. The look he was giving the younger man made him pale slightly as he was aware of Lord Black's reputation.
Xavier quickly composed himself, getting over his shock "I just want to know what your reason was for helping my daughter?"
"Dad"
"Dad"
Both Aaron and Nicole couldn't believe what their father just said after what just happened.
Arcturus was not happy at what the fool just asked. "You got a lot of nerve," he said in a cold voice that made the man pale more than he did the first "my nephew just saved your daughter skin, and you have the audacity to question why. Tell me did your father not teach you any manners or gratitude boy."
"Uncle" Hadrian stepped in calming his the man before he could possibly injure or make the other man shit his pants. Arcturus looked at him for a moment and saw a look that said, 'let me handle this', relenting he gave one last look to Vaisey that sent a shiver down his back. "Mr. Vaisey my reason for helping your daughter and the others was that. It was the right thing to do" he said in a firm voice.
He followed up with "it may come to a shock for you, but I have grown fond of the both of them."
Xavier was about to say more but the receptionist came with the three healers. The male healer Harry was familiar with as the man fixed him on multiple occasions in the past whenever he was home training with his family. He may have had some grey hairs coming in, but he was one of the best mind healers in the field and to the fact that he trained under Miwa aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Kawada always spoke highly of the man as he had a lot of great promise.
"Hadrian are you alright?" he asked him.
"I am fine Stephen, it's these three that are in need of your expertise. Something bad happened at school." He didn't want to say what happened as they had already been through enough. Stephen didn't miss the way he emphasized the bad part and motioned for his colleagues to escort them to some of the open rooms. On the second floor.
The only ones that were left behind were Harry, Arcturus, and Xavier. The latter sent his son to go along with the healers and told him he be in the room when he was done. Xavier looked back at Hadrian and deflated "my apologies Mr. Potter but I had to be sure. As I'm sure you know things are hectic, while my children have vouched for you, I had to be sure" he said with a bow.
Hadrian replied "you were well within your rights to question me as they are your children" he stated. "Raise your head and go be with them" he said dismissively.
Vaisey lifted his head up and went to the elevator.
"Is their anyway that Aunt Cassiopeia to come and teach the subject," he asked his uncle as he got a letter saying that she would be coming back for Christmas.
Arcturus thought about it for a moment, his sister did have a mastery in the subject and could do the job, along with check to see what the problem was with McGonagall. The only thing was would she even agree to it. Pulling out of his thoughts he "I will speak to her and see what she says."
Harry gave a curt nod. Before going to the elevator, with Arcturus following. They would have entered but a voice came stopping them in their tracks.
"Grandfather, Hadrian what are you two doing here," the voice was female. Turning around they saw Narcissa and Lucius coming their way with what appeared to be the head healer.
"Narcissa" her grandfather greeted, then turned to her husband "Lucius" he said in a cold steel voice with a slight trace of disdain. "We were escorting a couple of students here, a situation at the school occurred. Now if you don't mind, we have business, come along Hadrian."
"Actually, uncle I would like to talk to them" Arcturus looked at him. Hadrian was aware of what he thought of Lucius and didn't want to be as far away from him as possible. "It concerns their son, Draco."
Lucius tightened his grip on his cane, while Narcissa eyes went wide and she paled slightly. What had happened to her son? From what Draco had written the Potter boy was able to trick Lockhart out of most of his money and split it in half between himself and Lucius. Her husband was ecstatic when he got the confirmation letter from Gringotts's, about the transfer of money as it had increased their wealth.
It also helped that Hadrian and Draco were not at odds with each other. They may not be friends, but they were cousins and it appeared that Hadrian was trying to protect him.
"What happened to Draco" Lucius came in with a sharp dangerous voice. The boy may have been spoiled by his parents, but that didn't mean that Lucius was not unwilling to discipline him when he had to. A similar instance was when he tried to negotiate a contract between Lord Greengrass, apparently Draco forgot his manners and failed to address the young woman properly and disrespecting her. That resulted in him being shot down and he ended up punishing his son for messing things up.
Hadrian turned to the head healer "is there any place where we can talk privately." The man replied, "yes if you all would follow me to my office."
He led them down the hall to where his office was located. When they got to the door, he opened it to allow them in. Once everyone entered, he placed some privacy wards on the door so they wouldn't be disturbed.
"Ok, explain to me what happened" Narcissa said. Harry took a breath "since the end of last month Draco has been acting weird lately. I originally, thought he was being dramatic as he tends to be from time to time."
Lucius and Narcissa conceded to that as Draco could be at times dramatic.
"From what he told me, he had detentions a few times with Lockhart and each time, he claimed that he could never remember what he did for detentions. At first, I brushed it off as it was probably nothing but when I got a good look at him, he appeared to have hickey's on his neck. Part of me thought it was Parkinson because she has a fixation on him. However, sense you are his parents I'm pretty sure you raised him better than that."
The two nodded. Lucius made sure to drill his son in the standards of pureblood customs as he would not allow his son embarrassed the family. "Your saying that someone purposefully went after my son" he summarized. Harry gave him a nod.
Lucius was now getting mad. "Do you know if Lockhart had anything to do with it?"
"I do not know. However, it would make sense as the scum bag did try to assault some of the students," Narcissa gasped at what he said, and Lucius was seeing red. "After I subdued him, I called Lord Black and told him to bring the aurors and their parents."
Arcturus confirmed. "Aye Hadrian put that pedophile in his place and taught him a painful lesson. Were if I their I would have just killed that bastard right then and there, but he beat me to it."
Lucius turned to the head healer "can I use your floo network to call someone?" The look on his face said that he was not going to take 'no' for answer. The healer instantly went pale and nodded.
The Malfoy patriarch got up and hurried to the floo, grabbing some powder he threw it into the fireplace "Hogwarts school, Severus Snape office."
Next moment Severus head appeared in the fire "Lucius is there a problem" he asked with a silk voice.
"I do not know, but I need you to bring Draco to St. Mungo immediately."
Severus noted the tone he was using "give me a few minutes" he then pulled his head out of the fire.
"I hope I'm wrong" Hadrian muttered.
Three minutes later Draco came through the floo with Severus behind him. The Malfoy spawn looked like he had just been woken up. "What is the matter father?" noting that his father was mad at something
"Draco, I'm going to ask you some simple questions and I expect answer" he started. "Did you have any detentions with Lockhart?"
"Yes, but only a few" he confirmed. Draco did not want to upset his father when he was like this as he remembered what happened when he got punished.
"What did he make you do, during your detentions?" he pressed.
Draco briefly casted a look at Hadrian. "Just tell them what you told me" his cousin said.
"A few times he had me answer his fan mail, that was for the first part of my detention. Other than that, I don't remember anything. Every time I leave, I always feel weaker in my legs" Draco explained.
Lucius looked at him critically, before stepping forward, using his right hand he bent the collar of his shirt and saw that there were two hickey's on the side of his neck. Looking at the other side he saw one. What he saw made him purple in the face with rage turning to Severus "I need you to look into his mind and see if he's been obliviated."
Narcissa gripped her son shoulder silently praying that he was alright; tears were threatening to come out.
Severus took out his wand. "I will use legilimency on the count of three" he said pointing his wand at the boy face. "1… 2… 3. Legilimens." After looking in his mind for what seemed like ten minutes, he exited with anger clearly on his face. I like to perform some spells on him" Lucius consented allowing Severus to continue his work. Casting some spells over him, he was not pleased with what the results he got.
"You two near the corner" he told them " I need to have a word with the adults" the edge in his voice was heard. The two complied and went to the corner, using his wand Severus put privacy wards around them so, they couldn't hear anything.
"Why would you do this for me?" Draco asked Hadrian.
Hadrian turned his head "you maybe a pain, but your still family" he replied. "Remember what you told me about your detentions with that meat bag." Draco gave a slow nod.
"I thought you were being dramatic at first, however when you said you couldn't remember anything then I got to thinking. Maybe you were obliviated or worse."
Draco looked at him with surprise on his face. "Thank you, for looking after me." Hadrian looked at him from the corner of his right eye "don't push it, alright. Just stay out of trouble will you."
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On the opposite side of the wards the adults were not happy. Especially Lucius who looked seconds away from strangling someone. "Alright, Severus what did you find?"
Severus pursed his lips "it would appear that Draco been placed subjected to multiple obliviations and had the imperius curse places upon him. Not only that something was taken from him."
By now Narcissa was sobbing and Lucius was pissed "what was taken" he asked in a cold yet dangerous voice. "His virginity was taken from him" he replied. "Lockhart raped him in the arse."
Lucius was now purple with rage as Lockhart dared to lay his hands his son. His heir! Letting out a snarl he shouted, "I'm going to tear him apart."
Severus put a hand on his shoulder "Lucius I understand your anger, but right now your son is the one that needs you. Madam Bones said the trial will commence in four days, besides Potter already dealt out a fraction of the fools punishment" he then told him what the boy had did to him, following the loss of the man original hand and his most prized members. In Lucius mind he thought that was a small part of justice, but he was not going to let Lockhart off not by a longshot.
Brandishing his wand from his cane he removed the wards surrounding the two boys. As soon as they came down Narcissa immediately ran up to her son and enveloped him in a hug for all his worth.
Lucius looked at his wife "Narcissa take Draco to see a mind healer and see if they can restore his virginity."
Narcissa immediately took her son hand and led him out of the room.
"Lord Malfoy I am truly sorry about what happened" Hadrian approached if I can be of any assistance in helping let me know" he offered.
Lucius looked at him "thank you, Mr. Potter but that is not necessary" he replied. "I knew it was a mistake hiring that bastard to teach." Just wait until the end of the trial the moment he is convicted I will take great pleasure in making him suffer he vowed vengeance.
"If you would excuse me, I need to be with my son" he then turned to Severus "I like to bring Draco home till after the trial. That bastard will pay for what he did!"
Severus gave a nod to him and went back to Hogwarts. Arcturus, Lucius, and Harry left the office and went to the elevators. Once, they were all in Hadrian pressed no. 2 and they were off. Reaching the floor, they immediately exited and went to where Narcissa and the other adults were waiting outside their kids rooms.
For 25 minutes no said a word and just stood outside. The next moment one of the healers came out, "you all may see miss. Greengrass now. However, I would like a word with her father" the three entered the room and found Daphne laying on the bed. Ailsa pulled Lord Greengrass over to the side.
"Your daughter will be alright" he confirmed. "However, I am going to have to recommend that she stay here for the week so I can help her. Fixing a mind will take some time.
Cyrus agreed. "Thank you" he said dismissively.
"You all have ten minutes, then you have to leave" she said before leaving the room.
Cyrus looked at turned to Harry who was sitting in a chair next to Daphne, trying to cheer her up. "It would appear that my family owes you yet again, Hadrian" he said walking forward.
Hadrian turned his head "Lord Greengrass as I've said before you and your family owe me nothing. I'm just glad I was able to make it in time." Turning his head back to Daphne "you're in good hands here. Ailsa is one of the best in the fields of mind healing. I'll call tomorrow promise" he gave her a gentle smile.
Daphne felt warm inside when he smiled at her. Part of her was sad as he got up to leave. Exiting the room Harry and Arcturus went to go briefly talk to the others wishing them well, when they were done, they made to leave the hospital. Arcturus apparated him back to Hogwarts and told him to be ready for the trial before he left.
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The days that led to the trial, Harry kept his word and called Daphne and the others through their watches, except for Draco as he didn't have one of the watches. He kept them updated on what was going on at Hogwarts. Dumbledore cancelled DADA for the rest of the semester and told the student body why Lockhart was arrested. Some of the girls at school were having a hard time believing that Lockhart could do such a thing.
The most vocal was Granger as she refused to believe that it was true and thought that it was a misunderstanding. Hardly anyone paid attention to her. Aaron had told him that the council in slytherin house were absolutely furious at what they heard as they were crying for blood. When the news reached the Daily Prophet, it was a big scandal, many of the parents sent letter and howlers to the headmaster and the board of governors demanding to know how they could allow this to happen.
Some Lockhart's fans on the outside refused to believe this could happen and said that the girls were only trying to tear down a renowned hero.
Arriving at the ministry of magic the kids and adults made their way to court room 10. Where the trial was to commence. The kids took their seats in the visitor section and were accompanied by the girls mothers except for Nicole who was in the company of her father, even Narcissa was there as she had chosen not to leave her son's side. Everyone started filing in from members of the noble houses to the Department heads, and many of the representatives.
Today's session was to happen at 11:30. All of the kids were dressed in formal robes that held the crest of the families they were from. When they saw that the last of the members arrived consisting of Dumbledore, Fudge, and his toad. Harry took notice as the former went to go sit in seat that was meant for the Potter family. That slightly ticked him off as he had to wait until he was of age to remove the bastard. Dumbledore may have been removed from his position as Chief Warlock, but he still held his order of merlin seat and his proxy for his house. However, harry did manage to accomplish that Dumbledore was not untouchable and severely damage his influence within the political sphere.
Madam Marchbank was sworn in as the chief witch and began the Wizengamot session. "Madam Bones what is on today's agenda" he said in a booming voice.
Amelia stood up from her seat "today session is about Gilderoy Lockhart, who is accused of using the imperius curse and sexually assaulting Draco Malfoy, and attempted rape of Daphne Greengrass, Tracey, Davis, and Nicole Vaisey" she then sat back down.
The members of the wizengamot were furious as the bastard had the gall to not only use one of the unforgivables but to sexually assault four minors. That alone was a violation of National and International Law as children were considered gifts from the Mother of Magic.
"Bring him in at once" Marchbank ordered. Everyone looked to the entrance to see two aurors escorting a chained Gilderoy Lockhart. The governing body looked at him with disgust; Lockhart was giving his best smile, but when he looked at the visitors section. His eyes fell on Hadrian Potter and looked ready to shit his pants as he remembered the pain the boy caused him.
The aurors through him into the chair where the chains magically appeared and wrapped around his arms, keeping him secured.
Griselda wore a no nonsense expression on her face began her questioning. "Gilderoy Lockhart you are accused of using the imperius curse on a minor, raping Draco Malfoy, and attempted rape of Tracey Davis, Daphne Greengrass, and Nicole Vaisey. How do you plead?"
"I plead not guilty to all of the charges. I would never do something as disgusting as that" he all but shouted. Harry held Daphne hand the entire time as he could tell that she was still shaken, even though her face was impassive. Turning her head slightly he whispered some encouraging words in her ear and reminded her to keep her shields up.
"Your plea for not guilty has been noted" Chief Witch said. Madam Bones please share your case regarding what happened on the 13th of December."
Everyone turned their heads to Amelia as she got up once again and elaborated about the events of that night. After 12 minutes of explaining, she called one of the Department of mystery workers and told them to bring out the pensieve. Their she showed the interview of all four minors, once that was done, she showed the recording crystal she had of the events that night.
Next the kids were called to the stands each in the company of their respective guardians to give their own versions of what happened during the detentions. Finally, it was Hadrian's turn.
"You were the one to save the girls that night," Amelia said. "How did you know, they were in trouble?"
Hadrian responded "before their detentions I had Daphne Greengrass keep her watch on" he then showed them his watch that appeared on his left wrist. "She and the others did not trust Lockhart and neither did I for that matter."
"Please explain to the best of your ability, what you did to Lockhart. When you burst through his door!"
"I threw a smoke bomb at him, then blasted the shite stain to the wall" he continued explaining what he did to Lockhart from blasting him the second time to pummeling him which resulted in him losing some teeth obtaining a broken jaw and broken nose. He explained that he threw him against the opposite side of the wall and deflected a spell Lockhart fired at him before resuming his onslaught and breaking many of the man bones. "Finally, I hit him with the castration curse removing his most prized possession and sent a cutting curse to his only remaining hand taking it off."
The entire body stared at him sporting different expressions. The members of the grey faction were looking with amazement they had known about the Potter family reputation as warriors and were known for being ruthless in battle. The dark faction looked critically at him some were torn between delight as he would have made a fantastic ally for them. The members of the light faction looked between frightened and impressed with him. As for the neutrals many were shocked at what he did. Adding to the fact that he had no emotions on his face as it didn't show any regret.
Lords Davis and Greengrass along with Xavier were giving him a smile in acknowledgement as they would have done the same thing. Even Lucius was pleased as he looked with approval, two days before the trial he went to go visit Lockhart in his cell and introduced the man to some unsavory curses from his family. As much as he wanted to end the miserable bastards life right then it would have caused a big scandal and a headache.
Delores Umbridge wanted to say something but kept her mouth shut as before the trial Lords Black, Greengrass, and Davis came into the minister's office earlier that day and warned her to keep her mouth shut and not to say anything. Naturally, she protested saying that she was in the company of the Cornelius but after Arcturus reminded her of the power of the Black family and his own reputation did, she pale as a ghost and back down. Delores was not stupid as she did not have a death wish, she sincerely wanted to get back at the Potter brat for what he did to her. He all but humiliated her and caused her to suffer a significant amount of damage, not to mention was ruthless. She would have to wait and bide her time as she would most definitely make the brat pay.
"Chief Witch if I mat address the body" everyone saw Augusta Longbottom stand up from her seat.
Griselda eyes were twinkling and rightfully, so she was an old friend of Augusta and had tested both her son and daughter in law. Grand Lady Longbottom was a powerhouse and respected member of the governing body. Harry learned from his late grandfather, Arcturus, and Jack that she was a fierce witch who was one of the more loyal followers of the old laws that governed the magical world. From the few times he had spoken to Neville the woman was dangerous yet caring, she missed her son and daughter in law very dearly. When she heard that they were tortured to insanity by death eaters she wanted nothing more but to give the dementors kiss.
Harry understood as he lost his parents to Voldemort and sympathized with her pain. As he to would have made the bastards suffer were if they harmed his family. Arcturus was beside himself at what his granddaughter had did, as it was unforgiveable for what she did. The fact that she would do something as heinous as this broke his heart. He may have given the family freedom but made sure that they understood honor. Thus, he no longer considered her, his blood.
"The body recognizes, Grand Lady Augusta Longbottom, Lady of the Most Noble House of the Longbottom" Griselda flashed her a smile.
"Thank you, Chief Witch" she stared at the bounded fool with disgust. "This man, no this animal had the audacity to not only use one of the unforgivables but sexually harass four minors and have created taboos against the Mother of Magic. I like to request that this December body grant the DMLE the right to question him under Veritaserum" she then resumed her seat.
"Is the motion seconded" the Chief Witch asked.
Lucius stood "I second the motion, to have him questioned under Veritaserum."
"As this body knows Veritaserum can only be approved by a majority vote. All in favor of using Veritaserum show of hands" The members of the Wizengamot raised their hands as no one dared to object, not even Dumbledore refused the use of the serum, but it was more for the fact that if he didn't agree then it would bring more heat to him.
Looking around and saw that everyone hand was up she gave a nod to Amelia who motioned for one of her aurors to administer the potion. Gilderoy tried to resist to no avail as three drops of the liquid were forced down his throat and his eyes became glassy.
"What is your full name" Amelia asked
"Gilderoy Julius Lockhart" he said in a drone voice.
"Which house were you sorted to when you attended Hogwarts?"
"Ravenclaw" he said.
"Describe your detentions with Draco Malfoy."
"I had the Mr. Malfoy answer some of my fan mail for the first part of detentions then, I placed him under the imperius curse and fucked him in the arse" he said. "After I was done I obliviated him to make sure that he wouldn't remember. His other detentions I just stroked his body and left marks on his neck, then obliviated him."
Hearing him say that made Lucius turn red with anger as he was ready to dish out some more punishment. Were if he not in the presence of others he put the bastard under the cruciatus curse, then toss him to the dementors so they could give him the kiss.
He got up from his seat "permission to silence Lockhart once and for all."
Griselda looked at him "permission denied, very reluctantly" Lucius was seething. "You may continue Madam Bones."
"Describe what happened the night of December the 13th." She continued.
Lockhart had no way of countering the effects of the serum and sang like a canary. He explained how the girls had detention with him, he waited in the shadows until they walked in and stunned them. Then he took their clothes off, bound them in rope and intended to have his way with them. He admitted to touching Daphne and was about to have his fun with her, but Hadrian intervened and proceeded to beat the stuffing out of him.
The entire body was looking at him with disgust.
"Have you touched any other students?" Amelia asked in a sharp voice.
Lockhart gave the name of the students he had detentions with and admitted to obliviating them. When he finished the entire chamber erupted into chaos calling for his blood. Not only did Lockhart use an unforgivable but he had raped a minor, attempted to rape others, and had the audacity to touch other students. Some of the Lords and Ladies were calling for his head and demanding that he be sentenced to death.
Chief Witch Marchbank banged the gavel a few times till she pulled her wand out and let out a cannon fire to silence everyone. "Are there any other questions that should be asked before we administer the antidote?"
"I have one that deviates from this trial followed by a few others." Harry stood up.
"The chair recognizes Hadrian James Potter, Heir to the Most Ancient and Noble House of Potter." She frowned slightly but was intrigued by what he wanted to ask.
"Madam Bones" Hadrian began turning his head to meet her "please ask the accused if he actually did anything in those books he wrote. I have a feeling that this would add to his growing list of crimes."
Before she could ask someone spoke up "I object we have already wasted enough time with this trial. There is no need to proceed any further, especially not at the insistence of a small boy. Who has overstepped his boundaries."
Harry faced the man and knew who he was Carter Morrison of the Most Noble House of the Morrison. "Small, I'm pretty sure your wife used that on your wedding night. And didn't you have to beg your father to get a contract with her?"
Morrison glared at him. "Mind your tongue boy. You need to learn your place, evidently Lord Black and Stevenson haven't taught you to respect your betters."
"That's pretty rich coming from a bastard who is unable to produce an heir" he retorted. "As to respecting my betters you, it would appear that you are the one who is lagging in the respect department. You seem to have forgotten that you are a member of the Most Noble House, while I'm a member of the Ancient Houses."
"You are merely an heir; I am a Lord." The older man bit back.
"I maybe an heir but at least my family has honor and hasn't cheated to obtain our status, can you say the same about your family? Also, you seem hellbent about getting this trial over with" he narrowed his eyes at him. "I can only wonder that your trying to hide something about Lockhart" Harry pretended to think
"You dare question the honor of my family Potter" he snarled. "And I had nothing to do with what Gilderoy placement at Hogwarts." Morrison was getting red.
"So defensive on the subject aren't you" he said. "And you're on first name basis with him, that's not suspicious. Also, if I am not mistaken you are on the board of governors are you not?"
Carter was wondering what the boy was getting at "and what if I am what's your point?"
Harry briefly smirked "correct me if I am wrong here but you were the one who immediately wanted to give Lockhart the position as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Need I remind you that it is the boards responsibility to ensure that the people they hire is competent and not a pedophile."
Carter was seething as many of the wizengamot members were whispering. "You got a lot of nerve Potter" he growled. Maybe that's why your family is so close to extinction, you are all so quick to die. Real pathetic if you ask me" he then started laughing.
The temperature in the room changed as it suddenly got cold. Everyone looked down at Potter even Morrison stopped laughing. "Pathetic huh" Harry snorted "you really sure you want to go throwing that word around. Because last I checked your father, uncle, and brother were killed by my grandfather during the last war." Harry then started clapping "that's pretty funny coming from a death eater like you. As soon as your pathetic master fell, and his comrades were being rounded up you screamed that you were imperiused. Now that is pathetic" he continued to clap his hands "you're really worthy of the title Lord" he mocked.
"A weak Lord from a weak family, how ironic" he started laughing a bit which was followed by others.
Carter was now purple with rage. This brat had dared to call his family weak; he would so enjoy putting the Potter family to death. He discreetly tried to take out his wand.
"Please your wand out" Harry begged. "There's no master or mask for you to hide behind" he said in a low dangerous voice.
"That's enough" Griselda shouted and banged her gavel. "Lord Morrison, you are a Lord and expected to conduct yourself as one sit down or I will have you removed" she said with small amount of disgust in her voice. She never believed that he was imperiused like the other, turning her head "Heir Potter please do not insult Lord Morrison" she said it, but Harry noticed that her eyes were twinkling with mirth and her lips almost curled into a smile.
"Now to your questions Madam Bones if you please" she indicated for her to ask the questions.
"Mr. Lockhart are the books you wrote true? Did you really accomplish all that was written in them?" In truth she was curious herself as Susan had written to her about Lockhart's books.
No, I did not" he replied.
"Elaborate" she ordered.
"I found all the people that achieved those things, obliviated them and passed it off as my own" he said.
Amelia nostrils flared "give us the names of all the people you obliviated.
The people were quite surprised at the long list of the man victims. Many of the reporters were having a field day as they were taking pictures and writing notes furiously.
"As the Head of the DMLE I hereby order the aurors track down the obliviated victims and try to have their memories restored" Amelia ordered. "Administer the antidote" she said.
One of the aurors in the corner gave the antidote to Lockhart, even when it was clear that they didn't want to be near him. Within a moment Gilderoy was brought back and was now facing an angry Wizengamot, who looked ready to kill him.
"Mr. Potter do you have any other questions before we sentence him?" she asked him.
"Yes, one can I curse this bastard or at least break some of his bones? And if I not then shouldn't the guardians of the four next to me get a few cracks at them? After all Lockhart did attack their children and they deserve justice."
Gilderoy went pale "please keep Potter away from me. Please" he cried out.
Many of the members were agreeing with him and the girls fathers looked ready to tear Lockhart apart. Lucius was sporting a cruel look and imagining what kind of spells he could use on him.
Arcturus was chuckling at his nephew ruthless nature.
Amelia spoke "to your first question no, regrettably" she added. "Second question as our laws are quite clear the four minors have a right to seek out justice against anyone who tries to sexually assault their kids. Provided that they don't kill him and get only two minutes."
"Lords do you agree with this?" she asked.
Neither of them said a word, instead got up and with their wands in hand. Right then Amelia got her response. The kids were told to look away and their parents put them under the ear buzzing charm.
When they were given the greenlight. Lockhart was immediately being bombarded with painful spells and within the next two minutes was now sporting a new set of injuries. When they were done Lockhart was now missing his left ear, right arm, a foot, had multiple bones were broken all over his body, had his right hip removed from his body, lost a kidney, and had a significant amount of burns.
The adults returned to their respective seats and waited for him to be sentenced.
"The gravity of this man's crimes are heinous" Marchbank began "so it would be put to a vote. All those in favor of giving Lockhart the Dementors kiss show of hands" around twenty hands were raised. "All in favor of pushing him through the Veil of Death" the rest of the members raised their hands.
The latter won the majority vote "Gilderoy Lockhart for your crimes you shall be pushed through the Veil of Death. Arours take him away" she banged the gavel.
Gilderoy was crying begging to be spared, but it fell on death ear as the aurors put him on a silencing charm and took him away.
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The session now over people started filing out. Harry and the others were about to leave but were stopped by Griselda. "Mr. Potter may I have a few minutes of your time with your guardians?"
Hadrian looked at both of his uncles who gave him a shrug "of course Chief Witch" he then turned to his friends "I'll see you guys later." They bid him a goodbye and Griselda led him, Arcturus, and Jack to the elevators where she pressed level five. When the elevator stopped at it's destination Griselda took them into her department where a number of her employees were sitting in their cubicles doing paperwork.
Arriving at her door with her name written in gold, she unlocked it to allow them entry. Once they were in Griselda added a silencing charm and some privacy wards before sitting in her chair. Harry took a seat, while Arcturus and Jack stood at both his sides.
"Mr. Potter I must say that you have impressed me greatly" she began "you remind me so much of your grandfather. A ruthless but honorable man he was. And your grandmother Dorea was an amazing witch."
Harry was wearing his usual emotionless mask "you knew my grandparents?" he asked.
She just chuckled "that I did" she confirmed. "I tested both of them when they took their OWL's ad NEWT's. They good people and just like your parents were. Your grandfather I can tell you stories about him" she shook her head while fondly remembering the man. "I see much of him in you, and there is no question that you really are his grandson."
"Thank you, Lady Marchbank" he gave a respectful bow. "I don't know if your aware, but your grandson is my Alchemy professor at school?"
"Aart has mentioned you a few times and has spoken highly of your abilities in the subject. She loved her grandson dearly and made a vow to protect him as long as she could, she had already lost her brother, but she would be damned if she lost any other members of her family. "Young man, I must say that you've been able to make a reputation for yourself. From what my contacts at the ICW have told me you're in the accelerated program and will be taking your exams after Christmas. That is rather ambitious of you."
Harry gave her a nod. "Well, if you perform half as well as what my colleagues have said then I think we could expect great things out of you."
"Thank you, madam," Harry said, "may I ask you something?" She motioned for him to proceed. "I was wondering if you could tell me if there are any scholarships for the students at Hogwarts."
She raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Not that I know of at the moment" she replied. "However, I have heard from Isabella that her husband was trying to start a scholarship program. Why do you ask?"
Harry explained to her why he wanted to know as their were those who were many talented witches and wizards who were struggling financially and could barely afford to pay for their school supplies. Griselda had a ghost smile on her face and told him to go speak with Lord Davis about the matter. The boy gave her a nod and said that he was going to donate the winnings he got from Lockhart to the program should it pass inspection.
She smiled in approval and commented that it is what his mother would have done. Spending the next few minutes talking she wished him good luck on his exams and canceled the wards around her door. When they were out of the room, she sat back in her chair and thought that the young man was indeed something special indeed as her bosses upstairs would be pleased to hear about him. Hadrian Potter like many of his family members before him would be able to bring order to the magical world.
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Time pass and it was soon Christmas at the Greengrass house. Daphne was sleeping comfortably in her bed. That was until she was woken up by her sister who hopped on her bed and started jumping on her. She loved her sister and all but was not a morning person and despised the way the little shite always got her up on Christmas.
"Wake up Daphne! Wake up, it's Christmas" the energetic girl kept on jumping on her.
"Alright you little bug, I'm up" she groaned. "Must you wake me up every year like this."
Astoria stopped jumping "yes now get downstairs, it's time for presents" she hopped off the bed and raced out of the room. Daphne grudgingly got out of bed and went downstairs. Reaching the bottom floor, she saw that both her parents were on the couch in front of the fire drinking coffee, Astoria was bouncing on her feet waiting to start opening gifts.
Cyrus saw that his oldest daughter was not happy, no doubt having been woken up by her energetic little sister. "Merry Christmas Daphne" he said to her. She said the same but with a yawn. Her mother gave her a hug and wished her a merry Christmas.
"Can I freeze Astoria feet to the floor" she asked with hope in her eyes. Her mother just giggled "no." Daphne just grumbled.
Cyrus called Tori over "now how should we begin oldest to youngest or youngest to oldest?" Astoria immediately said "youngest to oldest" she was excited.
The other two agreed, though Daphne did so reluctantly. Cyrus smiled at his youngest daughter enthusiasm "youngest to oldest it is. Astoria why don't you" he didn't get to finish as the little girls immediately went for her presents.
One by one they all opened presents. Astoria and Daphne received many gifts from their parents varying from new clothes to charm bracelets, hair pins, and a new wand holster for Daphne. Cyrus gave his wife some jewelry and earned himself a kiss on the cheek.
Cyrus got up from his seat and went to his Daphne "honey there is one more gift for you. Close your eyes!" Daphne did as she was told and closed her eyes.
Cyrus waved his wand and levitated a cage in front of her "okay open," Daphne opened her eyes and saw a cage. She looked from the cage to her parents "this one is from Harry" he said with a smile.
Daphne opened the cage and was tackled to the ground and was being assaulted by a cool tongue. Looking up she saw a small black puppy with red eyes, "well hello little one" she sat up. The little puppy began running around in a circle trying to grab it tails, until it tripped on it started to get tired and went back to Daphne lap.
Daphne was speechless as she couldn't say anything, Harry bought her a dog. She immediately felt warm inside at how thoughtful he was. Her father gave her a letter.
Dear Sapphire,
Merry Christmas, I hope you like your present. I spoke with your Sirius and your dad and they said that dogs are known to heal people. Surprising I know, Sirius actually gave good advice, it's a miracle in my opinion. Anyway, I was able to convince your dad to let me buy you a hellhound, between you and me I think he secretly wanted me to by you one. The shopkeeper said that the little guy is only two weeks old and that hellhounds are best known for making people smile. You might want to read more about hellhounds as they can grow to massive sizes and are able to travel through shadows.
I also, got the little one a collar, food bowl, and a dog bed. Again, Merry Christmas and I hope you are well.
Sincerely, Hadrian Potter
Tears started flowing down Daphne eyes, Harry bought her hellhound. The little dog started licking her face and she held him tight. Wiping her eyes, she looked at her father "thanks daddy" she smiled.
Cyrus just chuckled. "Don't thank me. Thank Harry!" he said. "So, what are you going to name him" he nodded to the tired hellhound resting on her shoulder.
Daphne thought for a moment till she got a name "how about Iroh. Do you like that name" she asked the puppy only to receive a tired lick. "I'll take that as a yes. The next thing she knew she and Iroh were enveloped in a white light.
"What was that" came Astoria.
"I have a theory" Cyrus said taking out his wand and waved it over Daphne and her new pet, the tip of his wand glowed silver and white. "Daphne, you just got a familiar" he said in astonishment.
The girls were surprised but none more so than Daphne, looking at Iroh she saw that he was asleep.
"Daddy do you have his bed and collar?"
Cyrus summoned both along with the food bowl. He put a cushioning and warming charm on the bed, tapped his wand against the name plate of the collar said "Iroh" the name magically appeared on it. While Daphne placed Iroh in his new bed, Cyrus handed her his collar which she put around his neck.
Daphne summoned one of the house elves and had him will the dogs bowl with food.
Meanwhile Roxanne was having a difficult time, she couldn't decide if she wanted to kill Hadrian and her husband or just let Daphne keep the hellhound. She chose the latter as she saw how her daughter interacted with the puppy and the fact that they just formed a familiar bond. Roxanne spoke up "Daphne you're going to be the one training him," to which she happily gave a nod.
"I better give Severus a call, so he could bring the paperwork to authorize Iroh permission to be on the grounds" Cyrus said.
The next two or three hours Severus came by not entirely happy to be called over Christmas as he wanted to have some time with his son. However, Cyrus filled him on Daphne forming a familiar pact with the hellhound; Hadrian got her. Severus just shook his head and gave them the paperwork.
Later determined that Iroh was a Class- XXX. When the paperwork was finalized Severus said he would get the papers filed and give Daphne a license the day they get back to school. Then he swept out of the manor via floo network and returned to Potter manor.
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The day after Christmas Harry found himself being escorted to the main ICW building for his exams. When he left it was 7 in the morning and was in the company of Cassiopeia, true to his word Arcturus spoke to her about taking the position for the new professor of DADA. She accepted immediately and signed her employment contracts, though there was another reason why she took the position as she would be able to keep an eye on her nephew and look into the Minerva problem.
Dumbledore of course was not happy about her teaching but had no grounds to complain as many of the people were blaming him and the board for hiring Lockhart in the first place. So, the only solution was to grant her the position.
As the two entered the building, they ran into the Miwa and her mother. The two friends hugged were happy to see each other again.
"This is going to be a long five days isn't it" Miwa asked.
Harry snorted "you have no idea. But we have to impress the teachers" he replied as they walked to the elevator. "I have a feeling that our O.W.L's will be a breeze, though."
"Speaking of our OWL's" she said as they got in the elevator and Karai pressed level 3 "how many O.W.L exams are you going to take?"
"15" he answered. "What about you?"
"Same here" she breathed when the elevator stopped at the floor. "Let's get this over with" she stepped out.
They walked further until they were stopped by two of the ICW members whom they assumed were their examiners. One looked very old as she had grey hair and sharp gold eyes, the one next to her was a bald man who just as old but was not scowling.
"Welcome to hell," the woman said in a cold voice. "Miss Kawada and Mr. Potter. The both of you are here to take your exams to determine if you two are eligible to move forward in your studies. Though I doubt your capabilities."
Both kids showed no emotions and just looked at her. The woman turned to the adults "You two might want to go take a seat on the benches, this is going to take a while" she then looked at the two kids. "Follow us we have two rooms available for your examinations."
Harry and Miwa looked at each other and began following them, while Cassiopeia and Karai went to go get some coffee.
They were led to the far end of the hall, where they were encountered by four other examiner who were standing outside of the doors. The woman whirled around "you two will be testing in three subject the first part of the day will cover your theory exams when you are finished you will have 30 minutes for lunch. Then you will begin working on the practical part of the exams. Make no mistake if you two do not live up to the expectations then I will not hesitate to drop either of you from the program. Am I clear?"
"Crystal" they said in unison.
The woman eyed them both critically, "good! Mr. Potter you will be with me and these two gentlemen" she pointed to the men standing by the door. "Miss Kawada, you will be with these three" she pointed to the others.
Harry and Miwa caught each other eye "good luck" he said.
"Good luck to you as well, Hadrian" they went into their separate rooms
They went their separate ways, entering the rooms they were assigned to.
Harry took a seat at one of the desk and took out a bottle of water, a quill, and some ink, from his bag. Facing forward he saw his examiners discussing; the severe woman he got stuck with faced him "Mr. Potter your first exam will be in Potions" one of her colleagues came over and placed a test booklet in front of him. He inspected the boy items to make sure that they weren't contaminated.
"He clean" he said to her. She gave a nod "You will have a 105 minutes to complete the exam. If you have to leave the room before you finish, then you will not be allowed back. Understand?"
Harry replied, "when do I start!"
"You begin. Now" she put an hourglass on the table. Waving her wand on it she put an alarm on it.
Harry opened the book to the first question, reading it he grabbed his quill and dabbed it in the ink bottle and wrote the answer. Then proceeded to the next question. 75 minutes later he had answered about 68 questions. Fortunately, for him potions came naturally to him, it also didn't hurt that Severus was his father and taught him in the art of potion making. Answering the last twelve questions he went back to the beginning of the book to double check his answers. Making sure that his answers were what he wanted them to be he closed the book and placed his quill on the desk.
Grabbing his water bottle and taking a swig of it, he raised his hand. One of the instructors came over "is there a problem Mr. Potter?"
"No sir, I'm just finished with my exam" he answered.
"Would you like to go and look back and check your answers? You have 15 minutes left" the man said.
"I have already gone over it" he replied. May I have permission to walk around the room, just to stretch my legs?"
The man looked from him to his colleague who shrugged her shoulders. "So long as you stay in the room and don't leave" he then grabbed the book and handed it to her.
Harry walked around the room stretching his legs. When the alarm went off the woman stood up and told him to go back to his seat. The examiners said that they would give him his next exam in twenty minutes, Harry just went back to his seat.
Twenty minutes later he was given the written exam for Charms. Same rules as before he got would get a 105 minutes for the exam. Harry answered all the questions and made sure to doublecheck his work; this exam had 85 questions and after double checking his work, he raised his hand to let them know that he was done.
Giving him a twenty minute break, he was given the transfiguration exam. The exam in his opinion was easy as he was a natural at the subject. Marking his answers in great detail about the different principles, the different variations, etc. One of the examiners collected his exam and told him to wait for the rest of the time to end. When the alarm rang the woman addressed him "you will have 45 minutes to go to the bathroom or go grab something to eat. If you are late you, will not be able to do any of the practical exams."
Harry got up and left the room, just as he was leaving the room Miwa came out of the other room. She looked just like him tired.
"How are you hanging" he asked.
"I'll live" she replied "let's get some food" they walked to the where their guardian were at. They were led to the cafeteria where they went to go get their lunches.
"So, what did you test in today" she asked. Harry replied "I had Charms, Potions, and Transfigurations. What about you?"
"Defense Against the Dark Arts, Ancient Runes and Herbology" she took a bite out of her sandwich. "Did you complete your projects?"
"I created two new spells that will prove to be effective in battle" he confirmed taking a hearty swig of his drink. "But I'm still having trouble with the last one. That's later, come we have to go to head back."
They got up, went to go to the bathroom really quick and went back to their exam rooms.
The examiners for Harry started him on his practical for Charms; they were momentarily surprised that he was able to perform all of the spells they assigned silently. His chain of spells were executed without fail that even the woman had to admit was impressive.
Next was Transfiguration they placed a few items in front of him and told him to turn them into different animals and to make sure that they were docile. Harry silently transfigured the objects into a variety of animals ranging from dog, horse, kangaroo, sheep, and bald eagle. The examiners assessed the animals in front of them and saw that everything was right from the bone structures all the way to the animals behaviors. After that they had him conjure a variety of things from animals to different object, however they were specific on what they wanted him to conjure. When that was done, he was asked to perform the vanishing spells on them. He did so without fail.
For his last exam of the day, he was taken to a potions lab and told to either fix, create, and give the feedbacks on the potions. Harry ended up brewing seven different potions and fixing five others; all the while jotting down notes about what was either wrong or how to improve them.
When he completed his last potion, he presented it to them along with the notes he made. The potion he was supposed to make was the Draught of Living Death and he made sure to improve the potency of the potion.
"You will return at the same allotted time, Mr. Potter" the examiner said dismissively.
Harry was tired and left the room. Heading back to the main room he saw Miwa already sitting down with her eyes closed "can we go now? I want to go home and take a nap."
Cassie just laughed while Karai woke Miwa up. Harry offered to let them stay at Potter castle for the exams during lunch, which they accepted. When they made it to the bottom floor, they exited the building and went to the apparition point.
The adults apparated them to the castle. Arriving at the door Cassie opened it allowing Harry and Miwa in, the two wasted no time in rushing to the couches and flopped on them dead tired.
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The next four days both Harry and Miwa completed the rest of their exams and were dead tired from the exertion. On their final day they were told to comeback at 8:45 later that day. Both complied and after taking a nap returned to the building with their guardians present. Sirius, Emily, and Arcturus decided to come with them. They all sat in the main room waiting to be called.
Having waited for 15 minutes the old woman called the Kawada's first to discuss their daughters results. Miwa could say a lot about the woman, but wisely decided to stay quiet on the matter, pushing it out of her mind she was led to the woman office door. Written in gold her name 'Yasmine Quinn' Head of the Examination department.
The woman allowed them entry, when they all stepped, they saw that the examiners were all sitting down in front of a long table. While Miwa and her parents took the three open seats. The head examiner took her seat at the other end of the table where one of her colleagues placed a thick folder in front of her.
They sat in silence for what seemed like ever no uttered a word, the lady eyed the girl in front of her as if she were judging her. After an intense stare off she spoke "Miss. Kawada as the Head of the ICW Examinations department" she began. Miwa was gripping the handles on her chair as the suspense was killing her "I am pleased to say that you passed all of your exams and have earned high marks" she opened the folder and pulled out the girls transcript. Using her wand, she levitated it to the girl.
Miwa grabbed it when it was near:
The results of Miwa Yoshida Kawada Sixth Year Class- A
Passing grades: O- Outstanding, E- Exceeds Expectations, and A- Acceptable
Failing grades: P- Poor, D- Dreadful, and T- Troll
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O*
Charms: O*
Transfiguration: O*
History of Magic: O*
Herbology: O*
Ancient Runes: O
Arithmancy: O*
Dueling: O*
Astronomy: O*
Potions: O*
Alchemy: O*
Rituals: O*
Healing: O
Care Of Magical Creatures: O*
Magical Languages: O
Miwa breathed a sigh of relief as she had thankfully passed her exams and earned distinctions in some a few subjects. She handed it to her mom who read the results. "That's my little girl" she gave it to her husband so her could read and gave her daughter a hug.
Quinn cleared her throat getting the Kawada's attention "well done indeed. I expect to see the same results on your O.W.L exams! I will be sending a letter to your headmaster before school begins", she turned to one of her colleagues "Mr. Kreese escort the Kawada's back to the waiting room and send for Mr. Potter and his family."
The man got up and led the family out of the room. When they were gone her colleague to the right handed her another thick file containing the Potter results. Fortunately, they only had to wait for a few minutes until the door opened.
Kreese led Potter along with Lord Stevenson, Lord Black, and Cassiopeia into the room. On instinct Hadrian pulled out a chair for his aunt, which she accepted, and he sat next to her. Jack and Arcturus chose to stand behind him.
Much like Miwa. Harry received the same silence she did, not that he minded.
"Mr. Potter as the Head of the ICW Examinations department" she began, although Hadrian thought she was being dramatic. "It please me to inform you that, you've received high marks on every one of your examines" she levitated his transcript to him.
Harry grabbed the results and looked at what he got:
The results of Hadrian James Potter Sixth Year Class- A
Passing grades: O- Outstanding, E- Exceeds Expectations, and A- Acceptable
Failing grades: P- Poor, D- Dreadful, and T- Troll
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O*
Charms: O*
Transfiguration: O*
History of Magic: O*
Herbology: O*
Ancient Runes: O*
Arithmancy: O*
Dueling: O*
Astronomy: O*
Potions: O*
Alchemy: O*
Rituals: O*
Healing: O*
Care Of Magical Creatures: O*
Magical Languages: O*
Quickly going over his grades, he let out a sigh of relief "thank merlin" he muttered before he handed it to his aunt. When she was done reading it, she handed it to her brother and had a big smile on her face. "Well done Hadrian!" she said.
"Mr. Potter I expect to see this level mastery when you take your O.W.L's at the end of term" Quinn said in a stern voice. Harry gave her a nod. "Your free to go" she dismissed. Hadrian and his family left the room and returned to where the others were located.
Sirius was pacing around waiting for them to return. Cassie shook her head at her nephew impatience, he looked about ready to walk a whole in the ground. Then he saw them coming "well how did he do?"
Arcturus handed him Hadrian's results, which Sirius snatched out of his hands. When he was done reading, he said "in the name of merlin right testicle Harry not even your parents got marks this high" his language earned him a slap on the back of the head courtesy of Sarah, Cassiopeia, and Karai.
Harry shook his head in amusement, while Emily and Miwa giggled. Sirius handed Emily her brother results and after she was done reading it, she jumped on her brother and congratulated him. He showed his aunt Sarah the results and she too was proud of him, giving it back him and Miwa talked about the results they got.
They apparated them back to the castle where Severus waiting on the couch looking over the essays he assigned and Byakko was sitting by the fire. The former turned his head, he saw that they've returned, putting the parchments back on the table he got up. "How were your exams" he asked as Hadrian approached him.
Hadrian handed him the results, which Severus accepted. Taking a few minutes to read it, he placed it on the table and turned back to him. "That's my boy, you truly did well" he ruffled his son hair.
They celebrated with a variety food for both Harry and Miwa which consisted of Japanese and Italian dishes. The kids were given non-alcoholic drinks while the adults drank Firewhiskey.
Before bed Hadrian and Miwa snuck off to go to the library.
"Miwa, I need to ask you something important" Harry started. She gave him a nod "what do you know about a basilisk?"
That question caught her off guard. While it was true that she been reading news reports from Great Britain she already knew that he was a Parseltongue and didn't care about it. "Why don't you start from the beginning" she suggested.
Harry told her everything from on how theirs been a rash of attacks on muggleborns at Hogwarts, some of them have been petrified and people were accusing him of doing it because he was a Parseltongue. Only a handful of people believed that he was innocent.
"Since, when does speaking Parseltongue become a crime?" she asked not happy that her friend was being attacked. "The language is considered sacred in Magical India, not to mention that you are registered as a Parseltongue."
"True," he said, "but the people in magical Britain are not really that smart. The leaders here are either to scared and have no spines or are too full of themselves and feed on the mentalities of sheep."
Miwa muttered something under her breath "and the people here wonder why, other countries look down on them."
They spent what time they could, looking for book about a basilisk topics and how to defend against it. That was until they had to go to bed.
A/N: The girls went to St. Mungo after what happened to receive treatment from mind healers. Lucius and Narcissa were furious at what Lockhart had done to their son. Not only did Lockhart rape Draco, he tried to rape the three girls, touched other students to obliviate them, but he also cast the imperius curse on a minor. In many of you don't know Lockhart admitted having been gifted with memory charms. As many of you know the imperius curse gives the caster complete control over their victim's minds and bodies. Personally, I have no sympathy for what the assholes punishment was as he deserved far worse.
Lord Morrison, I can already say that I don't like him and yes, he was a death eater that escaped imprisonment and is a coward. Griselda Marchbank will become a key person in this story. Lord Davis scholarship program should go without saying as this way the students can now have some motivation to work hard.
Hadrian gave Daphne a hellhound and formed a familiar pact with the puppy. Before you all say anything. I tallied all of the votes and hellhound won. Y'all were given five days to decide.
Hadrian and Miwa will be promoted to seventh years and take their OWL's at the end of the year. This is something that will irk Dumbledore and Hermione.
Next Chapter: Zacharias Smith attacks Harry again and unknowingly breaks the contract between the House of Potter and House of Smith.