SECOND TO GO- *Five*
"I assure you, Mr.Black, what you have done will not go unrecognised, indeed i do not think the story has to be retold seeing as it is so familiar with everyone here within this courtroom." Cornelius Fudge was in his element.
Sirius looked up at the wizards up in the gallery, they were watching him with a strange interest. He saw the Malfoys, the Bones, the Crabbes. Jeez, this was one helluva reunion.
After a while he began to block out the insults Fudge was throwing at him until a comment knocked him out of his dreamlike state.
"Mr. Black, i assume you do not have a speaker to speak on your behalf?"
"Does it LOOK like i have one?" Sirius snapped.
Fudge smiled weakly. "It appears that you have not."
"Objection!!" A voice came out from the gallery. Sirius looked up to see an older but very familiar face. Mrs DuCruet, Edea's mother was standing up and brandishing a finger at Fudge.
"How DARE you carry on without his speaker!"
"Excuse me?" Fudge looked blankly at Mrs.DuCruet. "Are you standing up for this heinous murderer? Are you standing as his speaker?"
"No, but I am." A voice came from the doorway.
The court craened round to see who the voice came from.
"Whoa, whole big party."She gazed up at the crowd, then at Fudge, "Sorry, Sir. Got a litle, er... sidetracked."
"Miss, you're supposed to be in the gallery."
"IS that how it's played now?" Sirius muttered.
"I dont remember giving you permission to speak!" Fudge thundered. "And why are you in possession of TWO wands?"
"This." She held up a wand in her gloved hand. "Is exhibit A."
"This wand," She held up the other wand. "Is exhibit B, a wand i have just bought from Ollivanders. It is the brother of exhibit A."
"You're planning on being Sirius Black's speaker?"
"Oh yes." Edea grinned. "I surely do."
Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. Edea wasn't perfect, but she was shrewd and could spot a possible argument a mile away.
"Well." Fudge looked uncomfortable. "Begin."
"Alright." Edea placed the wands own on the table. "Sirius, as you may or may not know, was very close to James Potter." She looked up at the crowd who murmured in assent.
"Why would he go so far as to kill his best friends? and if he was going to do it, then why not kill them all? Why just James and Lily?"
"HE was DERANGED!" Fudge shouted, "Did you see the picture?"
"OF course." Edea snarked, "Who hasn't?" She sighed, "Anyway, IF YOU'LL LET ME CONTINUE...
Wouldn't a likely murderer run for his life after commiting such a crime? But no, he went straight to the Potter's house, distraught and had to be comforted by Mr.Hagrid."
"He was their secret keeper, who else would it be?" Fudge said, smiling as if he was playing his trump card.
"Sirius, were you the Potter's secret keeper?"
"No." Sirius said firmly.
"Who was?"
"Peter Pettigrew." Sirius stated.
"Why was no-one told?"
"It was a last minute plan. Voldemort would come after me, but i wouldn't be the keepr, noone would have thought we'd bestow such a responsibility on Peter."
"HE'S LYING!" A person in the crowd shouted.
"Yeah?" Edea peered up at him, "Prove it to me." The man sat back down and blushed slightly
"You prove he's innocent."
"Okay." Edea nodded. "Sirius, where is Peter now, if you are so sure he is not dead?"
"I have no idea. Me and Remus were trying to find him.. we didn't. He escaped from Hogwarts where we thought we'd caught him."
"Rubbish." Fudge sat down.
"Sirius Black, did you kill Peter Pettigrew?"
"No."
"Can you prove this?"
"No, but i'm sure Miss DuCruet can." Sirus smiled at Fudge.
"I think we can safely assume that there are a few Death Eaters in this courtroom." Edea glanced up momentarily at Lucius Malfoy. "They all know he's not dead. He brought Voldemort back to life as far as i've heard."
The crowd shuddered at the mention of his name.
"Its rather sad that none of them would dare to come up and give over the double crosser who doublecrossed them." Edea frowned.
"Get on with it DuCruet, you have less than an hour,the dementors are waiting." Fudge hissed
"I'm getting there." Edea motioned to Sirius, "he needs to be untied."
"NO."
"Oh well," Edea pointd her own wand at Sirius, who's shackes untied immediately. "Get your wand."
Sirius picked up his wand witha grin, he hadn't seen this for over a decade.
"Purely diagramatical situation here." Edea calmed down a very twitchy Fudge.
"WHERE did you get his wand?" FUdge demanded
"You kept it in the criminal artifacts place, i broke in and got it out." Edea said truthfully.
"Can i continue, thank you."
"What's going on?" Sirius whispered to Edea
"It's not difficult magic to learn, and you all know about the Priori Incantatem spell that occurs between two wands of the same likeness. The stronger of the two will force the other to regurgitate the spells in the reverse order. Surely if Sirius DID kill PEter, his ghostlike form will appear as the last spell the wand was used for?"
The jury nodded. Fudge looked unhappy.
"I can't believe you didn't do this before." Edea threw a nasty look at Fudge.
"You go through with this and you've lost your job for the ministry." Fudge sharled at her
"IS that BLACKMAIL? in a court of wizarding law you're trying to BLACKMAIL me?" Edea said incredulously, Sirius stifled a laugh.
"Please continue." Fudge looked red-faced
"Sirius, just aim a spell at me, and i'll aim a spell at you. Anything you like."
"Anything?"
"Except the grass hair spell, do you realise how long that took to get out?"
"OK."
"Fudge count us in please."
Fudge stood up, as Edea grabbed exhibit B, and Sirius waved his wand around, getting the feel of his long lost friend. "Uh.. Three!... Two!... One!..."
"Furnunculus!" Sirius yelled as Edea shouted "Stupefy!"
The two bolts of light connected in mid air, dragging the two wizards up into the electric air.
Edea's wand was shaking so hard she was holding it with both hands... Sirius was loking in wonder as his orange bold was forced back into his wand... Then thin misty whips started coming out the end of his wand... Fudge was watching in wonder and the gallery was standing up to get a better look... A figure was creeeping out of his wand... it was Edea, she was scowling and had whiskers and a tail... that was the last spell he'd peformed. More spells of the same nature were coming out, Remus with dreadlocks, James with Rabbit's feet, and Lily with a heidi costume.
The gallery was laughing, Fudge was seething and the jury were shaking their heads.
"ENOUGH" Fudge shouted out as he broke the two wands contact, and Edea and Sirius fell to the floor.
"That was embarrassing." Edea muttered. "I forgot about that."
The jury were conversing. They were all arguing with each other.
Fudge looked resigned, "It seems, from priori incantatem that Siris Black did not, i repeat, did NOT kill Peter Pettigrew. However, we can not assume he lives until he is brought forward."
"Wont be a problem." Sirius muttered. "The moment he finds out i'm out..."
"Who said anything about you being set free?" Fudge was shaking with anger
The head juror stood up. "There is no reason to believe he commited the crime he was imprisoned for, he has no business in this court and is clearly free."
"WHAT?" Fudge was almost screaming, "I SAW him!"
"You can't fake a priori incantatem, sir." The juror shrugged. "We procalim Mr.Black innocent."
Fudge slumped resignedly down into his chair. Sirius jumped up and hugged Edea, Edea just stood there, looking shocked. The gallery were of different opinions and soon left the room.
"C'mon." Sirius pulled at Edea's sleeve, "We have to go see Harry."
Edea gavea brief wave at Fudge before following Sirius out of the room.
A/N- WHoa, well that was a mess of a fanfic scene. Well it points out my views and thre you go, theres more to come somewere. We'll catch Peter somehow! Thank you to... my coffee machine, cookies, Padfootsgirl, Prongs, Voltora, Piper, Sweets, Arianwen, Erin and Ice Princess. Its nice to be appreciated! :)
TBC
"I assure you, Mr.Black, what you have done will not go unrecognised, indeed i do not think the story has to be retold seeing as it is so familiar with everyone here within this courtroom." Cornelius Fudge was in his element.
Sirius looked up at the wizards up in the gallery, they were watching him with a strange interest. He saw the Malfoys, the Bones, the Crabbes. Jeez, this was one helluva reunion.
After a while he began to block out the insults Fudge was throwing at him until a comment knocked him out of his dreamlike state.
"Mr. Black, i assume you do not have a speaker to speak on your behalf?"
"Does it LOOK like i have one?" Sirius snapped.
Fudge smiled weakly. "It appears that you have not."
"Objection!!" A voice came out from the gallery. Sirius looked up to see an older but very familiar face. Mrs DuCruet, Edea's mother was standing up and brandishing a finger at Fudge.
"How DARE you carry on without his speaker!"
"Excuse me?" Fudge looked blankly at Mrs.DuCruet. "Are you standing up for this heinous murderer? Are you standing as his speaker?"
"No, but I am." A voice came from the doorway.
The court craened round to see who the voice came from.
"Whoa, whole big party."She gazed up at the crowd, then at Fudge, "Sorry, Sir. Got a litle, er... sidetracked."
"Miss, you're supposed to be in the gallery."
"IS that how it's played now?" Sirius muttered.
"I dont remember giving you permission to speak!" Fudge thundered. "And why are you in possession of TWO wands?"
"This." She held up a wand in her gloved hand. "Is exhibit A."
"This wand," She held up the other wand. "Is exhibit B, a wand i have just bought from Ollivanders. It is the brother of exhibit A."
"You're planning on being Sirius Black's speaker?"
"Oh yes." Edea grinned. "I surely do."
Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. Edea wasn't perfect, but she was shrewd and could spot a possible argument a mile away.
"Well." Fudge looked uncomfortable. "Begin."
"Alright." Edea placed the wands own on the table. "Sirius, as you may or may not know, was very close to James Potter." She looked up at the crowd who murmured in assent.
"Why would he go so far as to kill his best friends? and if he was going to do it, then why not kill them all? Why just James and Lily?"
"HE was DERANGED!" Fudge shouted, "Did you see the picture?"
"OF course." Edea snarked, "Who hasn't?" She sighed, "Anyway, IF YOU'LL LET ME CONTINUE...
Wouldn't a likely murderer run for his life after commiting such a crime? But no, he went straight to the Potter's house, distraught and had to be comforted by Mr.Hagrid."
"He was their secret keeper, who else would it be?" Fudge said, smiling as if he was playing his trump card.
"Sirius, were you the Potter's secret keeper?"
"No." Sirius said firmly.
"Who was?"
"Peter Pettigrew." Sirius stated.
"Why was no-one told?"
"It was a last minute plan. Voldemort would come after me, but i wouldn't be the keepr, noone would have thought we'd bestow such a responsibility on Peter."
"HE'S LYING!" A person in the crowd shouted.
"Yeah?" Edea peered up at him, "Prove it to me." The man sat back down and blushed slightly
"You prove he's innocent."
"Okay." Edea nodded. "Sirius, where is Peter now, if you are so sure he is not dead?"
"I have no idea. Me and Remus were trying to find him.. we didn't. He escaped from Hogwarts where we thought we'd caught him."
"Rubbish." Fudge sat down.
"Sirius Black, did you kill Peter Pettigrew?"
"No."
"Can you prove this?"
"No, but i'm sure Miss DuCruet can." Sirus smiled at Fudge.
"I think we can safely assume that there are a few Death Eaters in this courtroom." Edea glanced up momentarily at Lucius Malfoy. "They all know he's not dead. He brought Voldemort back to life as far as i've heard."
The crowd shuddered at the mention of his name.
"Its rather sad that none of them would dare to come up and give over the double crosser who doublecrossed them." Edea frowned.
"Get on with it DuCruet, you have less than an hour,the dementors are waiting." Fudge hissed
"I'm getting there." Edea motioned to Sirius, "he needs to be untied."
"NO."
"Oh well," Edea pointd her own wand at Sirius, who's shackes untied immediately. "Get your wand."
Sirius picked up his wand witha grin, he hadn't seen this for over a decade.
"Purely diagramatical situation here." Edea calmed down a very twitchy Fudge.
"WHERE did you get his wand?" FUdge demanded
"You kept it in the criminal artifacts place, i broke in and got it out." Edea said truthfully.
"Can i continue, thank you."
"What's going on?" Sirius whispered to Edea
"It's not difficult magic to learn, and you all know about the Priori Incantatem spell that occurs between two wands of the same likeness. The stronger of the two will force the other to regurgitate the spells in the reverse order. Surely if Sirius DID kill PEter, his ghostlike form will appear as the last spell the wand was used for?"
The jury nodded. Fudge looked unhappy.
"I can't believe you didn't do this before." Edea threw a nasty look at Fudge.
"You go through with this and you've lost your job for the ministry." Fudge sharled at her
"IS that BLACKMAIL? in a court of wizarding law you're trying to BLACKMAIL me?" Edea said incredulously, Sirius stifled a laugh.
"Please continue." Fudge looked red-faced
"Sirius, just aim a spell at me, and i'll aim a spell at you. Anything you like."
"Anything?"
"Except the grass hair spell, do you realise how long that took to get out?"
"OK."
"Fudge count us in please."
Fudge stood up, as Edea grabbed exhibit B, and Sirius waved his wand around, getting the feel of his long lost friend. "Uh.. Three!... Two!... One!..."
"Furnunculus!" Sirius yelled as Edea shouted "Stupefy!"
The two bolts of light connected in mid air, dragging the two wizards up into the electric air.
Edea's wand was shaking so hard she was holding it with both hands... Sirius was loking in wonder as his orange bold was forced back into his wand... Then thin misty whips started coming out the end of his wand... Fudge was watching in wonder and the gallery was standing up to get a better look... A figure was creeeping out of his wand... it was Edea, she was scowling and had whiskers and a tail... that was the last spell he'd peformed. More spells of the same nature were coming out, Remus with dreadlocks, James with Rabbit's feet, and Lily with a heidi costume.
The gallery was laughing, Fudge was seething and the jury were shaking their heads.
"ENOUGH" Fudge shouted out as he broke the two wands contact, and Edea and Sirius fell to the floor.
"That was embarrassing." Edea muttered. "I forgot about that."
The jury were conversing. They were all arguing with each other.
Fudge looked resigned, "It seems, from priori incantatem that Siris Black did not, i repeat, did NOT kill Peter Pettigrew. However, we can not assume he lives until he is brought forward."
"Wont be a problem." Sirius muttered. "The moment he finds out i'm out..."
"Who said anything about you being set free?" Fudge was shaking with anger
The head juror stood up. "There is no reason to believe he commited the crime he was imprisoned for, he has no business in this court and is clearly free."
"WHAT?" Fudge was almost screaming, "I SAW him!"
"You can't fake a priori incantatem, sir." The juror shrugged. "We procalim Mr.Black innocent."
Fudge slumped resignedly down into his chair. Sirius jumped up and hugged Edea, Edea just stood there, looking shocked. The gallery were of different opinions and soon left the room.
"C'mon." Sirius pulled at Edea's sleeve, "We have to go see Harry."
Edea gavea brief wave at Fudge before following Sirius out of the room.
A/N- WHoa, well that was a mess of a fanfic scene. Well it points out my views and thre you go, theres more to come somewere. We'll catch Peter somehow! Thank you to... my coffee machine, cookies, Padfootsgirl, Prongs, Voltora, Piper, Sweets, Arianwen, Erin and Ice Princess. Its nice to be appreciated! :)
TBC