Harry Potter And Voldemort's Ally
Part 18
Soon after Harry and his friends had recovered (again) from the attack things started getting really hectic. The rumor about the jewels soon vanish, and was replaced with another rumor about Death Eaters. Which was confirmed, and Harry was thrown into the thick of it, with an unexpected visit from the Minister Of Magic.
Harry sat at the breakfast table, James sat beside him, nagging him to death. "Come on Harry, you've got to learn how to fight right" Harry shook his head, he was annoyed enough with the fact that his father's killer was locked up somewhere in the castle, but more annoyed that James said that he needed to fight better.
"Well James, how do you know that your any better?" James grinned and stood up, "I'll show you" He pushed his chair back and turned. First he hit low, then high and then swung both hands in an arch into his imaginary enemy. "See" James said, "That's how to fight" Harry again shook his head "What about wands?"
James laughed and said "Well, I can't decide that, you need to" He sat down again, with a couple of bemused glance from his friends. Harry sat eating. But the there was a sudden, smash, and the door to Great Hall flew in. An in walked Ron's father. The new Minister of Magic.
The hall gasped, as he was accompanied my Aurors, black robed men, each with a wand in hand. There were another round of gasps and the they all looked at Ron, who hid his face, not wanting every ones gaze on him.
Mr. Weasley walked straight up to the head table, and to Dumbeldore, there was an exchange of words, unknown to Harry, or anyone for that matter. Then the group of Aurors and Dumbeldore and finally Mr Weasley walked away, but one Auror walked a different way, he walked to Gryffindor's Table. And straight up to Harry,Hermione,Ron and James.
"You're wanted into the Hospital Wing, you four, please accompany me there" His voice was youthful and strong, he had blonde hair, and green eyes, and looked in a way like Malfoy, which Harry thought was a terrible insult to the Auror. With strange looks and whispers from all over the room they went with the Auror, up the marble stairs, down corridors, and finally, to the door of the Hospital Wing.
The Auror pushed it open and walked in with the company, and Wormtail. He lay strapped to a bed, thrashing about like a he had a monster asking him out. Dumbeldore watched them as they entered, he smiled "Are, so here are they the four young heroes, would you be as kinds as to say hello to Minister Weasley, " He looked over at the Minister, how sat on the next bed. Then Ron rushed over to greet his Father.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" he asked . Mr Weasley looked at him and said, "Well, to cut a long story short is that I'm hear on Ministry business, as the Minister" He looked over at the struggling Wormtail "He's going to have a trial, in a hope to clear the name of your godfather Harry" He said, and Harry gasped, and looked at the struggling body, he'd never thought of Sirius.
"So, I need you to relate what happened that early mourning, so we can put down some charges" Harry nodded, as did the rest of his little company, and Harry explained, from getting up early, to the fight, with each person gave there own account of the fight, and then Mr Weasley put in, "Right, well, I think I've got enough there to set him in for a good couple of years, but were will we put the awful person?"
He turned to Dumbeldore, who shook his head "I have not stomach for deciding the fates of others, so I'll leave this in your judgment" He said nothing more. Mr Weasley turned away and thought, then his head shot up, but his face had an an awful look on his face "We, we could, execute him?" The entire room gasped, even Madam Pomefry, who was in her office, listening.
"Arthur" Dumbeldore began, in an nervous voice, "I think your being a bit hasty, if he is tried and found guilty, I'm sure life imprisonment is enough, but to put him to death, is something, well, a Death Eater would do" Arthur nodded but then looked up "We have no Dementors, so the kiss will be a waste of time, a total waste, because we can't do it, but now that Azkaban is Voldemorts, it's impossible to lock him up, so were?"
Harry shook his head, they couldn't kill Wormtail, or could they, after all, he had virtual kill all his family, so, was it right to kill him. His thought were stopped my James, "Throw him in the Hell Hole" They all turned to him, and Mr Weasley said, "Excuse me James, isn't it? But what's the Hell Hole?"
James shook his head "I'm sorry " he said, "But in Australia there's a chasm, near Tian City, it directly above a crack in the Earth, which spews lava out, we push crims' down there to rot, if you just sent him to the Confederation, they lock him up easy as 1,2,3"
Mr Weasley thought a moment, and said "That might be a good idea James, just push him down this, Hell Hole, Albus, you think that we should call upon the Confederation ?" Albus thought for a moment, and then said "If we do call upon the Confederation, it will help expose the problem, and perhaps they might offer some help, such as Aurors, so I believe that it might be a good idea" Mr Weasley smiled at patted James on the back.
"Well done James, so let us say that, tomorrow would be a good time to try him" He looked up at what appeared to be the most senior Auror, and nodded. "Now,I think that you should be there, all of you" He pointed to Harry,James,Ron and Hermione, "You'll all need to give evidence, though I think that his case is all ready decided, well, I think I'd better get back to the Ministry, I'll have to get the trial ready , so goodbye, and I think we'll take Mr Petigrew"
The Aurors, moved around Wormtail, wands raised, and cried out a spell, which Harry couldn't understand, Wormtail rose from his place on the bed, and floated up, then a blue glow seemed to appeared around his body, it rose around, him, until it was nearly to think to see. Then he went limp, and he floated away, escorted by Aurors.
Then Minister smiled one finally time and waved a goodbye, and was off with the other Aurors, Ron gasped and murmured "Wo, Dad has changed" Harry nodded, but Hermione and James, who had not know them well enough. James shrugged, and Dumbeldore turned to them, "Well as the trial will be tomorrow, I think a trip to Hogsmeades will give us the perfect time to, uhh, escape, for the day" He nodded and walked away.
James patted Harry on the shoulder, and said happily "Well, Soon your godfather will be free, and won't have to be an outlaw, and he probably get The Order of Merlin, first class" Harry nodded and hopped, that he would be able to say,that Sirius Black is innocent....
Then next day they escaped they horde of people that flowed out the door, and instead, took a visit to Dumbeldore's Office. The gargoyle was replaced with a statue of Fawkes, who watched them, and as they opened there mouths to tell, (or guess) the password, it moved aside. James looked at it and said "I think that it's a better one than the original" James commented as they walked up the stairs.
They arrived in Dumbeldore's office, and were greeted by Dumbeldore, with wand in hand, he was muttering over a cup. He looked up as they walked, in and smiled "Ahhh, I see that we are all read to go and clear Sirius Blacks name, he's already there, he's hiding in one of the alley" He kept muttering, and suddenly, stopped.
He looked up, and smiled, "There, all done, a portkey to take us directly to the courts" Harry groaned, as did James, "I hate portkeys" He sighed as Dumbeldore pocketed his wand and was ready to go.
He stood directly over the it "Now, I believe that you all know how to use a portkey?" He looked around the group, no funny looks, that's good "Right, in 3,2,and 1!" Each of them touched one edge of the cup. The feeling of being jerked suddenly by a massive hand round the naval, he world flew by his eye in a blur of colours.
Then there he was, in the same chamber as he saw in the Pensieve. A stone ,circular chamber, with the same torches as Hogwarts, now all around, the entire black was filled with people, it had more than 200 people for sure, Harry thought as things got started, they were near the front they sat down just were they stood, as there were seat behind them, obviously reserved. But as he looked, the normal chair, which the criminal would sit in it had an other next to it, as well as the single chair, Harry wonder out loud, "I wonder what that is?" to Ron.
As soon as they sat down,the door at the opposite end sprung open, and in marched a man, brown hair, black robes and red aged eyes, Harry,James,Ron and Hermione didn't know who this man was, but Dumbeldore knew only to well Lucas Nores.
He walked up and stood next to the raised platform were the accused sat. His waved his hand and bellowed at the top of his voice "Send him in" The door were he had enter was flung open on it's hinges, and in floated, a struggling Wormtail, there were gasp, as they saw the silver hand, and how he was the crimmal. Then Lucas began to speak:
"Friends, Wizards and Witches, we have all took for granted the fact that Sirius Black was the cold blooded killer, who gave away the location of Potters to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and then murder a large number of people when confronted by Petter Petigrew, who we all took for dead, but HERE, now is Petter Petigrew, and he has been accused, of betraying the Potters, and that Sirius Black is innocents, Sirius is not with us, so he can not take the stand, but we will have the witnesses, James Will,Hermione Granger a,Ronald Weasley, and Harry Potter"
The crowds gasped at Harry's name, the Harry Potter. Lucas continued, as Wormtail floated into the chair and the shackles flew up and around "Today we will learn the truth" He sat down and another rose, a man in black, but with red edges, probably a laywer, or something, he stood up, and said, "The court calls, Harry Potter "
The hall gasped, as Harry rose, he was unsure of were to go next Dumbeldore nodded to the chair next to the the one were Wormtail sat, and struggled. He walked forwards, across the stone floor, and to the chair, and sat down, suddenly, as if from no were the wood under were his arms,neck and legs rested, moved , steel clips spun around his leg and other bodily parts, James began to stand up, but a hand is his shoulder ,which was Dumbeldores told him to stay put.
Harry struggled against the clips, he couldn't move his legs, and he felt trapped. Hermione gasped, and Ron was about to recite some of the most unheard, and yet widely known word, when a a man in the same black robes, except with red edges stood up, and actually, was the same man, Harry realized, and called out, "Whoa, easy Harry, there just for identify whether what you say is true"
Harry looked at the man, brown hair, young, but knowledgeable. His eyes were green, like Harry's and he had a smile which was comforting "I'm Phillip Laweys, I'm going to help clear you godfather name, so I need you to answer some question, about the night you were attacked the Death Eaters, tell me what happened?"
He related the events, and his own fight with Wormtail, then a man,this time with gold edges on his black robes stood up, as Harry said that he had pushed the axe into Wormtail's throat, "You Honor, the boy nearly killed, the defendant, should he not be punished, is almost like attempted murder"
Harry couldn't see the mans face, but knew that he had a older voice, Phillip called out "Your Honor, with all due respect, if he hadn't he probably wouldn't be here today" Nores, nodded, and said "This piece of evidence isn't in question, but Harry was well within his right to attack back, Mr. Herlls, please continue Mr. Laweys"
Phillip continued "No more question, your Honor, and none of the evidence is in doubt?" He reached into his pocket, and written large on a a scroll were the words, "He tells the truth" He sat down, then the other man, with gold edges stood up, and spoke to Harry.
'Mr. Potter, I'm Mr. Herlls, I'm going to ask you some question, you say that you friends, Mr. James Wills, struck first, is this true?" Harry looked at the man, reddish hair, not as red as Ron's but close, it was short, and he had eyes like mud, dark and brown, and a nose that was very long. Harry nodded. Mr. Herlls smiled and said "No further questions, you Honor " and walked away. The metal plates around his neck, arms and legs, disappeared and he got up and hurried away to his friends.
Next phillip yelled out, "The court calls James Wills" James got up, and walked up to were Harry had sat, and sat down. Instantly the metal wrapped itself around his legs, neck and arms. Phillip walked up, and was blunt and to the point "Now Mr. Wills please tell me about what happened that night"
James began, going through every detail to the colour of his shoes to the shade of black the the Death Eaters masks were. When finished Phillip ask more questions "James, you say that you attacked first, why?" James sighed, and said out loud "To be blunt, well, I knew that they were no good, I mean, who carries a polearm round with them, so I knew that after the shock of seeing us, that swing it at us, so I needed to strike first, to save our necks"
He nodded, and said "No further question you Honor" and sat down. Mr. Herlls got up and started to talk, "Mr. Wills, what if you were wrong, and they were friendly, and wanted to surround, why attack with out asking questions, or was it just your need to fight?" Just gritted his teeth and nearly spat at him, but answer, in a tone that could kill "Sir, how many people going to give them selves up will come with wands, and amulets made for us, and why did they fight back, and the article you saw on me is a lie, that bitc....., uhhh, Mr. Skeeter is an unregistered Animagus, who is using some thing, or just found something on me, she is a cheat"
There was a gasp, Rita, a cheat, well I never. He reached into his pocket, and pulled his scroll and looked, he croaked, "He tells the truth" and then a mumbled "No further question, you Honor" Nores rose to his feet and yelled out, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have just had evidence to suggest that a Daily Prophet report he spied on a student at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we must investigate this further, but now, I need to consult the criminal himself, Peter Petigrew"
Phillip, stood up, and asked Wormtail, a few questions, "Mr. Petigrew, the court believed that were dead., at the hands of Sirius Black, or was it the other way round, did you kills those people?" Wormtail nodded. The hall gasped, and a silenced hush fell across the room, and then "SCUM, YOU KILLED MY FATHER " The hall erupted in violent yells and angry yells, and then Lucas yelled, "This is far enough, jury, need you anytime to decide the verdict and sentence?" A lady stood up, and said loudly, above the yelling "Guilty, life in prison' But Phillip, raised his hand, "Waited" The room quieted, and he said "Peter, did you betray James and Lily" He nodded, and Phillip raised his hand to stop more noise "Have you been with the Dark Lord, has he risen?" Wormtail said "Yes" The hall explode in uproar, but above all Lucas' voice said "HEAR THIS, SIRIUS BLACK, YOU ARE INNOCENT, AND FREE!"
Authors Note. Sirius is free, YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Coming within the next 3 parts, the Ball, more action, and love.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter , his friends and enemies are owned my J.K Rowling But I OWN James Wills And Michael Wills and all other strange characters (Except those mentioned in her novels)
