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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Fifteen: An Auror in Hogwarts
The article brought on a stream of owls to Harry, Severus, Albus and Minerva that Hogwarts hadn't seen before. Most full of warm regards, full of support and good wishes while only a few were howlers or ill wishes from people who didn't support them at all. The school responded in different ways, the other Professors all offering their congratulations to Harry and Severus while the students were mixed between happiness for the couple and shock that their 'greasy Potions Master could reproduce'.
However it was clear that the entire student body of Hogwarts was furious upon reading the article that the Minister had put Harry in such a state that he almost had to go to St. Mungo's! The older Gryffindors owled the Ministry demanding a public apology for the Minister's lack of concern for Harry's physical well being. The Quidditch team sent howlers by the dozens to the Ministry showing their suddenly fierce loyalty to their Captain.
One week after the article was printed; the Minister wrote to Harry and Severus personally apologizing for the emotional trauma he put Harry through during his visit. The Auror division of the Ministry printed a public apology to both Harry and Severus for pushing Harry to the point where he was that upset. Within a week of the public apology, there was a full-blown investigation going on as to the information Harry provided them with all those months ago.
Lucius Malfoy was arrested and his Manor was combed through from top to bottom. They found enough Dark Arts articles to give Lucius forty-five life sentences in Azkaban. When they investigated Crabbe and Goyle Senior, they were disgusted to find between the two Manors the same amount of Dark Arts articles that Lucius Malfoy had. Both men were thrown in Azkaban.
However, when they investigated Nott, what they found shocked the hell out of the Aurors that were there. Just has Harry had told them to look for; there was a rat with a shiny silver paw that was desperately trying to get out of the house unnoticed. One of the Aurors picked it up and, playing with the idea that he would make it think that he had no idea who the rat might be, told it he was taking the rat home as a pet for his little girl that had just turned ten and would soon be going to Hogwarts.
That man however, stunned the rat and put more then a few charms on the rat making it impossible for it to do anything other than breathe and have a heart beat. Then he took the rat to Hogwarts, where he walked straight to Harry, who was having dinner in the Great Hall at the time. Harry blinked a few times at the Auror and asked, "Is there something I can help you with?"
The Auror pulled out the rat, dropped it elegantly on the table and asked, "Is this Pettigrew?"
Snuffles growled, the hall went silent, and Remus looked like he was ready to perform the killing curse. Harry's hand automatically went to his stomach as if to protect his children from the piece of vermin sitting on the table. Harry calmly said, "Please remove the rat from the table, it's too close to my unborn children."
Almost immediately the Auror picked it up and dropped it on the floor and then pondered aloud, "I wonder if I broke any bones when I dropped it."
Harry merely chuckled and said, "You wouldn't mind looking the other way while I hex it for a while would you? It could be our little secret."
Severus snorted and said, "Just do the Animagus revealing spell will you?"
The Auror didn't respond, just spit out a long string of Latin at the rat, which promptly changed into Peter Pettigrew. Remus was growling and holding the edges of the table to keep himself from moving. Harry didn't take his eyes off the rat and asked, "Severus, will you please go get some truth serum."
Severus didn't respond out loud, merely turned and ran for his personal stores. Harry smiled at the Auror and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name?"
The Auror smiled right back and said, "Nadir Ashwin, Mr. Potter-Snape. I'll have you know the entire Auror division is convinced Voldemort is back, we've been asking the Minister to make the official statement that he is for the past two days, since we picked up Malfoy."
Harry nodded, "Well, thank you Nadir, for helping bring in this piece of filth. I'm sure my godfather will thank you when his name is cleared. And please, call me Harry."
Nadir nodded, "Of course. Do you uh, keep in contact with Mr. Black?"
Harry smiled, "By owl yes. I never know where he's owling back from though. Safer that way for both of us. This would also be a situation where I told the Minister himself the truth and he ignored it."
Nadir chuckled and said, "I think that is one issue the Aurors are also picking up on. Regardless of what the Minister may think, the Aurors are starting to change their minds about believing you just based on your word. I still can't believe no one even bothered to investigate when Mr. Diggory came back from that last task murdered. At the very least they could have checked out the Riddle place to see if any of what you had said was true. I personally find it ridiculous."
Albus smiled at Nadir and said, "You're not the only one that does. I have told Cornelius repeatedly to open his eyes and see what's in front of him."
Nadir nodded, "And I personally can't believe he didn't heed your advice. I may have gone to Durmstang, but I'm not an idiot. He should have listened to you at the very least."
Severus came back in, flushed from running and holding a bottle of Veritaserum. Nadir smiled somewhat evilly and said, "Professor Snape would you like to do the honors or do I get to douse the rat with that lovely little truth serum?"
Severus handed it over, "I'd likely kill him for what he's done to my husband. You do it."
They managed to get Pettigrew tied into a chair, sitting in the great hall with an Anti-Animagus spell on himself. Nadir poured down the amount as Severus instructed and then cast a few spells so that Pettigrew came in to consciousness. Nadir grinned at Harry and said, "Well, Harry, feel free to ask your questions. When you're done I'll ask my own."
The entire hall watched as Harry walked over to stand in front of Pettigrew, Severus on one side and Remus on the other. Albus had his wand out and drawn on Pettigrew. Harry started his questioning with, "What is your full name?"
Peter's eyes were out of focus but he answered, "Peter Anton Pettigrew."
Harry continued, "Are you a Death Eater, loyal to Lord Voldemort?"
"Yes."
"Were you James, Lily and Harry Potter's Secret Keeper?"
"Yes."
"Why did they choose you instead of Sirius Black?"
"Sirius came up with a plan, to have me instead of him so that even if Voldemort doused him with a truth serum James, Lily and Harry would be safe. It would have been full proof had I not been the spy instead of Remus Lupin."
"Now that's interesting, tell me Pettigrew, has your 'Master' returned to life?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"I made him a Dark Potion using my own hand, Harry Potter's blood, a bone from my Master's father's dead body and brought him back to life."
"Are you responsible for Cedric Diggory's death?"
"Yes."
"How was Cedric murdered?"
"I killed him with the killing curse. My master instructed me to. He wasn't supposed to be there, the portkey was only intended for Harry Potter. Master didn't want anyone to be alive when they sent Potter's body back with the portkey."
"What happened the day Sirius Black was arrested for your murder, starting with your confrontation in the streets of Diagon Alley?"
"Sirius figured out that I was the spy, he came after me to confront me and take revenge for Lily and James's death. I ran from him into the Muggle world, after yelling loudly about his betrayal to Lily and James I cut off my own finger, blew up the street killing thirteen Muggles with the one curse and then transformed into a rat, making my escape through the sewers before Sirius was arrested for my crimes."
Harry smirked at Nadir and said, "He's all yours. I want my godfather's name cleared by tomorrow."
Nadir nodded, "I'll do what I can, far as I'm concerned, Sirius Black is an innocent, wrongly accused, falsely imprisoned and free man. If I were him I'd bring the Aurors that arrested me into court and sue them for everything they had for arresting me without a trial. I'll just take this load of rubbish to the Ministry. I'll be owling you Harry to let you know what we're doing with him. Any requests before I send him off?"
Harry smirked, "Yes, I do have one. My godfather spent twelve years in Azkaban. I'd like him to do the same before he gets the Dementors kiss."
Nadir smirked right back, "Eye for an Eye than, ey? I'll make sure every Auror in the division knows your request. I'm sure they'll love the irony in it. You have an incredibly sadistic side Harry; you'd make a hell of an Auror. Headmaster I apologize for intruding, I expect you'll hear from someone soon regarding both Pettigrew and Mr. Black. I'll personally see to an open public trial for both men."
Harry watched Nadir take Pettigrew out with an evil grin and then turned and hugged Remus both had tears streaming down their cheeks from the sheer joy of knowing that in just a few days Sirius would have his name cleared and finally be able to sit at the Head table with both of them in his regular human form. Severus put a hand on Remus's shoulder and gently led them both out of the hall. Snuffles following, whining slightly.
Once in the hall, Sirius transformed and before long Sirius, Remus and Harry were in tears but laughing and hugging at the same time. Severus just stood off to the side before suggesting, "I realize that you've just basically been freed Sirius, but perhaps we should move this happy reunion somewhere private?"
Sirius just nodded, turned into his animagus form and followed the group down the hall to Remus's office. Once inside it was a full out crying and hugging festival. Harry started giggling and they all just looked at him before Severus asked, "Are you alright Harry?"
Harry smirked, "I'm just thinking about the look on Fudge's face when he sees that a thirteen year old boy knew more about the truth than he did. I'll bet he looks down right pissed off for a good month."
Everyone thought about it for about a minute before joining Harry in laughing a bit over it. Harry and Severus left shortly after, both smiling and holding hands the entire way to the dungeons for Harry's potions class. Just as Nadir had promised, the following day there was a public apology to Sirius, and the conditions Harry had asked for the previous day were printed as his and being followed to the letter.
Sirius and Remus publicly announced their recent bonding ceremony, to people other then that which were present at least. And the Ministry paid Sirius retribution for his stolen years, and restored all of his property to him. Sirius left for a week, checking each piece of family land carefully reinstating the house-elves that had scattered between the various villas and mansions before returning.
While Sirius was gone, Remus, Harry and Severus had taken to spending the nights together getting away from the students or work that needed to get done. Shortly after Sirius returned, Harry and Severus decided to start thinking about baby names as they had two babies to name. So far Harry had utterly refused the names Addison, Audric, Destin, Urson, Imelda, Elsbeth, Thora and Alkeste. Severus had down right refused Helene, any family name mentioned, Erik, Bryce, and Rhiannon. They hadn't agreed on a single name, but had a short list of possibilities.
The one thing they agreed on more than anything else was that they weren't telling anyone what names they decided on until the babies were born, nor were they going to find out what gender the babies were. This annoyed the rest of the school and Wizarding World to no end. Severus's family had sent them both things ranging between gifts for the babies to invitations for the two to visit before and after the babies were born. Severus's Mum's letter had indicated she would be visiting over their Easter break, without his father to spend time with both of them before the babies were born.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Fifteen: An Auror in Hogwarts
The article brought on a stream of owls to Harry, Severus, Albus and Minerva that Hogwarts hadn't seen before. Most full of warm regards, full of support and good wishes while only a few were howlers or ill wishes from people who didn't support them at all. The school responded in different ways, the other Professors all offering their congratulations to Harry and Severus while the students were mixed between happiness for the couple and shock that their 'greasy Potions Master could reproduce'.
However it was clear that the entire student body of Hogwarts was furious upon reading the article that the Minister had put Harry in such a state that he almost had to go to St. Mungo's! The older Gryffindors owled the Ministry demanding a public apology for the Minister's lack of concern for Harry's physical well being. The Quidditch team sent howlers by the dozens to the Ministry showing their suddenly fierce loyalty to their Captain.
One week after the article was printed; the Minister wrote to Harry and Severus personally apologizing for the emotional trauma he put Harry through during his visit. The Auror division of the Ministry printed a public apology to both Harry and Severus for pushing Harry to the point where he was that upset. Within a week of the public apology, there was a full-blown investigation going on as to the information Harry provided them with all those months ago.
Lucius Malfoy was arrested and his Manor was combed through from top to bottom. They found enough Dark Arts articles to give Lucius forty-five life sentences in Azkaban. When they investigated Crabbe and Goyle Senior, they were disgusted to find between the two Manors the same amount of Dark Arts articles that Lucius Malfoy had. Both men were thrown in Azkaban.
However, when they investigated Nott, what they found shocked the hell out of the Aurors that were there. Just has Harry had told them to look for; there was a rat with a shiny silver paw that was desperately trying to get out of the house unnoticed. One of the Aurors picked it up and, playing with the idea that he would make it think that he had no idea who the rat might be, told it he was taking the rat home as a pet for his little girl that had just turned ten and would soon be going to Hogwarts.
That man however, stunned the rat and put more then a few charms on the rat making it impossible for it to do anything other than breathe and have a heart beat. Then he took the rat to Hogwarts, where he walked straight to Harry, who was having dinner in the Great Hall at the time. Harry blinked a few times at the Auror and asked, "Is there something I can help you with?"
The Auror pulled out the rat, dropped it elegantly on the table and asked, "Is this Pettigrew?"
Snuffles growled, the hall went silent, and Remus looked like he was ready to perform the killing curse. Harry's hand automatically went to his stomach as if to protect his children from the piece of vermin sitting on the table. Harry calmly said, "Please remove the rat from the table, it's too close to my unborn children."
Almost immediately the Auror picked it up and dropped it on the floor and then pondered aloud, "I wonder if I broke any bones when I dropped it."
Harry merely chuckled and said, "You wouldn't mind looking the other way while I hex it for a while would you? It could be our little secret."
Severus snorted and said, "Just do the Animagus revealing spell will you?"
The Auror didn't respond, just spit out a long string of Latin at the rat, which promptly changed into Peter Pettigrew. Remus was growling and holding the edges of the table to keep himself from moving. Harry didn't take his eyes off the rat and asked, "Severus, will you please go get some truth serum."
Severus didn't respond out loud, merely turned and ran for his personal stores. Harry smiled at the Auror and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name?"
The Auror smiled right back and said, "Nadir Ashwin, Mr. Potter-Snape. I'll have you know the entire Auror division is convinced Voldemort is back, we've been asking the Minister to make the official statement that he is for the past two days, since we picked up Malfoy."
Harry nodded, "Well, thank you Nadir, for helping bring in this piece of filth. I'm sure my godfather will thank you when his name is cleared. And please, call me Harry."
Nadir nodded, "Of course. Do you uh, keep in contact with Mr. Black?"
Harry smiled, "By owl yes. I never know where he's owling back from though. Safer that way for both of us. This would also be a situation where I told the Minister himself the truth and he ignored it."
Nadir chuckled and said, "I think that is one issue the Aurors are also picking up on. Regardless of what the Minister may think, the Aurors are starting to change their minds about believing you just based on your word. I still can't believe no one even bothered to investigate when Mr. Diggory came back from that last task murdered. At the very least they could have checked out the Riddle place to see if any of what you had said was true. I personally find it ridiculous."
Albus smiled at Nadir and said, "You're not the only one that does. I have told Cornelius repeatedly to open his eyes and see what's in front of him."
Nadir nodded, "And I personally can't believe he didn't heed your advice. I may have gone to Durmstang, but I'm not an idiot. He should have listened to you at the very least."
Severus came back in, flushed from running and holding a bottle of Veritaserum. Nadir smiled somewhat evilly and said, "Professor Snape would you like to do the honors or do I get to douse the rat with that lovely little truth serum?"
Severus handed it over, "I'd likely kill him for what he's done to my husband. You do it."
They managed to get Pettigrew tied into a chair, sitting in the great hall with an Anti-Animagus spell on himself. Nadir poured down the amount as Severus instructed and then cast a few spells so that Pettigrew came in to consciousness. Nadir grinned at Harry and said, "Well, Harry, feel free to ask your questions. When you're done I'll ask my own."
The entire hall watched as Harry walked over to stand in front of Pettigrew, Severus on one side and Remus on the other. Albus had his wand out and drawn on Pettigrew. Harry started his questioning with, "What is your full name?"
Peter's eyes were out of focus but he answered, "Peter Anton Pettigrew."
Harry continued, "Are you a Death Eater, loyal to Lord Voldemort?"
"Yes."
"Were you James, Lily and Harry Potter's Secret Keeper?"
"Yes."
"Why did they choose you instead of Sirius Black?"
"Sirius came up with a plan, to have me instead of him so that even if Voldemort doused him with a truth serum James, Lily and Harry would be safe. It would have been full proof had I not been the spy instead of Remus Lupin."
"Now that's interesting, tell me Pettigrew, has your 'Master' returned to life?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"I made him a Dark Potion using my own hand, Harry Potter's blood, a bone from my Master's father's dead body and brought him back to life."
"Are you responsible for Cedric Diggory's death?"
"Yes."
"How was Cedric murdered?"
"I killed him with the killing curse. My master instructed me to. He wasn't supposed to be there, the portkey was only intended for Harry Potter. Master didn't want anyone to be alive when they sent Potter's body back with the portkey."
"What happened the day Sirius Black was arrested for your murder, starting with your confrontation in the streets of Diagon Alley?"
"Sirius figured out that I was the spy, he came after me to confront me and take revenge for Lily and James's death. I ran from him into the Muggle world, after yelling loudly about his betrayal to Lily and James I cut off my own finger, blew up the street killing thirteen Muggles with the one curse and then transformed into a rat, making my escape through the sewers before Sirius was arrested for my crimes."
Harry smirked at Nadir and said, "He's all yours. I want my godfather's name cleared by tomorrow."
Nadir nodded, "I'll do what I can, far as I'm concerned, Sirius Black is an innocent, wrongly accused, falsely imprisoned and free man. If I were him I'd bring the Aurors that arrested me into court and sue them for everything they had for arresting me without a trial. I'll just take this load of rubbish to the Ministry. I'll be owling you Harry to let you know what we're doing with him. Any requests before I send him off?"
Harry smirked, "Yes, I do have one. My godfather spent twelve years in Azkaban. I'd like him to do the same before he gets the Dementors kiss."
Nadir smirked right back, "Eye for an Eye than, ey? I'll make sure every Auror in the division knows your request. I'm sure they'll love the irony in it. You have an incredibly sadistic side Harry; you'd make a hell of an Auror. Headmaster I apologize for intruding, I expect you'll hear from someone soon regarding both Pettigrew and Mr. Black. I'll personally see to an open public trial for both men."
Harry watched Nadir take Pettigrew out with an evil grin and then turned and hugged Remus both had tears streaming down their cheeks from the sheer joy of knowing that in just a few days Sirius would have his name cleared and finally be able to sit at the Head table with both of them in his regular human form. Severus put a hand on Remus's shoulder and gently led them both out of the hall. Snuffles following, whining slightly.
Once in the hall, Sirius transformed and before long Sirius, Remus and Harry were in tears but laughing and hugging at the same time. Severus just stood off to the side before suggesting, "I realize that you've just basically been freed Sirius, but perhaps we should move this happy reunion somewhere private?"
Sirius just nodded, turned into his animagus form and followed the group down the hall to Remus's office. Once inside it was a full out crying and hugging festival. Harry started giggling and they all just looked at him before Severus asked, "Are you alright Harry?"
Harry smirked, "I'm just thinking about the look on Fudge's face when he sees that a thirteen year old boy knew more about the truth than he did. I'll bet he looks down right pissed off for a good month."
Everyone thought about it for about a minute before joining Harry in laughing a bit over it. Harry and Severus left shortly after, both smiling and holding hands the entire way to the dungeons for Harry's potions class. Just as Nadir had promised, the following day there was a public apology to Sirius, and the conditions Harry had asked for the previous day were printed as his and being followed to the letter.
Sirius and Remus publicly announced their recent bonding ceremony, to people other then that which were present at least. And the Ministry paid Sirius retribution for his stolen years, and restored all of his property to him. Sirius left for a week, checking each piece of family land carefully reinstating the house-elves that had scattered between the various villas and mansions before returning.
While Sirius was gone, Remus, Harry and Severus had taken to spending the nights together getting away from the students or work that needed to get done. Shortly after Sirius returned, Harry and Severus decided to start thinking about baby names as they had two babies to name. So far Harry had utterly refused the names Addison, Audric, Destin, Urson, Imelda, Elsbeth, Thora and Alkeste. Severus had down right refused Helene, any family name mentioned, Erik, Bryce, and Rhiannon. They hadn't agreed on a single name, but had a short list of possibilities.
The one thing they agreed on more than anything else was that they weren't telling anyone what names they decided on until the babies were born, nor were they going to find out what gender the babies were. This annoyed the rest of the school and Wizarding World to no end. Severus's family had sent them both things ranging between gifts for the babies to invitations for the two to visit before and after the babies were born. Severus's Mum's letter had indicated she would be visiting over their Easter break, without his father to spend time with both of them before the babies were born.
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