A/N: Oh. My. God. It is soooooo hot! I'm melting! Is it hot where you are? I hope at least it's not this hot. For your sake. Anyway, as promised, I'm writing this next bit. On with the fic!

A/N #2: I started this as promised, the day after the last chapter… Unfortunately, I had forgotten we were leaving for vacation. And now school has started. So, finally, here it is! Oh, and I have a few questions. One: How do you put italics and stuff like that? Two: I was wondering, I like time travel fics, fifth year fics, H/G fics, R/H fics, L/J fics (especially love/hate), MWPP fics…If you know of any good ones, or if you've written any, please tell me! And Three: Should I change the title?

Lee Velviet~ I know, I'm so mean.

You can't murder Vernon! He's detrimental to Harry's (and now Ginny's) health! Therefore, he must stay… But when I finish with him, I promise you get to kill him.

Of course H/G romance is what I'm after! I'm offended! Just kidding. Thanks for the idea, I was actually planning on it, anyway, but it's nice to have a second opinion. There's more Sirius and Remus in this chapter, as well as a few…unexpected…people. Shutting up now! ^-^
Here's some more!

Anja~ Here's some more!

The Wolf Child~ I am so happy you like it! I'm glad you think I'm evil. I am. Sort of.

Hazelwand~ Thanks! I'm definitely going to continue. And hopefully quicker, now that I've (Sort of) gotten over my writer's block. Harry and Ginny's relationship will definitely progress slowly. I mean, it's not as if either of them were best friends in the first place, and I want them to be friends, not just boy friend/girlfriend, you know? Yes, Ginny got shot. I'm very bad….*evil grin* Sirius is on his way, but you'll see who else is….

Harry Potter and the Trial of Sirius Black

Chapter 7

Severus Snape was not a happy camper. How dare Dumbledore insist he join that- that *woman* in rescuing Potter?! Of *all* the people he could have sent, the only ones that would have infuriated him further would be the convict and the werewolf. And when he had mentioned that to Dumbledore, he was told, quite frankly, that odds were, they'd be there as well. His fist response to that was "DAMMIT!", his second was to storm down to his room in the dungeons and break stuff, and the third was to get very drunk…Or at least that's how it would have happened, if *she* hadn't interrupted as he was throwing a fine crystal decanter at the wall. Damn that woman! Everything was her fault! Well, to be fair, not everything was her fault… But if it wasn't her fault, then it was most definitely Potter's fault!

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Harry groaned slightly as the sun shone right into his eyes. He turned over and immediately wished he hadn't. His entire body burned and the pain was almost as intense as the Cruciatus curse. He drew in a deep breath, and immediately began to cough. It felt as though his chest was being torn open. He struggled to calm his breathing and slowly sat up. Sitting took a heck of a lot more effort than he remembered. He took in the familiar surroundings of his so-called room. The broken desk, Hedwig's cage, the metal bars on the window, the bloody pile of robes on the floor with a shock of red hair, the metal door-. Wait a second!

"Ginny!" he gasped, making a move towards her, but he moved too fast and by sheer force of will managed to not lose the rest of his lunch. After he controlled himself again, he inched off the bed to Ginny's side, turned her carefully over, and, terrified at what he might find, checked her pulse with trembling fingers.

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Minerva McGonagall was unhappy with the choice of people that Dumbledore had sent with her, but unlike her …colleague… Snape, she was taking it with dignity. She detested Snape, but for Harry's sake, she would work with him. She had to. Minerva had been informed that Sirius Black did not want to hurt Harry, but that had been all. Dumbledore didn't want to waste any more time than necessary. And although Minerva trusted Dumbledore's judgment, she didn't know what to believe. The only other thing she knew was that Remus Lupin would most likely be with him.

Minerva could remember how lost Lupin had looked at the Potters' funeral. After all, he'd lost all four of his best friends. The last of the Marauders. He'd looked like the lonesome little boy he'd been when he'd first arrived at Hogwarts. And when he'd come back to teach, she could tell that he hadn't lost the loneliness, he'd only learned to hide it better. She knew that he'd do almost anything to have any of his friends back again and if Sirius Black was just playing with his feelings, she would have to kill him. Or at the very least, hurt him badly.

The poor boy didn't need any other emotional tragedies in his life; he had enough of them as it was. She still thought of Remus as the lost looking eleven-year-old placed in the care of she and Madam Pomfrey and she'd always had a soft spot for him. Of course, she'd always loved his friends for not deserting him as well, but Remus was her favorite. Not that she had favorites as a teacher, no, she didn't play favorites in class and she punished him just like anyone else, perhaps at times harsher, but he never seemed to resent it. She sighed. She certainly hoped that Black truly was innocent, if only for Remus' sake.

"What are you sighing for woman?" Snape sneered, jolting her out of her reverie.

"Nothing that would interest you, Snape!" She snapped back. It was going to be a trying day, she could feel it.

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"How can we be lost?!" Sirius cried, frustrated.

"Why are you asking me?? I'm not the one who's BEEN there before, now am I?" Remus retorted.

"Because you should know!"

"Oh, and why is that?"

"Well…because…because you know everything!" Sirius shouted triumphantly.

"Oh, yeah, that's a perfectly valid reason, Padfoot."

"Shut the hell up Moony!" Sirius snapped. When he saw the hurt look on his friend's face, however, his mood softened. "I'm sorry, Moony, I'm just worried about Harry."

"'S ok, Padfoot. I understand."

"But it was still no reason to take it out on you! You don't deserve me."

"Just drop it, okay? I think I have an idea."

"Really, really, really? What is it? Come on, tell me!" Sirius begged.

"Calm down! We Floo to Arabella's and walk from there!"

"Good idea! Now why didn't we think of that before?"

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A/N: Sorry this took so long! I promise the next one won't take this long, really! I don't really have a good reason for it… In case you didn't see this at the top, I have some questions for you:

One: How do you put italics and stuff like that? Two: I was wondering, I like time travel fics, fifth year fics, H/G fics, R/H fics, L/J fics (especially love/hate), MWPP fics…If you know of any good ones, or if you've written any, please tell me! And Three: Should I change the title?

Thanks! REVIEW!!!! Ttfn!

~ Kranberries

Updated Note: Not much changed in this, either.