Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognize as someone else's! J. K. Rowling owns Harry Potter and The WB owns Charmed.

A/N: This is dedicated to Lady Potter. I hope that this will motivate her to UPDATE MORE OFTEN. But hey, you're my sister. I can let you off with a warning.

A/N2: There is a line in this story that I heard somewhere, but I can't remember where. You might recognize it when you get there. If you don't, don't worry about it.

The next day,everyone in Gryffindor with the exception of Angelina, Alicia and Katie was going to Hogsmeade. Angelina, Alicia, and Katie were probably the most sensible of the 7th years as they were going to the library to study for their N.E.W.T.s. Harry spent a few left Hogwarts early to start his Homework that he had put off because of Quidditch Practice. On his way past the Great Hall, he heard voices inside. They were arguing. He knew who they were immediately. It was Cadance and Fudge. He stopped and looked in, interested to see what they were fighting about now.

"You don't just walk in here and arrest the first person you see!" screamed Cadance.

"He was a murdering convict!" Fudge replied.

Harry froze. He hoped that he was hearing things.

"You had no right to be in Gryffindor Tower in the first place!"

"I'm the Minister of Magic!"

"Not a very good one!"

Harry couldn't move. He heard a voice behind him. "Harry." Harry turned around. Albus Dumbledore was standing there. "Harry, there's been some trouble. Sirius…"

"I know. I figured it out from what they're arguing about," said Harry. "We can't let them take him."

"They've already done it. They used Floo Powder and transported him to Azkaban," said Dumbledore dejectedly.

Harry just stared at him. Cadance and Fudge were still arguing.

"I can't believe you still think Black's innocent!"

"I can't believe you don't think that Voldemort is back!"

"ENOUGH!" screamed Dumbledore. Harry jumped. Dumbledore was scary when he was mad.

"Cadance, you don't disrespect members of the Ministry. Cornelius, you had no right to do what you did," said Dumbledore. He walked into the Hall and Harry followed him.

"I had every right to arrest a murderer," argued Fudge.

Cadance opened her mouth to argue, but one look from her uncle shut her up. "You forced your way into Gryffindor Tower. You threatened the Fat Lady. You said you would have her removed from her place if she didn't open up. That is a crime. You could be arrested," said Dumbledore.

"I was looking for you," said Fudge.

"Minerva told you that I would be right with you before she left for Hogsmeade, I believe. You decided to take it upon yourself to come and look for me," said Dumbledore.

"Press charges. He was breaking and entering… in a way," said Cadance.

"I won't press charges. But only if you do something for me," said Dumbledore.

"What?" asked Fudge.

"Sirius Black gets a fair trial."

"No. He gets the Dementor's Kiss. He gets it as soon as I get to Azkaban," said Fudge.

"You do realize that you can be removed from office if you commit a crime, don't you?" asked Cadance.

Fudge thought for a minute. "Black will get a fair trial. It'll be on Thursday. But he will get the Dementor's Kiss if he loses."

"Fine," said Dumbledore.

Fudge walked briskly out of the Great Hall. Cadance pulled her arm back but her uncle grabbed it. "You are not burning the Minister of Magic."

"I was going to miss on purpose. Honest!" said Cadance.

"There's no time. We have to figure out how to convince a court that Sirius is innocent," said Dumbledore.

"There's no way," said Cadance.

"What do you mean?" asked Harry.

"The use of any potion or spell during trial procedures is illegal," said Cadance. "Besides, Fudge is the judge… hey! That rhymed."

"My easily amused niece is right, Harry," said Dumbledore.

"What can we do?" asked Harry.

"Pray for a miracle," said Dumbledore.

"A miracle that brings Peter Pettigrew," said Cadance. "That is the only way we have a prayer of a chance."

There was an awkward pause. Then they heard the sounds of the students returning from Hogsmeade. Minerva McGonagall walked past the entrance. "Minerva," called Dumbledore. "A word?"

McGonagall backtracked to the entrance of the Great Hall. "Is there a problem?" she asked seeing their worried faces.

"You might say that," said Cadance.

"What happened?" asked McGonagall.

"Sirius got caught," said Dumbledore.

"What?" asked McGonagall. "What happened?"

"I'll explain later," said Dumbledore. "I was able to buy Sirius a trial, but it's not going to do much good."

"Fudge is the judge, the jury, and the executioner," said Cadance.

"They're going to give Sirius the kiss then?" asked McGonagall.

"Yes," said Dumbledore.

"I'm going to find Jen. She can help me look in the Book of Light," said Cadance. "There has to be some way around the rule that makes using spells and potions illegal in trials."

"Well, if there is one thing you are an expert in it's getting around rules. If there is a way, then you'll find it," said Minerva.

"Thanks, Minerva," said Cadance. "Your confidence in my rule-breaking ablities is both flattering and insulting."

"I'm calling a special gathering of the Order tonight," said Dumbledore. Harry wasn't even paying enough attention to ask what the Order was, though if he was listening, he probably would have made the connection between the Order that Dumbledore mentioned and the Order of the Phoenix that the Dark Lighter had mentioned before. Cadance walked out of the Great Hall and up to Gryffindor Tower with Harry at her heels.

They said the password and the Fat Lady let them in. Fred and George were occupying some of the first and second years with their pranks. Hermione and Ron were… never mind. Jen and Ginny were talking quietly and some of the 7th years (sans Fred and George) were heading to the library.

"Jen," said Cadance. "I need to see you."

Jen hopped off the couch. Harry took her seat next to Ginny, but didn't talk at all. Jen went to her sister. "What's up?"

"Come with me," said Cadance. They left Gryffindor Tower. She led her to her room.

They paused in the Common Room that she and McGonagall shared and grabbed the Book of Light. Cadance led her to a room that said Cadance Dumbledore on the door in a loopy handwriting similar to Albus Dumbledore's. The other door said Minerva McGonagall in a handwriting that was unmistakably Professor McGonagall's. They walked into Cadance's room.

"What's the matter?" asked Jen, seeing the worried expression on her sister's face.

Cadance explained the whole thing then she said, "I need you to look in the Book of Light for something will help Sirius. Don't take the book out of my room. We don't want a Death Eater to steal it."

"Where are you going?" asked Jen.

"I have a… staff meeting. When you're done, you can go to Gryffindor Tower, but don't tell anyone what you were doing. Remember, only you ,Harry, Ron, and Hermione know that Sirius is innocent."

She left the room and headed over to the staff room. On the way she met Charlie Weasley. "I just got a message from your uncle saying that we have an emergency meeting. What's up?" he asked.

"You'll find out inside," said Cadance. Then they made it to the Staff Room. They walked through the wardrobe and into the meeting room. The Order members who weren't taken by Dementors were already assembled (Just to recap, the Order members are: Albus Dumbledore, Cadance Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Alastor Moody, Remus Lupin, Nicholas Flamel, Perenelle Flamel, Mundungus Fletcher, Arabella Figg, Arthur Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, and Sirius Black, though he, obviously wasn't present).

"Now that we're all here…"

"Wait…" said Remus. "Sirius is missing. I haven't seen him for hours."

"That's because Fudge is an idiot," said Cadance.

"Can you be more specific, please?" asked Remus.

"Sirius has been caught," said Albus.

"What!" exclaimed Remus. "How?" He was beginning to pale.

"Fudge threatened the Fat Lady and got into Gryffindor Tower then he found Sirius and called the Dementors," said Cadance.

"Did they…" Remus trailed off.

"No," said Albus. "Sirius will have a fair trial first."

"Yeah," said Cadance. "And a fat load of help that'll be."

"Well aren't you just a little ray of sunshine today," said Charlie Weasley.

"I'm just saying that we aren't going to be much of a help to Sirius like this," said Cadance.

"Then how are we going to be of help?" asked Remus.

"We have two options and one is to capture Pettigrew," said Cadance.

"What's the other one?" asked Nicholas Flamel.

"It's a back-up in case we can't capture Pettigrew," said Cadance.

"But what is it?" asked McGonagall.

"Don't worry about it," said Cadance.

"The glass isn't half full with you today, now is it?" asked Bill Weasley.


"Harry?" asked Ron after he and Hermione had come up for air. "What's wrong?" He couldn't tell that something was wrong with Harry when he was lip-locked with Hermione, but now that he had taken a break, he hadn't failed to notice that Harry was unusually quiet. It was now about 9 o'clock at night. Everyone had returned from Hogsmeade at 8 o'clock.

Harry looked at him. "I'm not in the mood now, Ron." Ginny was sitting there and he couldn't say anything in front of her.

"C'mon, Harry," said Hermione. "You can tell us."

Then Jen walked in. She was looking flustered and annoyed. Harry looked at her and Jen got the message. "Ginny, I need your help in the library."

Ginny looked at her watch. "It's 9 o'clock. It's past curfew."

"That's never stopped us before, now has it. Let's go," said Jen. She grabbed Ginny's arm and pulled her up. They both walked out of the Common Room.

"What's wrong?" reiterated Hermione.

Harry lowered his voice. "Sirius got caught."

Hermione's hand flew to her mouth. Ron looked at Harry startled. "What happened?" he asked.

"He was in here and Fudge apparently forced his way in to find Dumbledore and…" his voice trailed off.

"This is not good," said Hermione.

"I know," said Harry. He ran his fingers through his hair. "I'm going to bed." He walked out of the Common Room and up to his dorm room.


Early the next morning, Cadance was walking down the hall. She clutched something in her hand. Then came a voice out of the shadows, "Some amulets are best left hidden."

Cadance stopped and looked to where the voice came from. "Did you stand here waiting for me to come or are you here often?" she replied.

"No, I was waiting for you." Albus Dumbledore stepped out of the shadows. "Did you dig through the rubble to find that amulet or did you just use your telekinetic powers?"

"Neither. I used a summoning spell," said Cadance. "It was much easier."

"So are you going to give it to him?" asked Dumbledore.

"Are you going to stop me if I try?" asked Cadance.

"No," said Dumbledore. "If you were younger I'd probably ground you for leaving Hogwarts, though." Then he walked away, back to his office. Cadance walked to her room, got the Book of Light and an envelope and then walked to Gryffindor Tower.

She slipped away into the Fifth Year Boys' Dormitory. She put something on the table next to Harry's bed and slipped back down to the stairs she sat down at a table and started writing a letter. She was just finishing up when she heard someone walking down the stairs. She turned around and Harry was walking down the stairs.

"What are you doing up early, Harry?" she asked.

"It's 7 o'clock," said Harry.

Cadance looked at his watch. "Wow, you're right."

"Can I ask you something?" asked Harry. He had something in his hand. "Do you know anything about this?" he asked. He opened his palm and in it was a ruby red crystal attached to a chain. "It was on the table next to my glasses when I woke up."

"Never seen it before in my life," lied Cadance.

"I was just going to leave the Book of Light here for Jen because I have to leave. You're welcome to look for it in there," said Cadance. She nodded towards the table where the Book of Light was.

"Thanks," said Harry.

"Can you make sure that Jen gets this letter?" asked Cadance as she put the letter in an envelope and sealed it.

"Sure," said Harry as he began to leaf through the Book. "Where are you going? Is there something wrong?"

"Don't worry about it," said Cadance. "I'll try to be back before tomorrow's classes. Good bye, Harry."

"Bye," sad Harry. Cadance walked out of the Common Room and down the hall to the Staff Room. Inside was Charlie Weasley. He was yawning.

"Are you ready to go?" asked Cadance.

"As ready as I'll ever be," said Charlie. "Do you have the invisibility cloak?" Cadance pulled an invisibility cloak out of her robe pocket.

"Got it," said Cadance.

"Is anyone going to miss you today?" asked Charlie.

"No," said Cadance. "I asked Minerva to lie for me. Let's go."

Charlie pulled a pouch out of his pocket. Inside was Floo Powder. Cadance took out her wand and lit a fire in the Fireplace. "After you," said Charlie.

Cadance took some Floo Powder, threw it into the Flames and said, "Azkaban!" She stepped through the Fireplace. When she reached her destination, she was in a stone room that was like a tomb. It was even cold like a tomb. Charlie stepped out of the Fireplace behind her.

Cadance and Charlie put the invisibility cloak over them. "He'll be in the highest tower," whispered Cadance to Charlie. They opened the door and made there way through the halls. They dodged Dementors. The Dementors knew that someone was there, as they sensed their fear, but as the walls were lined with cells, they couldn't tell if it was someone new or one of the prisoners.

At one time, they had to go into the nearest room because the cloak was slipping off and they couldn't fuss with it in the open, in case it fell off. As they readjusted the cloak, Charlie said to Cadance, "I don't even want to know how you know your way around Azkaban."

They got the cloak readjusted and started again. It took two hours for Cadance and Charlie to make their way across Azkaban, not only because Azkaban is huge, but because they had to move at an incredibly slow pace. They finally made it to the highest tower. It was guarded by four armed Aurors. They were talking with each other.

Cadance waved both of her hands at them (though not even Charlie could tell, as they were invisible). Immediately, the scene froze. Cadance waved her hand at Charlie to unfreeze just him (just like in Charmed. Some people freeze others don't and you can unfreeze just on person). Cadance walked over to the table in the corner. Sitting on it was a wand. Cadance grabbed it. Charlie pulled out his wand. "Alohomora," he said. He pushed the door open. They both walked in. Cadance closed the door behind them.

"Who's there?" called a voice from in the corner. It was Sirius (A/N: Oh c'mon! Who didn't see that one coming? You didn't think I'd actually let Sirius get his soul sucked out of him, did you?).

Cadance and Charlie threw off the invisibility cloak. "Hello, Sirius!" called Cadance cheerfully as she tossed him the wand that was on the table (obviously it was his wand).

"What are you doing here!" exclaimed Sirius.

"We're here to rescue you," said Charlie.

"Yeah," said Cadance. "We're not about to let some cold-hearted, energy-feeding, ugly, stupid…"

Charlie cut her off. "Okay, we understand that you don't like the Dementors."

"Dementors?" said Cadance. "I was talking about Fudge."

Sirius and Charlie rolled their eyes. "C'mon," said Cadance. "We have to get out of here before the Aurors out front realize that you're gone… or unfreeze." They walked out and closed the door behind them. On they way past, Cadance waved her hands again and they unfroze. They didn't even realize what happened.

A few hours earlier, at Hogwarts, Harry was flipping through the Book of Light. He finally found the necklace in the book. There was a picture and a paragraph. It read:

The Crystal of Gryffindor

The Crystal of Gryffindor was a crystal created by Godric Gryffindor. It is an amulet. The legend says that the Crystal began to glow right before Gryffindor was murdered by Salazar Slytherin. Unfortunately, Gryffindor didn't realize that that was what it meant, and died and bloody, gruesome death. The Amulet is meant to protect the heir of Gryffindor from the heir of Slytherin.

"Wow," said Harry. He closed the book and went to put the crystal away someplace safe.

At about the same time…

"Minerva," said Albus Dumbledore from the doorway to McGonagall's office. "Do you know where Cadance is?"

"Uh… laska?" offered Minerva.

"Wow," said Dumbledore. "That was a horrible lie."

"I tried," said Minerva.

"Seriously, though. Where is she?" asked Dumbledore.

"I think you just answered your own question," said Minerva.

Dumbledore thought for a second. "Sirius."

"You didn't hear it from me," said Minerva. She went back to grading her papers.

Cadance, Charlie, and Sirius slowly made their way back to the only room in Azkaban with a fireplace. At one time, they almost ran into Dementors, but Sirius pulled Cadance and Charlie out of the way and into a room just in time. "Why don't you just freeze the stupid Dementors?" asked Charlie to Cadance.

"My powers don't work on Dementors," said Cadance. They made sure the coast was clear then finished making their way back to the fireplace.

When they reached the room, they were happy to find it empty. Cadance lit the fire and Charlie pulled out the Floo Powder. "I'll go first to make sure that nobody's there," said Cadance. She threw some Floo Powder into the flames and called out, "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" Then she stepped in.

When she stepped out of the fireplace, she was standing in her uncle's office. Sirius stepped out a few seconds later. Then came Charlie. Sirius transformed into a dog. Cadance walked over to the cabinet and put the invisibility cloak inside. "Let's go," said Cadance. They walked out of the door.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione went into the Great Hall at 12:30. They were the only one's there because ('due to circumstances beyond my control' as Albus Dumbledore said this morning) Lunch would be served at one o'clock. Apparently, Fudge ordered that a 'routine' inspection of the castle be completed, and that included the kitchen. Hermione was reading and Ron and Harry were playing Wizard's Chess to (unsuccessfully, I might add) take Harry's mind off of things.

Cadance, Charlie, and Sirius were walking past Minerva McGonagall's office. Cadance peeked in to see if she was in there. Sure enough she was. Minerva looked up. "Thank god. You're back," said Minerva.

"Yep. And we got Sirius," said Cadance. Minerva's eyes moved to the floor where Sirius was standing. Sirius barked.

"You should probably go find Harry," said Minerva.

"My uncle didn't come looking for me, did he?" asked Cadance, still standing in the doorway.

"Yes he did," said Minerva.

"Did you cover for me?"

"Yes."

"Where did you say I was?"

"Alaska."

"Did he buy it?"

"Nope."

"Does he know where I went?"

"Yes he does."

"Oh well," said Cadance.

"I'd watch out if I were you. Fudge was also looking for you about an hour ago. I think that they've missed…" Minerva nodded towards Sirius.

"Is he here?"

"Yes, he is," said Minerva. "And I'm sure he's going to want an alibi."

Cadance and Charlie looked at each other. Then they bolted down the hallway with Sirius at their heels. They needed to find someone to lie for them. They ran to the Great Hall. They looked in. They saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Cadance looked down at Sirius grinned evilly. Sirius gave a doggy grin. Cadance and Charlie walked over to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Sirius stayed behind.

"Did you find what you wanted this morning, Harry?" asked Cadance.

"Yes, thank you," said Harry. "Are you going to tell us where you went now?"

"We went to Azkaban," said Charlie.

Hermione looked up from her book. Ron and Harry stopped playing Wizard's Chess. "Did you really?" asked Hermione.

"Want proof?" asked Cadance.

"That's okay. I believe you," said Ron.

"No, I have some pretty good proof that we were in Azkaban," said Cadance and looked over towards the door. Sirius came bounding in.

"Oh. My. God," said Harry. Sirius came up to Harry and Harry wrapped his arms around his godfather's (god dog's?) neck. "Why did you have to go get caught?" Sirius barked. Harry let go.

"Wait. How do you know about Sirius, Charlie?" asked Ron.

"I know a lot of stuff," said Charlie.

"I have a big mouth," said Cadance. She and Charlie exchanged glances that nobody caught. They didn't know about the Order.

"Have you seen Fudge?" asked Cadance.

"Yeah," said Ron. "He was looking for you, actually."

"Where is he now?" asked Charlie.

"Giving your sister the third degree in your office," said Hermione.

"Why?"

"He thinks that she knows where you are," said Ron.

"I'm going to rescue my sister," said Cadance. "See you later."

"I'm going with you," said Charlie. They got up and walked out. Sirius hopped up on the chair and Harry pet him.

Cadance and Charlie walked down the Hall to Cadance's office. They opened the door. Jen was sitting in a chair and Fudge was standing behind Cadance's desk. Dumbledore was standing by the door.

"I know where my sister is now," said Jen when she saw them walk in.

"And where have you been?" Fudge asked.

"I vanquishing Demons for a while, then I met Charlie down in Hogsmeade," said Cadance faking a really good confused look. "Why?"

"Can anyone confirm that you were vanquishing Demons?" asked Fudge.

"The Demons could," said Cadance. "Oh wait, I vanquished them. I guess they can't."

"Why didn't you wait for your sister to vanquish the Demons?" asked Fudge.

"I didn't actually have the time to go looking for her, now did I!" exclaimed Cadance.

"Can anyone confirm that you were in Hogsmeade with Charlie?" asked Fudge.

Cadance turned to her uncle. "Do I have to justify that with an answer?"

"Just answer the question, Cadance," said her uncle.

Cadance turned back to Fudge. "Charlie can."

"Yeah. Cadance met me in Hogsmeade when I Apparated in," said Charlie.

"She has an alibi, Cornelius," said Albus.

"Ms. Dumbledore. I suppose you had anything to do with Sirius Black escaping, do you?

"Sirius escaped!" exclaimed Cadance (A/N: Good faker, isn't she?). "Good for him." Fudge glared at her.

"Now, Cornelius, I must ask that you leave the premises immediately," said Dumbledore.

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out," said Cadance.