Hey all it's me again hope you all liked the last chapter and sorry for
keeping you all waiting for this one. Thanks Jenn.
Chapter 31
While everything at Hogwarts was fine and dandy. Things at the ministry of Magic were not. It took the group half and hour to forty-five minutes to get the ministry to let them have Remus back. The ministry was trying to keep their werewolf friend behind bars for as long as they could. But finally after a little 'persuasion' the group finally was able to get the ministry to hand Remus over to them until the trial. But the group was now sitting impatiently in a private boardroom waiting for the guards and Remus to arrive. James and Sirius were not at all pleased.
"Where are they? They should have been here five minutes ago what are they waiting for. The trial to be over."
"James sit down. The trial is hours away yet they have plenty of time to get here."
"But Lily.."
"No buts, now you and Sirius sit down."
They two marauders sat down in a huff and started to sulk over their missing of their companion. Finally after another three minutes there was a knock on the door and three ministry guards shoved in a dirty and slightly beat up Remus before leaving. Ruby was about to run out the door after the three guards but luckily for them Jenn was able to step in. The group helped Remus into a chair before they bombarded him with questions.
"What happened?" "Are you O.K.?" "How did this happen?" "Who did it?" "Do you want something to eat?" "Do you want me and Jamie to go kick their a..." "QUIET"
The group quieted down instantly and looked at Ruby who was red in the face with anger. They all sat down with James and Sirius on either side of their friend.
"Now first of all, are you O.K. Remus?"
The werewolf looked around the room at everyone in confusion and then at Ruby. "Yes I will live but I think I will be needing a good healing potion."
Snape reached into his robes and to everyone's amazement pulled out a small vile and handed it to Remus who stared at him.
"What? You can't be a death eater and not carry a vile of healing potion."
Remus took the potion with hesitation and was then thankful he did because he started to feel the effect immidiantly. After Ruby introduced herself and Remus's potion set to work so did the group they started to discuss what happened to the professor after he was taken way an hour ago. It seems Jenn's prediction was true and the ministry was taking every step they could to make sure Remus never makes it to the courtroom. The guards did everything from trying to trip him, to pushing him down a small flight of steps, then to 'accidentally' hitting him. The group was now in complete shock at the horrible treatment of their good friend.
"What are they playing at? They can't do that it's against the law to do that. What if he died? I swear if I see any of those guards I'll make them wish they had never messed with a marauder. Yes sir. They will regret hurting poor Moony. They will rue the day when..."
"Yes Sirius we get it they will be sorry they did this to Remus now will you sit down and shut up."
"Thanks Lily. Any way we need to be talking about the trial the past is past now we need to think about the future. We can't let them send Remus to Azkaban. Now we have lots of evidence. Chase sent me a tape of the Halloween party you all had at Hogwarts. It has plenty of footage of Remus in it. Also there is the testimonies of you all and Remus who were at the party as well. But the ministry will try anything to mess this all up so we all need to be on the look out. They might even go as far as to do something to the truth potion they will be using so they can control what you say. So I got my own truth potion made just in case and I want you all to take that instead of the ministries. But until then someone needs to stay with Remus all of the time they might try to hurt him so he can't testify on his behave and that can put a hug dent in our defense because they can claim that the Remus you all saw was a fake. So stay close."
After a late lunch the group went over the trial again. James, Prof. Dumbledore, and finally Remus himself would testify. The group also got a letter from the Elementals wishing Remus luck and to embarrass Fudge as much as possible. After one more lecture the group got ready and were ushered into the courtroom were Fudge and the council were wait. But there was also another surprise every seat was pact with all kinds of different people there was the regular wizards and reporters from the newspapers but the majority was werewolves and all of them were on their feet and cheering when the defense group came in. To say they were all shock would be an under statement.
The other amusing thing was that Fudge was about to break his desk with his mallet, which he was bang like a mad man in order to get order in the courtroom. The media was having a hay day. They were snapping pictures of the crowd, Remus himself, the Hogwarts gang, and most of all the council who were going crazy at the moment to have so many 'abnormal' people in the courtroom. James and Sirius were laughing themselves sick at the sit of Fudge while Lily tried to calm them down but was failing miserably because she herself was having trouble not laughing. Finally everyone settled down and took their seats. And to no ones surprise Fudge was the first to speak.
"Now that we have order we can begin. Now will the defense please show their so called evidence."
"Gladly, here we have a tape of the night Remus was charged with being at a death eater. As you can see Remus was at the party all night. He can not have been in two places at the same time."
"Yes well that can also be an impersonator who just looks like Mr. Lupin."
"True but there were other people there that night who are going to be testifying for the defense who say the man in the video was in fact Mr. Remus Lupin and not an impersonator. With that said I call Mr. James Potter to the stand."
The crowd started to whisper as James took the stand, said the oath, and then sat down.
"Now James were you at Hogwarts during the time of the party and the death eater attack?
"Yes."
"And was Mr. Lupin also there with you the whole time?"
"Yes, he was."
"Thank you Mr. Potter. That will be all."
The minister didn't look happy at all with a red face he turned to James with a frown and started to question him.
"Mr. Potter how can you be sure it was Mr. Lupin that was at the party and not some impersonator?"
"That's a simple question."
"Well."
"Well, what?"
"Can you answer the question?"
"Yes, yes I can."
"Mr. Potter will you please answer the question?"
"Yes. But will you please repeat the question first."
The minister was now turning purple and the rest of the courtroom was laughing their heads off. The minister started to bang on the table again and everyone started to quiet down. Fudge took a deep breath and asked the question again.
"Mr. Potter will you please tell us how you know that it was Mr. Lupin and not an impersonator at the party."
"Well Remus has big puppy eyes that no one can impersonate."
"All right then you may step down Mr. Potter I have no more questions for you."
James started to skip back to his seat while everyone else started to laugh again. Fudge was turning more colors than anyone thought humanly possible. After the minister was back to a medium red he started again.
"Mrs. Snow call you next witness."
"The defense calls Albus Dumbledor to the stand."
The same questions were asked of Albus as James but unlike James he answered each question with answers concerning Remus's magic aurora the night of the party and the way he acted. Finally it was Remus's turn to come up. He took a seat and was asked his first question.
"Mr. Lupin where were you the night of Halloween this year?"
"I was at the Hogwarts Halloween party."
"Have you or will you ever be a death eater?"
"No."
"Were you ever at the death eater attack on Halloween this year?
"No."
"Thank you, that will be all."
"The council has no questions for Mr. Lupin and we will now make our decision."
The council got up and made their way to the back of the courtroom and into a back room. There were whispers all around the courtroom. The defense was waiting anxiously for the council to come out. Remus had James and Sirius on both sides of him and he could hear Sirius mutter something about turning ministry guards into orange dancing bunnies. Finally after five more minutes the council came out and Fudge had a dark red face.
"Will the defense please rise. We find Mr. Remus Lupin...."
Dundundun. Haha cliff hanger. Sorry got to wait until next time to find out what happens. NOT!!! I don't have the heart to do that to you guys come on.
"Innocent of all charges."
The courtroom burst into wild applause as everyone came forward to congratulate Remus, while James and Sirius were squeezing him to death.
Now that is the end. Hope you all liked it. Don't forget to review thanks bye bye. Jenn
Chapter 31
While everything at Hogwarts was fine and dandy. Things at the ministry of Magic were not. It took the group half and hour to forty-five minutes to get the ministry to let them have Remus back. The ministry was trying to keep their werewolf friend behind bars for as long as they could. But finally after a little 'persuasion' the group finally was able to get the ministry to hand Remus over to them until the trial. But the group was now sitting impatiently in a private boardroom waiting for the guards and Remus to arrive. James and Sirius were not at all pleased.
"Where are they? They should have been here five minutes ago what are they waiting for. The trial to be over."
"James sit down. The trial is hours away yet they have plenty of time to get here."
"But Lily.."
"No buts, now you and Sirius sit down."
They two marauders sat down in a huff and started to sulk over their missing of their companion. Finally after another three minutes there was a knock on the door and three ministry guards shoved in a dirty and slightly beat up Remus before leaving. Ruby was about to run out the door after the three guards but luckily for them Jenn was able to step in. The group helped Remus into a chair before they bombarded him with questions.
"What happened?" "Are you O.K.?" "How did this happen?" "Who did it?" "Do you want something to eat?" "Do you want me and Jamie to go kick their a..." "QUIET"
The group quieted down instantly and looked at Ruby who was red in the face with anger. They all sat down with James and Sirius on either side of their friend.
"Now first of all, are you O.K. Remus?"
The werewolf looked around the room at everyone in confusion and then at Ruby. "Yes I will live but I think I will be needing a good healing potion."
Snape reached into his robes and to everyone's amazement pulled out a small vile and handed it to Remus who stared at him.
"What? You can't be a death eater and not carry a vile of healing potion."
Remus took the potion with hesitation and was then thankful he did because he started to feel the effect immidiantly. After Ruby introduced herself and Remus's potion set to work so did the group they started to discuss what happened to the professor after he was taken way an hour ago. It seems Jenn's prediction was true and the ministry was taking every step they could to make sure Remus never makes it to the courtroom. The guards did everything from trying to trip him, to pushing him down a small flight of steps, then to 'accidentally' hitting him. The group was now in complete shock at the horrible treatment of their good friend.
"What are they playing at? They can't do that it's against the law to do that. What if he died? I swear if I see any of those guards I'll make them wish they had never messed with a marauder. Yes sir. They will regret hurting poor Moony. They will rue the day when..."
"Yes Sirius we get it they will be sorry they did this to Remus now will you sit down and shut up."
"Thanks Lily. Any way we need to be talking about the trial the past is past now we need to think about the future. We can't let them send Remus to Azkaban. Now we have lots of evidence. Chase sent me a tape of the Halloween party you all had at Hogwarts. It has plenty of footage of Remus in it. Also there is the testimonies of you all and Remus who were at the party as well. But the ministry will try anything to mess this all up so we all need to be on the look out. They might even go as far as to do something to the truth potion they will be using so they can control what you say. So I got my own truth potion made just in case and I want you all to take that instead of the ministries. But until then someone needs to stay with Remus all of the time they might try to hurt him so he can't testify on his behave and that can put a hug dent in our defense because they can claim that the Remus you all saw was a fake. So stay close."
After a late lunch the group went over the trial again. James, Prof. Dumbledore, and finally Remus himself would testify. The group also got a letter from the Elementals wishing Remus luck and to embarrass Fudge as much as possible. After one more lecture the group got ready and were ushered into the courtroom were Fudge and the council were wait. But there was also another surprise every seat was pact with all kinds of different people there was the regular wizards and reporters from the newspapers but the majority was werewolves and all of them were on their feet and cheering when the defense group came in. To say they were all shock would be an under statement.
The other amusing thing was that Fudge was about to break his desk with his mallet, which he was bang like a mad man in order to get order in the courtroom. The media was having a hay day. They were snapping pictures of the crowd, Remus himself, the Hogwarts gang, and most of all the council who were going crazy at the moment to have so many 'abnormal' people in the courtroom. James and Sirius were laughing themselves sick at the sit of Fudge while Lily tried to calm them down but was failing miserably because she herself was having trouble not laughing. Finally everyone settled down and took their seats. And to no ones surprise Fudge was the first to speak.
"Now that we have order we can begin. Now will the defense please show their so called evidence."
"Gladly, here we have a tape of the night Remus was charged with being at a death eater. As you can see Remus was at the party all night. He can not have been in two places at the same time."
"Yes well that can also be an impersonator who just looks like Mr. Lupin."
"True but there were other people there that night who are going to be testifying for the defense who say the man in the video was in fact Mr. Remus Lupin and not an impersonator. With that said I call Mr. James Potter to the stand."
The crowd started to whisper as James took the stand, said the oath, and then sat down.
"Now James were you at Hogwarts during the time of the party and the death eater attack?
"Yes."
"And was Mr. Lupin also there with you the whole time?"
"Yes, he was."
"Thank you Mr. Potter. That will be all."
The minister didn't look happy at all with a red face he turned to James with a frown and started to question him.
"Mr. Potter how can you be sure it was Mr. Lupin that was at the party and not some impersonator?"
"That's a simple question."
"Well."
"Well, what?"
"Can you answer the question?"
"Yes, yes I can."
"Mr. Potter will you please answer the question?"
"Yes. But will you please repeat the question first."
The minister was now turning purple and the rest of the courtroom was laughing their heads off. The minister started to bang on the table again and everyone started to quiet down. Fudge took a deep breath and asked the question again.
"Mr. Potter will you please tell us how you know that it was Mr. Lupin and not an impersonator at the party."
"Well Remus has big puppy eyes that no one can impersonate."
"All right then you may step down Mr. Potter I have no more questions for you."
James started to skip back to his seat while everyone else started to laugh again. Fudge was turning more colors than anyone thought humanly possible. After the minister was back to a medium red he started again.
"Mrs. Snow call you next witness."
"The defense calls Albus Dumbledor to the stand."
The same questions were asked of Albus as James but unlike James he answered each question with answers concerning Remus's magic aurora the night of the party and the way he acted. Finally it was Remus's turn to come up. He took a seat and was asked his first question.
"Mr. Lupin where were you the night of Halloween this year?"
"I was at the Hogwarts Halloween party."
"Have you or will you ever be a death eater?"
"No."
"Were you ever at the death eater attack on Halloween this year?
"No."
"Thank you, that will be all."
"The council has no questions for Mr. Lupin and we will now make our decision."
The council got up and made their way to the back of the courtroom and into a back room. There were whispers all around the courtroom. The defense was waiting anxiously for the council to come out. Remus had James and Sirius on both sides of him and he could hear Sirius mutter something about turning ministry guards into orange dancing bunnies. Finally after five more minutes the council came out and Fudge had a dark red face.
"Will the defense please rise. We find Mr. Remus Lupin...."
Dundundun. Haha cliff hanger. Sorry got to wait until next time to find out what happens. NOT!!! I don't have the heart to do that to you guys come on.
"Innocent of all charges."
The courtroom burst into wild applause as everyone came forward to congratulate Remus, while James and Sirius were squeezing him to death.
Now that is the end. Hope you all liked it. Don't forget to review thanks bye bye. Jenn