Chapter 18
It was the end of October and Harry had just entered Dumbledores' office for his private lessons. Harry was a little surprised to see Professor Zombini when he entered.
"Good evening Professor's." Harry said.
"Good evening Harry. Professor Zombini will be helping with your lessons from now on." Dumbledore said.
"Alright." Harry answered.
"Let's get started." Dumbledore said.
Harry had managed to set up a 'shield' around his memories. The 'shield' prevented Dumbledore, or anyone else, from even entering his mind. This time it was a little harder though since both Dumbledore and Zombini tried to break Harrys' defenses at the same time.
"That wasn't very fair." Harry complained.
"Yes, but you managed to still keep both of us out didn't you?" Dumbledore said with a small smile.
"I guess." Harry grumbled.
It was three hours later when Harry was allowed leave. He was almost out the door when Dumbledore said.
"Tonks will be following you during your Hogsmead trip this weekend, Harry. Please don't give her any trouble."
"Yes sir." Harry replied unhappily.
It was Halloween day and everyone, third year and up, was excited. Since they had their first Hogsmead weekend and the feast to look forward to. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna all waited in line so they could leave.
Everyone was having a good time in Hogsmead. They visited Honeydukes, Zonoko's and The Three Broomsticks. The six friends were almost at the castle doors when Harry stopped and let out a low growl.
"What's the matter?" Ron asked.
"Fudge." Harry snarled.
"What about him?" Hermione asked.
"He just entered Hogwarts grounds with Umbridge and Percy." Harry answered.
"I wonder what they want?" Luna said as though she really could care less.
"I don't fancy finding out." Harry said as he led the way into the Great Hall.
The feast had just begun when the doors to the Great Hall were thrown open. Fudge and his to helpers strode straight up to the staff table. They were oblivious to the fact that almost every student was glaring at Umbridge.
"Where's the boy, Albus?" Fudge said. "I need to talk to him."
"If by the boy you mean Harry, I don't think that would be a very good idea Cornelious." Dumbledore answered without any twinkle in his eyes.
"Don't play games with me Albus. I want to speak with the boy." Fudge said angrily. Harry stood up.
"I have a name you know." Harry said coldly.
"Ah, Harry there you are. Let's just go and have a private talk ok?" Fudge said as though Harry hadn't heard him before.
"Now you see there's a problem with that plan." Harry said.
"What might that be?" Fudge asked puffing himself up.
"You're under the impression that I want to talk to you." Harry answered.
"Why wouldn't you want to talk to me?" Fudge asked.
"Let's think about that for a minute." Harry said sarcastically. "One, you didn't believe me when I told you Voldemort returned."
"You have to understand that that was a very hard thing to" Fudge started but Harry cut him off.
"Two, you spent most of last year trying to convince everyone that I was a lying attention seeking prat." Harry said and then continued before Fudge could even make a noise. "Three, you try to expel me after Umbridge sent Dementors after me." Harry finished. Fudge decided to try and talk to Dumbledore instead.
"Albus make the boy talk to me." Fudge said.
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Dumbledore answered.
"What do you mean you can't do that. The boy listens to you Albus, just tell him he has to." Fudge was about to explode now.
"Harry only listens to me because I have earned his trust. You I'm afraid have lost his trust forever, Cornelious. To answer your question I could tell Harry he had to go with you, but I can't force him to talk or listen to you." Dumbledore said.
While the whole school was watching Fudge make a fool of himself Umbridge had walked up to Harry. Harry and his friends just glared at her.
"I see you haven't changed much. You still have a nasty temper and tell lies." Umbridge said.
"We both know what I said wasn't a lie." Harry replied.
"You have no proof." Umbridge said in her sickly girlish voice.
"I wouldn't waste my time trying to convince the world what a horrible person you are. You do a fine job of that all on your own." Harry said as the scar on his hand gave a particularly strong throb.
"Harry." Ginny said.
"What!" Harry said angrily, he was having a hard time controlling his temper. "I'm sorry." Harry said after a couple deep breaths. His friends nodded.
"Your hand is bleeding." Hermione said. Harry looked down at his hand and saw that the scar was now bleeding afresh.
"Dammit!" Harry said louder then he meant.
Dumbledore came over to see what was wrong. Harry tried to hide his hand but failed. When Dumbledore saw Harrys' hand and said.
"How did this happen?"
"During my detentions with her last year." Harry said quietly.
"Get out! You are not welcome in my school again!" Dumbledore said angrily as Umbridge ran out of the castle for the second time.
Fudge had come up behind Dumbledore. He pushed a roll of parchment in Harrys' hand and said.
"An article will be run in the Prophet tomorrow." Harry opened the parchment and read.
As ordered by the Ministry of Magic the
convicted criminal, Sirius Black, is cleared
of all charges. The Ministry sends it's
sincerest apologies for any inconveniences
this has caused.
The letter then had numerous signatures on the bottom. Harry didn't notice the signatures or the fact that the whole school was watching him. Harry was about to burst from trying to control his anger. He turned to Fudge and in a voice similar to Dumbledores' said.
"I told you he was innocent three years ago, but no you couldn't have possibly cleared his name then. Is this what the Ministry does? Do they wait until a person is dead to clear their name? If you thought that this would win you any points, you were mistaken." Fudge was cowering under Harrys' glare. "May I go, Professor?" Harry asked Dumbledore who nodded. Harry was almost out the door when Fudge found his voice.
"I'm the Minister of Magic! You should have asked me wether or not we were done talking." Fudge said. Harry turned around.
"I don't care if you're Merlin, you are the worst Minister of Magic ever. As far as this conversation is concerned you can continue it without me if you'd like. I'm not stopping you." Harry than ran all the way back to Gryffindor tower.
Hermione picked up the letter and quickly read over it. Ginny, Ron and Neville read over her shoulder. They all looked at Dumbledore who, with a nod, told them they were excused.
By the time Ron, Hermione, Neville and Ginny made it to the CommonRoom all four were out of breath. Ginny opened the portrait hole and yelled-
"Duck!"
Everyone ducked down as a large spell book came flying out of the Common Room. Ron cursed for a minute before Hermiones' glare silenced him. When the four friends entered the Common Room they found Harry standing by the fire, objects flying all around him. They let Harry continue venting for forty-five minutes before Ginny said.
"Harry you need to calm down. The feast will be over in a few minutes and I don't think Dumbledore wants the whole school to know you can do wandless magic." Harry took a deep breath and everything fell to the floor.
"I'm sorry." Harry said.
"You have nothing to apologize about, Harry." Hermione said.
"I wanted to give Fudge a nice knuckle sandwich, but I figured that Dad still needs to work." Ron said.
"How are we going to clean all this up?" Neville asked. In response Harry waved his hand and everything went back to normal.
"Better?" Harry asked.
"Much." Ron, Ginny, Hermione and Neville answered.
A/N I'm sorry if these chapters seem to be moving a little bit to fast. I had the beggining and the end worked out when I wrote this fic and the middle was harder for me to come up with. Thanks to everyone who reviewed.
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