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Chapter Ten:

As much as Albus Dumbledore was a brilliant man, wonderful teacher, and perhaps one of the most eccentric and quick witted headmaster of all time at Hogwarts, he couldn't for the life of him find Baby Tom. Yes, the equally quick witted baby had made a slippery escape and was now scoring the halls of Hogwarts with the Headmaster trying to find him. The Headmaster had just finished checking under a piece of armor when he heard a pained howl coming from further down the corridor. Hoping that Tom wasn't hurt, Dumbledore sprinted as fast as he could down the corridor and made a left, only to see a sight that would later make him snicker.

Tom had Mrs. Norris by the tail and was yanking with all his baby might. Giving the cat a little bit of credit, it didn't bother trying to attack the baby, instead it made unsuccessful attempts to get away from the child. Seeing Dumbledore, Mrs. Norris gave a pitiful wail and Tom just grinned up at the Headmaster. And the Headmaster really shouldn't have been surprised when Filch came running into the scene and had a horrified look on his face. Gently prying little Tom off the pained cat, Dumbledore smiled almost sheepishly at Filch.

"Mrs. Norris!" Filch bawled as he picked up his cat. Seeing as Filch was busy taking care of his "precious", Dumbledore made a hasty retreat with Tom in his arms. When they reached the Headmasters office, Dumbledore placed baby Tom back in the crib and gave him an amused look.

"It's a wonder that you didn't try to take over the Wizarding World with pranks with the way you cause so much trouble as a child" All the Headmaster got in response was a giggle.

Giving a slight chuckle, Dumbledore went back to his desk and sat down in his chair. "I wonder how Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy are doing..."

Ministry of Magic; Court Room

When Harry and Draco entered the courtroom, which in itself was actually a dungeon, Draco looked a bit impressed by the size of the jury (which was about 50). Harry didn't get Wizard proceedings at all, hell he didn't even get muggle proceedings, the only thing close that he saw to it was on the telly.

"All of the Wizengamots are here. Though, I hardly should be surprised" Draco commented quietly. Harry glanced over at him with a confused expression.

"Wizenga-what?"

"Oh honestly Potter..." Draco heaved a sigh at the Gryffindor "The Wizengamots, when put together like this, is in small terms an ultimate jury. Majority rules, in most cases anyway." [1]

"So, we basically just have to convince them that Snape is innocent?" Harry asked looking wry at the elder wizards who were regarding him with a rather keen expression.

Draco simply snorted at Harry "Innocent? It's no doubt that he's guilty. What we must convince them of is that Snape did it to protect you and Tom"

"Okay..." the green eyed boy gave a nod and followed Draco to the front seats where witnesses were to be seated.

The room then lapsed into silence as they seemed to be waiting for something. Just when Harry was going to ask Draco, the doors opened once again and in was brought Severus Snape who was escorted by Aurors. He was then seated by the elder wizards; chains decorated his wrist and ankles. Fudge, who was at the head of the Wizenagmot, then stood.

"The proceeding for Severus Snape shall begin..." and with this start Fudge droned on about who was to do questioning, cross examination, and such and such. Then Fudge came to witnesses.

"And the witnesses for Severus Snape shall be Misters Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy" It probably wasn't their imagination because Fudge's voice had a tint of dislike for both names in his voice. Noting the tone of his voice, Draco and Harry glanced at one another with an eyebrow raised. It seemed for once that they would have to work together.

"Now, for the questioning. Mr. Snape, it has come to my attention that you used an Unforgivable?"

Severus glanced up at Fudge giving him a look that clearly said 'No kidding, idiot'. But his words were simply "Yes"

"Which Unforgivable was this?"

An almost roll of the eyes "Cruciatus Curse"

"Why did you use the Cruciatus Curse?"

Severus almost twitched but he withheld himself and explained what happened. From Baby Tom going amiss to Bellatrix kidnapping said baby and his confrontation with her. He ended his little story with "I used the curse to protect my student and the baby"

"Oh? And you couldn't use a different curse or spell?"

"It was impulse"

"Hmm, this impulse of yours can prove quite dangerous. Especially around children. That is all for questioning of Severus Snape. We'll take a ten minute break and resume with questioning for the witnesses" Fudge said and everyone got up to stretch or do something, well everyone except Severus Snape.

Draco and Harry both stood up as well. "That didn't seem to go so well" Harry commented.

"No, it didn't. This might have to take a little more convincing" Draco replied and slipped away towards where the elder wizards were, leaving Harry to look blankly on after him. Deciding that he didn't really want to know, Harry sat back down and looked over at where the blond Malfoy had gone. It was fairly easy to spot the short boy who was talking to Fudge. Harry's curiosity went up a little as Draco had a smug look on his face and Fudge's face was getting all the more pale. Minutes passed and Fudge was close to shaking as he talked on with the young Malfoy. As if satisfied with his work, Draco said a few last words before returning to his seat next to Harry.

"Tell me, was anything you said to the Minister legal?" Sir Potter asked.

"I think 'the', 'is', and 'and' were" said Draco with a rather accomplished smirk on his face.

"Good, good. A few words, you're getting better" the sarcastic tone to Harry's voice didn't go unnoticed by Draco, but the young Malfoy decided to ignore it anyway.

"You think so too?" Of course before Harry had the chance to retort the proceedings started back up.

"F-first witness t-t-to the stand..Draco Malfoy" Fudge said, still a bit pale and shaken.

Harry didn't know how amused he should be as Draco swaggered up to the stand and sat down, looking expectantly at the Minister.

"Could you give us your count on how things happened?"

With this Draco went into full detail about how Tom was lost and he found him, then to be pounced upon by 'the fat cow'. Also giving a wonderful description of how horribly ugly Bellatrix was that afternoon, then going into how her voice was worse then a banshee. Not really wanting to hear any more, Fudge gave a quick "That is all, Mr. Malfoy" and Draco went back to his seat once more.

"Next witness; Harry Potter"

Harry didn't even bother to try and have the confidence that Draco had, mostly because he had a feeling that much of the smugness coming from the blond had to do with what he told Fudge. Sitting down at the 'witness' stand, Harry looked up at Fudge with an unreadable expression.

"Mr. Potter, could you give us your take on things?"

For about a minute Harry considered just sharing his opinion on everything BUT what happened with Bellatrix. Though when the minute was over he decided not to and told Fudge what happened from his view on things.

"And just when Bellatrix was about to hit Tom and I with the Cruciatus curse, Severus got to her first. Thereby saving myself and Tom."

Fudge just gave a rather forced nod "That'll be all Mr. Potter" and with that Harry went back to his original seat.

The Wizen- Oh, the old bats and hags then commenced to talk amongst themselves until Fudge stood up and declared "We will now have an hour long break so that we may go over testimonies and evidence"

Hogwarts; Great Hall

All throughout the Gryffindor were plans being made. Since Harry had gone off to the Ministry, Hermione and Ron decided to team up with the rather notorious Fred and George to pay back to- dear Professor Ellane.

"So, what exactly are we going to do?" Hermione asked a little on the apprehensive side, still a bit unsure of pulling a prank on a teacher, no matter if that teacher was the hag from hell.

Fred and George shared a quite evil look before whispering amongst themselves so that Hermione or Ron couldn't hear. This, of course, made Hermione worry all the more and Ron was just as worried. Who knew what the twins were up to. Finally the notorious Weasely twins stopped whispering to one another and grinned at Hermione and Ron.

"We can't tell you all that we plan to do." Said Fred.

"So, you're going to have to really trust us" George finished off.

This just made Hermione and Ron worry all the more.

End of Chapter!

A/N: As said, so sorry that this took longer then I had originally planned. Shit happened and I was on the verge of killing people several times. Please Review!

[1] If I got any of that wrong, either go with it or just let me know how it was supposed to go.

Alrighty! And I hope I made the "I hate Mrs. Norris" club happy!