Wednesday morning came dreary, dark and gray. Everyone at the Burrows ate their breakfast in silence, afraid to talk for fear of crying. Just as they were finishing breakfast Dumbledore, Snape and Pomfrey walked out of the living room fire. Everyone look to Dumbledore with one question: 'How is Harry?'. He shook his head .
"I've asked the ministry to allow us to floo between here and Cornelius Fudge's office. They agreed so the press wouldn't bother Hermione and Ron. Don't forget Sirius you must cover your face in you hood." Sirius shook his head and pulled the hood of his robe over his face.
They arrived in Fudge's office ten minutes later. He greeted each with a somber handshake and sad smile. "I wish it was under better circumstances we were all getting together." Everyone just shook their head. He walked with them to the courtroom. Fudge went to sit at the bench while the others went to sit in the first row of spectators.
A few minutes later the Dursley were brought into the courtroom accompanied by three Aurors. They were seated in the middle of the room, the Aurors seated behind them.
"We will start the trial against the Dursleys. We have four witnesses, evidence, then the Dursleys will testify. Each witness, including the Dursleys will be given Veritaserum. The muggles were given it this morning. We gave them the serum that lasts forty-eight hours. Now Miss Hermione please come forward and take a seat." He pointed to the chair beside the bench.
Hermione walks forward. Bill adds three drops of the truth serum to a glass of pumpkin juice and she drinks it straight down. She sits down and fudge starts to question her.
"What is your name?"
"Hermione Granger"
"Who is your best friend?"
"Ron Weasley and Harry Potter"
Can you tell us why you happened to be at the Dursleys and what transpired in your own words?"
"The Sunday before we found Harry. I called the Dursleys and asked if I could pick Harry up so we could spend the last month of summer with Ron. I told them my name was Ginny. They said he had left the week before and hung up on me."
She takes a moment to calm down.
"When I arrived at Ron's on Saturday I asked where Harry was. He said that Harry wasn't there. I fainted. He explained to me about the letter he got from Harry at the start of summer and I told him about the phone call. Ron, Charlie, Bill and myself decided that the next day we would go and see where Harry was and if he was okay. I had my car so Charlie and Bill put some charms on it."
Bill brings her a glass of water and a tissue. She takes a drink of water before she continues. The tears running silently down her cheeks.
"We had decided that Ron would steal a canary cream cake from George and Fred. I would go inside the Dursleys and act like I liked Dudley. Bill and Charlie would wait in the car, in case we needed them. While I was talking to the Dursleys, Ron took the cream and found Harry. The next thing I know is they are frantically blowing the car horn and Bill is gone. Harry is laying in back seat covered in a blanket all bloody and bruised."
She takes another drink of water and wipes the tears away with her sleeve.
"We took Harry to the Weasleys and you know what happened from there on."
"Thank you Miss Granger, please take your seat. Ronald Weasley please come forward."
Ron walks up to the stand and Bill hands him a glass of juice with the truth serum in it. He drinks it down. He sits down.
"What is your name?
"Ronald Weasley, sir."
"Who is your best friend?"
"Harry Potter and Hermione Granger"
"How did you come about having Harry's owl Hedwig?"
The day we came home from school she was sitting at our door with a note from Harry. He wanted to know if we could keep her for the summer and if my mom could pick up his school supplies. He was going on a three month vacation with the muggles."
"Can you tell us what you saw in the room you found Mr. Potter in?"
"His hands and feet were chained to the bed. He was gagged. He was laying on his stomach with something under it. He didn't have any clothes on. He was bloody and there was blood on his bottom. His eyes were black and swollen."
"What did you do next"
"I went and told Charlie and Bill. Charlie went and got Harry out of the room, Bill to go get some Aurors, and I put up the third seat so we could lay Harry down."
"Thank Mr. Weasley. Mr. Charlie Weasley please come forward."
Charlie steppe forward and Bill handed him a glass of juice. He drank it in one gulp, and sat down.
"What is your name?"
"Charlie Weasley"
"What is your job?"
"I work with dragons in Romania."
"What did you do when Ron told you about Harry? What happened and what did you see?"
"I immediately disapparated to his bedroom and found him as Ron stated naked, bloody and chained to the bed. I used my wand to dissolve the bars and glass on his windows. I unlocked the chains, took out the gag, and tried to wake him up. He never stirred. I picked him up and jumped from the second story window. As I was running to the car, Bill conjured a blanket and I covered him and put him in the backseat."
"Thank you Mr. Weasley. Bill Weasley please drink the juice and have a seat."
"What is your name?"
"William Weasley"
"What is your job?"
"I work at the wizarding bank in Gringotts."
"What did you see when you went into the Dursleys home?"
"They were watching a video. It was of some things they did to Harry. When we went into Harry's room there was blood everywhere, floor, bed, and walls. There was a set of chains hung from the ceiling and another set attached to the floor. In the adults room were thousands of videos dated. We put one in a vcr and could see that they videotaped everything they did to Harry."
"Thank you Mr. Weasley. We will take a ten minute recess to set up the equipment necessary to show a few of the videos as evidence. Thank you."
No one spoke a word during the ten minutes. They just watched the men come in and set up a huge fifty-two inch television and a vcr. The first video was put in.
The Dursley walk into Harry's bedroom. His left arm is chained to the bed. Vernon punches him in the back of the head.
"I know you had them boys give my son that candy."
"No, Uncle Vernon. I didn't. I'm sorry, they were just playing a prank. They didn't mean any harm."
Vernon slaps him in the mouth. "Shut up, I don't want to hear your lies. You filthy little shit. Your just a freak that's why your parents are dead. They were freaks, too."
"Yes, you shouldn't have told them boys to give my bobkins that candy."
Dudley just smiled they all started to punch, kick, slap, anything they could do to inflict pain on him. He soon passed out.
The whole tape was nothing but them beating him. They feed him once and it was a slice of bread and a glass of water.
The next tape they put in was Monday .
-video-
Everyone watches as Harry is beaten till he was unconscious. The next scene is Harry trying to get up but he's chained to the bed he can hear him try to talk but it is muffled. The Dursleys walk into the room. Vernon takes a knife out of his pocket and cuts all of Harry's clothes off.
Petunia takes off her skirt and explains to Dudley what a strap-on is. Vernon tells him that he's going to Harry for practice until he gets a girlfriend. Harry starts to struggle and scream. Vernon punches him in the face and says something too low for the camera to pick up. Harry starts to cry.
Petunia gets behind him and rams into him. Harry starts to scream and struggle to get away, Vernon hits him again. Petunia has her way with him till she has her orgasm. Vernon rapes him next. Finally it's Dudley's turn.
Dudley put his legs on top of Harry's as he's starts to rape him. Vernon punches Harry and tells him if he can't stay awake then they'll go another round. Dudley is biting him. The others are cheering Dudley on. As Dudley finishes he punches Harry in the head. They beat him till he blacks out.
-end of video -
The crowd is silent as the next tape, labeled Wednesday.
-video -
Petunia throws water in Harry's face. They untie his hands and feet. You can see him reach for the gag and is punched. He struggles to get away. They chain him up using the chains in the middle of the room. He is still trying to get away. Vernon is explaining to Dudley how for now Harry is going to be a punching bag so he can learn how to box. They punch and kick him for a few hours. Then they drag his body over to the bed and chain him up as before.
The next scene shows them waking him up and raping him. A one would rape him the other two would beat him. They each did a couple rounds of this before they left the room. Harry softly cries.
-end of video -
Everyone but the Dursleys are crying at what they've seen. They can't believe they could do that to their own family. The next video to be put in is labeled Saturday and Sunday morning.
- video -
Vernon pours a bucket of hot water on Harry and he screams. Vernon calls for the others and tell them their toy is awake. He stars to rape him. he pull on his hair and punches him in the back of the head. All three laughing as the hear him cry and whimper. After Vernon was Petunia than Dudley. They each took a couple of turn then left the room.
A few hours later they came back and each took a few turns raping him again, but right before Dudley left the room he took a wooden paddle and hit Harry in the back of the head. Harry didn't move or make a sound after that.
The next scene show the Dursleys trying to wake him up, but he didn't stir. They each rape him a few times before the two adults leave the room. Dudley continues to rape Harry till his father rushes into the room saying a girl wants to see him downstairs. Dudley quickly throws his clothes on. The next thing you see is a little yellow canary with red feathers on it's head looking in the window.
Suddenly Charlie is in the room. He pulls his wand out and makes the glass and bars disappear from the window. He unlocks the chains and removes the gag from Harry's mouth. He gently picks him up and calls out his name, but the is no response from the boy. He jumps out the window and then ext thing heard is a car horn blowing frantically. The video goes to static.
-end of video -
The crowd is shooting deadly glares at the muggles. It's taking all that Snape and Lupin have to hold Sirius down. It isn't till Dumbledore reminds him he isn't a free man that he quits struggling. Fudge clears his throat. "We will now call the Dursleys up to hear what they have to say."
"Vernon Dursley take the stand."
Vernon struggles to get away but they force him to the seat and make him sit down.
"What is your name?"
Vernon Dursley."
"What is your relationship to Harry Potter and how?"
"I'm his uncle by marriage"
"Why did you do these things to Mr. Potter?"
"I hate him. He's a freak, just like his parents. He should have never been born. I never liked his parents so why should I like him. He got what he deserved. I don't have anything else to say."
"Alright, bring up Petunia Dursley."
They return Vernon to his seat and drag Petunia to the witness seat.
"What is your name?"
"Petunia Dursley"
"What is your relationship to Harry Potter and how?"
"I'm his aunt and his mother was my sister."
"Why did you do these things to him?"
"My sister was the pretty, smart and perfect one. Everyone loved her. My father favored her even though I'm the oldest. She could do no wrong. When she started dating James my father even loved him more than me. I swore than that anyway I could I would ruin anything that I could of theirs. So, I hated Harry because he was theirs. He doesn't deserve to live."
"Take her back to her seat and bring Dudley Dursley up."
They take Petunia back to her seat and drag Dudley up.
"What is your name?"
"Dudley Dursley"
"What is your relationship to Harry Potter?"
"I'm his cousin."
"Why did you do these things to him?"
"Oh that's easy. I was jealous of him. When we were in grade school everyone wanted to be his friend, I had to bully people to get mine. Everyone thought he was so cute, so smart, so perfect. I wanted him to die."
"Take him back to his seat. It is the opinion of this court that all three of you will spend the rest of your lives in Azkaban prison where you will be guarded by dementors. May you rot in hell." with that said he gets up and walks out of the courtroom. Everyone but the Weasleys, Dumbledore, Hermione, Snape, Sirius, Lupin, and Pomfrey get up to leave, they wait until the courtroom is just about empty to go to Fudge's office. He was waiting for them, tears falling down his face.
"I'm sorry that you children had to see what they did to him. I'm sorry he had to go thru that. We thought he would be safe with his sister's family." He turns to look at the floor.
"That's why I told them about Potter Manor. Are you ready to go back to the burrows?," stated Albus.
Everyone shakes their heads and they wave good-bye to minister Fudge. Snape and Pomfrey went back to Hogwarts, while everyone else went back to the burrows. Pomfrey promised to send Winky and Dobby to them there.
As Hermione was arriving back at the burrows she collapsed once she stepped out of the fireplace. She burst into tears. Charlie picked her up and sat down with her on the couch. He tried to calm her down but she wouldn't have it. She kept mumbling that she couldn't believe that happened to Harry, not her Harry. Finally Dumbledore had to use a spell on her to make her sleep. Charlie carried her to Ginny's room while everyone just sat in silence.
Dobby and Winky appeared beside Albus just as Charlie was coming back downstairs.
"Dobby, Winky, who is the one person you both told me you want to work for, if given the chance?"
"Harry Potter, Sir." they both replied.
"Well, it looks like you are going to get your wish. I'm letting you two work for him. He's going to his new home at the next summer session. They are going tomorrow and start cleaning it up. The Weasleys will live there with Harry."
Dobby and Winky started dancing around, chanting 'We get to work for Harry Potter' Everyone watched them for few minutes and then Dumbledore told everyone he would see them the next morning and take them to the house. Everyone went to bed sad and depressed.
They were surprised to see how big Potter Manor was and that it was in Hogsmeade. It had twenty bedrooms, two dining rooms, three living rooms and a library that was ten times the size of Hogwarts. Each bedroom has it's own bathroom. Outside there's an olympic size pool, a quidditich area and a huge garden of lilys. It was so beautiful. They spent the next two weeks cleaning and getting everyone situated. They all decided that Harry should have the master bedroom, since it was his parents.
They go to Diagon Alley two days before school starts. Mrs. Weasley makes sure to get the things Harry will need for when he wakes up. The kids prepare for school with a heavy heart. Instead of riding the train the Weasleys and Hermione flooed to Professor Dumbledore's office. He was standing there waiting for them.
"Has there been any change in Harry's condition?" asks Ron.
"No, I'm afraid not. I'm going to announce tonight that we don't know when he'll awake."
"Sir, me and Fred never thought them muggles would do that to Harry. We was just playing a little prank."
"I know, now go ahead and take you things to your rooms and we can have lunch before everyone else gets here."
They went upstairs and came back down about ten minutes later. They went into the dining room to have lunch. They each looked at Professor Snape expectantly. He just shook his head. After lunch the teachers left the Weasleys and Hermione alone. They just sat there and waited for dinner.
As they students started to pour in, many asked where Harry was and why they weren't on the train. They just sat there and said nothing. As soon as the sorting was done and everyone had eaten Dumbledore stood to give a little speech.
"I would like to welcome our first years and returning students to Hogwarts. This year we have a new DADA teacher it is Professor Remus Lupin. We also have a new student, I'm sure you all remember Fleur. I would also like to talk to you about Harry Potter. He is in a coma and we don't now when he will awaken. I'm sure by now you've all heard what happened to him. I will not tolerate anyone bothering him about what happened. It will mean you will be expelled. Do I make myself..."
"You mean he couldn't handle a few smacks from a muggle?" shouted Draco Malfoy.
"Fifty point from Slytherin. I will not, I repeat, I will not tolerate anybody bothering him about what happened." So goodnight and rest up for your first day tomorrow.
The first week of school seemed to drag by till it was finally Friday. Hermione just wanted the weekend to hurry and get here. She was tired of hearing about Ron and Fleur, or people asking her about Harry. Just as dinner was about finished the dining room doors smashed open. The first to walk in the door was a beautiful female unicorn, with a huge albino python on it's back. Next walked in a huge white lion, followed by a white phoenix and a white owl. A boy stands in the shadows, he walks into the light and the whole room gasps.
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