A/N: Again, I don't own this.

Chapter 6- Umbridge's hearing

Ever since that day he saved Curtis, Harry was no longer avoided. Neighbors would speak with him and they no longer believed the lie the Dursleys told which was that Harry was mentally unstable. Harry had also noticed the neighbors were more friendly to him. Mrs. Blackwell, Curtis' mom constantly offered Harry either lemonade or ice tea to drink along with some cookies but Harry usually politely declined since he was with Hermione. The couple next door, Mr. and Mrs. Ethridge had introduced Harry to their fifteen year old daughter Melissa, who attended boarding school in France. Today Harry was sitting by his window and waiting since he had half an hour to kill before he had to go to the Ministry. Harry saw Melissa staring at him and he gave her a small wave and she waved back blushing.

'Gosh Melissa is beautiful but I'm with Hermione now,' Harry thought as he glanced at his bed. After another session of intimate kissing with Hermione last night, they had gotten to sleep at midnight. Despite the efforts of Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, Dudley was going to be put on trial for assault and vandalism in a day or two.

Harry was back at the Department of Mysteries watching Sirius duel against Bellatrix Lestrange. It was the night that Sirius had fell through the veil and all Harry could do was watch.

"Come on you can do better than that!" he yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room.

The second jet of light hit him squarely on the chest.

The laughter had not quite died from his face, but his eyes widened in shock.

...And Harry saw the look of mingled fear and surprise on his godfather's wasted, once-handsome face as he fell through the ancient doorway and disappeared behind the veil, which fluttered for a moment as though in a high wind and then fell back into place.

"SIRIUS!" Harry yelled, "SIRIUS!"

Harry had the same nightmare where he saw Sirius die so he woke up at seven thirty and began to exercise. When he was done, he showered and cooked breakfast for him, the Dursleys and he made a plate for Hermione. By now Hermione began to stir and she got up.

"Hey sleepyhead," Harry said in greeting to Hermione.

"Morning to you too," Hermione said before going to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Harry stared at the pajamas Hermione had worn because they seemed too small for her and revealed parts of her body that left a lot to the imagination. Harry had also noticed how her pants seemed to hug her legs real tight and her top was low cut and exposed more than it covered. 'Get a grip on yourself Potter,' he thought as Hermione came back into her room.

"Hermione, I made this for you," Harry said indicating the plate on his desk. "There's some toast, eggs and sausage in there," Harry said as Hermione started combing her hair.

"That's so sweet of you Harry," she said kissing him on his cheek. "When are you going to the Ministry?" she asked while chewing down some toast.

Harry checked his clock and saw that he still had twenty minutes left. "I'm leaving in twenty minutes," Harry said.

"Hmm you'll do fine," Hermione said.

Twenty minutes later Harry and Hermione were both dressed and waiting downstairs and they saw Tonks had come to pick up Harry.

"Wotcher Harry and Hermione," she said when she saw them, giving both of them a hug. "You're leaving by portkey," Tonks said, taking a pen from her pocket.

Harry, Hermione and Tonks all held onto a part of the pen and then Harry felt the familiar yanking around his navel and soon they were in the Ministry of Magic.

"Mr. Potter," greeted Eric, the security wizard bowing. "Your escort shall be here shortly Mr. Potter," Eric said.

"Come on Hermione," Tonks said taking the younger girl to the public elevators. "You're going to be watching as a spectator so you have to go here and watch," Tonks said leading Hermione to a room with over a hundred chairs and filled mostly with Hogwarts students, most of whom she knew.

"Hi Lavender, Parvati, Seamus, Dean, Neville," she said greeting the Gryffindors in her year.

"Hermione!" squealed Parvati and Lavender as they hugged her. "It's so good to see you!" they said beaming happily.

Meanwhile Harry's escort came and Harry was shocked. "Alicia? What are you doing here?" he asked the Gryffindor Quidditch team's former chaser when she came.

"Harry! I'm here to take you to your hearing," Alicia said, hugging Harry and kissing his cheek. "Come on," she said, taking his hand and taking him to the lifts.

"I thought you were going to be playing Quidditch somewhere," Harry said when they got on a lift.

"No," Alicia said. "I always wanted to work in the Ministry and now I'm a court reporter and today is my first case," Alicia said beaming at Harry. "I do hope your testimony gets Umbridge locked up in Azkaban," Alicia said as the lift stopped and they got out at the Wizengamot. "Well here you are Harry," Alicia said opening the door.

Harry stepped in and immediately thought back to his hearing last year. The scene was similar only Umbridge's seat was vacant. Suddenly the voice of Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge burst into Harry's thoughts.

"Mr. Potter, if you would please step up," Fudge said as Harry went in front of the Wizengamot. "Now please tell us about Madam Umbridge's quill," Fudge said.

Harry took a breath for a minute then looked up at where the spectators were sitting. To his surprise, Dean and Seamus, his fellow Gryffindors were holding up a sign with a drawing of Harry aiming his wand at Umbridge that said:

Umbridge is an evil witch and hag
We support Harry Potter!

Harry then started to speak. "Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the Wizengamot. Today I am here to speak against Madam Umbridge, who was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher last year at Hogwarts. Madam Umbridge was a horrible teacher who just made us read our textbook in class. She refused to let us practice magic because Minister Fudge here," (Harry looked in the direction of the Minister) "thought that Professor Dumbledore was raising an army to fight him," Harry said causing murmurs throughout the Wizengamot.

"Get on with it Potter," snapped Fudge.

"If a student was unfortunate enough to earn detention with Madam Umbridge, she would force them to write lines with a quill that had a blood-draining curse, which has been illegal for over a century. I was unfortunate enough to get detentions with her more than any other student because I kept speaking about Voldemort's return, which Minister Fudge here refused to believe," Harry said glancing at Minister Fudge again.

"Now wait just a minute...," Fudge started.

"Minister Fudge, with all due respect sir, you tried to expel me last year from Hogwarts. You tried to make me look bad in the Daily Prophet by putting in stories about how I was unbalanced. You were seen last year with Lucius Malfoy, a Death Eater now in Azkaban. You used Madam Umbridge as a way to get back at me only you failed. I was right about Voldemort and you were wrong Minister," Harry said causing silence to fall in the Wizengamot. Minister Fudge was the first to recover and he began to speak.

"Yes, Mr. Potter well I must apologize for my actions last year," Fudge said.

"Minister Fudge, no apology is necessary," Harry said as he started to think. 'I don't know if I should say it now but someone has to remove Fudge from office,' Harry thought. "Minister, Madam Umbridge may have been a pawn in your scheme to ridicule me but it ends here now," Harry said. "Ladies and gentlemen of the Wizengamot, I think it is time to remove Minister Fudge from his position as Minister and give it to a person with the interests of the families who fear Voldemort rather than someone like Minister Fudge who hires Death Eaters and cares more about the interests of rich and wealthy families," Harry said.

After Harry had finished speaking, there was a silence in the Wizengamot. Wizards and witches alike began to murmur then began to applaud. Amelia Bones then stood up.

"All in favor of removing Minister Fudge from office, please raise your hands in the air," Madam Bones said in a loud and booming voice.

Harry looked around the Wizengamot. Almost every hand was raised. Before he could identify exactly how many people had voted, Madam Bones spoke again.

"For those against removing Minister Fudge, please raise your hands," Madam Bones continued as only a few hands went up. "It is decided then. The Wizengamot votes to remove Minister Fudge. Now Mr. Potter do you know anyone who you think will be well suited to be Minister?" Madam Bones asked him.

Harry thought for a moment. 'It should be a member of the Order so that there will be support,' Harry thought. Then it hit him- Mr. Weasely was a member of the Order and he worked in the Ministry. "I nominate Arthur Weasely," Harry said.

"Very well," Madam Bones said. "All in favor of Arthur Weasely as the next Minister of Magic, please raise your hand," Madam Bones said as almost four-fifths of the Wizengamot raised their hands. "Then it is done. Arthur Weasely is the new Minister of Magic. As for Madam Umbridge, she shall be suspended with no pay for a year. You may leave Mr. Potter," Madam Bones said.

Harry then left the Wizengamot and went back up to the Atrium where his fellow Hogwarts students were waiting. He saw Lavender, Parvati, Neville, Dean, Seamus and Hermione, all of whom were his same year Gryffindors. Harry also saw students in his year from different houses like Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones and Hannah Abbott from Hufflepuff and Terry Boot and Padma Patil from Ravenclaw. When Hermione saw him she ran up to him and kissed him.

"Oh you were so good Harry," she said. After that the rest of the Hogwarts students congratulated him for doing what he had just done.

Meanwhile in Little Hangleton, Lord Voldemort laughed evilly. 'Who the fuck do you think you are Potter? You think you're all high and mighty? We shall see,' he thought.

At Four Privet Drive later that day, Harry and Hermione were kissing each other again. They had started shortly after Harry had helped to oust Minister Fudge and put in Mr. Weasley as the new Minister of Magic.

"Hermione?" Harry asked taking a break from kissing her.

"Yes Harry?" Hermione said.

"Can I call you a nickname or something?" Harry asked.

"Why would you want to do that?" Hermione asked Harry.

"Because saying your name is too troublesome," Harry said. "Can I call you Herms?" he asked.

"No!" Hermione said.

"'Mione?" Harry asked

"Hmm, maybe," Hermione said after thinking for a minute.

"Hermy?" Harry said, using the name Grawp called her.

"Definitely not Harry!" Hermione said.

"Aww, why can't I use it when Grawp can?" Harry asked, giving her his usual pout.

Hermione took a deep breath before answering. "I don't mind Grawp using it because he can't really speak English that well okay Harry?" Hermione said in response.

"How about Herm?" Harry asked.

"Hmm, that actually does not sound that bad Harry. Yeah you can use it," Hermione said.

"Okay Herm," Harry said as he started to kiss her again. Hermione put her arms around his neck and kissed back. Harry and Hermione slept around eleven at night with Hermione in Harry's arms.

Meanwhile Lavender Brown was sitting in front of her desk. She had gone to the Ministry that morning to see Harry speak against Umbridge. As she had sat in the Ministry watching Harry speak Lavender couldn't help but notice how gorgeous Harry was. 'Too bad Hermione is his girlfriend now' Lavender thought. Lavender had become somewhat good friends with Hermione and was happy for Hermione but she also felt disappointed because she had a secret desire to kiss Harry. 'I guess I'll have to look for another boy,' Lavender thought as images of a tall red head entered her mind.

'Could I be in love with Ron? Hmm he does have a nice body even though Harry was better looking,' Lavender thought while combing her light brown hair that went down past her shoulders. Lavender then reached a decision. She would make Ron notice her no matter what this year.

Author's notes: Aww, isn't that cute? Ron likes Lavender and Lavender likes Ron. Please read and review.