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Disclaimer: I wish I could be as good as JK Rowling but I'm not. This is her stuff and not to mention the influence that this story took from various fanfics.

Chapter 28
Umbridge's Revenge

A few days later Harry, Ginny, and Kayla, who recently started to join the couple's morning workout sessions, came to breakfast later than usual. The Great Hall was noisy and the words for and against Fudge and Umbridge could be heard over and over again. When they finally made it to their seat and were starting their breakfast Hedwig came flying in with a copy of the Daily Prophet.

Harry took the newspaper from her and said "That's awkward. Hedwig knows that I hate the Prophet. I wonder why she brought me the paper."

Ginny had taken the paper from Harry and was reading it. Harry could tell that she went from calm to angry when reading the paper so she handed it to Harry to read. The Daily Prophet said:

Fudge Resigns as Minister

By Rita Skeeter

Former Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge has resigned as Minister of Magic late yesterday afternoon at the end of the business day. This is not a surprise move by Fudge for he was under enormous public pressure to resign and if he failed to resign by the end of this week then more than likely he would have been removed by a Vote of No Confidence that was going to be called upon by Madame Amelia Bones in charge of the Department of Law Enforcement.

Madame Bones was quoted saying, "Minister Fudge has tied the hands of Aurors for too long and it was time that we stood up to him. If we continue to stand by and let this man continue to lead than we are all signing our death warrants." The vast majority of heads of departments in the Ministry of Magic has agreed to what Madame Bones was saying. By resigning from the office of Minister of Magic, Fudge will not face charges of conspiracy against the wizards and witches of England concerning the cover up with You-Know-Who and slander against Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore.

The problem that is caused with Fudge's resignation is that his Head Undersecretary Dolores Umbridge becomes acting Minister or in this case Mistress of Magic until a new one is elected. If the wizarding community were to hastily elect an official then it would take at least one week to carry this out because of election laws requiring one week be given for people to decide and hear the candidates' platforms.

Umbridge has always taken a non diplomatic approach and drawn a hard line against those that stand against her. We at the Daily Prophet suspect that she will be going after Harry Potter while she is in office to discredit him like she did last year. On a bright note, the two leading candidates for Minister of Magic are Amelia Bones who is taking a hard line approach similar to Harry Potter's approach to Death Eaters and Arthur Weasley who is an out spoken supporter for Albus Dumbledore. It is safe to assume that who ever Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore support will win this election by a vast majority of the vote.

Harry was angry that Umbridge became the new minister even if it is for a short time. She would try to undo everything that Harry had accomplished over the last few weeks just because she wanted to see both him and other magical creatures suffer. A few people were looking to Harry to see how he was going to react but he managed to keep a calm outward appearance.

Ginny asked "Harry, what are you going to do?"

Harry responded "I'm not sure yet. I really don't want to have to endorse a candidate but I feel like I will be letting down two very good candidates if I did do that. I think that both your dad and Madame Bones will do a good job if elected."

Ginny said "I guess I'm not sure what to do either, it's really a big conflict of interest I guess."

Harry nodded and said, "I know what you mean. It's just that I know that your dad will do a good job. The question is will he be a puppet for Dumbledore to pull all the strings from behind the scenes. On the other hand, I don't really know Madame Bones' stance on many things so I don't know if I can choose between the two."

Kayla nodded and said "I agree that they will do a good job but what about if Umbridge comes after you and finds something horrible about you or just makes it up."

Harry said, "There's not much I can do about her but respond to her accusations. Although I have a feeling that this will not be an easy week at the minimum, if she does manage to do something like get me taken out of Hogwarts or worse place me in Azkaban for what ever reason, I need the two of you to stick together."

Ginny said "I hope that nothing happens but I think that you're right. She is going to come after you as quickly as she can and as harsh as she can. What are we going to do though if you aren't here?"

Harry said "I guess just continue on as normal. Those things that I gave you over Christmas can not be taken away unless freely given away so don't worry. I'll have some protection with me at all times. I wouldn't put it past that toad to send me to Azkaban on some kind of charge even if it is just for a few days."

As the two were talking, Kayla noticed that the crowd was getting quieter and staring at the doors to the Great Hall. She poked at Harry and Ginny who also turned to look and once they saw what was coming they knew that the fireworks were about to begin. Umbridge was making her way down the Gryffindor Table towards Harry followed by approximately ten Aurors none of which Harry knew.

Once they made it to Harry they stopped and Umbridge with an air of superiority said "Harry Potter, you are under arrest for use of an Unforgivable Curse at the Ministry of Magic last year on one Bellatrix Lestrange. You are also charged with aiding an attack on Ministry officials last year with the help of centaurs from the Forbidden Forest."

Harry, Kayla, and Ginny jumped up with a sudden quickness that caught everybody off guard and drew their wands from their pockets. Harry and Ginny didn't want to use the rose wands unless necessary to keep attention away from their second wands. The ministry officials in turn pulled out their wands and Umbridge said "How dare you draw your wands at us. What do you three think you can do against eleven highly trained ministry officials?"

Dumbledore was making his way down from the Head Table when all of this was going on accompanied by the staff members and with a voice of authority asked "What is going on over here Ms. Umbridge?"

Umbridge turned to Dumbledore and said "That's Mistress of Magic Umbridge to you Dumbledore. You will give me the respect that I deserve. I am here to arrest Mr. Potter. This is a ministry matter so stay out of this."

Dumbledore said "Mr. Potter is a student at this school therefore it does become my concern. It is also a concern to Professor McGonagall for she is his Head of House and Professor Lupin for he is Mr. Potter's legal guardian."

Umbridge said, "The ministry has higher authority than the school so what I say will go. As to Mr. Lupin, he is no longer Mr. Potter's guardian for I decreed prior to coming here that no half breeds or non wizard or witch is allowed to maintain custody over a minor."

Harry replied "You can't do that. Professor Lupin is my rightful guardian and those discriminatory laws have been repealed already. You are not going to take this away from the both of us."

Umbridge said "I don't care what you want. As the Mistress of Magic, I have the power to temporarily suspend wizarding law in the event that concerns the security of the magical community. Mr. Potter, you are a threat to this community with your propaganda of treating those inferior to us as equals and as such I have to take full control of the situation. I will return the wizarding community back to the way we were which is tight control over everything."

Harry was getting very aggravated and his raw power was starting to seep out of him. Everybody within one hundred feet could feel the intense magic and pulled back a little with Dumbledore and Ginny being the only ones not to flinch. Harry said "How do you expect to take me if I don't want to come? Do you honestly expect to be able to take me with ten Aurors and your pathetic abilities?"

Umbridge lost her temper and said "If you will not come peacefully then we will take you by force. Unless anybody else here wants to share a prison cell with Mr. Potter then you all better back away. If I have to, I will fire the entire staff of Hogwarts and appoint those who are better qualified to teach the students."

Harry replied "I will rip your limbs off your body piece by piece if you dare try to harm anybody in this school!"

Umbridge said "You can add threatening a ministry official to your list of charges now. Aurors, take Mr. Potter into custody!"

Harry gave a quick look at the Aurors that accompanied Umbridge and all of them hesitated when they met his eye. Harry said "Do you all really want to follow such an arrogant, discriminating, bitch that will do anything to discredit those that she has a personal vendetta with?"

The lead Auror of the group said "She is the Mistress of Magic and by law we are required to carry out her orders. You are to come with us Mr. Potter and we ask that you come peacefully."

Harry gave the Auror a look of contempt and the Auror flinched. The Auror slowly and hesitantly approached Harry. Harry asked "Do you all think that you can take me in a duel?"

The head Auror said "I don't believe that I would make it out of a duel with you if it was just between the two of us but up against ten highly trained Aurors I think that we have the advantage but I don't want to take that chance. I may not like what it is that I have to do but I am an Auror and must do my duty to up hold the law."

Harry replied "I agree that as an Auror you must uphold the law but at what cost. Will you uphold laws that you know are unjust and biased? Everybody here knows that Umbridge is here only because she has a personal problem with me which is 'I'm right and she's not.'"

The Auror replied "I don't get the luxury to decide what I think is right and wrong as do all Aurors. We willingly gave up that privilege when we became Aurors and must trust that our officials are doing the right thing even if we personally do not like it. I ask you again Mr. Potter, please come peacefully."

Harry asked "If I were to go peacefully, where will you all be taking me?"

The Auror replied "You will be taken to the Ministry holding cells to await trial. If you are found innocent then you will be taken back here with a formal apology from the Ministry but if you are found guilty then you will more than likely be sent to Azkaban prison."

Harry said "Look around you, I think that you all will have a harder time fighting because if you don't think that you will be able to hold me off then what makes you think that you will be able to fight off all the students that are pointing their wands at you."

The Aurors and Umbridge looked around and saw that half of the students were standing up and had their wands pointed at the group of Ministry officials. Some of the students were keeping a wary eye out for those around them that might come to the aid of the Ministry or might take the opportunity to attack the new DA. The ministry officials were getting nervous and knew that they would not be able to take on all these students and if the rumors were true, there was no way they would be able to beat a group of students personally trained by Harry Potter in defensive skills when they were already outnumbered five to one.

Harry took sympathy on the Ministry Aurors so he called out "Everyone, lower your wands. I'll go peacefully just as long as you keep Umbitch, over there away from me."

A few of the Aurors gave sighs of relief and even Umbridge was a little relieved that Harry was coming peacefully. The students were unhappy about the decision because they wanted a chance to get some revenge on Umbridge for what she did to them last year. Although Umbridge was relieved that Harry wasn't going to fight, she was not pleased with his constant insults. Ginny and Kayla reluctantly lowered their wands and Dumbledore along with the staff did not look too pleased with Harry going into Ministry custody.

Harry whistled and Nightlight flew into the Great Hall through the double doors and landed on Harry's shoulder. Harry said "Let Sunrise and Sunset know that Ginny's in charge now. I want you and Blaze to keep a close watch on her and help her anyway she needs it."

The phoenix gave a short trill of agreement and flew over to Ginny's shoulder. Ginny was petting the phoenix affectionately and said "Are you sure about this Harry? I really don't trust what they are going to do to you."

Harry replied "I don't really like the idea of the Ministry being led by the bitch of all toads but I would rather do that then have everybody be taken into custody. I want you to think about the next Minister and who you would choose and I'll go along with whatever you say. Do try to stay safe and I'll get back here as soon as possible even if it does mean Azkaban."

Ginny gave Harry a hug and a kiss on the lips then she said "I love you Harry. You better come back to me quickly and in one piece."

Harry replied "I love you too. I'll be back soon, just remember that I have tricks up my sleeve also." He whispered the last part to her so she knew that he would be able to get away whenever he really wanted to. Ginny knew about his permanent portkey, not to mention his ability to apparate, and ability to turn into a phoenix and leave if he wanted to. She was thankful that the two of them did go through the ritual to exchange knowledge more and more with each day because she understood more of why he was doing what he was doing.

Harry turned to the head Auror and said "I don't believe that binding my hands will be necessary for I will go on my own free will."

The head Auror just nodded his agreement because he was just happy that they were not going to have to fight their way out of the Great Hall. Harry had three Aurors walk in front of him, two on each side, and three behind him with everybody walking three to a row. Umbridge had two Aurors with her for standard security reasons for any Minister or in this case Mistress of Magic.

The group used a portkey to get back to the Ministry building in London. They appeared in the middle of the atrium with people bustling in and out as busy as ever but everybody froze at the sight of Harry Potter being taken into custody. There were whispers of what was going on but nobody knew what it was. Harry was escorted down into the lower levels and didn't exactly know where they were leading him until they approached an area that had many Aurors walking back and forth. It was a large office that had a few cubicles near the back and larger offices along the walls, which Harry had seen when he was at the ministry a year ago. At the counter a young witch approached the group and asked, "How may I help you today?"

The Head Auror said "We are here to turn custody of Harry Potter over to the Aurors on duty to transport him to the holding cells until it is time for his trial. He is charged with using an unforgivable and conspiracy against the Ministry of Magic."

The lady looked over at Harry and gasped at what was being said. She said "That can't be true. Tell me you are putting on a joke."

Harry looked at the lady and said "I'm sorry ma'am but it is not a joke. These Aurors came to school and arrested me. Don't worry though, I intend to stand trial and the truth will be told of what happened. May I ask a favor of you ma'am?"

She nodded and Harry said "Can you send notice of this to the Daily Prophet and all major newspapers that I am arrested? Let them know of the charges also and send a message also that I said, 'The truth will come out and to remain faithful to the cause you all know is right in your hearts.'"

She said "I can do that for you Mr. Potter. I'll get on it right away. It's almost time for me to take my break anyway."

Harry said "Please just call me Harry."

He was cut off from saying more by the Aurors that escorted him and pushed to the side. They were met by another group of Aurors that showed up and held Harry by the collar and dragged him over to an all white cell that was padded similar to the ones used for the mentally crazy. Harry was glad that at least they gave him a cushioned bed that was attached to the wall so this way he would be able to get some sleep while here.

Back at school, the student population was in a state of chaos. The news that Harry Potter was arrested and went willingly was troubling the students. There were a few groups of students that were happy at the turn of events including Ron and Hermione's group which wasn't much of a group and Malfoy's group of students sympathetic to the Deatheaters. Although Malfoy's group had no sympathy for Harry, they were surprised at the turn of events and went to inform their parents and Voldemort as quickly as possible.

This was the excuse that Hermione, Ron, Luna, and Neville needed to fuel their cause and justify their actions. Ron was going on and on to any student that was willing to listen that he knew that something was going on with Harry all this time that was why he separated himself from Harry. Most of the students were throwing things at Ron to make him shut up and what made them even angrier was what he did during lunch.

Ron stood up by a pedestal near the Head Table after talking to Dumbledore. Ron was flanked by Hermione, Neville, and Luna. McGonagall called for attention in the Great Hall and all eyes turned to Ron. Ron said "I'm sure that you all now know what has happened during breakfast between Potter and the Ministry. After some thinking and consulting a few people, we have decided that since we will not know when Harry Potter will be getting out of jail or even getting his trial. I will be taking over the DA and have received the blessings of the Headmaster to lead the group along with Hermione, Luna, and Neville. The first meeting will take place tonight after dinner in the Room of Requirement."

What happened next wasn't all unexpected but caught the staff and Ron's group by surprise. Led by Ginny and Kayla, the two of them stood up and walked out of the Great Hall in silence. Students at first slowly followed by after the two made it out the doors, almost everybody got up and left not bothering to answer verbally to what Ron just said. That marked the moment of the students in general going up against the staff and Ron's group.

To the surprise of those left in the Great Hall which wasn't many, Malfoy and his group approached Ron and the Head Table and told Ron "Are you that stupid Weasley? You just started a war between the students and staff which includes you. Even I would not dare cross the entire student population but you will not have to worry about the Slytherins for we will stay out of your petty conflict." He led his group walking away with a smirk.

That night, Ron and Hermione's group made it to the room early accompanied by staff members that were part of the Order. They set up the room and were waiting with the staff but based on the reaction from that afternoon, they were not expecting many people to come. To their surprise, it seemed like everybody who sided with Harry showed up including Ginny and Kayla.

Ron was about to say something but Ginny interrupted him by saying "Hold up." Everybody turned to look at Ginny. Her brother was getting annoyed at the interruption and undermining of his authority by his little sister. She quickly said "Harry handed authority of the DA over to me prior to leaving this morning. Since he handed the authority over to me and after consulting most if not all of the members, I hereby disband the DA until further notice."

Once again, everybody made for the door and left. This second stance of defiance against the Order was making the Order nervous. They now knew that it was not the staff that was going to lead the students in a fight but Harry was going to lead them in the fight and even Dumbledore had little to no authority in all that was going on. The staff was at a loss of words at what was happening because even Harry's rival Malfoy did not dare try to do what they were doing. To the Order, it was now confirmed a two front war, on one front was Voldemort and the other front was Potter. This was a war that they had to win and had to get Harry to side with them.

The next day there was mass confusion going on in the streets when the Daily Prophet was sent out with the morning posts. Most of the people were sympathetic to Harry and said that even if he is guilty there was probably a reason why he did it. A few groups found this as an excuse to try to discredit him and launched campaigns on how this kid is nothing more than an annoying brat that needs to be put on a leash. Voldemort was ecstatic at this news and was going to try to use it to his advantage and was developing a few new plans. Umbridge was furious that news got out so quickly about his arrest and now a public trial will be needed in order for her to safely put Harry away without causing mass rioting from the people. She even knew that prisoners were willing to side with Harry if he were going to openly lead an attack against the Ministry. Harry was posed with two questions, stay the course and lead a peaceful change or teach the Ministry a harsh lesson and become a terrorist.

A few days later it was time for Harry's trial. The high publicized trial had reporters from across Europe and the full assembly of the Wizengamot. Most of the Order was there along with the entire Weasley family, Hermione, Luna, Neville, Kayla and her mom Alexia, but the most important person to Harry was there which was Ginny. Harry was escorted into the large court room and sat in an uncomfortable high back chair in the middle of the room with the justices sitting in stadium style seating in front of him with Umbridge seated in the middle of the first row. Behind Harry and partly to his sides were the spectators that were watching with anticipation. Harry showed an air of confidence that no matter what happened he was going to walk out of the court room.

After the formalities of the beginning of the trial, and introduction of the people who were going to question him which were Umbridge, Dumbledore, and Bones. Harry elected to have no representation although Mr. Slate Harry's solicitor, was instructed to start the appeal process if he was found guilty.

Umbridge said "Mr. Potter, you are accused of using an unforgivable against Bellatrix Lestrange on the night of you and your companions lead an attack here at the ministry last June. How do you plead?"

Harry said "Guilty."

This resulted in an eruption of photographs being taken and people talking about Harry admitting guilt to this charge. The main question was why did he admit it and why did he do it. Madame Bones asked, "Mr. Potter, why did you use an unforgivable on her?"

Harry replied "That night everybody's emotions were running high. I came to the ministry to rescue my Godfather Sirius Black but it turned out to be a trap that was set up by Voldemort. When I got here, fighting broke out between those with me and Deatheaters. We were able to hold them off for a short while but we were about to lose. At that moment, The Order of the Phoenix, lead by Dumbledore showed up and saved us by taking over the fighting. My godfather was there to help rescue me. He was dueling with Bellatrix and was hit by a stunner by the Veil of Death. He fell through the Veil and I made to follow him but it was too late. Remus Lupin stopped me from crossing the veil and at that moment I was extremely emotional at just watching my Godfather die. I turned and saw Lestrange making her escape and I made to follow. I caught up with her in the atrium and we dueled. I shot the Crucio curse at her but it had little effect because I did not have hate behind my curse but righteous anger therefore it did not hurt her very much if at all. Voldemort showed up and we dueled, after awhile Dumbledore showed up and took over the duel. Voldemort got scared and retreated with Lestrange."

Madame Bones asked "So you used an unforgivable because you were emotional from just watching her kill your Godfather?"

Harry nodded and said "Yes ma'am."

Umbridge said "You are also charged with conspiracy in aiding the centaurs in attacking a ministry official, how do you plead?"

Harry said "Not guilty. I did not aid them; I just merely let them beat the crap out of you."

There were more outbursts and after order was restored, Madame Bones asked "Why did you stand by and let them do this to a ministry official?"

Harry responded, "During my fifth year at Hogwarts which was last school year, the ministry tried to take over Hogwarts by sending in Umbridge as a High Inquisitor. It was because of Umbridge that Dementors were sent after me and when I tried to defend myself, she tried to send me to Azkaban and break my wand. She called me a liar for saying Voldemort returned. She tortured me with each session at Detention by using a blood quill. She tried to use an unforgivable with me and managed to reason it all out in front of us. She attacked two members of the Hogwarts staff last year. She turned Hogwarts to hell last year and if somebody wanted to beat the crap out of her that was her business. She's old enough and should be able to take care of herself. She's the one that pissed of the centaurs not me. She's the one that insulted them not me. She's the one that was going to be taught a lesson not me."

Umbridge was irritated with his lack of respect and she said "You will address me with my proper title and treat me with the same respect given to a ministry official. The last charge is of you threatening me in front of everybody in the Great Hall."

Harry responded "I give respect only to those that I respect and give respect in return. In your case you fill neither requirement so sit down." There were murmurs of agreement and dissent to what Harry said but he quickly added "I did threaten you and I plead guilty to that. I also stand by what I said also. Cross me and see what will happen. I'm not going to bow down to a spineless idiotic bitch."

Dumbledore stepped in and said "Mr. Potter that will be enough. You will address the Wizengamot with respect. Are there any other charges?"

Umbridge said, "No, but the evidence is obvious as he admitted guilt to two charges."

Dumbledore turned to Harry and asked "Would you like to say anything else?"

Harry said "No."

Dumbledore nodded and called for the members of the Wizengamot to debate what will happen especially since he admitted guilt. During the deliberations, Harry looked at the spectators and his eyes met up with Ginny, Kayla, and Alexia. All of them had worry and Harry mouthed back to them 'not to worry.' When his eyes met with those that betrayed him especially Ron and Hermione, there was triumph in Ron's eyes and in Hermione's eyes but there was also sympathy in Hermione's eyes.

After about two hours of deliberations the Wizengamot reassembled and Dumbledore stood up and said "We the Wizengamot find Harry James Potter guilty on the charges of using an unforgivable and threatening a ministry official. We find him not guilty on conspiracy to harm a ministry official. It is the opinion of this body that Harry James Potter is assigned to the custody of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry under the care of Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall until he is of legal age. He is also fined 10,000 galleons for his crimes. Harry Potter will also be placed under probation until he reaches 17 and will attend anger management sessions with Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall. Do you understand the verdict?"

Harry stood up and said "I do and what will happen if I refuse to follow those instructions?"

Dumbledore said "You will be sentenced to Azkaban Prison for a week for violating each of those verdicts."

Harry responded "I guess I'm going to Azkaban for two weeks then because I'm not going to be placed under the care of Hogwarts because they can't do anything of good in protecting me which is evident with my past history with them and I will not attend anger management sessions because those two methods are just ways for you to try to control me again."

There was an explosion of talking and Aurors trying to maintain control in response to Harry's defiance. Umbridge was happy that Harry was going to have to spend time in prison. Dumbledore asked "Do you despise us that much that you refuse to work with us?"

Harry responded "I will not work with those that I can not trust and have betrayed me. You should know that by now."

Harry looked over to Ginny and said "I'm sorry but I can't let them try to buy me."

Ginny said "I understand. Try to be safe and take care of yourself. I'll take care of everything for you while you're in prison." She blew him a kiss and Harry blew her one.

Harry yelled over to Kayla and Alexia "Thank you for coming and take care of Ginny."

Kayla and Alexia nodded as Harry was taken away to prison. Nobody was to hear from Harry Potter for the next two weeks. Dumbledore knew that he just screwed up even more and the wizards and witches across Europe were about to hear the true story of what happened and the stance he was taking.

A/N: Thank you to my reviewers. I'll try to answer some of the questions that won't be revealed soon or won't spoil the story. Deatheater children did not participate in the voting to determine their allegiance. Hermione and Ron do have a following but it is no where near the size of Harry's group after all some people will always stay loyal to Dumbledore. The Slytherins that were part of the DA sided with Harry because they didn't really like Dumbledore or the Ministry from the start. The Durmstrang competition will continue. I don't see more poisonings happening and not sure if Harry will confront Ron and Hermione about poisoning him. Finally, I know that many people don't like the idea of Ron and Hermione's betrayal, although the real HP Series will probably not have Ron and Hermione betray Harry. I think that it is a possibility and this story is my opinion of how I like things to happen.