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It was 10:00AM on July 31, 1997 and Harry Potter could be seen sitting bound by chains to the chair in front of the Wizengamot once again. The Weasley's were sitting off to the one side with Hermione. Reporters lined the walls all trying to get as close as they could to Harry. Everyone wanted to see the fallen savior fall even farther.
"Harry Potter, you have been accused of 3 counts of murder and the use of an unforgivable curse on 6other people. This is your last chance to try to prove your innocence, and prove that we are wrong." said Minister Fudge, smirking all the while. "What do you have to say for yourself".
" I am not guilty, give me veritsaserum and I will prove it without a doubt. If you do not wish to give it to me then question the newly captured Theodore Nott under it's effects and you will see the truth. Nott framed me, do not give me the Kiss without at least seeing if what I say is true," said a thin and sickly Harry hoarsely.
"How did you know about Nott's capture it has not yet been made public, even if it had you would not have been informed," stated Madame Bones curiously. She had always believed in Harry's innocence, her niece, Susan, had always told her how nice and helpful he was, she just couldn't seem to match the boy she heard so much about to the person sitting before her who was supposed to be a cold killer.
"Voldemort sends me visions, I have watched the planning and action of every attack Voldemort has made since my second night in Azkaban".
"What! Why did you not inform the ministry of this! You could have stopped all of it," screamed Minister Fudge.
"Well, Dementors aren't the best listeners in this world, so sorry if I didn't confide in them," came the sarcastic reply. "Now are you going to question Nott or no?"
"I don't see..."started Minister Fudge but was interrupted by Madame Bones saying, "Of course, we wouldn't want to make such a mistake as giving the Kiss to someone who is innocent, Aurors fetch Nott for questioning".
"Right away Madame," answered Kingsley Shacklebolt.
The entire courtroom waited in silence for the Auror to return. After 15 minutes Kingsley returned dragging a struggling Theodore Nott along behind him. As soon as he walked through the doors another chair with chains appeared which he quickly dropped the boy into. Relieved of his burden Kingsley resumed his post by the doors of the courtroom.
After everyone had settled back in Madame Bones started, "Weasley could you please fetch the veritsaserum for me?"
"Of course Madame Bones, right away" answered Percy Weasley immediately.
"Thank you"
Once Percy had returned the trial continued, Kingsley administered three drops of the truth serum to Nott and stepped back to wait for the order to give the antidote came. "Theodore Nott," began Madame Bones, "you have been accused of being a death eater, and loyal follower to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Are you?"
"Yes," came the monotone answer.
"Have you ever performed an unforgivable curse on another being?"
"Yes"
"Which of the three curses have you used?"
"All three of them"
"Were you a follower of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in your fourth year at Hogwarts?"
"Yes"
"Were you apart of the attack force on the train?"
"Yes"
"Did you frame Harry Potter for the murder of the trolley witch?"
"Yes"
The room exploded. Over the noise Madame Bones continued her questions, "Did you frame Harry Potter for the murder of the conductor?"
"Yes"
The room was slowly going into shock. "Did you frame Harry Potter for the torture of 6 students, and the use of 6 unforgivables?"
"Yes"
"Do you know who killed Cedric Diggory?"
"Yes"
This was it the last question, the last chance the ministry had of delivering the Kiss to Harry Potter. "Who killed Cedric Diggory?"
"The Dark Lord Voldemort"
No noise, none the entire room was perfectly silent, no one moved, Harry Potter had spent two years in Azkaban when he was innocent, they had been ready to give him the Kiss. He had been telling the truth, he really had seen the dark lord return, he was back. Madame Bones had one more question though "How do you know that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named killed Diggory?"
"He was gloating about how well his plan had gone off. About how it was unfortunate that the Potter brat got away but it only allowed him to put his second plan into action."
"What was his second plan"
"To trick the wizarding world into believing their boy savior had betrayed them, trick them into doing his job for him and getting rid of him. And you did so wonderfully"
The courtroom held no noise no movement except for the slow laughter of Theodore Nott." Kingsley please administer the antidote." Madame Bones said quietly. As he relieved Nott of the drug the courtroom exploded into whispers from everyone, quills scratching as the reporters madly wrote their articles, and the ever continuing slow laughter of Nott never stopping. Once Madame Bones had called the attention of the room again she asked, "Members of the Wizengamot all those who find Harry Potter guilty raise your hand now" The only ones to raise their hands were Minister Fudge and Dolores Umbridge the Minister's Undersecretary. "Harry Potter you are found innocent of all charges you will be compensated for your time in Azkaban, and please except the ministry's sincere apologies for the injustice done to you."
"Apology accepted but not forgotten, now could you release me?"
"Of course, very sorry once again, you are free to go as you wish, all compensation will be directly deposited into a vault at Gringotts for you."
"Thank You, Goodbye." And with that Harry Potter stood up and started to walk to the back doors of the courtroom.
Author's Notes:
Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I still want ideas on what do with this. Thank you for reading. I will try to update soon but I don't know when it will be. I started the story because I was bored in Chemistry so it might take me awhile to get free time and update.
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