Work of fanfiction. As always butchering my English a bit. Enjoy
Hermione and Tracey
Dan and Emma Granger held secrets for each other both had a lover on the side.
What they did not know that it was the same person.
Anna was a local escort girl. Working herself through school by selling her body.
When Dan saw his wife standing in front of the house were his lover worked he thought instead of the shouting he expected she started to laugh.
"So which one are you fucking on the side?" She asked with a smirk on her face
Dan eyes grew.
"Honey the rumours about my college days are true." his wife said
Dan smiled to the rumours where that his wife who he married had dated some women's.
Their marriage was arranged by their families and both were pressed into it.
"Came here to visit Anna." Said Emma. Before walking in to the house.
A few months later Anna had left the life she lived and moved in with Dan and Emma and started to work as a receptionist at the clinic the three had just opened.
When Emma got pregnant all three were excited when a few months later Anna announced that she to was pregnant Dan groaned before smiling
Hermione Jane Granger was born first and looked remarkable like her mother according her grandparents who grudgingly had excepted Anna as the lover of Hermione her parents..
Tracy Grace Granger was born a few month later. As young as they were they were soon as thick as thieves. And so grew the two up Tracey being a tomboy while Hermione loved reading.
Both shared a room but did not mind it.
Second year hospital wing.
Harry saw a girl holding his friend her hand.
"I hate that we have to hide our relation sister mine and I hate seeing you lying here."
Harry stepped back hiding in a shadow. A frown forming on his face.
"Sister?"
Turning around the girl clad in Slytherin robes gave him a teary smile.
"Hey Potter come here." Harry walked over and was engulfed in a hug that felt like Hermione her hugs by the black girl. The girl pulled him on the chair sat herself in his lap and started sobbing on his shoulder.
"I tried contacting our mums and dad but no letter gets through. What if they don't find a cure?" the girl said
Harry started to pat her back.
After she stopped sobbing she looked at him with tear filled eyes.
Harry was trying to put a name on the girl
she gave him a teary smile when she realised what he was trying to do.
"Don't think to hard Tracy Davis heiress to the house of Davis. My true name is Tracy Granger. Hermione and I keep our relationship secret because we are in opposing houses. Getting some sister time here is quite the problem and many of the pedigree puppies hate my sister for her grades. It is not wise for us to spread word around about our family relation."
Harry smiled at the words she used for the purebloods.
"According to madam Pomfrey the Mandrakes should be fully grown soon." he said.
"They should have been bought the moment the first student was petrified." growled Tracy while looking at Harry.
Harry eyes grew.'You mean were waiting for nothing?'
"Well it seems sis is right about you there might be a brain in your head unlike that human trash compacter. Yes Hermione I am your friend. So where is he now? Having his fifth of eight servings for dinner? He should worry more about his studies then the next plate of food. He could get expelled"
Now Harry grinned the rant was so Hermione like.
Both parted after leaving the hospital wing.
As Tracy had predicted Ron was already on his fifth plate.
"How is Hermione?" He asked while filling his next plate. Before starting to eat again.
Before replying to him Harry caught a couple of disgusted faces. Mostly from various girls at different tables.
"If you visited her you would know. But because you didn't I shall inform you that she is still in the same state as are the other victims." He said.
The barb that he gave was ignored by Ron who was wolfing down his food it was really a disgusting sight Harry concluded.
That night Harry left the dorm after curfew under his invisibility cloak.
Clutching a letter he made his way to the Owlery and found Hedwig.
tying the letter he had written he tied it to her leg.
"Bring this to Mrs. Davis the mother of one of my classmate and Hermione her sister." he whispered.
The owl nodded and took flight a moment later.
At the Granger-Davis residence arrived an owl at breakfast.
Anna Davis relieved the bird from his burden and brought it to their small Owlery where she placed her on a stand and made she some water and treats to eat.
"Rest for a bit I might have to send a message back and Xena is at Hogwarts and Gabrielle is already away with a letter."
The owl hooted and closed her eyes after having been fed.
While walking down she saw Emma coming down with Romeo on her hip the two year was babbling excitedly to Emma.
Giving Emma a peck on the cheek while Romeo giggled.
'Morning Emma, Romeo.'
'Morning honey. Dan is already in the kitchen with Juliet.
Anna grinned she caved in to her lovers demand when she got pregnant again and chose two names from a play of Shakespeare.
When she entered the kitchen she smiled at the sight of Dan feeding Juliet.
Kissing her other lover before she pecked both Juliet and Romeo on their heads.
"Morning Juliet."
"Mummy." Yelled Juliet.
"Yes sweetheart?"
"Were is Hedwig? You brought her away."
all adults eyes grew Hedwig was regularly used by their eldest daughter.
"She is resting Juliet." the twins their faces went sour they loved the owls
"she probably likes some attention when she is awake again." Soothed Dan.
This satisfied the twins.
When the two twins were playing in the living room the adults read the letter they had gotten from Harry.
When the adults left for the clinic a neighbouring girl came over to babysit the twins.
In the car Dan lost his temper.
"Yes your daughter is petrified. But you don't have to know because we have everything in hand. This is the final straw. Next year they are going to that Irish school."
"Dan calm down we both are as angry as you but losing our tempers won't help us." Anna said with a hard look on her face.
When they arrived they started their jobs having a weekend shift.
At five o'clock they left the clinic.
"I am going to Hogwarts." Said Anna. When they drove home.
"I come with you." Emma said. Dan nodded.
"I drop you two of and go home and make sure the kids are fed and asleep before sending Hedwig back."
Being dropped off at a small barely standing building both walked inside.
Inside it was revealed to be a small tavern.
Walking to the bar they were greeted by a greying man.
"Floo for two please." Anna said. The woman behind the bar nodded while Anna paid her.
A moment later they had gotten the powder and walked to the fireplace.
"The three broomsticks." they yelled before stepping in to the floo.
Arriving at the other pub they smiled at the owner who smiled.
"Just passing through Rosemerta." Anna said.
"A pick me up later?" the woman
Anna nodded. Before leaving with Emma.
Walking through the town they soon reached the gates of Hogwarts.
Opening the gate they were met by a giant of a man.
"Who are you?" Asked the man.
"A the groundskeeper Hagrid wasn't it?" Emma said
The man nodded.
"Please lead us to the headmaster. He has some things to explain." said Anna.
"He is at dinner. You better come back in the morning." the giant of a man said.
"Do I have to repeat myself? I am the regent of the Ancient and Noble house of Davis and this is my good friend Emma Granger the mother of Hermione Granger." Hagrid his eyes grew at Anna her words.
"Please follow me." the man said before walking to the castle.
Soon the three found themselves walking through the halls soon arriving in the great hall everyone their eyes fell on them.
Tracy rushed to them and felt in her mother her arms. While sobbing she said.
"Mum Xena is hurt I wanted to send you a message but she was hurt by someone."
Emma hugged both while Anna whispered comforting words while stroking her daughter's back.
After a moment they composed herself. And they turned to the teachers table.
Emma and her girls glared at the teachers and headmaster.
"Headmaster would you care to explain why my daughter is petrified and we and the other parents were not informed about it and why neither the aurors were informed?" Emma said in a sugar sweet voice that hid steel.
"I thought it was better to not worry you. And we are growing Mandrakes to cure them." Albus Dumbledore said with a frown on his face he did not like being questioned about his actions he got enough of that with the board of governors and his deputy.
"According to the Hogwarts charter medical problems are to be dealt with as soon as possible. The founders stood on that even having created a by-law and a fund for it. By not following that by-law you are breaking the Hogwarts charter." Sneered Anna.
The headmaster his face became pale. "Mandrakes are expensive." the man stuttered looking flabbergasted but he got help out of an unexpected corner.
"Why are you complaining about it squib! They are all mudbloods." Yelled Draco Malfoy.
Tracy smirked at him before she said. "Draco the grown ups are talking so little boy finish your meal and go make yourself useful and write daddy a letter that says that the heiress of the ancient and noble house of Davis expects that the loans the common and foreign house of Malfoy still has to pay back need to be paid soon. before we call them without honour."
Draco mouth felt open while muttering started around the great hall.
"You can't do that!" He yelled after he got his composure back.
"Draco, Draco." Chided Tracy while revealing a ring on her right hand showing a house ring. "I am a big girl in a big world unlike you. You are a little boy in a delusional world. Well my little messenger boy why don't you go and write that letter." After she finished speaking an angry Draco stormed off.
"Headmaster." Tracy said. "I expect aurors and healers to arrive to assist in the investigation and to assist madam Pomfrey to get the Mandrake restoring draughts as soon as possible."
The look she gave the ancient man made the man shiver. He felt like he was looking at a young female version of Tom.
"Come mums I think Hermione loves that you came visiting."
With that Tracy and her mothers left the great hall soon being followed by an angry medi-witch.
"That was wicked." Exclaimed Ron. Some people around him chuckled. Everything that ruined Draco Malfoy his day was great in the redhead his eyes.
"Yes it was." Said a smirking Neville.
"Neville?" asked Lavender. "What were those treats Davis made about?"
"Tracy Davis is like me and Harry one of the heirs of the ancient and noble houses. We are like the oldest magical nobility.
Before the Davis family went almost extinct they were known as moneylenders and had their fingers in many businesses.' The boy explained. 'The Potters, Davis and my own family also belong to the sacred twenty eight. A group of ancient families who have hereditary seats on the Wizgamot. Our families have great influence through those seats. At the moment the Davis and Potter seats are not in use because Tracy and Harry are not of age and their families did not appoint someone to represent them. In the case of my family and the Black family we have regents like my grandmother or in the Black family it's case Malfoy his mother is the regent of the house of Black but her status as regent is questioned because we don't know who Actures Black has appointed as heir of the family. Narcissa acts as regent because she believes that Draco is the heir because he is one of the last of the Blacks. Harry could make a claim for it but because he is heir Potter he would have to give up the Potter family and seat."
Lavender her eyes grew while Neville continued.
"The wizgamot represent the magical people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as the colonies. All have representatives in the wizgamot. And is formed like the muggle parliament with a house of lords and appointed seats formed by those with a hereditary seat or a seat for live like the headmaster. And those elected by election to the house of commons. The house of commons makes up about sixty percent ten percent is appointed seats and the last thirty percent is hereditary."
"Very well said and I hope that you and Harry take up politics and law next year." Percy said interrupting the normal shy second year his tale.
'Planning on it.' Replied Neville.
'I never knew this things.' Harry said. Before standing up after finishing his meal and saying goodbye.
He found Tracy and her mothers sitting beside Hermione her bedside Emma was talking in soft tones to her while Anna held her hand.
Looking up Tracy smiled at him.
"Madam Pomfrey is talking to the aurors and healers at the moment both will arrive tonight."
"Aren't you worried about what Malfoy will do to you?" asked Harry
Tracy shook her head. "I hold all the cards the Malfoy's their debts to my family are huge and they thought with my mother being a squib they could get away with not paying us back. That activated various clauses of the contract Malfoy his grandfather signed. They might end up penniless and poorer then the Weasley family."
Meanwhile Harry had taken something Hermione had in her hand and saw that she held a piece of parchment prying it loose and started reading it after a moment he started making him grin. Tracey raised an eyebrow giving him a look.
"Lets hope that our librarian never finds out who hurt one of her precious books. She would ban said person for life and for said person that would be worse than being expelled."
Tracy laughed before exclaiming. "I knew it Potter. You are a bad influence on my sister." Her mothers laughed too. Harry pouted at Tracy her words. "I consider myself a good influence I at least can get her out of the library."
Madam Promfrey and some healers and aurors that had just arrived laughed with Hermione and Tracey her mothers at the byplay.
'Madam Bones. Director of magical law enforcement and regent from the ancient and noble house of Bones ' introduced a greying redhead. "Do I have to tell my niece to stay away from you heir Potter?" Harry looked terrified while shaking his head quickly.
"Yes sis unlike you madam Bones thinks that he is trainable." said Tracey to the petrified Hermione.
after some more laughter the healers went to work and madam Bones took Harry aside together with a black auror and an older auror that had a peg leg.
"What have you found heir Potter?" She asked.
Harry handed her the piece of parchment.
The director read it while the older auror read it over her shoulder.
"They should have been turned to stone." Mumbled the auror. "And were is it been kept?" he mused aloud.
"Hermione, myself and Ron thought that it is kept in the chamber of Secrets. when we returned from the dead party of the Gryffindor house ghost we found a message on the wall above the cat saying that the chamber had been opened and the enemies of the heir should beware." Harry said.
Madam Bones gave him a nod to continue.
After that the three of us started to research the last resent opening who was in the 1940's then a person was pointed our by a prefect named T. M. Riddle because of the death of Myrtle Warren who haunts the bathroom were she was killed still to this day this person was expelled because he had an acromantula as a pet. Riddle got a special service award from the school. Stopping for a moment to take a breath the boy continued to speak.
A few weeks later when me and my friends were doing a project near the bathroom of Myrtle she was upset and was flooding said bathroom when we went in there we found her crying she asked us if we were also planning to throw things at her.
We found a blank diary with written in gold letters on it saying T. M. Riddle.
When I wrote in it the diary replied back. Having locked it in my trunk we agreed to go to our head of house but the next day but someone was able to steal it from my trunk.' Before Harry could continue his story the headmaster came in with a frown on his face. When he saw Amelia he stormed towards her and the two aurors. Harry could just step aside in time.
"Harry go to your friend this does not concerns yourself."
"I think its does headmaster Dumbledore." Responded Harry in a cold tone. "This involves some of my classmates while you sit behind your desk doing nothing."
"I arranged for the mandrakes to be grown in classes." Dumbledore snarled loosing his calm for a moment. "Everything I do is for the greater good."
"which one? The one of Albus Dumbledore or that of the wizarding world. Kinda strange you use the same creed Gellert Grindewald used." Said Tracy from beside her mothers and sister in a sweet tone.
The glare Dumbledore gave Tracy made her laugh.
From behind Albus came smirks from Harry, madam Bones and the aurors.
"Miss Davis be quiet adults are talking here and you will serve detention for the things you just said to and for trying to intimidate mister Malfoy."
"No I will not." The girl said. "And how would you know Mandrakes were needed at the beginning of the year? Did someone whispered it in your ear perhaps?"
Albus mouth felt open. Madam Bones smirked while around her the people in the room felt silent.
"Yes tell us how did you knew we needed Mandrakes?" Said a just arrived madam Sprout who had a first year from her house with her. "And ordered me to let the second years to care for them. Mandrakes are usually used in the Newt herbology classes."
A moment later the door slammed open and the minister came in followed by an angry looking Lucius Malfoy.
"What is going on here? The board of governors never will allow this ongoing facade to continue until it has been cleared by them." snarled Lucius Malfoy.
"My hands are tied Lucius some of the heirs of the sacred twenty eight have complained that we didn't use the security funding as it should have been used after this pranking went out of hand."
Lucius grimaced but kept quiet.
'What do you mean security funding? Which one?'Stammered the minister. Dumbledore wanted to strangle the minister at the moment in his mind the money from that fund should be used only for his own security.
"Heiress Davis care to repeat what you said in the great hall everything please." Asked Harry.
"Of course heir Potter." Tracy said.
And so she did making Malfoy Sr. going paler and paler till his hair could be called a dark blond colour when comparing it to his face it's colour.
He would be penniless on the street and Narcissa would be not very happy with the contract breech and following divorce if he had his way. About his worthless children he thought not a moment. It was every British Malfoy for themselves. The original family in French hated the British branch their guts so they wouldn't offer any aid.
"Tracey dear don't terrify mister Malfoy." Chided her mother with as smile on her face.
"Minister why are you here?" Asked madam Bones with curiosity.
"Mister Malfoy had a lead on the possible perpetrator of said petrifyings ." The minister explained.
"How unexpected and why was my office not informed?" She asked sweetly
The minster mouth shut before he could give an answer but a moment later it came like a well rehearsed speech.
"Now Amelia he is only concerned about the school. I did not wanted to bother you and your aurors."
Madam Bones gave the minister a look which was ignored while the minister went on.
"And according to him this person is Rubeus Hagrid."
"And what for animal would mister Hagrid be using then?"
"He suspects it to be an acromantula Amelia."
"Then we would have been knee deep in giant flesh eating poisonous giant spiders instead of treating patients." Drawled one healer. "And wouldn't that not be a shame?"
The mister his face blanched even more before he glared at the healer too explain his words.
"Acromantulas can only be held by people that are licensed to work with them. Thanks to mister Hagrid Hogwarts is one of the two premier suppliers for their venom and silk. Currently mister Hagrid is in talks to transport parts of this colony to two soon to be opened new colonies because of the dangerous size of the colony near Hogwarts." The healer said.
Mentally Dumbledore frowned. "And what would the school or rather he get from this venture?"
'Well then it seem Lucius his information was wrong. I will leave everything in Amelia and your hands Albus."The Minister said before walking away with haste in his step being closely followed by Lucius Malfoy.
Amelia took control before the headmaster could interfere. "Headmaster please inform your staff to look for missing students but not mister Potter because he is coming with me and my team. Jones, Smith call for reinforcements from the unspeakables. Both gave their agreement with a "yes ma'am" and left.
Dumbledore and Sprout nodded a moment before they left with Tracey who followed them with her wand in her hand after having hugged both her mothers.
"Kingsley take Tonks and go find that idiot Lockhart and secure him to the great hall." Ordered their boss. "The rest with me we are going to look at that bathroom."
A few minutes later they found a pair of red headed twins who looked afraid at something written on the wall. When Harry read it he started to shiver. "Her bones will lie in the chamber of secrets forever." He read aloud.
"We were on our way to the great hall until the charms that we placed on our younger siblings revealed that Ginny was on her way to the fourth floor." Said one of the twins Harry guessed it was Fred.
"We warned Percy and he said that he would alert the teachers." Added the other twin.
"Now we can't sense her any more." Added the other.
"OK boys to the great hall now!" Ordered Madam Bones.
Both ran to the great hall passing the returning aurors who were followed by two hooded men with concealing charms on their hoods. Both held a cage with two roosters each in them.
Meanwhile Shacklebolt and Tonks had joined the group too.
Tonks had a glare on her face. "The man did a runner." She reported.
"I had expected more from that man. A new book declaring himself the hero of Hogwarts protecting it from dangers unknown while prattling on about his use of beauty products from his own line." Said Amelia scornfully which lead to some of the others in the group to laugh a bit while they walked towards the bathroom of Moaning Myrtle.
When they arrived the group spread out and started to look around the room.
"Hi Harry." said Myrtle appearing with a rare smile on her face.
"Hi Myrtle." replied Harry.
"So what brings you to my little part of the castle? You and your friends are not the first this hour and it seems you are not in need of using the loo. The first was a girl that carried that book that was thrown at me. She looked tense so I jumped in a pipe before she could throw it at me again. It was almost like when I died after she started hissing." After taking a theatrical pause before continuing. "I was in here crying and hiding from a group of students who had bullied me. The normally very nice prefect Riddle from Slytherin did not came to my aid this time he seemed occupied by something. Now that was a nice boy for sure.
Professor Dumbledore disliked him for some reasons which I and many others did not understand.
When I heard someone come in I yelled for them to go away and when I opened the stall's door and peaked outside I was met by a pair of giant yellow eyes."
Everyone nodded while hearing her stories and after a few minutes searching the bathroom auror Shacklebolt found a small picture of a snake.
"If heir Potter heard talking he might be able to open the entrance." Amelia said. just when Harry was going to try to open the portal the returning aurors arrived with the unspeakables.
"Incredible do you recognise the research opportunity." Whispered one of the unspeakables after they heard the story of Myrtle and the trio it's investigations.
"Research can wait Croaker." Chided Amelia. "Heir Potter can you try to get it to open."
The boy nodded and started to speak in parseltongue after a few minutes a portal opened after some more words stairs appeared.
"OK people keep your cool. We have someone to capture and a very large creature to stop." Amelia said. "I like to have everyone alive at home tonight.'
All nodded and with Moody and Croaker in the lead. They went down the stairs.
When they arrived down the stairs they were shocked by the size of a skin that was laying there.
"Merlin. How big is this snake." muttered Tonks in an impressed voice after the first one they found seven more skins and every new one was bigger as the one that had come before it. The last was the biggest and seemed recent.
when they arrived at two great doors who were decorated by various animals who portrayed the house mascots of Hogwarts.
Two aurors Tonks and Dawlish took the roosters from both unspeakables who started to go over the doors with their wands while studying the results they got.
"When Hogwarts is in fear. Place the call for its guardians to hear." Harry muttered. When he noticed writing above the door.
"What did you say Potter." Asked Moody.
The writing above the doors "When Hogwarts is in fear. Place the call for the guardians to hear." He explained while pointing at the writing.
"It might mean that Hogwarts is able to call guardians of some kind forwards or send out a warning. Or both." He said.
"Sound reasoning lad. Well Bones maybe the snake sleeping in there can help us find some answers" Said Moody. "And don't forget 'Constant Vigilance.'" This made the aurors and unspeakables laugh while Harry looked confused.
"Mister Potter could you try to open the door." Madame Bones said.
The boy spoke a few words in parseltongue and the doors swung open.
"I had expected something bigger and where is that snake?" whispered Kingsley.
"In her lair brooding. Now if some of you can get to disconnecting that girl from the diary before she loses the fight for her own freedom." Said a new voice. "Not that she is resisting much but I don't think she wants to let that arrogant maniac to get control over one of the guardians and herself." when they saw the owner of said voice Harry gasped and said. "Tom Riddle." "Well aren't you a smart one." was the sarcastic reply from the shade of the former Slytherin prefect.
Moody grinned while Amelia her lips twisted while she helped the two unspeakable wizards with scanning the diary while Moody pointed his wand on the spectre of Riddle.
The same was done by Kingsley who was pointing his wand at Ginny.
After a few minutes the book started to shudder and tendrils of magic started to pull away from Ginny those tendrils were pulled in to the book.
"Keep her unconscious." Grumbled Riddle while turning to a gigantic statue of a man. "Follow me we are going to destroy this thing and get that soul piece out of smart boy his head." Stopping in front of the statue The shade hissed some words and a door appeared beside the statue.
'What do you mean by soul piece?' Asked Harry in a worried voice.
Riddle rolled his eyes and lead the group to said door.
When they walked through it they entered a small ritual room.
A chalk circle was on the floor north, south, east, and west where marked.
Turning to the group the shade of Tom Riddle ordered.
"Place the diary in the middle of the circle."
"Smart boy take the north position." Riddle ordered while he stepped inside the circle behind the shade Croaker floated the diary to the middle of the circle after he had put it down he made his way to the south position. The other unspeakable took the east position while Moody took the west position.
"All right what we are going to do is a simple but hard cleansing ritual if it works the two horocruxes will be destroyed with smart boy at the north position he can push out the horocux in his head in to the circle forcing it into the book with the memory me. The others will guide magical energy into the circles strengthening it which will aid said smart boy who will follow my chanting understood."
Tom Riddle began speaking in Parseltongue a moment later was followed by Harry him while Croaker led the chanting of Moody and the other unspeakable.
It seemed as if a dome was formed over the ritual circle. Inside said dome started magic to swirl after what seemed to be an eternity but it was only about ten minutes Tom started to scream when a dark pulse hit him and he and the diary burst in flames meanwhile Harry sacked to the ground nearly conscious while black energy flowed from his bleeding scar when the chanting stopped Dawlish was the first beside the small boy pulling him from the circle and laying him on his back doing basic diagnostics on the boy madam Bones was the second one beside Harry.
'Exhausted both physical and magical it seem some magical blocks are also broken.' The man concluded after his scans.
Meanwhile Croaker, his colleague and Moody cleared the appeared smoke from the circle what they found were the diary and instead of a spectre of a certain former prefect they found a black haired girl. When the girl saw Moody smirk at her her grey coloured eyes turned a red shade and she grumbled. "So this is hell. One good deed and the devil has a peg leg." Around the room everyone who was conscious started to laugh.
"Interesting." Croaker muttered to himself while running diagnostics.
"Yes isn't it." was the sarcastic reply of Riddle.
"Don't be so melodramatic" Chided Croaker. "At least you appear to be around your original age."
"Probably your secret dream is to be young again." Was the sarcastic response of said teenage girl.
"Nope guess again." was the reply of Croaker.
A moment later he stood up and offered Riddle his hand and pulling her up.
'Stay put.' He ordered.
Folding her arms over her chest the girl nodded and barked like a dog for a moment.
'Good puppy.' said a smirking Croaker.
'Got any idea why I came back as a girl?' She asked.
"maybe your feminine side surfaced." said a smirking Amelia Bones.
"O joy."
Harry smirked.
This Tom or would that be Tommy? Was interesting.
Conjuring a robe Amelia helped the grumbling Tom in to said robe.
When Ginny woke up she started to cry when she saw an auror stand beside her. she looked frightened at the pink haired woman.
"It is okay Ginny." the auror said in a comforting tone. "Your save now."
Not a moment later Tonks found her arms full with a sobbing Ginny.
"The book was so nice." she sobbed while Tonks stroked her back.
"Hey I can be a nice person." the resurrected Tom said while the group came from the ritual room.
"Hush you." Amelia said.
"Ok, I understand that they are having a moment."
When the two stopped hugging. They followed the rest of the group to the entrance which was closed by Harry. Walking back to the stairs leading to the bathroom.
When they appeared from the entrance to stairs they were awaited by Dumbledore.
"Is the basilisk dead?" Dumbledore demanded to know when he saw Tom his eyes grew to the size of saucers.
"O joy the relic has not left the mortal coil yet." Said Tom with a groan.
Amelia gave Tom a stern look.
"Sorry mum." was the cheeky reply from said former shade this made everyone except Dumbledore laugh.
'Tom?' He asked with a frown.
"Yes. I am back. It seems I wasn't missed" Tom quipped before continuing. "So in how many pieces did you rip my soul Dumbledore?" This she asked while raising an eyebrow while folding her arms.
Dumbledore gasped and reached for his wand.
"I am waiting for the answer professor." The girl said.
Around her everyone felt silent and shock and anger appeared on many faces.
"So you created Voldemort!" Snarled Moody while raising his wand.
"Yes he wanted a weapon to fight Grindewald." Tom explained "A weapon he could control."
Faces hardened while Dumbledore took a step back.
"It was a time of war." The old wizard stammered.
"So you created your own weapon because you did not want to dirty your hands with bloodshed and when your weapon escaped your leash you decided to do it again by turning me in another weapon." Harry said with a snarl. "You didn't want to do the job but wanted others to give you the rewards you let others earn?"
"Harry my boy."
"That is heir Potter to you." Harry said with a cold tone in his voice.
"Dawlish, Moody please arrest mister Dumbledore. He has some things to explain." Amelia ordered.
"Amelia you can't believe those two. Their children and both are dangers to themselves" Exclaimed Dumbledore.
"For the moment me and my people do their job mister Dumbledore." was the woman her reply.
Both men stepped forward and cuffed Dumbledore and read him his rights.
The headmaster looked crestfallen when the two aurors led him away.
Turning to Tom Amelia said. "For now your coming with us."
The girl nodded before following her and the other aurors.
'Mister Potter' Croaker asked. 'Could you try to open the entrance again.'
Harry nodded before speaking a moment later the entrance to the chamber opened. 'Amazing.' whispered the second unspeakable.
'Mister Potter I will contact one of my associates Parseltongue is more then a language. She might be willing to help you.'
the boy nodded before following the two men out of the bathroom.
"Well Mister Potter could you close the chamber for the moment?
Me and my colleagues would like it if you can be available till the summer holiday's if we need to get into the chamber."
"I think that is possible. Can I take Ginny to the infirmary for now?"
"Of course me and my colleague will accompany the both of you."
A while later Harry and Ginny found themselves in the hospital wing being looked over by the two unspeakables and the healers.
Ginny while being checked over was looking quite morose.
Harry sat on the bed beside Hermione he was staring through a window.
He did not know how to feel. He realised now that the headmaster seemed to have an agenda that involved him. He did not like that it made him feel empty inside.
"Penny for your thoughts." said a new voice.
Looking up Harry was surprised by a smiling Tracey looking around he noticed that the Weasley family had arrived too. Mrs. Weasley was fussing over Ginny while mister Weasley and another redhead with long hair and an earring with a fang hanging from it were talking with the unspeakables and healers.
"I don't know if the truth I created for myself is still the truth." he admitted while looking at the girl who had seated herself beside him.
"Well than you have to reject that reality and create a new one?" said Tracey.
These words made Harry think for a moment.
"I think I viewed everything I saw and did in the wizarding world with tinted glasses. Seeing Hogwarts as my home being away from my relatives."
"and now you don't know what is going to happen?"
"I will probably end up with my relatives again." He whispered.
Tracey pulled him in a one armed hug.
"Everything is going to be okay." she said.
Around them the hospital seemed to come alive more as the victims of the petrification's awakened.
Hermione was hugging her parents when she saw her sister sitting beside Harry she rushed towards them and took them into a bear hug.
Tears were falling down her face.
"Hey Hermione / hey sis." Both Harry and Tracey said.
"What did I miss? There must have happened so much!" She exclaimed.
"Well I finally found out who your boyfriend is." said a grinning Tracey.
"Tracey." Exclaimed a blushing Hermione.
"Yes sister dear? There is nothing wrong with him according to the director of magical law enforcement he seems trainable."
Beside the two sisters Harry his cheeks reddened a bit.
From behind them came laughter. Turning around the three saw Ron standing there. With a smile on his face.
"Good to see you awake again Hermione and Harry my thanks for helping saving Ginny."
"we all did our things to help." Harry said beside him Hermione nodded.
"Tracey can I borrow your notes?" Hermione asked. "Knowing these two even if they made any notes they will mostly involve quidditch instead of homework." Before her sister could reply Harry exclaimed
"Hey were not that bad."
While Ron seemed to have an epiphany and his eyes grew.
"Hermione?" He asked. "Why did we have to brew polyjuice while you have a sister in Slytherin?" Hermione kept quiet but blushed.
"I knew it! you two are a bad influence on my poor sister." Said Tracey in a deadpan voice. This made all four of them laugh.
That evening madam Pomfrey and professor McGonagall had sit down with Harry when everyone was gone for the night.
Ginny had been brought to Saint Mungo's to be checked out further.
Madam Pomfrey who had kept very detailed records on him since he had come to Hogwarts had started the talk.
"Well Harry to start this conversation I have to apologise for not helping you further then I could. Because of the sealing of the wills of your parents and you living in the muggle world you fall in a grey area not really knowing who is responsible for you. Normally an muggleborn or muggle raised student gets a magical guardian assigned if said person has no magical relatives who are capable and willing to take that position. In your position this person who claimed your magical guardianship was Dumbledore. This led to him blocking my inquiries about your home live." The medi-witch looked sad while she told him this.
"Because of Dumbledore his arrest for neglect you are officially without a magical guardian. Because of Minerva her job as your head of house she isn't allowed to take over your guardianship. Currently Minerva has helped me to get temporary magical guardianship over you. So at the moment I have magical custody over you."
Harry nodded.
"This means that madam Pomfrey can act in more ways then before." Explained McGonagall. "One is requesting an investigation in your home life."
Harry went over what the two of them had said in his mind. After a moment of sorting his thoughts he asked.
"Why do you want to investigate my home life it is OK."
Both woman raised an eyebrow at that exclamation.
"Where should we start mister Potter?" His professor asked.
"The state of your clothes and belongings or your health perhaps?" added Madam Pomfrey.
Harry looked down.
"Harry you barely have new clothes besides your school uniforms. You only have the required uniforms not the extras necessary to be well equipped. Your regular clothes are cast off's of your cousin including most of your underwear. Dumbledore assured me he had taken care of teaching you about the wizarding world what I have found out to be a lie with which I am not happy with. You young man were underprepared to enter Hogwarts you haven't got all the information and checks required to be let into second year." McGonagall smiled assuringly at him. "You had all the qualifications to enter second year but you felt through the cracks like they said."
"And don't forget your medical state." Added madam Pomfrey.
"For starters I had to give you various inoculation's on the sly that you had missed and I was not allowed to remove various magical blocks that were placed on you. The worst of those blocks was the one that would not let your magic assist your natural healing. There were others but that one was the worst that was placed on you."
"Would that block slow down or stop helping me recover at a faster rate." Harry asked. He remembered various times in his youth when he had been beaten by his relatives and being fine the next day.
"Indeed. It was strange because it was placed just before you entered Hogwarts." Madam Pomfrey said.
"To further explain things I have to add some things." Said his professor.
"Through Dumbledore his actions you had not been in the introduction to the magical community classes which are held before Hogwarts starts."
"And you missed some tests that are mandatory like the test for special talents and gifts." Added Madam Pomfrey.
That night Harry laid in his usual bed in the hospital wing. Sleep was evading him. After madam Pomfrey and McGonagall had explained things Harry knew his life would be different. Madam Pomfrey had said that the aurors would look into his home life and the reports from her and the healers would probably be added to the evidence that would be used to charge Dumbledore and probably the Dursleys.
Harry hoped that they would not look to deep. He didn't want to go to an orphanage or a family that wanted him for being the Harry Potter.
The next morning entering the great hall led to a surprising event for Harry when he walked in to said hall.
Hermione and Tracey sat at at the Gryffindor table and were chatting with Ron and Neville. Ron was even laughing at something Tracey said what was said made Hermione glare at her sister.
Feeling a bit mischievous he sneaked towards were both girls were seated several who saw him sneak to his house table watched in anticipation.
Starting to talk with a Snape like drawl which made Hermione jump he said. "The world is coming to an end I see. A noble Slytherin student lowering herself to sit with the commoners and even entertaining them. So please enlighten me to what is so amusing that even an ignoramus like the youngest Weasley male found it amusing and was capable of understanding it?"
The glare that he got from Hermione set him nearly of in a fit of laughter.
Tracey meanwhile played along and with a haughty tone she started to speak. "Well good sir I could not let my sister let herself suffer alone between this riff raff and I felt that it was my duty to accompany her.
And to enlighten this riff raff about the greatness of my house I have to teach them about behaviour and as any good teacher I had to give an example how to properly behave. As you young heir can understand the example I used was a common boy from my own house his behaviour and as you can see some only found it amusing and did not learn from the lesson I tried to teach them."
"Well soldier on then my dear heiress it seems to be a brave and noble task trying to teach those that only look for amusement but this table is of course the table to seat the brave and the bold."
Around the hall sounded laughter.
Harry grinned at the glaring Hermione and asked. "Hermione is Ron feeling okay he is sitting so close to a student of Slytherin house and is even talking and laughing with her?" Feigning to see her look for the first time he gave her an innocent look and asked. "Did I do something wrong Hermione?" Faking realisation he took a step back and raised his hands in faux surrender. "OK, I understand that I am out of brownie points. At least I prefer treacle tart." another round of laughter filled the hall.
Hermione grinned and in a false stern voice said. "Mister Potter behave yourself."
Harry saluted her and said "Of course professor Granger."
Hermione rolled her eyes while Harry sat beside her.
"Morning Harry. Does the she-dragon of the hospital wing knows that you have escaped her clutches?"
Harry grinned and replied. "I was sent away with a stern warning to not go after her secret stashes again. Or I would ruin the day I would try that again. She should know as a noble Gryffindor I have to try that someday. But I fear her retribution. Even now she forces her rule on me in the form of balanced meals because she found me to be unbalanced myself."
At the same time a plate with food had appeared before him with a couple of vials.
Hermione grinned and asked. "So no worthy tales of failed escape attempts by our young hero?"
"No my dear Hermione I made a sound and wise decision so that I could try to evade her clutches later."
"See sis he is trainable." added Tracey with a smirk.
After leaving breakfast Tracey and Hermione disappeared claiming sister time so that left Ron and Harry to their own devices so both decided to go outside.
Walking around the lake both were silent just enjoying the weather seating themselves on a couple of rocks Ron started to grin.
"I have to eat my words you know there are some good Slytherin's"
Beside him Harry started to laugh. "I won't tell Hermione that you said that."
Ron laughed a bit louder. "She gave me her patented look when I asked why she never told us about Tracey. She told me to think a bit harder about what I usually said about some people." Harry saw a clear vision of said conservation in his mind.
"All that thinking had to be hard for you?
Ron shrugged at Harry his words. "it keeps me from worrying."
Harry nodded at his friend his words.
"And the arrest of Dumbledore is quite the news and well it involves a lot of people. Including my dad because of that bill he wants to introduce for the protecting of muggles. Dumbledore was thinking about sponsoring it in the Wizgamot."
Harry nodded.
"Maybe Hermione, Tracy and I can look it over and give him some advice on it." he offered.
Ron smiled at his words. "I think he would like that. Maybe some other muggleborns would have ideas too."
Harry smiled. "I think Hermione and Tracey their behaviour is rubbing of on us."
Ron reacted with mock horror. "The idea alone such a horror. Reading and studying ahead for fun. We might end up in the top of our year of even worse as a prefect." both boys mock shivered and started to laugh.
Standing up they started to walk back to the castle.
It was easy to find both sisters as they were in Hermione her favourite place otherwise known as the library.
Both girls were seated at a table surrounded by books and notes.
"Well they seem to be alive." Whispered Ron which made his friends and Tracy smirk.
"Yes yes. I am not banished from the holiest place in Hogwarts. The book was easily repaired but I was chided by the high priestess to be not so foolish again and not come to her because she was also present and could have helped me." Said Hermione. "She chided me to not charge in blindly again because her precious books don't like to be hurt."
After some forced studies for the boys the foursome left the library and went to the great hall for dinner which found Tracy saying good bye to the trio before she went to her own table. At their table they found Padma and Parvati Patil as well as Su Li and Cho Chang waiting for them. Said girls asked Harry about how he was capable of speaking parceltongue. Harry told them that he was not aware of the how and why he possessed it.
The four girls nodded at his answer and admitted that they had kept quiet because they feared the ire of other students because how many people viewed Parceltongue in the British wizarding community.
Su Li even admitted she had a great-aunt in Hong Kong who was capable of speaking it. After a pleasant meal all students left the great hall and Harry said good bye to his friends and went to his temporary home in the hospital wing. Here he found the matron who did a scan of him and fed him some phials of potions before she send him of to his bed.
And so the last of the weeks went on.
With the help of his friends Harry breezed through the introduction classes he had missed. This was mainly through his enforced studying time the first two weeks when he was partial restricted to the domain of the matron of Hogwarts. When he was released back to his dorm he had improved his homework and studying habits.
Now the day for the testing for talents and gifts had come to his surprise the test was being done by Professor Hooch and Trelawney.
Both had smirked when they saw his surprise when he entered the classroom they would be using for the testing.
"well it seems the young man is surprised to see us." said a grinning Trelawney.
Madam Hooch grinned and replied in a teasing tone to her colleague. "did you use your talent to divine that?"
"No you heathen I did not. It was clearly written on his face."
This made Harry laugh.
"Please take a seat mister Potter." Madam Hooch said. "Allow me to introduce our professor of divination Sybill Trelawney. A piece of advice don't take her predictions to serious."
"My predictions are quite accurate I will have you know."
"So did a student finally died this year?"
Harry's eyes grew at the words of madam Hooch.
"Don't worry mister Potter it is a joke I pull every year on my new students. Unlike what many think it is not an easy owl to get." The other professor said. "Please be seated and we will get started.
Harry put his bag beside his desk and sat down.
Madam Hooch started while shuffling through some papers.
"Mister Potter we had to wait for your being healthy again for you to be tested. Unlike what many think it is not really only drinking a potion and casting some spells and voila we know what you can do. Me and professor Trelawney will ask questions and if we might suspect a certain talent we will test further."
Taking over professor Trelawney said. "Not every talent is the same in the case of the second sight as which most of divination is can be as small as good instincts or the capability to see either the past or future. My own talent of divination is oracle speaking which is hardly trainable or controllable. We will first go through what you remember about the accidental magical you have done."
Harry nodded.
After about an hour of being questioned and things being written down the professors took a their leave to talk among themselves for some time while Harry did some of his schoolwork.
When the two women returned to the classroom Harry looked up from his potions essay.
"You can put your things away mister Potter." Madam Hooch said. "when the next part is over you can go and eat in the great hall for lunch."
Harry nodded and complied with her orders and after a moment he was seated in front of both professors.
After a moment madam Hooch gave him a piece of parchment and said this is the list of confirmed and possible gifts we would like to test you for. The second list is a guess of possible aptitudes you have for certain branches of magic this list is a bit of a guess of course and the last are some guesses at your magical ratings.
Talents.
Parceltongue: Confirmed.
Elementalism: Possible affinity with air.
Healing: Possible observed to posses an increased healing rate.
Mind magic's/Divination: Possible not yet observed anything beyond good instincts.
Affinities.
Note this is just a list of possible aptitudes
Charms/ Enchanting.
Combative magic's.
Healing.
Magibotany.
Magizoology.
Mind magic's/Divination.
Transfiguration.
Physical and magical estimates.
Core: Testee belongs into the top twenty percent for his age group currently on scale five of the Newton scale.
Physical: Just into the healthy range for testee his age group.
Harry looked up from the parchment in his hands.
"Quite a list mister Potter." Professor Trelawney said. "As you can understand some of the apptitudes and talents are guesses which we will try to test this afternoon. Myself and professor Hooch will see you after lunch." with her last words she dismissed him.
When he arrived in the great hall he made his way to were his friends were seated.
"Hi guys." He said in greeting.
"Hi Harry/ hey mate." Were the replies he received.
While fixing himself a plate Hermione asked him how the testing was going.
"Not bad. This afternoon they go for the physical testing." He replied.
A while later Harry was surprised when he returned to the classroom that was being used for the testing.
Beside the professors there were some new people including Croaker and to his surprise Tommy Riddle. Beside them there was a greying Asian woman and a blond man with a ponytail.
"Hello mister Potter. Are you ready for the final part of the testing?" Asked Madam Hooch. Harry nodded
"You have to excuse my colleague her lack of manners. I believe you already know mister Croaker and miss. Riddle." professor Trelawney said. "the woman beside me is miss Chun and her colleague mister Marks from the department of education."
Both nodded in greeting.
"Hello Harry." Said Tommy with a grin on her face.
"Ladies, gents and Tommy." Replied Harry with a smirk what earned him a roll of Tommy her eyes.
"Well lets start with the one we know is real. Miss Riddle the floor is yours." Professor Trelawney said.
Said teen grinned and said. "Well let's get started then." Tommy said.
Tommy started to talk in parceltongue to which Harry replied in the same language.
After that Tommy asked Harry to cast some spells showing him some spells which Harry had to mimic. Meanwhile the other people watched and took notes.
After they were done Tommy complimented him.
"Well done.' Continuing in parceltongue she said. "I know some texts that could help you."
After that Harry went through some tests with mister Marks and Croaker.
This test seem to be focused on the mind Arts as professor Trelawney assisted with some of the tests.
Most tests were fun like testing his reflexes trying to catch balls coming from every side and doing a parcour both were done while his senses were blocked.
After a bit of rest Harry was placed under the supervision off miss Chun.
The woman scanned him while she led him through a lot of exercises what resulted in to him growing his hair and nails. After a while he even had changed his hair colour a bit giving himself green highlights.
"Well that is interesting." He heard Croaker mutter.
After that Harry had to cast a lot off different spells he had learned both while having access to his senses and not and had to take care of some plants and animals while the testing group watched him and made notes.
After he had finished the tests the adults left the room what led to him and Tommy staying behind. Tommy grinned at him and said.
"They saw enough to agree that you can use and speak parceltongue."
"So what happened to you after you were brought to the ministry?" Harry asked.
"A lot of prodding and talking. Technically they can't blame me for any of Voldy his actions. They are actually quite curious about what made me return to a body instead of disappearing in the ether."
Harry nodded. "So what is going to happen to you?" He asked after a moment.
Tommy shrugged. "I had to sit my owls last week and are getting a new identity. After that I don't know. I probably have to leave the country after taking my newts. Probably going to attend a university or two if I can get a scholarship or a loan."
So they chatted for a while Harry telling about his adventures at Hogwarts.
Tommy laughed when she heard the story about Hermione and Tracey and Ron his discovery off Tracey.
When the rest of the examinating group returned they all seated themselves
"Well mister Potter. As most aptitudes are linked to talents we shall go over both lists together" Said Madam Hooch.
"Parceltongue was of course a given. At the moment we are looking for an instructor at the moment. It is quite possible that you will end up with miss Riddle as a tutor."
Around her the other people nodded.
Miss Chun spoke up next. "You have a healing talent that might be linked to the capability to be a metamorphmagus which will need further testing but at the moment you appear to have the ability to increase your regenerative capability through your magic. This talent usual leads to a greater aptitude for Transfigurations and some mind arts talents.
Harry nodded when he heard her words.
After her they discussed the possibility of having some talent in divination or the mind arts.
"It might seem you might have some better instincts as others while we were testing you it seemed as if you almost seemed to be aware of your surroundings. This can be either honed instincts but your reactions were quite sharp. So this can either be a talent in divination or a mind arts talent. I would advice studying both branches of magic.
For either magibiology and magizoology we have to wait to see if you are just good with them or that it might be linked to any mind magics.
As we thought you have quite the talent for learning spells as you showed us while casting them so the aptitudes for charms and combative spells are a given." Professor Trelawney said.
Standing up mister Marks smiled and said "And for the last part we are going to enjoy some quidditch." He said with a grin.
Harry eyes grew at this revelation. A moment later the group had left the classroom and were making their way outside.
It was a bit cloudy but sunny. When they reached the pitch Madam Hooch went to her office and came back with a broom that was a bit different.
"This mister Potter is a elementalist's broom. Unlike regular brooms these are mostly powered by elemental powers these differ from most regular and sports approved brooms who are made to be used by everyone."
"So If I can get it to move I might be an elementalist?" Harry asked.
Madam Hooch nodded while giving Harry the broom.
When Harry gripped the broom he felt a small tingle.
"It tingled." he said with a smile on his face.
Madam Hooch nodded and led him through some mental exercises before she told him to mount the broom.
After he had mounted the broom Harry willed it to go up and soon he was doing laps around the pitch. Willing it to go faster he was soon flying faster as he ever did before. When he landed madam Hooch and the others clapped.
"I think mister Potter that you are an elementalist." Madam Hooch said while Harry gave her the broomstick back.
That evening Harry told Hermione and Ron about the testing.
"The last test was great. Just the feeling was great."
Hermione smiled at him while Ron smiled but added.
"I can hear Malfoy his complaints already about you being an elementalist."
The next day while having breakfast he received a couple of letters.
Both were from ministry departments to be precise the department of child welfare and the department of magical law enforcement.
It seemed that both had planned it because both were planned for next Saturday.
The entire week Harry was nervous about the interviews. Madam Pomfrey had even offered him something for his nerves while she had spoken with him on their weekly meeting.
Being led to a small office after breakfast by madam Pomfrey Harry found him facing two stern looking woman one was in her early forties and had a scar over her right eye she smiled at Harry when she saw him the other woman was younger and white blond hair. With surprise Harry noticed that she looked like Narcissa Malfoy only younger. When she saw Harry looking at her she smiled and said. "Yes mister Potter my and Draco parents were a bit to curious as teenagers. I am Juno Malfoy from child welfare and this is my colleague Anna Snow from the auror department."
"Pleased to meet you mister Potter." Said the auror.
The interview took a long time both Auror Snow and miss Malfoy made him go over various part again at some moment they even had to stop for a moment when both women had to step out for some air. After the interview both women promised to get into contact with him again with their findings.
Meanwhile there was an uproar in the Wizgamot which was led surprisingly by Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley. Lucius was after Albus his head just like Arthur and when Arthur came with a new draft for his muggle protection act which he had rewritten with suggestions of many muggleborn and halfblood wizards and witches and even some input from those working in the mundane world which led to some input from their muggle counterparts Lucius decided to help him a bit to clear himself from his own involvement in the Hogwarts fiasco.
And he found the new proposed act and suggestions reasonable even the forming of a combined task force by the aurors and the mundane police force. To the surprise of many members of the wizgamot many former aurors and former ministry employees that had been forced to retire after the war through actions of Dumbledore and the pureblood faction had found their roots in the muggle world handy to go into the police or the government.
This would lead to the forming to a department of muggle corporation.
Meanwhile the investigation into Dumbledore his actions lead to the opening of quite the can of worms.
The reasons of Dumbledore trying to turn both Tom and Harry in weapons to fight for him was started by his former association with Gellert Grindewald.
Which who Albus had sworn a blood pact with the former dark lord. That was also the reason why he had tried to form the angry Tom Riddle in a weapon to fight Grindewald. When he found the young wizard he 'forgot' to inform the department of magical child welfare of Tom his living arrangements and status as an orphan.
Through the young man his schooling he tried to mould him into a weapon he could control and wield. Unfortunate the weapon had broken free and Dumbledore after failing to regain control over the other wizard was forced to fight Grindewald himself.
When Voldemort rose he tried to control his former weapons actions again and this lead to an increase of deaths many who had opposed Dumbledore in some way and when Dumbledore saw a chance to create another weapon he took it.
He had quite a finger in the pie of Harry his life at the Dursley's. Instead of changing his ways and creating a good little soldier he wanted someone starved for some positive attention. And his plan had worked better as the opportunity that he had used before. Harry had lapped up the positive attention he had gained and had created a view of Dumbledore that the man had wanted.
When the news had been leaked to the press Magical Britain went into in an uproar even demanding the man being executed at the spot.
Wiser heads prevailed and when Dumbledore his trial went for the wizgamot the queen her representative overseeing the trial everyone knew that Dumbledore his trial would be hard but fair.
Harry who had been called as a witness was surprised that Dumbledore was representing himself. One of the witnesses was a skeletal man with long black hair. When the man saw Hatrry he smiled at the boy.
Harry found the trial a bit boring to follow. Dumbledore seemed to be playing on his long list of accomplishments and his work for the greater good. The prosecution led by a lady Regina Lestrange tore strips from the man his defence with cold hard evidence.
When the skeletal man was led into the witness chair ready to testify the court room fell quiet before many people start to whisper.
Dumbledore standing up started to protest about using a known convict as witness was silenced by the judges.
"Miss Lestrange you have the floor." The young brown haired woman stood up and asked the witness if he agreed to the use of veritaserum.
"I Sirius Orion Black of the house of Black agree to the use of veritaserum." Whispered the man with a voice that sounded gravely from the lack of use.
The court room fell silent at the man words.
"Administer the potion." Ordered the leading judge.
What followed was the administering of the veritaserum and the checking if the potion was working.
"Mister Black. When was the day of your trial."
"I never had one. When I awoke after my arrest I found myself in a cell in Azkaban."
"Why were you arrested?" asked madam Lestrange.
"I don't know."
"What were you doing at the time of the deaths of the Potters?"
"I was in a Bar in Dublin with Remus Lupin trying to convince a werewolf pack to stay neutral in the war with Voldemort." answered Black. "Me and Remus felt the fidelius fall and we decided I would check in with James and Lily and he would continue the talks with the pack."
"You felt the Fidelius fall? Weren't you the secret keeper of the Potters?"
"Objection!" Yelled Dumbledore. "This has no relevance to the case."
"Overruled. Please continue the questioning miss Lestrange"
"You say you weren't the secret keeper for James, Lily and Harry Potter?"
"I was the decoy. The real secret keeper was Peter Pettigrew."
The court room went aloud in uproar at the man his words. When order was restored the prosecution continued the interrogation what lead to the revelation that Black had been hunting Peter Pettigrew who had fled after the fall of Voldemort leading up to the man his arrest.
And so the trial went on when Harry was called to the stand Dumbledore was grasping at straws.
Dumbledore had tried to be familiar with Harry but was rebuffed by the judge and when Harry had offered to take veritaserum Dumbledore had no further questions.
Miss Lestrange went easy on Harry and let him take veritaserum what led to another uproar in the courtroom.
At the end of the trial Dumbledore was sentenced to be held at the Queen's pleasure for the rest for his life with his magic bound in a psychiatric prison after having refused to undergo psychological testing. The man looked murderous at his sentencing. Also there was a warrant put out for the arrest of Peter Pettigrew.
When Harry returned to the school it was late and he was dead tired when Hermione saw him she opened her mouth but closed it again instead taking him in a hug. That night Harry took Madam Pomfrey up on the dreamless sleep potion she offered.
The next day Hogwarts seemed to have changed even when live went on. Professor McGonagall was promoted to headmistress and professor Sinistra became deputy headmistress while professor Vector became head of Gryffindor. Over the last few weeks of the year Lockhart was replaced by a auror on sick leave and a curse breaker with the help of Tommy had removed the curse on the dada position.
For transfiguration a new professor was found in Theodore Tonks a muggleborn with masteries in transfiguration and history of magic and a degree in history of Oxford.
His wife Andromeda Tonks had taken over history of magic having like her husband a Mastery in History of Magic and a degree of magical law and a degree in history from Cambridge were she also had read muggle law.
Both were well received and it became a joke among the muggleborn students that the only time there was any dispute between the married professors when Hufflepuff and Slytherin played Quidditch and when Cambridge and Oxford had a competition against each other.
At the end of the year Harry had another meeting with Miss Malfoy and auror Snow.
Harry would be placed with miss Malfoy and her wife while the Dursley's were investigated.
Miss Malfoy would be his guardian and caseworker for the time being. Harry found this a bit strange knowing his known dislike of Draco. When he asked Juno as miss Malfoy has asked to be called about it she had laughed a bit and promised him she would protect the big heroic lion from her ickle little brother making Harry and his friends laugh.
When he stepped op the train he looked back at the way to Hogwarts and smiled.
"To new adventures." He whispered.