--In Memory of Harry Potter --

Authors Notes: Another chapter already. And its all thanks to my faithful reviewers. If it wasn't for you I would not be as motivated as I am!! Thankyou so much everyone!!


Harry yawned as he dragged himself out of bed. After a long conversation with Madam Pomfrey he had ended up with a potion that had cured his sleeping problems, although it was in a very peculiar way. Instead of ridding his sleep from the nightmares which caused the problem this potion just didn't allow him to wake up until his body had gained a substantial amount of sleep.

The first night that he took the potion he slept for an entire day, but now it let him get through the night with at least six hours sleep letting him awaken just after dawn. The potion had proved useful, and he found that not only was he in a much better mood, but he could also think more clearly and his magic seemed to move more freely around him. Until recently, he had never noticed exactly how much of an effect his nightmares were having on him.

Harry smiled as he looked at Hermione and Jessica who were still fast asleep in the king size oak bed that had been made his when he first moved back to Hogwarts. Stretching he walked into the en-suite bathroom and splashed his face with water. Sighing he looked into the mirror. "I know your there Malfoy" He said

"How do you do that" said a voice, and Harry watched in the mirror as Malfoy's reflection appeared out of nowhere.

"I don't really know" Harry muttered as he walked back into the bedroom and quietly retrieved his robes. "When I work it out, I'll let you know" He said walking back into the bathroom and shutting the door.

-o-

Harry walked into the living area that along with a small kitchen area and the two bedrooms and bathroom made up the suite that Harry, Hermione and Jessica stayed in at Hogwarts. Harry had never really had much time to admire the beauty of the small living space, most of his time there being taken up by worries and nightmares. Although, now, as he looked around the room he could really appreciate the elegance of the room.

The living area was a rather large room with four walls that were hidden by a number of paintings and a large bookshelf that he had used to store the many books he and Hermione had collected over the years. There were two arch windows with red curtains that matched the crimson red rug that covered the dark wood floors. In the centre of the rug there were two arm chairs and a double seat all of which had been made out of black leather. A small cabinet sat underneath the windows made out of the same wood as the bookshelf.

Out of all the furniture in the house Harry liked this cabinet the most. Mainly because of the items that sat on top of it. Including a few of Jessica's toys there were three photo frames. In the first there was a picture of Hermione, Ron and He at school, the second was the Order of the Phoenix at the end of Harry's seventh year, and in the third was a picture of Hermione, He and Jessica.

"Good morning Mr Potter, how are we now that we are finally awake?" Malfoy said flying in the room through the wall separating the kitchen from the living area.

"Alive, which is more than I can say for you" Harry said turning away from the photographs.

"I thought you were taking something for your nightmares, why are you still in a bad mood?"

"I have to talk to Fudge today" Harry said bitterly. Ever since his fifth year he had not appreciated fudge at all. The man had spent the year trying to convince the wizarding world that he was an attention seeking brat who was mentally unstable. Of course this was all because he didn't want to believe that Voldemort was back and he was going to have to do something about it.

That all changed during his seventh year when he appealed and managed to rally a vote of no confidence in Fudge and the man, who was restricting all efforts made in the war against Voldemort, was thrown out of office and Arthur Weasley had taken the position temporarily for the duration of the war. He had given the office up after he believed that there "was no long a threat to the wizarding world".

"Ahh, I see" Malfoy said looking at Harry sympathetically. "The Order will need to do something about him."

"The Order have only just been alerted of Voldemort's survival. They need to know that I'm back before they can even consider removing fudge from office"

"I thought that you weren't going to tell any one else." Malfoy muttered,

Harry sighed, "I was stupid in thinking that I could keep the secret from everyone. Peter knows now and he hasn't stopped ranting and raving about it since we got back to Hogwarts. Dumbledore is going to have to spread a rumour that he has gone insane, and that can't be done until after Sirius is proven innocent..."

"Because otherwise no one will believe him" Draco finished for Harry. "You need to stop thinking so much Harry, half the wizarding world already knows that Sirius is innocent, and everyone at Hogwarts respects him for everything he has done in the war effort." Malfoy said seriously.

"It's not right though" Harry muttered, "It's not fair that people still judge him for a mistake that the current government is not willing to admit."

"No wonder you get bloody nightmares, you associate with all the wrong people. You should start handing around people who haven't got so many problems" Malfoy said trying to lighten the mood.

"I hope your not referring to yourself" Harry replied with a grin. "Ghost's who are alcoholics count as "people with problems""

"Its not my fault that Severus just left the ghost potion sitting there. I thought he'd finished it!" Malfoy exclaimed

"I thought you were the potions expert?! According to Snape the potion was "still brewing", oh talking about Snape did he ever actually find you?" Harry asked looking at the ghost.

"I've been avoiding him." Malfoy admitted, "He chased me all the way to the quidditch field when he found out what happened."

"I know, we could hear him from the great hall. Something about you being an idiot, and drinking the potion before it is ready causes side effects. There was also something about how much work he was going to have to do to make another one, and how you put Jessica at risk."

"Yeah" Malfoy muttered, "He managed to get a lot into the conversation, but I didn't really put her at risk anyway, she was quite capable of looking after her self."

Harry frowned. "So it seems"

-o-

"So let me get this straight, it was actually Peter Pettigrew who killed all those muggles, not Black...?" Fudge asked obviously not wanting to believe what the group had been telling him. James sighed as he watched another minute pass on the grandfather clock that sat against the wall behind fudge. 'Two hour and forty three minutes' He counted silently.

"Yes Minister" Harry, well James, muttered with an annoyed tone as he leaned back into the seat. Inwardly he swore to himself that after all this was done, he would have to pay a visit to all those people who voted this git back in power after the "downfall" of Voldemort.

"But how can you be sure?" Fudge asked looking carefully at James. Ron's head hit the table with a loud 'thump', a gesture that proved to Harry that he was just as frustrated with the Minister of Magic as he was.

"Peter just told me" Harry growled through clenched teeth. He had had just about enough of this, it was unbelievable the extent of this mans stupidity, he was more of an idiot than Malfoy, and that's saying something!

"Yes, I am aware of that" Fudge said, "I am just at a loss of how you can be so sure that Sirius Black, where ever he is, is innocent" Fudge said.

Harry blinked. Fudge had just completely contradicted himself. "Sirius Black, is innocent" James explained slowly letting the words sink in, "It was Peter Pettigrew, who just testified to this, who was the secret keeper for the Potters, and whom blew up third street all those years ago."

Harry looked around the room as Fudge wrote something down on the parchment in front of him. Remus who, in the early stages of the conversation had given his account, was now slumped against the wall with his eyes shut. After a moments appraisal Harry was positive that the werewolf had fallen asleep, not that he could blame him. 'This should have taken half an hour at the most.'

"Three hours" an invisible Malfoy whispered noting the turn of the clock which had started to chime. The ghost had been floating around the room invisible for an hour now watching as Harry became more and more frustrated.

"I don't see how it can be true" The Minister said looking up from the piece of parchment. "It is obvious that Pettigrew is mad, raving about how Harry Potter is back, and his master needed to know. Honestly both Potter and 'You know Who' are gone."

'Corrupted by power' Harry thought bitterly. He had been afraid that this might happen and now he was stuck as to what to do. Fudge was looking for away to worm out of apologising and admitting that Sirius wasn't what he had thought, and Peter was giving him a reason to.

"Fudge, there are two ways that we can do this" Harry said after a moments thought. "The first way is that you can accept what many people already know to be the truth and Sirius can finally be completely free. The second way is for me to approach the ministry independently and talk to the wizamagont about how you have once before been removed from office, and how that it may be necessary for them to do so again should you not believe what you have heard from Pettigrew"

"Your threatening me!" Fudge exclaimed

"Indeed I am" Harry said firmly. "Now shouldn't some sort of trial be set up for Sirius, to prove his innocence?"

"No, I don't think so" Fudge said glaring at Harry, "How do we know that Pettigrew is telling the truth...."

Harry interrupted annoyed "He was under an extremely strong TRUTH potion, that's why!!" He cried "Fudge everyone, EVERYONE knows that Sirius Black is innocent, he fought in the war, saved hundreds of lives, the only problem is you won't believe it!"

"Don't talk to me in that manner!" He cried, "I can tell you things about Sirius that will chill you too the bone"

Harry rolled his eyes. "For Merlin's sake, he didn't do any of those things... I mean you either clear him officially, or he just rejoins society as he has, its just not fair that people still believe and hate him for crimes he didn't commit"

"I know the ministry has made mistakes in the past Mr Saven, but I refuse to believe that Sirius Black is innocent of his crimes, and unless you can get Harry Potter back here telling me..."

"HARRY POTTER ALREADY TOLD YOU!" James roared 'I hate him, I hate him, I hate him' his mind cried over and over. "He told you when he was thirteen years old!!" He said glaring at Fudge, "And I'm sure there quite a few people at the school that will be willing to admit that in front of a council for your removal Mr Fudge."

Fudge held on to the arms of his chair. The power that the James was radiating was absolutely amazing, too powerful. "Er- well then, lets here the story again." he said and a loud 'thump' could be heard as Ron's head hit the desk for the second time this evening.

-o-

"He shouldn't have been allowed back into the Ministry" Ron said as he, Harry and Remus entered the great hall.

"He shouldn't have been allowed back into the magical community" Malfoy muttered from behind them

The three of them had left Dumbledore and Fudge with Sirius and Peter who were both telling their stories under the influence of Vertaism. Fudge had finally agreed to believe the story that Pettigrew had told him, and after talking to both the rat and Sirius, Peter was to get the dementers kiss, and Sirius, Sirius was to be freed.

"He'll appreciate what you've done for him, you know that James" Ron said with a smile, "Sirius knew it was going to take a lot for you to talk to Fudge at all, after everything that he did to make your life difficult."

"Yeah well" Harry muttered, "I'm sure it won't be that great for him either"

-o-

Harry fell into a chair at the staff table and rubbed his temples as he stared at the food that appeared in front of him. "Daddy?" A little voice whispered and Harry looked to his left to find his daughter standing beside him.

He smiled. "Hey Jesse, I told you not to call me that remember" He said.

"Oh, Sorry, I mean James" She said jumping onto her fathers lap. She looked up at him for a moment with a questioning look in her eyes. "Is the bad man gone now?" She asked innocently.

Harry nodded, "Yes Jessica, the bad mans gone now"

She frowned, "Does that mean I'm going to get in trouble now?" She asked

Harry laughed, he and Hermione had forgotten all about punishing Jessica because they had been too worried about everything else that was going on. "You shouldn't have reminded me kiddo" Harry said with a small smile.

Jessica looked horrified. She hadn't realised that her parents had forgotten that she was meant to be in trouble but rather had just postponed the punishment, and her expression showed all of this as clear as day. In fact, the look on her face was so classic that not even Malfoy who had been hanging in the air invisible behind Harry could keep himself from laughing.

"You can't punish her after that" Ron cried. Harry's best friend had been sitting beside him during the conversation and too had doubled over laughing at the look on Harry's daughters face.

"What's so funny?" Sirius said as he sat down in the chair next to Harry, his eyes alight with a fire that Harry had never seen before.

"You missed out!" Malfoy cried from seemingly no where. "Jessica, oh it was so funny!" He cried laughing.

Harry tried to control his laughter, "How'd it go?" He asked wiping his eyes which had started tearing during his fit of laughter. "When's the trial?

"It was all right," Sirius said smiling. "And as for the trial, as you obviously know Dumbledore was not telling the truth when he said that it was postponed till after the war...."

Harry nodded, he had worked that out not long after he had revealed himself. He just hadn't said anything about it because he knew it was pointless until they caught Pettigrew.

"Well you can now consider that the complete truth" Sirius said with a grin. "Fudge is making a public statement about it soon . I can't thank you enough, H..James, Remus told me that you even threatened the Minister!"

"I thought he was asleep," Harry said.

Sirius grinned slyly, "He was, until you started screaming at Fudge"

"Oh," Harry laughed.

Sirius smiled his eyes sparkling. "Things have just got better from the moment I stepped into that interrogation. You missed out on one of the strangest, yet most incredibly hilarious things I have ever seen in my life! When Fudge was talking to Pettigrew and I, Snape walked in the room looking for Dumbledore. It was unbelievable Harry, he looked from Peter, to me, then back to Peter again and started screaming and yelling at him, saying, well as a censored version, that he was a stupid, pathetic, back stabbing rat and that if he survived the dementers kiss, he was going to kill him. I've never seen Peter, nor Fudge, so scared in my life!"

Harry laughed, "Your right, that has to be the strangest outcome that could possibly occur in that situation, although I'm sure it would have been entertaining. It's always nice when Snape shouts at someone else for a change.

"I know exactly how you feel" Sirius, Ron, Malfoy and Jessica all said in unison.

Harry laughed picking up Jessica as he got up from his seat. "Oh well, I better go and see Dumbledore, I've got a lot to discuss with him and Fudge already took up most of the time available for me to do so. I'll see you all later" He said handing Jessica to Sirius who giggled.

"Can we play pranks on the Slytherins again?" Harry heard Jessica ask his Godfather as he walked away. He looked back at Sirius who grinned at Harry as he answered.

"Of course Jessica, what would you like to do!"