Bellatrix's second chance Chapter 56: (BSC 2 C26) C56 What no way, 1, a harry potter fanfic

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(BSC 2 C26) C56. What no way, 1.

David understood that he had been taught a lesson in his own Lordship. Just like all the times before he just got more and more respect for Lord Potter and his friends. They seemed to have the ability to turn everything they knew around in ways they themselves would never have thought about. It was like the old ways were a playground for them. They were using them in ways they were not supposed to be used. Or were they using them in ways the old Lords never thought about.

As David was thinking about the punishment he had gotten from Lord Potter. Or especially the punishment he had gotten from his wife. No, Paying for a dinner for Harry and his extended family would not be so difficult, just thinking about it he realised he was part of that family and that wasn't bad at all.

He turned around and looked at the friends. His little girl Daphne was sitting with those friends and was radiating a glow of happiness. He now looked at the adults and saw that even he couldn't get better friends then that they were. His pride took another peek as he saw how happy his Isabella was.

David took his Isabella in a hug and looked over at Ginny. He still had a little trouble with the idea that she was now a slave to Lord Potter but he did understand the reasoning behind it.

Isabella understood what her husband was thinking and pointed with her finger to Ginny. "She is telling the twins about the things her mother had done to her and what she was suppose to do to Harry. That Little girl was fed lies all of her life about Harry just so Molly could get his money. She never wanted it and now our kids have given her a chance to just live like she was suppose to do with her family".

David who still had his gaze on Ginny looked with disbelieve in his eyes, as he saw how the twins went done on their knees in front of Harry. They were asking him for forgiveness over and over again. It was now that he could see how easily Harry waved it off. If it wasn't for the punishment he got from Isabella Harry would have waved his of too.

As Ginny left the office and the Infirmary together with her brothers everyone turned to look at the group of friends. The political power block that was in that group of friends was enormous. Just by being friends they had achieved more then they themselves understood at this point. It was also clear that Harry Potter was the leader of the pack. It was not because he was acting like the boss. No, it was more like he took the lead to keep the others from harm. They all came up with the plans but he took the blows. It was just like what they did with Ginny. They were one when they decided what to do, but it was Harry who did the deed and would take the hits if it went wrong.

No, it could only turn out to be something good. The fate of Ginny was handled in an honourable way. Harry took her to his family as a member and not as a slave. Sure on paper she was one but not in real live. And it could only work because the houses came together in all of this. Somehow David knew that if thing were to go wrong the friends would be behind Harry and they would be behind him all the way.

*#*

The last two weeks of the school had arrived. Everything in the castle had become relatively normal again. It was now that the exams would start and they could all start to work for next year. As normal all the exams would be taken in a classroom or in the great hall. Only the owls and Newts exams were held separately.

On the day of the first exam Harry received the biggest surprise he ever had. He walked into the great hall for his breakfast of the day. With his gaze on the Gryffindor Table he looked at his spot when he was tackled to the ground.

"Harry, Harry are you alright" asked a very familiar voice from the top of him.

Harry had to blink a couple of times and it was then that he saw it. "Hee, Astoria what are you doing at Hogwarts this day" he asked Astoria who was still sitting on his chest.

Katie and Angelina who had just walked by were giggling at the side of Harry on the floor in front of them. Especially of the way Astoria was sitting on his chest whit her hands resting on his shoulders.

"Harry, Last year I secretly studied the books from Daphne from your first year, so Aunty Minerva says that I'm good enough to take the first year exams. If I make it I can start in my second year.

Harry just looked on as Astoria was telling him all of this. "Okay I understand you studied the books but how did you practise the magic and who taught you the spells".

Astoria looked a little shyly at Harry and answered him in a small voice. "Aunty Mini told Tonks and me that we could practise in Potter Castle. It was the only place the ministry can't watch. So I was free to do magic there".

Harry just laughed. "That's really great".

"Mommy and Daddy did help me with the tests I had to make. Arabella taught me all I had to know about Potions and herbology. Every time I did a test aunty Minerva had the other teachers looked at them just so they could mark them".

Harry just looked on, he could clearly see that she was over spilling with excitement and all of a sudden she changed. Her face turned from happy to one of intense pain and she started to cry.

Harry didn't know what to do so he did the first thing that came to mind. He gathered her up in a hug and struggled to get to his feet.

Astoria laid her head on his shoulder and started to sob more and more.

Daphne and Bella who had walked behind Harry had seen it all. First the tackle Astoria did to Harry and the way she sat on his chest. They also couldn't hold their giggle at the look Harry had. But as the face of Astoria started to change they knew that it had to be something bad. Together they helped Harry to his feet as he held Astoria close to him while she sobbed in his shoulder.

They just looked at each other. Neither of them knew what was happening or why it was. But the only hope they had was that they could do something for Astoria.

As Harry got back on his feet he held Astoria a little closer and started to walk out of the great hall. He was again followed by Daphne and Bella who were only one step behind. Harry went fast and around a couple of corners to the only place he could think of. It was only one minute later that he walked into the classroom of his grandmother.

Minerva who was sitting behind her desk was a little startled when Harry walked into her classroom with a crying Astoria in his arms. She didn't say anything but it surprised her a bit. It had only been have an hour ago that she got Astoria to the castle. So she decided to just look at it all as she conjured a glass of water for Astoria to drink.

Bella and Daphne guided Harry into a chair and went to sit beside Minerva to just watch on.

It took another ten minutes before Astoria was calm enough to look at the others. She took a couple of drinks from her glass of water.

"Okay Astoria, can you tell us why it was that you broke down in the middle of the great hall" Harry asked her softly but with a little smile on his face.

By the look of the smile on the face of Harry she almost started to cry again. She just couldn't help it but she could barely hold herself together. "Ha.. Harry I was so scared when you disappeared in the holiday. The next thing we knew we were on our way to the St. Mungo with aunty Mini not knowing you would also be there".

Astoria sniffed and took a couple of deep breaths. "You were lying there fighting for your life. Aunt Poppy said you would be okay but I didn't know when. The weeks after that you were just there sleeping. Finally I had a brother and then that had to happen to you. Every day I came by with my mother and you were just lying there. It always looked like you were in a lot of pain and there was nothing we could do". Astoria sniffed again and dried her tears with the back of her hand to just let them flow again.

"After a week Bella and Daphne had to go back to school, they wanted to stay with you but they couldn't. I was only allowed to stay with you for an hour a day every two or three days. But there was that other woman that was with you. Her name was Bellatrix she was very nice and looked a little like Bella. Suddenly Bellatrix and you were gone" again Astoria had to wipe away a couple of tears. "I hear you were back in Hogwarts but I couldn't see you and I didn't know how you were doing. I heard what everyone was saying about you. Then a couple of days ago I found mama crying to Daddy that Bella and Daphne had been petrified and that you were almost all alone. The last thing I know was that I had to go to my aunt and had to stay there because you were saving the school again form Voldemort. It was only today that I saw you and knew that you were okay again".

That Astoria was able to say Voldemort was miraculously. A lot of adults just couldn't do that. But Astoria was not yet finished with her telling and went on. "I was so scared that I was going to lose you for real this time. You are my brother and I love you, I just don't want to lose you Harry". After those words Astoria started to cry again.

Harry who now understood what Astoria meant started to calm her down again. He now had a little sister and she loved him. It was again someone for who he would move heaven and earth to keep her save. Over her shoulder he could see that Daphne and Bella were crying a little. Even his grandmother had little tears in her eyes.

*#*

The rest of the week was study, study and study. None of the friends wanted to fail there exams and were doing a lot to just pass them.

Astoria who was staying at Hogwarts studied with them until late in the evening. Every evening she was brought to her bed by Daphne and Bella. Harry always walked with her to the foot of the stairs because as a boy he wasn't allowed into the girl's dormitory. After that he would run to his bed to be called by Bella so he could say goodnight to her. Early in the morning she was woken up by them and went to the great hall holding the hand of her new brother.

After the last exams they said goodbye to Astoria who went home and went to the lake to take a rest in the afternoon sun. At dinner that night the group of friends were having fun just letting of steam like all the other students at Hogwarts.

Susan pointed at the sealing and said that Hedwig was coming to Harry.

Harry didn't look up and only stretched out his arm.

She landed on his arm and held out her leg.

Harry could see a letter on her leg and took it from her.

Hedwig landed next to his plate and started on the steak he was eating.

Harry saw that the letter was from the ministry and looked over at the head table. There he could see two other owls landing in front of the headmaster. Something told him that those owls were also from the ministry and that it had something to do with him. With a jerk of his head he told Bella and the others to come along.

They again went outside of the castle and over to the lake to sit down under the tree. Harry was almost running as he went to their tree. As he sat down to the rock that was next to the tree he waited for his friends. As his gaze was focused on the lake he absentmindedly ripped the top from the envelope he got from the ministry.

He turned his gaze to his friends. "This is the letter I got from the ministry. And if I'm right then it is from our Aunt Amelia. I did see that Professor Dumbledore did receive two blue letters. As we all know those are the letters he always gets from minister Fudge himself" Harry told his friends. Harry didn't wait for a reply and just took the letter which turned out to be letters out of the envelope.

He did thought that it was a thick letter but now he understood why. In the envelope alone were thirteen letters and he was again in awe about the magic because it had only felt like three or four. As he looked at the names on the letters he started to pass them around. He himself had received six letters three of his friend got two and he saw that the last one was for all of them.

As he lay six letters on his lap he saw that the ones who got letters were Susan, Daphne and Neville. They all had two letters. He handed the letter that was addressed to all of them to Bella and asked if she would read it out loud.

Bella nodded as she took the letter.

To the friends of house Potter.
Bella, Daphne and Hermione.
Neville, Susan and Harry.

I have to warn you all for the letters I have also put in this envelope. Well the answer to that is simple. There are three letters on his way to Albus Dumbledore. Two off those letters are the same as the two you have. I also think that headmaster Dumbledore has got a personal letter from minister Fudge himself. It is that letter that I'm most worried about.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Well as you all know we all want to have a lawsuit against the headmaster. The things he has done to Harry when he was a boy was criminal. For that he has to pay.

However something happened that will put a hold on that lawsuit for now.
Our minister off magic has created his own lawsuit against us.
He is off opinion that our houses and especially your house Harry has brought shame to his name and his job as minister.
This is why he has created that lawsuit against us.

Because he is our Minister his case will be held before that of ours.
So the lawsuit where he has insulted our houses has to wait for his.

Because of his lawsuit we now have an uphill battle to go, because our minister has put a stipulation in his case.
If he wins than tour lawsuit will be cancelled and we are not allowed to start a new one.
If that happens then the lawsuit against the headmaster may be void as well.

On top of it all he demands that Harry will be put in custody of the ministry until the start of the case.
I will promise you all to do all I can to avoid that but I'm not sure if I can.
If I can't then Harry will be off to Azkaban.

So I have to ask you all to protect Harry and also yourself.
I'm highly convinced that Albus Dumbledore will do all he can to put you all in discredit.
The more he can make people think you are a bunch of trouble makers the more it will be in favour of the minister.
I'm asking you all this because Minerva can do only so much.

I love you all, take care, but also look out.

Amelia Bones.

Bella folded the letter and looked at all her friends. Just like all of them she just didn't know what to say. Everything in the letter was clear to her and from the looks of it her friends also knew what it all meant. Minister Cornelius Fudge had put out an arrest warrant for Harry.

Daphne who was sitting on the other side of Bella just looked at Harry. She instantly knew that their Parents and guardians would do all they could. However the thought alone did not take away the fear she felt inside her.

Harry didn't seemed to be worried at all. He just sat there and looked at his friends while he was laughing softly. "Well first we all have to look at the other letters. After that we will go to the library" As he said that he looked especially at Hermione and Daphne. "Cornelius Fudge couldn't beat us the last time and he will not beat us this time. If he does I will challenge him to a wizard duel".

Everyone was just watching Harry as he said it. Somehow they all knew he was right and if they could do it then it could only be done if they work together.

So they all unfolded their letters and looked at them. While they didn't read them they did take a look at the letters the others had and saw they were all the same. Harry had six of those and they were for house Potter/ Gryffindor and Peverell. So because they were all the same they decided to only read the letters for house Gryffindor. They loved the irony of it because they were at Hogwarts. They had a little laugh about it and told Susan to read the first letter.

Lord Gryffindor.

On behalf of Minister Fudge and the head of the Wizengamot Chief Warlock Albus Dumbledore.

I the undersecretary of magic Dolores Umbridge do inform you that you are expected to report yourself at the ministry.
the reason for this are the following.

You are being charged for the following crimes.
1 is the assault on the Minister and in extension the ministry off magic.
2, for the assault on the Chief Warlock Albus Dumbledore.
You are being charged with the following people.

Daphne Greengrass, from the ancient and noble house of Greengrass.
Susan Bones, from the ancient and noble house of Bones.
Neville Longbottom, from the ancient and noble house of Longbottom.
Harry Potter, from the ancient and noble house of Potter.
Harry Potter/ Peverell, from the ancient and noble house of Peverell.
Minerva McGonagall, from the ancient and noble house of Potter/ McGonagall.

And you Harry Potter/ Gryffindor, from the ancient and noble house of Gryffindor.

If you are found Guilty you are fined 100000 galleons that fine has to be paid immediately or you are charged for three years in Azkaban.

This amount is separately for Potter/ Gryffindor and Peverell. So the amount will be 300000 galleons or nine years in Azkaban.

Was signed by the minister of magic Cornelius Fudge.
Chief Warlock Albus Dumbledore.
And under Secretary Dolores Umbridge.

Susan signed and looked at the letter that was addressed to her. "HEE that's not fair at all. If I lose I only have to pay 1000 galleons with in thirty days" she said.

Daphne and Neville both looked at their own letters.

"I also have to pay 1000 galleons if we lose" Daphne said.

"me to" came the voice of Neville.

As they all looked at the letters Harry had received. At seeing the 100000 galleons he had to pay for each house. They understood that Minister Fudge wanted to make it personal between him and Harry.

Harry who had heard it all wanted to pull back into his own thoughts. But unfortunately for him, it was Hermione who saw it and prevented him for shutting them out.

"Harry I could be wrong here, but maybe this could be the best thing that ever happened" she told everyone.

Everyone just looked at her as if she had grown a second head. It was Susan who found her voice first and asked Hermione to explain herself.

"Well I can't really explain it just yet. But if I have a little time". After those words she stood and headed to the castle.

The friends looked at each other and started to laugh. They didn't need any explanation about what Hermione meant as she walked towards the castle. "I will read the second letter when we are all in the library" Daphne said as she also stood and started to walk towards the castle.

*#*

As they were all sitting at their own table in the library Daphne opened the second letter and started to read it out loud for the others?

Lord Gryffindor.

On behalf of Minister Fudge and the head of the Wizengamot Chief Warlock Albus Dumbledore,
I Under secretary Dolores Umbridge do inform you that the lawsuit you put fort against Minister Cornelius Fudge for insulting your house, will be held after the lawsuit from the minister. However that Lawsuit will be held at a later date but if you lose the lawsuit from the minister that lawsuit will be void.

If this is not the case and you do win the lawsuit, than the ministry has to pay you a compensation of 100 galleons.
You will be keeping that lawsuit with the following people

And you Harry Potter/ Gryffindor, from the ancient and noble house of Gryffindor.

Was signed by the under secretary of the ministry of Magic Dolores Umbridge.

Again the others immediately looked at their own letters. This time however it was Daphne who started to get angry. "How can that low life of a minister do this and get away with it. It just isn't fair to you Harry" Daphne shouted. "If I win this Lawsuit then I will receive a compensation of 1000 Galleons" The others also looked at their amounts and saw that it was again the houses from Harry who were being punished for something.

In the following hours they went thru every book they could find on wizarding law and past Lawsuits. Harry had even asked the house elves of Potter castle to find every book in the Potter castle that was about that object.

Hermione took every article they found and wrote it down. As the list went on and on she was slowly starting to see a pattern. "Hold on you guys" Hermione said. "I think I got something here".

The friends lay down their books and looked up at Hermione.

"According to this list there were at least ten to twenty lawsuits against the ministry every year. Some were won and others were lost. But from the time Albus Dumbledore became the Chief Warlock they won all the lawsuits. First it was with someone named Bartemius Crouch. And now it is with Cornelius Fudge. So it's quite clear that they have manipulated all those cases".

Hermione took a deep breath and looked at the letters that were now lying on the table in front of them. "I think that the way those letters are written is a way to manipulate the people".

The others just didn't know what she was talking about.

"Just look at it. With the amount you have to pay if you lose, you don't want to do that lawsuit. See from the amount you make you don't want to do that lawsuit because it will cost more than you make. If they do it with houses that don't have the money that Harry has. Wizards and witches would not hold a lawsuit against the ministry. You win nothing or you pay them all you have. Therefore it's just not worth the trouble to do a lawsuit at all, even if you are in the right. It's because of this that Albus and Fudge always win these lawsuits against them".

Hermione took the other letter in her hand. "The difference in the amount between Harry and you would make most people look at it in a certain way. You can clearly see that the ministry wants to take down Harry. So you are with him and go down with him. Or you turn your back at him and let him go down alone, something that would be in favor for Albus and Fudge".

The friends just sat there with open mouth. Everything that Hermione had said made perfect sense to them. It would explain why Fudge and Albus had the ministry under there control.

"Lord Potter could I have a word with you" asked Sir Nicolas as he floated through the wall. He came half way through the table and looked at Harry. "Young Lord Gryffindor I have a message for you. I have to ask you if you would go to meet the Lady in the office of Minerva".

Harry looked at Sir Nicolas. For a moment he wondered who the lady off whom he was talking about was. He could remember thinking about her on two different moments. The first time was in the office of Bogrod but he hadn't thought about that moment for a while. The second time was in the infirmary when the light past through him. He had called that light, Lady without thinking about it. He could also remember that he thanked her for it.

"Can I tell her that you are coming Lord Gryffindor" Sir Nicolas asked.

Harry let his gaze go to Bella and Daphne. He then gazed at his other friends and answered. "Sir Nicolas, you can tell the lady that Lord Gryffindor and his friends are on their way. It would be an honor to meet her".

Sir Nicolas Nodded and went back through the wall from where he came.

"What are you thinking about Harry" sounded the voice of Bella from far away.

Harry shook his head a little. "Bella do you think that the Lady is my grandmother".

Bella thought for a moment, "why do you think that and why aunt mini".

"Well, the lady wants us to meet her in her office. Also Sir Nicolas came to us to go to her and he is the house ghost of Gryffindor, but also because grandmother is the head of house Gryffindor".

Everything Harry said was a good argument why Harry could be right.

But the more he said those things the more he doubted himself as he spoke them.

Bella just smiled and took his arm as she pulled him out of the library. "Come on Harry, there is only one way to find out who this lady is and it is not going to happen if we stay here.

Harry just knew she was right and followed her willingly. None of the friends had said anything and were just walking behind them. It was also the first time that Harry saw how they were doing that.

Together with Bella he was walking in front to the group. Daphne was behind him and a little to the right. Susan was walking behind Bella and a little to the left. Hermione and Neville were walking behind them and back in the middle. They were all walking in a diamond shape.

It was also now that Harry understood what the others were seeing. They were walking like the roman army. All sides were protected. It would only take a one turn and they were back to back, ready to fight and protect. No they were one strong group and could Handel anything.

The office of Professor McGonagall was at the end of the corridor. Harry could already see her standing there waiting for them and motioning them to hurry up. She had a look of joy and could hardly wait.

Harry quickened his pace. And his friends just followed him.

From out of a corridor to the side came Albus. He pointed his wand at harry and shouted.

A/N: As you all know I'm translating this story from my Dutch version. While I'm doing that I'm adding a lot of new material to it. But by doing so I realized that I forgot to tell you about Lockhart and the little bump on his head. So I promise you that I will tell you but I think it will be at the end were I may find a spot to put it in, or a place I can create one.

A/N: This was it again for this week. See you all in two weeks.
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