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Goku and the Tome of Piccolo
Ron frowned "look mate before your trial you should know what people are saying about you and Goku and believe me it's not pretty
Goku and Harry looked to each other the two brothers were well aware of how cruel the people of the wizarding world could be especially to Goku
Heck there was currently a law where Goku could be legally executed put down like an animal if he broke a law or attacked one of the many pure blood families who had the minister in their pocket
"Ron it can't be that bad can it" the sound of the door opening stopped Ron from answering and a former muggle born witch now werewolf entered the room
"Believe me it's pretty bad" Hermione said putting the latest issue of the Daily Prophet on the coffee table before she stretched the transmutation of her species hadn't altered Hermione too much she was slightly taller her bushy brown hair may have been just the slightest bit bushier with her skin the slightest bit paler and a larger appetite for meat
"Hermione" Goku greeted hugging the first friend he met on the Hogwarts Express "it's good to see you again" Hermione nodded back hugging Goku "it's good to see you too Goku you've grown"
Goku nodded standing a head taller than Hermione he grinned "really I haven't noticed according to Mum and Dad I've really shot up over the summer" Hermione nodded frowning slightly she could tell he was forcing himself to grin
"Goku I know you've probably heard this a thousand times already but I'm sorry about what happened to Luna she was a good friend" Goku nodded "yeah she was" Hermione hugged Goku again the young Saiyan holding her tightly eliciting a small squeak of pain from Hermione making Goku leap back
"Oh my god Hermione I'm so sorry did I hurt you" Goku asked Hermione shook her head rubbing her back "I'm fine Goku honest it was a full moon earlier this week the transformations hard on my joints is all" Goku nodded Harry looked away from Hermione and Goku after all it was his fault Hermione was even bitten by the werewolf or at least that's what he told himself
Harry picked up the copy of the Prophet skimming through he frowned in disgust "what the hell is this rubbish" Harry said
"They think I'm lying about Marvel that I'm taking advantage of Dumbledore's old age heck this reporter's accusing my of using the Imperious on him" Ron chuckled "yeah if you were going to use the Imperious on any of our professors it wouldn't be Dumbledore it'd be Snape"
"Ronald" Hermione chastised Ron held up his hands "oh come on Mione you know it's true" Harry shook his head some things would never change "there isn't anything in here about Goku though"
Hermione nodded "it's because the ministry switched between writing slander about you and slander about Goku" Hermione growled literally "they had a two page article yesterday about how the Saudi Ministry is investigating whether Goku was the cause of the destruction of Jeddah"
Goku looked away not wanting to be reminded of Jeddah Ron chuckled "lucky for us the Saudi's are on our side" Harry frowned looking to Ron "what do you mean side" he asked his red haired friend
Ron pulled out his wand taking a small square out of his pocket tapping the square with his wand it expanded into a full scale wizards chess set
"see whether the guys in charge whether the Confederation or the individual ministries no one wants to admit that the worlds at war on one side" Ron tapped the black side "is Marvel and his allies we know he's being sneaky gathering his forces in secret so that people don't suspect him and killing people who do see him making them disappear" Ron said using air quotes around disappear
"And on our side is Dumbledore he's been trying to recruit people even with the confederation calling him senile or manipulative he's been gathering allies' too old friends ministries he's helped in the past but"
Goku frowned "let me guess we're outnumbered" Ron nodded "yeah Dumbledore thinks Marvels forces outnumber us ten to one"
Hermione nodded "that's not even counting Madara or Marvel himself" the werewolf witch said tapping the king piece
"You've seen the two of them fight yourself Harry Madara was able to push your dad Sirius and Professor Lupin back while possessing Peter Pettigrew imagine what he can do with his own body"
Harry nodded he remembered that battle in Third year "and then there's Marvel he's a lot younger then he was in the last war and with all his old power" Harry nodded putting a hand on his neck that battle was a lot more recent and a lot more painful in Harry's opinion
Goku sighed "not that discussing how much the bad guys being stronger than us isn't interesting" Goku said his Saiyan instincts demanding he fight these stronger enemies he also wanted blood especially against Demona
"But how are we gonna keep Harry from going to Azkaban I like my brother to not be in Azkaban" Ron and Hermione nodded agreeing with their Saiyan friend
"The Ministry may be calling Dumbledore a senile old manipulator but he's still got a lot of pull in the ministry he and your grandpa arranged so Harry would have a hearing to defend himself"
"And whose going to be defending Harry" Goku asked "is it Dumbledore I bet it'll be Dumbledore he'll probably start by stating his full name then he'll use legal magic to get the judge on his side"
Hermione and Ron looked at each other nervously "it's not going to be Dumbledore" Hermione finally said Goku nodded "ok I bet Dumbledore knows a lot of good lawyers and stuff so who is it"
Ron looked down at his shoes "hey Harry wanna play a game of chess" Goku frowned his friends were acting weird "guys" Harry said "who is it"
Ron and Hermione seemed to have a telepathic argument fighting over who would not be the one to tell Hermione glared and Ron relented "Mate it's Xeno Lovegood"
"Who" Goku asked Ron shrugged "Goku it might be better you don't go to the trial since you know your um your Hermione please" Hermione sighed with nod
"Xenophilus Lovegood was Luna's father Goku and however hard you've taken Luna's death it's been nothing on Mr. Lovegoods" Ron nodded
"according to my mum the trial will be the only time he's left his house since it happened"
Lily pulled the car she borrowed from Arthur into a public parking space looking back to Harry and Goku well at leas the impression of Goku's bottom on the seat since he had decided to borrow his brothers invisibility cloak so he could be there to support Harry during the trial and not be seen by Luna's father "ready" she asked Harry nodded as the mother and sons got out of the car
"Goku hang close to me I don't want to lose track of you in the Ministry" Goku grunted in agreement as the three entered a public telephone why the muggles didn't think it odd these things hadn't been taken down Lily had no idea as she typed in the number to access the entrance to the Ministry picking up the receiver "two going down"
the phone beeped and floor lowered into the ground London began to vanish and the dark atmosphere of the Ministry's underground atrium began to surround them finally the phone box opened the three Potters walked out the phone box rising back up through the floor Lily approached a guard at the station "Lily and Harry Potter here for the hearing"
the guard grunted in acknowledgement looking over his a piece of parchment "running it a little close aren't ya" he said "says here the Potter trial is in five minutes in courtroom thirteen" Lily cursed "it's not the time we were told" Lily said to the guard the man shrugged pulling out a copy of the prophet "not my problem lady" Lily looked ready to pull out her wand and hex the guard when a young woman with pixie cut pink hair and a brown duffle coat walked over to them "I'll handle this Simmons" she told the guard
the guard grunted to the girl the girl nodded looking to Lily "come on punk let's go" the guard smiled as she grabbed Harry by the arm pulling him along Lily storming after him when the guard stopped looking the girl let go of his arm she grinned at Lily "an excellent performance as always Tonks"
the girl Tonks grinned her hair changing red "no prob can't have a member of the order get put away for killing a stupid guard"
Lily nodded looking to Harry and Goku "boys this is Nymphadora Tonks she's another member of the order"
"Order" Harry asked Lily nodded "the Order of the Phoenix the organization Dumbledore founded to fight Marvel" Tonks nodded "don't call me Nymphadora the name's Tonks" Tonks told the two boys before hurrying Harry into the lift to take him to courtroom thirteen Tonks led him past two robed wizards having a hushed conversation she led him into the room
"good luck kid" Tonks whispered "if things go sour Fasha's standing by to bust you out be'fore you get to Azkaban" Harry nodded nervously hoping that back up plan was not necessary a group of black robed witches and wizards Harry frowned briefly reminded of death eaters though he was pretty sure the minister wasn't a death eater
"all rise" Minister Fudge declared "the case of ministry of magic versus Harry James Potter the date of July thirtieth two thousand and five Cornelius Oswald Fudge presiding Dolores Umbridge to serve as the prosecution Percival Weasley court stenographer" Minister Fudge looked down at Harry "Mister Potter do you have a solicitor" the doors were thrown open a tall blonde man wearing a yellow three piece suit that looked to Harry like it had been made from the peels of a banana his pale blonde hair pulled into a shoulder length ponytail his grey eyes shined with sadness
"Xenophilus Lovegood for the defense Minister" the man said standing next to Harry "so sorry I'm late your honor I was having a spot of breakfast with an old colleague when I hear the case was rescheduled so I apparated right over" Fudge nodded "very well shall we begin Xenophilus Mr. Weasley the crimes" Percy nodded standing up pulling out a roll of parchment
"Assault of muggles using energy enhanced martial arts use of magic in prescience of muggles in a muggle neighborhood fleeing from auror custody and the spread of anti government propaganda" Harry had to roll his eyes at the last one Fudge nodded with a pleased smile looking to Delores Umbridge a fat toad like woman who made even the basic black robes the judges wore look haggard and repulsive "Madame undersecretary you may begin your questions"
"Thank you Cornelius" she said looking down to Harry "Mister Potter are you not a citizen of Great Britain" she asked
Harry raised a brow "excuse me" he asked Umbridge smiled "I asked are you not a citizen of Great Britain for I see no other reason besides lack of nationality as to why a young man not even finished with his education would show such lack of respect to the laws of his Fatherland"
Harry laughed "funny Miss Umbridge I would ask the same to you since no one in Britain calls it the Fatherland that sounds more like a Nazi then anything else" Umbridge turned an amusing shade of red "why you"
"Order" Cornelius said "Madame Undersecretary we are not here to judge Mister Potter based on nationality stick to the crimes at hand" Umbridge nodded "yes Minister" she said through gritted teeth "tell me Mister Potter would you consider yourself a skilled martial artist"
Harry nodded "please answer verbally for the record" Harry nodded again "yes I suppose so I've been in some tough fights" Umbridge nodded "and would you consider the mercilessly beating of muggles to be as you called it a 'tough fight'" Umbridge asked Harry shook his head "no" he muttered
"Excuse me please speak up Mister Potter" Umbridge said with hint of glee Harry looked Umbridge in the eye activating his Olloverdes "no I would not" he answered Umbridge nodded "let the record show that Harry Potter does not consider the assault as difficult effectively ruling out self defense"
"Objection your honor" Xenophilus said pulling papers from his pocket "I have here the muggle police record along with medical records for the underage muggles in question"
Xenophilus threw them in the air waving his wand enchanted copies flew to every member of the Wizengamont "now as you can see the Muggles in question have numerous charges of assault along with underage drinking and lewd behavior now if you would look to the medical record dated to the day of the so called 'assauly you will find that all besides Mr. Potter suffered minor abrasions and brusing it was also state there was an unusual amount of alcohol in their blood implying at the time they were intoxicated"
"Objection on grounds of false evidence" Umbridge hissed "there is no way to measure the amount of alcohol in the blood and if there was it certainly would not have been invented by muggles"
"Wrong Delores" a red haired woman said standing up "Minister as head of the department of magical law enforcement I am confident in telling you there are numerous ways to determine blood alcohol levels many of which are known to Muggles" Fudge nodded "very well due to overwhelming evidence the charges of assault on muggles have been dropped"
Harry would have sighed in relief but there were other things he'd been accused of Xenophilus raised his hand "your honor if it would please you I have a way to deal with the majority of the charges with a single legal argument" Fudge looked intrigued "very well then proceed Mr. Lovegood" Xenophilus nodded pulling out a vial of a clear potion "this potion approved for use by a healer from Saint mungoes is a variation of the Veritaserum with it while Mr. Potter is under it's influence any three questions I ask he will answer truthfully"
Fudge nodded "and what are the three questions" he asked Xenophilus offered the potion to Harry "Mr. Potter if you would" Harry nodded taking a sip of the potion "now to determine a line of truth please state your full name for the record"
"Harry James Potter" he said feeling compelled to tell the truth Xenophilus nodded "very good now please state your date of birth and current address" Harry nodded "July 31rst 1990 Number Five Privet Drive Surrey" Harry said Xenophilus nodded looking please
"very well my first question on the day in question was magic used by you or near you what spell was used why was it used and were any muggles present"
"Objection that was three questions not one" Umbridge hissed acting more like a snake then the toad she could be mistaken for Xenophilus shook his head "incorrect I never stated how long a question had to be"
"Rule with the defense" Fudge stated Harry nodded "the spell used was the patronus charm I didn't use it but my one of my parents Lily or James did I didn't see any muggles and if there were any I doubt they would have stayed long with the Dementors floating around it's why they used the spell"
"OBJECTION" Umbridge shouted "Dementors in England are under the control of the ministry are you trying to make us believe you were attacked by the ministry" Harry stared blankly "answer me boy"
"Madame Undersecretary be quiet or I will hold you in contempt of court" Fudge shouted banging his gavel "Xenophilus potion clearly works as verified by a respected healer" Fudge said holding up the paper Xenophilus gave him "also it is well known there are wild Dementors who terrorized Hogwarts in 2002 with all the student attacks as such and as that no muggle witnesses have been identified the charges of using magic in the prescience of muggles is to be dropped"
Umbridge sneered "well what about escaping ministry arrest I personally went to his residence hours after he received the letter from Hopkirks office"
"Objection Madame Undersecretary" Mafalda Hopkirk said standing up "on the day in question I sent no letter to Mr. Potters home and was not made aware of his expulsion until Headmaster Dumbledore arrived in my office" Xenophilus smiled "it seems there has been a grave misunderstanding I rule that the remaining charges against my client be dropped as Mr. Potter was not home at the time of the supposed letter Mr. Potter please inform the court as to where you slept that night"
"A hotel in London" Harry said "I don't remember the name in the company of my grandparents Richard and Emily Potter" Xenophilus nodded "now then I have my doubts that Richard Potter a man who went wand to wand with Grindelwalds elite officers would help a suspected convict even his own grandson and lord have mercy if you wish to accuse Emily Potter"
Fudge notably shuddered Emily Potter was a titan in Wizarding Society to accuse her of a crime would be political suicide which is what Fudge would be going for Fudge banged his gavel "all charges are dropped Mr. Potter is declared innocent of all crimes the Ministry is terribly sorry to have inconvenienced you so close to your birthday Mr. Potter"
Harry nodded as Xenophilis gave him the antidote to the potion "no harm done Minister none at all"
Later in Fudges office the minister banged his fist against his desk "Damn it Delores that was a complete disaster" he roared at Umbridge the woman looked down "Minister Dumbledore was clearly involved he must have manipulated the evidence" Fudge shook his head "I don't want to hear it Dolores it has been months MONTHS since you were assigned to this assignment expose Dumbledore and his conspirators and what have you done in that time a smear campaign and a frame job against a fourteen year old"
"Fifteen as of tomorrow Minister"
"That's not important right now" Fudge yelled sitting down he poured himself a very large glass of firewhiskey downing the cup in one sip" "I will give you one last chance Dolores but so help me if you screw up if you set as much as a toe out of line I will have you replaced with the first Hogwarts graduate who applies for a position in the ministry is that clear Dolores"
Umbridge nodded "yes minister of course" she said "I will expose Dumbledore for the criminal mastermind he truly is this I swear"
And that's the chapter and a long one it is I hope you enjoyed Umbridge be made a fool of in court as much as I enjoyed writing it remember to review fave and follow until next time