A/N: Thank you all for the reviews. Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan. Please let me know more if you have any suggestions. The other suggestions you gave me are waiting to be used in the later chapters that are still to come.

A helping hand

27 A period of rest.

They all stepped out of the court room and were looking around for Andrea. It was Minerva who spotted them first a little way down the hall and called for to her.

Andrea didn't get up but waved her over.

Albus was about to follow but was held back by Amelia. "You are not going anywhere near him Albus" she snapped. "You were the one who placed him there and so you are just as responsible for all of that. Now I can understand why you might have done it, however, I can't understand why you never checked up on him in all those years".

"Amelia, I".

"Save it, Albus, just save it for the Wizengamot. You know as well as I do that this will be a long way from over. If this judge sets him free of that hell hole we still have to find a new guardian for him".

"I could".

"No, Albus, I want you as far away from this case as I can. Like I said before, I'm still not sure if you are responsible for all of this or just ignorant. But I don't want those pureblood bigots to have any more ammo to go up against me then I would have if you stand by my side".

Before Albus could respond he saw Amelia walking away. With a deep sigh, he knew that he had a long way to go.

*#*

Minerva walked over to Andrea and saw how she was holding on to Harry. "How is he doing," she asked.

Andrea looked up and gazed at her aunt. "He will be, I don't know when but he will be okay. It's not every day you find out you aren't loved or ever was for that matter".

Minerva sat down next to them and brushed her hand through the hair of Harry. "I'm sorry little guy, but we love you and Andrea loves you a lot".

Harry looked up at her with deep red eyes. He had been crying really hard and it showed on his face. "But I did everything. I cleaned up and stayed in my cupboard when they asked. I even made mistakes so Dudley would be better".

Minerva raised her eyebrow and gazed over at Andrea. She saw her shaking her head and knew that it had to be for another time. She gazed back at Harry and gave him a little smile. How would you like to go to this McDubbles and play in that big box of balls with the niece of Miss Bones over there? While Andrea, miss bones and I have a talk".

Harry looked up at Andrea.

"It's okay Harry if you want we can go if you don't just say it okay," Andrea said softly. She knew that he was never allowed to speak up so she gave him the chance to do it.

Harry didn't say anything and just nodded.

*#*

Andrea was looking over at the ball box in the corner of the restaurant. Harry was playing with a little bubbly girl with red hair.

"I don't know how Susan does it but she can always get people to let their guard down when she is around them," Amelia said as she looked at were Andrea was looking.

Andrea smiled back. "Is it wrong of me if I want to keep him?" she told Amelia as she looked back at Harry and Susan. "I know that there is no way I get custody, but the more I'm whit him the more I want to keep him" she went on telling them as she looked dreamingly at Harry and Susan. "I can't believe how happy he seems. It's the first time I see him really playing with another kid just like kids do" she mumbled mostly to herself.

Amelia didn't say a thing but only looked over at Minerva with a knowing look. Minerva looked back and mouth silently "I will be there for her".

Amelia nodded and turned back to Andrea. "Now let's get back to the point".

Both Andrea and Minerva snapped their heads back over at Amelia and listened. "Now I don't know the outcome of today but I can say that it will be in our favor, at least I hope it will. I don't know much about the Muggle law but I do know this. Everything the judge told them sounded like he accused them of abuse in some way so the worse case they will only lose their custody. In the best case, they will be sent to jail".

"Well, that will be enough for me" Andrea almost snapped. "Sorry I didn't mean it that way".

Amelia laid her hand on the hand of Andrea's "It's okay Andrea, we all want him out of there. However, if we do we will have another hurdle to take. Harry is a hero in our world when we tell them of his abuse".

"WHAT" Andrea screamed? "I will not let you take Harry and make him a billboard for the magical world. He already has a hard time as it is and we haven't even told him why his parents are really dead. And now you will tell them about his abuse, what the hell do you think it will do to him".

Amelia was a little taken back by all of it and turned her head to Minerva. "I thought you told her already".

Minerva just shook her head. "Sorry, I didn't have the time to do it," she told her apologetically.

Amelia nodded and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Andrea please calm down and let me explain".

Andrea huffed a little but Nodded to Amelia even if it was a little reluctantly.

Amelia gave a little smile. "We only have to tell the Wizengamot about the abuse" Amelia held up her hand the moment she saw that Andrea wanted to react again. "Please let me finish first and after that, you can bite off my head just like every McGonagall does".

Andrea lowered her head in shame but still looked over at her aunty.

"She knows me a lot longer than you think," Minerva told her with a smile.

Andrea turned her eyes back to Amelia while her head was still down and nodded again.

Amelia Reached for her hand again and patted it softly. "I know you really love him, and whatever I will do is only to help him. Now we do have to tell The Wizengamot about it because they can help us by getting Harry new guardians. But whatever we tell them will be under oath of secrecy. This means that all the members will take the oath and who ever breaks it will die".

Andrea looked a little shocked but held her tongue.

"Now there are a lot of children in our world who have this kind of abuse. There are also a lot of Muggleborn's who go through the same thing. We want to use the case of Harry to get not only him but all those other children a form of protection. Most of the members abuse their own children because the law lets them. Now by using Harry, they will scream bloody murder and with that, we want to trick them in new laws so we can deal with all of them separately".

Andrea turned back to her aunty. "Does this oath really take their life and magic if they break it".

Minerva didn't say a thing but just nodded to her niece.

"Okay, but I want to keep Harry myself until you found his new guardians," Andrea said venomously.

Amelia just gazed at her. "That was the other thing I wanted to talk to you about. Now I know that you already love him. I also know that you would be a good mother for him, but and here is the big but. Nothing tells us you will be the one who will get him. I will recommend you and even get people in my corner to vouch for you. Still, it will be no guaranty you will get him in the end".

Andrea turned back to Harry and Susan. "We do have to tell him," she said quietly.

It was now that Amelia and Minerva turned their gazes to the two children. They were having fun like only kids could have. Together they were in a world of their own. Minerva took the hand of her niece in hers. "Yes, we have to tell him but not now. First, let them be children for another ten minutes. Then we go back and get him out of the hell hole he is in now. Tomorrow we will tell him or the day after that or the day after that".

Andrea tapped the top of the hand from her aunt and smiled a grateful smile.

A/M: This was it again for this week, see you all in the next chapter.

Gr. Winmau.