A/N Thank you all for the reviews. I'm really glad you all like this story so much, even if they are all small chapters. But then again it is nice to do and to receive so much support from all of you. Thank you I appreciate it as do all the other writers who write these stories on every hour of the day.

Harry Potter is not mine, this is a story from a fan.

C51 The power that could become very handy.

Everyone in the room was looking breathlessly at Harry. here was a boy of only eight years old. he had just changed back into the boy he was.

"Aunty" Andrea asked. "Is Harry a cat just like you?"

Minerva shook her head. " No dear, Harry is a shadow panther. He is still a cub but when he is older he will be able to travel by Shadow. Now I never knew if it was true but lily Told me that he had the ability to do magic they did and to remember a lot. I first had my doubts when Harry asked if we could fly on brooms. He went on to tell us about a dream he had when he flew on a motorbike. It was exactly what he did the night me and Albus brought him to that Hell where he would be" And it was now that Minerva stopped talking as she looked sadly at Harry.

Andrea got up and hugged her Aunty. "It's okay now Aunty. He is with us now".

Minerva nodded as she lay her head on the shoulder of Andrea. She knew that they got Harry out of there but it still made her wonder what would have happened if she would have been there sooner.

What followed was a half hour of talking about Lily and James. Harry was listening to it all and sometimes he would say something. One of those moments was when Minerva talked about a particular time when she was looking after Harry. "I was placing him into his little crib".

"You sang, you sang" Harry shouted.

Minerva smiled "Yes Harry I sang to you" and she knew that Harry really had a photographic memory.

*#*

Slowly they all walked back into the Wizengamot chamber. They took their seats in the visiting area where they waited on Andromeda to start with what she wanted to do.

Andromeda stepped In front of the body and looked at all the members. She waited as they brought Sirius in and waited a little longer. But there wasn't anyone else coming into the chamber. "Amelia, where is Pettigrew".

Amelia just gave a look at the side and said: "Minister Fudge doesn't want anybody to ask Peter any questions today".

Andromeda nodded and again looked around at everybody that was sitting in their seats. She saw a lot of members looking at her with questioning eyes about what in Merlin's name was happening. Her eyes went over every seat and she saw some members who didn't look surprised at what was happening. when her eyes fell on one person she knew enough and turned back to Amelia. "What the hell is Lucius doing here". As she said it she knew that Lucius had heard her.

Lucius stood and didn't wait for the sign that he was allowed to speak. "Listen here woman, I'm Lord Malfoy and I have done more for this body then you have ever done".

Andromeda didn't react and just waited.

"You just stand there trying to save that piece of hippogriff dung that is full of lies. so he didn't kill Pettigrew but we all know he was the secret keeper. He shouted it the day the Aurors found him there. he screamed It is all my fault. Lily and James death because of me". Lucius sat down and knew that he had made a mistake. Andromeda was feard because she not only knew the law, no she listened to what someone was saying and took it all apart just to help the client. It was like his father always said. If you gonna fight, then never do it with a real Black they will eat you alive".

Andromeda smiled and took the floor. "So again we are at a point I made earlier this day. Now, Lord Malfoy, you weren't here so I will forgive you for interrupting but I will make it clear. Sirius Black never had a trial so his guilt was never proven. And you just saying he said it is the truth that is not enough for me. You said you were impiriused and we have to believe it because you said it. You never had a trial and you never admitted it under Veritaserum. So sorry Lord Malfoy but I only believe id when I hear it here and I want Peter here or do you think he will say something you don't want him to say".

"Why are you pointing at me, we are not here to look at me but at Sirius Black. we all know he is guilty and you just want him so you can decide where that Potter boy has to go".

"That is Mr. Potter for you" Andromeda snapped. "Remeber that we are here to find him a good home and therefore I first want to know if Sirius is innocent of all the charges this body accused him of the day they threw him into Azkaban, even though he was never allowed into this chamber to defend himself. One of those charges has been the murder of Peter Pettigrew. A wizard we all found out is still alive and well. so the question is. Why did he play dead, why was he hiding and who was he hiding from. It is clear that he wasn't hiding from Sirius because he knew that he was sent to Azkaban. But as you were the one to stand up you are also the one who is holding him back there. at least that is what I think, but to please you I will give you the chance to stop some of the questions Amelia want to ask them. So here you have the list and just take out the once you do not want her to ask the both of them". And she handed them the list.

Amelia looked at it and hissed at Andromeda. "What the hell do you think you are doing, he will get rid of have the list and it will bite you in the ass. We are never going to get Sirius off this way and you are never going to get Harry with Andrea".

Andromeda just smiled and thought back at the little talk she had with her own aunt.

Flashback.

It was just about twenty minutes before they would all go back to the Wizengamot chamber. Andromeda walked to Silvia and asked her to take a walk with her. When they had walked for a couple of minutes Andromeda turned to her aunt and told her. "I know that I'm good at what I do. But today I'm not sure if I can win this. The body I'm facing will do anything to keep themselves out of the fire. They will manipulate everything they can. I'm even sure that they will keep Peter Pettigrew away so to keep them self-save".

Silvia listened and thought for a moment "let them".

"What" Andromeda shouted.

"I say let them," Silvia said again. "If they want to manipulate the outcome then let them. Every action has a reaction. only this time the reaction has to come from us. So if they keep Peter away then it is clear he knows something they don't want us to know. Now if that happens then you have to get Pettigrew into the chamber. you promise them anything to just get him in there. if you get that they think they have won but you just created another chance for your self".

But if I give them the upper hand I will tie my own".

"No, you won't. I was raised by Blacks just like you were and we were thought to always fight the battles we knew we could win. After I was cast out I went and lived with Dorea and Charlus Potter. Charlus Potter taught me that you could win every battle if you know the playing field and make it your own just like you did with that Lobster guy".

Andromeda frowned a little "You, mean Lord Crabb".

"Whatever, he is a slime, and you could see it when he stood up".

Andromeda laughed and nodded. "But how do I do it in the chamber".

Silvia smiled "Whoever said you have to do it alone, I have learned a lot from Charlus, one of those things is that you never win a battle alone. you either do it with other people or you lose. And you have a lot of people to back you up. Just do what you think you have to do and we will help where ever we can".

Andrea nodded again and walked on with Silvia at her side.

End Flashback.

*#*

The gaze from Andromeda went up to the visiting area. She could see that she was not the only one who was surprised that Pettigrew was not brought in. The gaze of Andrea hurt her the most. the chance she would get Harry became less and less with everything that was happening. As she watched every member she could also see that Bogrod and Silvia were whispering with Harriet paying close attention. She was sure that they were already looking at the things they could do.

After a minute she got the paper back and looked at it as Amelia was looking over her shoulder. She gave a deep sigh but Amelia was really getting mad. So she threw up a privacy dome and looked at Amelia.

"I have placed twenty questions on that paper and he took almost all of them off. I can not ask him anything about the Dark Lord. I can't ask him anything about any of the death eaters or the Dark Lord. You might have freed Sirius but we can do nothing to Help Harry with this".

"I'm not sure if that is the case. Have you looked at the questions you can ask? Some of those will help us with a lot of the things we want to know. I have also seen Bogrod and Silvia whispering things to each other. So I'm sure they will help us if they can".

Amelia looked up in a defeated way. She knew that the battle hadn't been lost yet but she just couldn't see the happy ending".

Andromeda patted her hand in a reassuring way and turned to the members. "As we wait for Amelia to get Mr. Pettigrew here I will read the questions we are allowed to ask when they are under Veritaserum. I will do this so there is no doubt that I'm not trying to undermine Lord Malfoy in any way".

"Smart girl" Silvis whispered.

"Why" was the question of Bogrod.

"Look around. When we started today there were only to people from the daily Prophet here to report any kind of news from the ministry. During that time more and more people from the press have walked in. They will all know that some questions were stripped by Lord Malfoy. so whatever it is that will happen to Sirius and Harry, will be seen by something Lucius has done. As of now, we all know that the outcome could be bad and the blame will then be on his head".

"Ah, I see".

"I don't," Andrea said.

Silvia smiled back. "What is the one thing we all know about Harry".

Andrea looked at Harry, "He killed the Dark Lord".

"Right so there will questions about the Dark Lord because they all said Sirius was a follower. If there are not, then the question will not be why didn't Andromeda asked them. But why didn't Lucius let them be asked? The only thing Andromeda has to say after this is. I was not allowed to ask them by Lord Malfoy".

A/N This was it again for this week. see you all next time.

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