Here is the next chapter. I hope you like it. Please read and review love Hermione xxx

Harry woke bright and early and had a quick breakfast before showering and getting ready. It was as he was ready to go that he realised he didn't know where the ministry of magic was and smacked himself in the forehead. He really didn't like his boy who lived status but today he was going to use it to his own advantage for sure. It was high time his status worked for him. "Dobby I'm going to see the Minister for Magic today but I don't actually know how to get to him. Can you please bring me there?" he asked as Dobby looked at him from where he was currently washing away the breakfast dishes.

"No Harry Potter sir I cannot take you directly to him however I can take you to the public entrance and tell you where his office is located if that would be ok. House elves cannot enter the ministry of magic directly and bring you to a specific office as it is not allowed" he replied while Harry looked thoughtful.

"Dobby could you just bring me to the Ministry atrium and tell me where to go from there as that way you're not taking me directly to an office which isn't allowed?" he asked to which Dobby looked thoughtful.

"I do not know sir but I will try in a few moments. I will be done then!" he said finishing the dishes and grabbing Harry's hand. In a moment they were in the atrium telling the ministry official on duty who they were although Harry lied about it. He said he was Severus Snape and the bored official believed him without looking up and he was on his way. He reached the Minister's office with no one trying to stop him and knocked on the door. Most people assumed he had an appointment with him which is why nothing was said. The Minister called for the person to enter shocked to the core when Harry Potter himself walked into his office.

"Mr Potter this is an honour beyond measure. To what do I owe the pleasure?" he asked kindly but nervously as really the boy could ask for anything and it may not be something he could provide.

"Hello Cornelius. Now as you and everyone else knows what happens to me it should be no surprise to you that I am actually here for closure. I need closure and I'll be damned if I don't get it. I want to see the trial record for Sirius Orion Black my so called god father and betrayer of my parents to Voldemort. I need to see him sweat and read what he said in his trial. It's high time I heard an explanation for his quite frankly incredulous actions. I shall wait here while you summon the records and then if it's agreeable to you we shall read them together. I may after all need you to explain some things which were said in them. I am exceptionally smart and having said that even I may make errors. Please see it done as it would not do well for you to annoy the boy who lived!" he said smugly as the minister frowned.

"You were never supposed to hear about that for your own safety of course but now you have we shall indeed read it together. There is no need to threaten me Mr Potter I would be only too happen to help you. I was not the Minister of Magic at the time he had his trial but that does not mean I cannot help you now!" he said as the records were summoned when Amelia Bones walked in looking a total mess. Her hair was all over the place and you could visibly see the magic swirling in the air around her.

"What in the hell kind of games are you playing Minister? Asking for records which are not there. Is it your wish to make me look like a total fool. I was not in charge of the DMLE at the time but it was become apparent that my incompetent former head did not do her job well if at all. In short he did not receive a trial and one has been ordered immediately and will take place in four hours. Mr Potter deserves some closure and I'll be personally damned if he doesn't get it. I realise none of us are personally responsible for what happened but either way we are responsible for seeing that the right thing is done. Don't worry Mr Potter if he is guilty he shall indeed perish!" she said as Harry smiled at her. He liked this woman very much. There was no pissing around with her. She was direct and to the point. She liked getting things done and he could indeed see it would be valuable to him.

In a dark dank cell smelling of piss and vomit a filthy looking Sirius Black was retrieved and it was decided to get him a shower and shave before his trial. He seemed thankful indeed to be getting a trial but nothing much else was said to him. Dumbledore who was currently away with his responsibilities to the ICW got the notification for the emergency Wizengamot meeting responding that although he could not attend he wished to be informed of what had happened later on. Madam Bones was appointed to step in during his absence as everyone was informed when they came in. Most people were shocked that an emergency meeting was even being held as that rarely if ever happened.

"Welcome everyone to this emergency meeting of the Wizengamot. I will be standing in as Chief Warlock in Albus Dumbledore's absence. We are holding an emergency meeting as Harry Potter visited the Minister for Magic today asking for closure and to view the trial record for Sirius Orion Black. As you can tell there was no trial record as Mr Black didn't receive a trial. It would seem our highly incompetent former employees saw no need for protocol to be followed and so now today he will be getting his trial. He will be tried and tested under veritas serum and we must all pledge to accept the results whatever they may be as they may indeed be harrowing!" she called out banging her gavel as everyone gasped.

"What an absolute waste of time! This is not an emergency or crisis it is a problem our previous government need to be dealing with. I have things of actual importance I could be doing today. My dear Amelia taking advantage in Albus Dumbledore's absence is not something I ever saw you doing!" Dolores Umbridge sneered from the seat in which she was currently seated.

"Madam Umbridge you know as well as I that our previous government are all but dead so cannot fix their errors. It is in this vein that we must do their dirty work for them. You are merely required to sit there and listen a task which shouldn't be too taxing even for you. I am sure you will be able to remain silent for a few moments as we hear the trial results. After this you will be more then welcome to leave and return to your work as I can see it is much more important then anything else to you. This doesn't look good for you by the way. You are supposed to agree with the Minister as his undersecretary and you clearly do not!" Amelia responded seriously.

"I am sure he does not agree with this charade Amelia. He would hardly waste his time on the tails of a mere child and bratty one at that!" she responded smugly to which Cornelius rose shocking everyone.

"Madam Umbridge I assure you I am in full agreeance with Minister Bones here. I want justice for young Harry Potter as he is after all the boy who lived and whoever told you he's a bratty child clearly has no idea what they are talking about. I look to him and I see a deeply disturbed grieving boy who merely wants some answers. We can indeed give him that at least. I will not fail him like our last minister did. Now either sit there and be quiet or I will personally hold you in contempt of court!" he snapped as she frowned but apologised and then Sirius was brought in. He at least looked clean if not deranged. He scared many people who screamed when they saw him.

"Sirius Orion Black you are brought here for a trial as it has been brought to our attention that you did not receive one. Do you consent to using veritas serum when answering the questions?" she asked him seriously.

"Thank you for giving me a trial at long last. It is much appreciated. Please give me some veritas Serum when you are ready!" he said eagerly as people seemed shocked to the core that he was actually agreeing he'd not received a trial. He was supplied with four drops of veritas serum and forced into a seat with magic suppressing cuffs which were attached to his wrists although he offered no resistance anyway.

"Please state your name for the court!"

"Sirius Orion Black!"

"How old are you?"

"I am thirty four years old!"

"Were you the secret keeper for the Potters?"

"Initially I was but then we changed it to Peter Pettigrew!"

"How did the Potter's know how to cast the fidelious as it's an exceptionally difficult charm to master?"

"They didn't know how to cast it, none of us did. We had Albus Dumbledore cast it for us and they carefully watched what he'd done so we could change the secret keeper later to Peter."

"He was changed because we figured they would be safer that way. We figured Voldemort would expect me to be their secret keeper as James and I were best friends and so Peter was chosen a decoy. He was meant to fool you all which he did a little too well I might add!"

"Why did you kill Peter Pettigrew and fifteen muggles?"

"I didn't kill anyone including Peter and those muggles. I wanted to kill Peter because he is a death eater and betrayed his so called friends to Voldemort so he could kill them. Peter is not dead either. I am an unregistered animagus and so is he. He is a rat with a missing toe and he fled into the sewers blasting apart a gasket near him killing all those muggles in the process!"

"Why did you say you had caused their deaths if you did not?"

"I myself suggested Peter as the decoy and so I felt like it was my fault as had I not suggested it he wouldn't have been able to betray them and they'd still be alive. I truly miss them more then words can say and of course my godson Harry."

"Did you do a godfather ritual or anything which can prove you are in fact his godson?"

"Yes I performed the ritual of old days. If any harm comes to him at my hands or because of my actions I automatically die. That means had I been guilty of betraying his parents to the dark lord Voldemort I'd be dead now not here finally getting a trial."

"Do you know why you never received a trial before?"

"I am assuming it was because Voldemort was gone and people were so happy he'd been destroyed that they didn't think to ask too many questions."

"Are you a death eater or have you ever been one?"

"No I am most certainly not a death eater. I was burned from my own family tree because I was not a death eater like my mother wanted me to be. She was so proud of my brother Regulus who is a death eater that she came to hate me because I was not Black like my name!"

"You said Peter Pettigrew was not dead do you know where he is by any chance?"

"Actually yes I do. I saw the paper a few days ago and he is currently in hiding as his rat with the Weasley Family. Please do not blame them as they will have had no idea who he really was."

"Thank you sir. It is now obvious that Mr Sirius Orion Black is innocent and was as he said put in jail quickly without a trial as people were too busy celebrating Voldemort's demise to care what happened to him. It should not have been this way alas it was and it is up to us now in our new and modern government to correct the mistakes of our former employees. All in favour of releasing the prisoner with full pardon please press your green lights before you!" she instructed.

"Hem, hem. I agree wholeheartedly that he is obviously innocent and should indeed be released but won't this cause mass panic with our citizens and I'd rather not die because people go rogue and decide to kill us all because they feel we are not correct. I mean without Pettigrew we will look silly indeed and I will not be called a liar by anyone!" snapped Dolores irritably.

"Dolores do not get ahead of yourself. I realise that without Pettigrew things will look bad however he will brought in at once and questioned himself. Once that is done we shall move forward. I am not a fool. I am not about to proclaim Sirius Black as innocent without the trial of Peter Pettigrew as people would surely have our heads then. Now please kindly vote on the matter at once!" said Amelia seriously but kindly silencing Dolores at once. After a few minutes he was declared innocent by everyone and the search for Peter Pettigrew began. It did take forty five minutes to locate him but once found he was brought into the Ministry kicking and screaming much to the shock of it's employees who all could have sworn he was dead. He was brought into the court room, questioned under veritas serum and essentially sung like a canary. Harry watched with rapt attention all which was going on and was furious such an error had ever been made. An innocent man had rot in jail for nearly twelve years because of the previous administrations actions. It was declared nationally what had happened and Peter was fed to the Dementors at Harry's request after a boggart had been shown to the man.

People were shocked about the boggart but realised Harry wanted him to suffer as much as possible before his death was granted to him. Once the ordeal was finished Sirius awkwardly approached Harry. "Harry I cannot apologise enough for not being in your life. I should have protected your parents accurately and I failed. For that I can but apologise. I am so very sorry for failing you in any way it mattered!" he said and burst into tears as Harry watched him crumble before his eyes shock all over his face.

"Sirius please get up. It has been proven you are innocent and that is good enough for me besides which that man is burning in hell for all eternity for what he did to parents and I now have closure thank goodness. You need medical help and lots of it and once you are ready we will talk more. Please know there are more untrustworthy people then you out there. Albus Dumbledore is not to be trusted and trust me on this. Do not question me now as all will be explained eventually. Just trust that I am right. I know what I am talking about and it would not be wise for you to question me on this matter further. I am sorry I must do this but if you question in any way why I have said he is never to be trusted and do not trust my opinion you will not see me again. If however you are sensible and can wait a few months you will see why I am right in everything I say. People tend to not believe what I say and it always ends up being proven correct and they nearly always end up looking like a complete fool for doubting me in the first place. I don't want you to be a fool too. I am sorry the previous administration was so vile towards you. Hopefully you will be compensated at a later date. If you wish to contact me when you are well again please call for my house elf Dobby and he will deliver any messages you have to me directly as it is the safest way. I will see you soon godfather!" Harry said tears in his eyes. For once he had a family member alive and he would do all he could to make sure he remained in his life.

"Given all that has gone on I can say your statements are indeed fair. I will do as you ask. I am not happy about what you are saying but I do believe you will prove why you are saying it soon and I can see I have nothing to loose by merely waiting. I will not speak to Dumbledore should he come calling or try and ask me questions. Actually given where I'll be going after the hospital he won't be able to reach me there accept by mail addressed to me in my full name" he responded as Harry looked as though a lightbulb had gone off in his head as remembered Brian McGee.

"Sirius do you know anyone called Brian McGee?" he asked as Sirius laughed.

"What a silly name. No I can say I do not indeed know anyone by that name!"

"What about Regulus Black?"

"He is my brother how do you know about him?"

"It's a long story but he and I are related and I have just recently found out why. I need to contact him if he is still living and get a blood sample from him as he has a child with someone and he needs to man up to his responsibilities. He has a daughter called Margaret Regulus and it is my job to find her!" he said as someone came over to him.

"Excuse me but I couldn't help overhearing what you just said. My name is Margaret Regulus and I am the head of the Sports and Recreation Department here in the Ministry. I was adopted as a child and my family was instructed to keep this name. I never knew my parents. Do you know them?" she asked seriously. He turned to the girl in question gasping. She was the image of a very young petunia. She was currently nineteen years old.

"I know your mother who is still alive and it is a very complex set of situations and I wish very much to tell you more. She would very much like to meet you soon but before that you must meet with me and view a memory I have with her which will explain why she never came and got you. All will be explained soon. I will send Dobby my house elf to get you tomorrow and all shall be discussed. Does that suit you?" he asked as she looked rather feint.

"No it doesn't. I am not here all week as I will be in South Africa attending the world Magical semi finals there but I will be back on Sunday so you can see me then. We really need to discuss things and I am honoured to related to you. How are we related if you don't mind me asking?" she asked as he responded they were cousins when Sirius feinted out cold getting the hint at once and knew what his brother had done. It was now plain as the nose on his face. Regulus Black and Brian McGee were one in the same. He had no idea why his brother had been using an alias but alas he had and from that conversation it didn't take a genius to work out that Petunia Evans was the mother. He was revived and brought to hospital. Margaret and Harry exchanged contact information and he went home but not before using a compulsion charm which would mean no one would mention his presence here today to Dumbledore should he ask about it. He would know only when it was too late for him to do anything about it. He smiled falling into bed with Dobby at his feet. Things were starting to come together for sure.