Hey everyone,
So apparently one of you almost fell for my early AN halfway through the chapter and the other believed that I portrayed Dumbledore's OC character exactly as they always saw him. I am both flattered and feel as if I accomplished beyond humorous. Sorry, Wishfull-Star, I really couldn't help myself with that one there.
See yah,

Venquine1990


Chapter 14
To Reveal And To Call

During The Trial
Grimmauld Place 12
Ronald's POV

I don't know what I was expecting out of the plan of my friend, yet to see his dad carry him into Order's Headquarters definitely wasn't it. The little Raccoon-fox Hybrid looks as if he just had to fight Dumbledore in a duel or something and it's only the presence of Mrs. Cooper that keeps mum from rushing over in her worry.
The fox herself is worriedly fawning over her son as Bentley uses his mechanical arms to pull blankets out of one of the cupboards, yet Murray takes them off his arms half way through as the blankets are incredibly dusty. The Hippo slaps them against his own large belly and a cloud of dust comes off of them.
A lot of us cough at this and mum is quickly waving her wand to dispel the flying dust clouds that Murray causes to emit from the blankets and once the two have decided that the blankets are properly cleaned, does Bentley again take them from his friend and lie them down on the empty dinner table before giving Sly a thumb's up.

Sly smiles at his friend and then gently lies his son in between the blankets before standing up and while letting a single hand go through his son's fur, does he explain us the story. Of how he had easily snuck into the Ministry and made his way over to the Courtroom before hiding in the very ceiling and watching the events transpiring.
Of how Rin-Gin had perfectly played out the entire plan and how, in the end, it had almost meant his end twice as Snape had tried casting some kind of terrible spell on him and – even worse – Dumbledore had activated a hidden collar with the intention of having the magic of the collar kill off my best friend.
Everyone around us feels shocked and furious as we hear what the two bastards had been trying and then Sly says: "And now, the world knows the truth about Sirius, Fudge has acknowledged that Voldemort has been reborn and Dumbledore and Snape are going through a united trial to receive their just desserts, finally."

Everyone nods at this and then Mum asks: "And what are you going to do? Now that Albus will be unmasked for the murderer that he is, the Order will surely be disbanded. What will happen to the people who – earlier – decided not to join the Cooper Order?" But instead of Sly is Sirius the one to answer as he says:
"We already took care of that, Molly. Minerva met with both Sly and said members and Sly has accepted for her to lead the new Order of the Phoenix, as long as the new Order accepts that they are like a sub-Order to the Cooper Order, like an apprentice of a few decades to an Order that has existed for several centuries."
Mum looks shocked at this and Sly shrugs as he says: "We were very confident that, other than his kidnap of my Heir, Dumbledore would definitely have a crime or two under his belt that would keep him occupied otherwise for quite some time, so we decided to have his most loyal become his successor at earliest convenience."

"And what now? I mean, we know Fudge and he will definitely bring all of this out into the open. It's only a matter of time and there's still Rita Skeeter, who is a really nasty piece of work." To this Hermione and I smile and I say: "Don't worry about Skeeter, we already wrote her and promised her a story worth her actual quill."
The woman looks shocked as she asks: "And how will that keep Skeeter from blowing this entire thing out of proportion?" To which Hermione shows the same wickedness as she did when she revealed this to us on the train a few weeks ago and says: "Trust me, Skeeter knows better than to write about my friend."
Mum looks at this shocked and then I turn to her and say: "You better try and warn dad of this, mum. He might want to see if he can keep an eye out for potential news on the upcoming press conference – or at least see just how long the actual trial lasted and whether or not there had been any verdicts made yet."

The woman nods and leaves the room, obviously planning to use the secret Cooper Order method to contact dad while the rest of us sit down. Yet two hours later we all get shocked as Kingsley, Tonks and dad all come in and Kingsley says: "Fudge has closed the entire Ministry. Only the Wizengamot is still in there."
"Why did he do that?" Mum asks shocked and Arthur answers: "I'm guessing because of the trial. He must be in deep conversation with the other members on how to best bring out the news. The message of us having several days off – yes, Molly, the whole Ministry – only came ten minutes ago when the trial ended."
"Dumbledore has committed so many crimes that the trial took almost two full hours?" Ginny asks shocked and dad nods before Kingsley says: "I did see Snape get transported to the Department of Mysteries by several Unspeakables and none of them looked happy. I guess he was just sentenced as an accomplice."

"Wonder if they'll try and trial him for his own crimes at a later time. Merlin knows he's committed plenty of them during the last war." Yet Hermione looks troubled and she says: "This might not be as great as we're imagining." We all look at her as she has her hands clasped in front of her low hanging face and she says:
"I'm not saying that neither Dumbledore nor Snape didn't get what they deserved – Merlin knows the crimes are of horrific nature. I'm just saying that – well, Dumbledore was the only one Voldemort ever feared and he believed Snape to be his most trusted spy in our ranks. If he hears of them being out of reach and sentenced –."
Here everyone's faces turn all around grim, all of us realizing that, the minute Voldemort will hear of his greatest rival's downfall as well as the arrest and verdict placed on his spy, the war will begin for real, but then a hoarse voice says: "Don't worry, Hermione, I'm ready for when that happens." And we all look up.

Rin-Gin is seated up, his arms crossed over one of the blankets lying on his legs and instantly Mrs. Cooper and mum become twins as they ask: "Oh Rin-Gin honey/dear, are you alright?" And while some of us look startled at the synced talk, does Rin-Gin smile at them both one at a time before he talks and says:
"I'm much better. That attack hurt and I definitely feel a little drained, but what I heard so far is definitely good news. No mum, I haven't been awake since we got here, I woke when Ginny asked her question about Dumbledore. And don't worry, I have a bit of a plan on how to make sure Voldemort gets dealt with."
"Nothing you yourself will partake in, I hope." Mum then snaps and while Mrs. Cooper looks affronted that mum beat her to it, does the Fox obviously look like she agrees with mum nonetheless and then Rin-Gin says: "I will be the one to initiate everything as I think I have most chance of being listened to, but otherwise no."

The others look confused and Rin-Gin says: "Look, if there is one thing I've learned of these past few weeks to months, it's that even people like the Minister himself listen to what is being said in the press and that the Daily Prophet – I found out – is actually a news paper that has several translated versions in other countries.
I'm just going to make sure that I'm at Fudge's little press conference – once the guy has recuperated from Dumbledore's confessions enough to hold one, I'm guessing – and then I'll prove one thing above all. My fame as a Cooper child may not be from anything I ever did myself, but it's not non-existent either."
And while this shocks me, can I not help but wonder what it could be that he has planned that makes him willing to acknowledge a kind of fame he never had to lift a finger for to gain it, something I know makes him actually hate his Boy-Who-Lived title, yet even Hermione seems unable to make him speak anymore of his plan.


Three days later
The Ministry's Atrium
Kingsley's POV

I personally find it greatly worrying that Dumbledore has committed enough crimes behind the persona he has portrayed for all these decades that the Minister didn't call any of the Ministry back on the job for another two days after the trial, yet while this had happened, had a few Departments still kept certain positions working.
Positions that dealt with regulations of both witches and wizards and their misdeeds as well as cases of Accidental Magic and some cases of Muggle Baiting all still kept coming as no one outside the Ministry really knew of the sudden closure and because of that did regular life keep happening the way it had before the closing.

Still, at this point in time it really doesn't help me to get distracted with thoughts like that as I managed to get myself a position as guard of the Minister and other staff during the Press Conference and while I already know all of what is on the agenda of this meeting, do I still feel highly anxious for its aftermath.
Rin-Gin had definitely tried comforting us and making us feel confident about his plan, yet I feel there is one aspect of this all that he fails to oversee; the fact that Fudge has years of experience over him in speaking to the public and the Minister's actions of the last few days have me very worried for how this conference will go.

Then the conference itself begins, which I can guess by the sudden silence falling over the crowd and while I curse myself for losing myself to my worried thoughts, do I focus on the Minister, the sight of him having a small sheen of sweat already showing on his face not making me feel any better about any of this as he says:
"My dear fellow witches and wizards. As you know well, has my Ministry and I been trying to discredit Dumbledore due to certain comments made by him and the one we know as Harry Potter until a few days ago. However, the reason this stopped a few days ago, I can promise, will shock you out of your wits."
This makes many of the reporters look at each other with confused looks, while some of them have either Quick-Quoting Quills or Dictation Quills writing besides their faces as they themselves hold cameras, yet then I notice – to my shock – that Rita Skeeter actually has one of the latter with her instead of the former.

"My reasons for wanting to discredit Dumbledore was because I was unwilling to believe his words, yet by doing so I brought great injustice and dishonor to two people our community should have never even imagined to have forgotten as it was their sacrifice that has allowed us to live our simple lives all the way to this day."
This makes me raise a single eyebrow as I wonder what the man could be on about and then he shocks me as he sighs and says: "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Wizarding World, I feel the deepest of shame as I have led a hate rage against a young man that made an entire community believe he would lie – about his parents' murderer.
And Harry Potter is not a person with the dishonesty to do that." And while the man holds silent after this, does not a single camera flash or a single reporter jump up or raise their hand to ask a question as all of them are with their mouths wide open and with some of them having dropped their quills due to their astonishment.
Yet I myself feel a smidge of relief fill up my heart as I feel that this might just be a good way for Rin-Gin to make his entrance, yet the little hybrid remains hidden wherever he is and while I wonder what he could be waiting for, do I let my eyes quickly roam around the hall in search for him as Fudge continues:

"However, before I continue, I want to make one thing abundantly clear. Harry Potter never gave his permission to Dumbledore for continuing to use his statement to convince us of the truth. He, like every year since the death of Lily and James Potter, had been sent back to Lily Potter's sister to remain over summer.
What is more, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we should have been able to expect it out of Dumbledore to show true loyalty to two people who were as close to him as Lily and James before their death. The problem? Dumbledore has never been loyal to anyone – and yes, everyone, I have evidence to prove this."
This worries me and I think: "He's not going to reveal Dumbledore's crimes, is he? That will only make us weaker with shock and disbelief if he does." But then my prayers for a good opening are answered as suddenly a young familiar voice says: "I don't think anyone here will need evidence to believe the Minister for Magic."

And when we look at the side of the stage, do all of our eyes widen as Harry Potter actually walks up the stage, Fudge taking a shocked step back before Harry asks: "May I, Minister?" And Fudge is obviously too shocked to respond other than nod before he mutters in the mic: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Harry Potter."
The boy smiles the man in front of him and then takes and releases a deep breath before he turns to the microphone himself and says: "No Ladies and Gentlemen, we do not need the Minister's evidence. We need the knowledge that, if someone – anyone – commits any kind of crime, the Ministry will be right on top of it.
And I am sad to admit that the crimes Albus Dumbledore committed make him fit one Muggle saying to the T. A wolf's in sheep's cloths. Or – to say it in Pureblood terms, Albus Dumbledore is a Snake in Lion's cloths. And I am sure a lot of you are shocked that I am backing the Minister's statements, yet I have something he doesn't."
Everyone looks at this intrigued and then suddenly the feral nature of his parents' inner animals show on the boy's face, shocking a lot of the crowd and inspiring some of them to start taking pictures and then Harry proves me that he has the whole situation under control as he says five words: "I have – a personal vendetta."

This makes many people get confused and shocked and then Harry takes a deep breath that he releases after a few seconds before he pulls something out of the dress robes he has on and many eyes around us widen as they see the collar that Dumbledore had tried killing him with a few days ago before Harry says:
"For those of you who still don't known, this is a collar used by Magical Menageries when they buy pets that they can't train to sell, yet instead of it being on a pet – was this collar, until recently, put on me. To make matters worse, have I had this collar checked and Gringotts has confirmed the magical signature as that of Dumbledore's."
This makes a silence unlike any other ring through the Atrium, yet Harry seems determined to see his plan through as he says: "Did Dumbledore have a reason for this? Yes. Is the reason legal? No. Can the reason be considered reasonable? Absolutely not. However, I am willing to share this secret reason with you."

This makes tension rise in the room and then Harry takes a deep breath before he says: "Allow me to make one thing very clear. This news may change the bond between myself and Lily and James Potter, however it does not change the meaning behind their sacrifice other than making it even more amazing for them to have done so."
The reporters look confused and intrigued and then Harry pulls his wand out and aims it for the ceiling with the tip next to his head before he gives it a single switch and with that does the Glamour again break and yet again does the boy change into his Raccoon-Fox Hybrid form in front of everyone's shocked eyes.

Fudge then quickly conjures a small box for the being to stand on and Rin-Gin nods in gratitude before he turns to the audience and says: "My name is Rin-Gin Cooper. I am the son of Master Thief Sly Cooper and his wife, Interpol Inspector Carmelita Cooper-Fox and Albus Dumbledore cradle-napped me.
He then gave me to the Potter family, making up a tale of me being an orphan and my family having been murdered by Voldemort and his henchmen. And the one reason I wished to aid Minister Cornelius Fudge in this here press-conference is because I know that there are several of you working for international newspapers.
I know it may sound selfish, but I wish to make one simple statement that I would feel honored if you could make sure it ends up in your international issues." This makes at least half of the reporters move forward and to my intrigue is Rita Skeeter one of them, her quill still being a regular dictating quill as Rin-Gin says:
"Lily and James were tricked into dying to protect a child from a life of danger and death that was never necessary. However, it was Lord Voldemort who suffered the most from Albus Dumbledore as it was him that Dumbledore tricked into going after the Potters with a fake prophesy that he set up for a spy to overhear.
Do I think this will make Voldemort want me dead less than when I was still Harry Potter? No. No, I do not. However, I know that there are a ton of criminals worldwide that are both stronger than Voldemort and that have one major key difference between them and Voldemort. They have respect for people other than themselves.

So, if anyone in France or elsewhere read this article and with that this statement, please know that I am not asking you to risk your neck for me, I am simply asking for your support against a man that has wanted me dead since after my parents lost me and, if you have any honor to the Cooper line – your support is appreciated.
Thank you." And with that does the Hybrid bow his head to all of the reporters, most of them writing down each word the boy said and to my shock had I even seen several reporters switching their Quick-Quoting Quill for Dictation Quill and while I had been worried before, do I feel confident in a successful plan now.


Hey everyone,
So what did you think of the third to final chapter? Yes, there are only two more chapters left after this and next chapter will indeed be in the POV of a criminal that respects House Cooper. Now I know what you're thinking; Venquine, you made Voldemort sound like an easy target. That was not my intention.
Meaning, next chapter will most probably be quite the adventure based chapter and there might be a bit of bloodshed and gore like that, however, Voldemort's end is and remains guaranteed, after which we will go through another small timejump and cover the 2nd half of Dumbledore's trial as well as another press conference.
That will be the end, not just of the story, but also of Harry/Rin-Gin's fame as Rin-Gin will prove that he is not at all the character he would have been if he had been raised by self-confident Carmelita Fox and sometimes cocky Sly Cooper. So get ready for quite a bit of character development in a couple of months.
Get ready,

Venquine1990
PS. If you find any inconsistencies, grammar/spelling errors, please send it to me alongside the spot where you found it. Thanks in advance.