I heard Fudge get up to protest but he was silenced. He may have put away Dumbledore and Snape but he did it to save his image and was still totally incompetent.
I knew what I had to do. I stood and pulled up my left sleeve. Both of the girls at me side stood to follow me. Ten aurors lifted their sleeves. All the others begun to copy. In a panic one tried to make a break for it. He was stunned and levitated to the chair with chains. More chairs were conjured just in case. The aurors who had already pulled up their sleeves were sent to get the death eaters named by Snape.
Parkinson was the first. He was stunned and placed into the second chained chair. Fudge looked panicked. Crabbe was next. He was also stunned and placed in the chair. Goyle was dragged in soon after. He had clearly been caught busy because his trousers were around his ankles. He too was a stunned. I and many others thanked merlin that they had pulled up his underpants.
A ruffled looking auror pulled in Avery. He was glaring even in his frozen state. Two aurors pulled in Malfoy. One was female and had clearly been slapped in the face. Amelia frowned at that. He was places in his chair. Fudge was paling rapidly.
A frozen Nott who was pointing his wand, with a spell locked on his lips, was placed in a chair. The chains on the chair instantly wrapped around him and his wand was prized from his hand. Five aurors came in. One had a broken arm. Another was bleeding from a cut to the head. They all looked a fresh from a battle. Behind them they were levitating the stunned and bound Carrow twins.
Robertson was brought in. He worked in the ministry. The auror sent for him had manages to convince him that he was needed and if he did it right he would be promoted. He saw his death eater friends and tried to run. He was instantly stunned and placed in the chair.
The head master of durmstrang was the last. He had clearly been the hardest. Two dozen aurors came in. They were levitating two body's. "Madam Bones we cornered the piece of scum but he sent of the killing curse. It hit Dawlish."Everyone let out a gasp of shock. Auror Dawlish was young but good. A minute of silence was held before someone was sent to tell Dawlish's wife and young daughter.
The case started with Parkinson. He squealed like a pig.
"Name."
"Edward Warren Parkinson"
"What crime did you commit to earn your mark?"
"I killed my filthy squib brother."
"Tell us all the crimes you commited whilst having the dark mark."
"Raids on muggle areas, killed thousands, raped for pleasure, raped for dominance, raped for reward, I sold my daughter. She was supposted to marry the Malfoy heir but he disappeared. She will now marry a baron who is loyal to the dark. I killed my first wife. It is also in my honour to confess that myself, Malfoy, Nott and the Lestrange brothers killed your family Mrs Bones. Your brother was first. He died trying to protect his filthy family. His wife provided us amusement for hours. I still think about her screaming, her begging. It was so pathetic. We only stopped went we heard a pathetic whine. Your darling nephew. We killed his mother and went to his room. He was quickly dealt with to. It's a shame little Susan wasn't home."
He finished with a cruel smirk. Everyone was surprised that she was still in her seat. But I could see by her hands. She was gripping the bar in front of her so tight that her knuckles were white. I knew that her wounds from that night were still fresh.
Susan's little brother, he had not been named yet, was only two days old when it happened. Amelia was looking after Susan because her sister-in-law was magically exhausted and her brother was taking care of his wife.
I knew it was against the law and I wasn't sure if it would work but I cast the time freezing charm, leaving Amelia out, and walked over to her. She was still angry but shocked that everybody around her was frozen. She was staring at Parkinson, making sure that it was not his work, when she noticed me. I sat next to her and wrapped my arms around her. I knew Andromeda would be better in this situation but she couldn't be here in time. Amelia needed this now. I softly whisper ordered that she let her emotions go. It broke the dam. I held her tight while she cried, gently rubbing her back. These emotions really weren't good for the baby. If we weren't in a court room Parkinson and all his friends would be dead. I continued stroking her back even when the tears stopped falling. Eventually she pulled away and thanked me. I nodded knowing that whenever someone around me was sad or crying I would be there no matter what. I was going to walk away but there was something she needed to know first. " What dumbledore said about Quirell is true. Voldemort has possessed him. But you cant do anything yet. There's a prophecy Amelia. I am the only one who can banish him for good." She looked horrified. But she had listened and understood. She gave me a stern nodand she took control of her emotions again. Shefixed a stony look on her face and steeled her self. I went back to the girls.
After making sure everything was the same I unfroze time. Nobody noticed a thing. Through the next hour we listened to some horrifying tales. Some would stay with me forever. After it was over they were all sent through the veil doing the world a massive favour. I made sure Amelia was ok and watched her floo home. Once she was gone I lead the girls over to the floo and we all flooed back to the hogwarts infirmary.
Tracy went to her mother. I took Daphne to her bed. She laid down and her dam broke too. She needed me. I put silencing charms around the curtains. Gathering her into my arms I laid with her, whispering comfortignthings into her ear, till she fell asleep completely emotionally exhausted. I transfigured her clothes into a nightgown and tucked her in. She wasn't over it yet but now she no longer had to worry. Everyone who had hurt her was dealt with. I thought about my duel with Weasley. I acted rashly. He didn't even have a trial. He could have done lots of cruel things. I wrote a note to Amelia and suggested that she should mention it to a few of her aurors to question him properly. I sat in the chair next to Daphnes bed and summoned a book to read. I would be here when she woke.
