CHAPTER Five -
Harry woke with a sense of dread and anticipation and he showered and placed his school clothes on before he headed down to breakfast. When he arrived Fleur came from the Ravenclaw table to join him followed by Daphne a second later. They each grabbed a hand before escorting him to the Gryffindor table.
They were laughing and joking when the main hall doors opened and Minister Fudge, Malfoy Senior, and Amelia Bones with three aurors behind her, walked into the room. Minister Fudge stopped and looked before pointing at Harry "There he is arrest Harry Potter."
Amelia stepped beside him "Cornelius, I am not here to arrest him. I have an accusation and I am here to investigate. So let me do my job."
Amelia stepped over to Harry "Mr. Potter I have a complaint from Malfoy Senior that you attempted to murder his son Draco Malfoy yesterday."
Harry looked at her "Is he dead?"
Amelia frowned "No!"
Harry then grinned "If I would have wanted him dead then he would be dead and not able to cry like a baby to his father. Since he is not, all I did was thump an arrogant git…very hard."
Malfoy senior scowled "You will pay for this Potter I will see to it."
Harry stood up and walked over to him "Malfoy are you threatening me?"
Malfoy snarled back to him "I am promising you Potter!"
Harry smirked at him "You know based on Draco's modus of operation when he attacked me first yesterday he attacked me from behind, like a coward. Is that how you are going to do it to…like a coward?"
Malfoy became enraged at this "Malfoy's are not cowards, we bow before no one!"
Amelia spoke next "Mr. Potter what is this about Malfoy attacking first. This is the first I have heard of it?"
Harry smirked "Well of course not, because it wouldn't work for the lie that Malfoy Senior and Minister Fudge have concocted. You don't have to take my word you can place Professor Snape under veratim serum to hear how he masterminded the whole plot to kill me yesterday. Draco Malfoy cast a spell while my back was turned and heading down the stairs."
Harry then looked at Malfoy Senior and the Minister before "Or Madam Bones I could let you review the memories of Severus and Draco that I extracted from them in front of every member of the Hogwarts staff and the student body last night at Dinner."
Amelia looked shocked before stating quickly "I want to review those memories with my Aurors."
Harry held his hand out and called out "Accio the Potter Pensive."
Harry then activated the runes on it to show the memories on a large screen above the hall. Amelia watched first Professor Snape mastermind the plot and then Draco's point of view in receiving the instructions and then casting a border line dark spell.
When the memory stopped Minister Fudge stated first "That is an obviously tainted memory and is no evidence."
Senior Auror Shacklebolt stated quickly "Minister if you didn't notice that was two valid memories because they both recorded the same event from two different points of view. This would withstand the scrutiny of the ICW and is valid in any court in the World."
Fudge sputtered "I demand that something be done about this."
Amelia narrowed her eyes "Minister, oh I can do something all right but it won't be what you want. Would you care that I prefer charges on the people that perpetrated the real crime here?" She gave him a malicious grin "I do have all the evidence I need in those memories."
Fudge eyes widened as he realized what she threatened. As he pulled Lucius with him to depart Hogwarts, they both stopped when Harry Potter cleared his throat and then asked "Madam Bones what is the penalty for attempted line ending of an Ancient and Noble house?" Harry turned to her for an answer as she looked on in shock.
Amelia then answered slowly at first "Mr. Potter the Lord of that Ancient and noble house has every right to seek redress in any manner he sees fit up to and including killing the culprit and/or culprits."
Harry then gave a very feral grin "Would that include all parties concerned even after the fact of the incident?"
Amelia blinked her eyes "That depends Mr. Potter on what the parties did to further the criminal behavior."
Harry kept looking at Malfoy and Fudge "Let's say the next day that the Ministry and the lord of the house that masterminded the plot conspired to falsely arrest and charge the victim with a crime to further their aims." Harry when he said this saw Lucius move and he quickly stunned both Malfoy and the Minister.
Amelia seemed surprised before Harry asked her "If I provide you proof of this collusion and it involved the Minister, House Malfoy, and House Snape what could the Lord of the house do to the guilty parties."
Amelia's eyes widened before she could answer "That lord could do just about anything he wanted because the crimes committed against his house would be considered an all out attack to end his line."
Harry walked up to Lucius and placed his wand tip to his temple. He whispered a quick spell in Gobbledygook "Show me the people that conspired against me and all that you planned." Harry quickly withdrew a silvery strand from his mind and then placed it in the pensieve. He activated the four runes and a series of meetings began with various families to include Malfoy, Avery, Knott, Goyle's, Crabbe and the Lestrange's trying to kill him as a child. The next view was of Professor Snape and of Malfoy Senior planning a series of mishaps to hurt and harm Harry. Then more recently, Lucius, Draco, and Snape conspiring to cause Harry to fall and break his neck. The final memory was of Lucius and the Minister conspiring to put Harry in prison for attempted murder of his son. It clearly showed Lucius giving and Fudge accepting a bribe.
Harry stood up from his seat he had taken while the memories were viewed "Madam Bones along with minister Fudge's memories is this sufficient evidence of their complicity?"
Amelia conferred with the Aurors and then turned back to Harry "Mr. Potter this memory alone is enough evidence and the Lord of the Ancient and Noble house has cause to seek retribution in any manner he so desires."
Harry walked to Malfoy who had awakened and looked him in the eye "I will not give you, a coward I know you to be, another chance." Harry finished the statement by shoving a dagger through Malfoy's larynx. Malfoy crumpled to the ground with his eyes open.
Minerva McGonagall stood up in outrage "Mister Potter that is twice I have seen your brutality in as many days. You will not do this in front of children again. This is a school and not a place for you to seek revenge."
Amelia and the Aurors had drawn their wands and had them pointed at Harry "Mr. Potter the Lord of the house has the right to seek redress, an heir does not. You are under arrest for murder."
Harry lifted his hand to reveal his house Potter Lordship ring "I am Lord Potter as you can see as of two days ago."
Amelia stepped back "How can that be you are not of the age of consent. You are but fourteen years old."
Harry looked at Albus Dumbledore and then pointed at the Minister "I am considered an adult because of the Triwizard Tournament and these two put an age restriction line around the cup, an age line that only allowed wizards or witches of age to be a champion. I was chosen by the cup in this ministry sanctioned event, therefore the ministry has proclaimed me to be of age because I was forced to compete or lose my magic."
Harry then smiled "Two days ago I claimed my position as Lord of house Potter and the magic accepted my oath and I have my ring now. I might also add that a magical bind was removed from my magical core. I fear Madam Bones that for the last thirteen years House Potter has been under attack by various groups in magical Britain."
Harry then looked directly at Albus and then to Minister Fudge "I am fairly certain that as Lord Potter my retribution for these attacks is not over, they are not over by a long shot and there will, most definitely, be more bloodshed as I root out this conspiracy."
Harry then looked at Minerva "Professor if you wish to see no more death in these halls then you and the staff need to provide the protection and the environment for learning, not one of outside politics. If I am attacked I will retaliate with deadly force, so either expel me or provide the protection you have promised."
Minerva huffed and then crossed her arm "Well I never. There is only so much the teaching staff can do." Albus stood up and then looked down at the table "Mr. Potter you have shown yourself to me over these last few days and I fear you are straying to a dark path."
Harry interrupted him "Albus if I were you I would not anger me with lies like that because I sir, do know all that you were hiding. You are still where you stand because I have need of you. Please note the wand I hold because it is the 2nd of three items in my possession of legend."
Albus's eyes shot open and then he sat down with a thud. Amelia then placed her wand in her holster. "Then Lord Potter I have no authority to arrest you and shall be leaving."
Harry turned to her quickly "Madam Bones I have two other items I wish you to witness and I promise you no more killing will be involved but I would prefer a high ranking ministry person to be witness." Amelia nodded to him her consent.
Harry stepped into the middle of the hall and began to chant in gobbledygook again and Filius interrupted "Mr. Potter I know of this magic and you should be warned that a body can only hold so much."
Harry stopped and grinned to him "Yes I know as did my family magic. This ritual is done with an additional spell that Grodric Gryffindor passed onto his heirs. It was he and the Goblins that developed it."
Professor Flitwick looked shocked "It was only a legend even with the Goblins."
Harry chuckled back "It is reality in my family."
Harry started again and for two minutes he chanted in Gobbledygook and then suddenly switched to Latin when magic began to swirl around him. For another minute everyone listened to Latin phrases but only remembered Famila Malfoy, Familia Snape, Famila Goyle, Knott, Avery, Crabbe and Lestrange.
Harry's head fell back and then his arms spread out as the magic increased in density before swirling closer to his body in an ever decreasing coil. Finally it penetrated his skin and then Harry stood with his eyes closed and breathed in heavily. He opened his eyes as everyone gasped at the bright green color of them.
Amelia looked at him "What just happened, what did you do to those families?"
Harry smiled at her and then winked "You will find out soon enough." Harry then lifted Fudge up and walked towards the chamber they had used for the champions and called over his shoulder "Amelia please come with me and bring your Aurors to witness this."
Amelia looked shocked but didn't realize her feet were already moving. She was in a half daze by the events that had already taken place this morning and what had been revealed to her and all from a wizard fourteen years old who had more to reveal this morning.
