Well here you go. Sorry for the delay, I would have had this out last week but I was celebrating my 21st in Reno and made a shit load of cash at the Craps table.

Someone told me in a review that I had been miss spelling Amelia's last name, well here I fixed it in this chapter I'll go back and fix the others later.

Chapter 5

"I Lord James Potter and I Lady Lily Potter of sound mind and of our own free will declare this to be our last will and testament. To our son Harry we give you all moneys, properties, and items not willed to others. In the event of our death or a situation in which we are unable to care for Harry, his God father Sirius Black is to raise him in our stead. If for whatever reason Sirius is unable to care for Harry then we want our good friends Charles and Michelle Greengrass to care for him, in the hopes that he and their daughter will have as much time together as possible before they're married. If neither Sirius nor the Greengrasses can take Harry, we would like for our friend Amelia bones to raise him. However if she can't or won't raise Harry he is to be place in an orphanage in the hopes that he will be adopted by a loving family.

Under no circumstances is Harry to be in the care of Lily's sister Petunia. Nor do we wish for Harry to have any contact with her n-or her husband the 2 are violently bigoted against anything magical as all of our friends are well aware."

Long-fang stopped reading the will and looked up to the wizengamot "As all the benefactors are not present we can conclude the reading at a later time when all recipients have been notified."

Charles was trying his hardest to hide his shit eating grin. He had finally caught Dumbledore in a lie, and a big one at that.

Harry on the other hand was glaring at the table in front of him. His parents had given a list of people who could have taken him in, and flat said he wasn't to be anywhere near his aunt and uncle.

Fudge, as usual, was oblivious to what was going on around him spoke up next "Well Dumbledore it seems as thou you have found yourself in quite the pickle."

Dumbledore nodded "Yes I apologize it seems I was given a fake will,"

Amelia cut him off "You mean to say that you took Mr. Potter from several loving families and placed him in an abusive home because you didn't bother to check your facts? And don't even try to say you had no idea the Dursleys were abusive, it's a simple matter of you not bothering to do your job as his 'Magical guardian' a job you gave yourself Dumbledore."

Dumbledore looked straight at Amelia and made his eyes twinkle as much as possible "I merely wished to keep my interference in his family life to a minimum. I had hoped that his relatives would look past their hatred of magic,"

Again Amelia cut him off pinching the bridge of her nose trying to stave off a massive migraine "You just admitted to this body that you knew the Dursleys hated magic, and you sent Harry there anyway. Besides that you don't need to walk into a home a critique a caregiver's method of raising a child to check on the well fare of a child. The DMLE does this on a regular basses; you chose to ignore your duty as a guardian choosing instead to hide Mr. Potter away from those whom his parents wanted to raise their son and using a fake will as your shield against official rebuttal by this body. And now that you've been caught you're trying to claim ignorance of any abuse on Mr. Potter. Minister I believe this body has heard all that we need to make an informed decision."

Fudge nodded and turned to the assembled wizengamot "All those for returning Mr. Potter to Dumbledore's custody?" Not a single wand was raised "All those opposed?" All but about a quarter of the wizengamot raised their wands "Very well. Dumbledore you are here by striped of your status as Mr. Potter's magical guardian and fined 50,000 galleons. Lord Greengrass is to handle Mr. Potter's finances and the Potter Family's vote in the wizengamot until Mr. Potter comes into his majority."

"With all due respect minister," everyone turned to long-fang "Lord Greengrass isn't first on the list of guardians."

Several people looked at the goblin confused before Fudge spoke up "Surely you can't mean Black? He's the one who betrayed the Potters the Very reason Mr. Potter is an orphan, not to mention all the muggles he killed before he was captured."

Long-fang stood in the middle of the room stroking his beard "According to our records Lord Black was never tried or convicted of any crime. He was sent to Azkaban within 45 minutes of his arrest. Correct me if I'm wrong Madam Bones but that's not even enough time for an arraignment hearing."

Fudge sat there for a good five minutes his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water before Amelia spoke up "Minister if this is true and Black is innocent it will be arguably the biggest scandal in the last 500 years."

Fudge sat in silence for a moment before his self-preservation instincts kicked in "Black will be tried in 3 days on May the first, Madam Bones have him moved to a holding cell here in the ministry. Until such time as Black's guilt or innocents is determined Harry will remain with the Greengrass family. This meeting of the wizengamot is adjourned."

As everyone was filing out of the court room Dumbledore approached Harry and Charles "Harry my boy I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive an old man."

Harry just glared at the old man, "I'm not your boy." and then followed Charles out of the room.

Outside they met Michelle and Daphne and quickly made their way out of the ministry when they got back to Greengrass manor Harry went back to his room and collapsed on his bed and tried to go back to sleep, even thou it was 10 am between having to get up so early, and seeing just how much the old man had tried to ruin his life Harry just wanted the day to be over.

A few minutes later Daphne walked into Harry's room and sighed seeing Harry lying on the bed still in his robes. As she walked over to him she saw Rena's head lift up and nudge him. Daphne stopped at the foot of the bed and watch silently as Harry and Rena had their own private conversation. When Harry sat up and looked to Daphne she asked "want to learn how to fly?" Harry looked at her as thou she had lost it.

30 minutes later found Harry hovering 15 feet of the ground on an old broom, and Daphne was 4 feet to his left smiling at him. It was the first time Harry had seen her smile since they had met, her blue eyes seemed to sparkle with amusement. Not like Dumbledore's twinkle, no her eyes held nothing but joy. The two were just starting to fly around the yard when Michelle called them down.

When they got to her Michelle said to Daphne "Astoria is back." Michelle then said to Harry "Harry meet Daphne's little sister Astoria." She then motioned to the girl siting at the patio table, who immediately jumped up and tackled Harry "So you're my new big brother?" the Hyper active 9 year old then proceeded to ask Harry a dozen questions not giving him time to answer. The three spent the rest of the day playing or flying.

Charles meanwhile had left to have a meeting with the muggle investigators in charge of Harry's case against the Dursleys. After exchanging pleasantries Charles got to the reason for his visit "So how is the case coming?"

The two men shrugged "Really the investigation is over and we've passed our findings on to the DA. You shouldn't worry we've investigated claims of child abuse with less damning evidence that were open and shut cases. The DA was just debating whether to prosecute without the kid or to wait a few weeks so the boy could recover from his injuries so he can testify. I don't suppose you can tell me which the kid would prefer?"

Charles shook his head "No but I Can ask and let you know by the end of the week. Thank you for your time detectives." With that Charles left debating whether Harry should testify against his aunt and uncle. As far as he was concerned Harry had enough to deal with between the custody battle that morning and the upcoming trial of his god father, not to mention the daily potions regiment the healers had placed him on to deal with the malnutrition and his head wound Harry deserved a normal childhood before he started Hogwarts.

Meanwhile on an island in the North Sea Amelia was walking up a path toward a large dark building that seemed to be designed to suck the joy and hope from its residents. As she approached the main gate the guards drew their wands and ordered her to stop. After identifying herself and having her wand checked she made her way into Azkaban to see the warden.

When she walked into the warden's office, Amelia handed over a piece of paper "I'm here to see to the transfer of Sirius Black."

The warden gave her a half believing look before snatching the paper from her hand looking it over critically looking for any reason to reject the transfer. Before finally giving off a dissatisfied grunt and calling for two guards to take Amelia to Black's cell.

Sirius was curled up in a corner of his cell, not out of fear or because of the cold, he had been in scarier situations and after 10 years he had grown used to the temperature. He stayed in the corner to keep as much distance as possible between him and the soul sucking monsters that patrolled the halls of the prison. He was just thinking about taking his late morning nap, after all what else was there to do, when he noticed the Dementors leave. He just pressed himself further into the corner, every time the dementors left it was either because a new prisoner was coming in, a body was leaving, or the guards were coming to have some 'fun' with the prisoners.

He suppressed a groan when the guards stopped at his cell "Hello Sirius." Said man's head shot up faster than he'd moved in years; after all he knew that voice anywhere.

Amelia wasn't surprised to see the condition Sirius was in. Hair unkempt, covered in god knows what kind of dirt and filth, and he was obviously malnourished. She was surprised at his reaction to seeing her.

Sirius groaned and threw his head back against the wall behind him "Damn it I thought those things had left. Not starting this nightmare again."

Amelia raised an eyebrow and pulled her wand firing a light stinging hex at Sirius causing him to jump "I am neither a dream nor a hallucination Sirius." She said to the two guards "Open it."

Sirius had stood up by this point and was giving her a disbelieving look "let's go Sirius." Sirius didn't move, he just kept staring at Amelia who was waiting for him to start moving "Where we going?"

Amelia just gave him an annoyed look "Unless you don't want a trial to defend yourself and gain your freedom I suggest you start moving."

As soon as Sirius heard freedom he moved as fast as he could without the guards assuming he was trying to escape. When they got to the gate the warden was waiting for them and handed Amelia the transfer order and said "He's your problem now don't try and blame us for not escorting him when he tries to escape."

Everyone was expecting an annoyed response from Amelia they weren't expecting the snort from Sirius. "Me? Try and escape from her? HA she scares me more than a horde of dragons." Amelia just shook her head it seemed all that was needed to bring the old Sirius back was some fresh air.

As they made their way to the border of the prison's wards Sirius asked, "So why the sudden rush to give me a trial? I had figured after 6 years they just planned to conveniently forget me."

Amelia gave him a sad look "10" at his confused look she continued "It's been 10 years." She sighed and said "Look it's a long story, I'll fill you in after your trial."

After dinner that night Charles asked Harry to meet him in his office When Harry walked in he saw his parents painting still on the wall he quickly walked over to it and told them about Daphne teaching him how to fly, they both praised him when James noticed the look on Charles's face "Harry I think Charles needs to talk to you."

"Harry the muggle investigators want to know if you want to tell the jury what your aunt and uncle did to you. You don't have to answer now just let me know by Thursday."

Harry nodded and left the room his head down. As soon as Harry had left the room Lily said and a voice that demanded answers "Charles what did my sister do to Harry." Charles stayed quiet for a moment before he replied "I can't say for sure what all was done Harry hasn't really talked about it but I know for sure that shortly before I got to your sister's house her husband had hit Harry in the head with a cricket bat."

Lily looked like she wanted to murder someone "That fat fuck. How dare he hurt my son. If I weren't a painting I'd tear them both apart. And why the hell was Harry even there? We specifically said in our will that Harry wasn't to go anywhere near them."

Charles just sat there listening to Lily scream, he noticed that James was just as pissed but preferred to let his wife speak for the both of them. It took more than 15 minutes before lily calmed down. Well stopped yelling anyway.

Charles decided to tell the pair everything he was aware of including Dumbledore's manipulation. Unfortunately that restarted Lily's Rage. Charles considered casting a silencing charm on the painting to save his ears the torture, but that would probably redirect Lily's rage onto him, so he just focused on tuning her out.

While Charles was listening to Lily vent, Harry was laying on his bed trying to think about if he wanted to see his aunt and uncle in court. "What's wrong little one?" Harry turned his head to see Rena sliding onto the bed "They want to know if I want to tell the court what my aunt and uncle did to me."

Rena rested her head on his arm "You shouldn't run from your problems little one. You should be there to look them in the eye and let them know that they didn't win."

Harry nodded "I know but that doesn't mean I want to talk to a room full of people about what they did, I don't even want to talk about it to Mr. and Mrs. Greengrass."

Rena gave off a hissing sigh "Little one you don't need to be ashamed. You didn't do anything wrong. You should talk to someone."

"What about you? Can't I talk to you about it?"

If it was possible for the 7 foot basilisk to blush she would have. "Little one, while I'm flattered that you would trust me so much I can think of someone better for you to open up to. This is something you should talk with your betrothed about." Rena paused and looked at the door "Speak of the devil. You should use this opportunity to open up to her."

Daphne walked in and sat on the edge of the bed next to Harry and asked "Want to talk about it?" Harry hesitated a moment then nodded.

Unknown to the three occupants Michelle was standing outside the room with a smile on her face maybe there was a chance they would be happy after all.

3 days later on May 1st found Harry and 3 of the Greengrasses before the wizengamot, Astoria having asked to stay home, this time however Harry was sitting with Michelle and Daphne. Shortly after everyone was seated Fudge called the hearing to order, and ordered Black to be brought in.

Harry's first impression of his god father and the supposed betrayer of his parents was that of a dirty under fed man with long unkempt hair that made him look every bit the mad man everyone said he was.

After Sirius was placed in the chair in the middle of the room and the chains had wrapped themselves around him Fudge began "Sirius Black, You stand accused of betraying the Potters location to 'He Who Must Not Be Named', Murdering Peter Pettigrew, and the murder of 12 muggles. How do you plea?"

Sirius replied not guilty. Fudge noted the plea and ordered the Aurors to administer Veritaserum.

Once his eyes had glazed over Fudge asked, "What is your full name."

"Sirius Orion Black"

Fudge made a note on the paper in front of him, "Where you the Potter's Secret Keeper?"

"No."

Fudge paused not expecting that answer. "Explain."

"I knew I would be the obvious choice so we made someone else the secret keeper while I was the decoy."

Amelia stood and asked "Who was the Potter's secret keeper?"

"Peter Pettigrew."

Fudge quickly scribble his responses the asked "If Peter was the Potter's secret keeper why were you Heard saying 'I killed them. Lily and James are dead because of me.' Additionally the last words anyone heard peter say, were that you betrayed them."

Even thru the effects of the truth serum a tear escaped Sirius's eye "Because it was my idea to make Peter the secret keeper. I knew he had none of the bravery that he should of as a Gryffindor, but I thought that because of my relationship with the Potters I would be such an obvious choice that by the time Voldemort figured out I wasn't the secret keeper Peter would have run somewhere even Voldemort couldn't find him. If I had been the secret keeper that death eater wouldn't have been able to tell Voldemort where James and Lily were."

Every time Sirius said Voldemort's name most of the people in the room flinched, but everyone gasped when they heard that not only was Pettigrew the Potter's secret keeper he was also a death eater.

Fudge was sweating by this point. He had only agreed to do this trial because he was sure Black was guilty but now it was starting to look like Black was innocent and the Hero Peter Pettigrew was the traitor.

"What of the 12 muggles that you killed?" Fudge asked hoping Black would say he killed them

"I didn't kill them Peter sent the blasting hex at the street hoping to distract me long enough for him to escape. And it worked; he cut off one of his finger and changed into his animagus form, and ran into the sewers."

Fudge was terrified that this trial would ruin his public image, when something Sirius said caught his attention "What do you mean 'his animagus form'? Pettigrew wasn't an animagus."

"Yes he was we all were. James was a stag, Peter was a rat, and I am a grim. We took the potion in our second year so we could spend the full moon with Remus, our werewolf Classmate and friend."

Fudge gave up trying to get Black to say anything about the crimes he was accused of, and ordered the Aurors to administer the antidote. As Sirius's eyes returned to normal Fudge was racking his brain trying to think of a way to salvage his reputation. The only thing Black was guilty of was being an unregistered Animagus. Which he was never accused of.

Once Sirius was fully aware of his surroundings again Fudge spoke, "Sirius Black you have been found not guilty of the crimes for which you were accused, and will receive 100,000 galleons for each year you spent within Azkaban as well as any counseling and medical treatment you may need to recover."

With that the chains holding Sirius in the chair unwrapped themselves. As Sirius stood Fudge continued "One last thing, you are listed as the late Lord and Lady Potter's first choice to raise their son. Would you like to take custody of Mr. Potter?"

Sirius started Laughing loudly; unfortunately the laugh quickly became a violent cough. Once he stopped coughing he asked Charles, "Is Harry with Your Family Charles?" At Charles's nod Sirius Shook his Head "The condition I'm in I'm in no fit state to raise a kid Hell I don't even think I have a home clean enough after… has it really been 10 years? Anyway I trust Charles and Michelle almost as much as James and Lily."

Fudge nodded and said "Very well Charles you are hereby given full custody of Mr. Potter as well as control of his finances and wizengamot vote. Court is adjourned."

Once every one had started filing out of the court room Sirius saw Michelle walking down to him with 2 kids following her. One was like a mini version of herself down to the blonde hair and bright blue eyes. The other looked like his best friend except for the green eyes Harry got from Lily.

As soon as they were close enough Sirius pulled Harry into a hug ignoring the fact that he probably smelled like hell. "I'm so sorry Harry if I hadn't gone after Peter you would have never been alone. I swear if you give me a chance I'll do everything in my power to make it up to you."

Harry Backed up a step which seemed to tear his godfathers heart apart even more, thinking that Harry didn't want anything to do with him Until Harry asked him, "You tried to avenge my parents by going after the guy who betrayed them?" at His nod Harry Hugged him and said "Then I forgive you."

Behind Harry Michelle was smiling and even Daphne had a small smile on her face.

A moment later Charles and Amelia approached the group "Sirius, Why don't we go get you some clothes and a new wand."

Sirius looked at Amelia for a moment before looking down "What you mean I can't walk around like this?" Sirius then started laughing at himself.

Amelia sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose "Clearly Azkaban didn't affect you that much if your sense of humor hasn't changed."

The group spent the rest of the morning walking through Diagon alley getting Sirius new cloths and a new wand. The group started to walk to Ollivander's when Sirius made a left into knockturn alley causing the group to stop and look at him. But he just kept walking humming a tune to himself. After walking a short distance Sirius walked into a shop the rest of the group following him in. After waiting a few minutes a man walked from the back and Sirius placed an order for a custom wand and after going thru the process of choosing a type of wood and a core, Sirius looked at Harry before asking Charles, "Do you want to get Harry and Daphne their wands as long as we're here?"

Daphne's eyes lit up at the prospect of getting her wand even a few months early and looked at her mother pleadingly. Michelle shrugged and said "I don't see why not."

It took everything Daphne Had Not to squeal like a fan girl as the wand maker walked her thru the process of running her hand over the various woods and cores choosing the ones that she felt drawn to. Daphne ended up with rose wood and a phoenix feather.

When it was Harry's turn he picked red wood and for his core his hand paused over the phoenix feather but he looked to the wand maker confused and said it didn't feel complete. And was told to keep going, the second time Harry's hand paused was over a small vial that looked to be empty.

The wand maker picked up the vial and frowned "Unfortunately this is Basilisk venom and as Madam Bones can tell you this substance is highly regulated. It could be years before I get enough to complete your wand."

Harry gave a questioning look to Amelia who thought for a moment before asked "If I refill your supply today how much would you discount this order?"

The wand maker gave her a suspicious look "I find it hard to believe that you would be carrying 8 ounces of Basilisk venom on you but I suppose I would make the wands for free and pay and additional thousand galleons. As long as you are willing to sign a receipt saying that you were present for this legal transaction."

Amelia nodded to both the wand maker, understanding his desire to keep his license to handle the substance, and to Harry who asked Rena to come out in English. The sudden appearance of the snake made the wand maker jump. A few minutes later the wand maker told the group to leave and return in an hour.

The group left to have an early lunch and returned a little over an hour later and after having Amelia sign for the transaction for the Basilisk venom Sirius, Harry and Daphne got their wands. After which everyone left to go to their respective homes. In the case of Sirius finding which of his family's properties was in the best condition.

Two weeks later Harry, The Greengrasses, and Sirius were once more in court, only this time it was a muggle one and the whole group was in the audience, and it was Harry's aunt and uncle that were sitting in the defendant's chair.

After the Judge walked in and everyone sat down He began "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley you are charged with 57 counts of child abuse, 107 counts of neglect and 14 counts of child endangerment. How do you plea?"

Their lawyer said not guilty and both the prosecution and defense gave their opening arguments. Harry and his new family were surprised when the prosecutor called Charles first. After being sworn in Charles was told to tell how he found Harry. After he was finished the Dursley's lawyer began his questions "What exactly is you connection to the child in question?"

"I was a friend of his parents and the father of his betrothed." That got the usual response of disbelief.

"A betrothal in this day and age, And you expect us to believe this?"

Charles nodded and replied, "Yes the prosecution has a copy of the contract. In families as old as the Potters and Greengrasses Betrothals are still very much in use."

"If this is true then why were my clients never informed? And for that matter why would you let your future son in law be in such an environment, if any abuse did indeed occur?"

"Harry went missing shortly after his parents' murder and my investigators had just found a 10 year old boy named Harry Potter. This is why I went to the Dursleys that day. I had only intended to meet with Harry and his guardians and ask if we could perform a blood test. And before you ask Harrys Parents were my daughter's god parents we've been friends sense we were children. That is why I would go so far to find him."

For the rest of the day witnesses were called to the stand and told the court about everything from hearing yelling and things being thrown around the house to Harry getting an A on a test when his cousin got an F and coming to school the next day covered in bruises and never scored above an F again.

In the closing arguments the Dursleys lawyer said that there was no concrete proof that the Dursleys abused Harry.

The prosecutor though stood and showed the court 20X30 pictures of the condition Harry had been found in. "This is not an accident." He then switched to a picture that showed a bloody trail with small hand prints in it showing whoever left the trail crawled into the cupboard. "This is not caring for an injury." He showed another picture of the bloody cricket bat. "This is not a means to discipline a child." He showed two more pictures taken by the doctors in the hospital that showed Harry's malnourished and scar covered back and front "And this is not a child that has been shown any care by his aunt and uncle, never mind love. We can only hope that him being raised by his Parent's friends from this point on will heal some of the emotional scars. Because the physical scars will never heal. Anyone who would make a child live in a cupboard for 10 years deserves to go to prison, that is the most humane thing the Dursleys have done to this child."

The Jury came to a verdict after only 5 minutes. For that time Vernon and Petunia weren't allowed to so much as look at the side of the room Harry sat in. when the Jury came returned and gave their guilty verdict Vernon's face was turning its patented shade of purple. The pair were sentenced to 40 years.

As they were being led out by the guards Vernon snapped and lunged toward Harry screaming "YOU BLOODY FREAK I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS."

The fat wail didn't make it 5 feet before he was tackled and dragged from the court room.

That evening while Harry was flying with Daphne, Vernon was being walked into a cell block and roughly shoved into a cell as the guard slammed the cell shut Vernon Yelled "You can't leave me in here this is inhumane to leave me in a cell this small."

The guard ignored him and walked away. Vernon was about to start yelling when 2 big hands grabbed the bars on either side of Vernon's head and a deep voice said from behind, "Oh don't worry about being to big for this cell I'll make sure my knew bitch slims down. Wouldn't want you to have a heart attack while you're on your knees."

Vernon slowly turned around to face the 7 foot mountain of muscle that was his cell mate. "I hear you like to beat your nephew with a cricket bat." The man gave Vernon an evil grin. The rest of the night the cell block listened to Vernon being used like a 2 dollar whore.

As for Petunia well she would soon be wishing her cell mate was raping her. She would spend the next 40 years in general population just like her husband only where he was a prison bitch, she was a punching bag. Neither one would live to see the end of their sentence. After all even serial killers, mass murderers and hardened criminals have a code. You don't touch children.

(AN)

That last bit wasn't just part of the story. I did my externship at Folsom State maximum security prison in California for my phlebotomy license. They brought in a child molester a few times a week with half a dozen ARMNED guards escorting him to the medical area and they weren't for him they were to protect the child molester. Anyone who harms a child has to be put in protective custody.