A/N: Thanks for everyone's support from reviews to adding this story to your favorites or follow list or even just plain reading it in its entirety. Just a plain warning, this chapter is not for Ron Weasley lovers.

Warning: Violence and suggestion of sexual themes

Pianomouse, I'm glad you've enjoyed this story and since this is your plot bunny, I've reserved a very Slytherin, if a bit predictable, use for that engagement stone.

Hi Elizabeth! Thank you for your suggestions, especially about the press' reaction which I will address on the next chapter but I can't incorporate a Draco lovechild seeing that this is a different pairing and: 1. Hermione was in an almost house arrests of sorts with Bong and Lau for more than a year (sharing a bed with Bong for the latter part of it) so it's pretty improbable and my poor OC already had a deceased ex-girlfriend who have had a love child with a lover and he really deserves a happy ending after what he'd been through; 2. You will read on this chapter why that idea is impossible. But you did give me a good idea for the sequel.

Thank you for continuing to read this story and I hope you enjoy this chapter!


The interim and later elected Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt had been sorted to Ravenclaw* while at Hogwarts. He certainly exhibits more intelligence, capability and even efficiency than most of his recent predecessors. He certainly has ideas on how to improve the government, rebuild it from its war torn state and of course like any good leader, he began his reign by cleaning his yard of filth. Given Bong's new contacts at the ministry, he'd learned that one of those eyed by this new government had been the cruel woman who'd hurt his Hermione.

It took him a while in preparing the research and potion he needed, but like in any bureaucracy, especially in a newly rebuilt one, it would take a while for the hands of action to move. It was just as well that Kingsley's government practiced circumspect in its actions as their target had been unaware that the hands of justice, both legal and practical are moving in.


Dolores Umbridge was surprised by the sight that greeted her in her bedroom, surprised but flattered nonetheless. There he was! The object of her affection and fantasies, she knew he'd leave his wife for her.

She will be a better partner for him. It's true that he is no longer in power, but she has enough for them. After this unpleasantness and the hype that followed after that horrible Harry Potter is over, she knew that he could easily get back to power. She'll support him herself.

In any case, there was still prestige in being a former minister and who knows, there had been cases where a former minister becomes elected to a second or even a third term. She almost attacked him in her eagerness. She straddled him, hungrily kissing him as her hands itched to remove both of their clothes. Only to be thrown off of him by an invisible force and felt the lash of what felt like hundreds if not thousands of whips on her body.

The said whips might not be visible but they were relentless and the welts and marks they'd left would be permanent and would terribly hurt for the rest of her life every time these are touched by anyone. Dolores became unconscious from the pain, almost unseeing of everything around her, but trying to reach out to the blur she knew to be Fudge before she passed out. Meanwhile, Hermione would suffer from a chest spasm, she popped an antacid and just lied down, thinking it was due to the stress of reviewing for her NEWTS. "Fudge" also felt a chest spasm but he ignored it.

After Dolores passed out, "Cornelius Fudge" quickly fixed his appearance and cast a powerful scourgifying charm on the entire place, ensuring that no fingerprints are left behind. He took out a pair of gloves from his pocket. He then opened the front door to let himself out.

He apparated some distance away, before burning the wand he'd used for apparating with another wand. He would do this twice more before he apparated into a rented car. He turned the car on to heat I up. He checked the car's clock and waited for a few minutes before checking his reflection in the rear view mirror.

He then drove into the nearest gas station where he brought some petrol and purchased a toothbrush, toothpaste and some mouthwash. He then went to the comfort room and brushed his teeth twice before gargling with the mouthwash repeatedly. He never felt filthier than he did at this point. If only it wasn't necessary, but once she's imprisoned, he'd never get to her. Yau Kin-bong just knew that all those wands he'd taken from Death Eaters during the battle would come in handy somehow.

He rubbed his aching chest, knowing the pain would go away the faster he get out of here. He knew Hermione would feel this same ache, but not to the extent he felt. But it was worth it. Dolores didn't know that only with Hermione's apology would the curse be lifted off of her, no curse breaker would be able to break this millennia old ritual. He also knew that he has one very vindictive ancestor who wanted to ensure his or her spouse remain faithful to their vows. Thank goodness he hasn't explained the full effects of the engagement stone ritual to Hermione yet.


Aurors went to Dolores Umbridge's home the next night, she complained about Cornelius Fudge seeing that she had been unable to go to work because of the hex he'd placed on her only to be arrested herself. The probationary Auror asked his superior if they should investigate the woman's claims only to be laughed off and told. "You've never met her before now, have you?" The senior Auror asked and as the crimes Dolores Umbridge committed were read including those committed when she was teaching in Hogwarts, the probationary Auror understood why his superiors ignored the obvious hex placed on Umbridge as she hurts in every place she's touched.


They say you could never come out of war unchanged. It certainly proved to be correct for many of those who participated in the Battle of Hogwarts, but not many of them has been as changed at least in philosophy as Lau. Even as he counted those he killed during the actual battle, as one would in an arcade game, he had not expected to gain anything from it. He certainly had not expected to be the recipient of bounty money or inherit money from an extinct clan, whose last member stipulated that whoever killed his killer be the one to inherit their family fortune.

Like Sirius Black, Lau is also the last of his family but unlike Black, he is married and in love with the daughter of the man who had his family killed. But he's still lucky and in a way so is his family. He is still alive and fully capable of rebuilding his family. He'd also learned from what he'd seen of both Sirius Black and later, Draco Malfoy, that the sins of the father does not have to be the sins of the son (or daughter in his wife's case).

He might have married his wife with revenge in mind but her love and devotion to him made him fall deeply in love with her in their years of marriage. Absence makes the heart fonder and he often found himself missing her company. He also knew that if he had her father killed, she'd never stop trying to find who had her old man killed and she will also try to take revenge. It is just a vicious endless cycle.

Also, as Bong pointed out, it won't bring his family back. Lau realized that being away made the burden easier and since he confessed (Bong promised the lightness he is feeling did not result from the ritual), he felt that revenge is not all it's cut out to be. After he got home to their apartment and checked if Severus Snape is still breathing, he called his wife and told her that he's gotten a good position here and has come into money because of his last contract and that he's thinking of permanently migrating here. Thus, he and his wife decided that he'll just come back to get her, and his friend Bong (who volunteered to help through his new contacts in the ministry) will help them migrate.

He figured he'll just explain about this strange new world once his wife gets here. Seeing is believing, after all. Lau resolved to move forward and put all ideas of revenge away from his mind and cease the opportunity that many in the wizardry world did not have, to have a family of their own.


Draco shook the hand of the professor he feared most in Hogwarts, giving her the deed and accompanying papers as he'd recently just finished the last details in the transfer. They've already had most of the manor searched for dark articles. Many Hogwarts and Malfoy house elves have cleaned and kept the yard well. The Malfoy clan's voluminous library, included in the transfer, is in the process of being thoroughly checked by curse breakers. The grounds and the manor itself had been searched by curse breakers earlier to ensure the safety of the students, teachers and house elves who will temporarily reside here.

It has been agreed upon that the Manor would be a temporary house classes and residence for those who wants to return while the Hogwarts Castle is still being re-built and renovated. But afterwards, it is scheduled to be sold to a Muggle real estate developer who will convert the vast property into suburban homes. Draco chuckled at the idea that his Muggle hating ancestors would probably roll in their graves at the sacrilege to the Malfoy ancestral home.

The proceeds from the sale of the property will go to a scholarship foundation which will give monetary grant to the top graduating student of each batch to help them pursue whatever interest they would have once they graduate from Hogwarts, regardless of blood status or house. Draco named it the Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy Grant.

As much as Draco wants to return to his studies, his mother needed him more. Thus, he'd decided to take a prolonged vacation with her in France.


Kingsley Shacklebolt knew that the investigative and procedural system of the wizardry world (at least the British Wizarding Government) is archaic or medieval at best. He had been thoroughly impressed by the investigative and judicial procedure in the Muggle world in his brief stint as the Prime Minister's secretary. During the war, he had also been impressed by the behavioral profile Lau and Bong made of the Death Eaters that considerably lowered their numbers before the Battle of Hogwarts. But he realized they do not have the necessary knowledge or skill set to enforce this kind procedures as of yet.

So he hired Lau (who is still covered by the special dispensation by the ICW and thus allowed to know the secrets of the Wizardry World) and Bong. He then set to have three new Auror recruits study Forensic Science, Criminology and Criminal Psychology to bring these knowledge back to the Auror Academy. He also hired two master Occlumens with spotless backgrounds from Europe so that they can sift through memories in preparedness for the trials.

These Occlumens would see if the person concerned had really been Imperiod (as in the case of Pius Thicknesse) or had done his or her crimes willingly as in the case of Dolores Umbridge and Ronald Weasley.

Even though Kingsley didn't like the idea of a trial by publicity, the lack of information led people becoming more fearful in both Wizardry Wars, thus he decided to open the information of the trials to the press, not just the Daily Prophet and The Quibbler but any amateur budding newspapers or newsletters as well.


Draco and Narcissa Malfoy's trials had been more straight forward. The now dubbed Golden Duo vouched for them and their memories and everyone else who participated in the Battle of Hogwarts remembers that not only had Narcissa saved Harry's life by pretending that he is dead. But she would also help those who stand against the Dark Lord by dueling Death Eaters herself. She had even lost her beloved husband because of the Battle of Hogwarts. Thus, despite their past actions, both Malfoy's were forgiven and their records expunged.

But Ronald Weasley's trial is much more complicated. Before it had even begun, Molly Weasley had taken to visiting Kingsley in his office, bringing food (which he never ate for a variety of reasons) and trying to get him to either dismiss Ron into the Weasley's care through a house arrest or throw the case out. She dumped the last platter on the floor in anger when he finally grew enough balls to refuse her directly.

She took to lobbying with the surviving Order members by reminding them of the sacrifices she and her family made. But they weren't very sympathetic as the Brown family held their own lobbying for a fair trial.

She took to pestering Harry (who tried to rekindle his relationship with Ginny) to speak for Ron's behalf, he was willing to do so. But her nagging turned off Harry from the idea of a relationship with Ginny that he took to hiding out in the cramped apartment Bong, Lau, Hermione and now, a hidden Severus shared as they even invaded Grimmauld when he tried hiding out with his godfather there.

Even if Harry is willing to speak out for Ron, Kingsley dismissed him by saying his memories would suffice as evidence as he didn't want Harry to suffer for anything he says. Memories made visual are harder to contest. Thus the Wizengamot would view both Harry's and Hermione's memories in chronological order.


Their memories show the good and the bad side of Ron but some of the bad things that stuck with Lau in his profiling are these:

Harry's memories of Ron began when he first saw the Weasleys about to enter platform 9 and 3/4. They wizards of Wizengamot saw Ron deliberately come up to Harry because of his scar. He seemed dissatisfied with his life and sought out someone who has had an interesting life and popular to boot. When Harry told him that he didn't remember how his scar was made, still, Ron insisted by eagerly asking, "Nothing?"

Harry had not even remembered it as he'd always thought that Draco had been the first to be aggressive in that situation. But Ron had been the first to insult Draco by laughing at his name and in retrospect of watching this memory, the adult Harry realized that Draco had just reacted adversely.

As they viewed both Harry and Hermione's memories, they saw Ron bullying Hermione, making fun of her for being smart and capable. She had in fact ran away to cry and from this memory, Harry saw that Ron is very reluctant to go search for Hermione and was more worried about Percy catching them. It was only after this incident that Ron started "tolerating" Hermione.

Later on, it showed Ron accusing Hermione's cat of eating his rat even when evidence is placed right in front of him as the rat (Scabbers) became sick before Hermione even got her cat. But Ron refused to listen, blaming Crookshanks and subsequently Hermione for his rat's loss.

They also show how Harry was bullied by the members of the other houses and maltreated by Ron because he was jealous that Harry managed to find his way around Dumbledore's ring. He couldn't see that his friend needed his support and would not have gone back to Harry had the latter not had a crisis.

Finally, it showed how Ron tried to kiss Hermione and then insulted her when she refused his advances. Then, he accused her and Harry of having a relationship before leaving them in their search for Voldemort's Horcruxes. Unbeknown to Harry, he left to seek out Voldemort.


The judge insisted on having Ron's memories of his crimes be presented as they've already been verified by the Ministry's Occlumens to be un-tampered with. Since the question posited to the advance pensieve had been to see what memories Ron's mind found relevant to the case. It showed Ron's memories, but what was relevant for him had been his envy of his brothers' achievements. It showed of his resentment of Harry's fame and Hermione's intelligence and later of her relationship with someone else and her rejection of Ron's advances.

Molly screamed at Hermione saying that this is all her fault but her husband and Ginny shushed her. Ginny was shaking her head. "Mom, Hermione and Bong had been together far longer than Ron's interest with her. It's not her fault." Ginny told her mom who was given a citation by the judge for her interruption.


Ron's memories volunteered that he sought out Voldemort by calling his name. He offered his services, make him a gloried Death Eater and he will not only hand Harry over, he will let them inside Hogwarts.

Not many people knew this, but an essential requirement for the ritual to get the Dark Mark is that a person to be marked must put a literal dark mark on his soul by killing someone right before the ritual. Bellatrix, to test him, chose an 11-year-old Muggleborn who shared the same bushy hair as Hermione, but they do not resemble each other other than that. The young girl had just received her Hogwarts letter but has yet to attend the next term. She, her parents and her younger sister were held captives by Voldemort and his Death Eaters, he motioned to the girl whom Ron picked up.

The girl begged Ron not to hurt her or her family. He ignored her. Ron then proceeded to tear the girl's clothes off of her before he bent the girl over a table and raped her forcefully. "This blood traitor likes to rut with animals…" Bellatrix nastily commented in the background. The girl's parents struggled against their magical bonds.

Ron viciously bit, slapped and pulled the girl's hair alternatingly as he violated her body. He fixated his attention on her hair which he tugs on painfully as he rode her. "Please don't…" The girl begged but Ron was relentless.

"Who has a bigger dick, Hermione? Me or your boyfriend?" Ron snarled at the girl who whimpered. "Please, don't hurt me. I'm not Hermione." The girl answered, Ron slapped her. "You're Hermione." He insisted. She sniffled. "I'm Hermione." She answered. "Shut up you slag!" Ron replied as he slapped her again. "So who is bigger? Mine or that Bong's?" Ron insisted. The girl hesitated but Ron grabbed her hair more forcefully. "Who?!" He snarled against her neck. "Yours…" The girl cried out as Ron released into her.


Somebody in the court threw up when Ron killed not only the girl but her entire family as well. Arthur has his hands on his face while Charlie and Bill furiously left. Sirius and Remus held Bong and Harry back as they struggled to get to where Ron is held. Ron taunted him. Lau got out of his seat at the side and helped Sirius and Remus. "Bong, let's just go." Hermione said in a strange strangled voice. Bong allowed Hermione and Sirius to lead him away. Harry wanted to remain but Sirius and Remus dragged him with them.

They really didn't need to be there, the transcript for the trial is publicly available and Lau had to remain there as he was the one doing the psychological profile for Ron.

The next few minutes would show more of Ron's victims and how he killed them. Most murders he'd committed in the Battle of Hogwarts, with people who appealed to him for mercy. The Brown family would cry as they reached Ron's memory of killing Lavender. Many are thinking that it was a good thing that he didn't have enough time to kill more. But these 7 victims have been more than enough.

Hermione didn't say a word as Bong led her to their room and held her in his arms closing his eyes as he imagined what would have happened to Hermione had Draco and Dobby not rescued them or Ron had his way with her. Hermione kissed his cheek. "I know of what you're thinking. But those things didn't happen. They could but they didn't. I'm fine. We'll be good." Hermione tried assuring him but Bong stubbornly clung on to his black mood. Hermione sat on him and started tickling him until he laughingly relented to changing his mood and they talked about new ice cream flavors that Hermione wanted to try.


* No notes on where he was sorted so I'm taking a guess.