Daddy Mooney Chapter 5
**The Transcript of Sirius Black's Veritiserum Questioning**
**Interviewer Tiber Maxamilian Adolphus **
**Witnesses: Amelia Bones, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, and Jessica Tamblyn**
Adolphus: State your name.
Black: Sirius Orion Black
How did you escape Azkaban?
I am an unregistered animagus
What form do you take
A Dog
What drove you to escape?
I saw that my godson, Harry had been kidnapped in a muggle newspaper. The muggle PM was
touring Azkaban and I asked for the paper to get a closer look at his photo.
Why would you wish to see Harry?
He's my godson, and he was in danger, I wanted to make sure I could help, however I was too weak after being starved for so long, a fisherman took me in my dog form until I was strong enough to move on.
You betrayed his parents to Voldemort, why would you care for the boy.
I did not betray James or Lily
Explain yourself
I felt I would be too obvious a choice and urged James to select Peter Pettigrew as I would be to obvious. I cast the fidelius charm.
What about the night that you murdered Peter.
He did not die, he was an unregistered animagus himself, a rat. He blew up the street and cut off his finger before fleeing.
Why did you not state this at the time of the trial?
I was never given a trial.
At this Tiber stopped and motioned for Sirius to be given the antidote and put in a holding cell. "Jessica! Why wasn't this in my report? Go dig through all we have on Sirius Black!" His secretary ran from the room to dig through ministry records. "Dammit Amelia! What has happened? If what he says is true then the Ministry is going to be in a tight spot. Those calling for a new prison will have new arguments in the courts. An innocent man in Azkaban? Imagine if he never left?"
"Based on the memories I have from Auror Tonks and Remus Lupin, Black actually was fighting the Death Eaters. Not exactly the actions of an innocent man."
Tiber grumbled and reached into his robes for a pipe. "If that's the case then we should release him, tonight. We no longer have justifiable cause to lock him up." He lit the tobacco and took a long drag. "However let us wait a few hours, processing and the like, maybe Tamblyn will have found something. While we're at it, call in Barty Crouch. If memory serves he was department head at that time." Tiber stormed off and made his way to his office to floo call Crouch.
While the entire ordeal was unfolding Remus had been sitting with his face in his hands, crying silently. Dora was offering her silent comfort, rubbing his back. Dumbledore meanwhile sat in stoic silence, deep in thought.
o.O.o.O.o
As the DMLE officials bid the other's adieu and went to their offices to overlook the case of Sirius Black, but it looked positive.
"Now do you see why the boy must live with his aunt and unc-"Albus said turning to Dora and Remus.
"Don't you dare start! He is not going with those people! I barely got there a few hours after you left and they had already put him in the cupboard! Remember what I had told you?"
"Yes but after the attack."
"But nothing, there is a very short list of people who know where Harry lives, the only untrustworthy one is Snape!" Dora cut back her hair had turned an angry red.
"I trust him."
"Do you? Why?" Dora asked.
"The reasons would betray his confidence, alas I cannot tell you."
"It's because he loved Lily isn't it?" Remus deadpanned, the look in Albus' eyes gave him all the confirmation he needed. "How do I know? Because she told us after she started dating James." He paused as memories of a time long gone came to the surface. "Do you also know why she dropped their relationship? Because he was up to his eyeballs in the dark arts, it got to the point where she couldn't ignore it anymore. So give me another reason why you trust him?"
Albus remained silent.
"Now if you don't mind we're going to our son and to figure out a new safe place to live."
With that Dora and Remus turned heel and walked out of the door. They interlinked hands and were walking up the atrium to the exit, Dora had controlled her emotions again and turned her hair to a softer shade of pink highlighting her blonde hair.
"Wait." The aged wizard called to them.
They paused and turned around waiting for the bearded man to catch up.
"There is a safe place for him. As Chief of the Wizengamot, I can order the will of James and Lily unsealed, there should be a part in their giving his guardian the right to move into the ancient home of the Potter's Pottere Lufe. The ward's there should be good enough, you can also hire out the goblins upgrade them to nigh on impregnable levels. It won't be cheap, but it'll be the best and safest option if he won't be allowed to go to his family."
Remus and Dora viewed him warily. "When can we move in?"
"Tonight, if you go to Gringotts, you have to take Harry though, and proof of your adoption. Shall I meet you there in half an hour?"
They nodded and walked to the exit together.
o.O.o.O.o
One of the fires in the Atrium flashed green and Walden McNair walked out. He spotted the damned werewolf and his bitch, a curse formed on his lips, but he noticed Albus Dumbledore with them. It would not be wise, to attack here. But where was the boy? He walked down, acting as if he had a task to get to in his offices when he heard the end of their conversation about going to Gringotts. The trio vanished and he turned back, returning to his estate, if they were to be going to Gringotts that could only mean they were going to move the boy to Potter's estate, he had no idea where that might be but the Pureblood register he had in his library might have something. He had to figure it out before the wards were too strong.
o.O.o.O.o
Remus and Dora entered their home and got all of the necessary legal forms and grabbed their more important belongings placing them in a trunk and shrinking it. Their long day would hopefully be done soon and they could finally rest. The couple appeared at Minerva's cabin and knocked on the door, she answered and welcomed them in, Jack and Shyla had been put into a dreamless sleep and were laying on a conjured bed with Hermione. Harry was sleeping on Minerva's own bed.
"How are they taking everything?"
"Better than can be expected. However it's been a long day for them, I offered them the potion and they took it."
"Well our day still isn't over." Remus said going over to pick up Harry, "We had a chat with Dumbledore."
Minerva scowled, ever since the debacle with Severus she had not trusted the man as she once had.
Remus raised his hands in a placating manner, "I know, I know, but he mentioned getting Harry into Pottere Lufe, now that he knows who Harry's guardian is, and after the threat made to his life he is willing to open the will of Lily and James, which will give us permission, hopefully to move there. The wards will keep him safe."
Minerva raised an eyebrow and waved them off, wishing them luck, she still did not trust Albus wholly, yet if he was willing to concede and allow others to rule themselves without his input, then well, who was she to argue?
o.O.o.O.o
Albus sat in the Leaky Cauldron nursing a tall Guinness and smoking a long pipe of Longbottom Leaf. He was a naturally trusting man and had trusted Severus, even in the face of damming evidence. He knew what was required of a man to become a Death Eater, and in his foolishness he believed that because Severus Snape had loved Lily Evans and had allegedly 'repented' he was trustworthy.
He truly did believe that men could repent of their ways and turn away from them, even after the horrors Death Eaters committed on their fellow man. Yet Severus had not repented for 'good' reasons, it was still selfish, he remembered the man begging for Lily's life, but not for James and Harry. How could he have been so foolish? Remus and Dora must have been correct in their suspicions, and now he added his own doubts. There truly was only one way the Death Eater's would have known where Harry was. But his musings were interrupted by the arrival of the family in question via floo.
Nymphadora was holding Harry, but Remus held out his hand to shake his before they headed down to the bank.
The Potter account manager; Ripjaw was waiting for them on the steps of the bank.
"Welcome, shall we proceed? As I understand we must be quick about our business."
"That would be great, thank your Ripjaw" Dumbledore said respectfully.
"Follow me." Ripjaw led them through the oak front doors and down the extensive labyrinth of offices. He sat behind the stone desk encrusted with jewels and beckoned for the others to sit.
It was a rather short and quick meeting, with a lot of signing of documents, and minimal amounts of blood. Ripjaw knew that time was of the essence and as such went only over the protections of the main Potter residence, and had a key created.
"Now with you being the official guardian as Harry Potter, as well as your mention in the will of the Potter's you will sit in Harry's place on the Wizengamot. Furthering this you won't be recognized as a 'dark creature', your marriage with Ms. Tonks here will be made legal."
What he was going to say was lost in Dora's shriek of joy she threw herself into her husband's arms and kissed him passionately.
"Our warding specialists will be there tomorrow morning and should be finished evaluating and upgrading by next Wednesday."
"I'll pay five-thousand galleons more for them to be there in an hour and be done on Monday"
"Eight-thousand"
"Six"
"Done!" Ripjaw barked holding his hand out to the werewolf for which he had a deal more respect for.
With that Dumbledore vanished quickly to return to Hogwarts, he was still feeling guilt over the fiasco that was kidnapping Harry. Remus stopped by Florean and Fortescue's and purchased two ice-creams after placing a stasis charm on them the family disappeared.
o.O.o.O.o
Sirius laid back in his cell, he had just slurped down a thick vegetable broth and had just been seen to by a few healers who fixed a few fractured ribs and gave him some balancing potions. He had no desire to escape this time. If he had been found guilty he would have been kissed already. He would be a free man, and soon.
o.O.o.O.o
Severus Snape was waiting at the foot of the stairs to the Headmasters office by the time Dumbledore had returned.
"Ah, Severus, just the man I wanted to see. Come upstairs if you will."
"What urgent business called you away headmaster?"
"It would appear that Death Eater's attacked Remus Lupin."
"And the result?"
"He fought them off, his wife was there as well. Also Sirius Black app-"
"BLACK? The traitor?"
"It would appear that he was not truly the traitor, during his questioning it came to light that he had not been given a proper trial, Pettigrew was the secret keeper, but that is besides the point." Albus turned his back to Severus.
"No?"
"As it is Severus, there is only one way for Death Eaters to learn of the Potter's whereabouts"
Out of the folds of his robes, Snape touched his wand. "What way is that?"
Faster than the potions master thought possible Dumbledore turned around, ropes flying from his wand binding the greasy haired man.
"It was you Severus, you told the Death Eater's, Auror's are on their way as we speak." The old man held up a small device that was a link to the DMLE office.
"You are just as culpable as me old man! You told me where they lived, even sent me to take the boy! Oh I'll tell them everything."
"I hope you do Severus, for all I did was in interest of protecting him, you sought his death. Who do you think will gain the upper hand in the courts? I think I have had a change of heart regarding my trust of you. Perhaps you might even get a trial."
Severus pushed against his bindings trying to get his wand that had fallen to the floor which Dumbledore summoned. Just then the Auror's flashed through Dumbledore's floo and apprehended Snape. With a flash of flame they were gone again. Dumbledore sighed, and sat at his desk and began looking through the records of Potion Masters in Britain, surely there would be one who is searching for a job. No rest for the wicked, he thought as he lit a pipe and began his search.
o.O.o.O.o
Author's Notes
I own not a single bit of Harry Potter
Sorry this took so long, with the previous chapters I had already had most of them written out, add that to the fact I've had a few midterms and essay's, you get the picture, this is also shorter than the other ones, but I wanted to get you guys something sooner rather than later
I think just a chapter or more should do it for this one, I am going to ignore Horcruxes for this one, just because I don't want to include them in my little tale.
I'm also working on a few threads for two other stories.
I hope I can get a better posting schedule set up, but we'll see where and when my inspiration/time will come
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