A Life Changing Moment

Chapter Twenty-One

"I will question him myself before anything will be discussed" states Amelia putting her foot down with agreement from the others present even Severus.

Severus says quickly "I will fetch another vial of veritaserum" as the others nod in agreement as he is a recognize Potions Master.

With Severus gone, the others take a seat in the Dumbledore's office waiting for the questioning to begin.

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Within minutes, Severus returns to give Barty another dose of veritaserum as Amelia begins her questioning.

Amelia asks calmly "What is your full name and the name of your parents?" as two base questions use during most questioning to ensure the batch of veritaserum is working properly from his old Hogwarts's records.

"My name is Barty Matthew Crouch the son of Barty David Crouch and Olivia Jane Crouch nee Grey" states Barty in a monotone voice.

"When did you become an death eater and take the mark of Lord Voldemort?" asks Amelia as it's a common question to ask death eaters.

Barty simply answers "The day after my eighteenth birthday on August 28th 1979"

"Where you involve in the attack against Lord and Lady Longbottom on November 2nd 1981?" asks Amelia wanting to know more about the attack that left her two friends in Janus Thickey Ward in St. Mungo's Hospital for the rest of their lives.

Barty replies by saying "I was not involve in the torture of Lord and Lady Longbottom; however, I hid Heir Longbottom away from the Lestranges as a child should have a chance to live" as his godson was the same age as Neville.

"How did you manage to escape Azkaban?" asks Amelia wanting to know about any security measures that need to be in place to avoid this from occurring again such as they added wards against animagus since Sirius's own escape from prision.

Barty calmly says "My mother's dying wish was to see me free from Azkaban, so my father complied with my mother's wish. My mother took polyjuice potion to trade places with myself and I left with my father as my mother through polyjuice potion" with that answer Amelia knows to add to a ward against polyjuice potion as well.

"Where you involve with attack at the Quidditch World Cup?" asks Amelia wanting to know more about the recent death eater attack.

Barty simply says "I did not take part in the attack at the Quidditch World Cup" as his father found him before he could leaving their house-elf alone in the chaos holding Harry's wand.

Amelia asks her next question "Why are you currently at Hogwarts?" wanting to know why this man is around her niece and other children.

"My mission from the Dark Lord was to place Harry Potter's name in the Goblet of Fire because the Dark Lord was planning to kidnap Harry in the third task as the Cup would be a portkey to complete a ritual to return him to his body" explains Barty before currently to say "That is why I was posing as Alastor Moody in order to get close to Harry in order to guide him"

"Do you know what this ritual is?" asks Amelia wanting to research ways to stop Voldemort from returning.

Barty answers "No but I know that I will be summon to find another way for the ritual to occur"

Amelia then asks "Do you personal know anything about Voldemort in order to defeat him?"

"I believe that the Dark Lord horcruxes" says Barty in response to Amelia's questions.

Amelia simply asks "Who are you loyal to?" as her last question and Barty simply says "My godson" as the effects of veritaserum wears off.

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After the questioning was complete, everybody expect for Dumbledore and Barty where thinking about what was said.

Augusta states breaking the silence "If Barty helps defeat Voldemort, I will support him in this trial after the war" as Dumbledore, Sirius, and the Greengrass all agree with her statement.

"If that is the case I will give my support as the proxy for the Most Ancient and Noble House of Bones and as the Head of the DMLE" says Amelia in agreement especially if the Most Ancient and Noble of Longbottom agrees as it was a crime against their house that sentenced Barty to Azkaban.

Sirius simply asks "What's next?" in regards to defeating Voldemort once and for all.

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