Another Beginning
Chapter 19
Little-Bast - It ante over yet! The best is just beginning as for Fudge's small trial they had enough to imprison him. The I.C.W feel Fudge is unimportant in the grand scheme of things…its Dumbledore they want to get their claws into.
Watching Harry Potter as i type this up! :) xD poor hedwig! not looking forward to seeing Dobby die...or Snape in the next part! two favourite characters and they die not fair eh :(
Trial Continues Part 2
"Have you ever illegally imprisoned anyone?" asked Carter already knowing the answer to that question. He had seen the pensive memories, and saw Harry demolish an entire block in Azkaban prison. Which couldn't even be magically fixed, it was some feat indeed.
"Yes" admitted Dumbledore in that same monotone voice.
"Who?" asked Carter. Glaring at the wizards and witches who were gasping and muttering in shock. This wasn't a bloody playground! It was a courtroom, and he demanded silence. His look thankfully was enough to quell all their stupid little questions and fearful ramblings.
"Sirius Black, Hermione Granger, Regulus Black, Ronald Weasley, Gellert Grindelwald, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Fredrick Weasley, George Weasley, Ginny Weasley" admitted Dumbledore.
"Gellert Grindelwald was falsely imprisoned why?" asked Harry wide eyed. Even Carter seemed unable to ask any questions, too stunned by the implications of Grindelwald being falsely imprisoned. Even in America that name was wildly known.
"He was after the three Deathly Hallows I couldn't allow him to continue" said Dumbledore.
"The three Deathly hallows?" frowned Harry in confusion.
"Yes, the Elder wand, the invisibility cloak and the resurrection stone" said Dumbledore.
"Resurrection stone?" stuttered Harry, sounding very nervous now indeed.
"Do you know the location of any of these?" asked Severus coming back, feeling much calmer now that Jasper had worked his own brand of magic.
"Harry Potter has one of the three Deathly Hallows his cloak, I have the Elder wand the resurrection stone I'm afraid I was unable to find" admitted Dumbledore, his entire face covered in sweat.
"What did you plan with these objects?" asked Carter finally able to speak.
"Is that why he wanted me dead? For my fucking cloak?" asked Harry his eyes wide, pleading with someone to deny it. To tell him it was all a stupid mistake and he had misheard.
Severus just glanced at him with sadness and sympathy, so like how he had been just a couple of minutes ago. If he hadn't been a vampire, Harry was pretty sure his feet would have bucked from under him.
"Oh for god sakes! You were the most powerful wizard alive why would you need more power?" shrieked Hermione, Rosalie was holding her back; Harry turned his attention back to what was happening. He had missed Dumbledore's answer, from Hermione's rant he could guess what he had said.
"Did Grindelwald actually do anything?" asked Carter getting back to the original line of questioning. The Wizengamont were just staring now in mute horror, hoping to wake up from this nightmare they found themselves in. Fudge they didn't care about, he was easily replaceable. Sure they were shocked at what he did, but what Dumbledore had done was worse. They had loved Dumbledore; he had been the master of light for one hundred years. To find out he was dark, darker than maybe even Voldemort was a blow they had never imagined or had nightmare's about.
"No, I did" admitted Dumbledore.
Jasper had to calm everyone down; he hadn't used his Empathy for such a big setting before. He was actually straining to keep everyone calm, when he felt like he was in the middle of such a big hailstorm of emotions.
"Did the rest of the Weasley's know what they were condemning their younger children to?" asked Esme Cullen looking utterly ashamed of Dumbledore. She couldn't help herself but ask for she couldn't imagine a mother doing such a thing.
"Yes" admitted Dumbledore.
"Where are they?" asked Ronald Weasley his voice cold and hard.
"In England, the Griffin's horn, Harry Potter's grandfather's ancestor's home" said Dumbledore.
"You housed them in my home?" squawked Harry shocked.
"It should have already been mine" snapped Dumbledore angrily; the Veritaserum was obviously beginning to run out. Carter must have realized this because he poured three more drops into Dumbledore's slack mouth.
"What else have you done for the greater good?" asked Severus Snape his face and voice full of scorn.
Dumbledore seemingly couldn't answer shocking Severus Snape into silence.
"What does that mean?" asked Harry alarmed Dumbledore seemed to be in a lot of pain. Was he fighting the potion? He had never seen Dumbledore fight it so much.
"It means that he has done so much the questions are going to have to be more specific" said Severus with a sigh, he was very tired suddenly. He had wanted revenge, but now he knew it all he just wanted to curl up somewhere and sleep forever.
"Fantastic!" said Harry groaning in exasperation.
"What have you stolen that doesn't belong to you?" asked Carter, remembering him going on about the Invisibility cloak, perhaps the Elder wand didn't belong to him either.
"I have taken money from the Prince, Potter, Black, Evans and Pettigrew vaults" said Dumbledore.
"Why?" asked Harry incredulously?
"No one knows but the Dumbledore money had gone long ago, my mother spent all the Dumbledore money getting my father a decent attorney. Then looking after my sister after what happened to her…there was enough money for me and Aberforth for a few years. I began setting up charities after dragging my name back from the pits of hell. I had enough to get by; the more popular I got the more money I got. Then I made sure James and Lily die by compelling Sirius to after Peter through a liquid imperious I had everyone out of the way and all the money I could ever need" said Dumbledore.
This time vampire or not Harry did collapse, ironically enough it was Severus who stopped him falling. Severus himself wasn't fairing much better either, betrayal was clear as day on all faces more so on that of Harry and Severus.
"Pure evil" murmured Esme her hand covering her mouth her face a picture of horror.
"How did you plan on killing Harry after his defeat of Voldemort?" asked Carter.
"After making sure he signed all his possessions over to me, I was going to kill him with an undetectable poison" admitted Dumbledore.
"Why imprison all of those people?" asked Carter.
"Potter's friends were making him weak, I needed him strong, broken willing to do anything to kill Voldemort" said Dumbledore.
"You created Voldemort, why?" asked Harry.
That surely had everyone twitching.
"I needed a new dark Lord, I didn't realize just how far he would go or how powerful he would become" said Dumbledore.
"Why?" asked Harry desperately.
"I was becoming unpopular" said Dumbledore.
Everything was stopped short, when dainty lady like Esme and Alice Cullen slapped Dumbledore across the face. Emmett was cheering them on, but Carlisle and Rosalie quickly held them back. They had an air of extreme satisfaction on themselves, and two black handprints were already blooming on Dumbledore's face.
Carter quickly calmed everyone down, and asked the Wizengamont to choose. They didn't even need a minute to decide, Azkaban it was for him, with his own personal Dementor. Extra protection wards placed so he couldn't get out, and magic dampening bracelets were affixed on his wrists before he even got out.
"Albus Dumbledore you are forthright herby stripped of your titles, you will no longer be mentioned in history. Everything from pictures to information will no longer be read. No one will remember your name or what you have done" sneered Minister Bones. As she said that, millions of uneaten and collected chocolate frogs burst into flames, pictures and books that mentioned him suddenly went blank, then the ink crawled up the pages and resumed their new places. Albus Dumbledore's worst fears were coming to fution and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
Carter gripped Dumbledore under the arm and hauled him up, what happened next was too quick for anyone to stop. Once again, Dumbledore was punched in the face this time by Severus. The most shocking of all was Hermione, who had decided to do some permanent damage to Dumbledore and kicked him in the balls. Dumbledore screamed in pain, falling to the floor clutching himself moaning in agony.
"That is for Lily" snarled Severus Snape. "That was for putting my in Azkaban!" snarled Hermione. They said in sync almost as one.
Thats pretty much the end of the trial what did you think of it? hope everyone got all satisfaction from the story and glad i sort of included some true happenings in DH into the story...did it work well together? or did i ruin it? how about the bit where Dumbledore's existance was erased from everything? even the little chocolate frog cards? xD last chance on what you want to happen to dumbledore... wish i had something very different becuase i want this story to be unique...dumbledore kissed or sentenced to azkaban has been way overdone just wanted something really different :/ maybe i should stick to burning him at the stake! what do you think of that lol bring back the salem witch (Wizard) trials? R&R plz