The Magical World Exposed
by Healer Pomfrey
All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.
Warnings: COMPLETELY AU! If you don't like this, just stop reading and write your own story more to your liking.
When the world stopped turning around in front of his eyes, Harry found himself in what seemed to be a large office, similar to the one at Potter Manor. However, he was not at Potter Manor. He was at an unknown place, and a very old wizard was standing in front of him.
"Harry," the old man spoke up, stroking his long beard, "how nice of you to visit me."
"I'm not Harry, but Lord Potter," Harry growled, "and I did not visit you, but you abducted me."
'I think it's Dumbledore, who abducted me,' he quickly thought to Hermione, trying not to panic. 'Can you send Flora after me please?'
"Lord Potter?" Dumbledore queried in disbelief. "But Harry, you're much too young, and you might not know it, but I'm your guardian in the magical world, and you need my help for your fight with Voldemort."
"You're neither my guardian, nor do I need your assistance for Voldemort," Harry replied in a firm voice, before he grabbed Flora's tail feathers, as soon as she appeared in a bunch of small flowers and turned her back towards him.
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An instant later, Harry found himself back in the living room of his parents' quarters at Hogwarts.
"Thanks Flora, you're the best," he told the phoenix, before he thanked Hermione for sending the phoenix after him. With his familiar perched on his shoulder, he let himself sink onto the sofa next to her, letting out a relieved sigh.
"Harry, what happened?" Annette asked in apparent concern. "Are you completely unharmed?"
"I'm fine," Harry reassured her and quickly explained about his short visit to Dumbledore Manor.
"I'll see to it that he'll be punished for this," Sirius spoke up, seemingly upset, and headed to the fireplace to call the Minister of Magic.
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Argus Filch was a very unhappy man. He'd so love to be an ordinary wizard, however, his magical level had always been at two percent, which made him a Squib. Maybe things would be easier for him if he was living in the Muggle world, however, after a huge disappointment involving the love of his life, he had taken on his job in the magical world, knowing that he would never leave this world again, even if he didn't really belong to it.
One day, shortly after the beginning of the new school year, a strange sensation penetrated his head, and he had to learn that he was now possessed by a spirit. Above all, it seemed to be the spirit of one very evil wizard, who made it very clear that he definitely did not even intend to possess something unworthy like himself, a non magical person.
Argus was not stupid. He realised that the spirit must have possessed him in order to gain a new body. However, he was not suicidal and had no intention of giving up his own body. Fortunately, he noticed soon that the spirit, in spite of being magical, was not able to hurt him in any way. Therefore, his only reaction to the spirit living in his head was that he began to wear a turban to prevent people from noticing his mishap. However, he did not listen to the spirit's orders, threats and swearing.
'I wished the spirit would just leave,' he thought, however, he had comprehended by now that the spirit seemed to be unable to do so. 'Maybe I should ask Pomfrey if she can help me. She's the kindest witch of all. But what'll happen if she doesn't know what to do about it?' he worried and dismissed the idea of asking for help.
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Everyone in the castle noticed that Filch, the caretaker, suddenly developed the habit of wearing a smelly turban, and the girls could not prevent themselves from giggling at his sight.
Harry, however, realised with a combination of surprise and shock that his scar suddenly hurt every time when the caretaker was nearby.
"I think it's Filch who's possessed by Voldemort," he informed the adults of his enlarged family as well as the founders.
"As soon as the Horcruxes are destroyed, we'll teach you a spell that you can cast at Mr. Filch," Rowena promised.
However, so far, Harry had not received any further information concerning the Horcruxes from the goblins. 'I just hope that they'll be able to destroy them for us,' he thought, whenever he passed Filch in the corridors.
Unfortunately, it was only two months later, that he met Buckbean again, only to hear devastating news from the kind goblin.
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On a snowy winter evening shortly before Christmas, the headmistress called Harry and David into her office.
"Let's see what she wants. We didn't do anything that calls for punishment though," Harry said to David and Trouble, who was following them towards the headmistress' office. "Ginger rabbit," he told the password to the gargoyle that opened instantly.
"Hello Harry and David," McGonagall greeted him, friendly as usual, before she noticed the dog and added, "and Trouble."
"Our mother said you wanted to see us, Professor?" Harry queried, observing how Trouble greeted the headmistress in apparent excitement.
"Yes," McGonagall confirmed and sighed, before she explained that Professor Dumbledore was going to have a trial the next morning because of abducting Harry. "Minister Weasley has offered to accompany us to the trial, and Sirius and David will join us as witnesses. I believe that Buckbean will make an appearance as well."
"All right, Professor. Thank you very much for your help in this matter," Harry replied, knowing that the headmistress had worked together with the Minister of Magic and his godfather to get a trial for Dumbledore.
"You're very welcome dear," McGonagall replied, smiling fondly at the boys. "Please come to my office with Sirius after breakfast, so that we can travel to the Ministry together."
Together with Sirius and Professor McGonagall, the twins sat down in the court room, curiously looking around. To Harry's surprise, the room was quite full with people. 'Why are they all interested in a trial between Dumbledore and me?' he wondered, hoping that they had not all come to help the former headmaster of Hogwarts.
The Minister of Magic was the first to speak and greeted everyone to the trial of Albus Dumbledore. "Albus Dumbledore is accused of abducting Lord Potter and keeping valuable treasures belonging to Lord Potter," he explained, and the journalists' quills moved over their parchments in a fast speed.
Harry was questioned first and explained how Dumbledore had taken him from Diagon Alley to what he believed had to be Dumbledore Manor and that he had not given him his invisibility cloak and Pensieve in spite of multiple requests.
David and Sirius could only confirm Harry's words, before McGonagall was questioned and told the public how Dumbledore had tried to return Harry to his abusive relatives three years ago.
"Fortunately, we could convince his new family to move and live in hiding," the headmistress added, glaring at Dumbledore.
"You knew about the matter?" Dumbledore blurted out, interrupting his former colleague. "You were my deputy at that time." Turning to the judge, he explained, using his grandfatherly voice once more, "I was only concerned about Harry's safety, which was also why I wished to speak with him in private at Dumbledore Manor the other day. Harry has always been like a grandson to me."
"Very well," the judge replied and, after asking McGonagall and the other witnesses if they had anything else to add, decided to question Dumbledore under Veritaserum.
Under Veritaserum, Dumbledore admitted that he wanted to keep Harry close, knowing that he was going to be more powerful than himself at one time. However, he also confirmed that he wished to assist Harry against Voldemort for the greater good. As to the question why he was still in the possession of the invisibility cloak and the Pensieve belonging to Lord Potter, he explained that the invisibility cloak was one of the three hallows and as such a very valuable object that he'd rather keep himself than give it to an eleven-year-old and that he was more in need of the Pensieve than a Hogwarts student in his first Hogwarts year.
After a thirty-minute break, the verdict was announced. Albus Dumbledore was deprived of his function as the head of the Wizengamot and was instructed to return Harry's items to its rightful owner and to stay away from Harry and Hogwarts. If he did not comply, he would be sent to Azkaban for a ten-year stay.
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Harry was just about to relax and be happy, when Buckbean stepped over to him, seemingly out of nowhere.
"Buckbean," Harry and David greeted the goblin, surprised but glad to see their magical guardian. "I was wondering where you were," Harry added.
"I was watching the trial, ready to interfere if the need arose," Buckbean replied, "but there was no need for my meddling." He gave Harry a sharp look, before he continued, "I have good and bad news for you, Lord Potter. Will I be welcome to visit with your family tonight?"
"Of course, Buckbean. You're always very welcome at our home," Harry replied, worried about what bad news the goblin was going to reveal.
"Sirius," the Minister of Magic approached the small group. "May I have a word in private please?"
"Of course," Sirius replied, seemingly astonished, before he turned to the headmistress. "Minerva, will you please take these two back to Hogwarts?"
"Of course," McGonagall replied, smiling. "We should leave quickly," she added, pointing to a small group of reporters who were heading in their direction.
'Oh no,' Harry thought and called Flora, who appeared immediately, scattering around a small bunch of flowers as usual. "Flora, can you please take Professor McGonagall, David and me back to Hogwarts?" he whispered, causing the phoenix to turn her back to them, so that they could easily grab her tail feathers.
An instant later, they were back in the O'Briens' quarters at Hogwarts.
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"Professor, do you think Dumbledore will leave us in peace now?" Harry queried, quirking an eyebrow.
"I hope so," McGonagall replied, crisply. "Otherwise, he'll soon find himself in Azkaban."
"What we need here is the Marauders' Map," Sirius threw in, who had just stepped out of the fireplace hearing Harry's question. Seeing the headmistress cast him a questioning look, he explained, "It's a map that displays any person at Hogwarts under their real name. We made it in our fourth and fifth year, however, unfortunately, Filch took it from us stating that it was a dangerous, magical object."
"I'll ask Mr. Filch," McGonagall promised, smiling at Sirius, who still reminded her of a big child.
"He won't know it," Sirius said, darkly. "If not activated, it's only a blank parchment. I'd really appreciate it if we could get it back in order to keep the children safe."
"I'll see to it right after lunch, which is going to commence in ten minutes," McGonagall replied and motioned everyone to accompany her to the Great Hall for lunch.
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At the Ravenclaw table, Harry and David explained everything about the trial to their excited girlfriends, not caring that their housemates were listening in with apparent interest.
"Wait, the Marauders' Map?" Ginny suddenly spoke up, pensively. Seeing Harry and David stare at her in expectation, she added, "I think the twins have that. They found it in Filch's office during their first year or so. Let me go and ask them."
"We really ought to get together with those twins and play some pranks," David whispered to Harry.
"Yes, that's true. We've barely ever had the chance to speak with them since we came here," Harry agreed, immediately.
A moment later, Ginny returned, handing David an empty parchment, whispering, "The Marauders' Map."
"Thanks Ginny," David said, gratefully, before he turned to Harry. "Shall we give it to Sirius?"
"Yeah, maybe that's the best," Harry replied, thoughtfully. "If he shows us how it works, we can still ask him to leave it to us for the time being."
Together, they headed to the high table to give the map to their godfather, when Harry remembered that he still had not told them what the Minister of Magic had wanted earlier.
tbc...