Elian followed his mother towards the Ministry of Magic headquarters and asked her, "Mum, what exactly do you do in the Ministry? I know dad's head of the Auror Office, but you don't talk about your job as much as dad does."

Cynthia told her son, "I'm a judge within law enforcement. We recently picked up a wizard accused of using the Cruciatus Curse on a group of Muggles for sport. Sickening."

"It really is, isn't it? I read books about Harry Potter's time, and the Death Eaters were horrible people. Professor Longbottom at Hogwarts knows that more than anyone."

Cynthia nodded, "Indeed, it's a shame what happened to his parents. But nobody is above the law."

Elian considered telling his mother about what he'd gone through when he was nine, but didn't. As they went into the ministry headquarters, he continued to think about telling her.

As they sat in the council chambers, two aurors brought in a prisoner and his mother asked, "Reginald Scott, you stand here accused of using an Unforgivable Curse on muggles. How do you plead?"

The man laughed, "What does it matter to you? The Blackwood family has weakened recently. You act as if Muggles are equel to wizards! How pathetic!"

3 hours later...

The prisoner had been convicted and sentenced to life in Azkaban, and shortly after he was taken away, he tugged on his mother's sleeve and said, "M-Mum... I want to report a crime..."

Cynthia's eyes widened when her son mentioned witnessing a crime and asked, "Are you sure you saw a crime? What did you witness?"

"I didn't witness it. I was the victim." before reaching into his bag and pulling out a journal. "Pop's a criminal, he... he tortured me for two weeks! He needs to rot in Azkaban!" before sobbing into his own hands

Cynthia yelled out, "What!? Why would he do that!?" before reading Elian's journal

2 years ago... August 7th 2006

Cynthia was away on business, when his father called him into the living room and said, "Alright Elian, we need to talk." before sitting his son down in a chair and continuing, "You show no magical abilities, and you would dishonor our family name if you turn out to be a Squib. So, I have a test." before drawing his wand and yelling, "Crucio!"

Elian screamed in pain as his father subjected him to the Torture Curse, crying as he did, "Father, please! It hurts, why are you doing this!?"

"I will not let our family name be muddied by a Squib! If you want this to stop, prove you have magical abilities!"

For the next two weeks, Elian was constantly tortured by his father through means of the Cruciatus Curse. Every day, he'd write in a journal about his experience, shortly before his father used a memory charm on him.

Back to present day...

Cynthia was in tears as she read her son's journal and hugged him crying, "Elian, I'm so sorry! I should have been there for you! You deserve justice!"

Elian was crying as well as his mother hugged him, "B-But father... won't he go to Azkaban?"

Cynthia wiped tears from her eye as she said, "Yes, yes he will. But if he would commit such unforgivable crimes on his own son, he deserves to rot there!" before taking her son with her to report the crime to the proper authorities.

Ten minutes later in Godric's Hollow...

Nathaniel was sleeping in his bedroom, when he heard loud pounding on his door. As he put his slippers on, he went downstairs to see two Aurors, along with his son and wife, with Elian hiding behind his mother. He asked them, "Cynthia, is something wrong?"

Cynthia pushed her way past the two Aurors and slapped her husband across the face yelling, while in tears, "Don't you dare act like you're innocent! Elian told me everything! You tortured your only son just for the sake of politics! You are no husband of mine!"

Nathaniel recoiled from the slap and said, "Cynthia, please! You know Elian has an overactive imagination; I would never hurt him!"

Cynthia yelled as she pulled out her son's journal, "Then explain this! Elian kept records of his torture, even with your damned memory charms!"

Nathaniel's eyes widened before turning to anger, trying to rush to his son, "You stupid boy! How dare you!" before being restrained by the Aurors after one of them used the Disarming Charm on him. "I did this for our family!"

Elian was flooding with tears, but managed to say, "I hate you! Fathers should love their children regardless of anything! You're a monster! You deserve to rot in Azkaban!" before punching his father in the face, knocking a tooth out before holding his hand in pain.

Nathaniel was shocked when his son knocked a tooth out of his mouth and stumbled, "You're no son of mine!" before looking to Cynthia, "Cynthia, darling, please, you have to understand! If Elian was a Squib, it would ruin our reputation! Surely my actions were justified!"

She shook her head, "No, you have no right to torture our son! Rot in Azkaban while I work out the divorce papers!"

Elian was shocked that his mother mentioned divorce but said nothing to argue.

The Aurors took Nathaniel outside as they said, "Nathaniel Blackwood, you are under arrest for use of the Cruciatus Curse and child abuse. You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have a right to a lawyer. If you cannot afford one, you will be given a lawyer by the Ministry."

"Oh, shut up! You two are going down when I get acquitted!"

And so, Elian has come clean about the abuse and terror his father inflicted on him, and Nathaniel has been arrested for what he did to his only son. Cynthia is going through divorce court after realizing the horrors her son had gone through, for the safety and well-being of her beloved Elian. But Nathaniel believes this isn't the end for him, that given his family name and career, he will never be convicted. Is he right? Or will he spend the rest of his life in Azkaban?

Find out next time!