Harry Potter is not mine. This is a story from a fan
When you're done, You're DONE.
Ch 4 Amelia 1.
Amelia was still sitting in front of Andromeda. Tonks had just left and she had been looking ahead at nothing at all. When she heard fingers snapping in front of her face she looked up and smiled. "You were miles away," Andromeda told her.
Yeah Sorry, I was thinking back at the time when we were all part of the Order. You, Ted, and I were only members but not a real part of it Like James and Lily were. Ted was for the legal part, and you for the medical part of it. I was only there as a go-between between the ministry and the Order. I still can't believe you became a full healer to drop it all, right after you became one. To then become a lawyer instead".
"I never dropped it, Ted made use of my skill as a healer to assist him in his cases. So I learned from him a lot about the law, and in the years that followed, I learned a lot on my own and became a lawyer myself. Now I can be a healer and a lawyer at the same time. It helped us a lot to see who was scamming us and who told the truth" Andromeda told her. "When I did a medical on any of them, I could see back into their physical past and it almost always told us if something was done to them. At least if it was one of the things we had to know. It also helped us when the medical treatments went wrong and we could take it to the men, so to say".
Andromeda placed a cup of tea in front of Amelia and sat down again. She looked at her for a moment. "Alright, you just told me you asked Albus for something, so what was it".
Amelia gave a deep sigh. "Well, to tell you that story, I have to go back to the final task of the tri-wizard cup".
"You mean this started three months ago".
Amelia shook her head from left to right. "NO, It went back even further. It was when all the Dementors attacked Sirius and Harry Potter at Hogwarts. Now I still do not have the real story but it started with Severus Snape". The moment Amelia had said the name, Andromeda gave a deep sigh. It was very clear that Andromeda had the same thoughts Amelia had about that man. "I know, Ever since that bastard started to teach at Hogwarts, we have fewer people who know how to brew potions than we ever had before, but that is another part of the story. I'm glad that you taught Tonks how to do it". Andromeda smiled at that. "But let me start at the end of the third year" and Amelia took a sip from her teacup. "At the end of that year, I heard that about a hundred dementors went onto the grounds of Hogwarts and attacked Sirius and Harry Potter. Somehow, someway, Someone produced a Patronus strong enough to drive all of them away".
The eyes of Andromeda became very big. "You mean to tell me that one person has a Patronus strong enough to drive away a hundred Dementors," Andromeda asked. Amelia just nodded slowly. "You can't tell me you believe that, No one is that powerful in magic".
Amelia held up her hands in surrender. "Hay, It is only the things I have heard. I do not know the real story myself. Well, according to the story, those Dementors had entered Hogwarts and were driven away by a Patronus. When I heard about it I went to the one person who knew. It turned out that Minister Fudge has been the one who took care of it".
Andromeda placed her head into her hands. "Don't tell me he took care of everything that night. Knowing him he would have ruined everything you wanted to do".
"He did, but can I tell my story now or do I have to stay here all day".
"You say that as if you do not like to spend the day with your friend," Andromeda said back while she was smiling at her.
Amelia just narrowed her eyes at her and went on. "Well, according to Fudge, Severus told him he had found three students in the company of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. Sirius was about to kidnap them, together with Lupin, but he changed into his werewolf form. He saved the kids and captured Black. Black had confounded the students. Well according to him he confounded them, so the kids were not to blame. Still Black escaped and Potter had gone after him. It was then that those dementors came onto the ground. None could tell him how. But suddenly the sky was all white and they were gone. They found Sirius and took him to a tower. There Fudge ordered him to be kissed but he escaped before that could happen. Severus swore it had been Potter who helped him but he had been in the infirmary at the time. This I was told a day later when I asked Fudge about it. Nobody had informed me until a day later and so I went to Hogwarts but Albus kept me from asking Potter or his friends about it".
"Still you got something," Andromeda asked while Amelia was nodding at her.
"I went to the one place I knew I could get the most accurate version".
"You asked Susan about the rumor mill of Hogwarts," Andromeda said.
"Hay, I'm telling the story so but out" and both started laughing at her words. "Yes, I did. Susan told me that Harry had found out where Sirius was. Harry, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley went there to get him. They were caught in the act by Severus Snape. At night Sirius escaped and Harry went after him again. Now the Dementors were never out to get Black. They were helping him in getting Harry. Harry threw the Patronus because he had already done it during a quidditch match. Harry drove them off and was too late because Black still escaped. He did escape on a Hippogriff that they had freed earlier that night".
"That makes a lot of sense if you say it that way," Andromeda told her.
"Yes, it made it a lot clearer for me too. It is good that Susan is at the same age as Harry, or I would not have understood a thing, she told me".
"Yep," Andromeda responded. "So to make it clear. Those kids. I'm not sure all of them did it. But they went and rescued a Hippogriff and ran into Sirius. They all talked and it was clear that no one wanted to hurt each other. Severus snape Jumped in and rescued them according to him, but he only made it worse. After everything Severus did, they helped Sirius escape on the Hippogriff they rescued earlier that day. While they did that, they were attacked by Dementors. Harry threw them off with the Patronus charm because he knows how to do one".
"That is what I got from it too," Amelia said as she looked at the table. "I'm missing the part Fudge played in it but it is somewhere between Severus and the rescue part. Now, I did find out that Fudge had gone to Hogwarts to kill a Hippogriff because it had attacked Draco Malfoy".
"Ah, and we all know that Draco is the biggest bully of a boy you can have and he would do nothing to upset a Hippogriff in any way" Andromeda snapped.
Amelia smiled at her friend. No one liked the Melfoys and she was sorry that her sister was one of them. But she didn't want to upset Andromeda any further so she went on. "I'm also not clear as to why Harry saved Serius because he knows something we do not. It might be the Godfather part Tonks told us. But I have to talk to Harry to get the real story about that. Now the Patronus, well, I have a hard time believing that. Either he can't do it or there were never a hundred Dementors to begin with". Andromeda filled up another cup and just gazed at her old friend. "So after this cup, I will be going to the ministry and see what I can find out before I go and question Fudge and the others".
"O, no you don't" while Andromeda gave her an angry look. "You started this by saying you went to Albus because of last year. So you better start telling it right now".
"Don't get your knickers in a twist" Amelia responded and the sip of tea Andromeda just drank, went flying over the table.
After another round of Laughter Amelia went on. "Yes, I did ask Albus if he could get me to Potter because I wanted to know what he saw. He not only blocked me that time but he is still, blocking me. It started at the World Cup, while I was busy with the riots that were going on at the campground. Bartemius Crouch went to investigate the Dark Mark. I still do not know what went on there but it turned out that the Mark was put in the air by the wand from Potter".
"Be honest, of all the things. No one would believe that Harry Potter threw it up. It must have been someone else or his wand must have been stolen" Andromeda questioned.
"That is what I'm thinking but it was not the thing Bartemius and Fudge are telling everybody who wants to listen. Harry did say he lost his wand but Fudge is having none of it." Amelia told her while Andromeda just sniffed as she mumbled something about a fool. "It was the first time I went to Albus to ask him if he could bring me Potter. Now the second time had been when his name was pulled from the Goblet of Fire. I wanted to hear his side but again I was blocked. Not by Albus but this time by Fudge and Bartemius. It was a shame because we could have pulled Harry out of this tournament within the first twenty-four hours. They did not so he had to compete, It is still a wonder he survived at all. Now the last time I asked for him, that had been after all had come to an end. Harry Potter is the only one who can tell the truth about what, really happened that night. But Albus is not letting me talk to him. So my best option was your daughter when she came to the office and told me she had conflicting feelings. I already knew about the restart of the order so it had to be because of that".
While Amelia was telling her side, Andromeda had placed two glasses of fire whiskey in front of them as she lifted one glass and held it up. "To the shit, we are about to uncover".
Amelia lifted her own and clinked it with the one from Andromeda. "And to the assholes, we take down with all of it".
"There is only one thing that is not sitting well with me," Amelia said as she got a thoughtful look in her eyes. "Sirius Black has never shown any part of being on the darker side of life. Not during our years at Hogwarts, not even when we grew up in the same family, and absolutely not during his friendship with Lily and James.
I never believed him to be a Death Eater. The file showed it and now he is again with the Order. So Albus knew where he has been all this time. There is so much more we do not know. And if Sirius is innocent of all of those things they said. Then why the hell didn't Albus do anything" Amelia said as she almost slammed her glass down on the table. Andromeda didn't have that problem and slammed it down hard.
Andromeda looked at Amelia. "I hope not, but it might be that Albus is one of the Assholes we have to take down" as she filled up the glasses one more time. With a sad look at each other, they clicked the glasses again.
#*
Around midday, Amelia walked back into the office. She knew there was a lot she had to do. But she first had to think of what to do first. She could go to Albus but Fudge was only one floor up. She stopped halfway while she made herself ready to go down the hallway to the minister. About halfway she stopped and walked the other way to the Department of Records. When she got there she asked for a couple of files. When she got them she frowned at the size of them all together. She thought they would be a lot bigger than they were. So she made her way back and sat down. Most of the time she, left her door open to keep a close eye on her people. This time she wanted to close it, but at the last moment she saw Kingsley walking into the department. She knew he was one of the Aurors who had joined the Order. So if Tonks was right and something was wrong, he could be in a lot of trouble if he didn't have a good explanation. So with the door still open she sat down behind her desk and took the first file from the stack.
Every couple of, seconds she looked up and saw that Kingsley was working hard. She saw him opening up a file with only one piece of paper. She could be mistaken but she knew she wasn't. It was the file of Sirius. She had a copy just like it had been a copy, she handed to Andromeda. He on the other hand had the original file. Then when she saw him putting it into his pocket, she had to do everything to keep herself from rushing out and hex him. There was one law in the department and that was, to, never take out the original case file. He did and that could only mean one thing. Kingsley had an order from one of three persons to do it. Only Fudge the minister of magic, Albus the chief warlock, and herself the head of the DLME could give that order. That order to get the original case file was only meant for the sessions of the wizangemot. Only during those meetings was an original case file required. As she saw him walking out of the office she knew one thing for sure, Tonks had stumbled into something bigger than any of them knew.
With a sigh, she opened up, the copy of Sirius and looked at it. The only thing she saw was his arrest. There was no trial report. NO, verdict or casualties reports. If it had been true, then there had to be, at least fourteen of them. One, for every Muggle he killed, and one for the murder on Peter Pettigrew. There even should be a report telling her that he was a participant in the murder of Lily and James. He had been the secret keeper. That is what everybody was told. Then she also missed the transfer papers telling them he had been brought to Azkaban. The last one and maybe the most important one had been the verdict.
Andromeda had been right in saying that there was a lot more going on, a lot more than they knew, Amelia thought to herself as she shook her head. She closed the file with a frustrated snap and opened the next one. This was the one she had from Lily and James. It was one of the files the ministry had about all of the Wizards and Witches in England. It wasn't much like all of them were. But it had the basic information. There was the family name, children, and all that sort of things.
The one of James was the one that almost everyone in the wizarding world knew. He was a Potter and a descendant of Godric Gryffindor. He was a pureblood and one of the founders of the Wizengamot, at least his family was. There were also rumors that he was from the Peverel line and even from the Merlin line. Those last two were rumors but the Gryffindor line was a certainty.
Her, own family, was a descendant of the Hufflepuff line. It wasn't much in money just like the Gryffindor line. But it did have some political power. She had two seats on the Hogwarts Board. One from the name Bones and the other from Hufflpuff. If it was right then James had two just like her. Well, not James because he wasn't among them anymore. But Harry did when he came of age. The same could also be said for the Wizangemot. Both of them had two seats and that was a lot of power.
She closed the file of James and looked at the open file of Lily. "This is odd," she said to herself as her eyes looked at a line that was on the paper. Slowly she started to read it out loud as to make it clearer for herself. Name Lily Potter née Evans. Family name Evans Decendent from Evance France née Revanclaw.
Two seats on the board of Hogwarts and one seat on the Wizegamot".
Slowly she placed the file on the table and looked at the Floo where a fire was burning with the sound of crackling wood. "If this is right then Harry holds a lot of power. He doesn't own Hogwarts, not even a part of it. But just like her, he had a say. He had three of the Ten votes.
On her fingers, she started to count them out loud. One Slytherin, Two Gryffindor. Three Huffulpuf, four Ravenclaw. Five Bones, Six Longbottom, Seven Potter, Eight Greengrass, Nine Black, and number ten, the ministry represented by Lucius slimeball Malfoy". The last thing she just had to add, because she hated him with a passion. She shook her head slowly. The votes from Potter, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Black were all held by Albus. He had those votes because there were no persons who could represent them. It was a motive to keep Harry from becoming Lord Potter. "No, no, no, I can't believe Albus would do something like this. Augusta and she had wanted some changes at Hogwarts. But they never had enough votes. If she could get Harry with them she had five. With Black, it could be six, but then he had to be completely innocent. She did not believe that Sirius betrayed the Potters, but it did not tell her anything about the thirteen muggles.
As she closed the file she knew she would be back with Andromeda sooner than she wanted to be. If the file of Lily was right then they were, clearly stirring in a big cauldron of Pixy shit. Then again if Harry held the three seats on the Wizangemot, he would be a very powerful player. If the rumors of Peverell and Merlin were true then he would have five votes, and that was enough to make him dangerous. She had to laugh a little. If Augusta could get her claws in him he would be a political beast when she was done molding him in a copy of herself. If that, ever happened she would make sure, Susan was sitting next to him in those lessons.
Then there was the last file she had taken for that day. "Harry James Potter". When she opened the file the whole Auror department jumped up in fright. "THAT SON OF A BITCH" was screamed out loud. The next thing they saw was red firey hair rushing by. The head of the Auror department, The Director of the DMLE or the BULL (as they called Amelia behind her back when she was mad) was on her way to someone, to make sure they would have nightmares for the rest of the year. While she went by tables you could hear the breath escaping everyone when she walked by.
With a head full of steam she rushed by the offices and straight to the one office she wanted to get to. With both of her hands, she slammed the door open and looked at the man sitting behind his desk. "Amelia, what is the meaning of this" Umbridge screamed from the side while Fudge was shaking in fear.
"Shut up bitch" Amelia screamed back and looked at Fudge who was slowly calming down from the fright he had. "You, What is the meaning of this" and she slammed the file on the desk in front of him. Fudge looked down and saw the name Harry James Potter. He started to splutter at the sight of the file. Amelia pointed her finger right at his face and in pure anger she said. "I want to know why this one file is sealed by you and the Chief Warlock and not by me the head of the DMLE. It is my right to know about these files because it is only done for the security of the nation. I Handle the law and the punishment that goes with it. I have a deciding vote in sealing these files. So you have bypassed me and I want to know why and on whose order".
Fudge took the file and opened it. He knew he had not done what she had said, but as he looked at it he saw the Minister of Magic did it. "Amelia, I didn't do this".
"No, I know that, It was two days after the death of Lily and James. But when you took over you had to reseal these files together with me. I took the head position".
"AMELIA".
"Bitch I said shut the hell up" Amelia screamed again when Umbridge called her name. Amelia lifted her wand at her head as she said. " I'm this close" and she separated her thumb and finger half an inch. "To hex you into oblivion. I obey the law and this is my task. I was bypassed and it is not sitting well with me, not well at all".
"Amelia, I did this with Albus the chief warlock" The moment he said it, He knew it had been the wrong thing to say.
"These papers are only to be sealed by the Minister and the Head of the DMLE. It is only done on the recommendation from the Wizangemot" Ubridge opened her mouth. "If you make a sound Delorus, I really am going to hex you. And for that matter get the hell out of here. This is a thing between the minister and me". She looked on as Umbridge rushed out of the office slamming the door behind her.
"Amelia was that necessary," Fudge started to say.
"She has no say in this matter. So Yes, it was necessary. Now, you can explain to me why you did not inform me about this and why Albus locked it down so tight that even I can't open it".
"He is Albus".
"I do not care if he is Merlin reincarnated. This is not his job and this is not the way it's done. So I want to know why he did it and why in Merlin's name you agreed with it".
Fudge started to, splutter again as he looked everywhere except at Amelia. "I only know he did it because he told me he had the right because he is his Magical guardian," Fudge told her.
"And who told you he was named his guardian? The Will of the Potters is with the Goblins. It will only be opened when Harry Potter asks for it" she told him while she started to calm down a little. "Then again, if he was why did he not raise him like a guardian should. And why do we not know where the boy is or has been". She knew from Tonks that Harry was in the Muggle world and that she knew where. But before that, they never knew and Albus had never told them, not any of them. Amelia waited another moment but Fudge was just, looking at her like a deer caught in the headlights. Yes, she knew the turm because she liked muggle romance novels. "I want you to go through all of those papers and see if there have been any other papers I did not sign and which I had to sign". Fudge just nodded fast in the hope she would leave him alone. Too bad, but Amelia wasn't done. "Now the other thing I came here for" and she looked him in the eyes as she bent closer to him. "Did you, or did you not send your Undersecretary to me, with the demand that I had to arrest Harry Potter for lying about you".
The way Fudge tried to avoid her eyes told her enough.
"Are you going mental, or are you just getting old," she snapped at him. "Don't answer that because it will only make you look worse to me. So it is clear you did, and I'm not going to do it. If you want me to you can tell me the lie he told right now and then I will see". There was no answer, but because he was turning red from anger. She knew that he was not done with harassing Harry Potter. She just turned on the spot and walked out of the office. She took the file with her as she made her way to her personal Floo connection.
#*
Albus was sitting behind his desk as he looked at the monitoring trinkets he had keyed to Harry. The first was a muggle miniature carousel. As long as it went round and around, he knew Harry was still alive. Next to it stood a Metronome. It was made to give out the beat for playing the piano. This one was keyed to the heart of Harry. When it went faster he knew he was getting worked up. If not he was taking it slow. He did wonder why Harry was always playing with himself at night because around that time it went fast. He knew it had to be that because he had been young once and he used to be just like that, at that age.
There was another thing, that stood next to it and it puffed out little plums of smoke. Before the holiday they were red and it told him the wards needed to be recharged. Now, the puffs of smoke were green, and it told him the wards were okay again. He would keep him there another three weeks to make them extra strong. He had little muggle lights lying, at the side of the shelf. Those were Portkeys to Harry. They were like all the others keyed to the Blood of Harry. It would make it easier for him to get to him when it was needed. He was glad no one knew about them or he had to make use of them when he was taken from the tournament. If anybody would ask about them he would only say he liked the Muggle stuff.
When there was a knock on the door he looked up. Normally the paintings would tell him when someone was there to see him. It was his way to know and too always call out the name of the person before they could knock. He knew it frustrated most of them and he liked to have control over these meetings in his little office. This was also the best way to always get the upper hand right from the start.
#*
Amelia stepped out of the Floo and gazed around.
"Amelia, would you like a firewhiskey" Madam Rosmerta asked as she saw the head of the DLME step out of her Floo. Amelia was about to walk on but knew better. If she did she would be beyond angry, something that, would not be good while Dealing with Albus. So before she was at the door she turned back and sat down at the bar. "What brings you here today," Rosemerta asked as she filled up her glass.
Amelia looked at the bar before she looked back up and smirked. "You know, if I told you, I would need to arrest you afterwards".
Rosmerta, just smiled at her as she placed a glass of water before her. Amelia looked down at the glass and raised an eyebrow at her. "You only come here when you are with Minerva. If you are not then you are here on business. So I think you are headed to the castle, and if so. Then you would need to be on your game when you deal with Albus".
Amelia just lifted her glass of water and gave a small nod. "I can't tell you anything, but I could need your help with something". Rosemerta looked around and placed a silencing ward around them. Amelia just gave her a knowing smile. "What can you tell me about Harry Potter".
Rosemrerta gave a deep sigh. "I'm not sure what I can tell you about him. He is nothing like James. He might look like him, but he is nothing like him. He does have a lot of his mother in him. When he is here he is quiet and always looking around. If I didn't know any better I would think he is afraid of his own, shadow. Now I know he is not with how he handled himself with the Dragon".
"What do you mean I only know that he survived the task but nothing more".
"Ooww, he did more than that. The Dragon broke free and he just flew off with the dragon behind him. Somehow he made the Dragon crash into the mountain and he got the golden egg in record time. I do not know what happened but he was all bloody when he, got back".
Amelia pinched the bridge of her nose. "The Dragon could not have broken free on his own. In the rules, it was written that the chains had to be fitted with Rune clusters to make them unbreakable. Not even four of those Dragons together should have been able to pull them apart. So either the runes were not on them or someone had erased them before his turn" Amelia told her.
Rosemerta placed her hand over her mouth in fright. "Are you telling me someone is out to kill the boy".
"I'm not saying anything, but it is not that hard to imagine". This time she looked at the ceiling before she asked. "What do you believe about the story that Harry Potter saw the return of He Who Must Not Be Named".
This time, Rosemerta filled up a glass of Fire Whiskey and downed it in one swallow. With a very, very deep sigh, she swallowed another glass. "I'm not sure if I want to believe it. I only hope he is not and something went wrong and Harry Potter just thought he saw him. But if it was true, then He is the only one who could deal with him. If all the stories I heard about that boy during the years are true. Then he has done a lot more than any of us would ever do. Just look at last year how he handled the fact that his godfather was after him".
"How do you know Sirius Black is his Godfather".
"You didn't" Rosmerta asked her.
"Yes, I did but how did you know about it".
"Fudge told me when he sat here together with Minerva and Hagrid. He came to check up on how the Dementors were doing".
Amelia just had her jaw drop to the bartop when she heard Rosmerta, telling her that Fudge knew about Sirius. It was clear that he was holding something back. Another thing Albus had kept from all of them no doubt. "I think it is time for me to go to the old men. I'm not sure if I like it but it is something I have to do". Amelia swallowed the last of her glass of water and waved at Rosmerta. "Better fill up another glass for when I get back," Amelia said as she pulled open the door.
"Rosmerta waved her goodbye while she held up the bottle with her other hand.
This was it again for this time.
See you all in the next chapter.
Gr Winmau