"What are the charges against the accused?", asked one of the Judges.

"My lord," said Ministry Prosecutor Robards, "there are a multitude of charges against the accused which we will seek to prove through the use of Veritaserum or documents that my investigators have collected, and I also have a list of witnesses who would testify against the accused."

"Proceed," said the Chief Judge.

"The first charge against the accused is of being a Death Eater and having the dark mark which every follower of the Wizard known as Lord Voldemort had to bear. It was not just a mark but a brand through which his followers identified each other and through he could summon them, or they could call him. Without fail, the mark has been found on the right hand of every person who chose to bear the mark. We have already placed a number of photos on the record before this body to show that every follower of the Wizard otherwise known as Voldemort had the mark. In other words, having the dark mark is the prerequisite of being a Death Eater."

"Can we agree that having the mark is a prerequisite of being an active Death Eater so we won't be faced with the same question every time?," asked the Chief Judge of his companions on the bench and they agreed.

"Every Wizard who is brought before this body during this trial on the allegation of being a Death Eater and bears the dark mark will be presumed a Death Eater and the Ministry prosecutor will not need to prove it in every case however if there are any exceptions, they should be brought to our notice immediately. Is that understood?"

Robards bowed, "Yes, my lords. We also seek to prove that the accused is a habitual offender who is a dark Wizard and has always sought to work actively for propagation of the objectives of the blood purists. We seek to administer Veritaserum to the accused at this stage."

"Proceed."

After Robards had poured Veritaserum down the accused's throat, Robards began his questioning, "What is your name?"

"Lucius Abraxas Malfoy."

"Tell us about your crimes as a Death Eater and as a dark Wizard," ordered Robards.

Lucius spoke monotonously and without a trace of emotion in his words. His words were hollow, and he showed no remorse to them. It was like listening to a record.

"I cast my first unforgivable when I was fifteen at a Muggle. I tortured the man with the Cruciatus curse to my heart's content and he kept begging for mercy until he bit his own tongue and choked on his own blood. Shortly thereafter, I met the Dark Lord who wanted to return the glory days of Wizard kind. He was already a force to reckon with and he had his way with words. I was swayed with his persona and became his enforcer."

"What crimes did you do as his enforcer?"

"We usually raided the Muggles, killed them, raped their women, and killed their children. It was during those raids that I acquired the taste of Muggle baiting. They would cry and beg for us to show mercy, but we were powerful and unstoppable. I partook in those revelries with glee, and I raped countless women during those raids, but I was always careful to kill the women. The dark lord was incredibly pleased with me for showing so much zeal in serving him. Later, he made me his righthand man and I financed his war. When the Order of Phoenix started resisting us, he expected us to kill them."

"How many wizards did you kill in his service?"

"I killed many in his service. I assisted him when he went to kill the McKinnon's. I was there the day he torched a village full of Muggles. I was there when he butchered the Aurors in the raid in Diagon Alley. We were planning to lead a raid on France when he fell in 1981."

"What more did you do in his service when he returned in 1995?"

"I was to mislead the Ministry as to his return. I kept bribing Cornelius Fudge and suggested to him that there was no way that Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter were telling the truth. I was also aware of Dolores Umbridge's plot to discredit and harm Harry Potter and helped her when she needed it. I also led a team of Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries where Dumbledore caught us. I was sent to Azkaban until I was broken out of prison, then I was confined in Malfoy Manor till the end of the war."

"Were you Imperiused during the first war as you had claimed in your defense during the trial?"

"No. I took the mark voluntarily. I wanted to fight in this war and make the purebloods win. I wanted to realise the dream that the dark lord had seen for us."

"Name all the Death Eaters that you know."

"Severus Snape, Dolohov, Augustus Rookwood, Theo Nott Senior, Genevieve Parkinson, Thorfinn Rowle, Albert Gibbons, Greg Jugson, Marcus Selwyn, Jacob Everard, Caractacus Burke, Peter Pettigrew, Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, Thomas Avery, Vincent Crabbe Sr., John Goyle, Malcolm Bulstrode, Corbin Yaxley, Fenrir Greyback were some of the few that I knew."

"No further questions, your honour," said Robards, "The prosecution has also submitted a trail of money leaving Malfoy vaults and going into vaults of a number of the Death Eaters named by him. He was funding their war and helped them through many difficulties namely bribing the Minister of Magic and hampering war efforts. The prosecution rests its case."

"Mr. Vladinov?"

"The defence would like to call the Minister of Magic as its first witness," he announced loudly, and whispers started in the chamber.

After Kingsley Shacklebolt was sworn in, the defense attorney started his questioning, "Mr. Kingsley, as we know that you were an Auror before being made the Minister. In your career as an Auror how many times did you have to investigate Mr. Malfoy?"

"I became an Auror during the first war, but it ended shortly after I graduated from the Auror Academy. From the period that the first war ended up to when Voldemort returned to a body, I never heard about Mr. Malfoy being involved in any crimes. There were always rumours that he was involved in the criminal underworld and traded in things classified as dark or banned by the ministry but there was no clear proof to it."

"And did you find any proof to the rumours even when the second war started?"

"He was already a Death Eater suspect and we knew that he was supporting…"

"That was not my question, Mr. Shacklebolt," the defence attorney shouted, "Answer the question."

"No. We could not substantiate the rumours."

"So, is it possible that Mr. Malfoy was living his life as a respectable citizen, being the highest taxpayer and was coerced back into service of Voldemort at the cost of threat to the safety of his family?"

Harry immediately saw where this was going and jumped to his feet and immediately descended to the Assistant Prosecutor Proudfoot and started whispering things in his ear.

On the witness stand, Vladinov was trying to corner Kingsley Shacklebolt, "Mr. Shacklebolt, as we know everyone was being subdued throughout the last year, hiding in fear of the Death Eaters and fearing for their lives, is it not entirely possible that Mr. Malfoy was also trying to save his family by doing whatever was wished of him by Voldemort?"

"No," Kingsley said clearly, "From what we have established, Mr. Malfoy was harbouring Voldemort and his Death Eaters in his manor throughout the duration of the second war. From what I have known, Voldemort came to live in Malfoy Manor after the raid on the Department of Mysteries failed. The dreaded witch Bellatrix was living in his house ever since she escaped Azkaban in 1996. In the next 1 year, he and his family had plenty of opportunity to let the ministry know that the death eaters were living in their home. The minister of Magic at that time, Rufus Scrimgeour was an Auror before becoming the Minister and together with Albus Dumbledore, he could have formulated a plan that would have saved a lot of lives that were lost in the war."

"So, it is your opinion that Mr. Malfoy willingly served the death eaters despite the fact that Narcissa Malfoy saved Harry Potter's life in the forest during the battle of Hogwarts?"

"Yes," Kingsley said.

"Mr. Shacklebolt will you tell us how many times Mr. Malfoy was seen at any place of crime during the second war?"

"None except the Battle of Department of Mysteries."

"So, it can mean that he was not a participant in other crimes, doesn't it?"

Kingsley shook his head, "No, I won't make that assumption."

"No other questions, your honour," said Vladinov.

"Do you wish to call another witness?," the Judges asked.

"I'd like to call Harry Potter as a witness, my lord," said Vladinov maliciously smirking at Harry.

Harry took the stands and he asked, "Mr. Potter, please tell the Court about your experience at Malfoy Manor when you were taken there after you were caught?"

Harry recounted every bit of experience that he had at Malfoy Manor. The entire court room had fallen silent and was intently listening to him. When he finished, it became clear to them how much the golden trio had gone through to get to the end.

"Mr. Potter," he said, "Please tell the court if Mr. Malfoy harmed you in anyway or any of your friends?"

"No but…"

"Did he torture you in anyway?"

"No but…"

It looked like Vladinov was not going to listen to him.

"Did he call Voldemort to the manor instantly? Didn't his son refuse to recognise you?"

"Mr. Vladinov, you won't get an answer if you won't listen to me," Harry said, "On that day when I arrived at the manor, Hermione Granger had hit me with a hex which had changed my face and made me unrecognisable. When the Death Eaters brought me there, he desperately wanted his son to identify me so that he could summon Voldemort instantly and hand me over. It was his son who refused to identify me. Lucius Malfoy would have handed me over if it seemed to him that he could get in Voldemort's good graces by handing me over to him."

Vladinov knew there was no use arguing with Harry Potter more than that. He turned to the judges, "No further questions, your honour."

"Mr. Robards?"

"The prosecution has some questions for Mr. Potter," he said, "But before we proceed, I seek permission of this Court to dose him with Veritaserum so that there would be no suspicions about his answers."

After being permitted, Robards started.

"About five years ago, the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts was reopened. Before then it had been opened fifty years ago when a student named Tom Riddle was at Hogwarts. When the Chamber was opened, the Auror Department was notified by Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Without anyone knowing, the Auror Department and the Department for Care and Regulation of Magical Creatures had prowled the school and investigated the entire affair. Unsurprisingly, we found nothing, and the investigation went nowhere. Students were being Petrified and we could not do anything because we had no idea where the Basilisk was. What we knew for sure was that it was a Basilisk which was terrorising the school. In the same year, the governors had removed Albus Dumbledore from his position as Headmaster of the school on Lucius Malfoy's threats to them. Later in the year, we came to know that two second year students namely Harry James Potter and Ronald Bilius Weasley had slain the Basilisk and saved a student who was taken to the Chamber. Now Mr. Potter, I have several questions to ask you about the said incident."

Harry nodded, "Please ask your questions."

"Who was the man behind the incident which led to opening of the Chamber of Secrets?"

"Tom Marvolo Riddle who had left a diary with an enchantment which made it possible for him to possess people and force them to do his bidding had opened the Chamber through that student."

"Who gave the diary to that student?," he asked Harry.

"Lucius Malfoy had slipped the diary into the bag of that student when they were visiting Diagon Alley," Harry said, "The student had no idea what it was, and it led to opening of the Chamber."

"What did Mr. Malfoy do when he came to know about the opening of the Chamber?"

"The day the Basilisk was killed, and Dumbledore was reinstated as Headmaster, Mr. Malfoy came to Hogwarts in a fury and tried to curse me when I confronted him about it and freed his house elf from him."

"No further questions," said Robards and the antidote was administered to him.

"Any closing statements, Mr. Vladinov?," the judges asked.

Vladinov stood, "It is true that my client had committed many crimes during the first war. During the second war, he had no option than to fight again because if he refused Voldemort would have killed his family. He had minimal participation in the second war and on that ground alone, he deserves leniency from this body. He also did not actively fight in the battle of Hogwarts and there is no record if he killed anyone in the battle. From what has become known, Mr. Malfoy spent the entirety of the battle trying to ensure that his son was not dead. He deserves another chance to turn his life around. The purpose of justice is reformation and not retribution."

As Vladinov sat, Robards stood, "The crimes of the accused have been proven beyond any reasonable doubt before this body by the prosecution. It has been proved that he always had been a dark Wizard and went back to Voldemort as soon as he returned. The accused does not deserve any mercy from this body. He is a coward who only cared for his own skin as is clear from the time when the battle ended. He and his family were among the first ones to stop fighting and surrender when it became known that Voldemort was going to lose. The paper trails which lead from his account establish that the accused has been funding this war and had even lent his manor for purpose of being used as headquarters for Snatchers and Death Eaters. If the accused was so innocent or wanted to turn a new page, why he didn't approach the Minister and tell him the truth about Harry Potter's claims about Voldemort returning from the dead? Why did he mislead the Ministry and waste a year of vital preparations? It was because the accused believed in the skewed dreams of Voldemort and the principles of blood supremacy. The objective of a system is not just reformation of a criminal because criminals like the accused can't be reformed."

When Robards sat, the chief judge rapped his gavel, "The court is adjourned for an hour to discuss on the punishment of the accused."

An hour later, they all were back in the court room. "This Court finds the accused guilty on all counts. He is a hardened criminal who deserve the harshest of punishments which would be proportionate to the crimes committed by him. After a discussion with the Minister of Magic and the Head of DMLE, this Court sentences Mr. Malfoy to Azkaban for life in the highest security wing for life. His estate is also fined to the tune of one million Galleons and the DMLE Is ordered to probe into House Malfoy's investments, legitimate and illegitimate. Also, the remaining members of the House of Malfoy will be subjected to periodic investigation by the Auror Department for the next 2 years and the same shall cease at the end of two years subject to the satisfaction of the Minister of Magic. Aurors, take the accused away."

As the Aurors took the accused away, Robards approached the bench, "The prosecution requests this Court to issue warrant of arrest in the name of Cornelius Oswald Fudge who has not responded to summons issued to him. He is beneficiary of many transactions made from the Malfoy vault, and it is believed that he received those moneys for giving undue favours to Lucius Malfoy and his ilk."

"So ordered," said the Chief Judge, "The head of DMLE is hereby ordered to assemble a team of officers who will be entrusted with executing this warrant. Set Cornelius Fudge for trial before this body after the Death Eaters have been processed."

"The next accused to be tried is Dolores Jane Umbridge. Prosecutor Gawain Robards, counsel for defence none. The accused has told this court that she will defend herself."

The short toad like woman was brought in the body held between Longbottom and Weasley who had her bound in heavy chains and walked behind her, pushing her with their wands. It appeared they found her so abhorrent that they weren't even willing to touch her.

She, however, was shouting as they brought her in, "Unhand me this moment… I have done nothing wrong… I won't bow to Mudbloods and half breeds."

"Someone muzzle her," growled the chief judge and Harry gleefully shot a silencing hex at her. Neville who had enough of her, hit her with a banishing charm throwing her into the chair and the chains immediately came to life tying her to it.

"My lords, the accused before us, one Dolores Jane Umbridge has had a detailed history of crimes against Wizardkind and humanity. She is a despicable creature who hates everyone including half-bloods and those that we can call half breeds."

"What are the charges against her?"

"My lord, she is charged with torturing of students during her posting at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was found using a blood quill to torture students which is a dark artefact, and which is banned by the Ministry. She is also charged with sending Dementors to kill Harry Potter three years ago in Little Whinging, Surrey, London. She is also responsible for death of five children who were bitten by a Werewolf. During the second war, she was heading the Muggleborn Registration Commission, an infamous body which had been entrusted with persecuting muggle born witches and wizards. It is believed that she sent over one thousand witches and wizards to Azkaban of whom five hundred perished to the horrors of the prison. The prosecution will seek to prove the charges against the accused by presenting witnesses and subjecting the accused to Veritaserum."

"Call your first witness, Mr. Prosecutor," said the judges.

"My first witness is Harry James Potter," said Robards.

After Harry was sworn in, Robards started, "Mr. Potter, please tell the court about your detentions with the accused during her tenure at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"Dolores Umbridge was sent to Hogwarts to teach Defence against the Dark Arts due to some obscure Decree passed by the Wizengamot under Fudge's prompting. Her real motive was to quell any talks about Voldemort returning from dead and to silence me and Dumbledore. She used to give detention to me for the smallest of things and in those detentions, she would make me write lines with a quill which used my blood to write."

Here Robards paused Harry and picked up a packet which was marked as Ex-1 and showed to the Wizengamot, "The Aurors conducted a thorough search of her home and office after she was arrested after the war and found three such quills in her possession. The Unspeakables have assessed the blood on the tip of these quills and have identified at least ten students on whom these were used."

There was an uproar in the Wizengamot over this and the chief judge loudly banged his gavel, "Order in the court room. Please proceed Mr. Robards."

"Mr. Potter, how long these detentions generally were?"

"Each detention lasted for more than two hours, and I was in detention with her for about ten weeks during the year," Harry told the Court and it erupted again.

After order was restored again Robards turned to the Judges, "To explain the working of this quill and the effect of prolonged exposure on a person, I have invited Croaker, the Chief Unspeakable of the Department of Mysteries."

Croaker was a man about average height, his face was hidden behind a mask and his hair were white as snow. When he spoke, he spoke slowly as if words were hard to form, "This quill is a dark artefact which was invented only for using in signing of official documents at Gringotts, to be used by the Chief Warlock and the Minister of Magic. Prolonged exposure of this quill can cause a person to develop irritation, sickness and the wound caused due to its use is never cured. It can also affect a person's magic and adversely affect their personality."

"Thank you, Mr. Croaker," said Robards and turned to Harry again, "Mr. Potter, tell us about the study group that you had formed."

"It was at the insistence of my friend Hermione Granger that we had formed a study group in my fifth year. Dolores Umbridge was not teaching us anything in defence and it was general opinion that we would fail out OWLs without any real training. That and the fact that I knew Voldemort was back and would come for us when he decided to show himself, we formed a study group. We had named it Dumbledore's Army because it was what Cornelius Fudge feared. When she caught our study group during one of its meetings, she tried to have me expelled but Dumbledore intervened and took the blame on himself."

"Tell us about the day when you along with five of your friends went to the Ministry of Magic."

Harry felt uncomfortable telling everyone about that day. He had never told about it to anyone and was being told to do so in open court now.

"I was trying to sneak in her office to use her office fire to find Sirius Black because I had been told that he was a captive of Voldemort at the Ministry. She found us and tried to get information out of us. When I refused to tell her about it, she used the Cruciatus curse on me. it was then that she also talked about sending Dementors after me in the summer after the Triwizard cup. It was then that we tricked her into believing that Dumbledore had a weapon in the Forbidden Forest, and she followed us there where she ran afoul of the Centaur herd and tried to kill them, and they carried her away."

"No further questions," said Robards.

"Any questions from the witness?," the judge asked of Umbridge, and she shook her head.

"Call your next witness," said the Judge.

One after another, seven witnesses were called forward who were students at the time when she taught defence at Hogwarts. Each student's testimony checked with what Harry had said and with every testimony, the noose tightened around her.

After the testimonies were over, the judges asked her, "Do you have anything to say in your defence?"

"They all are lying," she shrieked, "All of them are filthy half-bloods and Mudbloods who were rightfully persecuted by the Commission."

"Silence," the judge roared, "Another demeaning word and I will order for you to be shipped to Azkaban and thrown in the Dementor's pit."

She clammed up and the judge continued, "Mr. Robards, how are you going to prove the charges? I concede that oral statement of the witnesses does not hold much value until corroborated by further evidence."

"My Lords, we have taken memories from all the witnesses and have them verified by the Unspeakables that they are genuine. We are going to prove the charges by presenting these memories."

"Proceed" said the Judge and a Pensieve was brought in the Court room. Memories were entered into the Pensieve which had been collected earlier and one by one they watched as Umbridge's ghastly acts became known.

By the time the last memory was played, Umbridge was gaping in shock and the Lords of the gathering were seething. It was a good thing that they had not been allowed their wands or they would have pronounced judgment on her without delay.

"Dolores Umbridge, do you have anything to say in your defence?," asked the Judges and she sputtered, "I was working under orders from the Minister of Magic, and he had promised me immunity from anything that I did to keep Potter and Dumbledore quit. Other brats tried to get nosy, and they had to be punished. I did what I was assigned to do."

"Mr. Robards, please proceed," said the Judge, "What is the next charge against her?"

Robards picked up papers and submitted them to the bench, "My lords, about fifteen years ago Dolores Umbridge was in the Care and Regulation of Magical Creatures Department, and she had been tasked with bringing in five young children who were turned by Fenrir Greyback. She was a lowly secretary in the department trying to rise through the ranks and offered to bring them in the custody of the Ministry. She arrived at their homes and took them away, but they were never brought in. When investigation was made in the matter, she told the investigator that the children had been snatched by Fenrir Greyback and his fellow Werewolves. Ironically, she had escaped without a scratch from the encounter. Since the war had just ended, no real attention was paid in the matter by the head of the DMLE, Barty Crouch Senior who had been disgraced with his son turning out to be a Death Eater. Recently, when the Aurors were going through her things, we found conversations addressed to Dolores Jane Umbridge from Roldo Grim, who is an assassin and works under a code name. The Ex- 1 are the forms which were signed by the families when Dolores Umbridge took the kids in. In his letter which is marked EX2, he had told her that the five wolves had been disposed of properly and won't torment anyone anymore. The Ex-3 is a receipt of a transaction made from the account of Dolores Jane Umbridge to Roldo Grim. We tried to track the account of Roldo Grim, but he has closed his account and skipped the country. The Goblins with great reluctance told us that there was nearly two million Galleons in the account which had been cleared by him. Investigations are being made in apprehending him. The Ministry is putting together a team of elite Aurors to go after him."

The judges grimly pursued the papers and were abhorred at the despicableness of the creature before them. She looked like a pouchy toad and for good reason. They wanted to pronounce judgment on her then and there, but it would have to wait.

"Dolores Umbridge, it is clear to us from the perusal of this letter that you have committed the ghastly act of removing the kids from their parents and having them killed. On this count, we are anxious to find you guilty. What do you have to say in your defence?"

"I was doing my civic duty. Those brats would have grown up to become menace to our society and may be turned so many witches and wizards. I prevented that from happening. I did my duty when I wrote laws that keep those filthy half breeds out of jobs which rightfully belong to the respectful purebloods. I say that I got those little brats killed and given the chance I'll do it again. I did it for Wizarding Britain."

The judges were now so much harried by the loathsome woman that one of them silenced her with a silencing charm and turned to Robards, "Mr. Robards, what is the last charge?"

"The last charge is the gravest of all," Robards said grimly, "and to unearth details, I seek permission to question her under influence of Veritaserum."

"Permission granted."

"Objection," Umbridge cried, "I won't submit to Veritaserum. I am a pureblood, and it is violation of my rights."

Robards smirked evilly, "Your blood status is irrelevant here, Umbridge. Besides the Wizengamot has repealed the old law that granted Veritaserum immunity to purebloods during the first war."

"Mr. Robards, please proceed," said the judge.

After Umbridge was under the influence, Robards asked the first question, "What is your blood status?"

"I am a half blood. My father was a pureblood who married a Muggle woman. They had two children, me, and my brother. Only I was magical of the two and my father took me away cutting ties from her and my brother. I always pretended to be a pureblood for everyone so that I would not be abhorred or looked down," she finished.

"So, you are no way related to any pureblood families? It is known that you claimed to be related to the Selwyns when you were serving on the nefarious Commission."

"No," she said, "I did it only to make people think that I was related to pureblood families. I am not in any way immediately related to any of them."

"Tell us about the Muggleborn Registration Commission," he said.

"The idea was Pius Thicknesse's. He wanted to purge our society of Muggle born and half-bloods and to keep them in tow. They were the real resistance between the dark lord and his dream of ideal world. Pius knew that I would do the job superbly as opposed to anyone else. He knew about the termination of those half breed brats and trusted me with the opportunity. I was only acting under the orders of the Minister, and you can't punish me for merely following orders," she growled as her tirade ended.

"How many did you prosecute Umbridge? And how did you determine that they deserved to be punished?", he asked her, a subtle note of threat in his voice.

"At least one thousand witches and wizards were caught and tried by the Commission. All of them were sent to Azkaban from the Ministry," she finished.

"Mr. Robards, how many of them were found?," the chief judge asked.

"We found about four hundred who were alive and sane. The rest were either dead or so gone beyond the edge that there was no hope for them," Robards finished grimly.

"Do you have documents regarding the hearing conducted by the Commission?" the judges asked.

Robards nodded, "We do, and the evidence is very bulky and so a list has been prepared of all those who were tried by the Commission and were sent to Azkaban."

He produced a list which he handed to the judges they perused it and then the chief judge rapped his gavel, "The accused has been found guilty on all counts against her and her crimes are such that they defy humanity. She deserves the harshest punishment for her acts. We are going to retire to deliberate over what her punishment will be."

The deliberations lasted too long, and Harry was beginning to lose hope that Dolores would be punished. Finally, the judges emerged and took their seats, "Will the accused stand up?"

When she did, the chief judge started slowly, "Dolores Jane Umbridge, you were an employee of the Ministry and as such, you were expected to behave accordingly and do justice to your posts and your duties however you abused your position for your perverted gains. You got five children killed because they were unfortunately turned. You despise those with dual heritage and in pursuance of your vendetta, you wrote laws that outed Werewolves and others with dual heritage and stopped them from finding any purposeful job to make a living. You also used Ministry controlled Dementors to try and silence Harry Potter who knew how to defend himself. Then you tortured children with a dark artefact because they chose to speak the truth. In the name of doing your job and to execute the commissions handed to you by the Ministry you committed acts which would make anyone nauseous. You are also responsible for countless deaths and for extinction of many families due to your acts as the head of the Muggleborn Registration Commission. Shame on you Dolores Umbridge. No punishment is enough for your crimes, but it has been decided that you will be handed a punishment which will deter others from following in your footsteps. As soon as Azkaban is fully operational again, you will be thrown into the Dementor's pit where you will lie forever."

"NO! NO! you can't do this," she started to shriek until Neville conjured a gag with which he shut her mouth and they led her away.

"The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning," said the Chief Judge rapping his gavel and dismissed the court for the day. They had been there for the entire day and had processed only three accused by that time.