Post by melodypottersnape on Sept 8, 2012 13:58:48 GMT -5
AN: Hey guys. I know it's been awhile but here is the next segment to my series. Hop you like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter Franchise, but JK Rowling and others do.
*Well, you see, Lucius," said Dumbledore, smiling serenely, "the other eleven governors
contacted me today. It was something like being caught in a hailstorm of owls, to tell the
truth. They'd heard that Arthur Weasley's daughter had been killed and wanted me back here
at once. They seemed to think I was the best man for the job after all. Very strange tales they
told me, too… Several of them seemed to think that you had threatened to curse their families
if they didn't agree to suspend me in the first place."
Mr. Malfoy went even paler than usual, but his eyes were still slits of fury.
"So — have you stopped the attacks yet?" he sneered. "Have you caught the culprit?"
"We have," said Dumbledore, with a smile.
"Well?" said Mr. Malfoy sharply. "Who is it?"
"The same person as last time, Lucius," said Dumbledore. "But this time, Lord Voldemort
was acting through somebody else. By means of this diary."
"A clever plan," said Dumbledore in a level voice, still staring Mr. Malfoy straight in the eye.
"Because if Harry here —"
Mr. Malfoy shot Harry a swift, sharp look who just smiled sweetly "and her friend Ron hadn't
discovered this book, why — Ginny Weasley might have taken all the blame. No one would ever have been able to prove she hadn't acted of her own free will…"
And still, behind his back, Dobby was pointing, first to the diary, then to Lucius Malfoy, then punching himself in the head. And Harry suddenly understood. She nodded at Dobby, and
Dobby backed into a corner, now twisting his ears in punishment.
"Don't you want to know how Ginny got hold of that diary, Mr. Malfoy?" said Harry.
Lucius Malfoy rounded on him.
"How should I know how the stupid little girl got hold of it?" he said.
"Because you gave it to her," said Harry. "In Flourish and Blotts. You picked up her old
Transfiguration book and slipped the diary inside it, didn't you?"
She saw Mr. Malfoy's white hands clench and unclench.
"Prove it," he hissed.
"
Oh, no one will be able to do that," said Dumbledore, smiling at Harry. "Not now that Riddle has
vanished from the book. On the other hand, I would advise you, Lucius, not to go giving out any more of Lord Voldemort's old school things. If any more of them find their way into
innocent hands, I think Arthur Weasley, for one, will make sure they are traced back to
you…"*
Harry suddenly smirked. “Actually Headmaster I think we can. If I remember right Penesieve memories are allowed in court and I'm sure a memory of The Good Samaritan Lucius Malfoy giving a dark object to an eleven year old girl will be of interest to DMLE. Especially if that artifact set a sixty foot basilisk loose and could have killed every child in Hogwarts.”
Dumbledore looked at Harry alarmed. While Lucius looked at him in fury as he spoke with a hissing quality. “Don't make claims child you can't back up. I'm sure you would not want the little Weaselette to be forced in front of the court. Especially as she was the one to set the monster free. I'm sure you wouldn't want to chance her going to Azkaban would you?”
Harry merely smiled lazily as he replied in a bored voice. “Depends if Mr. and Mrs. Weasley wish to press charges. If they agree to then I'm perfectly okay with helping. I'm sure the papers would love an interview with me on how Ginny got the book, the attacks here, the information with the basilisk, and the truth on how the Headmaster was really forced down.”
Lucius turned towards Dumbledore and started sneering about disrespectful students and insults against his family while Dumbledore merely regarded him with twinkling eyes. During this Harry took off his sock and pulled a journal out of McGonnagall's Lost and Found Box. He then took the diary off the desk and hid it in one of his pockets. “Mr. Malfoy, I believe this belongs to you.” Harry handed him the fake journal with his sock on top.
*"What the —?" Mr. Malfoy ripped the sock off the diary, threw it aside, then looked furiously
from the ruined book to Harry. "You'll meet the same sticky end as your parent's one of these
days, Harry Potter," he said softly. "They were meddlesome fools, too."*
“Now Lucius, surely you know better than to threaten and insult one of my students and definitely not in front of me.”Dumbledore's manner stayed as gentle as ever but the steel in his voice relayed just how angry he was. The stiffening in Malfoy's posture showed he had heard the unspoken threat.
*He turned to go. "Come, Dobby. I said, come." But Dobby didn't move. He was holding up
Harry's disgusting, slimy sock, and looking at it as though it were a priceless treasure.
"Master has given a sock," said the elf in wonderment. "Master gave it to Dobby."
"What's that?" spat Mr. Malfoy. "What did you say?"
"Got a sock," said Dobby in disbelief. "Master threw it, and Dobby caught it, and Dobby —
Dobby is free."*
Malfoy rose his wand “Bra-”
Suddenly Malfoy's wand went flying at the same time Malfoy was slung into the wall behind him. Dobby had thrown Malfoy at the same time Dumbledore had disarmed him.
*Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter!"* He crossed his arms and had a smug look on his face. Malfoy picked up the last bit his dignity and walked out stuffing the fake diary in his pocket.
Dumbledore looked at Harry with concern. “Mr. Potter, I recommend that you do not bring this to court. You do not want to make an enemy of Lucius Malfoy.”
Harry smiled softly at Dumbledore. “Sir the moment I survived I became a person of derision. The moment you told him I stopped his plan I became his enemy. I'm merely giving the option of giving his power-base a hard knock. One that is desperately needed and that ,no offense sir, you could have done a long time ago. I've heard how that you have mainly tried to stay out of politics as much as you possibly can. Not wanting to be corrupted by power you have stayed in the background in speaking out unless directly asked. In doing so the death eaters got their puppet Fudge into office instead of the recently passed Johnathan Abbott. With Fudge the Military no longer exist. Auror funding has gone down so much that there is not enough of them to go around. Relations with other nations have decreased so much that if another Dark Lord were to pop up no one would offer us assistance if we were unable to deal with it alone. Over half of the new inventions that could have improved or world have been outlawed because some people don't want muggle objects to be near them. Rights of all creatures have taken such a plunge that if Voldermort were to make them an offer they would join in an instant. Just for the slightest hope of a better life. Hogwarts education has been limited terribly because of all the laws on magic. Hogwarts has gone from being in the top five to now we're number fifty-six in rank. Most likely for the purpose of weakening us so that we will be easier to handle from those who can like Malfoy pay off any who make inquires for performing the magic anyways. So if the Weasleys are okay with it I am quite prepared to do what is needed and take a jab at Malfoy. It'll be good practice for when I'm seventeen and need to take my seat. Sir, I'm not going into this blind and it's about time for someone else to do what is needed instead of piling it all on top of you.”
Dumbledore smiled tiredly, “You never cease to surprise me my boy. If you need any help with this my door is always open for those who like Blood Pops. Though I have one concern. You just gave your evidence against Malfoy to him. By now he is bound to have destroyed to cover his tracks.”
Harry grinned mischievously “Actually Mr. Malfoy has an old Lost and Found Journal. The diary used to control Ginny is in my pocket.”
Dumbledore threw his head back in laughter.
Walking into the infirmary Harry walked up to the Mr. Weasley. Getting his attention Harry asked to talk to him in private. Away from the others Harry spoke. “Mr. Weasley, In Diagon Alley when Lucius Malfoy took Ginny's cauldron he put the diary that controlled her this year in it. If you wish to press charges I will be glad to help you by providing my memory. If you decide this course then I will be glad to be called as witness. Since I'll be there I won't need my proxy to be in my seat and I'll be free to speak in your daughter's defense and to vote. I am not trying to pressure you. This is your family's decision as it will affect your daughter greatly. She will most likely have Malfoy's lawyers saying she did it on her own free will and the like.”
Weasley looked stunned before his face morphed into cold fury only to change into a pensive expression when Harry spoke of what his daughter would face. Unknown to them across the room Molly and Ginny were listening having noticed the two walk to the other end of the infirmary Both jumped at Ginny's voice.“Daddy, I want to do it. That man made me believe I was losing my mind. He nearly made me kill people and nearly killed me. He took away my free will, Daddy. I don't care what they say about me cause we know that I am innocent and he is guilty and that's all that matters. I'll take that truth potion you've talked about. I want him to pay Daddy. I want him to pay. Please make him pay, Daddy.” By the end tears were streaming down Ginny's face. Molly immediately sat on the bed and pulled her into her lap. Arthur reluctantly turned away from his daughter and answered. “Your help would be most appreciated.”
“Mr. Potter, I will be happy to do an interview with you. May I ask why me and what about?” asked the reporter with blue eyes and brown hair. She was a petite woman just barely taller than him.
“Miss Davies, I asked you here for your help so to speak. I asked for you because your known to verify your facts and you don't embellish things. I wish to speak to you about the reasons for the trial of Lucius Malfoy next week. I am a witness for the trial and I would like to make sure this in no way gets swept under the rug. I am also giving my consent to use the truth potion servoverum. Also it's a long story so it would be easier to let me tell it and hold the questions to after.” Harry spoke.
Miss Davies lit up at possible news of the trial no one could find information about. Grabbing her Quill and notepad as Harry dosed himself she got ready.
Harry cleared his throat and began. “This summer Mr. Malfoy picked up the cauldron of Ginny Weasley and had a brawl with Mr. Weasley. On September my friend Ron Weasley and I were locked out of the barrier for platform 9 ¾. We had caught the attention of the muggles around us when we crashed into the barrier. So we decided to wait for Ron's parents in their car. While waiting a house elf name Dobby appeared. He talked about how I couldn't go to Hogwarts because his Master was planning something dangerous. At first we thought it a ploy. We thought someone had sent him to say these things until he started punishing himself. He spoke about how his master wouldn't notice him punishing himself because his master sometimes told him to punish himself extra. When I still refused to quit Hogwarts he snapped his fingers and suddenly the car was soaring. I'm sure you heard about that. Most likely he thought we would be automatically expelled without a chance to explain. Instead we were able to prove our innocence with our memories.
During school the roosters were killed. On Halloween my friends and I were walking when I heard a voice coming from the walls. I followed it and found the cat of the caretaker was petrified and a message telling how the Chamber of Secrets had been opened and that enemies of the heir beware. Eventually the paranoia went down when nothing happened. During a game Dobby set a bludger on me. I woke up during the night and saw them carry in the first petrified victim, Colin Creevy. Then eventually Justin Finch-Fletchley, Sir Nicholas the ghost, Penelope Clearwater, and Hermione Granger were petrified. The Minister then threw Hagrid into Azkaban without trail for in his words to make it look like he was doing something. Lucius Malfoy told the Headmaster that he had been dismissed. Not long after we found a piece of paper in the hand of Hermione Granger that gave details of a basilisk She had figured it out that it was traveling though the pipes and that I was hearing it through the walls. We had found out that I had some how become a Parsel Mouth the year before.
We figured out that fifty years ago the ghost Myrtle was the one killed by the monster. We rushed to tell the teachers only for it to be pushed from our minds at the knowledge that my best friend's sister, Ginny Weasley, had been taken to the chamber. When we finally snapped out of our chamber we went to Professor Lockhart. With Professor Lockhart we went to the bathroom and Myrtle told us where the monster had come from. I used the language Parsel Tongue to open the entrance which was a sink and we all went down. Once down there after we had found out that Lockhart was a fraud that oblivated the real people who did the things in the books and took the fame for them. Lockhart tried to cast the spell on us only for it to backfire. I was forced to go on alone. I found Ginny's body and a diary. Suddenly a apparition of a sixteen year old boy named Tom appeared.
He told me he was Voldermort and that he had used the diary to possess Ginny Weasley. He said that he was taking her life to recreate his own. He then set a sixty foot basilisk on me. The Headmaster's phoenix appeared and blinded the snake. Taking the sword brought to me I stabbed the snake through the mouth. It's fang went through my arm and Fawkes the phoenix saved me. Once we were all out we reported to the newly returned Headmaster.
Lucius Malfoy appeared with his house elf Dobby. Mr. Malfoy was angry that the Headmaster was back. The headmaster seemed bemused about the other governors insisting he come back and how they told him how Mr. Malfoy threatened them to help dismiss him. Dobby during this was pointing to the diary and Mr. Malfoy only to immediately punish himself after. I then realized the when, how, and who about the diary getting into the possession of Ginny Weasley. While we were at the bookshop earlier that year Lucius Malfoy picked up Ginny's cauldron. It was then that he slipped her the diary. When I told him he told me to prove it. When I said I could by looking into my memories he threatened me.
After hearing repeatedly from Dobby that he wanted free; I decided to help him after he so many times had tried to do the same for me. I gave Mr. Malfoy a fake diary with my sock on top. He threw the sock and set Dobby free in the process. When he realized what had happened he attempted to send a spell at me only to be stopped by both the Headmaster and Dobby.”
Miss Davies read through her before asking “Mr. Potter, How are we so sure that it wasn't you that gave her the diary?”
Harry smiled thinly. “My memory clearly shows Mr. Malfoy slipping her the diary but just to clarify I did not slip Ginny Weasley the diary. I did not control the basilisk in any shape or form. I did not in any way attack the victims.”
Miss Davies smiled apologetically. It had to be asked and it would keep people like Skeeter making a smear campaign against the boy. “This is quite the accusation your throwing against Lucius Malfoy. Is there a chance that Mr. Malfoy didn't know what this diary would do?”
“There could be but then why would he go to so much effort to put it in Ginny Weasley's purchases unseen.”
“On to another subject. You say that the Minister abused his power by throwing an innocent man into Azkaban without trial. Why would the minister do this?” Miss Davies asked gleefully. Information on government wrong doing could make her career.
A little freaked out at the reporters giddiness he answered “As the minister said. To make look like he was doing something. Though I question the intelligence on why he wanted to look like he was doing something then to actually to do something. I mean Hagrid was arrested because Tom Riddle fifty years ago said an Acromantula was the monster. Though if there had been any investigation then it would have been easily disproved. They can't petrify or kill victims without leaving a mark. Just think if this had done fifty years ago then Voldermort may have never became a Dark Lord.”
“Interesting. It's quite sad that all those deaths could have been avoided. About Lockhart, would you mind expanding on that?”She asked as she wrote.
Harry nearly sighed at having to talk about the idiot. “He told us that the people who really did those things were ugly. So he somehow got it in his mind that would make it right for him to obliviate them so bad that they had no more memories. Down in the chamber he was terrified of having to go near the basilisk, the heir, and having to save Ginny Weasley. He wrestled Ron's broken wand because we had disarmed him when we found out he was a fraud and he took his first attempt at obliviating us. He then tried again telling us that he would tell everyone that we had lost our minds at the sight of Ginny's body. He had no intention of saving her. Instead of the obliviating us the wand backfired and the roof collapsed. I've checked up on the people he victimized and they are all in psych wards.”
It took a minute for her to control herself. That man had almost damaged two children and caused the death of another. How many lives had that man destroyed?! Taking a deep breath to control herself she and Harry continued for hours. Each question causing more questions.
Four Days Later
I was pleasantly surprised when the recluse Harry Potter walked into my office. I was even more surprised when he told me he wanted to talk about something he believed everyone had a right to know. He even offered to speak under the truth serum called servoverum. Under his influence he told me this:
This year at Hogwarts a man's actions endangered every child there including his own son. His actions caused a pet, a ghost, and four children to be petrified. What's worse is that these children could have been killed instead and another first year student was put through the horror of being possessed. This first year student name Ginny Weasley was given a dark object. This object had a memory or something similar of a sixteen year old version of You-Know-Who. This object, a journal, gave You-Know-Who ability to possess a young girl and force her to set a sixty foot basilisk on the school. The only reason the children who were petrified are not dead is because they each saw a reflection of it's eyes and not the eyes themselves. They were lucky unlike the student ghost called Myrtle who saw the snake come out of its chamber and died fifty years ago when You-Know-Who attended. This snake was allowed to go unnoticed by using the school pipe system. This was discovered by the snakes last victim, Hermione Granger. Miss Granger tore out this information from a book and wrote the word pipes on it. She then immediately found a Prefect, Penelope Clearwater, and told her. They proceeded to walk around using a mirror. Thank Merlin they did or they would both be dead.
You may be asking yourself how a twelve year old girl figured this out. Well Ladies and Gentlemen she was able to connect the dots on why Mr. Potter could hear a voice saying kill every time an attack happened. It seems our very own hero received the ability of Parseltongue from that Halloween night. After the attack the Groundskeeper Hagrid was arrested. It seems that he was the suspect from fifty years ago. You-Know-Who framed him for it and the worse part is that it would have been easily disproved if the Law Enforcement had bothered to do an investigation. It seems that he was blamed because he had been secretly taking care of an Acromantula While the fact that a thirteen year old boy was raising a man eating spider; it still doesn't make any sense why it was thought to be the monster that attacked fourteen children and killed one without a single mark. An Acromantula certainly can't petrify nor can it kill someone without leaving puncture wounds.
We Hogwarts students all remember Hagrid as a gentle man ready with a cup of tea for you and some food that is impossible to eat. So its hard to believe how such a gentle man could be found guilty in a trial this year without us hearing. I'm sure you all are wondering about why I'm saying he was found guilty at a trial. The reason is because the last time I checked the only time a person could be thrown into Azkaban is if they are found guilty. Well it seems Minister Fudge forgot that law. Yes, citizens of Britain our very own Minister threw an innocent man to the mercy of the dementors without a trial. Instead of doing their job and investigating they threw a man into prison to make it look as if they were doing something. In the process they endangered our children and forced two twelve year olds, Harry Potter and his best friend Ron Weasley, to solve and handle the situation.
You read that right. The two children were forced to find out where the chamber was and to kill the basilisk. When the two found out were the chamber was they immediately told the person put in charge of finding the monster as reported by the rest of the staff. During this Ron's sister, Ginny Weasley, was taken to the chamber. Taking Lockhart to the chamber they found out that he was a fraud. Yes it seems Gilderoy Lockhart has been going around the world oblivating individuals so badly that they are now in the psych wards. The reason why is that these people are the ones who really did these heroic deed Lockhart is famous for. If that is not terrible enough Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley were forced to disarm him when he attempted to do the same to them. Later Mr. Lockhart was able to wrestle Ron Weasley's broken wand from him and told them that he would tell everyone that they had lost their minds at the sight of Ginny Weasley's body. He had no intention of saving her. Instead of oblivating them the wand backfired and the roof collapsed splitting me from them.
This forced Ron Weasley to be trapped with his attacker and Harry Potter was forced to continue alone. When he found Ginny Weasley she was laying unresponsive on the ground with a diary next to her. That was when an apparition of a sixteen year old named Tom Marvolo Riddle appeared. This teenager proved himself to be a younger version of You-Know-Who. That's right for those of you who know that Riddle isn't a Pureblood name. You-Know-Who is a half blood. You-Know-Who didn't stop at revealing that information to our young Mr Potter. No he told him how he possessed Ginny Weasley using the diary and that he was almost done absorbing the little girls life force to bring himself back. You aren't imagining this my beloved readers. You-Know-Who almost returned if it wasn't again for our Savior.
But what did Harry Potter have to do to save us? You-Know-Who set that sixty foot basilisk on him. In the nick of time Albus Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes, blinded the snake and gave Harry Potter a sword. Now I'm sure many are asking why didn't Dumbledore show up himself? The answer is most horrifying. It seems the same person who caused all this threatened his fellow Governors to dismiss Dumbledore putting our children at more risk. Because of this Mr. Potter was forced to take this sword and shove it up the mouth of this enormous snake. In the process a fang of the basilisk pierced through his arm. Thank Merlin a phoenix was there or we would have two dead children and more to come when You-Know-Who got out of the chamber. After all this Mr. Potter still had the willpower to force himself up and take the fang he had ripped out of his arm and stab the diary. By doing this he killed the nearly corporeal You-Know-Who and saved the life of Ginny Weasley.
Now who was the person who caused this near catastrophe? The person is known for donating thousand to St. Mungo's and claimed innocence of being a death eater via imperious. This person is Lucius Malfoy. I then asked Mr. Potter the important question. 'Mr. Potter, How are we so sure that it wasn't you that gave her the diary?'. It was a valid question. How did we know that Mr. Potter was setting Mr. Malfoy up. I mean he already admitted to having gained an ability known to have been used by dark wizards.
This is a quote directly from Mr. Potter. “My memory clearly shows Mr. Malfoy slipping her the diary but just to clarify I did not give Ginny Weasley the diary. I did not control the basilisk in any shape or form. I did not in any way attack the victims.”
Under the influence of a truth serum that proves Mr. Potter's innocence and casts a dark light onto one Lucius Malfoy. Why would a supposedly innocent man give such a dangerous object to a child. Did he know the object was dangerous? According to his House Elf he did. It seems his House Elf, Dobby, tried to warn Mr. Potter this September. Punishing himself Dobby told him that his master had terrible plans for Hogwarts and that Mr. Potter was in danger. When Mr. Potter refused to allow himself to swear that he would never set foot in Hogwarts again. In an attempt to get Mr. Potter expelled and keep him safe out of Hogwarts; Dobby forced the car Ron Weasley and Harry Potter were sitting in to fly. I'm sure you all remember how the two were nearly expelled and facing charges for flying a car to Hogwarts. Only to be proven innocent by the Headmaster. When that ploy didn't work Dobby attempted one last time. He set a bludger onto Mr. Potter hoping that he would leave feeling unsafe at school. So my readers this is the real true happenings at Hogwarts this year.
At the end of Mr. Malfoy's trial.
“While found guilty of endangering everyone he is not found guilty of knowingly doing so. For this Mr. Malfoy will be required to take certain actions instead of being sentenced to Azkaban. First Mr. Malfoy is hereby banned from his seat in the Board of Governors. Second Malfoy will pay for Miss Weasley and the rest of the victims to see a Mind Healer and for any treatment they need. Third Mr. Malfoy will pay a compensation to the victims, Ginny Weasley, and Harry Potter of four thousand galleons. Fourth Mr. Malfoys house will be searched for any dark objects and may be searched at any time in the future as long as he is alive. Fifth Mr. Malfoy will serve two hundred hours of community service.” Madam Bones spoke.
Many looked angry that Malfoy wasn't going to prison but relieved that he had face some type of retribution. Harry sighed. He had known that Mr. Malfoy would most likely have enough pull to weasel out of his charges, but at least they had done some damage to his power-base It was a step.
*- Direct quotes from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
servoverum- means reserved truth. It's a weaker truth serum used by people to prove they are speaking the truth, but they are free to omitt or not answer things.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter Franchise, but JK Rowling and others do.
*Well, you see, Lucius," said Dumbledore, smiling serenely, "the other eleven governors
contacted me today. It was something like being caught in a hailstorm of owls, to tell the
truth. They'd heard that Arthur Weasley's daughter had been killed and wanted me back here
at once. They seemed to think I was the best man for the job after all. Very strange tales they
told me, too… Several of them seemed to think that you had threatened to curse their families
if they didn't agree to suspend me in the first place."
Mr. Malfoy went even paler than usual, but his eyes were still slits of fury.
"So — have you stopped the attacks yet?" he sneered. "Have you caught the culprit?"
"We have," said Dumbledore, with a smile.
"Well?" said Mr. Malfoy sharply. "Who is it?"
"The same person as last time, Lucius," said Dumbledore. "But this time, Lord Voldemort
was acting through somebody else. By means of this diary."
"A clever plan," said Dumbledore in a level voice, still staring Mr. Malfoy straight in the eye.
"Because if Harry here —"
Mr. Malfoy shot Harry a swift, sharp look who just smiled sweetly "and her friend Ron hadn't
discovered this book, why — Ginny Weasley might have taken all the blame. No one would ever have been able to prove she hadn't acted of her own free will…"
And still, behind his back, Dobby was pointing, first to the diary, then to Lucius Malfoy, then punching himself in the head. And Harry suddenly understood. She nodded at Dobby, and
Dobby backed into a corner, now twisting his ears in punishment.
"Don't you want to know how Ginny got hold of that diary, Mr. Malfoy?" said Harry.
Lucius Malfoy rounded on him.
"How should I know how the stupid little girl got hold of it?" he said.
"Because you gave it to her," said Harry. "In Flourish and Blotts. You picked up her old
Transfiguration book and slipped the diary inside it, didn't you?"
She saw Mr. Malfoy's white hands clench and unclench.
"Prove it," he hissed.
"
Oh, no one will be able to do that," said Dumbledore, smiling at Harry. "Not now that Riddle has
vanished from the book. On the other hand, I would advise you, Lucius, not to go giving out any more of Lord Voldemort's old school things. If any more of them find their way into
innocent hands, I think Arthur Weasley, for one, will make sure they are traced back to
you…"*
Harry suddenly smirked. “Actually Headmaster I think we can. If I remember right Penesieve memories are allowed in court and I'm sure a memory of The Good Samaritan Lucius Malfoy giving a dark object to an eleven year old girl will be of interest to DMLE. Especially if that artifact set a sixty foot basilisk loose and could have killed every child in Hogwarts.”
Dumbledore looked at Harry alarmed. While Lucius looked at him in fury as he spoke with a hissing quality. “Don't make claims child you can't back up. I'm sure you would not want the little Weaselette to be forced in front of the court. Especially as she was the one to set the monster free. I'm sure you wouldn't want to chance her going to Azkaban would you?”
Harry merely smiled lazily as he replied in a bored voice. “Depends if Mr. and Mrs. Weasley wish to press charges. If they agree to then I'm perfectly okay with helping. I'm sure the papers would love an interview with me on how Ginny got the book, the attacks here, the information with the basilisk, and the truth on how the Headmaster was really forced down.”
Lucius turned towards Dumbledore and started sneering about disrespectful students and insults against his family while Dumbledore merely regarded him with twinkling eyes. During this Harry took off his sock and pulled a journal out of McGonnagall's Lost and Found Box. He then took the diary off the desk and hid it in one of his pockets. “Mr. Malfoy, I believe this belongs to you.” Harry handed him the fake journal with his sock on top.
*"What the —?" Mr. Malfoy ripped the sock off the diary, threw it aside, then looked furiously
from the ruined book to Harry. "You'll meet the same sticky end as your parent's one of these
days, Harry Potter," he said softly. "They were meddlesome fools, too."*
“Now Lucius, surely you know better than to threaten and insult one of my students and definitely not in front of me.”Dumbledore's manner stayed as gentle as ever but the steel in his voice relayed just how angry he was. The stiffening in Malfoy's posture showed he had heard the unspoken threat.
*He turned to go. "Come, Dobby. I said, come." But Dobby didn't move. He was holding up
Harry's disgusting, slimy sock, and looking at it as though it were a priceless treasure.
"Master has given a sock," said the elf in wonderment. "Master gave it to Dobby."
"What's that?" spat Mr. Malfoy. "What did you say?"
"Got a sock," said Dobby in disbelief. "Master threw it, and Dobby caught it, and Dobby —
Dobby is free."*
Malfoy rose his wand “Bra-”
Suddenly Malfoy's wand went flying at the same time Malfoy was slung into the wall behind him. Dobby had thrown Malfoy at the same time Dumbledore had disarmed him.
*Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter!"* He crossed his arms and had a smug look on his face. Malfoy picked up the last bit his dignity and walked out stuffing the fake diary in his pocket.
Dumbledore looked at Harry with concern. “Mr. Potter, I recommend that you do not bring this to court. You do not want to make an enemy of Lucius Malfoy.”
Harry smiled softly at Dumbledore. “Sir the moment I survived I became a person of derision. The moment you told him I stopped his plan I became his enemy. I'm merely giving the option of giving his power-base a hard knock. One that is desperately needed and that ,no offense sir, you could have done a long time ago. I've heard how that you have mainly tried to stay out of politics as much as you possibly can. Not wanting to be corrupted by power you have stayed in the background in speaking out unless directly asked. In doing so the death eaters got their puppet Fudge into office instead of the recently passed Johnathan Abbott. With Fudge the Military no longer exist. Auror funding has gone down so much that there is not enough of them to go around. Relations with other nations have decreased so much that if another Dark Lord were to pop up no one would offer us assistance if we were unable to deal with it alone. Over half of the new inventions that could have improved or world have been outlawed because some people don't want muggle objects to be near them. Rights of all creatures have taken such a plunge that if Voldermort were to make them an offer they would join in an instant. Just for the slightest hope of a better life. Hogwarts education has been limited terribly because of all the laws on magic. Hogwarts has gone from being in the top five to now we're number fifty-six in rank. Most likely for the purpose of weakening us so that we will be easier to handle from those who can like Malfoy pay off any who make inquires for performing the magic anyways. So if the Weasleys are okay with it I am quite prepared to do what is needed and take a jab at Malfoy. It'll be good practice for when I'm seventeen and need to take my seat. Sir, I'm not going into this blind and it's about time for someone else to do what is needed instead of piling it all on top of you.”
Dumbledore smiled tiredly, “You never cease to surprise me my boy. If you need any help with this my door is always open for those who like Blood Pops. Though I have one concern. You just gave your evidence against Malfoy to him. By now he is bound to have destroyed to cover his tracks.”
Harry grinned mischievously “Actually Mr. Malfoy has an old Lost and Found Journal. The diary used to control Ginny is in my pocket.”
Dumbledore threw his head back in laughter.
Walking into the infirmary Harry walked up to the Mr. Weasley. Getting his attention Harry asked to talk to him in private. Away from the others Harry spoke. “Mr. Weasley, In Diagon Alley when Lucius Malfoy took Ginny's cauldron he put the diary that controlled her this year in it. If you wish to press charges I will be glad to help you by providing my memory. If you decide this course then I will be glad to be called as witness. Since I'll be there I won't need my proxy to be in my seat and I'll be free to speak in your daughter's defense and to vote. I am not trying to pressure you. This is your family's decision as it will affect your daughter greatly. She will most likely have Malfoy's lawyers saying she did it on her own free will and the like.”
Weasley looked stunned before his face morphed into cold fury only to change into a pensive expression when Harry spoke of what his daughter would face. Unknown to them across the room Molly and Ginny were listening having noticed the two walk to the other end of the infirmary Both jumped at Ginny's voice.“Daddy, I want to do it. That man made me believe I was losing my mind. He nearly made me kill people and nearly killed me. He took away my free will, Daddy. I don't care what they say about me cause we know that I am innocent and he is guilty and that's all that matters. I'll take that truth potion you've talked about. I want him to pay Daddy. I want him to pay. Please make him pay, Daddy.” By the end tears were streaming down Ginny's face. Molly immediately sat on the bed and pulled her into her lap. Arthur reluctantly turned away from his daughter and answered. “Your help would be most appreciated.”
“Mr. Potter, I will be happy to do an interview with you. May I ask why me and what about?” asked the reporter with blue eyes and brown hair. She was a petite woman just barely taller than him.
“Miss Davies, I asked you here for your help so to speak. I asked for you because your known to verify your facts and you don't embellish things. I wish to speak to you about the reasons for the trial of Lucius Malfoy next week. I am a witness for the trial and I would like to make sure this in no way gets swept under the rug. I am also giving my consent to use the truth potion servoverum. Also it's a long story so it would be easier to let me tell it and hold the questions to after.” Harry spoke.
Miss Davies lit up at possible news of the trial no one could find information about. Grabbing her Quill and notepad as Harry dosed himself she got ready.
Harry cleared his throat and began. “This summer Mr. Malfoy picked up the cauldron of Ginny Weasley and had a brawl with Mr. Weasley. On September my friend Ron Weasley and I were locked out of the barrier for platform 9 ¾. We had caught the attention of the muggles around us when we crashed into the barrier. So we decided to wait for Ron's parents in their car. While waiting a house elf name Dobby appeared. He talked about how I couldn't go to Hogwarts because his Master was planning something dangerous. At first we thought it a ploy. We thought someone had sent him to say these things until he started punishing himself. He spoke about how his master wouldn't notice him punishing himself because his master sometimes told him to punish himself extra. When I still refused to quit Hogwarts he snapped his fingers and suddenly the car was soaring. I'm sure you heard about that. Most likely he thought we would be automatically expelled without a chance to explain. Instead we were able to prove our innocence with our memories.
During school the roosters were killed. On Halloween my friends and I were walking when I heard a voice coming from the walls. I followed it and found the cat of the caretaker was petrified and a message telling how the Chamber of Secrets had been opened and that enemies of the heir beware. Eventually the paranoia went down when nothing happened. During a game Dobby set a bludger on me. I woke up during the night and saw them carry in the first petrified victim, Colin Creevy. Then eventually Justin Finch-Fletchley, Sir Nicholas the ghost, Penelope Clearwater, and Hermione Granger were petrified. The Minister then threw Hagrid into Azkaban without trail for in his words to make it look like he was doing something. Lucius Malfoy told the Headmaster that he had been dismissed. Not long after we found a piece of paper in the hand of Hermione Granger that gave details of a basilisk She had figured it out that it was traveling though the pipes and that I was hearing it through the walls. We had found out that I had some how become a Parsel Mouth the year before.
We figured out that fifty years ago the ghost Myrtle was the one killed by the monster. We rushed to tell the teachers only for it to be pushed from our minds at the knowledge that my best friend's sister, Ginny Weasley, had been taken to the chamber. When we finally snapped out of our chamber we went to Professor Lockhart. With Professor Lockhart we went to the bathroom and Myrtle told us where the monster had come from. I used the language Parsel Tongue to open the entrance which was a sink and we all went down. Once down there after we had found out that Lockhart was a fraud that oblivated the real people who did the things in the books and took the fame for them. Lockhart tried to cast the spell on us only for it to backfire. I was forced to go on alone. I found Ginny's body and a diary. Suddenly a apparition of a sixteen year old boy named Tom appeared.
He told me he was Voldermort and that he had used the diary to possess Ginny Weasley. He said that he was taking her life to recreate his own. He then set a sixty foot basilisk on me. The Headmaster's phoenix appeared and blinded the snake. Taking the sword brought to me I stabbed the snake through the mouth. It's fang went through my arm and Fawkes the phoenix saved me. Once we were all out we reported to the newly returned Headmaster.
Lucius Malfoy appeared with his house elf Dobby. Mr. Malfoy was angry that the Headmaster was back. The headmaster seemed bemused about the other governors insisting he come back and how they told him how Mr. Malfoy threatened them to help dismiss him. Dobby during this was pointing to the diary and Mr. Malfoy only to immediately punish himself after. I then realized the when, how, and who about the diary getting into the possession of Ginny Weasley. While we were at the bookshop earlier that year Lucius Malfoy picked up Ginny's cauldron. It was then that he slipped her the diary. When I told him he told me to prove it. When I said I could by looking into my memories he threatened me.
After hearing repeatedly from Dobby that he wanted free; I decided to help him after he so many times had tried to do the same for me. I gave Mr. Malfoy a fake diary with my sock on top. He threw the sock and set Dobby free in the process. When he realized what had happened he attempted to send a spell at me only to be stopped by both the Headmaster and Dobby.”
Miss Davies read through her before asking “Mr. Potter, How are we so sure that it wasn't you that gave her the diary?”
Harry smiled thinly. “My memory clearly shows Mr. Malfoy slipping her the diary but just to clarify I did not slip Ginny Weasley the diary. I did not control the basilisk in any shape or form. I did not in any way attack the victims.”
Miss Davies smiled apologetically. It had to be asked and it would keep people like Skeeter making a smear campaign against the boy. “This is quite the accusation your throwing against Lucius Malfoy. Is there a chance that Mr. Malfoy didn't know what this diary would do?”
“There could be but then why would he go to so much effort to put it in Ginny Weasley's purchases unseen.”
“On to another subject. You say that the Minister abused his power by throwing an innocent man into Azkaban without trial. Why would the minister do this?” Miss Davies asked gleefully. Information on government wrong doing could make her career.
A little freaked out at the reporters giddiness he answered “As the minister said. To make look like he was doing something. Though I question the intelligence on why he wanted to look like he was doing something then to actually to do something. I mean Hagrid was arrested because Tom Riddle fifty years ago said an Acromantula was the monster. Though if there had been any investigation then it would have been easily disproved. They can't petrify or kill victims without leaving a mark. Just think if this had done fifty years ago then Voldermort may have never became a Dark Lord.”
“Interesting. It's quite sad that all those deaths could have been avoided. About Lockhart, would you mind expanding on that?”She asked as she wrote.
Harry nearly sighed at having to talk about the idiot. “He told us that the people who really did those things were ugly. So he somehow got it in his mind that would make it right for him to obliviate them so bad that they had no more memories. Down in the chamber he was terrified of having to go near the basilisk, the heir, and having to save Ginny Weasley. He wrestled Ron's broken wand because we had disarmed him when we found out he was a fraud and he took his first attempt at obliviating us. He then tried again telling us that he would tell everyone that we had lost our minds at the sight of Ginny's body. He had no intention of saving her. Instead of the obliviating us the wand backfired and the roof collapsed. I've checked up on the people he victimized and they are all in psych wards.”
It took a minute for her to control herself. That man had almost damaged two children and caused the death of another. How many lives had that man destroyed?! Taking a deep breath to control herself she and Harry continued for hours. Each question causing more questions.
Four Days Later
An Interview with Harry Potter About What Really went on at Hogwarts
By Georgina Davies
I was pleasantly surprised when the recluse Harry Potter walked into my office. I was even more surprised when he told me he wanted to talk about something he believed everyone had a right to know. He even offered to speak under the truth serum called servoverum. Under his influence he told me this:
This year at Hogwarts a man's actions endangered every child there including his own son. His actions caused a pet, a ghost, and four children to be petrified. What's worse is that these children could have been killed instead and another first year student was put through the horror of being possessed. This first year student name Ginny Weasley was given a dark object. This object had a memory or something similar of a sixteen year old version of You-Know-Who. This object, a journal, gave You-Know-Who ability to possess a young girl and force her to set a sixty foot basilisk on the school. The only reason the children who were petrified are not dead is because they each saw a reflection of it's eyes and not the eyes themselves. They were lucky unlike the student ghost called Myrtle who saw the snake come out of its chamber and died fifty years ago when You-Know-Who attended. This snake was allowed to go unnoticed by using the school pipe system. This was discovered by the snakes last victim, Hermione Granger. Miss Granger tore out this information from a book and wrote the word pipes on it. She then immediately found a Prefect, Penelope Clearwater, and told her. They proceeded to walk around using a mirror. Thank Merlin they did or they would both be dead.
You may be asking yourself how a twelve year old girl figured this out. Well Ladies and Gentlemen she was able to connect the dots on why Mr. Potter could hear a voice saying kill every time an attack happened. It seems our very own hero received the ability of Parseltongue from that Halloween night. After the attack the Groundskeeper Hagrid was arrested. It seems that he was the suspect from fifty years ago. You-Know-Who framed him for it and the worse part is that it would have been easily disproved if the Law Enforcement had bothered to do an investigation. It seems that he was blamed because he had been secretly taking care of an Acromantula While the fact that a thirteen year old boy was raising a man eating spider; it still doesn't make any sense why it was thought to be the monster that attacked fourteen children and killed one without a single mark. An Acromantula certainly can't petrify nor can it kill someone without leaving puncture wounds.
We Hogwarts students all remember Hagrid as a gentle man ready with a cup of tea for you and some food that is impossible to eat. So its hard to believe how such a gentle man could be found guilty in a trial this year without us hearing. I'm sure you all are wondering about why I'm saying he was found guilty at a trial. The reason is because the last time I checked the only time a person could be thrown into Azkaban is if they are found guilty. Well it seems Minister Fudge forgot that law. Yes, citizens of Britain our very own Minister threw an innocent man to the mercy of the dementors without a trial. Instead of doing their job and investigating they threw a man into prison to make it look as if they were doing something. In the process they endangered our children and forced two twelve year olds, Harry Potter and his best friend Ron Weasley, to solve and handle the situation.
You read that right. The two children were forced to find out where the chamber was and to kill the basilisk. When the two found out were the chamber was they immediately told the person put in charge of finding the monster as reported by the rest of the staff. During this Ron's sister, Ginny Weasley, was taken to the chamber. Taking Lockhart to the chamber they found out that he was a fraud. Yes it seems Gilderoy Lockhart has been going around the world oblivating individuals so badly that they are now in the psych wards. The reason why is that these people are the ones who really did these heroic deed Lockhart is famous for. If that is not terrible enough Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley were forced to disarm him when he attempted to do the same to them. Later Mr. Lockhart was able to wrestle Ron Weasley's broken wand from him and told them that he would tell everyone that they had lost their minds at the sight of Ginny Weasley's body. He had no intention of saving her. Instead of oblivating them the wand backfired and the roof collapsed splitting me from them.
This forced Ron Weasley to be trapped with his attacker and Harry Potter was forced to continue alone. When he found Ginny Weasley she was laying unresponsive on the ground with a diary next to her. That was when an apparition of a sixteen year old named Tom Marvolo Riddle appeared. This teenager proved himself to be a younger version of You-Know-Who. That's right for those of you who know that Riddle isn't a Pureblood name. You-Know-Who is a half blood. You-Know-Who didn't stop at revealing that information to our young Mr Potter. No he told him how he possessed Ginny Weasley using the diary and that he was almost done absorbing the little girls life force to bring himself back. You aren't imagining this my beloved readers. You-Know-Who almost returned if it wasn't again for our Savior.
But what did Harry Potter have to do to save us? You-Know-Who set that sixty foot basilisk on him. In the nick of time Albus Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes, blinded the snake and gave Harry Potter a sword. Now I'm sure many are asking why didn't Dumbledore show up himself? The answer is most horrifying. It seems the same person who caused all this threatened his fellow Governors to dismiss Dumbledore putting our children at more risk. Because of this Mr. Potter was forced to take this sword and shove it up the mouth of this enormous snake. In the process a fang of the basilisk pierced through his arm. Thank Merlin a phoenix was there or we would have two dead children and more to come when You-Know-Who got out of the chamber. After all this Mr. Potter still had the willpower to force himself up and take the fang he had ripped out of his arm and stab the diary. By doing this he killed the nearly corporeal You-Know-Who and saved the life of Ginny Weasley.
Now who was the person who caused this near catastrophe? The person is known for donating thousand to St. Mungo's and claimed innocence of being a death eater via imperious. This person is Lucius Malfoy. I then asked Mr. Potter the important question. 'Mr. Potter, How are we so sure that it wasn't you that gave her the diary?'. It was a valid question. How did we know that Mr. Potter was setting Mr. Malfoy up. I mean he already admitted to having gained an ability known to have been used by dark wizards.
This is a quote directly from Mr. Potter. “My memory clearly shows Mr. Malfoy slipping her the diary but just to clarify I did not give Ginny Weasley the diary. I did not control the basilisk in any shape or form. I did not in any way attack the victims.”
Under the influence of a truth serum that proves Mr. Potter's innocence and casts a dark light onto one Lucius Malfoy. Why would a supposedly innocent man give such a dangerous object to a child. Did he know the object was dangerous? According to his House Elf he did. It seems his House Elf, Dobby, tried to warn Mr. Potter this September. Punishing himself Dobby told him that his master had terrible plans for Hogwarts and that Mr. Potter was in danger. When Mr. Potter refused to allow himself to swear that he would never set foot in Hogwarts again. In an attempt to get Mr. Potter expelled and keep him safe out of Hogwarts; Dobby forced the car Ron Weasley and Harry Potter were sitting in to fly. I'm sure you all remember how the two were nearly expelled and facing charges for flying a car to Hogwarts. Only to be proven innocent by the Headmaster. When that ploy didn't work Dobby attempted one last time. He set a bludger onto Mr. Potter hoping that he would leave feeling unsafe at school. So my readers this is the real true happenings at Hogwarts this year.
Page 3, For more about the history of Lucius Malfoy
Page 5, For more on the attack fifty years ago
Page 6, for More on the Heritage of You-Know-Who
Page 7, for more on the threats made against other Governors
Page 5, For more on the attack fifty years ago
Page 6, for More on the Heritage of You-Know-Who
Page 7, for more on the threats made against other Governors
At the end of Mr. Malfoy's trial.
“While found guilty of endangering everyone he is not found guilty of knowingly doing so. For this Mr. Malfoy will be required to take certain actions instead of being sentenced to Azkaban. First Mr. Malfoy is hereby banned from his seat in the Board of Governors. Second Malfoy will pay for Miss Weasley and the rest of the victims to see a Mind Healer and for any treatment they need. Third Mr. Malfoy will pay a compensation to the victims, Ginny Weasley, and Harry Potter of four thousand galleons. Fourth Mr. Malfoys house will be searched for any dark objects and may be searched at any time in the future as long as he is alive. Fifth Mr. Malfoy will serve two hundred hours of community service.” Madam Bones spoke.
Many looked angry that Malfoy wasn't going to prison but relieved that he had face some type of retribution. Harry sighed. He had known that Mr. Malfoy would most likely have enough pull to weasel out of his charges, but at least they had done some damage to his power-base It was a step.
*- Direct quotes from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
servoverum- means reserved truth. It's a weaker truth serum used by people to prove they are speaking the truth, but they are free to omitt or not answer things.
