Repercussion
/Hogwarts, the same day Harry left./
Dumbledore sat on his throne and he glanced at the gryffindor table where Ron and Hermoine sat. No sign of his weapon. No doubt he was still recovering from his encounter with Tom at the Graveyard. The students of Beauxbatons and Dumstrang had already returned to their school following the aftermath of the Third task. Tonight was the leaving feast for his future sheep are returning home .
"For now I will let him have his moment of peace before he is returned to the Dursleys.it's for the greater Good that he dies at Tom's hand and then I can finally claim the Cloak of Invisibility as well as the Potter fortune. The other two hallows are still out there which shall soon belong to me./ he thought.
The evening mail arrived by the birds who dropped off the paper of the daily Prophet and most of the students started to read them before it became loud. Dumblecore then picked up and he paled.
BOY WHO LIVED FULL LIFE STORY, HARRY POTTER SPEAKS OUT..
By Marcus Brown
Last evening, I was granted the rare honor of interviewing the Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter, the recent winner of the Triwizard Tournament. Many of us have the image of Harry's life as being one of privilege. Nothing could be further from the truth as his life story is filled with betrayal from the time of his parents' death.
The story begins with the death of James and Lily Potter. The first betrayal was by none other that Peter Pettigrew who led Lord Voldemort (Sorry readers but it was a condition of the interview to call him by his chosen name.) straight to their doorstep. The actions of Peter Pettigrew led to a downward spiral for our young hero.
Sirius Black. Mr. Black was Harry's godfather and named guardian. Mr. Black arrived right after James and Lily's deaths and chose to hand Harry over to a lackey of one Albus Dumbledore. He immediately ran off to track down Pettigrew completely ignoring his duty to our young hero. His actions that night led him to an extended stay in Azkaban prison. The esteemed Albus Dumbledore stood aside and let Mr. Black go to prison even though he knew the truth of who really betrayed the Potters. Mr. Dumbledore cast the fidelius charm so he alone would know who the secret keeper was.
The esteemed Headmaster of Hogwarts had his opportunity and took it. He sealed the Potters' wills and ignored their wished for the sole purpose to give Albus Dumbledore control over the Potter heir and his fortune. Headmaster Dumbledore illegally declared himself Harry Potter's guardian and placed him with Lily Potters' sister, a Mrs. Petunia Dursley. While under Mrs. Dursley's care, our young hero suffered physical and emotional abuse. In a document shown to me, the Goblins of Gringotts verified the physical abuse our hero suffered at the hands of his relatives. Our young hero has had no less than 48 broken bones and some of them appeared to be multiple breaks. Our hero also has numerous scars across his body as further proof of his abuse.
What baffles this reporter is how come renowned healer Madam Pomfrey failed to recognize this. If she did recognize it, did she just ignore it?
This story has raised many questions for this reporter. To what purpose did all this serve? While the reasons are unknown, it can only be speculated that it was done to either get rid of the Potter heir or to make him easier to be manipulated by the Headmaster.
But my dear readers, the betrayals do not end there. Our hero has been subjected to numerous potions, compulsion charms, and blocks on his magical core. In another document I was allowed to copy, the names of Dumbledore, Hermoine Granger, and Ron Weasley had magical and potion signatures associated with these injustices.
In another turn of events, it was learned that the Potter accounts had been raided by Albus Dumbledore and Molly Weasley. The same signatures were traced to the thefts. And to top it all off, the Headmaster in his illegal capacity as Mr. Potter's guardian approved of it all and even had the audacity to attempt line theft by signing an illegal marriage contract to one Ginerva Molly Weasley where whether they had married or not, the Potter fortune would go to her upon his death.
Lord potter also told me that Sirius Black was innocent of betraying the potters to Voldemort as shown in their Will that Peter Pettigrew was the Secret Keeper. Not Him.
Now, let's deal with the events that have happened these last several. Months. Mr. Potter was entered unknowingly into the tri wizard tournament. Even after he swore a magical oath in front of the whole school swearing his innocence, he was still berated and called an attention seeking prat. The professors, his so called friends, all called him a liar and turned their back on him. Long time friends Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley even went as far as leading the house of Gryffindor into kicking him out, he was then captured by death eaters at the end of the Third Task and had to witness a classmate get murdered while they tortured him.
Our hero had to go into hiding for his very survival and ended up getting help from an unlikely source. Mr. Potter would not disclose this person as he holds this person in the utmost respect. This help led our young hero into discovering another betrayal. Until he stepped into Gringotts, he had no prior knowledge of his titles and family vaults. It is evident that the Headmaster had willingly withheld this information from the now Lord Potter since the current lord Sirius Black is a fugitive and could not give him infomation. Lord Potter then told me that he was leaving England for a good long break.
When I asked Lord Potter when he would return, I got this answer in return.
"Mr. Brown, at this point I have no reason to. Wizarding Britain can go fuck themselves for all I care. My family has paid enough for their idiocracy. you are on your own. Do not call for me to fight your battles for you as you never protected or supported me in the past. You people willingly gave up my parents for slaughter and left me to be sacrificed as well.
I have a question to ask my readers. If we treat our heroes this way, when another dark lord shows up, who will lead the charge? I also wonder if our children are as safe as we are led to believe at Hogwarts and I don't mean from outside attacks. I know that I will be looking for alternatives to Hogwarts for my children's magical education.
The entire hall was silent before anyone can say anything, a loud punch is heard and all heads tuned to see Ginny Weasley had just punched Ron in the Face. His nose was broken as she stood over him, she then pulled out her wand and aimed it him..
"you….you gluttonous son of a Bitch, you fucking had him under spells and Potions! Was it enough that you caused him enough pain throughout the year!" She scowled.
"Miss Weasley! That is enough!" Said Dumbledore when the great hall doors were forced opened. Bill Weasley came in followed by Charles Weasley. Hermoine paled for she saw an angry Dan Granger followed by a disappointed Emma Granger behind them. They had just arrived to collect Ron and Hermoine. Seeing them at the table did he approach them, "come along. We're heading home. Our father wants a word with you!"
"Bill my boy. It is the leaving feast. They will be home tomorrow" said Dumbledore using his grandfather tone to dis escalate the situation.
"Stay out of this Dumbledore ... .this is House Weasley business." Said Charles before he grabbed Ron by the arm and dragged him out of the hall with the twins and Ginny following. The Grangers took that moment to drag Hermoine along with them. Bill glared at Dumbledore before he followed suitly,
"Well shit…looks like shits hitting the fan" said Neville. Susan and Hannah came over to the table. "About time somebody did something with them." Said Susan
"Yeah. I knew Harry was talking about leaving. I didn't think he would actually do it" said Neville,
"Any idea where he went?" Asked Hannah.
"No clue but Daphne and Astoria went with him." said Neville.
/the ministry of magic/
The atrium of the Ministry of magic was busy as ever, a man in his mid forties with grey/black hair nicely trimmed, he was accompanied by two other men dressed in suits.. he was holding a briefcase before he presented a badge to the Auror on duty. He nodded before really the, to pass though. The three men entered the elevator and pressed the button that would take them to the minister's office. Which is on the first level. The elevator dinged and the three men headed for the office, a young woman was working behind a desk as the man presented his badge to her.
"Phillip Cromwell, newest Supreme Mugwump of the International Conference of Wizards, here to see minister Fudge."
"I'm sorry sir but he's in the middle of a meeting with his undersecretary and Lord Malfoy" said the receptionist.
Upon hearing that did Phillip turn to his two men and they nodded. The three men pulled out their wands and headed for his door. "Breach it"
One man kicks the door off its hinges as the other two man casted stunners at Lucius malfoy and Dolores Umbridge as they fall down. Two of the men stand over them. fudge shouted "what the hell do you think your doing?!"
"Sorry to interrupt your meeting minister, Phillip Cromwell..I'm the new Supreme Mugwamp of the International Conference of Wizards"
"The international conference of wizards. Why in Merlin's name are you here!" Said Fudge trying to hide a paper but Phillip waved his wand and the paper came right to him. 'What's this? A warrant of arrest for Harry James Potter? What's his crime?"
"He murdered Cedric Diggory! Using You-Know-who as a cover story!" Said Fudge.
"Oh really?" Said Cromwell before setting his briefcase down and opening it to reveal a pensieve "You see minister Fudge ... .last year when the World Cup was attacked by the Death Eaters. You know who's followers. We had decided to keep an eye on them should they cause trouble again. One of our top level spies infiltrated their rank and witnessed this with his own two eyes!"
He tapped on the runes of the The pensieve as it created a projectile screen showing Harry Potter being trapped by Peter Pettigrew after he murdered Cedric Diggory and the Resurrection of Voldemort. Even showing the duel between them and Harry fleeing.
"He's not back! That memory was altered!" Exclaimed Fudge.
"You fucking dumbass .thats my memory your watching!" Said the man holding Malfoy down. "Jackson! Behave!" Said Cromwell.
"Sorry sir" said the man named Jackson.
"So despite being shown full evidence from a highly trained Auror who witnessed his rebirth. You still refuse to believe in Voldemort's return!" Shouted Cromwell slamming his hands on the desk.
"Don't say his name! He is Dead!" Fudge shouted with his face turning red.
"Oh I'm sorry. His real name is Tom Manalo Riddle." Said Cromwell. The goblins were to thank for that and he had other men helping search for the Remaining Horcruxes with the goblins. He has other people searching for his full background.
"Then tell me why you have two of his followers in this office right now as we speak!" He exclaimed as his men pulled up Malfoy and Umbridge's sleeves to reveal their dark marks. "They are proper purebloods and my most trusted of my cabinet." Fudge said
/more like getting bribed to keep you silent of Riddles return/ thought Cromwell. "Very well…your last minister was told after your last war that your country needed to clean itself up. But what do you do? You lot continue the way you do…discrimate on Muggleborns, halfbloods, squibs and Magical creatures. You let this entire nation slander a fourteen year old Orphan who was forced into a tournament against his wishes. Now you wish to press charges on him for a crime he didn't commit,as Head of the International Conference of Wizards with the support of the other nations. magical Britain is hereby kicked out of our conference. Do not attempt to send any more representatives to our body. We will contact you when your society finally decides to grow up. Know this, As of now, Britain stands alone. If your problems spill over your borders, we will take appropriate action!."
"You can't do this!" Exclaimed Fudge.
"I can and will. The other magical nations grow tired of it . They say that Britain is the worst country in the magical world due to your blood Supremecy! That's coming from halfbloods and Muggleborns who graduated Hogwarts but moved to another country since your laws keep them from getting a good job,And another thing. Leave Harry Potter alone. He has left England after grabbing his family vaults to start a new life in the states." Said Cromwell
"The Yankees are harboring a fugitive. They are to surrender him to us." Said Fudge determined to get his hands on that fortune.
"I don't think so…the Americans already know of his innocence and if any of your Aurors are seen in the states. The Americans will see it as an act of war…and trust me Mr. fudge, you and Dumbledore have pissed off a lot of people! Good Day!" Said Cromwell. He and his three men stormed out of the office. "Fucking idiot" said Jackson once the three of them entered the elevator.
"This is the reason why magical Britian is getting cut off from the rest of the world. They have done nothing good for the world. Magical France was ready to declare war on them because Dumbledore endangered the French ministers daughters during the second task. But thankfully, I was able to talk them out of it…wished I didn't. These fuckers deserve it" said Cromwell. The three men at the apparition point teleported away.
/The Burrow/
Once the Weasleys and grangers arrived at the burrow, Dan and Emma dragged their daughter away to the barn to have a talk.
Hermoine stood in the only sunlight while her mother stood to the side. her father tore into her. He loved her very much but his personal honor was offended by her actions. From his time in the military, he knew what it meant to owe someone your life and to betray that kind of thing was something he could not accept. He also knew that the two kids had been through a lot together and over time, a deep connection had formed. Every time Hermione mentioned Harry to him, he couldn't help but picture the two of them marrying and him eventually chasing after little wild haired children. How things had come to this was beyond his comprehension as he thought he knew the kind of person hixdaughter was.
Hermione sat sobbing as her mother approached her. In a quiet voice, she said "I don't understand how you could do that to your first true friend. If that wasn't enough, I saw the signs last summer, you were in love with him and from what I saw, it was something worth fighting for. You could have built a true loving relationship with Harry that would have stood the test of time. Honey, I know you are only fifteen but both of you are more mature than your peers so it was easy for me to accept. You have never bowed to peer pressure in your life so what made you start now?"
Hermione sobbed out "I don't know. I was scared."
"Scared of what? You once said that as long as you had Harry, nothing else mattered."
"I don't know mum, I was stupid and now I've lost my best friend."
Charlie Weasley knocked on the door and when they opened it, he said "I'm sorry to interrupt but Dad asked me to come get you. It seemed important enough to disturb you."
/the house/
Ron was forced into the house where Arther sat in his chair. Molly was right next to him. Percy was leaning against the wall . Ginny and the twins stood behind him sharing their fathers dissapointment.
In a very low voice, he finally said "I want to know what has happened for my family to fall so low as to treat someone we considered one of our own in a manner like this. What's worse what is that my own Wife was in on this"
Percy spoke up and said "I warned you about getting involved with Potter. I told you he was nothing but trouble."
Before Arthur could react, Bill was up and in Percy's face. "Shut the hell up Percy. Your actions lately haven't been any better than these. If you can't offer anything to help with the situation, then remain silent. Charlie and I had almost lost our jobs because of Ron's stupidity but thankfully the Goblins were being generous since we were unaware of the crime.."
"Harry has been good to this family and if it wasn't for him, we would have lost Ginny . For you to treat him like this is inconceivable Ronald." Arther said
Ron whined "Dad, I tried to apologize to him after the first task but he just threw it back in my face."
Ginny snorted "Yeah some apology. Hermione told me all about it. He might have even accepted it if you had been even a little bit sincere or if it hadn't been you two who started all this in the first place."
Charlie turned to the twins and asked "Where were you when all this started?"
"We were there."
Bill asked "You didn't stop the little idiot?"
George said "We didn't think it was any different than any other argument they've had. We thought it would blow over but then Ronald kept fanning the flames until everyone in the house was against Harry.
"We stood for Harry knowing he had not put his name in. Alicia, Angelina and Katie aslo stood for him too. We joked about it when we saw him when he came out of hiding with the lovely miss Greengrass." Said Fred
"Slimy snake" said Ron before he even knew it, Bill had punched him in the face making the chair flip,
"William Weasley How dare you hurt your brother!" Boomed Molly,
"Molly shut up! Barked Arther who then glared at Ron. "You should know Ronald was that my great grandmother Matilda Weasley was in Slytherin. She was considered the best in the school and later became deputy headmistress. I do not ever want to hear you say Slimy Snake ever again in my presence….AM I CLEAR!"
Ron didn't say anything before Arther asked. "Now answer me this….why did you do this? Why did you force the entire Gryffindor house to go against Harry?"
Ron said "I only did what the headmaster told me to. I don't understand why we're the ones in trouble over this."
Before Molly could say anything, Arthur was all over his last comment. "What do you mean?"
Ron said "The headmaster told me and Hermione in first year that we needed to watch after Harry and tell him what Harry was doing. Most of the time, we just gave him information but sometimes he gave us jobs to do."
Bill asked "What kind of jobs?"
Before he could answer, Arthur cut in and said "Wait a minute. Charlie, go next door and bring the Grangers here. This just got even more complicated."
Charlie did as asked and brought three upset Grangers with him. As they took seats, Arthur turned to Hermione and said "Forgive me Dan but there is something going on here far beyond what we knew. Ron was just explaining to us how the both of you have been spying on Harry since first year and reporting back to the Headmaster. Is this true?"
Hermione's eyes shot to the floor as she nodded her head. Ginny shot up and before anyone can say anything. A loud slap is heard. Ginny slaps Hermoine very hard in the face as a big red mark is on her face.
Hermione was openly crying now that her secret was out and the shame was there for everyone to see. George stood up and grabbed Ron by the shirt and hoisted him off the ground. "Bill asked you a question. We want the answer now. What kind of jobs did he have you doing?"
Ron said "Well, my main job was to make sure nobody got to close to Harry so that he wouldn't make friends with people who could tell Harry things. I had a hard time keeping Neville and Susan away that year and after the troll thing, it became impossible to keep Hermione away so the Headmaster just included her in his plans. Second year, I was told to help spread the rumors of him being the Heir of Slytherin while Hermione got closer to him. Last year, we were told to watch him closely and look out for Sirius. If we saw them together, we were to get the Headmaster year it was to get everyone to turn against him. It was going perfectly until last year when Hermione didn't want to do it anymore. The Headmaster had a talk with her and she did as she was told again. The same thing happened at this year until he talked with her again."
Ginny was seething o none inside before she heard. "Mistress let me eat them, let me rip them apart."
"No Apophis, we need more infomation." Ginny replied back to her familiar.
Arthur sat there for a few minutes in stunned silence. It was finally Dan Granger who said "I know I'm only a muggle but from the books Hermione left at home I learned something important that you need to consider. The good news is that debts and bonds won't fully take affect until you come of age even though they will draw you towards the holder of the debt. The bad news is that if the debt remains unfulfilled, it will begin to eat away at you and your magic until you either satisfy the debt or lose your magic."
Bill nodded in agreement.
Hermione sobbed harder. Emma said "I have no doubt that you have destroyed a very special relationship. It's obvious that you and your friends have pushed Harry past his breaking point and deserve everything you are going through at the moment. It is my hope that you can at least get on speaking terms with him again even if it is only to ask him how you could satisfy the debt. If it was me, I'd hope that he would just ask you to never speak with him again to act as the payment."
Hermione looked up with her mouth hanging open. She finally croaked out "I thought you were on my side."
Dan answered "This isn't about sides but about right and wrong. I can't help but be disappointed in your actions as honor and loyalty are a very important part of who I am. The fact that you spied on Harry for several years makes me wonder if you ever listened to anything I ever taught you. It would be even worse if you were paid to do it."
Hermione paled even more which didn't go unnoticed by anyone in the room.
"So you took money from him too" said Ginny, very angry now. She couldn't believe this.
Emma added "You have a lot to think about young lady. Somewhere during your time in this world, you lost who you are and I don't think you can blame Harry for it."
"Yes ma'am. I want you both to know that I'm sorry for letting you down."
As he was walking out of the door without even giving his daughter a hug, Dan said "We're not who you need to be apologizing to and we will settle on your punishment when we get home. Since you earned money from the Headmaster, I can assume that you no longer need your allowance for books. I hope you're proud of yourself as you not only betrayed a friend but you prostituted yourself in the process."
Dan went out to calm himself down.
The harsh words hit Hermione like a freight train and she began sobbing hysterically. Molly looked at Emma for a minute before she tried to go comfort the girl. She barked "Leave her. This is evidently a lesson she needs to learn the hard way.” She looked at Ron. "What did he threaten you with?"
Ron stupidly said "He was going to take away my spending money."
The rest of his family was shooting him glares as Hermione muttered "He said he would keep me away from Harry. He said he would expel me for cheating and have my wand snapped and would make sure I never saw Harry again."
"Too late for that Hermoine..he's gone and he's never coming back" said Fred.
Ron said "I don't understand why you are all worrying about that git. It's not like he could do anything against us. The way I see it, he owes me money for causing me to not get paid anymore."
Charlie stood and walked over to Ron. Before Ron knew it, he was on the floor with a hand print across his face. "Mr. Potter is the Heir to a Most Ancient and Noble house. Not only does he have that on his side but we have the matter of the life debt that he holds over Ginny as well as Hermione. Everything I've ever been told about him tells me he's an honorable young man!"
"In fact. All of our vaults we're gonna be seized because of the thefts but Lord Potter was being merciful and was not gonna press charges unless you continue to antagonize him." Said Bill
"I understand now" said Ginny,
"Ginny?" Asked Arther…
"The day Ron was going to board the train for his first year. Mum had us be late and was shouting about nine and three quarters in the train station yelling muggles which got Harry's attention. And the fact mum is always going out a lot. And then there the illegal contract between me and Harry. So tell me Mum! Why did you sign that contract with Dumbledore!"
"I did it for you Ginny…you said you always wanted to marry Harry Potter." Said Molly.
"That was when I was five and now I am over that crush! In fact…after I was possessed by Riddle in the chamber of secrets. I swore to never date a boy after what he did to me"
"Meaning what?" Asked Ron .
"Ginny plays for the other team. She has been seeing Luna for about a year now" said Fred.
"We knew because we supported our sister and her choices." Said George.
"No daughter of mine is gonna be a Rug Muncher." Said Molly.
"Yeah it's completely immoral for a girl to like a girl" said Ron
"You can't tell me who I can be." Said Ginny.
"I can and will. You are my daughter and will do what you are supposed to do" Molly barked.
"You mean your grand master plan with Dumbledore to force me and Harry to marry so that would make me a benefactor when he dies and the entire potter family fortune goes to you and the old coot. You don't care about Harry or me! You only care about that money…money that isnt even yours…I HATE YOU!"
Ginny was crying by that point and she stormed upstairs to her room and slamming the door. Fred, George, Bill, Charlie and Percy now darkly glare at their mother.
"Molly…take Ronald and Leave the burrow." Said Arther.
"What?" Asked Molly softly.
"I said take Ronald and Leave." Arther reaching for his wand. "I Lord Arther Tobias Weasley, Head of the Minor House of Weasley hearby cast Molly Tilly Weasley and Ronald Billius Weasley out of the family so mote be it!"
Ron and His mother both paled as the Weasley family magic left them both,
"Mr, Weasley you can't do this to them!" Said Hermoine but Emma grabbed her by the arm and dragged her outside. She said while dragging the girl. "Stay out of this! This is their family affair!"
Magic flared around him as it accepted the banishment of Molly and Ron. Once the oath was done. Arther said. "Go get your things. You have less than five minutes to get your things and get out…never return here again"
Ron and Molly then were escorted by the twins who kept watch as they packed up their things. Once that was done they were kicked out of the house holding two trunks. Hermoine is seen standing with her parents who stood in front of her who could only be angry at what they had done. Once at the edge of the property Molly Aparaited away with Ron.
Arther once done sat down on his chair and put his hands over his head. The other Weasley boys didn't know what to say before Arther said. "Charlie, could you return the grangers to their home before you return to the reserve?"
"Sure dad." Said Charlie. He then exit the house and Arther looked at his other sons. "Percy, I apologize for bringing you here on such short notice."
"It's alright father ... .i'll swing by later. I have to return to the ministry" said Percy, taking the floo network back to the ministry. Arther then said to Fred and George. "Fred George, watch Ginny until I return"
"Where are you going dad?" Asked Fred.
"The goblins wished to speak to me. No doubt to ask if I was involved in the thefts which I wasn't. How could I been so blinded, I should have caught on to Mollys behavior but I didn't."
"Dad, I think we should have your checked over for any potions or spells just to be safe." Said Bill.
Arther nodded and the two weasleys went to the floo network and Flooed away to Gringotts leaving Fred and George with their sister.
/12 grimmald place./
Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, the last two Mauraders were reading the paper following Harry's departure from England.
"Never thought he would do it?" Said Remus.
"No doubt Daphne played a large roll on it. Joel will take good care of them" Said Sirius.
a knock is heard on their front door. Sirius and Remus looked at each other before the wanted fugitive went over to the door and slightly cracked it. Standing at the door was Phillip Cromwell accompanied by his two men and three goblins under an invisibility cloak. "Sirius Black, may we come in?"
Sirius nodded before allowing them into his house. They went into the parlor where Remus was sitting.
"Stains of dishonour, filthy half-breeds, blood traitors, children of filth! The dark lord will have all of you heads. He is a true pureblood! " shouted Walpuga Black.
"Your dark lord is nothing more than a halfblood. A son of a muggle and a squib." Said Cromwell.
That stopped Walpugas rant before she said, "no that can't be true?"
"Oh it is…your dark lord is none other than Tom Manalo Riddle. He lied about his pureblood to get his followers and now look at what has become of England? Not to many ancient houses left with him slaughtering them" said Cromwell.
Walpuga black is silent before the three goblins remove their cloaks. One of them happens to be the Black account manager Stonefang with one of his fangs being a rock. The second was Bloodtooth and the third being Rune. Rune went off deep into the house . "Lord Black, took us a while to find you but we did."
Sirius was about to respond before Cromwell continued. "You have nothing to fear from the ICW. We know of your innocence and please have the Wizarding worlds deepest apologies for all that has happened. So if you allow me. I along with my associates will now interrogate you and send it to the records. Getting those infernal dementors off your back"
Sirius nodded before one of Cromwell's men moved and tipped his head back. A bottle of Verituserum is in his hand. He opened Sirius mouth and dropped four drops of the potion into his mouth. A dictaquil is seen floating behind Cromwell as it would write down everything they hear.
"what is your name,"
"Sirius Orion Black"
"What is your date of birth?"
"14th of February 1977"
"On the night of the 31st of October 1998, were you the Secret Keeper for the Fidelius Charm placed over Potter Cottage?"
"No, that was Peter Pettigrew."
"Why would people think it was you?"
"I thought I would be too obvious a choice. I suggested to James he choose Pettigrew, another friend, instead."
"During the day of the 3rd of November 1998, did you track down Peter Pettigrew to a street in the shopping district of Covington?"
"Yes. It took me almost three days of hunting to finally find him."
"Did you kill Peter Pettigrew?"
"No."
"Did you kill any of the thirteen non magicals that were in the vicinity?"
"No, that was Pettigrew."
"Who blew the hole in the street?"
"That was partly Pettigrew using a Blasting Curse to open up a hole in the street, and that he hit a gas main line when he did so."
"What happened to Pettigrew after he blew the hole in the street?"
"He cut off the little finger on his left hand using an underpowered cutting curse, changed into his animagus form of a brown common rat, and disappeared down the opened sewer pipes."
"Pettigrew is, or was, an unregistered animagus?"
"Yes."
"Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the organization known as Death Eaters."
"No."
"Have you ever desired to, or wished you could, join that organization?"
"No, never. I would rather die than join them" said Sirius.
Cromwell nodded to Jackson. He carefully dropped a couple of drops of the antidote into the slightly open mouth. When he released Sirius's head it moved back to it's original position. A few moments later, Sirius blinked a few times and he became more animated. Clearly, the antidote had taken effect.
"Lord Black, as Supreme Mugwump of the International Conference of Wizards, with the evidence in your favor, I dismissed all charges against you and exonerated you of any wrongdoing. You are a free man ." Said Cromwell.
"Yes!" Said Sirius when Rune returned with a locket with a snake engraved on it. "We found it! This one's the real deal!"
"Destroy it" said Bloodtooth. The locket was then snatched by Kreacher who held it in a protective embrace, "no touching Mater Regulus Locket."
"Why destroy my brothers locket ?" Asked Sirius
"It's a horcrux." said Cromwell. At the mention of Horcrux did Sirius jump back away from the locket." Horcrux?" Asked Remus.
"Darkest magic you can think of Moony, in order to create one, you must be willing to kill an innocent soul before splitting your soul into an object, can't believe that dark wanker made one." Sirius said shuddering it, the Blacks were dark but not dark enough to create a Horcruxs.
"Not just one. But he has made Seven of them" said Bloodtooth.
"Seven!" Exclaimed Sirius and Walpuga.
"Creating one is bad enough but to create seven of them is destroying your entire being" said Walpuga.
"Indeed, we found one in the Lestrange Vault. Hufflepuffs cup which we had destroyed and seized the vault for they have broken our laws by placing that abomination there. We found a ring in a shack in little hangleton. It is the Guant family ring. It has been Destroyed as well." Said Bloodtooth. Not to mention the last Deathly Hallow was inside the ring. He would deliver that to Lord Potter when he sees him.
"Another team of Goblins and our boys found another one inside the Room of Requirements inside Hogwarts. Rowena Ravenclaw's lost Diadam. It has been purified and will be sent to the Ravenclaw vault. Lord Potter has destroyed Tom Riddles diary which was another so that makes four. We traced another to a cave hidden by blood wards. Once we got inside we found someone had beat us to it, and replaced something in a giant goblet with an ordinary locket. Inside the locket the - thief - left a note. It read 'I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret'. It was signed simply as R.A.B."
"What?" said Sirius, suddenly looking up in shock and staring intently at Cromwell. "Who signed it? Do you have the locket with you?"
Cromwell frowned back and reached into his pocket. He drew out what looked like a standard locket on a gold chain, and handed it to Sirius.
Sirius, almost reverently, took the locket in both hands and stared down at it. Remus could see his friend looking at it in almost awe and had tears in his eyes. "He - he - In the end - he fought for the Light."
"You recognise it, Lord Black?" asked Cromwell.
Sirius, still staring at the locket in his hands, nodded. With an emotion-choked voice he replied, "It belong to my brother. R A B is - was - Regulus Arcturus Black. I always wondered what happened to him."
"He died trying to destroy it…the master tried to destroy it but he couldn't. I tried to Destroy it for master but I can't no matter what I tried."
"Kreacher. Hand me the Locket…let me destroy it" said Sirius. Kreacher looked at the blood traitor but Walpuga said. "Hand it to him"
"Yes mistress" said Kreacher handing Slytherins locket to Sirius who then sets it down. the goblins then did their work and before long. The locket was purged of the Horcrux. Sirius handed Regulus locket back to Kreacher who now wore it around his neck,"
"That makes Six , the Locket, Cup, Diadam, Diary, ring and Lord Potter?"
"What? Harry is a horcrux?" Asked Remus.
"Was…we found it inside his scar. Our specialists have purified him. All that remains is his Snake which he keeps around him at all times. Getting to that snake will be a problem" said Bloodtooth.
"So that means once the snake is dead, we can finally kill him and he will be dead for good!" Said Sirius.
"Yes but your minister refuses to believe his return. Not when he is getting bribed by the Death Eaters. So I'm gonna tell you this Lord Black, take everything you own and leave Magical Britain. It is getting cut off from the rest of the magical world. Several other families are already leaving the country and no doubt more will soon leave when war breaks out again" said Cromwell.
Sirius nodded before he looked at Stonefang, "Stonefang?
"Lord Black, we have business to discuss. Shall we?" Asked Stonefang.
"Yes we shall" said Sirius.
"We'll be taking our leave, have a good day Lord Black." Said Cromwell. They left the house and Stonefang to talk business with Sirius.