Harry Potter From Durmstrang Year 4

Voldemort

"What do you mean Wormtail was caught!" His rage was building.

"My Lord, I left the ministry as soon as I found out. Apparently from the few words I was able to overhear they knew he was alive and was going to be at the second task. Wormtail's old werewolf friend was the one who caught him." Lucius said.

"How did they know he was alive?! Everyone has thought him dead for years now. Where is he being held Lucius?"

"I'm told he is being personally held by Dumbledore, the werewolf friend, and the young Potter boy. I'm told they are trying to get the minister to expedite a trial of some sorts."

A trial, for what he wondered. Wormtail's carelessness in getting caught normally wouldn't matter. He was just as the rest of them were useless. Although Wormtail was not one to keep secrets, he would easily spew out his plans to the minister. He could not have his plans foiled, especially after all the work he had put in the past fourteen years. Wormtail had to die. Maybe this would be the perfect time to show the world he wasn't dead. Yes he thought to himself...

"Lucius give me your arm!" Slowly he approached and pulled up his sleeve. Voldemort pressed his wand to the mark. One by one his Death Eater's spawned in. When most all had arrive he began. "It seems due to the carelessness of one of you we now have a change of plans. Wormtail is being held prisoner in the ministry. We all will be taking a little trip to get him. I want anyone who gets in our way to be killed. Wormtail is to be killed on sight, I will not have that rat ruin my plans. Kill everyone except the Potter boy, I want to speak with him face to face."

Harry

They had used Dumbledore's personal floo network as soon as the task had ended. He had one first place by a long shot although at this point that didn't matter. Before he had even said anything to Hermione he had ran off to Dumbledore's office. For all of his life he had wanted Sirius to be free, so they could live a normal life, so Sirius could live a normal life. He felt for the first time now that it was possible.

Once they had gotten to the British Ministry of Magic Dumbledore had escorted the three of them to private room down in what the elevator called department of mysteries. Right now it was just Remus, Dumbledore, himself, and the rat in the room. Remus had caught Peter in his rat form in a charmed cage that wouldn't allow the user to transfigure or use any spells whilst inside. It had taken every ounce of self-control he had not to kill the rat right then in there. He knew it wouldn't avenge his parents, and it most definitely wouldn't help their case in freeing Sirius. No they needed Peter alive.

Dumbledore had told him that these rooms were some of the few that the Ministry didn't keep tabs on. Harry applauded the man for taking every bit of precaution with this. Dumbledore had requested two of his personal close friends to stand guard outside the door as well. He had also sent word to the Minister of Magic as soon as they had arrived of their location only stating it was of the utmost importance that he come. They had been there for roughly thirty minutes so far and still he had not shown yet.

"Don't worry Harry." He guessed the headmaster could see his worried look on his face. "The Minister us a busy man he will come any minute now."

"I know I know, I just have a weird feeling in my gut that something bad is going to happen." It was true he had gotten the strangest sensation in his gut when he arrived at the ministry. Most likely he was just over analyzing the situation. "Thank you both again for your help, I just wish he would hurry up."

Their plan or at least what Dumbledore had told him, which had only added slightly to his fears, was that they were going to ask the minister for an expedited trial. Dumbledore was going to tell the Minister that since Peter was a known supporter of Voldemort that his capture may provoke some old supporters to come try and free him to protect themselves. Really however Dumbledore had told him that if Voldemort, who Dumbledore believed was still very much alive and had sent Peter, knew that Peter had been caught he would send his Death Eaters to the ministry. So the longer that Peter was held captive the more at risk the chance of a trial became.

"Sir, how long will it take if the Minister agrees to an expedited trial to make Sirius innocent?"

"I do not know the exacts, it all depends on how quickly the Minister is willing to go. But they must first prove this is Peter Pettigrew, then have a trial convicting him, and then once all that is done they can move on to Sirius. But truly once the Minister sees Peter Sirius will be in a much better position, the Minister is a very visual person."

'How long will the trial take?"

"Most normal trials take days Harry, but an expedited one at longest would take a full day. It's just getting the members of the board all together that is the hard part." He very much hoped it would take less than a full day. The three of them waited in silence for what felt like hours when finally a small man entered the room.

"Dumbledore, how good to see you I apologize for my tardiness my secretary withheld your note to the last possible moment. What brings you here today?" The Minister as Dumbledore had told him name was Cornelius Fudge. He was a chubby stout man. His clothes were custom made to fit his title of minister and both his slacks and suit jacket were emblazoned with the Ministry seal.

"This." Dumbledore raised the cage holding Peter towards the minister. The man looked at it thoroughly confused.

"Dumbledore I do always appreciate your company and visits but I think you may have finally lost it, you wanted to show me a rat?"

"This rat Minister, happens to be a wizard trapped in his transfigured form. This rat happens to be the betrayer and cause of death for this young man I brought with me family." The minister eyes still looked confused but made their way from the rat to him. After a few seconds they widened.

"Merlin's beard, is it really you. Harry Potter! It is an honor, I had heard you were participating in the tournament but unfortunately due to some issues with the muggle minister recently I have been unable to make a trip to see a task. From what I hear you are quite the wizard."

"Thank you sir, but please we don't have much time."

"Much time for what, Dumbledore please let's stop the riddles why are you here? And what is with the bloody rat?"

"Harry." Dumbledore was signaling that it would be best if he told the Minister.

"Sir, this rat is the man that killed my parents. We have captured him and brought him here to prove it to you, and to free the wrongly accused."

"So you are telling me that this rat is Sirius Black boy? Dumbledore I would have expected much more from you, everyone in Britain knows Sirius's transfiguration was a black dog."

"No sir. This rat is not Sirius Black, but Sirius is why we are here. This rat's real identity is Peter Pettigrew. He is the one who betrayed my parents. He is the one who caused their death and betrayed their secrets to Voldemort." The Minister cringed at the mention of his name.

"Harry my boy, Peter Pettigrew has been dead since your parents were killed. All that was left was a finger."

"Minister, Sirius Black is innocent. He has been my godfather and raised me for the past fourteen years of my life. We are able to prove that in fact Peter Pettigrew who is in this room with us is the cause of death to my parents, was a spy to Voldemort fourteen years ago, and we can prove that Sirius Black should be released of all charges and made an innocent man."

"Harry I'm sorry but Siriu..." The Minister began.

"Remus, Dumbledore please." Harry interrupted. Remus opened the gate of the cage and the rat leaped out towards the door and tried to claw its way under unsuccessfully. Dumbledore pointed his wand at the small rat and immediately it stopped and began to change. Small bumps like bugs trying to bunch their way out of the body were pulsating all over the small rat's body. As the rat grew so did the bumps. The rat's feet and hands grew and grew in size, changing from small claws to hands and feet. The body lost all of its fur and turned into an ugly dirty shirt. The head was the last to change as the whiskers drew into the now forming cheeks and the nose pressed in forming the new still deformed nose and rest of the face. Peter hadn't changed much over the years, he still very much looked like the small, stout, and ugly man he had been when his parents were alive. The minister's face was wide eyed and his jaw almost unhinged itself when it dropped.

"I don't believe it... He is supposed to be dead. All they found after Sirius killed him was a finger..."

"Look at his left hand Minister, Sirius Black is innocent." Dumbledore stated with a deep bold voice. Sure enough the minister looked at Peter's hand and he could see he was beginning to believe their story.

"They are lying, I am innocent, Sirius tried to kill me, he betrayed them, I just fled."

"SHUTUP YOU LIAR!" Remus cast a silencing charm on Peter.

"Minister we have brought a vial of Veritaserum, let him prove it to you and everyone that he is the criminal." Remus stated.

"We must hurry and have an expedited trial sir, you of all people know what those who used to be loyal would do if they knew we had him. We have to have this trial before they can find out."

"Sir please... For me." He begged.

"Yes... Yes, I agree, of course we will boy. You four will remain in this room. I will convene a court session immediately, once all of the board are present I will send and armed guard to help escort you to the court room. We will get this taken care of as soon as possible, I want this criminal in Azkaban not in my Ministry. I must go hurry now. Wait for the guard." And with that he left. For the first time since they had left Hogwarts a smile allowed itself on his face.

"Well, that was good right?"

"Yes Harry, but all is not over. We still have to hold the trial, administer the Veritaserum, and await the board's ruling. I have no doubt that Voldemort has already gotten word by now that Peter is here, the longer it takes the more at risk we are."

He had completely forgotten that Peter was still there.

"Will Voldemort come for you?" He asked Peter.

"Boy I don't know what you are talking about, I have never been a servant of the dark lord. I loved your mother and father."

"DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK OF THEM!" Remus screamed wand out and ready to kill the man by the look on his face. "You killed Lily and James, you betrayed your friends!"

"Nooo, noo Harry you must believe me. The dark lord killed them. I had nothing to do with it, I promise!"

"We will see." Harry said. With that the four of them sat in silence. Dumbledore looked deep in thought, Remus looked ready to kill staring down Peter, Peter looked like he had soiled himself as much as he was shivering and from the smell of him he probably had. Eventually as some time passed there was a knock on the door.

"The board is ready Dumbledore if you all will follow me." The voice from outside the door spoke. The four of them exited the room followed and escorted by a dozen robed wizards. The courtroom was just a few doors down from the room they were in, he guessed Dumbledore had planned that when he had chosen that room to keep Peter in.

They walked into a medium sized room. It was dimly lit, and already filled with a large group of witches and wizards. There was a single chair in the middle of the room where the guards strapped Peter down in. The three of them and the rest of the guards made their way to some benches to the left of Peter.

"We have brought the board of governors and the jury together in such haste to make great haste with this important trial. Thank you for your speed in getting here." The Minister nodded his head to the left and right of the people sitting behind him. "The man before you is none other than the man who was thought to have been murdered fourteen years ago by Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew." The announcement of his name drew oohs and ahhs from the board and jury. "Peter is accused of working for He Who Must Not be Named fourteen years ago and for aiding in the murder of James and Lily Potter. These three that have brought him here have evidence beside the fact that he is alive that he was not in fact obviously murdered by Sirius Black, who should be in the finding of Peter guilty be made innocent of all charges, and that it was indeed Peter Pettigrew who gave the location of the Potter family as their secret keeper to He Who Must Not be Named. Is that correct Dumbledore."

"Yes Minister I believe so."

"Leon." The Minister spoke to one of the guards that had escorted them. "Please take the vial of Veritaserum that Dumbledore has brought and administer it to the accused." The large man took the vial from Dumbledore and poured three drops into Peter's forced open mouth. Everyone in the room waited a minute for the effects to take over. He could see Peter's eyes glaze over.

"Now Mr. Pettigrew I have a few questions for you is that ok?" The Minister began.

"Yes." Peter answered robotically.

"Is your name Peter Pettigrew?"

"Yes."

"Were you once friends of the Potter family?"

"Yes."

"Were you made the secret keeper for their location?"

"Yes."

"Did you betray that secret of their location to He Who Must Not be Named?"

"Yes." Some members of the Board and Jury gasped.

"Were you a servant of He Who Must Not be Named?"

"Yes."

"Did you fake your death, remove your own finger, and frame your murder and the betrayal of James and Lily Potter on Sirius Black."

"Yes." That was it. That was all they needed. Everyone there had heard him admit it. Sirius was going to be free! He was smiling so big, finally after all this ti..."

"Is Voldemort still alive?" Dumbledore interrupted his thought.

"YESSS!" A hissing snakelike voice answered from the doorway. Immediately screams and gasps sounded from all around. A tall slender cloaked man entered the room, behind him came in about fifteen other cloaked witches and wizards all with skull masks on. The man who had answered he guessed was Voldemort. His skin was a pale white and his face... His face was unhuman. Where his eyes should have been there were slits filled with red, and where his nose should have been instead there was only to small slits. He truly did look like the snake he was.

"Yes Minister I am alive and more powerful than ever." He was pacing slowly around the room. "Dumbledore, it is so good to see you. It has been too long. Ahh, and you must be Harry Potter." Voldemort said as he stared at him with those red slits. "You look just like how I remember your father. Now as much as I would like to catch up we are on a bit of a schedule." He snapped his finger and one of the masked figures to his right came forward wand raised. They were going to kill Peter...

"Avada Ked..." The figure began. He couldn't let them kill his witness. Thinking quickly he threw up a shield charm surrounding Peter. However two shields appeared, it seemed Dumbledore had the same idea.

"I believe it is past time you left Tom." Dumbledore said his eyes were gleaming.

"No Dumbledore. I believe it best that you and anyone else who does not wish to die should leave. Peter is mine. Leave now, spread the word that I am alive and well and you may live. For now. Stay and you will die." Immediately people ran from the board and jury, including the Minister. Cowards. "Now." Voldemort said and instantly everyone behind him drew their wands. Play time. Fifteen different spells came flying at him, Remus, and Dumbledore.

"Protego!" Remus casted.

"Turpis Portis." He casted the shadow spell that created one gateway that all of the spells that hit it went through and a second gateway above the masked casters hitting three of them with their own spells. The three it hit fell unconscious to the ground. He didn't hear the spell that Dumbledore had casted but a giant flaming phoenix had shot from his wand reflected the spells that had come their way and headed straight for Voldemort. With just a wave of his hand the spell faded away. The wizards behind Voldemort now spread out across the room each sending individual spells. As he dodged two that went right by him he could see Dumbledore and Voldemort were having their own personal duel.

"Evene Tenebris" He yelled as a two balls of green magic flew at him. The shadow jump spell which he had used during the first task left the copy of his body to get hit by the spells but jumped him right behind the two casters. "Confrigo!" The two masked wizards were hit the blasting curse causing their bodies to explode and what was left to go up in flame. He took a quick glance around, Dumbledore and Voldemort were casting all sorts of different offensive and defensive spells he had never seen. Remus on the other hand was struggling against three of Voldemort's minions.

Dumbledore was holding his own he needed to go help Remus. Already about eight of the masked minions were blown up or scattered on the ground, three were on Remus and the other four were now noticing that the Harry who had been hit by the two green spells was a fake and were making their way towards him.

"Imperio!" He knew the spell was forbidden here in Britain, luckily for him though his wand couldn't be traced outside of Norway. The spell hit the tallest minion on the left and immediately he mentally commanded the minion to attack his partners. The tall masked minion managed to knock one of them unconscious before the other two turned and knocked him out. Again they turned their attention towards him. They sent another two flying green spells at him. He just casted a simple shield spell to deflect them.

"Incarcerous!" A hundred long ropes shot from his wand and wrapped themselves around the two minions dropping them to the floor. They were still struggling inside the ropes, he knew there was no way they could break them from the inside but he didn't want to risk it. "Umnicuss" He cast the spell at each of them. Just as he had knocked out the dragon with it he could see their bodies now laid motionless.

Again he let his eyes scan the room. Still Voldemort and Dumbledore were having an epic duel. Remus had managed to knock out one of the minions but was trapped in a corner with two still throwing hexes at him. Peter was struggling to get out of his chair, and it seemed everyone from the board and jury had officially left and the guards that had stayed lay unconscious on the ground near Voldemort's feet. He jumped over the rail towards the main chamber's floor and cast a quick stunning spell at Peter to keep him from trying to escape while they were all occupied. He approached the two minions throwing hexes at Remus. He caught them both off guard with the same rope spell he had used on the two wizards he had just been fighting then he and Remus both hit them with another spell to finish the job. Both of them at the same time looked over to Voldemort. He stopped casting spells at Dumbledore and looked at him.

"It seems I underestimated you Harry, you are quite the wizard. I will let you three have this battle. I have already made progress to win the war. Already the cowards that fled here are spreading word of my "Return." Soon the wizarding world will once again be shivering behind closed doors and those few who are smart enough will come to my aid. Today was just a taste of my power Dumbledore. Consider yourself lucky. Soon you will all behold the power of the one true Dark Lord. Harry my boy. I see the power in you, I see the spells you have used, and I have been told of the magic you favor. Do not repeat the same mistakes your parents made. Make the right choice Harry. Join me, I could teach you all sorts of powerful spells that you desire to know. With me everyone would know your name, respect your power, and know your magical might. I can see your desires Harry. Join me." He raised up his hand outwards towards him.

"I think it would be best if you left now Tom." He kept his face stern and slowly raised his wand.

"Very well boy, soon you will join your mother and father. Soon I will finish what I started." With that he vanished.

'Harry are you ok?" Dumbledore said. He looked exhausted.

"Yes sir. Remus?" He asked looking towards Remus.

"Trust me I have had much worse."

"Sir the trial, what now?"

"Well now we finish it Harry." Dumbledore said with a smile. "Remus be so kind, inform the minister Voldemort has fled and that we need a cleanup crew down here. Also tell him it would be best as he can tell to finish the trial now." Remus left the two of them there. Dumbledore went around and those who weren't already bound or dead he bound and moved to the door. "The dementors of Azkaban will be most pleased to have a few new guests. That was excellent work Harry defending yourself. Although I do not approve of killing that is for Voldemort not for us."

"Sorry sir, I just did what I thought needed to be done." Remus soon returned and with him another group of large wizards. They all carried off the bodies to transport them to Azkaban. After another hour Fudge returned with the board and jury all looking petrified. They quickly all voted Peter was guilty and would be sent to Azkaban. He could tell they all just wanted to get out of there scared Voldemort may return for a second act. They also much to his delight declared Sirius of all charges. All of his funds, papers, documents, keys to Gringotts, titles, and land holdings would be returned to him by tomorrow evening. They had done it.

Remus part his ways as they left the courtroom making Harry promise that he would tell Sirius that he wanted to see him as soon as possible. Dumbledore and he made their way back through the floo to Hogwarts. Before Dumbledore could even say a word once they arrived through the headmaster's fireplace he was already running off to Sirius the good news. His godfather was free!