HOGWARTS et al V. DRACO MALFOY

Court transcript

Fred: All rise.

George: The Honorable Justice Tom Riddle, presiding.

Fred: Case number 0001-05/06, Hogwarts et al versus Draco Malfoy.

Justice Riddle: Be seated. We are here to determine the fate of Draco Malfoy. Mr. Prosecutor, what are the charges you bring?

Dumbledore: On behalf of Hogwarts, the defendant is charged with violating school policy by admitting Death Eaters, conspiring to commit murder, and torture of numerous Hogwarts students, including excessive torture of one Harry Potter for seven years.

On behalf of Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters, the defendant is charged with treason and refusal to take the Dark Mark.

On behalf of the Order of the Phoenix, the Ministry of Magic, and Dumbledore’s Army, the defendant is charged with treason, conspiring with known Death Eaters against the wizarding and Muggle words, and using Unforgivable curses.

On behalf of the Malfoy family, the defendant is charged with being a terrible son, disappointing his parents, and being born in the first place.

On behalf of the wizarding and Muggle worlds, the defendant is charged with slander by insulting and making generally rude comments stemming from being an inherently evil and bad person who isn’t fit to breathe air.

Draco sat in shock, never having heard exactly why he had been detained. The Aurors who arrested him were vague at best and downright unhelpful at worst.

Justice Riddle: Mr. Malfoy, how do you plead?

Draco: Um, n-not guilty? Don’t I get a lawyer?

Justice Riddle: Request for defense counsel denied.

Draco: Why?

Justice Riddle: You are not deserving of a defense attorney, Mr. Malfoy. And if you question me again, I’ll hold you in contempt. Prosecution, you may call your first witness.

Dumbledore: Thank you, Your Honor. I have eight witnesses in total, representing all of my plaintiffs. Prosecution calls Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore.

Draco: Objection! The Prosecution can’t call itself!

Draco had never been to court before, but instinctively, he knew that some things weren’t allowed. He racked his brain, trying to remember if he had seen any Muggle court shows on television.

Justice Riddle: Overruled.

Dumbledore: I have been Headmaster for a long time, and there has never been a more worthless child attend Hogwarts besides Draco Malfoy. From his first day there, he caused nothing but trouble. He went out of his way to make life miserable for our Savior Harry Potter, as well as Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, who we will hear from later, but Harry in particular. Draco Malfoy wreaked havoc and mayhem, allowing vicious Death Eaters admittance to a school full of innocent children. He also conspired with known Death Eaters to commit murder.

Justice Riddle: Of whom?

Dumbledore: Myself.

Draco: Objection! I didn’t know-

Justice Riddle: Overruled. Cross examination?

Draco had no idea what the judge meant.

Draco: Um…uh…I…uh…

Justice Riddle: Next witness.

Dumbledore: Your Honor, the Prosecution also respectfully submits our first deposition from the Hogwarts Transfigurations Professor Minerva McGonagall. You will read in there that Mr. Malfoy was a lazy student who liked to spend more time playing pranks and harassing others during class than doing his work. And now the Prosecution calls Severus Snape on behalf of the Death Eaters. We would also like to submit this deposition from Bellatrix LeStrange that will corroborate Professor Snape’s testimony that Draco was a traitor to the Death Eaters, as well as a character witness for the worthless defendant, since she is his aunt.

Draco: Objection! He’s part of the jury!

Draco’s brow furrowed, knowing that this wasn’t supposed to happen.

Justice Riddle: Overruled. Professor Snape, please take the stand.

Dumbledore: Professor Snape, what is the nature of your relationship with the defendant?

Snape: I was his godfather, his Potions professor, his Head of House at Hogwarts, and an Inner Circle Death Eater.

Dumbledore: And do you agree with the testimony we just heard about Draco’s behavior at school?

Snape: Yes.

Dumbledore: Tell the court about his time with the Death Eaters.

Snape: His mother and father are high-ranking Death Eaters, and Draco was being groomed to follow in their footsteps. He was given a task to prove his loyalty, which he failed miserably. Our Lord Voldemort was willing to overlook his weakness, purely based on the fact that his father was Lord Voldemort’s right hand, but the whelp refused to be loyal to his family and his heritage. He refused to take the Dark Mark.

Dumbledore: And what can you tell us about his character?

Snape: He is a whiny, pathetic, spoiled little brat who can’t do anything for himself and can’t do anything right. He is a disgrace to the Slytherin House.

Dumbledore: Nothing further.

Justice Riddle: Cross-examination?

Draco recognized it this time; he had seen a couple of American law dramas and the terminology was slowly coming back to him.

Draco: How can you talk about loyalty when you yourself were a spy? You were a member of the Order AND the Death Eaters? Who are YOU to talk about betrayal?

Justice Riddle: Mr. Malfoy, you will not waste the court’s time with hypocritical questions.

Draco: But he himself is a traitor, according to your standards!

Justice Riddle: Sit down, Mr. Malfoy. Severus Snape was a loyal, dependable member of each group.

Draco: But his belonging to one group negates his loyalty to the other!

Draco’s voice was angry and confused as he protested.

Justice Riddle: One more word against this upstanding wizard, and I will throw your ass into Azkaban right now! Mr. Prosecutor, next witness.

Dumbledore: On behalf of the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore’s Army, and the Ministry of Magic, the Prosecution calls the current Minister Kingsley Shacklebolt. Please tell us of Mr. Malfoy’s relationship with your institutions.

Shacklebolt: Well, the three you just mentioned were the combined Defense of the Light in the Final Battle, and Mr. Malfoy was not a member of any of these. He was a Death Eater!

Draco: Objection! I was not!

The blonde was indignant that the Minister of Magic would make such a blatantly false accusation, especially when Snape had just testified that he WASN’T a Death Eater.

Justice Riddle: Overruled.

Shacklebolt: He is the son of known Death Eaters, and as the court already heard, he was conspiring against the leader of our side, as well as against the wizarding and Muggle words in general by being on THAT side.

Dumbledore: And Minister Shacklebolt, what about hexes and dark magic and that sort of thing?

Shacklebolt: Mr. Malfoy is well-versed in the Dark Arts, given his background, and is proficient in the use of the Unforgivable Curses.

Dumbledore: The Prosecution submits the statements of Aurors Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks as evidence to support Minister Shacklebolt’s testimony.

Draco: Object-

Justice Riddle: Overruled!

Dumbledore: Your Honor, the Prosecution would like to call the defendant’s father, Lucius Malfoy, to testify on behalf of the Malfoy family. There is also a deposition from his mother, Narcissa Black Malfoy, verifying what you are about to hear. Mr. Malfoy, for the record, could you tell the court how you know the defendant?

Lucius: Regrettably, he is my offspring, as you can tell by our physical appearances. For society’s sake, though, I tell you, he is no son of mine! He is a disgrace to the Malfoy name and a pathetic excuse for a Slytherin. His mother and I couldn’t be more disappointed.

Dumbledore: I see. So are you testifying that your son’s character is flawed?

Lucius: To the utmost degree! I am ashamed that THAT little faggot bears any resemblance to the Malfoys! He is not the heir to the Malfoy estate; I am the last in my line.

Dumbledore: What do you mean by ‘faggot’?

Lucius: I mean the boy is queer! A fucking poof!

Draco’s mouth dropped open in surprise. His voice wavered.

Draco: Fa-father?

Dumbledore: And how do you know this?

Lucius: I Legilimized him after he turned his back on everything I worked to give him. Once he refused to complete his mission, I waited until he was asleep, and then I found out why.

Dumbledore: Please, enlighten us.

The icy hand of fear clutched Draco’s heart, and he pleaded with his father, who ignored him.

Draco: NO! No, please, Father! Objection! I object! Please, no!

Lucius: That back-stabbing little pervert is in love with Harry Potter. Has been since they first met, and he wanks off at night thinking about THAT BOY! He knew that Potter had a soft spot for Draco’s intended target, and that was Draco’s weakness and the reason he refused his mission. Draco was a mistake, and he never should have been born!

Dumbledore: Thank you, Mr. Malfoy. You may step down.

Draco: Wait! Don’t I at least get to cross-examine him?

Justice Riddle: I say what you can and cannot do, you worthless ponce! Sit down!

Draco was nearly on the verge of tears, after having been outed and disowned.

Dumbledore: The Prosecution has four character witnesses to call, as well as depositions from two Slytherins whom Mr. Malfoy treated as subhuman guard dogs, forcing them to slave for him. Here are the statements by Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe, Your Honor. I also call Blaise Zabini to testify first.

Blaise: I know what you’re going to ask. I was a student at Hogwarts in the same years as Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson, as well as Nott, Crabbe, and Goyle. We were all in Slytherin together.

Dumbledore: And how did Draco behave toward his fellow house members?

Blaise: He would hex us if he was upset, even if we didn’t do anything, and he was constantly insulting everyone.

Dumbledore: And what was his attitude towards the Gryffindor House?

Blaise: He hated Gryffindor and did everything he could to sabotage them. He was especially cruel to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger.

Dumbledore: How so?

Blaise: He made fun of the Weasleys’ financial status, as well as calling Ron “the Weasel” to his face and behind his back.

Draco’s face darkened in anger as Blaise made it sound like Draco was the only one who ever argued with the Gryffindors.

Draco: Objection! You did too, Blaise!

Dumbledore: And did Mr. Malfoy solicit you in any way?

Blaise: Yes, he did. In sixth year, he cornered me and forced himself onto me. It was only one time, but I am not a fucking queer. I’m with Pansy.

Dumbledore: When you say that he ‘forced himself’ on you, you mean he made you have sex with him?

Blaise: He told me he wanted to take it in the ass, and then he got himself off while bouncing his ass on my dick.

Draco sucked his breath in and hissed.

Draco: LIAR!

He began to shake, feeling angry and lost. He had gone to Blaise and confided in him. Blaise had comforted Draco and then asked to be Draco’s first. Draco had been hesitant and not sure if he really wanted to, so technically, Blaise’s actions could be considered rape, and Draco was feeling disoriented at hearing the truth twisted around to make it sound like he had wanted it.

He had cried for hours afterwards and taken several showers, scrubbing himself until his skin was raw. He had hoped Harry would be his first, but Blaise hadn’t listened when Draco said no…

Dumbledore: Okay, thank you, Mr. Zabini. That will be all; you’re upsetting Mrs. Malfoy. Pansy Parkinson is called next.

Pansy: It was just like Blaise said. Draco never showed any interest in girls, not even me! I tried and tried, and he completely ignored me in favor of being a rude little drama queen!

Dumbledore: Your Honor, I’d like to move on and call Ron Weasley to the stand. Mr. Weasley, what is your opinion of the defendant?

Ron: I think he is a no-good, dick-sucking waste of perfectly good space. He deserves to be tortured for the rest of his life for what he’s done, and for being gay! As if my best friend would ever look twice at him after all of the nasty insults. Draco Malfoy is a bad person. No, he’s not even fit to be called a person! He’s no better than a stinking little FERRET!

Draco tried to believe that the awful things everyone said about him weren’t true, but hearing Ron’s smug assertion of Draco’s worst fear—that Harry wouldn’t love him back—made the blonde angry.

Draco: I object! Of course the Wea—I mean, Weasley hates me!

Justice Riddle: Overruled. Mr. Prosecutor, who is your last witness?

Dumbledore: Hermione Granger, Your Honor. Ms. Granger, please tell the court about your experience at Hogwarts.

Hermione: Well, it was brilliant until HE was around. We never did anything to him, and he was rude beyond measure.
Dumbledore: He was particularly slanderous to you, wasn’t he?

Hermione: Yes, he was.

Dumbledore: What would he call you?

Hermione: He often referred to me as ‘mudblood.’ You see, there is nothing good inside Draco Malfoy.

Justice Riddle: Thank you, Ms. Granger. You may return to the jury box.

Dumbledore: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard the accusations and stories from representatives across Draco Malfoy’s entire life. Not only is he a weak, conspiring traitor, he is also unnatural, evil, and unfit to be called a Slytherin, a Malfoy, and even a human. I fear that Azkaban is too good for the likes of him, and ladies and gentlemen, when you find him guilty of the charges brought against him, I do not envy you to figure out a suitable punishment.

Justice Riddle: Jury dismissed.

Fred and George hauled Draco out of his seat without warning and took him to the holding cell to wait. After about fifteen minutes, they came back for him, handling him roughly and jeering.

Justice Riddle: Have you reached a verdict, Mr. Foreman?

Snape: We have, Your Honor.

Justice Riddle: Will the cockroach please rise? What say you?

Draco was so worried that he didn’t hear the judge at first, and the Weasley twins yanked him to his feet, holding his arms so tightly that it cut off circulation, for no other reason than they could get away with it.

Snape: In the matter of Hogwarts et al versus Draco Malfoy, we the unbiased jury of his peers find the defendant, Draco Malfoy, guilty on all counts.

Tears began sliding down Draco’s cheeks, even though he tried to muffle them. He wasn’t a bad person; but all of these people seemed to think so, so maybe it was true. Fred and George let go of him in disgust, and he sank down in his chair, doubling over. He didn’t have the strength to sit up anymore. The more he tried to suppress his tears, the harder they came.

Suddenly, warm hands on his shoulders pulled him up from behind. Strong and gentle, they rubbed along the tops of his muscles, over his neck, and one hand slipped down his collarbone protectively.

Harry: STOP! You all make me sick! This is wrong and barbaric, and all of you are crueler than this boy ever was OR ever could be! He has learned his lesson. Hearing everyone he knows and loves turn against him and dragging up every single mistake to throw in his face is punishment enough! Draco Malfoy is a good, strong, caring person, and I love him.

I acquit him of all charges, and I forgive him for every wrong he committed. He is free to go, and may all of you rot in Hell for trying to snuff out this beautiful light.

Come on, Draco, love, we are out of here. Court is fucking dismissed.

Harry helped Draco to his feet, looking at him tenderly with those irresistible green eyes. He brushed his thumb over Draco’s pale cheek, wiping away the tears and sadness, and, winding an arm possessively around Draco’s waist, with a quick glare over his shoulder at the people who had betrayed him when they turned on Draco, Harry Potter walked his lover out of the courtroom.

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