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Harry Potter AU/AR › Slash - Male/Male
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Adult +
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10
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Sirius' Trial and School begins
KM: MWAHAHAHAH!!! Chapter 3! FEAR ME AND MY AWESOMENESS!
Lilly: …
Harry: Hey is that we-
KM: clamps his mouth shut YES! Now hush! Don’t tell the readers!
Tom: holds sign up Help me! I am too cute to die!
Harry: ... ‘Too cute to die’?
Tom: looks at sign and hisses angrily when he sees in orange maker those words next to his written ones in green
KM: snickers Aww poor Tommy!
Disclaimer: I sooo own Harry Potter! looks at lawyers Hehehehe... runs
Summary: “I am going to kill him for this! Being my second in command be damned!” thought a tiny little white kitten with scarlet eyes. But all those thoughts vanish when a certain green eyed boy begins to stroke him and he begins to purr loudly.
Pairings: LV/TMR x HP, GW x DM, FW x HG x GW (and others maybe. Need to think about it. Maybe I change them later on)
Warnings: YAOI, SLASH, MALEXMALE, BOYXBOY, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!! Soo you no like-y, you no watch-y! Lemons, Limes and the likes, oh yeah and bad language from a kitten! And of course bashings. Dumbledore, Molly, Arthur, Ron and Ginny bashing.
A/N: Wooho! Chapter 3! This will be about Sirius’ Trail meaning a flashback with a bit of explaining about Gringotts which will be in a second flashback... Sometime, or so... Urgh, how I hate those flashbacks! Anywho! ENJOY THE CHAP!
Voldie-Kitty
Chapter 3
Sirius’ Trail and School begins
Harry was sitting in the common room after his nightmare with Tom in his lap. Both were seated in an armchair near the fire and Harry was lost in thought. Well, more like memories. A small smile was playing at his lips when he thought at how he came to live with Sirius.
~*^^*~FLASHBACK~*^^*~
It was two weeks into the summer holidays and today was finally the day of Sirius’ trail. Harry couldn’t be any happier about this. He had been staying at the Leaky Cauldron together with Sirius till the trial would begin. The Ministry had provided for them the rooms there. Now the only thing was for them to wait for this day to come. Remus, Sirius, Peter and Harry would be in the Ministry without Dumbledore ever knowing of this happening. If he did then it would be already too late for him to change it. Remus, Sirius and Harry knew that that old, senile coot of a Headmaster would try to stop them. But not with them anymore, he had long enough played with them and their lives. It was time that someone showed him that not everyone was his pawn and could be played like he wanted them to be. They would be the first and make sure that he felt it.
At exactly 9 am came Aurors to take them to the Ministry. It was time for the trail.
~*~At the Ministry 9:30 am Court Room 6~*~
The court room 6 was packed full. Aurors were standing at each door in groups of four and every Ministry worker, which was important at least, had two Aurors as bodyguards. Amelia Bones was sitting at the podium with Lucius Malfoy and Alastor, Mad-Eye, Moody to her right and to her left were Amos Diggory and Barty Crouch Sr. Each of them dressed in their best dress robes for the trail that would be taking place in a few minutes. Reporters were behind them and taking pictures every two seconds. As if something would happen that they could possible miss. The room was buzzing with life and noise. Everyone was talking and suspecting what the outcome would be of this trail. A trail that was long due.
But only four people did not get anything to hear of this. Those people were Remus, Sirius, Peter and Harry. The four were in a special room and waiting to be called in. Each of them was lost in their own thoughts about this. The room was isolated from the court room another fact that they did not hear anything about the talking and other things in there. All of them were nervous about the trail and each of them was thinking that the trail would end this way or another. Peter was a wreck already and the trail hadn’t even started. He was looking around the room panicked and trying to find a way to escape it. His eyes were darting around the room and from Remus to Sirius to Harry to their guards and then again to Remus, only to start again.
He was sweating heavily and gnawing on his finger nails while his nerves were destroying themselves. Oddly enough Harry was totally calm about all of this. He didn’t really know why that was, nor did he care. The only fact he cared about was that Sirius would be free and he could leave the Dursleys, forever. Or it could be because he knew that this time nothing could go wrong. No manipulative Headmaster was there to interrupt them. He smiled slightly at this. He had found about the real reason why he was sent to live with the Dursley, which happened in the summer of his second year, with the help of the Goblins. It was when he wanted to get some money and Griphook took him aside to clear some of his finances.
Of course he was furious about what Dumbledore had done to him. Stealing from a minor! Of course he got his revenge. But that was something that was not needed here right now. No, the lies Dumbledore told could wait to get on the open just a bit longer. It was time that he embraced his inner Slytherin for his special task. Remus on the other hand was leaning calmly against a wall with his eyes closed. Finally his friend was going to be a free man. Remus was much like Harry, Sirius and, unfortunately, Peter too dressed in fine dress robes. But Sirius on the other hand was pacing in front of Harry and Remus. A smile was playing at his lips and he tried his best to not whoop in joy all two seconds.
He was finally going to be free and take care of his godson just like James and Lilly had wanted it. Oh the pranks he would teach him. He couldn’t wait for it to happen. But sadly a trail stood only between them now. His pacing came to a stop when a third Auror came into the room and called out for him. The trail had begun.
~Court Room~
Sirius was lead into the middle of the room. The, now silent, room was watching him like a hawk and Amelia Bones motioned for one of the Aurors to give Sirius the Veritaserum. Sirius immediately felt when the potion began its work. His eyes glazed over and he felt kind of numb. Amelia cleared her throat and began to ask the question.
“What is your name?”
“Sirius Orion Black” was the monotone answer from said Black.
“What is your relationship to one Harry James Potter?”
“I am his godfather”
“Were, are, you a Death Eater?”
“No”
“Did you ever think about joining He-who-must-not-be-named?”
“No”
“But surely you have thought about it. You’re family is known to side with him after all. Or is it not?”
“That may be true. But I hated my family and made sure that they knew it. I could never stand them and they didn’t me. The feeling was mutual”
“I see, Mister Black, on to some other matters. Were you the secret keeper of James and Lilly Potter?” that was the question that all of them wanted to hear and had waited to be voiced.
“No” murmurs began to break out but Amelia ignored them.
“Who was then the secret keeper and why?”
“Peter Pettigrew was James and Lilly’s secret keeper. I was the one that suggested the idea because I would be the obvious choice. Dumbledore had known of this because he was needed to cast the charm. But I would have never thought that Peter would betray us like this”
The murmurs were getting louder now and shocked was spread through the crow. Everyone was wondering why Dumbledore hadn’t done anything to help Black when he was innocent as he said he was. Why would the ‘leader’ of the light do something like this? Aurors were shocked to hear this bit of information and Amelia Bones’ eyes had widened at that bit information. What the hell was going on here?
“But surely when Dumbledore had known about this. Why not make sure you get a trail then?” drawled Lucius Malfoy.
Silence was again in the room when he spoke. This was a good question, a good question, indeed.
“Because Dumbledore likes to think he has everything under his control. Manipulating the situation to his benefit”
It was more silent in the court room. No one could believe what Black was saying at all. Even though he was under the Veritaserum it was just too absurd to. Amelia’s thoughts were racing a mile pro second. How was this possible? How could someone like Dumbledore do something like this? She frowned. This didn’t make any sense to her. Not one bit. There has to be something that she was missing in all of this. But till she found that one piece she could do nothing against Dumbledore. It had to wait then. But at least she could give Sirius his rightly freedom back. The murmurs were getting louder and this time Amelia could not ignore them.
“ORDER! ORDER!” she screamed into the room. “What about Remus Lupin? He was one of your friends back in Hogwarts, why not ask him then?”
“James and I thought to that time it was Remus that was the traitor. We thought that Peter wouldn’t raise suspicion. He was the weakest of us and most likely not to be targeted by the Death Eaters”
“I see. But how is that Peter Pettigrew is still alive? We all saw the explosion or have heard of it. How did he live?”
“He is a rat Animagus. Before I could confront him he let the street behind him explode and then transformed. Fleeing from there and leaving me behind.”
Again silence. This actually made quite sense to her. But she was still not satisfied with this questioning. She needed more information. But sadly that was all that she would ask Black about that night. Hopefully Peter would give them gladly more information. She smirked at that thought. She couldn’t really wait to ask the one that was at fault for this delayed trail.
“Thank you Mister Black that is all. Aurors bring me Remus Lupin in and give Mister Black the antidote”
But the murmurs didn’t stop. They only got louder. Amelia began to rub her temples this was going to be a long day. She knew this already and the oncoming headache wasn’t helping her. She watched as Remus Lupin was brought in and began to sigh quietly to herself. Again the Veritaserum was used and the questioning began anew. It was the standard questions just like with Black. They asked for his name, his relationship with Harry and so on and so forth. But it wasn’t as informative like Black’s. But then was the question voiced that had bugged every one of them.
“Did you know that the secret keeper was switched?” Alastor, Mad-Eye, Moody asked the werewolf.
“No” was the monotone answer just like Black’s.
Eyes widened a bit at that information. But that was to be expected when Amelia thought about it. Black had told them that they had thought that Remus was the traitor. She hummed in thought.
“I see. Do you have an idea why Black did not get a trail twelve years ago?” Alastor asked again.
“Dumbledore had told me that Sirius had gotten one. I could not believe to that time that he would do such a thing. I was shocked when I heard it. I mean I knew him since Hogwarts but Dumbledore told me the evidence was against him”
“Dumbledore has told you that?”
“Yes” short but to the point.
“Give Lupin the antidote and bring Potter in!” was what Alastor said deep in thought.
Again murmur broke out when this was heard. This was getting stranger the longer this continued on. And it was something that none of them liked. And every time, so far that is, Dumbledore was mentioned. Doubt began to slowly rise in them. The person that had killed Grindelwald all those years ago, someone that they all trusted had told lies? It could not just be possible. It just couldn’t be. It really was too absurd to believe but each of them new that no one was immune to the Veritaserum though they could not be lying about this. It was to this that Harry was lead into the court. He could hear how the name ‘Dumbledore’ was always murmured. Outside he looked confused but in the inside he smirked. Perfect, he had the seed of doubt planted. But he knew that this would not wither their trust in the old man.
It was a sad sight when he thought about it. But he could do nothing much about it. Not yet, not ever. Before he knew it the Veritaserum was given to him and he felt the effects take place.
“What is your name?” this time it was Barty Crouch Sr. that asked.
“Harry James Potter” was the monotone answer.
“What happened when you confronted Mister Black?”
“Sirius told Professor Lupin, Ron and I how it wasn’t him that had betrayed my parents. He told us how they had switched secret keepers with Dumbledore being there. How he was framed by Pettigrew and sent to Azkaban without a trail at all. He showed us that Scabbers, Ron’s pet that he was to that time, was Peter in reality”
“What happened after this Mister Potter?”
“Peter begged for forgiveness to us. He said it was not his fault that he had to betray my parents. He let it sound like he had no other choice in this even though we all knew he had. But it didn’t matter to that time I stunned him when those words left his mouth. I couldn’t bear to hear more about this”
Harry was surprised at how easily those words left his mouth. But then again, he was under the Veritaserum it didn’t really matter in this case then. Silence was in the room after this timid information was known. Barty Crouch was cursing in his mind when he had heard this. He knew all along that this rat was not to be trusted in such matter. He had just known it to that time and it seemed that he was right about it.
“And what happened after this, Mister Potter?” he asked trying to sound calm and succeeding.
“We went back to Hogwarts and contacted the Ministry immediately. None of us trusted Dumbledore with this. We thought that he would lock Sirius up and never tell anyone of this”
“Why would you think that?”
“Because it wouldn’t be the first time he had done this”
Silence was in the court room. Utterly silence. This could not be true. What was Potter there talking about? How could he say something like this! Lying while being under the Veritaserum! It should be impossible! But Black and Lupin had said the same. Could it be that maybe, just maybe, they ARE telling the truth about the Headmaster? They frowned at that thought. It couldn’t be. It couldn’t really be.
“... That... is all” Barty Crouch said slowly, confused. “Bring Pettigrew in and give Mister Potter the antidote”
Barty didn’t really know what to say to this. Hell, he didn’t even know what to ask or to think about this! This was all so confusing for him. He even felt a bit dizzy after hearing this and just wanted this to be over. Perhaps he had to make some research about this all. But at least they would be getting rid of this damn rat. This would be the only good thing about the trail.
When Peter was brought in, he was asked the same questions as Sirius, Remus and Harry before him. The answers he gave them, were another matter altogether. The wizards and witches were shocked to hear when it was true that Peter was the secret keeper of the Potter’s. They were all disgusted at what they heard. How this coward had pleaded for his life after the Veritaserum had worn off. Most of them were shocked at this. He didn’t really show remorse for his crimes. He was just pleading but never saying that he was sorry for what he had done.
~*~Time skip 3 hours Court Room 6~*~
After Amelia had heard what Peter had said with the Veritaserum she had left the room with her four ‘advisers’ in this case to get a sentence for the traitor. Now after the three hours it was finally decided. When she entered the court again all was silent. Harry, Sirius and Remus were all standing in the middle of the room with Peter guarded by Aurors.
“Peter Pettigrew, you are hereby sentenced to 30 years in Azkaban. Dementors are to be around you for 24/7! You shall not have the piece to be left alone by them like other prisoners. You should see and feel again those moments where you murdered and betrayed friends. After those years have passed, you are sentence to the Kiss and even then you are not allowed to die in piece. You will be given a potion that will strip you of your magic in the most painful way and only after that shall you die” Amelia Bones’ voice echoed through the now silent court room. “Sirius Orion Black will get an official apologize for his sentence from the Ministry and is on further note spoken free of every crime he was supposed to have done. He will also receive treatment for his time being in Azkaban. And of course he will have to pay a sum for not being register in the Ministry as Animagus. 120 galleons should be enough for this”
No one had objections to this sentence. They all thought that the rat deserved this punishment. But still. They all had this nagging in their mind about one Albus, too many names to count, Dumbledore, with too many unnecessary titles. But they shrugged it off... for now.
Harry was happy when he heard the sentence been spoken and had jumped at Sirius with a smile. Sirius had hugged him tightly to him and Remus was off to the side while shaking his head. That was till Sirius decided Remus needed some love too.
“PADFOOT!”
Harry laughed at the face that Remus made when Sirius jumped at him with Harry still in his arms.
“Yes Moony?”
~*^^*~END FLASHBACK~*^^*~
Harry shook his head and smiled fondly at the memory. After this they had went to Gringotts and withdraw some money and went to buy Harry some clothes that fit. After that it went to Grimmauld Place. There he had his first meeting with Kreacher and Walburga. He grimaced at that memory and didn’t even notice how Tom was watching him from his position in his lap. Voldemort didn’t like the way Potter was acting right now. But what confused him the most was now the fact that he could feel Potter’s emotions through the link, crystal clear. Before that it wasn’t even possible for him but now it was. He wondered if it had something to do because of the fact that he went into Potter’s dream earlier. Maybe that is why he had felt this guilt too? He wasn’t so sure anymore. But whatever it was. He didn’t like it at all.
He studied Potter’s face a bit more and cocked his head to the side when he saw a grin making slowly its way on his face. Okay what the hell was wrong with the brat? First he’s sulking and now he is smiling. Why can’t he decide what he wants to do and stick with that? Even though it was entertaining to watch it was getting a bit annoying to him. He shook his head and decided to try and catch some more sleep. He grumbled in his thoughts for Potter waking him in the first place. He was losing precious hours of sleep here and why should he care if the brat slept or not? He made himself comfortable on Potter’s lap and let himself drift off. Harry began to stroke Tom while watching the flames in the fireplace. Today was going to be a long day. He could feel it and knew that something bad was going to be happening to him. He sighed quietly and leaned back in the armchair.
`I hope Snape isn’t going to be a bastard like he usually is. I can’t take that right now. It is bad enough that it was unusual quiet from Voldemort.´ he thought bitterly and smiled when he heard a loud purr coming from his Tom.
~*~Time skip first class of the new school year Potion double class~*~
Sometimes Harry hated it that he was right about some things. Snape was his usual bastard self and didn’t even let Harry get the ingredient and then he had the nerve to say that Harry was a lazy brat that was good for nothing when he couldn’t go and get them! That man needed help with his issues! Couldn’t he see that Harry wasn’t like his father? That he was more like his mother? Why did he always saw James Potter in Harry? Why not Lilly? Stretch that. He could see Lilly in him but only when he wanted to, like when he was saving Harry’s life. Harry didn’t understand that and grumbled under his breath when he began to brew his potion. `Maybe the bastard just needs to get laid´ Harry thought darkly and chuckled at that thought. Earning him a few looks from his peers, even the Slytherin looked at him like he had lost it.
Tom on the other hand was safely tucked away in Harry’s robes and watching everything around him. Well, not that Harry knew that Tom was with him. But it was certainly something that he would continue to do later on for his own safety. Because, just like Fate liked him, Malfoy was waiting at the entrance to the dungeons of him after their lessons with Snape. His cronies were standing at either side of him with that stupid smirk in their faces. Harry groaned when he saw them, great just what he needed on his first day on school too.
“Well, well, well, if it isn’t Potty” started Malfoy with his cronies snickering at what he said. “Where are your friends, scar head? Did they leave you just like your parents?”
Harry had to bit the inside of his cheek to prevent from himself saying nasty things back at Malfoy. Malfoy wouldn’t even know what real fiends are like even when they bit him the butt. He snickered at the mental picture of that which Malfoy noticed and again started to try and rile him up.
“What are you laughing about?” he asked him with a haughty tone. “Finally gone off the edge like the Daily Prophet said”
Harry greeted his teeth and tried to push past Malfoy. He really didn’t need to hear this bull from the blond boy. He had already some nasty shit going on without Malfoy always trying to pick a fight. He sighed mentally and nearly cried out on joy as he was almost free from them. But his joy was short living when he was yanked back by the back of his robes and then slammed against a wall. A wand was pointing at his face by Malfoy while his cronies held him down.
“What the hell! Let me go you ferret face!”
“Why should I?” Malfoy asked him with a smirk placed in his face. Harry didn’t like it. “Now, I think we have to make sure that you learn your lesson and respect your better, Potty”
Harry stared in horror on as Malfoy lowered his want to his throat. What was the ferret planning to do to him? His eyes widen when he saw how the Draco’s mouth opened to mutter the curse he wanted to use. But before Draco could even say the first letter of it, he was attacked by a white blur. Said white blur was in really Tom that didn’t like the fact that he was nearly squashed to death by the cronies and was going for blood now. Harry would be laughing at this when he wasn’t still in shock about what had nearly happened to him.
“What the hell that!” shrieked Malfoy as he tried to get the white kitten off of his face.
Said kitten was clawing at his face and biting him wherever he could reach. Finally Harry came back to his senses and freed himself from the slack grip of Crabbe and Goyle. He didn’t really want to stay here and wait till Snape came here. He knew that the damn overgrown bat would never believe him about this, though he did the next and most logical thing that came to his mind. He took Tom and made a mad dash to his next class. Voldemort was dazed with being abruptly hoisted up and then running. He blinked a few times to get his focus back and watched Potter enter the Charm’s classroom. But what surprised him was the fact that he didn’t fight with the Malfoy heir or said anything other to him than that.
He had always thought that the boy would do things like that without thinking. Hell, he even thought that Potter was always the one that started the fights but what he now saw let him doubt that thought. But what really had worried him was the look that the young Malfoy had in his face. It was full with so much malice and hatred for the boy. He had only thought that they were rivals and would jinx, hex and curse each other but never would he have thought that the Malfoy heir would actually try something harmful. Not even when he was still in school did the Slytherin try something like this. It always was hexes, jinxes and curses that turned the other in animals or made them confused with their surroundings, maybe a little cut here and there or a broken bone. Never was it something life harming for someone or attacking the throat for that matter.
It was a taboo for them. They all decided on this even though it was never voiced out aloud between them.
He knew if he had not done something then Potter would most likely be in the Hospital Wing with a serious damage done to his throat. Maybe Potter wouldn’t even be able to talk to him anymore. Something he would miss when the brat would talk to him. Wait! What? He did not just think that. No way did he just think that! Since when did have sympathy for Potter? He hates the brat. It was because of him that he didn’t have a body for over 13 years. He scowled at his thoughts. He really needed to get away from the brat. He made him think about things he didn’t like. And let’s not talk about what Harry made him feel.
...
WAIT!! WAHT! Oh hell no! He did not just revered to Potter as Harry. He shuddered at that thought. He really needed to get from the brat as far away as possible and his old body back. The sooner that happened the better it was for him. Harry on the other hand was sitting stiffly in his seat in the classroom. Hermione was sitting to his right and glancing at him worriedly from time to time. It was so unusual for Harry to be this silent. It worried her greatly.
“Harry?” she whispered to him. “Are you alright? Did something happen?”
He nodded to her and swallowed uneasily.
“What was it?” she asked him again.
“Not here” he whispered back and glanced behind her to show what he meant.
“Oh” she said after she glanced behind her.
It was because none other than Ron Weasely was sitting behind them and watching them. Harry and Hermione had broken every contact with the youngest Weasely son after their second year. Hermione had overheard how he was talking with Dumbledore in the middle of the second year and Harry because of the money issue and the reporting of his behaviour to said old coot. But he had done it slowly but surely and not like Hermione abruptly the next day. They couldn’t trust him anymore that much was for sure to them.
Charms were actually interesting, even though it was their first class in the year. A miracle, it really was. Flitwick was unusual happy. But then again, when wasn’t he happy? As soon as the class was over Harry was dragged away by Hermione and into the girl’s bathroom with Myrtle in it, knowing that no one would disturb them there.
“What has happened Harry?” she asked him while watching how he took a seat on the sink.
“Malfoy” he said darkly while holding Tom close to him.
“What did the git try to do this time?” concern thick in her voice.
“He cornered me on my way out of the dungeons. Hell, he had his want pointed at my throat, Hermione! He could have done who knows what to me” he said hysterical, only now finally did it sink what could have happened to him.
“Oh by Merlin!” she said with a shocked expression and moving to hug Harry. “W-what happened then Harry?”
Harry laughed dryly and clutched Tom and Hermione tighter to him. He was trembling a bit and taking a shuddering breath. Voldemort was feeling uncomfortable by every passing second now and began to shift around a bit. But Harry would have none of it and only hold him tighter to himself.
“I-if it wasn’t for Tom...” he trailed off, not wanting to continue.
“Harry, we have to tell someone about this!” she told him while moving away a bit. Giving Harry space and let him look into her face.
“And who would believe us? You know that Snape would lie to get Malfoy out of this!” he told her with pleading and hopeless eyes. “And Dumbledore can’t be trusted and I don’t want to think what the other teachers would say! You know how they believe him”
It was silent after this in the bathroom. Hermione didn’t really know what to say after this. It was true what Harry said. But there had to be something they could do about it. But what could they do about it? Nothing that was it, they could do nothing about this situation. She knew that Malfoy would just get a slap on his wrist and that would be it. She looked at Harry with concern and how he clutched the kitten to his body. Said kitten was purring as if to comfort Harry and she smiled when Harry began to stroke Tom behind his left ear. The purring was getting louder and Harry slowly smiled. Well, at least Harry had someone to comfort him besides her and Hedwig. She knew that only her and his owl wasn’t always what he needed. Sometimes he would need Remus or Sirius, maybe them together. On other times it was just Hedwig and petting her and then it was only her there to listen and give him advice.
Voldemort didn’t like his enemy seeing this depressed when he was not the cause of it. Well, at least he was telling himself that this was the reason for it, though he tried to cheer him up. But the only thing he could do was being there for Potter and purr. He got through this Harry’s attention which then got him being petted and stroked. Not that he was complaining about this. Even if it was Potter that stroked him, he couldn’t deny the fact that he slowly began to like it being stroked by him and taken care off. Of course, he still would fight those thoughts in his mind but he was losing the battle every time he was stroked.
Hermione smiled at the scene and began to think again. No doubt that Ron did report something about them. But it wasn’t like she cared anymore. He was no friend of them. No friend does something like this and can get away with it. She knew that someday it would come back and bit him in the ass.
“Come on, Harry we have still one class and then is lunch”
A groan was her answer and she giggled at him. Some things don’t change over a night and she was happy about that.
“Do we have to?” he asked her with the puppy eyes.
“Don’t give me that look! You know how I hate them!”
“That’s why I am giving you the look in the first place!” he said with a smile tugging on his lips.
“Just come, Harry!”
“Fine!” was the sulking reply.
Voldemort was totally confused by now. Not that he wasn’t already so in the beginning. But the day just kept getting stranger and stranger with each passing second. Potter was confusing him the most. Hopefully he really could leave soon and get his old body back. He had a bone to pick with a certain Malfoy.
~*~Time skip three weeks Hogsmeade Weekend~*~
It had been three weeks since school started and Harry had this run in with Malfoy. Three weeks since Dumbledore started pestering him and the teachers trying to get him to talk with the Headmaster. He sighed loudly while sitting in the ‘The Three Broomsticks’ and waiting for Sirius and Remus to show up. Sirius had demanded a meeting between them as soon as he had heard about what the youngest Malfoy had done to Harry. He was tempted to pull Harry out of school and home school him should something like this happen again. Harry was only happy he wasn’t home when Sirius received the news of this. He could imagine what the Grim Animagus must have done at home.
At least Remus was there to make sure that Sirius didn’t go to Hogwarts the second he heard about this. He could only imagine what his godfather would have done the minute he had set a foot into Hogwarts. Harry smiled when he heard Sirius enter and complain, more like whine, about Dumbledore and his precious godson that should not be around manipulating, senile, lemon drops loving and smoking, old farts.
“Sirius, can’t you behave just one time?” asked Remus his old friend.
“... Do I have to? I mean it’s just Dumbles, no big deal!”
Harry snickered when he heard this. Same old Sirius, what would he do without him?
“Over here Moony, Padfoot!”
Before Harry knew it, he had his arms full of Sirius which a certain white fluff ball that insist to follow him everywhere he went did not like at all. Of course, you can imagine what happened next.
“MEOW!”
“Wha-?” and then Sirius were getting to know Tom’s claws a bit better, again.
Harry snickered when he saw how Tom was clinging to Sirius face and scratching like his life depended on it. Remus shook his head in amusement at the scene and took a seat next to Harry. He knew that somehow, Sirius had deserved this. When had he not? Remus chuckled when he saw that Sirius was now on the floor and ‘wrestling’ with the fluff ball. All the people in the pub were now looking with amusement at the scene and some were even betting who would win. Harry was leaning on Remus now when he saw how Sirius was on his back with Tom now biting his arm. It was just too funny to not laugh about. Voldemort had the time of his life. It was not every day that he got to do some damage to someone lately and now he had the perfect chance for it to happen.
Besides he got the feeling the mutt had deserved it somehow. Why, he really had no idea. But why should he question it now?
“Harry, you got there a very evil, little kitten” Remus told him with amusement clearly visible in his voice.
“Y-yeah, I n-noticed” he chock out between his laughter. “Isn’t he just adorable?”
“Why, yes he is” Remus said to him with a snicker. “Where did you get the kitten anyways? Sirius never told me”
Harry sobered up at that question and looked at Remus before he glanced one last time to Sirius. This was a mistake to make on his part. Sirius was now standing and holding Tom in arm length away from him. His face had scratch marks all over it and some bit marks too. His sweater was totally destroyed and the sleeves were nearly falling off. Funny thing is that only his pants were not destroyed nor had any damage on them. He broke out laughing again and fell off his chair while doing so. Sirius was scowling at his godson for this. How the hell did he get anyways such an evil, little devil? Better yet, where did he find it? He slowly made his way over to the table and made sure that the kitten was nowhere near him before he dumped it onto Harry with a snicker. Harry huffed when he felt something land on him and sobered up slowly. He blinked a few times and when his eyes focused again and they were met with scarlet orbs which were blinking at him also.
The owner of those orbs cocked his head to the side before mewling at him. Harry slowly lifted himself off the ground which let Tom slid down his chest and then land in his lap. Harry scoped Tom into his arms and then stood up and sat down again. He smiled at Sirius which sent a chill down the latter’s spine.
“Moony, I don’t like the way Bambi is smiling at me” he whispered to Remus who only nodded.
“You are right. You think he has something planned?”
“Of course he has!” Sirius scoffed at that. “It’s Bambi; he is through and through a Marauder!”
Harry scowled when he heard that nickname. He didn’t really have anything against it. But the way how he got it was another matter all together. Why did Hermione have to mention that he was like Bambi when it came to be about being innocent? He smirked but at least he got her back for that.
“What is that you wanted to tell me?” Harry asked them, totally serious. “I mean, it cannot be only about the thing Malfoy did, now can it?”
“You are right about this, cub” said Remus while staring at him.
“We have found out something about our dear Headmaster’s next move” Sirius spat the word headmaster with so much venom Harry wondered if Albus would fall dead over now. “It is nothing good and we want you to leave Hogwarts”
KM: Cliffy! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! FEAR ME!!!
Lilly: ...
Tom: holds sign up She lost it, right?
Harry: nods I think so
Tom: holds other sign up help me!
Lilly: …
Harry: Hey is that we-
KM: clamps his mouth shut YES! Now hush! Don’t tell the readers!
Tom: holds sign up Help me! I am too cute to die!
Harry: ... ‘Too cute to die’?
Tom: looks at sign and hisses angrily when he sees in orange maker those words next to his written ones in green
KM: snickers Aww poor Tommy!
Disclaimer: I sooo own Harry Potter! looks at lawyers Hehehehe... runs
Summary: “I am going to kill him for this! Being my second in command be damned!” thought a tiny little white kitten with scarlet eyes. But all those thoughts vanish when a certain green eyed boy begins to stroke him and he begins to purr loudly.
Pairings: LV/TMR x HP, GW x DM, FW x HG x GW (and others maybe. Need to think about it. Maybe I change them later on)
Warnings: YAOI, SLASH, MALEXMALE, BOYXBOY, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT!! Soo you no like-y, you no watch-y! Lemons, Limes and the likes, oh yeah and bad language from a kitten! And of course bashings. Dumbledore, Molly, Arthur, Ron and Ginny bashing.
A/N: Wooho! Chapter 3! This will be about Sirius’ Trail meaning a flashback with a bit of explaining about Gringotts which will be in a second flashback... Sometime, or so... Urgh, how I hate those flashbacks! Anywho! ENJOY THE CHAP!
Chapter 3
Sirius’ Trail and School begins
Harry was sitting in the common room after his nightmare with Tom in his lap. Both were seated in an armchair near the fire and Harry was lost in thought. Well, more like memories. A small smile was playing at his lips when he thought at how he came to live with Sirius.
~*^^*~FLASHBACK~*^^*~
It was two weeks into the summer holidays and today was finally the day of Sirius’ trail. Harry couldn’t be any happier about this. He had been staying at the Leaky Cauldron together with Sirius till the trial would begin. The Ministry had provided for them the rooms there. Now the only thing was for them to wait for this day to come. Remus, Sirius, Peter and Harry would be in the Ministry without Dumbledore ever knowing of this happening. If he did then it would be already too late for him to change it. Remus, Sirius and Harry knew that that old, senile coot of a Headmaster would try to stop them. But not with them anymore, he had long enough played with them and their lives. It was time that someone showed him that not everyone was his pawn and could be played like he wanted them to be. They would be the first and make sure that he felt it.
At exactly 9 am came Aurors to take them to the Ministry. It was time for the trail.
~*~At the Ministry 9:30 am Court Room 6~*~
The court room 6 was packed full. Aurors were standing at each door in groups of four and every Ministry worker, which was important at least, had two Aurors as bodyguards. Amelia Bones was sitting at the podium with Lucius Malfoy and Alastor, Mad-Eye, Moody to her right and to her left were Amos Diggory and Barty Crouch Sr. Each of them dressed in their best dress robes for the trail that would be taking place in a few minutes. Reporters were behind them and taking pictures every two seconds. As if something would happen that they could possible miss. The room was buzzing with life and noise. Everyone was talking and suspecting what the outcome would be of this trail. A trail that was long due.
But only four people did not get anything to hear of this. Those people were Remus, Sirius, Peter and Harry. The four were in a special room and waiting to be called in. Each of them was lost in their own thoughts about this. The room was isolated from the court room another fact that they did not hear anything about the talking and other things in there. All of them were nervous about the trail and each of them was thinking that the trail would end this way or another. Peter was a wreck already and the trail hadn’t even started. He was looking around the room panicked and trying to find a way to escape it. His eyes were darting around the room and from Remus to Sirius to Harry to their guards and then again to Remus, only to start again.
He was sweating heavily and gnawing on his finger nails while his nerves were destroying themselves. Oddly enough Harry was totally calm about all of this. He didn’t really know why that was, nor did he care. The only fact he cared about was that Sirius would be free and he could leave the Dursleys, forever. Or it could be because he knew that this time nothing could go wrong. No manipulative Headmaster was there to interrupt them. He smiled slightly at this. He had found about the real reason why he was sent to live with the Dursley, which happened in the summer of his second year, with the help of the Goblins. It was when he wanted to get some money and Griphook took him aside to clear some of his finances.
Of course he was furious about what Dumbledore had done to him. Stealing from a minor! Of course he got his revenge. But that was something that was not needed here right now. No, the lies Dumbledore told could wait to get on the open just a bit longer. It was time that he embraced his inner Slytherin for his special task. Remus on the other hand was leaning calmly against a wall with his eyes closed. Finally his friend was going to be a free man. Remus was much like Harry, Sirius and, unfortunately, Peter too dressed in fine dress robes. But Sirius on the other hand was pacing in front of Harry and Remus. A smile was playing at his lips and he tried his best to not whoop in joy all two seconds.
He was finally going to be free and take care of his godson just like James and Lilly had wanted it. Oh the pranks he would teach him. He couldn’t wait for it to happen. But sadly a trail stood only between them now. His pacing came to a stop when a third Auror came into the room and called out for him. The trail had begun.
~Court Room~
Sirius was lead into the middle of the room. The, now silent, room was watching him like a hawk and Amelia Bones motioned for one of the Aurors to give Sirius the Veritaserum. Sirius immediately felt when the potion began its work. His eyes glazed over and he felt kind of numb. Amelia cleared her throat and began to ask the question.
“What is your name?”
“Sirius Orion Black” was the monotone answer from said Black.
“What is your relationship to one Harry James Potter?”
“I am his godfather”
“Were, are, you a Death Eater?”
“No”
“Did you ever think about joining He-who-must-not-be-named?”
“No”
“But surely you have thought about it. You’re family is known to side with him after all. Or is it not?”
“That may be true. But I hated my family and made sure that they knew it. I could never stand them and they didn’t me. The feeling was mutual”
“I see, Mister Black, on to some other matters. Were you the secret keeper of James and Lilly Potter?” that was the question that all of them wanted to hear and had waited to be voiced.
“No” murmurs began to break out but Amelia ignored them.
“Who was then the secret keeper and why?”
“Peter Pettigrew was James and Lilly’s secret keeper. I was the one that suggested the idea because I would be the obvious choice. Dumbledore had known of this because he was needed to cast the charm. But I would have never thought that Peter would betray us like this”
The murmurs were getting louder now and shocked was spread through the crow. Everyone was wondering why Dumbledore hadn’t done anything to help Black when he was innocent as he said he was. Why would the ‘leader’ of the light do something like this? Aurors were shocked to hear this bit of information and Amelia Bones’ eyes had widened at that bit information. What the hell was going on here?
“But surely when Dumbledore had known about this. Why not make sure you get a trail then?” drawled Lucius Malfoy.
Silence was again in the room when he spoke. This was a good question, a good question, indeed.
“Because Dumbledore likes to think he has everything under his control. Manipulating the situation to his benefit”
It was more silent in the court room. No one could believe what Black was saying at all. Even though he was under the Veritaserum it was just too absurd to. Amelia’s thoughts were racing a mile pro second. How was this possible? How could someone like Dumbledore do something like this? She frowned. This didn’t make any sense to her. Not one bit. There has to be something that she was missing in all of this. But till she found that one piece she could do nothing against Dumbledore. It had to wait then. But at least she could give Sirius his rightly freedom back. The murmurs were getting louder and this time Amelia could not ignore them.
“ORDER! ORDER!” she screamed into the room. “What about Remus Lupin? He was one of your friends back in Hogwarts, why not ask him then?”
“James and I thought to that time it was Remus that was the traitor. We thought that Peter wouldn’t raise suspicion. He was the weakest of us and most likely not to be targeted by the Death Eaters”
“I see. But how is that Peter Pettigrew is still alive? We all saw the explosion or have heard of it. How did he live?”
“He is a rat Animagus. Before I could confront him he let the street behind him explode and then transformed. Fleeing from there and leaving me behind.”
Again silence. This actually made quite sense to her. But she was still not satisfied with this questioning. She needed more information. But sadly that was all that she would ask Black about that night. Hopefully Peter would give them gladly more information. She smirked at that thought. She couldn’t really wait to ask the one that was at fault for this delayed trail.
“Thank you Mister Black that is all. Aurors bring me Remus Lupin in and give Mister Black the antidote”
But the murmurs didn’t stop. They only got louder. Amelia began to rub her temples this was going to be a long day. She knew this already and the oncoming headache wasn’t helping her. She watched as Remus Lupin was brought in and began to sigh quietly to herself. Again the Veritaserum was used and the questioning began anew. It was the standard questions just like with Black. They asked for his name, his relationship with Harry and so on and so forth. But it wasn’t as informative like Black’s. But then was the question voiced that had bugged every one of them.
“Did you know that the secret keeper was switched?” Alastor, Mad-Eye, Moody asked the werewolf.
“No” was the monotone answer just like Black’s.
Eyes widened a bit at that information. But that was to be expected when Amelia thought about it. Black had told them that they had thought that Remus was the traitor. She hummed in thought.
“I see. Do you have an idea why Black did not get a trail twelve years ago?” Alastor asked again.
“Dumbledore had told me that Sirius had gotten one. I could not believe to that time that he would do such a thing. I was shocked when I heard it. I mean I knew him since Hogwarts but Dumbledore told me the evidence was against him”
“Dumbledore has told you that?”
“Yes” short but to the point.
“Give Lupin the antidote and bring Potter in!” was what Alastor said deep in thought.
Again murmur broke out when this was heard. This was getting stranger the longer this continued on. And it was something that none of them liked. And every time, so far that is, Dumbledore was mentioned. Doubt began to slowly rise in them. The person that had killed Grindelwald all those years ago, someone that they all trusted had told lies? It could not just be possible. It just couldn’t be. It really was too absurd to believe but each of them new that no one was immune to the Veritaserum though they could not be lying about this. It was to this that Harry was lead into the court. He could hear how the name ‘Dumbledore’ was always murmured. Outside he looked confused but in the inside he smirked. Perfect, he had the seed of doubt planted. But he knew that this would not wither their trust in the old man.
It was a sad sight when he thought about it. But he could do nothing much about it. Not yet, not ever. Before he knew it the Veritaserum was given to him and he felt the effects take place.
“What is your name?” this time it was Barty Crouch Sr. that asked.
“Harry James Potter” was the monotone answer.
“What happened when you confronted Mister Black?”
“Sirius told Professor Lupin, Ron and I how it wasn’t him that had betrayed my parents. He told us how they had switched secret keepers with Dumbledore being there. How he was framed by Pettigrew and sent to Azkaban without a trail at all. He showed us that Scabbers, Ron’s pet that he was to that time, was Peter in reality”
“What happened after this Mister Potter?”
“Peter begged for forgiveness to us. He said it was not his fault that he had to betray my parents. He let it sound like he had no other choice in this even though we all knew he had. But it didn’t matter to that time I stunned him when those words left his mouth. I couldn’t bear to hear more about this”
Harry was surprised at how easily those words left his mouth. But then again, he was under the Veritaserum it didn’t really matter in this case then. Silence was in the room after this timid information was known. Barty Crouch was cursing in his mind when he had heard this. He knew all along that this rat was not to be trusted in such matter. He had just known it to that time and it seemed that he was right about it.
“And what happened after this, Mister Potter?” he asked trying to sound calm and succeeding.
“We went back to Hogwarts and contacted the Ministry immediately. None of us trusted Dumbledore with this. We thought that he would lock Sirius up and never tell anyone of this”
“Why would you think that?”
“Because it wouldn’t be the first time he had done this”
Silence was in the court room. Utterly silence. This could not be true. What was Potter there talking about? How could he say something like this! Lying while being under the Veritaserum! It should be impossible! But Black and Lupin had said the same. Could it be that maybe, just maybe, they ARE telling the truth about the Headmaster? They frowned at that thought. It couldn’t be. It couldn’t really be.
“... That... is all” Barty Crouch said slowly, confused. “Bring Pettigrew in and give Mister Potter the antidote”
Barty didn’t really know what to say to this. Hell, he didn’t even know what to ask or to think about this! This was all so confusing for him. He even felt a bit dizzy after hearing this and just wanted this to be over. Perhaps he had to make some research about this all. But at least they would be getting rid of this damn rat. This would be the only good thing about the trail.
When Peter was brought in, he was asked the same questions as Sirius, Remus and Harry before him. The answers he gave them, were another matter altogether. The wizards and witches were shocked to hear when it was true that Peter was the secret keeper of the Potter’s. They were all disgusted at what they heard. How this coward had pleaded for his life after the Veritaserum had worn off. Most of them were shocked at this. He didn’t really show remorse for his crimes. He was just pleading but never saying that he was sorry for what he had done.
~*~Time skip 3 hours Court Room 6~*~
After Amelia had heard what Peter had said with the Veritaserum she had left the room with her four ‘advisers’ in this case to get a sentence for the traitor. Now after the three hours it was finally decided. When she entered the court again all was silent. Harry, Sirius and Remus were all standing in the middle of the room with Peter guarded by Aurors.
“Peter Pettigrew, you are hereby sentenced to 30 years in Azkaban. Dementors are to be around you for 24/7! You shall not have the piece to be left alone by them like other prisoners. You should see and feel again those moments where you murdered and betrayed friends. After those years have passed, you are sentence to the Kiss and even then you are not allowed to die in piece. You will be given a potion that will strip you of your magic in the most painful way and only after that shall you die” Amelia Bones’ voice echoed through the now silent court room. “Sirius Orion Black will get an official apologize for his sentence from the Ministry and is on further note spoken free of every crime he was supposed to have done. He will also receive treatment for his time being in Azkaban. And of course he will have to pay a sum for not being register in the Ministry as Animagus. 120 galleons should be enough for this”
No one had objections to this sentence. They all thought that the rat deserved this punishment. But still. They all had this nagging in their mind about one Albus, too many names to count, Dumbledore, with too many unnecessary titles. But they shrugged it off... for now.
Harry was happy when he heard the sentence been spoken and had jumped at Sirius with a smile. Sirius had hugged him tightly to him and Remus was off to the side while shaking his head. That was till Sirius decided Remus needed some love too.
“PADFOOT!”
Harry laughed at the face that Remus made when Sirius jumped at him with Harry still in his arms.
“Yes Moony?”
~*^^*~END FLASHBACK~*^^*~
Harry shook his head and smiled fondly at the memory. After this they had went to Gringotts and withdraw some money and went to buy Harry some clothes that fit. After that it went to Grimmauld Place. There he had his first meeting with Kreacher and Walburga. He grimaced at that memory and didn’t even notice how Tom was watching him from his position in his lap. Voldemort didn’t like the way Potter was acting right now. But what confused him the most was now the fact that he could feel Potter’s emotions through the link, crystal clear. Before that it wasn’t even possible for him but now it was. He wondered if it had something to do because of the fact that he went into Potter’s dream earlier. Maybe that is why he had felt this guilt too? He wasn’t so sure anymore. But whatever it was. He didn’t like it at all.
He studied Potter’s face a bit more and cocked his head to the side when he saw a grin making slowly its way on his face. Okay what the hell was wrong with the brat? First he’s sulking and now he is smiling. Why can’t he decide what he wants to do and stick with that? Even though it was entertaining to watch it was getting a bit annoying to him. He shook his head and decided to try and catch some more sleep. He grumbled in his thoughts for Potter waking him in the first place. He was losing precious hours of sleep here and why should he care if the brat slept or not? He made himself comfortable on Potter’s lap and let himself drift off. Harry began to stroke Tom while watching the flames in the fireplace. Today was going to be a long day. He could feel it and knew that something bad was going to be happening to him. He sighed quietly and leaned back in the armchair.
`I hope Snape isn’t going to be a bastard like he usually is. I can’t take that right now. It is bad enough that it was unusual quiet from Voldemort.´ he thought bitterly and smiled when he heard a loud purr coming from his Tom.
~*~Time skip first class of the new school year Potion double class~*~
Sometimes Harry hated it that he was right about some things. Snape was his usual bastard self and didn’t even let Harry get the ingredient and then he had the nerve to say that Harry was a lazy brat that was good for nothing when he couldn’t go and get them! That man needed help with his issues! Couldn’t he see that Harry wasn’t like his father? That he was more like his mother? Why did he always saw James Potter in Harry? Why not Lilly? Stretch that. He could see Lilly in him but only when he wanted to, like when he was saving Harry’s life. Harry didn’t understand that and grumbled under his breath when he began to brew his potion. `Maybe the bastard just needs to get laid´ Harry thought darkly and chuckled at that thought. Earning him a few looks from his peers, even the Slytherin looked at him like he had lost it.
Tom on the other hand was safely tucked away in Harry’s robes and watching everything around him. Well, not that Harry knew that Tom was with him. But it was certainly something that he would continue to do later on for his own safety. Because, just like Fate liked him, Malfoy was waiting at the entrance to the dungeons of him after their lessons with Snape. His cronies were standing at either side of him with that stupid smirk in their faces. Harry groaned when he saw them, great just what he needed on his first day on school too.
“Well, well, well, if it isn’t Potty” started Malfoy with his cronies snickering at what he said. “Where are your friends, scar head? Did they leave you just like your parents?”
Harry had to bit the inside of his cheek to prevent from himself saying nasty things back at Malfoy. Malfoy wouldn’t even know what real fiends are like even when they bit him the butt. He snickered at the mental picture of that which Malfoy noticed and again started to try and rile him up.
“What are you laughing about?” he asked him with a haughty tone. “Finally gone off the edge like the Daily Prophet said”
Harry greeted his teeth and tried to push past Malfoy. He really didn’t need to hear this bull from the blond boy. He had already some nasty shit going on without Malfoy always trying to pick a fight. He sighed mentally and nearly cried out on joy as he was almost free from them. But his joy was short living when he was yanked back by the back of his robes and then slammed against a wall. A wand was pointing at his face by Malfoy while his cronies held him down.
“What the hell! Let me go you ferret face!”
“Why should I?” Malfoy asked him with a smirk placed in his face. Harry didn’t like it. “Now, I think we have to make sure that you learn your lesson and respect your better, Potty”
Harry stared in horror on as Malfoy lowered his want to his throat. What was the ferret planning to do to him? His eyes widen when he saw how the Draco’s mouth opened to mutter the curse he wanted to use. But before Draco could even say the first letter of it, he was attacked by a white blur. Said white blur was in really Tom that didn’t like the fact that he was nearly squashed to death by the cronies and was going for blood now. Harry would be laughing at this when he wasn’t still in shock about what had nearly happened to him.
“What the hell that!” shrieked Malfoy as he tried to get the white kitten off of his face.
Said kitten was clawing at his face and biting him wherever he could reach. Finally Harry came back to his senses and freed himself from the slack grip of Crabbe and Goyle. He didn’t really want to stay here and wait till Snape came here. He knew that the damn overgrown bat would never believe him about this, though he did the next and most logical thing that came to his mind. He took Tom and made a mad dash to his next class. Voldemort was dazed with being abruptly hoisted up and then running. He blinked a few times to get his focus back and watched Potter enter the Charm’s classroom. But what surprised him was the fact that he didn’t fight with the Malfoy heir or said anything other to him than that.
He had always thought that the boy would do things like that without thinking. Hell, he even thought that Potter was always the one that started the fights but what he now saw let him doubt that thought. But what really had worried him was the look that the young Malfoy had in his face. It was full with so much malice and hatred for the boy. He had only thought that they were rivals and would jinx, hex and curse each other but never would he have thought that the Malfoy heir would actually try something harmful. Not even when he was still in school did the Slytherin try something like this. It always was hexes, jinxes and curses that turned the other in animals or made them confused with their surroundings, maybe a little cut here and there or a broken bone. Never was it something life harming for someone or attacking the throat for that matter.
It was a taboo for them. They all decided on this even though it was never voiced out aloud between them.
He knew if he had not done something then Potter would most likely be in the Hospital Wing with a serious damage done to his throat. Maybe Potter wouldn’t even be able to talk to him anymore. Something he would miss when the brat would talk to him. Wait! What? He did not just think that. No way did he just think that! Since when did have sympathy for Potter? He hates the brat. It was because of him that he didn’t have a body for over 13 years. He scowled at his thoughts. He really needed to get away from the brat. He made him think about things he didn’t like. And let’s not talk about what Harry made him feel.
...
WAIT!! WAHT! Oh hell no! He did not just revered to Potter as Harry. He shuddered at that thought. He really needed to get from the brat as far away as possible and his old body back. The sooner that happened the better it was for him. Harry on the other hand was sitting stiffly in his seat in the classroom. Hermione was sitting to his right and glancing at him worriedly from time to time. It was so unusual for Harry to be this silent. It worried her greatly.
“Harry?” she whispered to him. “Are you alright? Did something happen?”
He nodded to her and swallowed uneasily.
“What was it?” she asked him again.
“Not here” he whispered back and glanced behind her to show what he meant.
“Oh” she said after she glanced behind her.
It was because none other than Ron Weasely was sitting behind them and watching them. Harry and Hermione had broken every contact with the youngest Weasely son after their second year. Hermione had overheard how he was talking with Dumbledore in the middle of the second year and Harry because of the money issue and the reporting of his behaviour to said old coot. But he had done it slowly but surely and not like Hermione abruptly the next day. They couldn’t trust him anymore that much was for sure to them.
Charms were actually interesting, even though it was their first class in the year. A miracle, it really was. Flitwick was unusual happy. But then again, when wasn’t he happy? As soon as the class was over Harry was dragged away by Hermione and into the girl’s bathroom with Myrtle in it, knowing that no one would disturb them there.
“What has happened Harry?” she asked him while watching how he took a seat on the sink.
“Malfoy” he said darkly while holding Tom close to him.
“What did the git try to do this time?” concern thick in her voice.
“He cornered me on my way out of the dungeons. Hell, he had his want pointed at my throat, Hermione! He could have done who knows what to me” he said hysterical, only now finally did it sink what could have happened to him.
“Oh by Merlin!” she said with a shocked expression and moving to hug Harry. “W-what happened then Harry?”
Harry laughed dryly and clutched Tom and Hermione tighter to him. He was trembling a bit and taking a shuddering breath. Voldemort was feeling uncomfortable by every passing second now and began to shift around a bit. But Harry would have none of it and only hold him tighter to himself.
“I-if it wasn’t for Tom...” he trailed off, not wanting to continue.
“Harry, we have to tell someone about this!” she told him while moving away a bit. Giving Harry space and let him look into her face.
“And who would believe us? You know that Snape would lie to get Malfoy out of this!” he told her with pleading and hopeless eyes. “And Dumbledore can’t be trusted and I don’t want to think what the other teachers would say! You know how they believe him”
It was silent after this in the bathroom. Hermione didn’t really know what to say after this. It was true what Harry said. But there had to be something they could do about it. But what could they do about it? Nothing that was it, they could do nothing about this situation. She knew that Malfoy would just get a slap on his wrist and that would be it. She looked at Harry with concern and how he clutched the kitten to his body. Said kitten was purring as if to comfort Harry and she smiled when Harry began to stroke Tom behind his left ear. The purring was getting louder and Harry slowly smiled. Well, at least Harry had someone to comfort him besides her and Hedwig. She knew that only her and his owl wasn’t always what he needed. Sometimes he would need Remus or Sirius, maybe them together. On other times it was just Hedwig and petting her and then it was only her there to listen and give him advice.
Voldemort didn’t like his enemy seeing this depressed when he was not the cause of it. Well, at least he was telling himself that this was the reason for it, though he tried to cheer him up. But the only thing he could do was being there for Potter and purr. He got through this Harry’s attention which then got him being petted and stroked. Not that he was complaining about this. Even if it was Potter that stroked him, he couldn’t deny the fact that he slowly began to like it being stroked by him and taken care off. Of course, he still would fight those thoughts in his mind but he was losing the battle every time he was stroked.
Hermione smiled at the scene and began to think again. No doubt that Ron did report something about them. But it wasn’t like she cared anymore. He was no friend of them. No friend does something like this and can get away with it. She knew that someday it would come back and bit him in the ass.
“Come on, Harry we have still one class and then is lunch”
A groan was her answer and she giggled at him. Some things don’t change over a night and she was happy about that.
“Do we have to?” he asked her with the puppy eyes.
“Don’t give me that look! You know how I hate them!”
“That’s why I am giving you the look in the first place!” he said with a smile tugging on his lips.
“Just come, Harry!”
“Fine!” was the sulking reply.
Voldemort was totally confused by now. Not that he wasn’t already so in the beginning. But the day just kept getting stranger and stranger with each passing second. Potter was confusing him the most. Hopefully he really could leave soon and get his old body back. He had a bone to pick with a certain Malfoy.
~*~Time skip three weeks Hogsmeade Weekend~*~
It had been three weeks since school started and Harry had this run in with Malfoy. Three weeks since Dumbledore started pestering him and the teachers trying to get him to talk with the Headmaster. He sighed loudly while sitting in the ‘The Three Broomsticks’ and waiting for Sirius and Remus to show up. Sirius had demanded a meeting between them as soon as he had heard about what the youngest Malfoy had done to Harry. He was tempted to pull Harry out of school and home school him should something like this happen again. Harry was only happy he wasn’t home when Sirius received the news of this. He could imagine what the Grim Animagus must have done at home.
At least Remus was there to make sure that Sirius didn’t go to Hogwarts the second he heard about this. He could only imagine what his godfather would have done the minute he had set a foot into Hogwarts. Harry smiled when he heard Sirius enter and complain, more like whine, about Dumbledore and his precious godson that should not be around manipulating, senile, lemon drops loving and smoking, old farts.
“Sirius, can’t you behave just one time?” asked Remus his old friend.
“... Do I have to? I mean it’s just Dumbles, no big deal!”
Harry snickered when he heard this. Same old Sirius, what would he do without him?
“Over here Moony, Padfoot!”
Before Harry knew it, he had his arms full of Sirius which a certain white fluff ball that insist to follow him everywhere he went did not like at all. Of course, you can imagine what happened next.
“MEOW!”
“Wha-?” and then Sirius were getting to know Tom’s claws a bit better, again.
Harry snickered when he saw how Tom was clinging to Sirius face and scratching like his life depended on it. Remus shook his head in amusement at the scene and took a seat next to Harry. He knew that somehow, Sirius had deserved this. When had he not? Remus chuckled when he saw that Sirius was now on the floor and ‘wrestling’ with the fluff ball. All the people in the pub were now looking with amusement at the scene and some were even betting who would win. Harry was leaning on Remus now when he saw how Sirius was on his back with Tom now biting his arm. It was just too funny to not laugh about. Voldemort had the time of his life. It was not every day that he got to do some damage to someone lately and now he had the perfect chance for it to happen.
Besides he got the feeling the mutt had deserved it somehow. Why, he really had no idea. But why should he question it now?
“Harry, you got there a very evil, little kitten” Remus told him with amusement clearly visible in his voice.
“Y-yeah, I n-noticed” he chock out between his laughter. “Isn’t he just adorable?”
“Why, yes he is” Remus said to him with a snicker. “Where did you get the kitten anyways? Sirius never told me”
Harry sobered up at that question and looked at Remus before he glanced one last time to Sirius. This was a mistake to make on his part. Sirius was now standing and holding Tom in arm length away from him. His face had scratch marks all over it and some bit marks too. His sweater was totally destroyed and the sleeves were nearly falling off. Funny thing is that only his pants were not destroyed nor had any damage on them. He broke out laughing again and fell off his chair while doing so. Sirius was scowling at his godson for this. How the hell did he get anyways such an evil, little devil? Better yet, where did he find it? He slowly made his way over to the table and made sure that the kitten was nowhere near him before he dumped it onto Harry with a snicker. Harry huffed when he felt something land on him and sobered up slowly. He blinked a few times and when his eyes focused again and they were met with scarlet orbs which were blinking at him also.
The owner of those orbs cocked his head to the side before mewling at him. Harry slowly lifted himself off the ground which let Tom slid down his chest and then land in his lap. Harry scoped Tom into his arms and then stood up and sat down again. He smiled at Sirius which sent a chill down the latter’s spine.
“Moony, I don’t like the way Bambi is smiling at me” he whispered to Remus who only nodded.
“You are right. You think he has something planned?”
“Of course he has!” Sirius scoffed at that. “It’s Bambi; he is through and through a Marauder!”
Harry scowled when he heard that nickname. He didn’t really have anything against it. But the way how he got it was another matter all together. Why did Hermione have to mention that he was like Bambi when it came to be about being innocent? He smirked but at least he got her back for that.
“What is that you wanted to tell me?” Harry asked them, totally serious. “I mean, it cannot be only about the thing Malfoy did, now can it?”
“You are right about this, cub” said Remus while staring at him.
“We have found out something about our dear Headmaster’s next move” Sirius spat the word headmaster with so much venom Harry wondered if Albus would fall dead over now. “It is nothing good and we want you to leave Hogwarts”
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Lilly: ...
Tom: holds sign up She lost it, right?
Harry: nods I think so
Tom: holds other sign up help me!