Hi everyone!
A special thanks to all my reviewers! Its great to know so many people have read my story!
And on with the next chapter! Sorry about the long wait! My mum took me to my grandparent's house for a few days and I had no access to my computer! Parents! * Rolls eyes * anyway ive updated all the chapters at least a little bit! So, enjoy!
Destiny
Chapter 13:The Trial
They arrived at the ministry and Dumbledore managed to arrange for Sirius and Peter's trial to be held that day after the other trials were over. Soon it was time for the trial to begin. Dumbledore led Sirius down to the courtroom while a dementor and a senior Auror accompanied peter.
Inside the courtroom Sirius was seated in a chair with chains draped over the arm rests. Whispers rang around the room as he was seated and people began to recognise him. He was instructed to place his arms on the armrests and before he knew it, the chains sprang to life binding him tightly to the chair.
Five feet away wormtail was bound and tied too. The dementor was still stood by his side but the Auror had joined the council.
The whole room was escape proof, not even and ant could crawl out let alone a rat so wormtail had now way to escape. The wizard who was in charge stood up and spoke for the first time since Sirius had entered.
"The trial of Sirius Black and Peter pettigrew will commence now!" he said his voice filling the dark courtroom.
"Both of the accused parties shall be given veritisium in turn so we can be sure their stories are true. We will begin with Mr Black!"
As he said this, a ministry official walked over to Sirius's side carrying a crystal file containing the veritisium. Sirius opened his mouth obediently and the man slipped two drops of the shimmering liquid in his mouth. Sirius swallowed and felt the shimmering liquid slide down his throat for the second time that day.
When Sirius had taken the potion the wizard in charge began to question him.
"What is your name!" he asked
"Sirius Black!" Sirius replied automatically
"Mr black were you the potters secret keeper at the time of their deaths?" the man inquired.
"No I wasn't!" Sirius replied
"Have you ever served he who must not be named in anyway?" the man asked
"No, defiantly not!"
"Did you have a hand in the potters death?" he asked as he scribbled something on a piece of parchment
"Yes" Sirius sighed
There were gasps from the audience after he said it.
"What did you do?"
"I suggested they changed secret keepers to peter at the last minute. I didn't realise he was a traitor. I though he who must not be named wouldn't think for a minute that he was the potter secret keeper. I though he come straight for me!"
"I see." The head wizard said as he wrote down some more notes on his parchment. "Thankyou Mr Black, just a couple more questions one did you blow up that muggle street just under ten years ago?"
"No, I didn't" Sirius replied
"And finally do you know the whereabouts of Harry James Potter?"
"Yes he is at home with my daughter hopefully asleep in his bed by now!" Sirius informed the man
"Thankyou for you co-operation Mr Black" he said to Sirius "can I have the antidote for Mr Black and some veritisium for Mr pettigrew?" he called to the ministry official who hurried over and gave Sirius the antidote.
Sirius watched as peter was forced to take the veritisium.
"What is your name!" the man began to question peter
"peter pettigrew" peter replied
"Were you the potters secret keeper at the time of their deaths?"
"Yes" peter said
"Have you ever served he who must not be named?"
"Yes and I still do!" peter smiled
At this, there were several gasps from the council.
"How long have you served he who must not be named?"
"Just over twelve years now!" peter grinned
"What part did you play in the potters deaths?"
"I handed them over to the dark lord!" peter replied looking pleased with himself.
There were several more gasps
"Thankyou!" the man said "please can we have the antidote for Mr Pettigrew while we, he indicated the council, discuss the sentences"
The council huddled together. It didn't take them long the discuss the matter and soon they turned to face Sirius and peter.
"Mr Black, you have been cleared of all charges of murder. You are free. We are sorry that you had to go through this. We have also decided that as Harry's godfather, we aren't going to force you to hand him over. We know Lily and James wanted you to look after him if anything happened to them. Thankyou for your co-operation!"
"Mr pettigrew you are charge with handing the potters over to He who must not be named which intern led to their murder you are sentenced to a life time in askaban!"
The chains, which were binding Sirius to his chair, sprang open and he stood up. Remus hurried over and congratulated him. They all watched peter being taken away. The council began to disperse and a few members came over to talk to Sirius and Remus. Eventually Sirius and Remus left the courtroom and flooed back to Pranksters Palace a freeman.
When he arrived, Harry and Charlie were in the living room waiting for them. Charlie stifled a yawn as Sirius walked though the door.
"Sirius! Did you get off?" Harry asked Sirius the minute he entered the room.
"Yup!" smiled Sirius "I'm free!"
"Yahoo!" Harry yelled Charlie smiled tiredly.
"Ok you two off to bed we've got lots of shopping to do tomorrow!" Sirius smiled "and celebrating!"
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The next day Harry and Charlie entered the room just as Sirius finished a conversation with somebody in the fire.
"Well ive got a job already!" Sirius smiled "Remus has too did I tell you to he lost his last one last month when he tried to take a couple of days of around full moon? Honestly!"
"What are you going to do Sirius?" Harry asked curiously
"That Harry, is for me to know and you to find out!" Sirius grinned "eat up I want to get off! Ive got your letters here" Sirius informed Harry and Charlie "they arrived this morning!"
He passed them their letters and pulled on his travelling cloak.
Soon enough Harry and Charlie finished eating and the three of them flooed to Diagon alley.
They bought all the stuff Harry and Charlie would need for Hogwarts and a few extras (dungbombs etc!) they all downed some butterbeer at the leaky cauldron before flooing back to pranksters palace.
Harry and Charlie went to bed early ready to get up at five to get to platform nine and three quarters.
They arrived at platform nine and three quarters with twenty minutes to spare. Sirius helped them find an empty compartment and store their trunks.
Then Harry and Charlie gave Sirius a goodbye hug and they were ready to go.
The train began to move and soon enough Harry and Charlie were on their way to Hogwarts!
A/n Woohoo!!! That's it! All finished! Hope you enjoyed my story! Please r/r!!!!!!! I will be carrying this on Hopefully in several other stories so hopefully I can do Harry and Charlie's whole time at Hogwarts! But this is the end of this story! Thanks for reading.
Another thing if any of you can guess what Sirius's new job is before I post the next story I will dedicate that story to you! So, please tell me what you think he will be in a review!
A special thanks to all my reviewers! Its great to know so many people have read my story!
And on with the next chapter! Sorry about the long wait! My mum took me to my grandparent's house for a few days and I had no access to my computer! Parents! * Rolls eyes * anyway ive updated all the chapters at least a little bit! So, enjoy!
Destiny
Chapter 13:The Trial
They arrived at the ministry and Dumbledore managed to arrange for Sirius and Peter's trial to be held that day after the other trials were over. Soon it was time for the trial to begin. Dumbledore led Sirius down to the courtroom while a dementor and a senior Auror accompanied peter.
Inside the courtroom Sirius was seated in a chair with chains draped over the arm rests. Whispers rang around the room as he was seated and people began to recognise him. He was instructed to place his arms on the armrests and before he knew it, the chains sprang to life binding him tightly to the chair.
Five feet away wormtail was bound and tied too. The dementor was still stood by his side but the Auror had joined the council.
The whole room was escape proof, not even and ant could crawl out let alone a rat so wormtail had now way to escape. The wizard who was in charge stood up and spoke for the first time since Sirius had entered.
"The trial of Sirius Black and Peter pettigrew will commence now!" he said his voice filling the dark courtroom.
"Both of the accused parties shall be given veritisium in turn so we can be sure their stories are true. We will begin with Mr Black!"
As he said this, a ministry official walked over to Sirius's side carrying a crystal file containing the veritisium. Sirius opened his mouth obediently and the man slipped two drops of the shimmering liquid in his mouth. Sirius swallowed and felt the shimmering liquid slide down his throat for the second time that day.
When Sirius had taken the potion the wizard in charge began to question him.
"What is your name!" he asked
"Sirius Black!" Sirius replied automatically
"Mr black were you the potters secret keeper at the time of their deaths?" the man inquired.
"No I wasn't!" Sirius replied
"Have you ever served he who must not be named in anyway?" the man asked
"No, defiantly not!"
"Did you have a hand in the potters death?" he asked as he scribbled something on a piece of parchment
"Yes" Sirius sighed
There were gasps from the audience after he said it.
"What did you do?"
"I suggested they changed secret keepers to peter at the last minute. I didn't realise he was a traitor. I though he who must not be named wouldn't think for a minute that he was the potter secret keeper. I though he come straight for me!"
"I see." The head wizard said as he wrote down some more notes on his parchment. "Thankyou Mr Black, just a couple more questions one did you blow up that muggle street just under ten years ago?"
"No, I didn't" Sirius replied
"And finally do you know the whereabouts of Harry James Potter?"
"Yes he is at home with my daughter hopefully asleep in his bed by now!" Sirius informed the man
"Thankyou for you co-operation Mr Black" he said to Sirius "can I have the antidote for Mr Black and some veritisium for Mr pettigrew?" he called to the ministry official who hurried over and gave Sirius the antidote.
Sirius watched as peter was forced to take the veritisium.
"What is your name!" the man began to question peter
"peter pettigrew" peter replied
"Were you the potters secret keeper at the time of their deaths?"
"Yes" peter said
"Have you ever served he who must not be named?"
"Yes and I still do!" peter smiled
At this, there were several gasps from the council.
"How long have you served he who must not be named?"
"Just over twelve years now!" peter grinned
"What part did you play in the potters deaths?"
"I handed them over to the dark lord!" peter replied looking pleased with himself.
There were several more gasps
"Thankyou!" the man said "please can we have the antidote for Mr Pettigrew while we, he indicated the council, discuss the sentences"
The council huddled together. It didn't take them long the discuss the matter and soon they turned to face Sirius and peter.
"Mr Black, you have been cleared of all charges of murder. You are free. We are sorry that you had to go through this. We have also decided that as Harry's godfather, we aren't going to force you to hand him over. We know Lily and James wanted you to look after him if anything happened to them. Thankyou for your co-operation!"
"Mr pettigrew you are charge with handing the potters over to He who must not be named which intern led to their murder you are sentenced to a life time in askaban!"
The chains, which were binding Sirius to his chair, sprang open and he stood up. Remus hurried over and congratulated him. They all watched peter being taken away. The council began to disperse and a few members came over to talk to Sirius and Remus. Eventually Sirius and Remus left the courtroom and flooed back to Pranksters Palace a freeman.
When he arrived, Harry and Charlie were in the living room waiting for them. Charlie stifled a yawn as Sirius walked though the door.
"Sirius! Did you get off?" Harry asked Sirius the minute he entered the room.
"Yup!" smiled Sirius "I'm free!"
"Yahoo!" Harry yelled Charlie smiled tiredly.
"Ok you two off to bed we've got lots of shopping to do tomorrow!" Sirius smiled "and celebrating!"
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The next day Harry and Charlie entered the room just as Sirius finished a conversation with somebody in the fire.
"Well ive got a job already!" Sirius smiled "Remus has too did I tell you to he lost his last one last month when he tried to take a couple of days of around full moon? Honestly!"
"What are you going to do Sirius?" Harry asked curiously
"That Harry, is for me to know and you to find out!" Sirius grinned "eat up I want to get off! Ive got your letters here" Sirius informed Harry and Charlie "they arrived this morning!"
He passed them their letters and pulled on his travelling cloak.
Soon enough Harry and Charlie finished eating and the three of them flooed to Diagon alley.
They bought all the stuff Harry and Charlie would need for Hogwarts and a few extras (dungbombs etc!) they all downed some butterbeer at the leaky cauldron before flooing back to pranksters palace.
Harry and Charlie went to bed early ready to get up at five to get to platform nine and three quarters.
They arrived at platform nine and three quarters with twenty minutes to spare. Sirius helped them find an empty compartment and store their trunks.
Then Harry and Charlie gave Sirius a goodbye hug and they were ready to go.
The train began to move and soon enough Harry and Charlie were on their way to Hogwarts!
A/n Woohoo!!! That's it! All finished! Hope you enjoyed my story! Please r/r!!!!!!! I will be carrying this on Hopefully in several other stories so hopefully I can do Harry and Charlie's whole time at Hogwarts! But this is the end of this story! Thanks for reading.
Another thing if any of you can guess what Sirius's new job is before I post the next story I will dedicate that story to you! So, please tell me what you think he will be in a review!