Once we arrived back at the empty Slytherin common room, I walked towards the fireplace and stood near it.

"Tempus." I cast as the time appears infront of me.

'12:57'

I glance towards Harry as he nods, three minutes later, Amelia bones walks out, glancing at us.

"Harry and Y/n Potter, I presume?" she asks as I nod.

"And you requested for us to meet to discuss your current guardians, correct?"

"Yep." I respond as she nods, glancing around.

"Well then, let's sit to discuss this." She suggests as she sits down on the couch across from us.

"Alright so I should start by the fact that I have an idea on who can gain custody of us, but he'll need a trial in which he never got." I explain as she pauses, thinking for a moment before turning towards us, surprise written on her face.

"Sirius black, correct?" She asks as I nod in confirmation. "He... never got a trial?"

"Yep, apparently he was 'clearly guilty' and thrown in Azkaban without another word."

"I'll... look into this. And if he isn't able to get a trial anytime soon, who else can take care of you over the summer?"

"Well in our parents wills, the next people to take care of us would be Narcissa Malfoy, Severus Snape, then Minerva Mcgonagall. Alice Longbottom was included but it's clear she and her husband aren't... available to take care of us." I explain as she nods, writing a couple notes down on a sheet of paper.

"Anything else I should be aware of before we move onto the topic of why you are requesting a guardian change?" She asks as I pause for a moment, hesitating wether I should tell her or not.

"Yeah, dumbledore illegally sealed our parents wills." I blurt out as Amelia gapes at me, not being able to keep her composure.

"And... do you have proof of this accusation..?" She asks hesitantly as I nod.

"Gringotts bank can confirm this, we will also answer the question under veritaserum and submit memory's if needed." Harry answers for me as I nod in agreement.

"Well then, onto the topic of why you request the switch in guardians..." she replies, seemingly still in slight shock from the previous statement.

"Well to put it shortly, we lived in a cupboard for the majority of our lives until we turned eleven. We didn't know our own names until we were six, not to mention the constant beatings. We didn't know we had magic until our letters from hogwarts arrived." I answer as Amelia's eyes were wide in shock.

"Your magical guardian never checked in on you or how you were doing? Not even once?" She questions as I nod, a sly grin forming on my face.

"Clearly, Albus dumbledore is a busy man, to the point he couldn't even check on us once those eleven years." I respond as she gapes at me, completely shocked.

"He... he...!" She murmured, not being able to comprehend why he would do such a thing.

"I'll get this brought up to the wizenagmot as soon as possible. Anything else before I go?" She asks as she stands up.

"Hm, no, not yet. I'll see you on the trial day." I say as I wave to the woman with the ladyship rings appearing.

She looks at the rings in surprise before a small smile forms on her face. "Indeed, though I must thank you for the opportunity to bring dumbledore down."

With those last words, she walked back into the fireplace and back to the ministry.

———

I sit on the hogwarts express, a bored look on my face as luna lies across the seat, her head in my lap as she reads a book. Draco and Harry were across from me, they seemed to ignore eachother but one would send glances at the other every once in awhile.

I was talking with Nyx when a knock on the door draws me out of my thoughts.

I wave my hand as the door opens, revealing an auror as I raise an eyebrow.

"Miss and Mr Potter, I am here to inform you both that I and two of my coworkers will be leading you where the trial for sirius black will be taken place, followed by the trial for who will be taking care of you temporarily. Given even if Sirius Black is proven innocent, he will need a mind healer for estimated amount 1-3 months before he can take full guardianship." The auror informs stiffly as I nod before he walks off.

"Auror Greengrass, specifically sent by your partner to ensure dumbledore wouldn't try anything." Luna murmurs as I roll my eyes.

"Of course Tom would do something like that..." I mutter as luna laughs softly.

"He worries, but nothing can go wrong today." Luna predicts as I nod, glancing at the rings on my hand.

"Can someone fill me in on what just happens?" Draco snaps as I roll my eyes.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you soon enough." I remark with a grin as he rolls his eyes.

———

The hogwarts express comes to a stop as the four of us walk off the train.

Luna walks off in a random direction with a muttered "goodbye and good luck."

I stand next to Draco and Harry as the three aurors arrives. "Mr and Miss potter, please follow me."

I wave to Draco as he roll his eyes but mutters a "goodbye" before going to find his parents.

We walk over the some fireplaces as we walk in, arriving at the ministry.

"This way." The auror said as they lead us to an elevator, the elevator zooms past as we exit and walk down a set of stairs and down the corridor, leading to a door.

The auror pushes the door open to reveal about half the wizengamot that has arrived along with sirius black standing in the middle.

Dumbledore glances over to see who enter, only to catch our eye. The headmaster looks in shock and anger.

"Follow us if you will, Lady Ravenclaw-Evans, Lord Gryffindor-Potter." The aurors say as the quiet chattering throughout the room stopped, as everyone glanced over.

A calm expression remains on my face as we're lead to our seats.

Slowly, more people arrive as I feel someone sit next to me, I glance over to see someone vaguely familiar but not recognizable.

"Couldn't leave nyx alone with a friend?" He asks as I glare at the familiar-yet-unfamiliar male. They seemed to be merely a year or two older than me.

"And how do you know of her name?" I snap back quietly as a small grin forms on his face in amusement.

"My apologies, allow me to introduce myself. Lord Slytherin-Gaunt, pleasure to make your acquaintance." The male introduces as I raise an eyebrow and let a small grin form on my face.

"Lady Ravenclaw-Evans, the pleasure is mine." I greet the male (which I now recognize as Tom) back with an amused glance.

Dumbledore hadn't even taken notice to tom yet.

Tom goes to say something but was cut off by a gavel banging onto the desk.

"Trial hearing of the twenty-fourth of July, accused, Sirius Orion Black. Interrogator, Amelia Bones. Charges are as follows: betraying the potters by giving their location to the dark lord, therefor being partly responsible for their deaths, the murders of Peter Pettigrew, and 13 unnamed muggles. How do you plead?" Madame Bones asks as I give Sirius an encouraging look.

"Innocent." Sirius said plainly as people start to whisper.

"How dare he?!"

"Why are we even gathered, he's clearly guilty!"

"To think the potters used to trust him!!"

Whispers fill the court as madam bones sighs. "Silence!"

The people of the wizenagmot go silent as I roll my eyes.

"If anybody wishes to present evidence, please stand." Amelia states as I stand up.

"Please step forward." Amelia states as I walk down to where sirius is standing.

"Please pass forward any evidence you have." An auror asks as I summon a dead rat in a cage.

Whispers fill the court room again before going back to silence.

"Hardly proof at this point," I state as I observe the dead body of the rat. "but I do have memory's which prove he was alive only two years ago."

"And why is the body of a rat important?" Someone asks as I blink, remembering they can't recognize the rat.

"Ah, right." I mumble as I open the cage and toss the rat on the floor, stepping away slightly.

I point my wand at the rat and wave it, watching as the rat transforms into the body of Peter pettigrew.

"May I present to you, the corpse of Peter pettigrew, who, clearly, died rather recently instead of fifteen years ago given the fact he hasn't even started decaying. I also have some memories which I will play infront of the court if given permission." I explain as Amelia nods.

"Show the memories." Amelia states as I bring my wand to my head before pulling it away, letting a string of memories fall in my hand.

I toss the memory in the air before hitting it with a spell, allowing it to be played infront of me.

""Pettigrew is the reason your parents are dead, Harry." Remus says as Harry quickly walks infront of me, hermiones wand in hand.

"No! Pettigrews dead!" Harry yells as he points his wand at sirius, "you killed him!"

"No! I thought so too until your sister mentioned seeing pettigrew on the map." Remus explains as he steps infront of sirius.

"The map was lying then!" Harry explains as Remus sighs.

"The map never lies! Pettigrews alive!" Sirius exclaims as he scowls at the rat.

"And he's right there!" Sirius yells again as he points at the rat, which makes it seem like he's pointing at Ron.

"Me?! he's mental! I—" Ron was cut off by sirius scoffing.

"Not you, you idiot boy! Your rat!" Sirius yells as Ron gasps.

"Scabbers has been in my family for—" Ron tries to deny but was cut off again by sirius.

"Twelve years?! A curiously long life for a common garden rat! He's missing a toe, isn't he?!" Sirius says as he approached the rat.

"So what?!" Ron yells back as sirius rolls his eyes.

"All they could find of pettigrew was his fi-" Harry starts but was cut off by sirius.

"Finger! The dirty coward cut it off so that everyone would think he was dead! And then he transformed into a rat!" Sirius snaps as he glares down at the rat, Ron turns away, clutching the rat tightly.

"Show him." I say to Sirius as he nods and tries to grab the rat.

Ron shakes his head as he tries to protect the rat.

"Give him the rat, Ron." Harry demands as Weasley doesn't give up the rat.

"What are you trying to do to him?!" Ron yells before the rat was forcibly taken by sirius.

"Scabbers! Leave him alone!" Weasley yells as sirius grabs the rat and throws him on the piano.

The rat almost made it away before the spell finally hit him and he turned back into a man, which got him stuck in a wall.

Remus and Sirius grab the man and throw him back as the man grunts and glares at them.

"Remus..? Is-is this sirius? My old friends!" Peter laughs before trying to run out the door again, but was stopped by the two.

The man grunts before he looks around, gaze landing on Harry and I.

"Harry, y/n, look at you! You both look so much like your parents, like James and lily, we were the best of friends—" he man says as he approaches us but was shoved back by sirius.

"How dare you speak to them!" Sirius says as nyx hisses at the rat-like man threateningly.

"How dare you talk about James and lily infront of them!" Sirius snaps as Peter hisses and tries to run away but was cornered by Remus and Sirius.

"You sold James and lily to Voldemort, didn't you?!" Remus yells as Peter looks at the two nervously.

"I didn't mean to!" Peter sobs as I glare at the man.

"The dark lord— you have no idea the weapons he possesses!" Petter cries as he turns towards sirius, "ask yourself, sirius! What would you have done? What would you have done?!"

"I would have died!" Sirius snaps as Peter ducks under the piano.

"I would have died rather than betray my friends!" Sirius yells as Peter pants and crawls under the piano."

The memory ends as the room was silent in shock. "This happened in my third year at hogwarts, I also have the memory in which reveals how Pettigrew escapes."

""Y/n! Harry!" Hermione yells as I turn towards her to see a full moon rising over the mountains.

Remus stares at it blankly as his pupils go wide and he stares at the moon numbly. Sirius quickly runs over to the man.

"Moony! Moony, come on! You know the man you truly are! This heart is where you truly live! This heart, here! This flesh is only flesh!" Sirius yells at Remus, Remus drops his wand as Peter picks it up quickly.

"Expelliarmus!" I yell as the wand flies out of peters hand.

Peter grins as he waved at us before he slowly transforms into a rat and scurries away.

"Peter fucking pettigrew! Next time I see you I swear you'll be nothing more than a snack for nyx!" I yell as the rat as it whimpers and runs faster. Nyx hisses at it distastefully as I glance back at Remus and Sirius."

The memory ends once again, as whispers fill the room.

"Silence. And Lady Ravenclaw-Evans, I assume you wouldn't mind if you were questioned under veritaserum to confirm these memory's being true?

"Of course not, Madame Bones." I respond as she nods, glancing at the auror with a nod as the auror hands her a vial of a green liquid which is passed onto me.

I drink the vial as my eyes glaze over.

"Name?" A auror asks as I blink at him.

"Y/n Lily Potter."

"The serum seems to be working." The auror confirms to madam bones.

"Great. Now, Y/n Lily Potter, can you confirm to us that these memories you previously showed us are true?" Madam bones asks as I nod.

"Yes. The memories previously shown were from my third year at hogwarts, where I learned pettigrew had been living as the Weasleys rat for thirteen years without their knowledge."

"Is it true your a follower of he-who-must-not-be-named?" Someone from the audience ask as I recognize as a member from the order.

"No. I have never, and never plan to, follow Lord Voldemort." I answer as I resist the urge to glare at the man.

Luckily for me, he said 'follow' if he had said 'joined' or 'supporter' then I would've been done for.

"Mr. Fernsby, what made you think it was appropriate to ask that question without permission?" Madam bones asks as the man tensed.

"I... I was just making sure..." he murmurs as madam bones sighs.

"Then you will do well to remember not to ask questions uncalled for again. Now, getting back on schedule, give her the antidote." Madam bones orders as I'm given the antidote.

"Alright, Lady Ravenclaw-Evans, you may go back to your seat now." Madam bones explains as I nod and sit back down.

"Sirius Orion Black, Do you consent to the use of Veritaserum?" Madam bones asks as sirius looks over at me before looking back.

"Yes."

"Give him the Veritaserum." Madam bones orders as sirius is given the potion.

"What's your name?"

"Sirius Orion black."

"The potion is in full-effect." An auror clarifies as madam bones nods.

"Sirius Black, were you ever loyal to Lord
Voldemort?"

"No."

"Did you give up the location of the potters to Lord Voldemort or a follower of his?"

"No."

"Were you the secret keeper to the potters?"

"No."

"We're you responsible for Peter pettigrews death?"

"After what he did to James and Lily, I wish, but no, I never got the chance to find him again after he ran, and I'm not sure how he died."

"Did you kill those muggles?"

"No."

"Give him the antidote. We have enough evidence needed to prove him innocent of the crimes." Madam bones orders as sirius is given the antidote.

"All in favor of convicting the accused of all charges." Dumbledore and a few of his supports wands were raised.

Others shot him and his supports bewildered looks.

"All in favor of clearing the accused of all charges." Almost everyone's hands went up as Amelia nods, banging the gavel down.

"Cleared of all charges. Along with 500,000 galleons for every year Sirius Orion Black was wrongly imprisoned." Amelia states as dumbledore as an angered look in his eyes.

"Aurors, take sirius black to St. Mungo's to heal any injures he has." Amelia orders as the aurors nod, walking with Sirius out of the room.

"Now onto our next matter of business, where the potters, Lady ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter, will be staying." With that, whispers filled the room again.

"I apologize madam bones for my rudeness, but I don't see why this needs to be discussed?" Dumbledore asks with fake kindness as Amelia raises an eyebrow.

"It's come to my attention that Lady Ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter relatives... are less than ideal." Amelia explains briefly before turning towards Harry and I.

"If Lady Ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter will step up." Amelia requests as we walk down to the middle of the room.

"First of all, may you present evidence that your relatives are unfit?" Madam bones asks as I stay still in thought for a moment.

"I... I suppose I could show you the scar on my back and the memory of how I got it." I grimace at the idea but knew it was necessary.

Madam bones nods as I unclip the back of my shirt slightly, enough to reveal the top part of my back which had the word 'FREAK' engraved on it.

The room was silent as I fixed my shirt and put my wand to my head, before pulling it away which let a string of memories land in my hand.

I toss the memories in the air and cast a spell, letting the memory play infront of everyone.

" I smile as I pet the small red snake in which remained in the garden infront of me. *you're adorable!* I hiss at the snack excitedly as it hisses back.

I was talking it until suddenly, a boot stomped down on the snake infront of me as guts splattered onto the grass.

I watched numbly as boot kicked the now dead snake away.

I snapped back to reality when I felt rough hands grab my hair, pulling me back.

"W-wait!! I'm sorry!!" I wailed as the hand let go, dropping me on the ground.

I opened my mouth to speak but was cut off when a bolt made contact with my stomach, making me crash back onto the wall of the house.

"You freakish brat!" A voice yelled as I looked up, my vision stained with tears as the figure of uncle Vernon enters my view.

"I-I didn't mean too!! I-I'm sorry!!" I stuttered carelessly, attempting to stand up.

Before I knew it, another kick to the stomach sent me back against the wall.

I landed on my stomach as I attempted to get up but failed when I crumpled back on the ground as I felt a knife pierce into my back.

"N-no!! I'm sorry! P-please!" I sobbed as the wound bled, making my vision swirl before everything went black. "

Some people whispered as the memory ended, some sending suspicion and hateful glances at dumbledore.

"Silence. Y/n Lily Potter and Harry James Potter, do you consent to the use of Veritaserum?"

"Yes." Harry replies as I nod in agreement.

As we took the potion, our eyes glazed over.

"Was the memory previously shown true?"

"Yes."

"Why did your relatives not treat you well?"

"They thought of us like freaks because of our magic, they didn't want that. They wanted to be normal."

"Do you have any idea why they were like that?"

"Petunia Dursley née evans, the sister of my mother, Lily Potter née evans. She was jealous because she never got magic, the jealousy quickly formed into hatred as she wanted nothing to do with her sister or magic. She blamed us for, as she put it 'infecting her house with freakyness' when we did accidental magic."

"Why did you never bring this up until now?"

"Only now was I made aware if I spoke up, it would matter. I believe until recently, that if I spoke up, nothing would happen and I would be accused of lying."

"Why did you think that the court would accuse you of lying?"

"Because when we told professor dumbledore he said that we shouldn't lie. He said that we mustn't repeat our 'lies' to anybody else."

"Give them the antidote." Madam bones demanded as people were looking at dumbledore with varying expressions, most of them being hate and disappointment, while some others were straight up disgust.

"Lady Ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter, while Sirius Black is unavailable to take care of you two as your godfather, who else is available?"

"On our parents wills, they listed the next options to be in the order that follows: Alice Longbottom, Narcissa Malfoy, Severus Snape, then Minerva Mcgonagall. They also named Alice Longbottom and Narcissa Malfoy as our godmothers." Harry answers as I nod, glancing up at Madam Bones.

"Since Alice Longbottom is unfit, I'll have the aurors call Narcissa Malfoy first given she is the next viable option." Madame bones says while glancing at the auror next to her as the auror nods and walks off into the other room.

After a couple minutes, the auror arrives with Narcissa.

"Lady Malfoy, I'm glad to see you were able to make it." Madame bones greets as Narcissa nods.

"Indeed, now if I may ask, why have I been called?"

"In the topic of the custody of which Lady Ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter will go to, it has been revealed that you were the third option after sirius black and alice longbottom, including the fact you are their godmother. Sirius black will be given mind healing for an estimated 2 months, so we are looking for a temporary guardian." Madam bones explains as Narcissa nods slowly in understanding.

"So I've been called to see if I'm available to take care of them?" Narcissa asks as madam bones nods.

"Well then, I'm alright with taking care of them until my cousin's treatment is finished." Narcissa answers as madam bones nods, I glance around to see the wizenagmots reactions to see Lucius with a grimace on his face as I roll my eyes before looking away.

"Thank you, lady malfoy, you may take your leave." Madam bones says as narcissa nods and exits the room.

"I object!" Someone exclaims as I glance over to see dumbledore with barely concealed rage.

"The potters should go to a light family, such as the Weasleys, not a dark one with death eaters!" Dumbledore shouted as people stare at the old man.

"Seems like Dumbledores age is getting to him." I whisper to Harry not-so-quietly as a glint of amusement flashes in the people around us eyes.

"The Weasleys would be happy to take the two in! They get along so well with the two youngest."

"...what was in those lemon drops." Harry says back causing some people nearby to grin quietly.

"Albus Dumbledore, it's already been said that on the potters wills, they requested Lady Ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter to go to narcissa malfoy, it's not up for discussion. Also at this point, given what happened last time you choose a guardian for the two, I doubt your choice would even be considered." Madam bones explains as dumbledore glares at her.

"Speaking of which, our delightful headmaster here still needs to face punishment for what he alllowed happen to Lady Ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter."

The wizenagmot started to suggest ideas but overall they ended up agreeing that we could decide what happens.

"Hm.. Well then, I revoke your rights as our magical gaurdian, giving the title to Sirius Orion Black, thoguh given he fact he is being given mind healing, the title will temporarily be given to Narcissa Mafloy until Sirius can properly take care of us." I explain as dumbledore outright glares at us.

"And 100,000 galleons for every year we had to stay at the Dursleys. 25,000 for every summer." Harry adds on as madam bones nods.

"Atop all that, you will have a restraining order which will keep you 10 feet away from Lady Ravenclaw-Evans and Lord Gryffindor-Potter at all times. Should you need to discuss something school related to them, you will tell the head of their house to pass on the message. You're also not allowed to call them up to your office." Madame Bones warns and before the headmaster can say anything, she bangs the gavel down.

"Thank you, wizengamot, for your service today. Court is adjourned."

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