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a not so golden life	By : eleonora_kleopatra Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > Slash - Male/Male Views: 19732 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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- 15
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CHAPTER 15

The day after Moony's visit was spent with the first potions revision, as well as some revisions in Harry's other classes, also starting with first year. They also started planning what they'd like to do during the holidays and ended up with ideas like some days on a beach or a day in an adventure park. Severus also told his godson that he should think about some ideas for his sixteenth birthday, as they'll celebrate Harry's first real birthday party since his first birthday. The first planning session for the party would be the next day after the appointment at Gringotts, so that Moony could be included. All in all they spent their first relaxing day since the start of the summer break.
xXxXx
At five minutes to ten the next morning, Severus and Harry met Moony in the entrance hall of Gringotts for their ten o'clock appointment with Bardook. In the office, Harry introduced Moony to the lawyer then proceeded to tell Bardook afterwards everything that had happened in his childhood and during the last five years at Hogwarts with every detail he can think of, assisted by his godfather and honorary godfather. For the first time, the lawyer got to know what Harry had learnt from his meeting with Draco Malfoy.
The four of them double-checked that they have all evidence available as well as every witness possible. While they went over their witnesses, they added Vernon and Petunia Dursley, and even included Arabella Figg to their already existing list consisting of the four youngest Weasley sons along with their father, and Hermione.
Bardook told Harry and his companions that the letters would be released the same day, so the trial could be held a week later. When Severus asked the lawyer why there was only such a short time between the letters being sent and the trials, also asking why they didn't arrest the defendants but instead just sent them letters, the answer given to him was that the recipients of the letters have to sign a formulary that they got the letter within the course of three days with blood or get publically arrested, and that formulary seconded as a binding contract to appear to court on time. Otherwise, they would be convicted in absence without a chance to defend themselves.
All three men liked this answer. Especially when they got to know that the witnesses have to do the same process, except that they would be sentenced for a day in goblin prison for every minute of tardiness.
Happy with the arrangements made, Severus, Remus and Harry had left to eat a nice lunch in an upper-class Italian restaurant in the Muggle area of London, Bardook declining the invitation to come along.
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*~* Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, headmasters office *~*
The headmaster of Hogwarts, one Albus Brian Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, was angry beyond reason over a young boy he sees as merely his pawn; the reason was that the said pawn had actually realized that there was more between his ears than just some straw. No, he realized that he had a brain, and, on top of that, he actually started using it!
'How dare he', he thought, 'He is nothing but my pawn! He isn't allowed to use his brain... Miss Granger was supposed to make him completely dependent on her about not thinking more than what was needed to pass the school curriculum; she didn't watch him enough, which could be proven with his Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.s score being higher than hers. In fact, the prat actually got the highest score ever in that subject since the start of the new exam system that started three hundred years ago! He shouldn't be able to defend himself… that just won't do it! … And not only did that prat started thinking himself, no. He had also let the Dursleys be arrested for child abuse and such other nonsense.
It really was ridiculous', he had pondered. 'Because, honestly, a slap on the rear or over the head, or even going to bed without dinner from time to time were normal punishments while raising a child. And it was normal in a household with more than a single person living there, that every member has to do some chores. The housewife, after all, wasn't by any means the slave of her family!
And about neglect…', he continued his thoughts, 'while they might not be the most loving family towards their nephew, he had his own room with a bed in their house, he got fed and he got dressed, so there really wasn't any form of neglect in there. And, after all, there were no rules on how big his room was; he just needed a bed and a place to put his belongings, and there also wasn't a rule about how much calories they had to provide for the charge. Only, that he has to be fed so he won't be starving. And clothes really didn't have to be of the newest and most expensive; they had to cover him and keep him warm, that's all!'
The headmaster had been further enraged when he received statements from the Wizarding bank. For one, the bank statements of the prat's vaults were missing, for another, his monthly transfers from the Potter's main vault weren't done. This just wasn't how it was done! He needed that prat's money, so he could pay the youngest Weasley boy and the Granger girl to spy on Potter, and also to pay the Weasley women for brewing and administering love potions for the prat to fall for the Weasley girl, so they could marry, create a new Potter spawn and, after his new pawn would be born, his father would either get killed or receive a one-way ticket to the absolutely stunning holiday island Azkaban, where he'll get a loving good-bye kiss after about five years, but the shorter the time, the better. And he, Albus Brian Wulfric Percival Dumbledore, would get half of the Potter's gold, as well as everything else the boy owned, including Death's Invisibility Cloak.
While greedily thinking about his future riches, he realized that there wasn't any mentioned about the Black fortune and titles in the whole letter. But he just assumed that it was a mistake of those disgusting half-breeds and he'll get the papers in the near future. After all, he wouldn't need the official documents until the meeting of the Wizengamot in August, to pass the bill that would forbid it for werewolves and other half-breeds to receive medical treatment, be it at St. Mungo's or by a private Healer. Every Healer, who would treat one of those filthy things, would receive a warning on the first offence, a week's suspension on the second, and then suspension for a month for a third offence. Further insubordination to the bill would result in relinquishing their Healer allowance and were never ever again allowed to work in any job related to Healing, be it as a Mediwitch/-wizard or a Potions Master; they weren't even allowed to clean the floors in a medical ward.
While the headmaster was still thinking about his Gringotts mail and the new bill, an owl arrived with a letter with the seal of the bank. Here come the papers from the Black estates, the old man thought merrily.
His good mood was soon destroyed when he read the contents on said parchment.
*Dear Mr. Albus Brian Wulfric Percival Dumbledore:
You are hereby informed of your status as a defendant in the goblin trial on the 15th of July at Gringotts Wizarding bank in London, Great Britain.
The charges are as follows:
- child abduction, in one case
- illegal sealing/withholding of wills, in two cases
- theft of a war orphan's money, in one case
- child neglect, in one case
- child abuse through a third party, in one case
- knowingly imprisonment of an innocent, in one case
- bribery, so far in two cases
- illegal applying of blocks on the magical core and several magical abilities on a minor, in one case
- illegal application of potions and charms on a minor, in one case
- attempted theft of a Lordship, so far in one case
- attempted theft of the estate of a Most Ancient and Noble House, in one case
- tampering with the mail of a minor, in one case
- illegal self-appointment as guardian of a magical minor, in one case
- breach of guardianship, in one case
- endangerment of Goblin-Wizarding relations, so far in one case
- abuse of seats in the Wizengamot, so far in one case
- endangering of minors in your care, in multiple cases
Please add a drop of your blood on the attributive parchment to confirm that you've read the letter in the next three days until the 11th of July. Otherwise you'll be brought in to await your trial with us by our loyal warriors, and this arrest will be public. Also, by signing with your blood, you agree, that should you not arrive on time for your trial, you'll be convicted in absence of every crime you are charged with. And hiding won't help you, as we'll hunt you down no matter where you go.
Yours sincerely,
Bardook
Lawyer, Gringotts London Branch*
Saying Dumbledore was shocked and angry really didn't describe the emotions he was currently feeling.
He couldn't believe that that stupid prat would be this cunning. After all, he was a hot-headed Gryffindor, and not just a 08/15 member, but one who showed everyone else, what being a Gryffindor was actually about. There was no way that boy had even a tiny bit of Slytherin in him. Someone else must have put the prat up to actually check his bank statements.
The headmaster cursed, whoever this unknown person was, to the seven layers of hell, because they not only uncovered his illegal activities, but also told him to get a lawyer, and it couldn't have been any lawyer, no, it had to be a goblin and the best on top of that. And Dumbledore also knew just too well, that goblin trials were much worse than Wizarding trials, especially since he didn't have a single man of his on the board of the jury. Meaning, there was no way he could influence his verdict.
After the old man was over the first shock, he started wondering if he was the only person to get such a letter, or if there were others who received something similar. He wouldn't have to wait long for an answer to this question.
*~* The Burrow, the kitchen*~*
For once, almost the whole Weasley family, except the two eldest sons, who were abroad, sat around the kitchen table to start with a delicious lunch cooked by the two women of the house.
Percy Weasley made peace with his family after the Ministry acknowledged the return of Voldemort, even though he wasn't exactly happy about what was going on in said family. The twins were back in their parents' house for the first time since they moved to London to live in their flat over their store, which they were preparing for the grand opening at the end of the month. Ron had just woken up, it was a school break, after all, therefore he didn't get out of bed before half past eleven, and Arthur was home for lunch, as it was less expensive to use the Floo Network to go home every day than to eat at work, plus, he really didn't want to miss the first meal his youngest daughter cooked almost by herself, with her mother only assisting her.
When everyone was seated and the food was served, they started eating.
"Congrats, Ginny-"
"-this food is just absolutely-"
"-unbelievable-"
"-incredible-"
"-delicious!"
"But, pray tell, -"
"-why are you suddenly-"
"-interested in cooking food, -"
"-when you never were before?"
"We mean,-"
"-you absolutely loathed -"
"-helping mum in the kitchen, be it-"
"-cooking, -"
"-doing the dishes-"
"-or even preparing-"
"-the table?"
"Well, you see, I have to be able to cook some stuff for my fiancé, and we all know how much he loves mums food, therefore I'm learning it from her."
"And who, -"
"-pray tell, -"
"-would be-"
"-said fiancé? "
"Harry, of course! Or whom else in our age do you know, that loves mum's cooking, is male and not my brother?"
"And does our-"
"-dear little brother-"
"-Harrykins know-"
"-that he is your-"
"-fiancé? Because-"
"-last time we talked-"
"-with him, he didn't-"
"-mention anything about-"
"-you being betrothed to-"
"-him. He didn't even hint-"
"-that he'd be interested-"
"-in you. He talked about-"
"-someone, yes, but-"
"-that just couldn't have been-"
"-you, because you, for-"
"-one have red hair, which-"
"-the person, he's interested-"
"-in doesn't have."
"Fred, George! Don't talk like you would know anything about stuff like this. You only have jokes and your stupid shop, where I still don't know how you get the money for it, but you don't know anything about love. Harry will propose to my dear Ginny before the next summer. And that's final!"
The twins looked at each other, neither wanted to believe what they heard. Because they knew that Harry was gay, and that he only spoke with Ginny to be polite, as he loathed her fangirling. They really needed to write to their little brother and financial banker a letter and inform him of the plots against him.
While Mrs. Weasley was comforting her baby girl, who was devastated after the twins told them that her fiancé was interested in someone else, seven owls, each with a letter from Gringotts, had flown through the open kitchen window. Each owl dropped a letter in front of a family member.
Everyone stared bewildered at the letters until Mr. Weasley broke the silence: "Does anyone of you have any idea, why Gringotts would send a letter to each one of us?"
When he only got negative answers, he motioned for his family to open the letters. Ginny was the first to open the letter, since she was still waiting for the confirmation about her part of the Black estates. Her hopes crashed once she had started reading the letter.
*Dear Ms. Ginevra Molly Weasley:
You are hereby informed of your status as a defendant in the goblin trial on the 15th of July at Gringotts wizarding bank in London, Great Britain.
The charges are as followed:
- theft of a war orphan's money, in one case
- endangerment of Goblin-Wizarding relations, in one case
- attempted theft of the estate of a Most Ancient and Noble House, in one case
Please add a drop of your blood on the attributive parchment to confirm that you've read the letter in the next three days until the 11th of July. Otherwise you'll be brought in to await your trial with us by our loyal warriors, and this arrest will be public. Also, by signing with your blood, you agree, that should you not arrive on time for your trial, you'll be convicted in absence of every crime you are charged with. And hiding won't help you, as we'll hunt you down no matter where you go.
Yours sincerely
Bardook
Lawyer, Gringotts London Branch*
The teenage girl blanched, but no one had realized that, since everyone was busy reading their own letter.
Mrs. Weasley's letter contained almost the same than the one of her daughter, except that she was only charged with theft of a war orphan's money, in one case.
The letters the rest of the family got were of a different sort. Mr. Weasley's letter read:
*Dear Mr. Arthur Weasley:
You are hereby informed your status as a witness in the goblin trial on the 15th of July at Gringotts Wizarding bank in London, Great Britain.
The defendants, so far, are:
- Albus Brian Wulfric Percival Dumbledore
- Molly Weasley
- Ginevra Molly Weasley
The major charges are:
- theft of a war orphan's money, in all three cases
- attempted theft of the estate of a Most Ancient and Noble House, in two cases
- endangerment of Goblin-Wizarding relations, in two cases
- kidnapping, in one case
- child neglect, in one case
- child abuse through a third party, in one case
- bribery
- applying illegal blocks on the magical core and several magical abilities on a minor, in one case
- illegal application of potions and charms on a minor, in one case
This is just to name a few, though there are more charges, and it also might be possible, that we'll discover some more defendants during the trials.
Please add a drop of your blood on the attributive parchment to confirm that you've read the letter in the next three days until the 11th of July. Otherwise you'll be brought in to await your trial with us by our loyal warriors, and this arrest will be public. Also, by signing with your blood, you agree, that should you not arrive on time for your trial, you'll be convicted in absence of every crime you are charged with. And hiding won't help you, as we'll hunt you down no matter where you go. .
Yours sincerely,
Bardook
Lawyer, Gringotts London Branch*
Around the kitchen table sat five more or less angry Weasley men and two female red heads that tried to be as calm as possible, since they knew they couldn't get up and flee from the angry men.
Mr. Weasley got up, took a sharp, pointed knife from a drawer and held it towards his wife.
"We will all sign the parchment right away, and you two start," Mr. Weasley said angrily, "When we're done, I want to read both your letters and then, we all want an explanation from the both of you, what this is all about!"
Hesitantly, Mrs. Weasley took the knife from her husband, pierced it against her finger and let a drop of blood fall onto the parchment, which glowed red and disappeared. Afterwards, she gave the knife to her daughter, who repeated the whole process, and so on, until all parchments had glowed red and vanished. Mr. Weasley stared at his wife's letter and was disappointed that she was charged with theft. Didn't he work hard and long enough so they should have enough money to live? Sure, they didn't have the money to buy everything they wanted or always the newest clothes, books or brooms for their children. But, so far, every child of them had acceptable clothes and books for school and every child who got onto the Quidditch house team got a new broom, even though it wasn't top-of-the-line, as long as it was a decently functional broom.
He was wondering, who the war orphan they stole from was, and sincerely hoped, that it wasn't Harry Potter, though he knew, though that hope was small, as he was the only war orphan he knew of, who was incredibly rich and didn't have a living family member who had control of his vaults. His anger exacerbated while reading the letter his daughter received. For her, theft apparently wasn't enough, no; she also tried to steal the estate of a Most Ancient and Noble House and also endangered the Goblin-Wizarding relations, which both were crimes of the worst sort. The only crime worse than that was lineage theft. And if his suspicions about the victim of the theft were proven to be true, the mentioned estate could actually be the one of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black, and, if the conversation before the arrival of the letters was any indication, his wife and daughter actually planned the theft down the road as well. He just couldn't believe it. And he had to know if he was right or not.
"Molly, Ginny, how, exactly did you think it okay to steal from a war orphan no less?" he asked nervously, "And who exactly is this war orphan you took money from? And I want you to tell me the truth, because I'll find out if you lie, latest at the trial."
Mrs. Weasley fidgeted before she answered, "Arthur, you know exactly how bad our state is with our lack of money. I just wanted to help so we could also buy our children something from time to time. And the child would never miss a couple of thousand galleons, as there are millions in those vaults!"
"That gives you no right to take that money! And if it was this bad with our financial status, you should have told me! We would have found a solution somehow together. You always could have taken on a job, now that all the children are out of the house for most of the time. It would have helped us much more than thievery. Now, you'll have to pay every single Knut back, probably with interest, and if you have some bad luck, you'll spend some time in prison, and since it is a goblin trial, it will be in a goblin prison. And believe me, Azkaban is a five star hotel compared to those prisons. And I dearly hope the orphan you stole from isn't whom I think it is, otherwise there will be even more consequences for you two and everyone else of this family who is, in any way, involved in this whole thing. Now tell me, who is it you stole from?"
"Harry Potter", whispered Mrs. Weasley so silently that they almost didn't hear it.
"That's what I feared. You actually stole money from an honorary Weasley son. What did you think? Or did you even think at all? Because it doesn't seem like it, but just be warned: depending on what comes out on the trial next week, you might have to look to find some one of the Prewett family, preferably the actual head or the heir, and beg them to take you and all your children involved in this back into their family. Because a family sticks together! They don't steal from each other, but they help. And I bet you, that if we'd only had the choice between ending up on the streets, or overcoming our pride and just asking Harry for help, he would have given it to us. Not that I'll ever do it, but that would the boy, I know and love like a son, do for us.
"And now to you, Ginevra, am I right by thinking the estate of the Most Ancient and Noble House written in your letter they are talking about is Harry's inheritance from Sirius Black? The attempted theft of an estate such as the Blacks' would definitely be an endangerment to the relations between goblins and wizards, because, if the estate of the Most Ancient and Noble House isn't safe anymore at Gringotts, what more others?"
The ashamed expression on his daughter's face was all the answer he needed.
"Well, Ginevra, you have until the trial to come and tell me everything, and I mean everything. Who gave you the idea to steal the money, to try and steal a whole estate, as well as any future plans of thievery, because, with these revelations, I am growing suspicions about the plans behind Harry becoming your fiancé that will happen within the next year. If I find out that you left something out, this will be the last time that you'll be considered a Weasley."
"The same goes for you, Molly. If any one of you boys is in one way or another involved in this scheme, I want to know until the day before the trial, so I can inform Harry's lawyer of the news. And don't worry, we'll eventually know all! Because in a goblin trial, every defendant and every victim will be questioned about their knowledge of the charges as well as their relationship to the victim and the defendants under a truth potion like Veritaserum, only goblin made, therefore it will be foolproof against all the tricks wizards thought of to lie under Veritaserum."
It was a very subdued mood where the Weasley family had finished eating their lunch.
During the meal, the twins shot angry looks towards their mother and sister and some suspicious ones towards their youngest brother, because he, for being Harry's best friend, has been too quiet when everything came out, especially since he was normally quite loud when he found something to be wrong.
But they would get behind this anomaly, which the two pranksters were sure of.
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