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A Prince in Lion's Clothing	By : Sablesilverrain Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Tom Views: 36570 -:- Recommendations : 7 -:- Currently Reading : 9
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Harry, Hermione, Neville, Draco, Fred and George followed Severus into the Ministry and they headed down to the courtroom after checking in.

Marcus was already there, along with Ragnok and Tom in his Thomas Harding glamour, and Harry smiled. “Can I borrow my boyfriend for a moment?” He asked.

Marcus nodded. “Be back quick, but you can go into that room for a moment for some privacy.” He said indulgently, pointing to a meeting room.

Harry pulled Tom into the meeting room and kissed him. “Are you wearing that bracelet I sent you?” He asked.

Tom sighed. “Yes, I will be able to lie under the Veritaserum just fine, Harrison. Thank you, but tell no one I have one.” He ordered.

Harry laughed. “I won’t. It'll be our secret.” He told the man.

They left the room and re-joined the others.

“The trial will start in fifteen minutes. You will all give your side of events. You will be questioned and cross-examined, then the defence will be questioned, and I will cross-examine them. They have Albus Dumbledore, Molly Weasley and Arthur Weasley as witnesses. I have a feeling this may take more than one day, as we have so many witnesses. If it does, we will reconvene tomorrow and every weekday until a verdict is reached.” Marcus told them.

Harry grinned. “Every extra day I can spend with Tom is a plus.” He said.

Tom sighed. “Thomas.” He corrected.

“Sure.” Harry agreed.

Everyone could tell he didn’t mean it.

“We also got the help of an expert on the potion used. He will answer some questions regarding the potion's effects. Alright, let’s go in.” Marcus said.

They went in and sat near the stands, in the seats reserved for witnesses for the prosecution. The witnesses for the defence were on the other side of the stands, and Molly and Arthur looked incensed that Fred and George were going to testify for Harry.

Draco noticed this and leaned close to Fred. “If your parents kick you out for this, Father has said you can come live with us. We have plenty of room. He'll even let you share a room and a bed.” He whispered.

Fred looked surprised. “You told him?”

Draco nodded. “He doesn’t understand why, but he won’t try to stop it.” He explained.

George leaned over Fred. “Thank you.” He said.

Draco smiled. “They know how much you mean to me.” He told them.

The Minister and the others trying the case filed in, and the room quieted.

Ginny was brought in first by two Aurors, clad in grey Azkaban robes, and sat in the chair in the middle of the room. The chains came to life, securing her to the chair. She looked furious.

Fudge sat up straighter. “Right. Let's begin.” He said. “Criminal trial on the seventeenth of June,” He began, and Harry noticed Percy further down the row, taking his words down on a long roll of parchment, “into crimes committed by Ginevra Weasley and Ronald Weasley against Harrison Prince. Both are charged with use of the potion known as Liquid Imperius and slander against Harrison Prince. Ginevra Weasley is charged with the additional crime of Attempted Line Theft, while Ronald Weasley is charged with Sexual Battery and Attempted Murder. Speaking for the prosecution, Law Wizard Marcus Reynolds. For the defence, Law Wizard William Whittaker.” Both were sat closer to the floor, getting their things together as they prepared to question the witnesses. Neither were paying the other any mind.

Fudge continued, announcing himself, his senior undersecretary, who looked like a toad, and Amelia Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Once he finished, he looked down at Marcus. “Mr. Reynolds, would you like to begin?” He asked.

Marcus looked up. “Yes, thank you, Minister. The prosecution would like to call the Imperius potion expert, unspeakable Gary Richards, to the stand.”

The man came forward and sat in the chair.

“Mr. Richards, can you tell us the effects of that potion on a Witch or Wizard, please?” Marcus asked.

The man nodded. “Certainly. The potion works almost exactly like the Imperius curse, making the drinker act in accordance with the will or wills of any persons that add their magic to the potion at the proper time during brewing. Magic can be added by up to three persons, and each will influence the drinker equally. The potion takes a week to take effect in the drinker, two if they can fight off the Imperius curse, and the only difference between the two is that the potion, unlike the curse, leaves the drinker in command of their faculties, but unable to act in accordance with their true thoughts and feelings. The potion has been known to cause irreversible madness in those kept under the effects for more than two months.” He told the room.

“Thank you. No further questions, Minister.” Marcus said.

Fudge nodded. “Mr. Whittaker, do you need any points clarified?” He asked.

William shook his head. “No, Minister.”

Fudge nodded. “Thank you, Mr. Richards. You may leave the stand.” He told the man. He nodded and moved back to his seat.

“The prosecution would like to call Harrison Prince, Lord Selwyn to the stand.” Marcus said next.

Ginny looked surprised at how Harry was being addressed. Clearly, she hadn’t taken his other Lordship into account.

Harry sat in the chair for witnesses and Marcus came up to him. “Lord Selwyn, do you consent to the use of Veritaserum?” He asked.

Harry nodded.

An Auror came up and administered the requisite three drops. “What is your name and titles?” He asked.

“Harrison Severus Prince, Lord Potter, Lord Selwyn, Heir Prince.” Harry recited, the charm allowing him to leave out the Gryffindor Lordship.

The Auror nodded. “It is working.” He declared, then went back to his seat.

Marcus nodded and began his questions. “Lord Selwyn, when did you notice the effects of the potion?” He asked.

Harry took a deep breath. “I noticed them about two weeks after coming back from Easter break, on May 5^th.”

“And how long were you under the potion after that?” Marcus asked.

“I was taken to Gringotts on May 6^th and went through a purification to purge the potion from my system. I was under the potion for one full day.” Harry answered.

“During that one day, Ginevra Weasley had you sign a marriage contract to her, is that correct?” Marcus asked.

“Yes, that is correct.” Harry answered.

Marcus took a scroll out of his pocket and set it in front of Harry. “Is this that contract?” He asked.

Harry leaned forward and read it. It was the same exact contract, still signed and everything. “Yes, that’s it.” He answered.

“May I read it aloud?” Marcus asked him.

Harry forced himself not to smile at that. “Yes, you may.” He said.

Marcus cleared his throat.

“Harry Potter, Lord Potter and Ginevra Weasley will wed once both have completed their Hogwarts educations, in a large ceremony with at least three reporters in attendance. Ginevra Weasley will receive an allowance of two hundred galleons monthly. Ginevra Weasley agrees to bear Harry Potter three children. After these children are born, Ginevra Weasley is allowed to take lovers provided she does not have their children. Signed by Harrison Prince and Ginevra Weasley, witnessed by Albus Dumbledore and Ronald Weasley.” Marcus ignored the muttering that had broken out around the room and turned back to Harry. “Well, it appears she was allowed to take lovers. Did she explain whether or not you were allowed the same?”

Harry shook his head. “I was not. If she learned something from them that she liked, she said she would teach me to do it for her.” He said.

“That’s not really fair, now is it?” Marcus asked.

“No, it is not.” Harry replied.

“Did you, at the time this contract was signed, have a significant other that you were serious about?” Marcus asked.

Harry nodded. “Yes, my boyfriend, Thomas Harding, Lord Gryffindor.” He answered.

Marcus smiled. “Would you have chosen to sign this contract of your own free will?” He asked.

Harry shook his head. “No, I would not have.”

“And you claim that they were also spreading tales that you were turning Dark?” Marcus asked.

“Yes.” Harry answered.

“Do you identify yourself as a Dark Wizard, Lord Selwyn?” He asked.

“I do not.” Harry answered.

Marcus nodded. “No further questions.” He said.

William Whittaker, Ron and Ginny’s Law Wizard, came forward. He was a round, balding man with small eyes that were perpetually squinting, and a habit of taking on cases that he knew he could not win, because he believed that even the most hopeless cases deserved someone to stick up for them. That belief had done his record no favours.

“Lord Selwyn, have you been the friend of Ginny Weasley since her first year at Hogwarts?” He asked.

“A friend, yes.” He answered.

William nodded. “And you were aware that she had feelings for you?” He asked.

Harry could see where this was leading. He didn’t like it one bit. “Yes.” He answered.

“Is it possible that you led her to believe that you had feelings for her that matched her own, inadvertently?”

“No.” Harry said firmly. “I never once said or did anything that would give that impression.”

“She claims you saved her life in her first year.” William pressed.

“I would have done the same for any of my friends, whether I had feelings for them or not. That’s what friends do.” Harry said.

William looked down at the papers he held. “Have you ever cast a Dark spell?” He asked.

Harry nodded. “I have cast a Dark locking spell on my trunk, yes.” He admitted. That spell was not a crime, far from it.

William Whittaker jumped on that admission. “Is that not what a Dark Wizard does, though?”

Harry sighed. “So do grey Wizards, or Light Wizards that enjoy their privacy.”

William gave up that line of questioning, knowing he was defeated. “No further questions.”

“Lord Selwyn, you may leave the stand.” Fudge called down.
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