"Fine" The Prosecutor said before the Judge could respond "what happened after you found out that Mrs Malfoy and your fiancée were in danger and you escaped?"
"I went after them, they were in an abandoned warehouse" Harry answered "I believe that Mrs Malfoy has supplied a memory for the court if you want to view the event"
"Show the memory" The judge barked as a few men began bringing a pensive into the court room while others were off getting the memory, Harry meanwhile looked around the room.
Fudge and the toad were here, but he frankly couldn't care where they were or what they were doing as long as neither of them bothered him. His mother and father were here with Remus and Sirius, their support meant a lot to him. More than he could put into words, he would succeed, for them if nothing else. He also saw Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape along with Dumbledore. McGonagall has always been neutral at worst when it came to him, Snape favoured him and he was glad for that. Dumbledore, he could just imagine the old man thinking this would be his big chance to either get him to change his ways or somehow get Harry to owe him a debt for getting him out of here
"Are you okay Rose?" Astoria asked Rose as they sat down with Tracy in the Slytherin common room
"I miss Harry" Rose mumbled "and Daphne"
"I'm sorry Rose" Tracy said as tears poured from her eyes "It's all my fault"
"It's not your fault" Astoria reassured her "if Malfoy didn't grab you then he would've done it to someone else, maybe me or some random Slytherin"
"Not your fault" Rose whispered as she gently wiped the tears from Tracy's face with her sleeve
"Thanks" Tracy gave a watery chuckle
"Daphne will be back soon" Astoria said
"With Harry?" Tracy asked hopefully
"Yes" Rose said before Astoria could respond "yes"
The trial had gone on for some time by now, after viewing Harry's rescue of Mrs Malfoy and Daphne, the court was stunned into silence. Afterwards a great many witnesses were questioned about Harry, many provided pensive memories of Harry saving them and/or taking the lives of death eaters. Each memory caused more jaws to drop, the people were impressed, they were in awe, they looked at him with disbelief. They were unable to comprehend how a teenager could be so deadly and destructive.
Meanwhile, Harry was getting a bit bored, he couldn't cover his mouth as he yawned thanks to being strapped into the chair. He was wondering when they would just hurry up and get on with it, though as he looked around he realised that he was probably the only bored person in the court. Apparently he was more interesting than he originally thought.
"Your honour" The prosecutor said sometime into the trial "we originally wanted to ask Mr Potter some questions under truth serum but after some tests by the healers, it has been determined that it is impossible as of now due to the antidote currently swimming inside him, meaning the potion won't work. According to the healers, we won't be able to use veritaserum for at least a month"
"Oh no" Harry said in mock horror "it's almost as if I didn't want it used on me"
"However, we have other options" The prosecutor smiled evilly at Harry "I don't know if you've heard about pensive viewings"
"Beg your pardon?" Harry blinked
"Pensive viewings" The prosecutor repeated "we take a group of skilled Legilimens and have them enter your mind after we connect it to the pensive, we see them explore your mind in real time and have them discover your secrets"
"Wait, is that even legal?"
"It has been for a year at least" The prosecutor shrugged "it's only allowed in serious cases, such as when a person is being charged with crimes like mass murder"
"Ha" Harry let out a short laugh "bring it bitch"
"Your honour, may I 'bring it'?" The prosecutor asked the judge
"You may, bring it" The judge nodded
"Ha" Harry let out another laugh "you just basically agreed that you're a bitch"
"Agreed" The judge slammed his hammer down
"Hey!" The prosecutor objected
"Half an hour to set up the pensive"
"Where have you been?" Minerva McGonagall asked Dumbledore
"I had just converged with the judge and a few other officials" Dumbledore answered "he has agreed to allow myself and Snape to be one of the Legilimens that will enter Harry's mind, as it is clear we cannot do anything without being seen"
"B...but why?"
"Quite simply, so I can get a better understanding of Mr Potter along with the hope that I can prevent too much damage from occurring. I will be bringing Severus along as he is also a master at the mind arts and the boy will likely be a whole lot calmer with his presence"
"I...I hope you know what you're doing Albus"
"Worry not Minerva" Dumbledore's eyes twinkled "everything will be fine"
"Are we ready?" The judge asked
"Yes sir" The prosecutor nodded "give him the potion" He barked to an auror.
The auror approached Harry carefully, fearful that the teenager would start getting violent. He poured the potion into Harry's mouth without any problems and soon Harry fell asleep. After waiting a minute or two to make sure the potion had truly connected, they began. One auror connected Harry's mind to the pensive using a spell, while another held one of Harry's eyes open for the Legilimens to read his mind. A third auror placed a large glass in front of Harry's face which made his eye bigger so more than one or two people could look into it at a time.
Dumbledore sat in front of Harry, along with Snape and eight other aurors. All ten of them aimed their wands and fired the spell at the same time and entered the mind, while the rest of the court watched the event live via the pensive.
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