| Firecrab
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Chapter Fifty – Five
“That’s no way to address your former Minister of Magic now is it Mr Potter”
“Doesn’t the word former suggest anything to you, Mr Fudge?” Harry reached to the table and put on his glasses. His visitor chuckled, the lime green bowler hat wobbling slightly on his head
“All ways witty, even when he’s sick this boy” he turned and smiled at the two wizards behind him who Harry just noticed. They were in long black robes and looking smug.
“Like I said before what do you want, I’m only getting one visitor a day and you don’t look like Ginny Weasley so make it quick”
“Well it seems we have a loose end concerning the death eaters”
“What’s it got to do with me, and what’s it got to do with you, your not the minister and I’m going to be really surprised if they were stupid enough to keep you on at the ministry”
One of the men sniggered and Fudge quietened it with a sharp look before turning his attention back to Harry.
“I’m a representative of the ministry sent to inform you, there will be a hearing over the death of Bellatrix Lestrange”
“Took you long enough” he shrugged “When?”
“In four days, but if you cannot attend due to your current state-”
“There is nothing wrong with me; I’ll be there, what time?”
“Nine am, the lower courts, I’m also to inform you there will be armed guards to escort you, it will be in front of the full Wizengamot”
“We both know I can deal with them after the last time” He remembered that day, the changing of the time and room at the last minute and Dumbledore arriving with Mrs Figg to save the day.
“And you will be joined by several death eaters on trial at the same time”
“WHAT! I’M NOT A CRIMINAL!” He shouted “THE GUARDS AND THE WIZENGAMOT I CAN COPE WITH BUT I SAVED YOUR MISERABLE BEHINDS, I KILLED THE TWO MOST EVIL CREATURES ON THE PLANET NOT A STREET FULL OF MUGGLES!”
Madam Pomfrey ran out of the office shouting
“MR FUDGE, I TOLD YOU EXPRESSLY NOT TO DISTURB HIM. MR POTTER NEEDS TO REST NOT MORE STRESS” She pointed her wand trying to shoo them away, as Harry took a deep breathe fuming as he sat up and held his head in pain.
“What exactly is the matter with him Madam Pomfrey?” Harry heard Fudge ask as he rubbed his forehead, he’d never been In pain like this before, it was much deeper then just his scar like he was used to this was like on of Uncle Vernon’s drills going through his forehead.
“He is here for stress related recuperation, which by the looks of things” she fussed over to Harry, moving his hand from his head and making him drink something that smelt like Mundungus Fletcher “You’ve made worse by irritating him, in his current fragile state”
“I’M NOT FRAGILE” he had enough anger left in him to shout that as the felt his head becoming numb, his limbs feeling loose. “What was in that drink?”
“Something to calm you down”
“Or so I don’t feel anything at all” he wanted to shout that but it came out calm and quietly his whole body felt like his rubber arm had after Gilderoy Lockhart had finished with it, he couldn’t feel anything or do anything at all.
“That’s right Mr Potter” She tucked the covers in around him, he was helpless to protest, he couldn’t move.
“Why did you do that” he was trying to shout but yet again it came out calm and in control.
“To stop you from getting that fever again, your still burning as it is”
“I am? I don’t feel – I mean I didn’t feel hot”
“You wouldn’t” she turned to Fudge moving away from Harry and he couldn’t hear what was being said, “Now will you leave my patient in peace, I believe he has a more important visitor who would like to see him”
“Who” Fudge demanded
“His Girlfriend” Madam Pomfrey smiled “And I can assure you once she and her family as well the rest of the wizarding world finds out what you plan to do to their hero, they will not be as nice to you as I am right now, so get out” she looked at him sternly, her wand still drawn, before adding “Now Please”
“Harry, are you ok, what was all that shouting?” said Ginny looking at back at Fudge as he left out the door she had just came in.
“Nothing, I’m fine. Don’t fuss” he replied as she pulled the chair closer to him and ran her hand through his hair before leaning into to kiss him.
“I’ll fuss if I want to” she smiled but as she leant in and cupped his cheek in her hand she let go “Your boiling hot”
“I am, oh well” he paused for a few seconds and sighed.
“What’s wrong?” she smiled but when he didn’t move at all she got even more worried “Harry, how come you seem all distant, like …. How do muggles say it … spaced out – I think that’s it?”
“Just something that Madam Pomfrey gave me, I can’t feel a thing its great”
“You don’t look great; you’re all pale and sweaty”
“She said my temperature will go down soon”
“And you don’t seem to be able to move, you’re just blinking and smiling”
“Isn’t it great?”
“Not really” she started to giggle, he seemed slightly delirious to her “What about the toilet, you’ve been knocked out for a whole day?”
“I’ve been with out for three days before and I’m sure she’s thought of stuff like that”
“Oh – Ok, so what did Mr Fudge want?”
“Just a hearing about me killing crazy lady Lestrange”
“Harry!”
“What?” he turned his head and was surprised when he found he could do that. “I thought you said I couldn’t move”
“You weren’t before, maybe you can, and you just can’t feel it”
“Hmm” he shrugged
“Yeh, you just shrugged at me”
“Oh, okay then – anyway yeh – I’ve got a hearing about killing dear old Bella but its in front of the full Wizengamot, I’ll have armed guards taking me from here to there -”
“-wait there treating you like a prisoner”
“That’s not the best bit” he grinned “I get to go on trial with the death eaters I helped stop”
“WHAT!” Ginny stood up outraged; Madam Pomfrey poked her head round the office door and gestured for her to go to her.
“Miss Weasley, you won’t get much sense out of him for a bit, let him sleep and sweat it out, however what he said about the trial is true”
“There treating him like he’s one of them, he helped bring them all down, he’s not a criminal”
“There is not much we can do; the Ministry has the final say”
“But-”
“I’m sorry Miss Weasley, I suggest you inform your father of course and Mr Fudge has already told the Headmistress, he required her permission for the visit, but those in the order that are in the ministry will know what to do”
“Professor Jacobs”
Madam Pomfrey nodded and Ginny stood up “Will you let me know when he wakes up” she smiled “And I’m going to need another sleeping draught for tonight please” she sighed rubbing her eyes.
“Of course” the nurse smiled and handed over the small bottle “He should be back speaking sense in a few hours and back to full health in time for the trial”
Ginny nodded said thank you and wandered out to a sleeping, sweaty Harry. She looked at him carefully, he had a silly smile on his face, his hair was even messier then usual and sweat was dripping from his skin. She leaned down and kissed his forehead, he was cooler then he looked. And then whispered “See you later Harry” before putting the small bottle in her robes and heading up to Willow’s office.
*****
“How is he Ginny?” The formalities of Mr and Miss saved for the classroom as she smiled,
“Fine, he’s sleeping”
“And you?”
“Fine – I guess” She smiled and sat down in the chair. Willow no longer bothered to hide the large bump and sat propped up in a chair full of cushions,
“How are you Willow?”
“Good, Good” She grinned “She doesn’t half like to kick but there’s only a few more weeks left - what did you want to talk to me about?”
“Harry and the trial”
“Bellatrix Lestrange”
Ginny nodded “Fudge came to tell him the details, but it’s not good – he’s on trial with the death eaters”
“What!” Said Willow, she couldn't get up so just sat higher in the chair,
She nodded again “He didn’t take it well either; Madam Pomfrey dosed him up with something to calm him down”
Willow shook her head “They can’t do that; the whole wizarding community will be outraged, they won’t let it stand”
“They want him escorted from here with aurors, and then put in front of the Wizengamot”
“Bellatrix’s death is a loss to know one, not even her own sister, Harry shouldn’t have to be put through that”
“What can we do?”
“Appeal to the courts or we can say he isn’t well enough and he can have it pushed back to a later date”
“Harry won’t want to change it, he’ll want to get it over with as soon as possible, he thinks he deserves punishment for killing her”
“A spell in Azkaban or freedom are the only too options in a case like this”
“But if like you say, everyone’s on his side he won’t go to prison, it won’t be a big deal”
“The ministry likes to put on shows now and again, helps people to think there doing there jobs”
“So this is there chance to do that” Ginny shook her head “He’ll have to tell them about being possessed, they’ll think he’s mad, just like all the other times, and the prophet will be under there control, whether they believe the lies there spinning or not”
“I’m sure they’ll understand. You and Ron and Hermione, well you might be called as witnesses”
“But we didn’t see anything, his body was lying in the hospital wing, he only left in spirit not person”
“Character witnesses” she sighed “They’ll want to make out that you don’t really know Harry, that he’s really just a killer”
“He’s not though; he didn’t even kill Snape like Malfoy told me when I was in the dungeons. He couldn’t kill anyone who wasn’t trying to kill him first”
“Did Fudge mention who he would be on trial with”
Ginny shook her head “I wasn’t there when they came; Harry just told me what I’ve told you”
“They” questioned Willow
“There were two men in black with Fudge”
“He’s being escorted around himself, they don’t trust him, and they were there to stop him saying the wrong thing”
“Lucky Fudge” Ginny sighed
“Don’t worry, it will be fine” she looked at her watch “We’d better go, I’m supposed to have started teaching you five minutes ago”
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