"No" Harry calmly refused while glaring at the man, surprising everyone in the clearing with his blunt refusal. Barty Crouch gaped at Harry for a few moments before his face started to turn red in anger.
"No?" Barty asked as he slowly inclined his head… "Do you have any idea about your current situation?" The man asked with a scowl, making Harry nod his head.
"Of course, I know that" Harry admitted, but still didn't make any movements to hand over his Wand.
"Then you better hand over your Wand for inspection or-" Barty growled as he stepped forward in a threatening manner, but before he could finish speaking, Harry cut him off sharply.
"Or what?" Harry asked, making the man freeze. "Are you going to throw me into Azkaban without a trial? You do have a habit of doing that…" Harry commented viciously, making the Aurors shift uncomfortably. He knew that he was being out of character, but that was basically his plan.
To the others, it would look like he was throwing a temper tantrum just like a 14 year old should when interacting with someone they didn't like and it wouldn't genius to know why Harry didn't like Barty Crouch... They would simply shelf it as a childish temper tantrum and leave it at that and the fact that Harry didn't like the man in the slightest obviously helped. To be honest, he really wanted to insult and humiliate the man and if he could do that while maintaining his already established image, then he wasn't going to complain.
"What was the excuse you made?" Harry asked with a confused look on his face as he inclined his head. "Ahh… Yeah. Sirius Black was from the House of Black, what else was I supposed to do?" Harry asked mockingly, making the said man growl, but when he looked around, he realized that he was getting hostile and unhappy looks from some of the Aurors.
"Did you say the same for your Death Eater son?" Harry questioned with a knowing look on his face and Barty blushed in shame, but he realized that he needed to get the situation under control. He needed to reestablish his authority.
"You don't know nothing, bo-" Barty growled angrily as his body trembled in anger, but once again he was cut off by Harry before he could even finish.
"Who the fuck are you to ask me to hand over my Wand?" Harry asked coldly. "You are a fucking nobody. A simple pencil pusher… You have no authority to ask for my Wand" Harry finished while glaring down at the man.
Meanwhile, Barty was barely holding back his anger… This is the first time anyone has dared to insult and humiliate him in such a manner, but there wasn't much he could do as the boy was right. He didn't have the authority to ask someone to hand over their Wand.
"Please calm down, Mr. Potter… There is no need for such words" Gawain decided to finally interfere and prevent the altercation from escalating anymore. He realized that he should have stepped before, but he was simply way too surprised to speak before.
"What? Did I say anything wrong? He doesn't have any right to ask for my Wand" Harry shrugged dismissively as he jerked his chin toward Barty, who was practically sheething right now, but before anyone else could say anything, another group stepped through the tree line.
"Mr. Potter is right. Barty doesn't have any authority to inspect his Wand or ask him to hand over his Wand for that matter" A middle-aged red-haired woman with a big bust spoke up. The woman was wearing a monocle and from the looks of it, the woman was Gawain's senior as Gawain and the other Aurors saluted her.
"Harry! The fuck?! Where is Sirius and the others?!" Tonks exclaimed worriedly as she stepped out of the crowd and rushed at Harry.
"Tonks!" Harry exclaimed in surprise, but his surprise turned into a deadpan when Tonks tripped and planted her face on her ground, earning snickers from some of the gathered Aurors and a face-palm from the woman wearing the monocle. Harry's face twitched as he stepped forward and helped Tonks up from the ground, whose hair was cycling through various colors before settling on red.
"Are you alright?" Harry asked with a look of concern on his face.
"Yeah. I am good" Tonks meekly nodded her head as she was practically mortified. "By the way, why are you here on your own?" Tonks asked after gathering some of her bearings.
"I will explain later" Harry said as he didn't know if the Aurors would ask him for a formal statement and then he would need to retell his story for the third time. He didn't want to repeat his story again, and again.
"Get some healers here and the two of you" The woman in the monocle called two Aurors while pointing at the Death Eater. "Unmask him, I want to know who he is" Amelia said before she finally turned toward Harry. "Mr. Potter, we would need to take your statement and while Barty doesn't have any authority to ask for your Wand, I do" The woman said as she signaled one of the Witches.
"Of course" Harry didn't have any problem handing over his Wand for inspection… That was why he cleaned his Wand in the first place, but he didn't want to hand over his Wand to Barty Crouch… He wanted to show the man his place… Harry held out his Wand for the Witch to grab his Wand. The Witch took his Wand in her hand and cast Priori Incantatem and Spells he had cast started to replay.
"It's clean, ma'am. Some impressive Spells are there, but nothing illegal" The Witch declared as she turned back toward the woman in the monocle.
"Thank you, Connie." The woman stated and the Witch known as Connie handed back the Wand to Harry, who accepted his Wand with a smile on his face. "Mr. Potter, please visit my office tomorrow with your guardian or your Godfather for the statement. Tonks, you may escort Mr. Potter back to his Godfather, he must be really worried" The woman stated as she gave Tonks a pointed look.
"Let's go, kiddo" Tonks said as she started to lead Harry away from the clearing, but they stopped when someone called Harry from the back.
"Harry, thank you for…"
"...saving our sister"
"We really mean it…"
"The Weasley family will always be…"
"...in your debt"
It was the Weasley twins and they were finishing for each other, which was kind of weird. Harry simply gave them a nod before he started to walk again with Tonks leading him through the tree line. "Do they always talk like that?" Harry asked curiously.
"Yeah… It's annoying" Tonks groaned as she rubbed her temples.
"So… who was that woman? She seemed to be someone really high-up" Harry asked, even his mom didn't know who the woman was. He was a bit unhappy that he didn't get to see the face of the Death Eater scum.
"That was Amelia Bones, the Director of DMLE… Yeah, she is quite high-up" Tonks nodded her head with a grin as she swung her arm around Harry. "So, are you going to tell me about your adventure?" She asked with a goofy grin marring her face.
We had Edgar Bones in the Order, but he was killed| Lily mused aloud as she remembered a red-haired man she had seen in the Order meetings a few times.
"Well, there was this explosion and I was separated from Sirius…" With that Harry started to tell her the made-up version of his adventure…
"Oh, Merlin!! Harry!! There you are!!" Sirius exclaimed as he rushed at Harry, looking extremely worried. The man kneeled down in front of Harry and pulled him into his arms. He hugged Harry tightly and started to sob… "I thought I lost you, Harry…" With that Sirius started to apologize and now that Harry was finally here, he was feeling slightly bad for leaving him like that, but he didn't have any other choice, so he quickly squashed the little bit of guilt he was starting to feel.
"I am sorry… I couldn't find you after the explosion and I was so confused with everyone running around…" Harry started to explain, but Sirius quickly pulled away and stopped him from speaking anymore.
"It's alright, Harry… It wasn't your fault. I am simply glad that you are alright" The man smiled and once again a pang of guilt surged inside Harry's chest, but this time, Harry didn't squash it. He wasn't sure if Sirius was on his side or Dumbledore's, but the man genuinely cared for him… Harry couldn't deny that, so he decided to experience guilt for fooling the man and taking advantage of him.
"Guys, do you know that Harry saved a damsel in distress?" Tonks revealed with a teasing grin on her face and Harry practically groaned at her words.
"Really? What happened?" Andi asked as she stepped forward. She was also worried about Harry even though she felt something was off. That is why she didn't speak until now. She had been keeping an eye on Jacklyn and even though it looked like Jacklyn was worried about Harry, she knew that something was off about the way the girl was acting.
"Guys! Why don't we go back and listen to his story?" Jacklyn suggested pointedly. "I am just glad that my best friend is back and he was alright, but I think we should head back" She added, making Sirius, Richard, and Ted nod at her words.
"She is right, guys. Let's head back" Sirius admitted as he stood up. "But you are going to tell us everything about saving this damsel, won't you?" Sirius asked with a lecherous grin while wiggling his eyebrows, making Harry groan again…
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