Two days later the long awaited day of the trial came. Orion and Mordred were sitting at a big artfully carved table and were eating their breakfast. The black dragon now as big as a large dog was also happily munching on a giant piece of meat in the corner of the room.
"Mordred, I need to go to the ministry today for a trial" Orion mentioned. He had completly forgotten to tell his brother about the trial.
"Whut? Whut id you o sis aime (what did you do this time)" Mordred said with his mouth stufed full from his energetic eating.
"No I am just a whitness. I captured an escaped criminal but don't worry, it was a bit annoying but still easy" Orion reassured him.
"When will you come back?" Mordred asked.
"Don't really know it depends on how long the trial drags on...but I guess it will at least take 4 hours" Orion said and stood up.
"The trial starts at 10am so I need to hurry up" Orion said and was teleported by Deek.
He appeared in the apparition area of the ministry. Unfortunately he had no Idea where the courtrooms were so he had to ask for directions. After taking the nauseating ride on the magic elevator he stumbled out trying to regain his balance.
He soon found the courtroom numer one with the entrance blocked by two aurors.
"You are not allowed inside, the trial of Sirius Black will begin in 10 minutes" one auror said to Orion.
"Yes, that is exactly why I'm here" Orion said and handed them the letter he got two days prior.
"So you are the one why we have so much work to do" one auror just muttered annoyed.
"Alright, you can go in. The seats for witnesses are marked blue" the auror said and gave him the letter back.
The doors opened and he saw the room that looked exactly like in the movies where Harry was put under charge of using underage magic.
The only difference was that this time the whole room was in a heated discussion about the azkaban-prisoner.
Orion just quietly took his seat at the side and waited for the trial to begin.
After ten minutes Minister fudge stormed in and took his elevated seat as the head interrogator.
"Bring Sirius Black in" Minister Fudge ordered the two aurors guarding the door.
Shortly after a haggard man with haunted eyes was escorted inside and chained to the chair.
"Trial of Sirius Black on the 1st August 1992 under the charge of killing several muggles, Peter Pettigrew and informing the dark lord of the hiding place of the potters.
Interrogators, Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister of Magic, Dolores Umbrige, Undersecretairy of the Minister and Amelia Bones"
Fudge said and began the trial.
"Mister Sirius Black, do you plead guilty for these charges?" Fudge asked.
At his name Sirius looked up. He needed a while to register the question.
"No, I didn't do it" he said in a hoarse voice.
"Then why were you shouting the exact opposite of what you just said at the moment of your arrest?" Fudge continued to ask.
"Because it was me! I killed them, I was the one who suggested to swich the secret keeper to Peter Pettigrew" Sirius shouted madly.
"Minister, regarding Peter Pettigrew, we actually have conclusive evidence that he was not killed on 31th october 1983. Bring the rat in" Amelia Bones said and made a hand guesture to one of the aurors.
The auror then placed the cage on a podest in the courtroom. Upon seeing the rat inside the cage Sirius was first suprised and then began swearing at him that even a seasoned sailor would be impressed.
"You fucking rat, hey get these chains off me! I swear, this time I will personally torture him ,burry this motherfucker six feet under the ground and then piss on it.
NOW GET THESE CHAINS OFF ME! This time I won't let you escape you fucking croakroach!" Sirius shouted madly and fought against the chains trying to break them.
"Order! Order!!!...I SAID STAY QUIET" Minister Fudge shouted with a sonorus charm to amplify his voice.
Sirius angrily quieted down and began trying to kill Pettigrew with his gaze alone.
"Interrogator Bones, please explain what this rat has anything to do with this case!" Fudge comanded.
"Right away, in their shool days these three friends all accomplished the feat of transforming into an animal. An animagus. Sirius Black can transform into a black dog, James Potter was able to transform into a stag and Peter Pettigrew's animagus form ...is a rat. He was in hiding for the last 9 years and pretended to be a pet for the Weasleys. This can all be confirmed as this rat was also missing a finger like Pettigrew" Amelia Bones explained.
"This is not enough proof to clear Sirius Black of all his charges yet" Minister Fudge stated.
"Sirius Black has agreed to a questioning under the veritaserum potion" Amelia Bones said "that should prove his innocence".
"Kekekekekekhuahahaha...you hear that fucker? I should pass on some greetings to you from the dementors. Mabye they even like your ugly face enough to give you a kiss" Sirius crackled in schadenfreude.
The rat inside the cage shrieked in horror.
"First bring the veritaserum and transform him back" Fudge said and pointed at Pettigrew's cage.
An auror took out the rat and cast the animagus reversal spell.
The rat grew bigger and bigger until it turned into a short ugly man with a long nose and big ears.
"Sirius, my old friend...nice to see you again" Pettigrew tried to appease Sirius.
"Fuck off you filthy rat, you'll now finally get what you deserve!" Sirius said evily.
"Aurors, admister the veritaserum" Minister Fudge ordered.
One of the aurors took out a tiny vial and let a few drops fall into Sirius mouth.
"What is your name?" Minister Fudge asked the protocol questions to ensure the potion was working properly.
"Sirius Orion Black" Sirius answered truthfully.
"Date of birth?"
"3rd November 1959"
"Alright, the potion is working...Now for the first question: were you the one to disclose the hiding location to the dark lord?"
"No, I would never do that!" Sirius shouted.
"Were you the secret keeper at any point in time?"
"Never"
"Was it you that casted the explosion charm resulting in the deaths of several muggles?" Fudge continued.
"No, it was all done by Pettigrew!" Sirius said with venom in his voice.
"I believe that should suffice for now, you can admister the antidote" Fudge said and sighed. He had hoped this matter would be dealt with quickly and he could just throw Mr. Black back into Azkaban but this has escalated into the biggest scandal of the Ministry in the last hundred years.
Annoyed he rubbed his temples "I would like to call in the witness Orion LeFay".
Orion who almost fell asleep woke up at the mention of his name.
He quickly made his way to the middle of the courtroom and stood beside Sirius.
"So tell me Mr. LeFay...how did you find out about Sirius situation when even the ministry had no idea about it?" Fudge asked.
"Uh...well a classmate of me, Ronald Weasley brought Peter Pettigrew to the shool as his pet. I felt something was off about him and upon hearing that the rat is over 8 years old I grew suspicious. No normal rat would survive for that long. So I picked up the rat and wanted to see what was so different about it. I wanted to see if I can replicate the slowed aging in a potion or something when I stumbled across the explanation of an animagus, a person who can turn into an animal. Taking all factors into account like his unnaturally long lifespan and human like intelligence I learned the animagus reversal spell to check my theory.
I then trapped him in a basement and dosed him with veritaserum..." Orion explained.
"The use of veritaserum is illegal without authorization!" one of the onlookers shouted.
"Yes but you gain that autorization automatically by becomming a potion master so I didn't break the law" Orion just stated calmly.
"Moving on...After I drugged him he started spilling all kinds of secrets and evil deeds he did during the second wizarding war. Mr. Pettigrew is also a full-fleged death eater who served Voldemort as a spy during the second wizarding war. The fact that the dark lord's wand was also found inside his clothes should also verify my version of the events" Orion said and looked at Pettigrew who is now as white as a sheet of paper.
"Alright, I believe that should suffice, you can go back to your seat. Now anyone who is in favor of Mr. Black being guilty raise your hand" Amelia Bones said and more than half the hands went up.
Fudge just sighed and knocked the gravel on his desk "Sirius Black will be cleared of all charges and will be given proper compensation for his unjust imprisionment. Peter Pettigrew will be put in a ministry cell until a seperate trial for him is set up. Additionally...Barty Crouch Sr. who was in charge of the magical law enforcement at the time will be put under investigation. Everyone is dismissed!" Fudge declared and let Aurors unlock the chains holding Sirius
"You are now a free man Mr. Black".