CONSEQUENCE The boy who survived

Chapter 20 - Interrogation, Kreatcher

Harry dodged the beam, Steel was a bit surprised and was about fire off another shot. Harry had got to his feet and with a flick of his wrists, the handcuffs were removed from his wrists and had attached themselves to Steel's wrist. Steel's eyes widened in surprise but before he could do or say anything, Harry snatched his wand out of his hand.

Harry aimed the wand at the glass window, with a wave of his hand the glass vanished and that left Harry looking at Dumbledore, Amelia Bones, Fudge and Umbridge. He smiled at their shocked expressions.

"My lawyer" Harry said "I want her here now and at least two jam sandwiches and I swear, I will gut a bitch if there's still crust on the bread."

The next day Sirius's trial happened, thankfully he had Andromeda represent him. Say what you want about the woman, but she was very good at her job. She made sure that the only questions they even remotely considered answering were related to the case and she wouldn't let Sirius or Harry even speak when asked anything that wasn't related to the case.

The court wanted Sirius to take truth serum but Andromeda didn't let that happen, she made them settle with Sirius making a magical vow to prove he didn't betray the Potters, kill Peter or kill those muggles. When they started asking questions about Harry's involvement then she upped her game and made sure all their questions were on topic.

Harry swore a magical vow to say that he didn't help Sirius escaped, he was then asked how he knew Sirius was innocent.

"I remember him playing with me when I was younger, I remembered a nice man, not a mass murderer. Plus, I knew he was my godfather and I had guessed that he took the godfathers oath, it was a good guess on my part."

Part way through the trial, Harry had learnt a rather interesting fact, apparently Peter Pettigrew was originally considered to be Adrian's godfather. But his parents changed their minds and wanted to go with Lupin, but he refused due to his lycanthropy.

At the end of the trial, Harry stood outside with Sirius and the two embraced each other in a loving hug.

"Thank you, thank you ever so much" Sirius said gratefully

"You don't have to thank me" Harry said

"Yes I do" Sirius cut him off "not just for helping me get out of Azkaban, but for actually visiting me there. Hell on earth and you visited just for me! And you believed in me! You always believed in me and that means more than you could ever believe!"

"I just did what any good godson would do" Harry shrugged "so, do you have anywhere to stay?"

"At the moment I'm just going to rent a room in Hogsmead or the leaky cauldron, either that or go back to Grimmauld place and I hate that place. But before I decide, I wanted to ask you something"

"Go on" Harry prompted

"Well" Sirius scratched the back of his neck nervously "it's just that…well…I understand if you don't want to….but…I wanted to ask if you wanted to live with me"

"You…you want me to live with you?"

"I understand if you don't want to…"

"No!" Harry said quickly "I'd love to! It's just that…if you want me then…you have to take someone else too"

"I haven't forgotten about Adrian, I know I'm not technically his godfather but…"