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Harry and Merlin spent most of their lunch talking to other members of the Wizengamot, especially Lady Longbottom. She had a long talk with Neville and Luna and learned a lot of truths. She joined them in filling in everyone and anyone who was listening on exactly what had happened over the years at Hogwarts, the situation with Severus and Lucius, and exactly what the old coot had done. Lady Longbottom used her teas to provide her social circle with a lot of information. At the end of lunch, a solid group of now converted followers followed Harry and Merlin back into the Wizengamot. The battle lines were drawn and it was Harry's side that had the numbers and the magical power in the room. Percy looked between Harry and Dumbledore as Minister Shacklebolt approached Harry. "I will be speaking to Madam Bones. There will be charges pressed against you and your husbands."
"For what?" Harry asked calmly.
"I would like to know that too." Madam Bones stepped forward out of the crowd. "Lord Peverell-Black hasn't broken any laws and his husbands were being illegally detained. There were no charges against them."
"They are Death Eaters." Dumbledore stated coming forward.
"Death Eaters, do you want to go that route now?" Harry asked, sickeningly sweet. When Dumbledore didn't answer, Harry grinned. "When did Severus become a Death Eater? He became one after you threatened him with expulsion if he did anything to Sirius Black or Remus Lupin after Sirius almost sent him to his death. Remus Lupin was a werewolf and it was the night of the full moon. My father saved him from being killed by Remus, not for the sake of saving Severus but to keep Sirius and Remus alive. You, instead of punishing them, threatened Severus. A boy of 16, a boy who you knew was being abused at home. Severus, like me and Tom Riddle, asked not to be returned to our abusive environments. Do people want to know who Tom Riddle became?"
"Harry." Dumbledore warned.
"He became Lord Voldemort. He didn't start down that dark path until you refused to allow him to become a professor at Hogwarts. What was your reason again, yes, I remember, you said you would not have anyone as dark as him teaching students. He only started out dark, you turned him evil, with all of your greater good ideas. You see Dumbledore was hoping when Voldemort was killed Severus would go after Voldemort for killing my mother then after him for permitting my parents to die. Dumbledore would defend himself, killing Severus and permitting Dumbledore to set himself up as a slayer of Dark Lords. When he realized I survived, he changed his plans, forced Severus to take a Vow of Protection for me. He never told the man about the abuse I was enduring might kill him and me if my magic didn't protect me. Dumbledore's last plan was after I killed Voldemort for the sake of a prophecy he set up, was for Dumbledore kill me if Voldemort didn't. This is what it is all about. He wants you to view me as the new Dark Lord, giving him another Dark Lord to kill. Dumbledore likes his power too much, he likes the idea of everyone coming to him with their problems, providing the solutions he wants. Dumbledore likes the idea of having his name go down in history, he wants to be considered the next Merlin. You have been hoping to become better known than my aunt, Merlin. Pity, it didn't work." Harry grinned and leaned forward close to Dumbledore but loud enough for everyone to hear. "You shouldn't have put my husbands in Azkaban." He walked to his seats, leaving behind stunned members of the Wizengamot.
Dumbledore recovered. "I was right. You are a Dark Lord."
"Is that your excuse for everything. If someone doesn't agree with you, they are dark. Before Voldemort was killed if the Wizengamot or Board didn't agree with you, you would start spouting off about Voldemort returning or spread the fear of the dark forces taking control. Oh get over it, the man is dead, and as much as Dumbledore would enjoy it if he did return, he isn't. Now can we continue with the afternoon session, I believe Mr. Weasley has more laws for us to review."
Merlin joined him. "You got more people on your side. Do you see them looking at Dumbledore with disgust in their eyes? Lady Longbottom's words are also spreading."
"I do believe before we leave here tonight, I might be able to get him arrested."
"I am not taking that bet." Merlin commented. "I do have an idea." She leaned closer to Harry.
"Idea?" Harry gave her a small smirk, he did enjoy her ideas.
"Yes, if you look at some of the upcoming laws, one is about the banning of spells, we could use that to have some fun." Merlin told him.
"Have fun. Rita was here earlier and I saw her flying around at lunch." Harry knew the papers would be interesting for the new week at least.
"She is over by Dumbledore, sitting between the Minister and him. The Minister looks like he is about to start in on you." She had been watching and knew that while Shacklebolt was an honest man, he had too much faith in the old coot. She was hoping by the end of the session the man would realize he had his faith in the wrong person.
"Next on the agenda is the banning of several areas of the Dark Arts magic." Percy looked around. This was going to be interesting he thought. He knew the dark would win on this but Dumbledore wasn't going to go peacefully. The man was firmly in need of a reality check, Percy thought. So were his two youngest siblings and his parents. If Ginny still believed she was going to marry Harry Potter, she was going to be in for a surprise. He looked down at the list of items. His eyes went wide. He knew what Dumbledore was going to do, he would have felt bad for the man but after what he had been hearing and the reaction from Dumbledore, he didn't anymore.
"Since the law was revoked, we now have to go down the list of Dark Magic and get them revoked again." Minister Shacklebolt started.
"I don't see that on my list. There is no reason for them to be revoked." Chief Warlock March stated. "If we are voting, we vote, but we are not just accepting this as being already done."
"They are dark. What more is there to say." Doge stated.
"Is he that stupid?" Harry muttered to Merlin.
"He is a Dumbledore man, through and through."
Harry rose from his seat. "Why were they banned? They were banned based on the word on one man, Albus Dumbledore and I believe I have shown, numerous times in fact, that his word isn't to be trusted. Yes, Dark Magic does take a broader set of emotions to use but so does the Patronus Charm. Yes, you can kill with Dark Magic but don't be fooled into thinking Light Magic can't be used that way. We ended a war with Light Magic killing people just as well as Dark Magic. We have three that are classified as Unforgiveable Curses but I don't think we should allow them to be cast like they are harmless but they do serve their purpose." Harry waved his hand and parchment flew to everyone. "There is the history of those three spells. The Killing Curse was originally used to aid those in great pain and were dying anyway. It gave healers a way to give those patients a quicker and less painful death. The Imperius Curse was originally used to stop someone from killing themselves or others. It was also used to help those with mental health issues until they could be brought to a safe environment. The Cruciatus Curse was designed to help start a heart or even bring back nerves in those with nerve damage. Before you start screaming at me, again, I am saying we don't need to say they are allowed to be used or teach them how to be cast but we do need these types of magic." Harry walked down to the main floor of the Wizengamot. He looked at each of them. "In our history, magic has always been balanced. You can't have life without death, you can't have sadness without knowing happiness, you can't have love without understanding hate, just like light can't exist without dark. Our world has taken the basics of magic and twisted them, all to benefit the so-called Lord of the Light, a title he gave himself, it wasn't given to him by magic. If it was, don't you think he would have been punished for what he has done by magic." He held up his hand and a ball of white light formed in his hand. "This is pure magic. As you can see, if I pump more magic into it, it will grow, Lady Longbottom, I am going to give this to you, I want you to cast a light spell into it." Harry walked toward her and handed her the ball. "Feel it first. Tell me what do you feel?"
Lady Longbottom held the ball of magic in her hand and with her other touched it and let out a giggle. "It feels so powerful, so lightweight, so free." She couldn't hide the awe in her voice.
"Please those around her, if you want to touch it, please do, before she casts her spell." Harry grinned at them. He saw Merlin was still watching Dumbledore who was trying to find a way to stop what was going to happen. "Please cast a simple light spell."
Lady Longbottom pulled out her wand. "Wingardium Leviosa." The ball floated in the air.
"Now, that is a light spell, we learn that in our first year, it's one of the first spells we are taught but you can kill with that spell, cast it on someone and levitate them over a cliff, not that anyone here is going to do that. Touch the ball again, how does it feel, the same with the rest of you. Notice it stayed white." He added with a smile toward the wizards and witches in the Wizengamot. Everyone touched the ball and some giggled, some petted it, enjoying the feeling. "Now, take the ball again in your palm." Lady Longbottom did. "Since I know you won't want to do this, I will cast a legal dark magic spell, one we use all the time and don't even acknowledge that is a dark spell because it's accepted by Dumbledore." Harry pulled out his wand and cast Reducto. The ball stayed the same in Lady Longbottom's palm. "Touch it."
Again the same people touched it and giggles were again heard with more people petting it. "Do you feel anything different in it?"
"No." They said.
"Because to magic it doesn't make a difference. Our cores are different, we have white, grey and dark. If you force someone with a dark core to use light spells and not expand their dark core, their magic withers a bit, and it takes more energy to use white spells. Why do you think other magic schools teach all three types of magic? Here are our OWLs and NEWTs scores compared to theirs." Harry summoned more parchment and presented it to the Wizengamot. "As you can see, since Dumbledore has taken control of our school and world, our scores have dropped, we were at one time the best, now we are second to the last, a school with three students is below us, the only reason they fell below us is because of the number of students." Harry looked around. "Now before you start accusing me of being dark or a Dark Lord, ask yourself a few questions, do you want your children and grandchildren to be stunted, to have a sub-par education, to know that they could learn more and get a better education if we stopped with this idea of dark equaling evil. Yes, we have Death Eaters in Azkaban but it's not filled with just Death Eaters. If that was true we wouldn't need an Auror Department. I am sure Madam Bones can provide the statics that shows not all those who commit crimes are Death Eater. One of Dumbledore's own Order members is well known as a thief, yet he still hasn't served any time in Azkaban." Harry walked back to his seat and summoned the ball of magic that was still being petted back to him. "Sorry." He told them sheepishly as they looked at him with the loss of their favorite toy. "I can show you how to create one if you wish."
Merlin leaned in. "That was good, now for me."
Merlin rose up. "I agree with Lord Peverell-Black, over the ages, magic has evolved and become more useful in aiding our people as the needs have arisen. Many of you are probably wondering why it seems we have a vendetta against Mr. Dumbledore. I am sure you have been reading the paper and many have seen him shrink back from answering our challenges. Many have listened to him say that I am not Merlin, despite Lady Magic's acknowledge." She smirked at Harry, time to end Dumbledore and his cronies once and for all. She wanted Harry to start a peaceful life. "I, Merlin Ambrosius also known as Myrddin Emrys, hereby call on Lady Magic to judge Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, I call Lady Magic to judge him on his treatment of Tom Marvolo Riddle, Severus Tobias Snape, Harry James Peverell-Black, formerly Potter. So Mote It Be."
"So Mote It Be." Harry joined the rest of the Wizenagamot.
Lady Magic stepped forward. "Merlin, it is a pleasure to see you again." Everyone gasped as they had never seen Lady Magic before. She had been called upon many times but never name an appearance. She was of average height with long blond wavy hair, a full figure and dressed in a green robe carrying a wood staff.
"My Lady, it is I who have been honored with the pleasure of knowing you." Merlin answered.
"You have called for an important judgment. One I was hoping to hear called well before now. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, you have wrong magic for over fifty years. You have cut off my people, you have damaged my people. You have gone against magic, against what is right and against the desire you sought to be called the Lord of the Light. You are guilty of all that has been laid at your door. Abuse of power, child abuse, child neglect, magical abuse, endangering our world, and those in the muggle world by creating fake Lords of the Dark. You have caused the deaths of many magical beings, you have disrespected so many magical creatures. Your sentence is to be stripped of your magic, you will be placed in the muggle world, with a memory charm and a tongue-tying curse, you can't speak of what you have seen or heard." They watched as magic passed it's judgment and saw Albus Dumbledore disappear.
"You know, his name is close to abuse." Harry added in an aside to Merlin.
"I didn't even think of that." She replied.
"Now that is done. Those who have shared in the guilt in regards to what Albus Dumbledore aimed to do, will also be punished, not as severely but they will know my wrath. Minister Shacklebolt, for refusing to follow your head and heart in regards to Lord Peverell-Black, you are removed as Minister and you will be paying a very stiff fine since you weren't totally aware of what was going on but still refused to acknowledge what you did know. Hermione Granger, Ginerva, Ronald, Molly and Arthur Weasley, will find their magic restricted, they will also be fined. Miss Weasley and Miss Granger, since they decided to aid in the fake marriage contract that was to be presented here today, will find themselves married to Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, who also aided in its creation." Several gasps were heard around the room, many were surprised by what they were hearing from Lady Magic, they had thought Dumbledore was being truthful despite what they had heard. "I will say a few more things before I leave. Harry James Peverell-Black, for your protection of what is right and in honoring magic, I am granting you and your husbands the titles of Lords of Light and Dark. The three of you will hold those titles until your deaths, which will not be for a very long time. Those who have aided you, they have also been blessed. They are Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zambini, Theo Nott, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Fred, George, Narcissa and Draco Peverell-Black."
"Thank you Lady Magic, I am honored." Harry bowed.
"In regards to what Harry was trying to teach you regarding magic, he is correct. Light needs Dark, you can't have shadows without both. Dark doesn't not equal evil, evil comes in all shapes, sizes, and with different cores types. Some magic should be kept from children. Family magic shouldn't be banned. Harry and Merlin know which magics need to be watched, guide them well my friend." Lady Magic said.
"I will." Merlin bowed in acknowledgment of the new role she was to play.
Lady Magic smiled and faded out. The room erupted into chaos. "So your idea was better than mine." Harry grinned at her. "I can't wait to show everyone this."
Merlin laughed. "I did tell you that we would change the magical world."
"I know. Now, how do we make our escape?" Harry didn't want to deal with the crowd as it appeared they were to be surrounded by everyone.
"This is one time, I believe we need to ride it out. If not, we will just have to do it again later." Harry groaned and they started answering questions.