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Amelia had seen Malfoy leaning in his ear whispering and knew that this couldn’t be good. |
"Yes Minister?" |
"I feel that the Wizengamot and the public deserve to know how he was apprehended. As is my right to call witnesses, I call Carmen LaVaunt to be interrogated." |
Whispers broke out among the Wizengamot and the public tiers. |
Albus, who had recused himself since everything took place at Hogwarts ran a hand down his face in frustration. This would not end well for Cornelius. Why he insisted on listening to Malfoy he would never understand. He knew that he was being paid by the man, but there shouldn’t be enough gold in the world to be this s... |
Sirius was tense, but then relaxed as he remembered how smart the woman was. "Relax Andi." He whispered to his cousin as she too had tensed. "She’ll be fine." Andromeda nodded slightly in acknowledgement. |
"Cornelius." Amelia sighed. "The vote was about to be taken. What on earth could having the Warden here do to change the outcome? Everyone has seen the memories!" |
"It is my right. I want the public to know what kind of monster we have in our midst." Cornelius said firmly. |
"Very well. Scribe please send a note to Hogwarts asking for Miss LaVaunt’s presence." Amelia asked. |
"Include in the note that she has ten minutes to appear before all charges are dropped." |
"Are you insane Minister?!" Lord Greengrass yelled. "He has admitted to attempting to kill a student!" |
"There is precedence. When a pureblood tries to kill a Muggleborn under duress, all factors of the interaction should be mentioned." |
Sirius smiled an evil smile. "She is going to wipe the floor with you, and I look forward to it. One day you will learn to stop letting Lord Malfoy lead you." |
Cornelius gulped but looked to the scribe. "Well. What are you waiting for?" The scribe hurried to leave and send off the note. |
"Minister. There is also precedence that something faster may be used in an emergency. Since you are mentioning precedence, I thought that it would be prudent to these proceedings." A light airy voice called out. |
"Identify yourself!" Cornelius called out. |
"You’re wasting time Minister. And I fear that it’s on purpose. It’s a shame really. I would think that the Minister for Magic would be one for justice after all. Madame Bones. May I summon her?" |
"If you have a faster way, of course." Madame Bones smirked at the Minister. |
"Thank you. Expecto Patronum!" The large white rabbit hopped around and then went to its owner and awaited instructions. "Carmen they need you here. Now. The minister has enacted a precedence to get all charges dropped if you don’t show." She sent it off. |
"I demand that you show yourself witch." Malfoy said. |
"Don’t you recognize me uncle? Shame really. You and my mother had a rather cordial relationship as children." |
Luna stood up and lowered her hood. |
"Lovegood." Cornelius breathed out. |
She curtsied. "At your service." |
"What are you doing here?" |
Luna opened her mouth to respond when a message orb appeared in front of her. "Dammit all to hell lil Lu! I know I taught you how to make a message orb! Why you guys insist on sending me these big ass animals to scare the daylights out of me is beyond my reasoning. Tell that fucking moron...wait. Shouldn’t say that if ... |
Everyone looked to Dumbledore after that rant. His cheeks tinged slightly in embarrassment as he cleared his throat. "She is currently completing some overdue maintenance to the castle." |
"Well she still has less than two..." Lord Malfoy was cut off as the doors swung wide open to reveal Carmen LaVaunt. But even those who had seen her before could not recognize her. She was in emerald green robes that flattered her figure, but was modest at the same time. Her braids were in a simple high tail, with an e... |
Although she still wore combat boots, at least they were charmed to go with the robes. |
Sirius thought she looked beautiful, and he wanted to taste every inch of her smooth, luscious... |
"I do believe that you are drooling cousin. Calm yourself." Andromeda said after she had nudged him. Sirius nodded his head slightly and paid closer attention proceedings. |
"Alright I’m here. What do you need?" |
"There is no way that you could have changed and got here so quickly!" The Minister yelled. |
Carmen simply raised a brow. "I’m a witch. Duh." |
Nearly everyone laughed at her pronouncement. Carmen smirked. "There’s a little device called a time turner. Ever heard of it?" |
The Minister spluttered. "Those are strictly regulated by the DOM! You stole it!" |
Carmen looked around the Wizengamot until she found Andromeda. "Seriously. People voted for this guy?" |
Andromeda hid her chuckles. "He is our elected leader." |
"Peachy." Carmen turned back to the Minister. "I am well aware that they are tightly regulated. My brother read me the riot act the first time I used one here. I popped over to headquarters with the new robes that Lady Malfoy showed "cough’ forced "cough’ me to buy, used a time turner to get decent and came here." Carm... |
"Please have a seat." Umbridge said sweetly as a chair identical to Boles appeared beside him. |
Carmen looked at it for a moment. "Nah." She pulled her wand and said. "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo." A very comfy chair appeared in front of her. Those who knew what that phrase meant laughed loudly. It didn’t mean a damn thing, but Carmen was trying not to keep freaking people out with her wandless magic. She sat down and co... |
Lord Malfoy spoke up as he glared at the witch in front of him. He hated this woman with a passion and he would make it his life’s mission to bring her down along with Black. "We are here to hear in your own words how you subdued the auror that is accused of attempted murder." |
"You were there Lord Malfoy. Why don’t you tell them? You are an upstanding member of society. Or so your wife kept telling me over and over again." Carmen asked confused. |
Lucius contained a snarl. "We want to hear it in your own words what happened that day." The Minister said. |
Carmen shrugged. "Oky Doky." Carmen recounted the events to perfection from her point of view. |
"So you admit to violating section forty two of the terms of your diplomatic immunity?" Cornelius smirked at her. |
"My dear sweet minister please continue reading. It’s obvious you don’t keep up with your paperwork since your little guard dog is at Hogwarts now and destroying the education of the future of your country. Now yes. I did violate the terms of that particular rule according to subsection B and I was fined 100 galleons. ... |
"Certainly." Madame Bones held out her hand for the parchmentwork that Cornelius had in his hands. The Minister handed it over reluctantly and attempted to glare daggers into Carmen. "All operatives of level thirteen are not to initiate acts of violence against officers of a sovereign nation..." |
"You see there?! Clear as day. She violated her contract and will be expelled." Cornelius said smugly. |
"First of all Minister, she didn’t violate the terms of her diplomatic immunity. Former Auror Bole attacked first, and this contract not withstanding, even our own laws allow assault in self defence or defence of another. Second. You should be glad that she did act the way that she did, otherwise that idiot would be de... |
Silence. Members of the darker faction, and some suspected Death Eaters looked at each other in alarm. If she was given carte blanche to kill them... |
"If you would care to reread the diplomatic immunity agreement, that you signed by the way, I’ll understand. The ICW has labeled Voldemort and his Death Eaters a threat to the secrecy of magic. I was summoned to Headquarters after my meeting with the Centaurs. They of course are aware of pretty much everything that I d... |
"Isn’t that your elf?" Andromeda asked. |
Carmen smirked. "Do you remember how I’ve said that no witch or wizard could get higher than a level thirteen security clearance within the ICW?" |
Carmen smirked again. "Her security clearance is higher than mine." |
Outrage. The fact that an elf had a higher security clearance than a human was unfathomable. |
While all of the screaming and such was going on, the hooded man who sat behind Hermione spoke into her ear. "It would seem that muggle or magical, most politicians are idiots. I watched a sergeant get knocked down to corporal for unknowingly insulting a major and attempting to fight him because he was Indian." |
Hermione reached back and touched the hand on her shoulder. "Thank you for coming daddy." She whispered. |
"We love you so much peanut. Thank you for finally letting us into your world. No more secrets." |
"No more secrets." She whispered back as she watched Madame Bones shoot off a cannon blast. |
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" She waited until everyone had calmed down and turned to Carmen, who had just taken a bite out of her sandwich. "You were saying Miss LaVaunt." Amelia smirked. |
Carmen held up a finger as she took a hasty swallow of her diet coke. |
Andromeda and Sirius fought to hold in their laughter. |
"Sorry about that I’m hungry. Where were we? Ah yes. Caille is obligated to report my comings and goings. Especially if it involves any possible breach of the security of magic. Although why I have no idea since I’m technically on reserve. Anyway, she reported the incident in the Great Hall and I was summoned for an in... |
"I would like to inquire about the incident with the people that you killed in Diagon Alley recently. It would not be possible to know if they were all Death Eaters. You could have killed innocent people for all you know." Lord Nott spoke up. |
"I find myself curious about that as well. You were particularly brutal my dear girl." Albus stated. |
"Hm." Carmen pretended to ponder something. |
"Oh dear. Here we go." A few voices muttered at the same time from the visitors gallery. |
After a solid two minutes of apparent contemplation, she began using her hands like she was drawing on imaginary black board with her fingers in the air. |
"Does anyone know what she is doing?" Amelia asked. |
"If Harry’s letters are anything to go by, she is contemplating the best way to tear strips off of the Chief Warlock and Lord Nott without killing them." |
Both wizards looked at the witch with raised brows. |
"Ha! Got it!" Carmen said as she came back to the room she was in. "I’ll start with you my dear boy." She pointed at Albus and everyone gasped at her disrespect. "Death Eaters are lower than pond scum, which is an offence to all pond scum everywhere. They are nothing more than bullies who play on people’s fear. For far... |
She walked and stood in front of the other male that had spoken. "Forgive me but I don’t know your name sir." |
"Lord Thadeus Nott." |
Carmen dipped her head slightly. "Lord Nott. I am going guess that you were not given the particulars of what happened that day?" |
"No." Another man said. "We’ve asked, but the minister deemed it need to know." |
"Oh. Well let me enlighten you. Madame Bones and the shopkeepers in Diagon Alley can corroborate my story." |
"Miss LaVaunt now is not the time to..." |
Carmen spoke right over Albus’ objections. "Twenty Death Eaters, entered into the alley intent on getting to Harry and myself. We made it to Gringotts. The goblin nation ushered all of the patrons deeper into the bank for their protection along with Lady Malfoy. Sirius notified the aurors and they came through the floo... |
Everyone who didn’t know what happened had gasped. All those wands in the hands of Death Eaters... |
"He was so thankful, that he is making wand holsters for everyone that needs one at Hogwarts. Incidentally. If anyone needs a new wand you will need to find somewhere else to go. He’s leaving." |
"Why in the name of Merlin would he do that?" Cornelius asked. |
Carmen raised a brow at him. "You’re fu...deep breaths Carmen." She looked back at the minister. "He said that he has lived through Grindelwald and Voldemort part one. He says he’s too old to deal with this again and he will come back when it’s over." |
She looked back to Lord Nott. "One more was in Fortescues assaulting and robbing folks, when one of my people heard a scream. He had a young girl in his arms and was talking about raping her in the back room. A blasting hex to the back of the head ended that situation. Now not only does Jamila get ice cream for life, b... |
Madame Malkin has promised Brian a free new wardrobe after he decapitated the three men who were attacking her, one of which was about to rape her. Every single one were Death Eaters. Not that I’m surprised child molesters, thugs and rapists the whole lot of them. Madame Bones can verify that." Carmen took a sip of her... |
"Yes we are. I would personally like to thank you for helping us that day and for coming in today. I know that you are busy with your work for Hogwarts." |
Carmen turned around to look at Albus and walked to stand in front of him. "The dungeon floor is a disgrace. I have had to hire an entire twenty person reconstruction team just to save the foundations. So here’s what’s going to happen. When you’re done here, you are going to help me fix this. With our combined power it... |
She then turned to Cornelius. "My brother told me not to get involved and I won’t. If Voldemort attacks me and mine? Fine we’ll fight. But I have absolutely NO intention of seeking him out because he is not my problem. He’s yours. And frankly I think this whole blood war stupidity is...well stupid. But I will not sit b... |
"Nonsense. They’re just Muggles." Umbridge smiled sweetly. "They cannot harm us." |
"Here we go again." The same voices murmured. |
"You know what that means don’t you?" Carmen asked as she slowly turned in the witch’s direction. |
The same people scattered throughout the visitor’s section moaned. "Demonstration time." |
"That’s right demonstration time." She looked at Madame Bones. "Do you have dueling dummies? I swear to you on my magic I will replace them with top of the line ones and double the amount that I damage." |
Amelia didn’t hesitate. She looked to Tonks and said. "Bring five." Madame Bones was nearly salivating at the thought of ten brand new top of the line training dummies for free. |
"Yes Director." Tonks grabbed another auror to take with her. |
"Lord Malfoy. Would you say that you’re a fair dueler?" |
"Better than fair." |
"Great. Come on down!" Carmen gushed. |
At Cornelius’ nod he went down to the witch. Just as he was about to reach her Tonks and two aurors came in levitating the training dummies. |
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