"I'll give you the full accounting afterwards," Harry said. "Why don't you think it was Dumbledore spearheading this?"
"My predecessor that's why," Amelia said. She shook her head. "Bartemius Crouch was a good man in principle but he had a vendetta against the Death Eaters and he was obsessed with getting justice against them. A lot of his later actions in the war were extremely questionable and sadly it doesn't surprise me overmuch that he sent Black to Azkaban without a trial. He likely thought the man's family would simply buy his freedom if one were to be allowed. I am ashamed to admit he had motive to believe that – seeing as it happened to others." Harry nodded thinking of Lucius Malfoy.
"So what do we do?" Hermione asked.
"I am primarily attempting to get the Kiss On Sight order revoked. If that happens I am confident I can arrange a hearing for Black and the truth will out."
"And if you can't get that revoked?" Daphne asked. She looked between Amelia and Tonks. "What happens if Black is found by someone else and that is still in effect?"
The uncomfortable looks on the two Aurors faces were enough to answer that question.
"What if we get proof?" Harry asked quietly. All eyes turned to him. "There's gotta be something right? We think that he might have come here hunting either Peter Pettigrew or looking to protect me. Either way, he's probably around. If I can find him to talk to him…"
Tonks shook her head. "I'd really prefer you didn't, Harry."
Shiva bumped her fist into his shoulder. "As your guardian, I agree. We still don't know sure for sure that he is innocent, kid. And even if he is…"
"He may not be entirely sane," Amelia finished. "Very few survive so long in Azkaban with their mind fully intact. If you do get word on where Sirius Black is hiding tell us and we will come take care of it. I give you my word that he will receive both a trial and fair proceedings. Tonks tells me you have a way of contacting her at a moment's notice?"
Harry nodded. "Yes, ma'am. We all wear Comm Stone earrings I invented." He pointed to his ear showing the little rune stone. "They work like Muggle mobiles. I'm still trying to get one that can be untethered, but these work fine linked together for the moment."
"Excellent. When you do succeed in making others, let me know. The Aurors could certainly use that and I'm sure I could shift some money around in our budget to afford some." Harry nodded to her. "Alright, now let's discuss your issue with Dumbledore. Why exactly was he the first name you jumped to regarding this situation? While I'm not particularly fond of him or his methods myself I can attest he has always been a staunch supporter of what is right."
"Where do I start?" Harry snorted. "First off, did you know my parents had wills?"
Amelia frowned. "I had assumed those were destroyed the same night your parents perished. They should have been read otherwise."
"Well apparently, Dumbledore sealed my dad's will to prevent that," Harry explained. "We're almost certain it was because his and mum's wills both said that I wasn't to go to my relatives and Dumbledore felt I should."
"That…" Amelia shook her head. "That is unsettling indeed, but in his position as Chief Warlock at the time such a thing, while frowned on, was within his rights…"
"Yeah I know. I looked it up. Very few of my problems with Dumbledore are actually illegal but the pattern established is…bad."
"Well, what else then, Harry?" Tonks asked.
Harry sighed and started holding up his fingers as he listed the rest. "He left me on the Dursleys' doorstep with only a letter rather than explaining in person. He left me with the Dursleys period despite knowing that they hated my mum and magic in general and also despite my godmother and godfather both being alive and well at that point. He claimed my magical guardianship yet never bothered to check on my well being at the Dursleys. While I was still a toddler, he established a marriage contract with Ginny Weasley even if he never signed it – which confuses me a bit there though I imagine it was to use as leverage against either me or Molly Weasley at some point in the future."
Harry leaned back and switched to his other hand. "As my magical guardian it was his duty to inform me about my future responsibilities as a Head of House yet I didn't even know House Potter was a thing until Susan and Hannah officially apologized last year and Neville told me a bit. He should've told me about my accounts, but until this summer I didn't even know I had more than the trust vault nor did I know about the properties I apparently own. We're pretty sure he redirected my mail – which I can honestly understand a bit to begin with – but there was no reason for him to keep doing so by this point."
Harry nodded towards Hermione and Daphne. "For things during school; he flat out lied to me about my scar. Hermione has pointed out that the 'protections' on the Philosopher's Stone during our first year seemed almost tailor made to test me, her and Neville. That fact calls into question exactly why he flew to the Ministry on a broom the night Quirrelmort tried to steal it when he could've simply Flooed or apparated there. Last year he didn't do a thing when Lucius Malfoy blocked us getting mature mandrakes for the petrified students. He also tried to read my mind using Legilimency shortly after the Chamber incident."
Harry paused to center himself before continuing. "Even with all that, the only thing that was technically illegal was the mail blocking and the Legilimency. Both though have official explanations with the Legilimency being shortly after the Chamber of Secrets and the mail being preventing me from receiving cursed mail as a toddler. And we can't even prove that one was him."
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