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Chapter #58: The aftermath.

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A mess, that’s what happened after the events at the ministry, after sharing their testimony with the Aurors and some words with the newly appointed minister: Amelia Bones, Harry and Hermione retired for a few moments to use the time turner to go back in time, take some Polyjuice potion and attack turn the death eaters into squibs while hiding under the invisibility cloak that Harry always carried with him.

As expected, Fudge was sacked but the man was refusing to leave his office, even Harry couldn’t help but feel worried that some revolt could happen inside the ministry that could end up with the man being lynched by his employees, yes, the man was trash.

In different circumstances, he would have wanted the man dead, however, Harry was no tyrant, and certainly, he didn’t want to become some kind of Voldemort who silences those who oppose him, instead, he prefers to take the thing his enemies love most, in Fudge case, his political power is his favorite thing.

But now after the events that took place in the ministry, his reputation has been tainted, and he seems to have found himself with fewer and fewer supporters, even if you want your pureblood tyrant to take over the ministry, at the end of the day, you and your family need to eat and unless you're part of those rich families that run the country, you need to work, so, if the choice between feeding your family or keeping a useless politician in power presents to many people, the choice is obvious, family always comes first.

Sirius' trial has been a success, with Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black being dosed with veritaserum and explaining everything that took place the night James and Lily Potter were betrayed and the aftermath when some muggles were blown up, everything became clear.

The minister before Fudge had sentenced an innocent man to more than ten years in Azkaban, which ended up in a huge monetary compensation for Harry’s godfather, he received one hundred thousand galleons per year he spent being locked in Azkaban.

But it was a bittersweet compensation, Sirius was the sole heir of the Black fortune, and all that money was nothing compared to his vaults, and considering the Malfoys and Lestranges have become squibs, due to magical laws, the fortunes now lie to the only magical person tied to that family and that person was Sirius, he was the richest person in the country now but that won't give him the lost years with his godson back.

As for Harry, aside from the favor of being given the chance for his godfather to prove his innocence, he was granted half a million galleons as a settlement so he wouldn’t sue the ministry for the slander they did the whole year, and of course, that money came from Fudge himself, the court forced the former minister to pay.

He also received seven hundred galleons as a reward for killing Lord Voldemort, which was his bounty back in those days of the first magical war, that reward was set by Barty Crouch and now, someone finally claimed the reward, something no one in the ministry expected at the time.

As for Peter Pettigrew, the man was sentenced to the dementor’s kiss for the death of those muggles and the breaking of the statute of secrecy, and Severus Snape had been sentenced to ten years in Azkaban for his involvement with the death eaters before he betrayed his master, however, due to his actions and the fact that he served as a spy to make the defeat of the dark lord something possible, his sentence has been reduced to only five years.

As for the remaining death eaters that have been turned into squibs, they’ve been to the Department of Mysteries to be studied and experimented with to uncover how they were turned into squibs.

Due to the events that took place in the ministry, the students at Hogwarts will stay one extra week in the castle because of safety reasons, there might be rogue death eaters out there wanting to avenge their master, however, Harry, Hermione, Remus, Dumbledore, Amos Diggory alongside his wife and even a restrained Snape were in the same room ready to witness something.

“Peter Pettigrew for the crimes of treason, multiple murders, conspiracy to aid a terrorist organization, being part of said organization, and helping to resurrect their leader you’ve been sentenced to the dementor’s kiss, any last word?” Alastor Moody, the new head of the DMLE asked with a rough tone.

“Please, I beg for forgiveness…I was forced, I was scared and I didn’t know what to do!” Peter begged for his life. “Please Harry you spared me once, what would your parents say if their son turned into a murderer?!” Peter didn’t know what else to say to maybe get some sympathy from the person who destroyed his master.

Harry just scowled, this scumbag dared to speak about his parents as if he had any right.

“My parents…May they be in a good place, I respect and love them but…There’s nothing I can do to save you wormtail, it’s time for you to face the consequences of your actions…You had the option to run away, to hide as a rat in some unknown land and live a peaceful life for the rest of yours while we finally destroyed him easily,” Harry spat with fury.

Peter flinched, this was just like when his master had his outbursts, he was ready for the crucio, he had been gotten used to this treatment for so long that it took him a while to realize Harry wasn’t going to do that.

“But no, not only did you look out for him, you helped him to come back to life and even killed an innocent person that had nothing to do with you…You killed Cedric in cold blood, and you still dare to think that someone like you deserves mercy?!” Harry spat venomously.

Hermione tried to ease his anger by caressing his arm which gained her a soft look from him, Cedric’s parents couldn’t help but sob while the rest just looked at Peter with hatred. Moody was proud of Potter's unwillingness to redeem this trash but he hid his feelings completely.

“Well, now that there’s nothing else to say, I’d like everyone to get out of this room, as the dementor is going to arrive soon,” Moody said with a serious tone.

Soon, a group of Aurors escorted everyone out, the screeches from Peter didn’t take long to be heard, the witnesses were now outside and thanks to a glass wall they were going to be able to witness the execution.

A red-haired woman arrived with another group of Aurors, and behind them, there was also a dementor, the screams and begs for mercy from the rat animagus were getting louder and he was now cursing everyone.

“Well minister, I guess it's time for you to do the honors,” Moody said to the minister who nodded without thinking twice.

The red-haired woman remained in silence for a few moments, then, without hesitation she nodded at the dark creature who soon got face to face with wormtail, he never stopped screaming as his soul was being sucked and then, it finally happened, his screams stopped leaving nothing but a shell of what the man was supposed to be.

He was completely emotionless and he couldn’t move, but nevertheless, the witnesses couldn’t help but hug each other, and even Snape and Harry shared a handshake, while it was true that Snape’s words sent Voldemort toward his parents it was Peter who gave him the location.

“Mom…Dad…I hope one day you can forgive me but…I couldn't help but enjoy this,” Harry thought with a sad tone.

Soon, unspeakables entered and took Peter’s body obviously to study the now soulless wizard.