Master and His Kitten

Voldemort's Trial: Part 3

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(Master to Kitten, Kitten to Master)
'Thoughts'

[Kitten speech]

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"You may call your next witness." The minister said to her.

"I have no more witnesses." She told him.

"Defense, you may call your witness." He said.

Bluebell seemed to grimace at that. He suddenly realized all his witnesses would incriminate themselves as well as his lord. He still had to try. First he called Lord Gray up. He would soon wish he hadn't.

Lord Gray was from a pureblood family but not as prominent as Malfoys or Parkisons. They were a dark family though only recently. Before Voldemort they were light but neutral. That changed once Samuel Gray became lord of the family. He had been influenced by the dark lord and changed everything. He even disowned any members that remained light, including his parents and his eldest son.

The man tried to refuse both the potion and the oath. Fudge quickly shut that down. He took the oath soon after. The reason was simple. He believed he would be able to speak around it or at least tell half truths. He didn't realize how the spell worked.

"How do you know Thomas Riddle jr, also known as the dark lord?" He asked.

"I went to school with him, although he was a Seventh year student while I was a first year." He answered.

"And you were friendly?" He asked.

"Not really. He was too important to talk to a lowly first year student like myself." He answered.

"When did you get friendly?" He asked.

"A year after I graduated." He answered.

"Why was that?" He asked.

"His followers recruited me." He said.

"Recruited you for what?" He asked.

"To join the dark side." He said, getting a few giggles from those muggle raised or with muggle knowledge.

"Silence." Fudge warned them. 'Funny though.'

"...." The room went quiet.

"Thank you. Lord Bluebell, continue." He said.

"Thank you." He scowled, not knowing what was so funny. "What was the goal of the dark side?" He asked, making many hold back their giggles.

"To eradicate mudbloods, half breeds raised by muggles, and raise us purebloods to lead the world." He answered.

'I knew this would backfire.' The lawyer thought. "Did your family agree?"

"Most did not." He answered.

"But you felt it was a good cause?" He asked.

"I knew it was." He answered.

"So you joined?" He asked.

"I did." He confirmed.

"What did you do while employed by lord Voldemort?" He asked.

"I took care of a few mudbloods and mudblood lovers." He said.

'I should stop.' He thought. "Thank you. No more questions."

"Prosecution?" Fudge looked at her.

"I do have a few." She said.

"Then ask away."

"Thank you." Amelia stood and went over to him. "You have admired Lord Voldemort since school, correct?" She asked.

"Correct." He said.

"Do you know if he committed any crimes then?" She asked.

"Only the rumors." He answered.

"Were you aware of the crimes he and his followers were committing before you joined them?" She asked.

"I did." He answered.

"After you joined did he order you to get rid of the muggleborns and muggleborns lovers?" She asked.

"Yes he did." He answered.

"Did you see him commit any crimes?" She asked.

"Yes I did." He answered.

"Did he help you take over your family and make you lord?" She asked.

"No. I did that on my own." He answered.

"Thank you. No further questions." She said.

"Defense?" Fudge looked at him.

"No questions." He glumly said.

"You may call your next witness." He said.

For the next few hours Bluebell called witnesses but they didn't help him. Instead they made it worse. He eventually just gave up. Finally Fudge looked at the members of the wizengamot.

"We will put up the privacy ward so you may process everything you learned here and decide on a verdict." He told them.

Just like that a ward went up. No one left the room. They were all waiting impatiently for the verdict. It didn't take them long. The overwhelming amount of evidence and the fact they all knew the man was guilty made it easy to decide.

Lord Ogden stood up after the ward was removed. "We the wizengamot find Thomas Riddle Jr, also known as Lord Voldemort, guilty of all crimes." There were too many to list. "We sentence him to the dementor's kiss and to have his body disposed of immediately."

Many cheered at that. Voldemort struggled as he tried to escape. A dementor was led into the room. Bluebell moved as it went to Voldemort. In a matter of minutes his soul was sucked out of its body.

The room was soon left shocked as the dementor screamed out in pain. It clawed at its body. A laugh, similar to Voldemort's, came from its mouth. An unspeakable in the room realized what was going on.

"His soul is possessing the dementor. Get everyone to safety, now!" They yelled.