Cabinet Conundrum

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"This is the Flamel manor." Dumbledore said relieved to see the ballroom of a familiar place and they were all hopeful for the dancing people inside to help ...

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"That's Ryan Peverell." Ron whispered in an annoyed tone as he pointed to the tall silver haired wizard dancing with one woman.

"He's a fabulous dancer." Hermione swooned as she watched the silver haired younger man lead the shorter woman around the dance floor.

"As a Peverell he's probably rich.' Ginny smirked and eyed the man greedily as the music died down and the dancers left the dance floor. If the convicts were kept up on the current events they would already know that Ryan was very rich, but that is not the usual protocol so they knew nothing.

Ryan spotted his new guests and bowed politely to his dance partner before walking towards them, "It's an honor to have you with us. I am Ryan Peverell. Please have a seat. We have dinner and potions for you. The potions will help reverse the dementors' affect on you." He said as he himself joined them at the table while they tried to listen to what the people around them who weren't dancing to the music were talking about, which was apparently about the art on the walls.

"Art?" Mrs. Weasley queried as she took her obviously normal nutrition potion a bit puzzled because she couldn't see any art. She quickly stopped her son from diving into the food like a slob in front of their host.

"Ah yes. I apologize, but there's a spell on them. When you're strong enough you'll be able to see them. Please eat, we all ate already so there's no need to hold back on our account." Ryan said politely.

A young man came over to stand next to Ryan, "Sirron makes the most amazing food. You'd almost think they had potions in them to make them so good." He said making Ryan's lip twitch into an amused smile. Both Minerva and Moody tested the food first and watched Ron, who began chowing down, for any side effects caused by a potion, but saw nothing.

Dumbledore cautiously tasted the food at that comment even after seeing that Ron was fine, but tasted nothing that would raise any alarm bells, "The food is very good." He said mentally chuckling at how stupid Harry was to never taste the obvious potions in his food. The brat was a fool even if he got lucky and managed to run into someone smart. It was Diggory's fault Harry was made aware of the plans for him. If not for that Harry Potter would be where he needed to be ... alive and under Dumbledore's thumb ...

"I'm glad you approve." Ryan said and his lips twitched again in amusement as the young man he knew was Draco under an illusion started talking with a disguised Theo. The topic was Quidditch, which wasn't a topic he cared for, but this was rather funny in a different context.

Theo pouted at the paper in his hands, "Looks like both the Appleby Arrows and the Falmouth Falcons are playing against each other."

Draco frowned, "No point sacrificing ... I'll have to cheer for both." Draco said behind his disguise subtly putting more emphasis on the word 'sacrificing' just as he did with the word 'potions' before. It was subtle, but were still insults towards the fools nonetheless. After all sacrificing Harry Potter and potioning his food were crimes they were all accused of ...

"That's stupid ... the Falmouth Falcons would win for sure!" Ron argued only to be glared at by the rest of the Order and worse, his mother. It was scary and he shut up to eat instead of trying to make a point. He was vaguely aware that his father said nothing and continued to stand behind his mother's chair watching everyone at the table, but he thought nothing of it. He'll wish he did ...

Hermione looked at the newspaper she could see from the young man's hands and gasped, "We're all going to be given the dementor's kiss? That's not right! Ron, Ginny and I are all young adults so we should get a chance to see a mind healer before that!" She exclaimed in horror. She read all the laws and did all the calculations based on everything. Even though Ron shot the killing blow they should be given a chance because higher authority was involved. Granted there wasn't any real manipulation on them. The three of them knew everything from the start and had no problem with it, but Wizengamot is supposed to take the headmaster's influence into account and cut them a lot of slack.