Harry Potter: Raised By Roses

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Court Is In Session

A gavel was banged by the head of the Magic Council. They were gathered in the main courtroom of Council Hall in Athens for Lockhart's trial.

The courtroom was a giant room set up for trials like this. There was a long table, for the council to sit at, on one side of the room. Against the right wall was the area where those like the court scribe sat, but separated from the high-ranked officials and lawyer interns that sat there to gain courtroom and law knowledge. Where the trio sat was the area for witnesses and their family members. Between the council table and the benches for court trial observing people was the stand for where the accused would be for the trial.

This was the courtroom for the worst criminal cases, especially those that have managed to avoid being arrested and were fugitives for over a year.

Around the room were security guards in case something went sideways and people needed to be either kept safe or taken down.

Olivia sat at her seat on the far right side of the council table. Dumbledore had come to Greece with the siblings, excusing for the weekend so that he could see what kind of person the governers forced him to keep on staff. Luckily there were no classes on weekends, probably some planning head done by Olivia. He left the heads of houses in charge of the school while he was gone.

And a little selfishly, he wanted to catch a glimpse of the mystic soul community of the trio's home country.

Olivia was only one of twelve members of the Magic Council. The other members were not nearly as young as her. She was twenty-one while the rest were no younger than thirty-five. The trio was quick to explain the rest of the council to their headmaster to keep him up to date on anything he might see if emotions ran high and powers may react.

The council was evenly split between males and females.

Next to Olivia was Lux Heavens, a thirty-five-year-old woman. She was a guardian angel mystic soul, meaning that she had angel-like abilities with a slight hint of light manipulation. Next was Daisy Marvel, a thirty-eight-year-old healing mage. She was in charge of the most well-known magical hospitals in magical Greece. Third was Selena Breeze, a fifty-year-old mermaid mystic soul. Having the powers of a mermaid enabled her to act as an ambassador of sorts to the merpeople community. The fourth female is Kynthia Vale, a forty-three-year-old woman with weapon creation magic. Her family owns a weapons shop that most requip mages go to buy new weapons or armor. The final female is sixty-year-old Talia Summers. She was the first-ever woman to be born with a mostly male-dominated power of King Arthur magic, which is a knight-centered power.

The men started with thirty-six-year-old Kamui Machine, a technopath. He had the power to control technology and used it to create technology-magic hybrid devices. Next to him was Draconis Smoke, a businessman of seventy years of age. He owned a very successful glasswork shop, using his power to bend glass, until he decided to retire and become a member of the council. Third was Austin Thanatos, a thirty-five-year-old ghost mage. He runs a business to help lost souls move on to the afterlife with his abilities over ghosts. The fourth man was Redus Guard, a forty-one-year-old mystic soul that could create any type of force field or shield. He is the head of the Greek version of the Aurors. Then you have Aragon Archer, a hunter mystic soul at thirty-seven years of age. He is a teacher at the Delphi school. Last is the head of the council, Lion Mythica. A forty-eight-year-old with the ability to channel the powers of mythical creatures and is also the former headmaster of Delphi before he started to focus on politics.

"That is quite the array of people on your council," Dumbledore tells them after the trio finish introductions.

"Unlike in Britain, equality is a big here," Melody says. "Like for the heads of third generation families, there is always a matriarchy or every patriarchy. There are also elections to chose first generation mages to be a part of that council as well."