Previously
"Barty Crouch!!!..." He screams, and within the silence of the room there are gasps before Karkaroff finishes with one word which despite being said in a near whisper was heard by all present.
"Junior."
Continued
All eyes moved to a smartly dressed man who had started to leave the room. The man that Gold now knows as Barty Crouch Jr was frozen in place, not by magic but by shock.
Once the shock wore off Gold could see anger and a bit of fear on the mans face.
Before Karkaroff's words can sink in Barty had started to run towards the cage before he was struck down with a blasting curse by Mad-Eye Moody and dragged to his feet by the aurors."Get your filthy hands off me you pathetic little man!" Barty screamed at one of his captors as he was dragged over to Crouch Sr, who he snarled at before speaking. "Hello father." He nearly hissed sarcastically as they came to a stop in front of him.
"You are no son of mine" Crouch Sr said and Barty expression hardened before he struggled once more, screaming profanities at the man as he was dragged towards the door."What? No questions Mr Crouch?" Gold spat at the man as the ones leaving the room with Barty stopped to hear what he would say. "You disown your only son, nee only child on just the word of an obviously desperate prisoner who would say anything to be free?! Without even questioning him!?" Severus stood up and continued where Gold left off.
"I happen to know that Barty was only used as a researcher and was looking into the amount of children that have been left in abusive homes while Albus Dumbledore has been at Hogwarts, and I, by the way, was one of them." "And so was I!" Barty shouted out for the room to here. "which is why I was so invested in the research! I want to stop children from being used as target practice for the parents like you did with me!"
"SHUT IT, YOU LYING BRAT!" Crouch Sr screamed out for all to hear and the few observant people in the room (Gold, Severus, Lucius ext.) noticed Barty Crouch Jr flinch away for a moment before collecting himself.
"Call me a liar all you like, but it won't change the fact that you would constantly use two of the unforgivable's on me!"
The court started screaming out, some in outrage and some in denial at the idea of someone so high up in the ministry using an unforgivable at all, never mind on his own son.Before Crouch Sr could try and defend himself he was bound by Moody himself and chained into the newly returned chair next to Igor, who Gold just realised had been magical silenced.
"If he's really lying then you won't mind a bit of questioning. Will you?"
"That is not necessary Moody, I'm sure this is just a big misunderstanding." The old man himself, Dumbledore, finally spoke up and the rest of the room looked at him in shock and disgust before Moody replied
"This man has been accused off using two of the unforgivable curses on his son starting who knows when. How is that a misunderstanding, Albus?!"
The room was silent as the man screamed at THE Albus Dumbledore. Gold looked at Dumbledore in disgust before locking eyes with Severus as if asking a question. Severus seemed to understand because a moment later he leaned closer to Gold and murmured "Crouch Sr hates death eaters and would make being one illegal if he could, but someone else may be fair and only arrest death eaters if they have broken the law or may be a death eaters and release them immediately for the same."
Gold nodded his head to Severus in thanks before looking back at the commotion. From the way those nearest to Dumbledore were unconsciously leaning away from him, it seemed that the man was going to lose quite a few of his followers proceedings the trials.
Time skip
After questioning Crouch Sr and finding out that he did use the unforgivable curses on his son, he was sentenced to life in Azkaban prison and Barty was cleared of all charges after it was found that all charges other than being a death eater were falsified by Igor in a desperate attempt to be released. After some smooth talking by Lucius it was agreed that Igor would be sent back to Bulgaria to be put to trial with a British representative to watch over the proceedings and complete his trial record and the results of which would be sent to the court who were in attendance for the first trial.Thank you for your patience.
Sorry for how long it's taking. I have been getting writers block for this story. I know where it's going but I don't know how I want to get it there, so I've been playing around with a few other story ideas to try and get the creative juices flowing.
Thank you for reading.
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