Chapter 81: What Happened Next

Red, in all his forms, started to wake up, although the real body was the first, he was again lying in the hospital wing with Dumbledore sitting in a chair looking at him indifferently.

"How much was this time?" I asked for.

"Another whole day" The director replied without emotion "Why don't you move to the infirmary? It would be easier for everyone"

"This time if it wasn't directly my fault" I replied.

"Just like the times before?"

"You must know what happened..." I stayed a while processing it, now I realize that Tonks' father is truly dead, something I still can't fully accept "They... killed him..."

"..."

"I couldn't help it, it's all the ministry's fault, if they had done their part we wouldn't be like this now" I said angrily.

"Could be... but all this started because of you" The director replied without anger but without kindness.

"Are you going to blame me for seeking justice?"

"The world isn't always fair...if you hadn't had Tenebrius's plan no one would have known about Rotenrot, he wouldn't have come into conflict with you and Edward wouldn't be dead now"

"If it had been like that, other people would have died"

"Yes, but if you hadn't tried to get the credit, nothing would have changed... sometimes the search for the truth can have consequences, you can't justify your actions for something that wouldn't have happened if it weren't for your ideas..."

"You can go to get your moral where the light does not give you, it does not matter if I was good or not, someone died because someone killed him"

"For that reason, you also killed in revenge?"

"I know there is a saying that if you kill a murderer, the number of murderers stays the same"

"It's a good saying"

"That's why I killed more than one"

"Your ideals are no longer good ideals"

"Stop trying to blame me for what I did, just tell me what happened, I'm missing some memories and the only thing I know is that Tenebrius is in Azkaban"

"... After what he did, many people are upset, that he was able to indiscriminately kill so many people in the middle of the street has given the ministry a very bad image. Tenebrius will be tried in court for his actions... But I guess it won't be like that, right?" The director raised an eyebrow at me.

"I don't know what you're talking about, don't be mysterious, I'm too tired to try to guess"

"If Tenebrius were to disappear from his cell and never appear again, it might be a mystery that no one could solve..."

"Interesting, but I don't think I will, I prefer to defend my innocence. I need Tenebrius to be a free man for now"

"You said Tenebrius would end, don't you think it's time, how you plan to defend his innocence after so many murders?" Dumbledore yelled angrily.

"Something will occur to me, and I told Tenebrius to leave the ministry, but he is not going to disappear... don't try to convince me otherwise"

"Then you are alone, don't wait for my help. For me Tenebrius is dead and if you want to continue with that, do it, I have more important things to take care of so that you will cause me more problems" The angry director left the infirmary.

I could only sigh, it was going to be difficult, but I had to try... if I wanted Tenebrius to be worth it, I had to prevent him from ending locked up despite what I did, right now I just want to see Tonks. For now, I'll just send her a message to see if I can go see her

...

When I woke up I realized that it was cold, I looked around and realized that I was in a cell, my hands were chained, plus the atmosphere felt strangely depressing and gloomy.

I got up and with my blood manipulation altered my body so I could get out of the handcuffs. I broke free and looked beyond the bars, managing to see something I expected but didn't think I would see so soon, dementors. They were somewhat interesting, I always wondered what they would be like, but they are very ugly, like rotten bodies covered by a cloth.

I stood leaning as I looked at the two skills I had received yesterday that made everything I did possible.

[Essence of Wrath]

-The more you are consumed by rage, the more power you gain. Upon gaining this ability for the first time, you will fall into a state of deep rage.

[Essence of Madness]

-The more you fall into a state of madness, insanity or the like, the line between logical and illogical will weaken around you even more. Upon gaining this skill for the first time, rational faculties will be temporarily weakened-

So I wasted some kind of power up? Well, I didn't know these abilities worked like this... now... what do I do?

I ended up getting out after a while of removing the door without breaking it, it was difficult, but with the amount of skills and things I have in the inventory I was able to do it. Once I got out, the dementors noticed me and tried to come at me and suck my soul, which would sound better if they were sexy dementors...

A group of dementors came and I could feel them sucking towards me, and I was ready to undo Tenebrius at any sign of danger, but it wasn't necessary.

Even though I could feel that they were trying to take something away from me… they couldn't, it was as if the slightest attempt to move something inside me was denied, as if they were trying to suck the void.

"How convenient"

The dementors tried to follow, but could get nothing. They were in my way, so I took a hit on one and then went invisible to get out of there. Once I used the invisibility ability, the dementors couldn't seem to find me in the slightest, they searched but couldn't even get close.

I kept walking through the cells of the place, seeing prisoners in a state of depression and madness, I even found some relatives among them. I went unnoticed by the few Aurors in the place and went deeper until I got to the ones I really wanted to find.

Sirius Black, I think, looked so broken that I could hardly tell if it was him, adding that I never saw him personally. I felt a bit sorry for him, not that I admired him, but he spent many years here, I took out some food from my inventory and secretly put it in the cell.

Then I went to see another interesting person and although I could also see the murderers of my mother's brothers, they did not interest me, who I wanted to see was another person.

Arriving at a cell, I was able to find her, Bellatrix Lastrange, Andromeda's sister and who would kill Tonks if things were to go as in the original story. I must say that like Sirius, she could not appreciate her true appearance, I wonder if she is as beautiful as her sister, in the book it said they were very similar.

I would like to change her personality a bit, I can't forgive the idea that she would kill Tonks, but if she could reform herself maybe she could make Andromeda happy... but considering how she got along with the Black family I don't know if it will be like this...

Who am I kidding? The Bellatrix actress in the movie was sexy and now that I see the real one I want to fuck her... let's say, maybe I could, I wouldn't now, since she's weak, but if I could change a little their attitude or loyalty...

"I'll come for you later" I said quietly before going back to my cell.

...

At Hogwarts I was backed against the wall by the girls again, they were all upset and kept yelling at me. Indeed, since I returned to Hogwarts after Christmas, I have been in the hospital wing quite often.

"Look, it's nothing serious"

"You said the same thing about the other times, and it keeps happening..." Penelope yelled at me.

"Yes, but this time it's different"

"In what?" the girls asked.

"This time it was a blackout... Emotional?... You see, I found out that an acquaintance died and with all the stress I'm under, the news was too much" I lied with parts of the truth.

"What?"

"When?"

"Has anyone in your family died?"

They launched many questions now somewhat more concerned and without blaming me so much.

"He wasn't from my family, but I knew him" I started chatting until most of them believed me.

"... You said that you suffered from stress and that's why you were like this. From what?" Parvati asked.

"Well, in case you didn't notice, besides being a normal student like you, I also created the two most luxurious associations in Hogwarts, I repair the stadium, I do night work to finance them, plus many other things... I use my clones to achieve all of that and it consumes a lot of mental energy, I think they've been taking a toll on me lately" I put on a tired and exhausted expression, just to add more pity.

At that moment the girls felt a little bad, they certainly don't imagine themselves doing the same thing as me, not even Penelope, who was the oldest. Also taking into account the two things that happened to me before where 'I was close to death' they considered that it was too much for me.

They told me to stop doing so many things, but I did not accept, I told them that everything was necessary if I wanted us to achieve our happiness. It was a somewhat heated debate, but it ended better than I expected, with them being more considerate of me.

...

At some point during the day some aurors came to my cell and took me out of there, I had put the handcuffs back on when I felt them coming, so they didn't notice anything abnormal.

We traveled to a part of the ministry where they made me wait, I think they will judge me shortly. It didn't take long before they took me once more, this time to the courtroom.

I was taken to the big chair in the center of the Hall, in front of it were the members of the wizengamot with Dumbledore on the head looking at me disapprovingly. On the sides I could see familiar people, among them were Andromeda and Tonks, who looked at the place with disgust. When they saw me, they felt relieved and worried at the same time.

"Well, here begins the trial of Tenebrius Akaichi" Dumbledore began the session.

"Wait!" Said someone who entered with a quick step.

Amelia, who had not been present, entered the room and stood next to me.

"Mrs. Amelia, we were surprised by your lateness, you can take your place," Dumbledore said.

"I'm already in my position"

"What do you mean by that Amelia?!" Fudge said aside, somewhat annoyed.

"I am here, not as the head of the Law Enforcement department. I am here today as a defender of Tenebrius Akaichi."

Amelia's words surprised everyone, including me.

"That can't be, go back to your place, Mrs. Bones" Umbridge said disgusted. My trial was a game for most here, I was an unknown mestizo and my actions brought problems to some, so it was going to be almost an execution and this was just a formality, but if Amelia got involved...

"As the laws indicate, I can participate on the defendant's side in this trial, but I will not be able to act as a judge or participate in any decision..."

"Are you sure of that, Miss Amelia?" Dumbledore looked at her questioningly, somewhat annoyed that she had decided to help me.

"It's what I have to do" Amelia replied.

"Well... we start with the trial"

Everyone there agreed, they found Amelia's decision strange, but they did not object. Many in the room were not happy with me, my actions left them in a bad light, in addition to other political issues.

"Tenebrius Akaichi, you are accused of the murder of 18 wizards, of which you have been seen doing it in full view of various wizards and witches. Do you have anything to say about it?" Dumbledore began.

"Two things your honor" I always wanted to say that, one less thing on my list "If you clarify that they have been killed in public view as an addition, it means that it is a worse sin than murder, which I consider very unethical Murder, whether in the sight of others or not, carries the same weight in my eyes... Don't you think so? you like this, Mr Dumbledore?"

"Insolent! How dare you question us like that!" An ugly woman yelled at me.

"Sorry, that was a valid question" I said to Umbridge "Also you didn't consider that you could interrupt me like that"

"We are judging you for your crimes, we can ask you any questions you want, you have no right to talk to us like that"

"Seriously, I thought that the trials were to be able to establish the innocence or guilt of a person, and mine has not concluded yet, so nothing has been sentenced... if I cannot defend myself then why are we here, you would have sentenced me to death directly"

"I believe that what Mr. Akaichi says is correct, a sentence has not yet been handed down, he has the right to defend himself" Amelia continued, reciting some laws on the defense of the accused. With her, we exchanged glances and had an unspoken understanding.

"Besides, Miss Umbridge, I was speaking to Judge Dumbledore, not you, if you interrupted me it means you think your words are more important than his. Do you think you are better than the greatest white wizard of all time?"

"Silence" Dumbledore brought order to the room, he hated my ability to find fault with others and if I let this continue it was not going to end well.

"I'm just saying, if they don't take into account the lives of those who didn't die in the eyes of others, I think they are indirect murderers... and bringing one murderer to judge another doesn't seem very correct to me"

"Are you confessing that you are a murderer?" An elder from the Wizengamot asked upon hearing me.

"Are you guys doing it too?" I replied smiling.

"ENOUGH! We will continue with this Judgment" Dumbledore exclaimed.

"Okay, sorry to bring up morality and justice issues" I apologized, although it was also a secret hit "Next thing I want to say is... I only remember the first 8, then everything turned red..."

"He confessed!" Umbridge yelled.

"I think that's all said" Fudge continued more the talk of the other wizards.

"Silence," Dumbledore yelled. At this moment he felt annoyed, he seriously wanted to end this Tenebrius thing but he knew more than the others present.

"Under the laws of the ministry, even though the defendant has testified, the trial cannot end" Amelia said, who was also a little uncomfortable with what I said, but we exchanged glances again "Even though the participation in the crime has been confessed as he mentioned, he did not plead completely guilty, but rather manifested a particular characteristic that has to be investigated. As long as he himself does not plead guilty, then this trial cannot be terminated, taking into account the witnesses to be called."

"The trial will continue" Dumbledore said that he also knew that he could not end this trial so soon, for various reasons...

"Well, based on what Akaichi said, he only has partial knowledge of what acon..."

"Mrs. Amelia, you are defending a criminal just because he works for you, you are risking your reputation" Umbridge interrupted again.

"I'm not defending him because he works for me, I'm defending him because I consider him someone worthy to do so. I don't know what happened, so I'm here to clarify it and for justice to be done" Amelia defended herself "This young man here has produced results that have advanced jobs for months. These additional jobs, according to the statistics department, is equivalent to the work of 5 ministry workers with at least 4 years of experience. Their work deserves some consideration"

"A criminal should be judged for his crimes, not for his achievements"

"Could be" I exchanged glances with Dumbledore as if to say that I know his past and then turned back to the Wizengamot "Miss Umbridge are you having personal conflicts with me? You have personally attacked me and interrupted, yelled at me when I have not raised my voice at any time. At the moment, I don't think it's fair for someone with personal conflicts to participate in my trial"

"Silence!" Dumbledore exclaimed, seeing that this was not moving forward.

"I don't think it's me who should be silenced Mr. Dumbledore, it's not me who has been interrupting"

"Miss Umbridge, please let the trial continue," Dumbledore told her. "Go on with your words," nodded to Bones.

"Well, as I meant to say, as previously stated… the defendant Tenebrius Akaichi is not entirely at fault for his actions, he was not under his complete control and he was not aware of his actions" Amelia stated after we silently agreed.

"Murdered 18 people, how can he not be guilty?"

From there began a debate among all those present. Amelia and I made a team and while she defended me with the technical and legal part, I was in charge of the rhetoric and empathy. We had a lot of opposition, the people here didn't like me, especially when everything they said was refuted by our words.

Between those words I learned something, Rotenront would participate in this Trial as a witness, only he was arriving a bit late because he was out of the country. Tonks nearly had a fit of rage in the middle of the trial hearing about it, but I was able to calm her from afar by telling her to wait. With that new information, I also sent an invisible clone to do a little job.

"That day Tenebrius suffered an alteration of both his physical and mental faculties, the people who did not see can testify, he was not in a position to make decisions. To judge him as a murderer would be to assign him a guilt that does not correspond to him" Amelia said before everyone.

"Amelia is right, at some point that day I lost control of my actions... I think it could have been something intentional by a third party" Act like the victim.

"Explain" Someone from the Wizengamot said.

"It would be very convenient that just after the death of... "I looked at the Tonks women for a while before continuing "Edward Tonks I went to the guilty, right? I can't be on the side of the murderers and that I just went to where they were without having any clue of their whereabouts is something suspicious... not even the aurors of the ministry managed to find them, so why should I? I suppose that all this is some plan of someone who wanted to use me to do the dirty work"

"Do you have proof of this?" asked Dumbledore.

"Well, no more than you may already have, you know there was an assassination attempt against us" I said looking at Tonks "Not long after, my partner's father was brutally murdered in retaliation. We know there is someone against us, and I, a somewhat capable magician, was able to kill a group of 18 magicians who are recognized criminals without difficulty, knowing where they were and with physical means, which I don't have" I said showing my thin body.

"What Akaichi says is correct, everything is too coincidental for simple revenge to cause all this..."