Harry Potter: A Different Tale

McGonagall and Pomfrey were attending to Dumbledore along with Snape. Needless to say, Harry had caused quite a bit of chaos before he had left.

"You five" The lead auror pointed at Daphne, Rose, Rachel, Adrian,and Neville "I'm bringing you in for questioning" He figured that they must know something, judging by the way Potter had spoken to them

"It's a good thing that I'm here then" A voice called and everyone looked towards the door to find Andromeda Tonks standing in the doorway

"Who are you?" The lead auror asked

"I'm Andromeda Tonks, I'm here to represent Daphne Greengrass and Rose Flight at the request of my client, Harry Potter. I will also be representing Adrian Potter, if he is willing to have me. Adrian's parents will meet us at the ministry, they will also be acting as loco parentis for both Daphne Greengrass and Rose Flight with the consent of Lord and Lady Greengrass along with the consent of the current Lord Flight, Harry Potter."

"How did you know to come here?" The lead auror narrowed his eyes

"I received an owl a few days earlier, informing me to be on standby as I may need to come to Hogwarts. I then received a note earlier today from Mr Potter, informing me I should come as soon as possible. I would've been here sooner but for some reason, nobody was present at any of the Hogwarts floo fireplaces to let me in so I had to apparate into Hogsmead and make the way up on foot."

"He knew we were coming!" One auror hissed

"Yes, he did" The auror glared at Andromeda, like it was her fault.

"Come on Rose" Daphne grabbed Roses hand and the girls stood up "we'll be back soon Astoria" She said to her sister "see ya in a bit Tracy" The two girls walked over to Andromeda when the lead auror approached them

"Stop there" He said, Rose hid behind Daphne, clutching on the older girls arm.

"Stop" Andromeda said "both girls are willing to cooperate and you will not touch either of them"

"Why not?" The auror glared at her

"Miss Rose Flight has poor health and requires to be near familiar people, you simply touching her could cause severe mental damage. As of the moment, the only person she is comfortably familiar with other than Harry Potter is Miss Greengrass. They will be together at all times throughout this investigation"

"That is ridiculous!"

"Is it?" Andromeda glared at the auror, who suddenly realised who was better at glaring "If you wish to ignore my warning and cause harm to these girls then be prepared for me to bring the full force of the law down on you, if you're lucky you'll be able to maintain your job"

"Fine" The auror growled "follow my men to the ministry" He assigned a few of his aurors to take the children and Andromeda to the ministry where they'll be questioned while he had the rest stay with him to sort out this mess.

"H...Harry called you?" Adrian asked Andromeda as they were walking out of Hogwarts

"Yes" She nodded

"That...that means he knew this was going to happen" Adrian said as realisation came to him "he knew the aurors were coming to arrest him, he knew that they would take us in for questioning"

"Yes" She nodded once more

"What is he doing?" Neville asked

"I'm not quite sure, but needless to say, Mr Potter has a plan of some sort." Andromeda looked towards Neville "Do you know who I am?" She asked softly

"Not really, other than your name" Neville replied

"My name wasn't always Andromeda Tonks, it used to be Andromeda Black. I have two sisters, one goes by the name of Narcissa Malfoy, the other is currently known as Bellatrix Lestrange" Andromeda really didn't like seeing Neville tense up

"H...Harry" Neville just about managed to get out "he said she didn't do it...said she didn't torture my parents"

"You know something" Andromeda spoke slowly and softly "when I remember Bellatrix, I remember a fun young girl who wanted nothing more than to be a lawyer, like I am. I've always thought that there was something wrong with her joining the death eaters, maybe it was just me not believing she could do those things. Then again, I always thought that Sirius Black was innocent when it came to killing Pettigrew and betraying the Potters and I turned out to be right there"

"Neville" Daphne spoke "Pettigrew betrayed Harry's parents and nearly lead them to their deaths while Voldemort nearly killed them, and you saw what Harry did to both of them in that graveyard. Do you really think he'd save Lestrange if he believed that she cost you your parents?"

"I...I don't...I don't know" Neville let out a hard breath

"Take your time" Andromeda said "it's a lot to think about, I'll understand if you don't but I rather hope that you forgive her or at least give her a chance to explain"

"W...what is Harry planning?" Adrian asked Daphne

"He didn't tell me" Daphne answered honestly "all he told me was he had a plan, he had to leave and once he was done, the worst dark lord that the world has ever seen will be finished and in Azkaban"

"He really didn't tell you?"

"No, plausible deniability" Daphne shrugged "we Slytherin's have a habit of thinking ahead" She added jokingly

"Ha" Adrian let out a false laugh

"Adrian" Rachel spoke slowly "I understand that this is a lot to take in, hearing what Harry has done and not knowing why, but there's only one thing that Harry needs you to do right now"

"What's that?" Adrian looked at her with eyes still red from his tears

"Believe in him, trust him, please. That's all he needs from you"

"He...he has a good reason for this?" Adrian asked

"He would never do something this big without a good reason Adrian" Daphne replied

"Fine" Adrian sniffed and wiped his eyes "I'll trust him, until I hear his explanation at least"

"Thank you" Daphne smiled

"But...what about Dumbledore? Harry hurt him really bad"

"Yeah but I think that's just because he finally had an opportunity to do so, a blind person could see that Harry doesn't like Dumbledore"

"Has Harry ever told you why he doesn't like Dumbledore? I think there are more reasons than he let on"

"That's up to Harry to tell you" Daphne sighed "let's just say that it would take a miracle to make Harry ever forgive Dumbledore, and quite frankly, if I was Harry, I would've killed him by now"

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