Chapter Eight
It had been two weeks since Reggie's visit to the Ministry of Magic to speak with Amelia and just as he knew, she got right on it, getting Sirius a trial to prove his innocence.
Reggie had received an Owl from Amelia telling him everything and that Sirius' trial was set to take place Saturday at 10 AM, which was three days away as it was Wednesday.
That gave the man ample time to figure out how he was going to attend without revealing himself yet since it was still too early for the Wizarding World to know that Regulus Black was alive.
He did know that the next person that the reveal was going to be made to was his cousin Andromeda as she was a healer, and one of the best at that, Reggie was not going to keep his brother at St. Mungos. He spoke to Charles, who said that he would set up a room in the medical bay, so Sirius could still get the medical help he needed after spending eight years in Azkaban... Andy would be the only healer that he would trust to take care of his brother.
He of course was going to make sure she went to Gringotts and got cleansed because he was sure she would have some kind of compulsions on her.
Reggie sent an owl out to Darkfang asking him to request Andromeda's presence at Gringotts, the following day (Thursday) so that he could speak with her and also get her to get tested for potions and compulsions.
He received an owl back not too long after that, saying that it would be done, for him to be at Gringotts at 11:45 since the owl to Mrs. Tonks was going to have her arrive at noon.
Reggie smirked, things were slowly falling into place.
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The next morning after breakfast, Aster kissed her husband before he headed out, Reggie had told her everything before they went to bed the previous night. Aster was going to spend the day with Mia, helping her get caught up on her schoolwork since she joined so late into the school year.
But looking at the eight-year-old now only a few weeks of being with Aster and Reggie, you think she was a completely different girl, to what she was when Erik brought her there, and in a way she was... she no longer felt like an outcast, and was around children with abilities like her that were her age and she was making friends.
After saying goodbye to his wife for the day, Reggie left through the Floo and landed in Diagon Alley, and made his way to Gringotts at the designated time he was supposed to be there and Darkfang led him back to a room to wait for Andromeda to arrive.
Which she did at exactly 12 PM on the dot, she was ushered into the room where Reggie was waiting, she was confused about everything the letter she received was very vague, but she knew better than to ignore a summons by Gringotts no matter how confused she was about the situation.
She was even more confused that she was being summoned by the Black Family account manager, "Darkfang? What have I been summoned here for?"
Reggie smirked, "Sorry about all the vagueness, but that would be my doing, Andy." the woman's eyes widened at hearing her cousin's voice even though he was supposed to be dead.
"Regulus? What is this?"
He nodded toward the chair beside him, "Have a seat, Andy and I will explain everything." the older witch took a shaky breath keeping her mask in place for now, and she grabbed the seat beside Reggie.
"You're supposed to be dead..."
"Supposed to be, but I assure you that I am very much alive."
"What happened and why haven't you told anyone about this?"
"It's a long story Andy and well I have been working in shadows with the goblins here for quite some time now and telling anyone that I'm alive would ruin everything... now first I need you to get an inheritance test to see if you've had any potions or compulsion placed on you before I tell you anymore of my plans."
She looked confused again, "why would I have anything like that placed on me?"
"Because I did, and Amelia too, I paid her a visit a couple of weeks ago."
Andy looked surprised but compiled and got the test done and once they had the results her eyes darkened seeing that she indeed did have compulsions placed on her... her eyes were blazing with fury now, "Dumbledore made me dislike my own sisters? He's the reason they hate me? Not because I got disowned?"
Reggie looked at her, "You know technically you were never officially disowned, you still have the black family magic because only Lord Black can disown family members and at that time it was my father Orion, not your father who was the one to 'disown' you, but my father never officially did it.... Like Sirius, mother dearest blasted him off the family tree, but our father never officially disowned him."
Andy looked surprised at that, "really?"
Reggie nodded, "Yes, it's true." then Andy went and got everything cleansed and was back in the room a short while later. "All right then now we can truly get started."
"So you've really just been working behind the scenes all this time?"
"Indeed, who do you think got Sirius a proper trial? Me, that was why I met with Amelia as I mentioned earlier, informing her that my brother was innocent and convincing her to get him a trial since he was denied that, to begin with eight years ago, to prove it.... It really makes you think how many others were just thrown in Azkaban with no trial when they were innocent."
It really did beg the question of how many people were just thrown in there to get them out of the way...
"Sirius is innocent?" there was a look of surprise on her face because she had believed what they said about him even if there was a small voice in her head saying that something was fishy.
Reggie scoffed "of course he is, my brother was fiercely loyal to James, he would have rather died than betray him, James and Lily Potter named Sirius the godfather of their daughter, they did the ritual here in Gringotts, the Goblins have a record of the ritual happening they document every ritual that takes place within the bank... that right there proves that Sirius could never have betrayed James Potter because it would have hurt his goddaughter and the magic of the ritual would have punished him for causing her harm."
Andy was speechless to say the least she had not expected any of this that had happened since she arrived here... "and exactly why am I here Reg?"
"That brings me to the next part of this, Amelia has gotten Sirius a trial and it's going to be held at the Ministry on Saturday... I will be there undercover though so no one finds out about me right now, but Sirius is going to need medical attention, spending eight years in Azkaban and I don't really trust anyone else to treat him and I'm not leaving him at St. Mungos where he would be easy to get to by Dumbledore... after the trial and his innocence is proven I'll be bringing him to where I'm staying. He'll be safe and have a healthy environment to recover in... I want you to come and treat him there instead of St. Mungos... we're trying to get Dumbledore out of power and we need as many allies against him as we can get... I think he's dosed everyone while we attended Hogwarts, it's the only time he could have..."
Andy was once again shocked at the information given to her "Do I need to have Ted, and Nympadora tested for compulsions as well?"
"It would be a good idea, Andy... so what do you say?"
She thought about it for a moment and then nodded, "I'll help you, cousin, you just stay out of sight at the trial I'll speak to Amelia and tell her that you've named me proxy to handle Sirius' care after his release from custody and then we can bring him to wherever it is you are taking him and I will come by twice a week to monitor his condition and everything."
Regulus smirked, "Thank you, Andy... after Sirius is released we'll go hard on getting everyone that we think may actually be innocent retried with the use of Veritaserum, so they can't lie about it."
Andy nodded understanding what he meant "Okay let's focus on Sirius right now."
Reggie nodded "Okay, nice to have you on board Andy."
"It was good to see you Reg."
"You too Andy, I'll be in touch after the trial and I'll give you a port key that will bring you to where we're going to be staying for the first arrival after that you can just use the Floo."
They spoke for a few more minutes before saying goodbye. Andy was off to speak to Amelia and then she was going to make sure her daughter and husband got checked for compulsions as soon as possible.
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Regulus arrived back at the school just before dinner; he had a successful meeting with Andromeda and had drawn her to their side against Dumbledore, sure he had left things about Mia out of it for now until after the trial Andy would get to meet her then.
Aster smiled and kissed him as he approached after changing out of the clothes he had worn for the meeting, "how did it go my love?"
"Splendidly, Any has agreed to help take care of Sirius after he is released and is on our side against the old fool... that's one more person we can count on and after Saturday I'm sure that Marlene and Remus will come out of hiding and I'll convince them to join us as well."
"Everything is going just the way we planned my love."
"Indeed how was Mia today l?"
Aster smiled "She did really well in her studies. She's a smart kid, Petunia and her rotten husband just never let her show it since she could never do better than their precious Dudley... Mia told me that today while we were working."
"Where is she now?"
"She's taken up with Bianca rather well, the two are out in the garden Bianca is showing Mia her plants."
Reggie smiled "Good, she needs friends her age." Regulus had taken the young Mutant under his wing upon her arrival seeing similarities in her to his friend Francesca, he had met her on holiday in Italy one year and she had an affinity for plants and Herbology. Bianca's mutation gave her Agrokinesis which is the control over plants. Bianca was also eight years old.
It was maybe 10 minutes before dinner when Mia came running into the room pulling a pale-looking Bianca behind her, once they were in the room she shut the door.
Aster looked at the two girls "Mia what happened?"
"Well Aunt Aster, Bianca and I were out in the greenhouse she was showing me her plants when one of Ellie's cats jumped out frightening us, and knocked a pot off the table and then Bianca dived for the pot her hands held out in front of her and then the pot is like frozen two inches from the floor and it couldn't have been her mutation since it's all about plants and controlling them and I didn't do anything so do you think maybe she has magic as well?"
Reggie then kneels in front of the two girls "It's possible Mia but we'll have to take her to Gringotts to be sure." Then he looked at Bianca "It's all right Bianca we'll figure it out okay?"
She nodded "Okay..." she still looked shaken but Mia wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"I told you one of them would know what to say." Then she looks at Reggie "Aunt Aster told me about your meeting, how did it go?"
Reggie ruffles Mia's hair, "it went well little star... why don't you take Bianca and get ready for dinner and we will talk more about what happened tomorrow?" Mia looked over at Bianca who nodded and the two girls left the room.
Reggie bit his lip after they left, "I knew she reminded me of Francesca but how would her daughter have ended up here because she never would have abandoned her child whether she was a mutant or not... looks like we're going to Gringotts tomorrow I need to know if it's true and how to contact her without revealing myself to be alive..."
Aster kissed his head "We will figure it out tomorrow my love after we confirm if she's also a witch." Reggie kissed his wife before they headed down to dinner.
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The following morning after Breakfast Mia was explaining a few things to Bianca as they made their way to Charles' office to meet Reggie and Aster.
"So I might be a mutant and a witch, like you?"
"Maybe Bianca but that's why we're going to Gringotts today to confirm it... it's not bad though I've been there and did the same thing that you're going to be doing today."
Bianca was a little nervous "Will you stay right there with me Mia?"
"Of course, I will B." The two girls had their arms hooked together at the elbow as they approached the office. Aster and Reggie were waiting outside for them. Cloaks were placed around both girls "It's so we don't draw too much attention" Mia explained at the confused look on Bianca's face.
Once they were inside Reggie looked at Mia, "Remember what I told you to do?"
Mia nodded "I do Uncle Reggie."
"Good why don't you show Bianca what to do?"
"Okay." Then she grabbed a pinch of Floo powder, "Okay so this is called Floo powder it just takes a pinch, you throw it in and then you say the destination clearly and precisely. like so " Mia tossed the powder in and spoke clearly "Diagon Alley." and then she grabbed Bianca's arm and they stepped through arms still linked.
"Woah," Bianca said as they landed in the area they were supposed to be in and Reggie and Aster stepped out right behind them.
"Very good Mia " Reggie said, making the girl beam at him as they raised the hoods of their cloaks and made their way towards the Wizarding Bank.
Mia was quietly explaining a few things to Bianca while Reggie got them a meeting with an account manager for the Inheritance Test for Bianca.
Once they were back in a room and Darkfang entered the room Mia smiled at the goblin. While staying true to her word and staying right by Bianca's side.
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Okay so Bianca was a surprise added character lmao that I thought of as I was writing this chapter anyone want to guess which Wizarding family she comes from before the reveal in the next chapter? XD.
Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter (:
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