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fratricide
The minister of magic sat at a desk on the opposite side of the room from Demelza, staring off into the distance.
"The trial of Mrs Demelza Murray is about to begin, so I must ask that you all take your seat." the patter of feet echoed through the clean black and white chamber. No other sounds could be heard and all colours seemed muted except for a dot of pink in the middle of a sea of black robes and tired faces.
"Are you ready to begin Mrs Murray?" the minister asked
"Yes, I think I am, Minister Fudge," Demelza told him. The minister removed his green bowler hat and placed it on the desk in front of him.
"Does the court have your permission to use veritaserum truth serum?" he asked.
She said nothing, but instead nodded and looked around the room for the potion. when she saw the witch holding the bottle she held her mouth open and waited as the three drops were placed on her tongue.
"A test, just to see if it has worked," he took the hat off his desk and held it out at arm's length.
"What do you think of my hat?" he began putting it back on his head but was only halfway through when she stated loud and clear.
"It's ugly and it makes your head look far too big," she knew what she had said and had no regrets in regards to how it made him feel. Though it was clear he didn't take it well as he could be seen removing it slowly hoping no one noticed it, everyone did. He cleared his throat, though the actual reason he did it was unclear. He played it off as he got everyone's attention.
"Now the big question: did you or did you not kill your sister?" the eyes surrounding her felt like tiny daggers cutting into her. She felt a lump developing in her throat, but she eventually replied "yes", then utter silence and a struggle to fight back tears.
"Why did you kill her?"
She could only say, "I didn't mean to?"
"For the sake of the court could you tell us how she died?"
"We went to a cave," she told them.
The cave was in the middle of nowhere when the two sisters entered it. Only they and one other knew of its existence, but they both entered - one more confident than the other.
"Hurry up, Grace. You're such a Hufflepuff."
"What's wrong with being a Hufflepuff?" her sister's black and yellow scarf was illuminated by the light at the end of both their wands.
"I'm kidding. There's nothing wrong with it."
The cave went deeper but as they moved forward the light at the end, cast by Lumos, began to turn red then finally vanish. The two sisters were overwhelmed by an endless sense of cold.
"We should turn back," Grace said.
"No, the heart is here. We just have to find it then everything will be fine."
Parts of the cave wall crumbled away rolling to the floor around them.
"This way," she said, pointing to a hole the shifting rocks made about half their size.
"It is at times like this I regret never becoming an animagus," she said, trying to distract from the pain and the wet feeling on both their hands and knees.
"What do you think...
"The trial of Mrs Demelza Murray is about to begin, so I must ask that you all take your seat." the patter of feet echoed through the clean black and white chamber. No other sounds could be heard and all colours seemed muted except for a dot of pink in the middle of a sea of black robes and tired faces.
"Are you ready to begin Mrs Murray?" the minister asked
"Yes, I think I am, Minister Fudge," Demelza told him. The minister removed his green bowler hat and placed it on the desk in front of him.
"Does the court have your permission to use veritaserum truth serum?" he asked.
She said nothing, but instead nodded and looked around the room for the potion. when she saw the witch holding the bottle she held her mouth open and waited as the three drops were placed on her tongue.
"A test, just to see if it has worked," he took the hat off his desk and held it out at arm's length.
"What do you think of my hat?" he began putting it back on his head but was only halfway through when she stated loud and clear.
"It's ugly and it makes your head look far too big," she knew what she had said and had no regrets in regards to how it made him feel. Though it was clear he didn't take it well as he could be seen removing it slowly hoping no one noticed it, everyone did. He cleared his throat, though the actual reason he did it was unclear. He played it off as he got everyone's attention.
"Now the big question: did you or did you not kill your sister?" the eyes surrounding her felt like tiny daggers cutting into her. She felt a lump developing in her throat, but she eventually replied "yes", then utter silence and a struggle to fight back tears.
"Why did you kill her?"
She could only say, "I didn't mean to?"
"For the sake of the court could you tell us how she died?"
"We went to a cave," she told them.
The cave was in the middle of nowhere when the two sisters entered it. Only they and one other knew of its existence, but they both entered - one more confident than the other.
"Hurry up, Grace. You're such a Hufflepuff."
"What's wrong with being a Hufflepuff?" her sister's black and yellow scarf was illuminated by the light at the end of both their wands.
"I'm kidding. There's nothing wrong with it."
The cave went deeper but as they moved forward the light at the end, cast by Lumos, began to turn red then finally vanish. The two sisters were overwhelmed by an endless sense of cold.
"We should turn back," Grace said.
"No, the heart is here. We just have to find it then everything will be fine."
Parts of the cave wall crumbled away rolling to the floor around them.
"This way," she said, pointing to a hole the shifting rocks made about half their size.
"It is at times like this I regret never becoming an animagus," she said, trying to distract from the pain and the wet feeling on both their hands and knees.
"What do you think...
