HP: In The Magical World As a An Extra [ Chapter 135 ]

As silence was once again achieved Ted stepped forward beside the seated Sirius, "Representing the defendant, Edward Tonks," he announced himself.

Dumbledore nodded from his position, looking rather serious. Magnus noticed there was no twinkle in his eyes as he gazed down at the scene.

"Read the charges if you please, Madam Bones." Dumbledore requested.

At the request Madam Bones stood up from her seat with a shief of parchment in her hands, "the defendant is accused of multiple crimes, aiding in the death of James and Lily Potter, aiding in the death of a Lord and Lady of a Most Honorable and Most Ancient house, being a member of an terrorist group, the murder of Peter Pettigrew and twelve muggles," her tone bland, as if reciting them was a meer formality.

"How does the defendant plee?" Dumbledore said once Madam Bones was finished listing the charges.

"Not Guilty, and council moves to have the charge of the murder of Peter Pettigrew stricken from the charge list as it has become known that the individual is still alive and is in custody." Ted stated.

With that statement mutters began to circulate the room and Magnus could see various people in the dark section whom he knew were death eaters begin trading glances.

"So noted," Dumbledore said and gestured to Madam Bones to begin.

"Given the lack of physical evidence of the alleged crimes, the prosecution moves for the application of Veritaserum for questioning," Madam Bones stated openly before looking to Ted, "Does the defense consent to its use."

"It does," Ted replied with a nod, having expected such.

"I'd insist on it," Sirius openly remarked from his seat with a slight chuckle in his voice.

"Objection," Came a voice Magnus recognised from the stands as Lucius Malfoy stood up from his seat, "It is well known that Veritaserum is only fully effective on those who do not know they are under its influence, and that it can even be fooled by those skilled in mind magics."

Magnus recognised the ploy that Malfoy was trying to pull to cast doubt on Sirius' willingness to take the truth potion, and wasn't going to take it lying down, he stood up from his seat with a scowl.

"I hope I have just misheard you Lord Malfoy." Magnus said as he glared at the platinum blond, "It wasn't that long ago your former heir accused myself of being a liar, and we all know how that ended. Surely you aren't making a similar mistake by accusing another member of my house of the same thing. One would think you would choose your words more carefully."

Lucius' grip on his cane tightened as some chuckles were heard in response to Magnus' comments coming from the light side of the court, and he glared at Magnus before responding.

"Heir Black, that matter has been resolved, and I fail to see the connection, this man, while still bearing the Black name, was cast out of house Black long before you were born, as such…" he went on to continue before Magnus cut him off.

"As such, he still bares the proud name of Black, and the same Blood runs through his veins as dose my own, regardless of past grievances, the past is in the past and I will not allow you to openly slander him much like your former Heir did to myself." Magnus stated heatedly as he flicked his wrist and drew his wand, "So let me make this clear to all who are present," he added as he held his wand up.

"I Magnus Rorak Black, Heir to the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black, do hereby lift the banishment placed on Sirius Orion Black and welcome him back into the Black Family, may the family magics welcome and embrace him as a Black forever more, so I say I do so swear, so mote it be."

At Magnus' declaration both he and Sirius began to glow as magic accepted Magnus' call, and almost immediately Sirius began to look much better than he had before, his skin gaining color, his hair becoming thicker, and his eyes becoming much more lively as the family magics returned to him and he breathed in a breath a new.

Sirius looked at Magnus as he lowered his wand, taking in his features and a glint of recognition shown in his eyes covered up by the shock as if he was looking at a ghost.

Lucius for his part looked as if he had just swallowed a full lemon as he sat back down, clearly not willing to openly risk another verbal insult given how the last time went.

Magnus nodded as he returned his want to his sleeve before looking to Madam Bones, "Can we please get on with this farce Madam," he said as he sat down getting several looks as more mutters began to circle the court.

Madam Bones nodded and with a gesture to one of the auror's on the courtroom floor stepped forward and produced a phial from inside his robes and showed it to Ted who looked upon the phial and nodded.

"The defense has verified the phial is sealed and has not been tampered with," he said as was procedure as he gestured to Sirius with a nod.

Sirius nodded back before tilting his head back and opened his mouth as the auror stepped closer to him and took off the wax seal from the lid and opened the phial before letting the three drops within fall into Sirius' open mouth before stepping back.

Once Sirius closed his mouth the potion began to take effect, his eyes glazed over and his posture relaxed, his shoulders slumped and a blank look came over his face, the tell tale signs that the potion was working as intended.

Seeing that everything was normal Madam Bones began the questioning, "what is your name?"

"Sirius Orion Black." Sirius responded, his voice a drone.