Ostara- March 21st, 1992, Ritual Room, Grimmauld place, London
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Sirius stood shocked as the soul fragment from Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem slowly became visual. Even though he had done this before he was still stunned at the power of the ritual. This shard seemed more… whole? It left him relieved as it seemed like the ritual was working, not that he doubted Harry. But he still he was limited in what he knew about this type of magic and doubted he would feel completely comfortable with it any time soon, if ever. He was a dark wizard, yes, but he had spent so long suppressing that part of himself, to be surrounded by such strong and pure dark magic was overwhelming.
"Who are you?" the cultured voice asked, this piece appeared to be in his late 20's.
"I am, Lord Sirius Black the 3rd."
The slightly red eyes narrowed briefly, a look of confusion setting on Toms face.
"What are you doing?"
"Harry asked me to help him. He's bringing you back." "Harry?"
Sirius nodded, this soul piece was saner than the piece which appeared when he used the ring during the Imbolc ritual, but still there was something clearly missing in the gleam of the soul pieces eyes.
"I'm less, but, I'm also… more…" Tom said.
Sirius refused to think about him as anything other than Tom. Hearing what the shard said he just nodded again, he didn't know what to say to the part of Tom he was stuck with, and didn't want to do anything that could cause problems if later Tom remembered the rituals. "I was defeated." The word Harry kept repeating in Tom's broken mind. Harry, Harry, Harry…
This statement drew Sirius's attention back to the soul shard, it was the first clear statement that Sirius had understood.
"Err, Yeah. I mean yes, you were defeated." Sirius said, stumbling over his words in his shock.
The shard nodded, pieces of memories were coming back purer now, it was fuzzy and difficult to latch onto just one train of thought, but it was also the clearest his mind had been in what felt like years. Forcing himself to focus, Tom could feel the rune circle's power lessening. He knew he would be gone soon, but thoughts kept flashing in his mind. Red, pain, hope, Green flashes, Harry, green eyes, broken…
"I apologise."
With those final words the shard was lost, and the ritual ended successfully, Sirius however was struck dumb and didn't know what to think. What was Voldemortno Tom, apologising for? and to whom?
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April 3rd, 1992, The Wizengamot, The Ministry of Magic
~ Sirius pulled at the burgundy robes he was forced to wear to show that he was a Lord.
"Stop fussing. You're a Lord, act like it."
Making sure to blank his face and pull his pureblood mask on, Sirius turned to Lucius, who managed to make the mandatory robes look elegant.
"Lucy." Sirius greeted, just to see the vein near the blonde's eye twitch.
Sighing Lucius forced himself not to react, "Sirius,"
Seeing that he wouldn't get more of a reaction Sirius looked around at the gathered Lords, "so what's today about?"
"If you read the notes sent to you beforehand, you would know the answer to that," Lucius chided.
"I read them," Sirius argued, before amending himself at Lucius' sceptical look, "sort of, there were a lot of pages."
Sighing once again Lucius supressed his need to roll his eyes, he did genuinely like the Sirius, and found his natural intelligence and charisma admirable but the man was infuriating at times.
"It's a half session, we'll be reviewing the proposed laws and amendments that we will vote on during the full summer session. This is a chance to get some struck down before they're put forward to vote."
"I remember seeing one put forward by Umbridge, something about tightening restrictions on those with creature blood or status."
"Yes, Dolores Umbridge. A vile woman, she's firmly in Fudges pocket, having been promoted to senior undersecretary last year. She tried months ago to pass a similar bill but failed. It's not surprising that she's trying again."
Sirius remembered Harry talking about the woman and knew she was not somebody who he would want to remain in power. "The law would make it impossible for people with creature blood or status to live in our world, it would also make it legal for them to be hunted and attacked."
Lucius nodded, impressed Sirius was able to see the true implications the law would bring about.
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Sirius waited with bated breath for Umbridge's creature law amendment to be brought forward. He had mainly kept silent during the session so far, listening and watching who voted and when. Picking up their habits and who was allied with who. He had noted that while announcing laws Dumbledore, who was still the chief warlock, would subtly hint towards his opinions.
"Next is a law put forward by our senior undersecretary, Dolores Umbridge. This amendment that is outlined in the documents provided to you, redefines the current laws and provides additional security measures."
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