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Entry tags: | fic, rating: r, snarry-a-thon14 |
Snarry-a-Thon14: FIC: Knight Moves
Title: Knight Moves
Author: suitesamba
Rating: R
Word Count: 8651
Content/Warnings: None
Other Characters/Relationships: Minerva McGonagall, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Percy Weasley, George Weasley and The Knight Bus
Prompt: I took a wildcard, then chose an unused prompt from the 2013 Secret Snarry – Harry and Severus, as conductor and driver of the Knight Bus.
Summary: Harry and Severus get to know each other a few years after the war ends when each of them is sentenced to community service on the Knight Bus.
A/N: Thank you, badgerlady, for the read-through and for catching my Death Easters.
April 15, 2001 Witches and wizards who used Unforgiveable curses during the three-year reign of the Dark Lord (May 1995 – May 1998) are being offered limited amnesty by the Ministry of Magic. Trials will be waived for all those who turn themselves in by May 31st, and prison time will be replaced by community service, magical probation and financial reparations. While the curses were made legal by the Dark Lord in 1997, this law change was ruled null and void, as his claim to power was not authorized by Wizarding law.
“The sheer number of witches and wizards who cast Unforgiveables during Voldemort’s regime is, from a practical perspective, unmanageable,” said Minister Shacklebolt during the press conference where the amnesty plan was revealed. “We simply do not have the resources to imprison this many people and remove them from productive society. War is hell – the terrorism imposed by Voldemort caused law-abiding citizens to resort to desperate measures.”
Shacklebolt went on to say that each case would be reviewed individually and appropriate reparations set based on the severity of the offense, its intended use and its ultimate consequences.
June 3, 2001 The Ministry of Magic has published the list of those seeking amnesty for using one or more Unforgiveable curses during the years of the Dark Lord’s regime. The names of two hundred and fourteen individuals appear on the list, including those of more than ninety students who attended Hogwarts during the 1997-1998 academic year.
Convicted Death Eaters and other supporters of Voldemort who are currently incarcerated were not included on the Amnesty list.
Harry Potter, now a novice Auror, and Professor Minerva McGonagall, Headmistress of Hogwarts, both released simple statements acknowledging having used the curses in the course of the war. “It was regrettable,” McGonagall’s statement reads, “but was the only prudent action at the time, given the impending attack on the castle.” Professor McGonagall admits using the Imperius Curse on a Hogwarts professor and Death Eater when Harry Potter and his companions had returned to Hogwarts just before the Final Battle.
Potter’s statement reads, “I appreciate the amnesty offer from the Ministry of Magic and will accept any and all reparations given me.”
Severus Snape, Headmaster of Hogwarts during the Ministry reign of the Dark Lord, also submitted his name for the Amnesty program, despite having been granted a full Ministry pardon for all crimes committed during the war.
April 13, 2002 At approximately eleven p.m. on Saturday, the Knight Bus suffered extensive damage when it was Splinched in a failed Apparition from Aberdeen to Dumfries. The stand-in driver, Mr. Ronald Weasley of Ottery St. Catchpole, and the conductor, his brother George Weasley, of London, were located off-course outside of Carlisle. Both sustained minor injuries and were treated at St. Mungo’s and released. The passenger compartment, including all sixteen passengers, landed safely in a traffic circle in Edinburgh, atop a statue of Horatio Nelson. Ministry Obliviators were called to the scene, as the magical enchantments on the bus are controlled by the operator and were broken when the bus Splinched. See Photo Spread, Page A6 - Inquest into Ministry Hiring Practices, Page A9