Ultimatum of Loyalty

In England the International Portkey Authority Point at Heathrow the warning bell went off all of the portkeys that were for travelers that day to the States were sudden inactive. "What the hell…"

Montgomery Scott arrive at the Portkey Authority showed his credentials and immediately apparated to the Ministry. Since no one was there, Montgomery made sure that the ICW records had indeed been received by the Department of International Cooperation. He made enough copies of the file Roderick gave him so that every member of the Wizengamot could have one and sent them along with a early call to an emergency session of the Wizengamot. He then marched to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; he had some aurors who were facing veritaserum trials if only they knew it. He filed the arrest warrants for the aurors that were named in the file. He hoped they would actually stand trial. That was of course assuming that this was the action of a few men versus the actions of the entire Wizengamot.

Across England that morning tea and coffee spewed across many tables. Andromeda Black-Tonks and Amelia Bones read through the file and tried dialing Sirius' phone but they got no answer. Worried they hurried through their morning routine and rushed to the Ministry.

Around the world ministries of Magic or their equivalent were notified that there would be delays at portkey stations coming into the United States as they would be verifying nationality of incoming travelers. British magical citizens would not be welcome in the States, as there had been an attack by British Nationals inside the States. In Indonesia, Indra Budiono and the Magical president grinned, they called Roy Mustang and were given details. In response to which they cheerfully filed sanctions with the ICW towards Britain and encouraged their regional allies to do so as well.

An hour later the Wizengamot convened. The uproar in the room was enormous. Albus Dumbledore struggled to call the Wizengamot to order. Amelia Bones finally resorted to a sound spell that was very loud and high pitched so the members all quit talking and blocked their ears. When the sound stopped the room was quiet.

Montgomery Scott was the first to break the silence."Ladies and Gentlemen of the Wizengamot I called this mornings early emergency session for two reasons the first is to ascertain if the Wizengamot approved the attack carried out by seven British Aurors and if not what you plan to do to avert the war that is even now looming on the horizon for the attack on the sovereignty of the United States. A war which the U.S. Magical President has assured me is likely to spill over into the non magical population as well."

This statement caused another uproar to erupt. Cornelius Fudge sensed this was going to be bad and attempted to slip from the room only to be met at the door by Amelia Bones and the largest Auror in the corps, Kingsley Shaklebolt. She glared at him and said, "I suggest you stay here Cornelius. Seven Aurors well let's see Moody, Dawlish, Trent, Keeler, Williamson, Avery and Parkinson away on your orders Minister."

"Oddly enough those are the same aurors named in the file. Care to explain?" Albus questioned.

"Like you didn't know, Albus. I know Moody reported his lead to you as well! Besides you want Potter back here under the your control as much as I do."

Amelia took charge. "As allegations have been claimed against you as well Chief Warlock. I'm afraid you will have to step down until they can be investigated, Elder Ogden perhaps you would take the Chief Warlock's seat while this is being investigated. Meanwhile Auror Savage see to it that the aurors on that list are brought here immediately."

"Auror Savage, you need not search for Keeler, Avery or Parkinson. The first is in the custody of WIS the other two are dead. Consequences of firing deadly spells killing one person, and putting three others in the hospital. As for the rest I've already sworn warrants against them." Montgomery stated. He turned to speak to the Wizengamot. "With your permission Elder…"

"Granted."

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Wizengamot we have a crisis on our hands because some people have acted without considering the overall effect of those actions. First background information December 1988 Sirius Black made a plea for a stay of extradition in the States until the next ICW conference. They did a veritaserum interrogation based on the ICW communique sent out by us in 1981 and transcripts of his trial here in England. They also investigated his activities of the previous seven years. They-"

Bartemius Crouch came in waving a handful of parchments. "What the bloody hell have you done Fudge, as of five minutes ago we are under ICW sanctions from twenty ministries worldwide. No portkeys to those countries are being honored and I have been trying undo what ever it was that you've done and to figure out what what caused it. Scott… What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in the States."

"Didn't you read the notice I sent out when I got here this morning? I'm glad you could join us though. I suspect you will find most of the explanation about what Fudge and possibly our Chief Warlock have been up to in my briefing."

Bartemius Crouch moved to his seat.

"As I was saying the Unites States investigated Sirius Black's claims of injustice and granted his plea for a stay of extradition. As such he was granted amnesty and is regarded as a conditional citizen of their country."

Montgomery was interrupted by many members of the Wizengamot shouting"What about Harry Potter?"

"Black claimed as godfather he was listed in the wills as guardian, therefore it was his right to take the child. The only way to ascertain the truth of that statement is to open the Potter wills."

Andomeda Tonks instantly stood up. "I, Andromeda Black Tonks, move that the Wizengamot unseal the Potter wills."

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