Minerva did not know that Lily was adopted so she had no idea why Albus told her he used wards connected to Lily and Petunia's blood. She also went on to explain that Albus believed Voldemort didn't really die, that he found a way to keep his soul from moving on. The four sitting listening to her realised she had no idea about the horcruxes just that Voldemort found a way to become immortal even if he lost his body.
Dan was able to get a promise from Minerva that she would not reveal nothing more than necessary about their family including Harry's adoption, unless she had no choice. She hurried back to Hogwarts and returned within half an hour with Harry's letter, along with the list of items he needed to buy. But she had to add the extra list that all muggleborns were given so they would know what to expect. She made sure the book that had his name in it was marked that he had received his letter. It would be one way that Albus would interfere if his name wasn't crossed off, then he would send someone to Harry to give him his letter. They did find out that Minerva who is supposed to visit any muggle raised magical child was asked to leave Harry's visit to the headmaster. Harry and Hermione realised that one of their conclusions was true, Dumbledore sent Hagrid so Harry would not have all the information he needed. They knew they won't find out about the Weasley's until the first of September.
'Okay, we got our reply from Madam Bones, so it's time to get Scabbers. Ron wouldn't take the rat to go shopping,' Hermione said.
'He did before our third year.'
'Yes, but they were staying the night at the Leaky Cauldron before heading to Hogwarts. Ron didn't have Scabbers with him before our second year because they were returning to the Burrow.'
'That's true, he left Scabbers in his cage which was sitting in the corner of his room. Okay, let's get Scabbers to the department of magical law then we can relax for another week before we go to Hogwarts.'
'Even though we don't know Sirius, we know he cared about you Harry. He will be welcome here and can stay as long as he wants, especially while he's healing,' Dan said.
'Thanks Dan, it will make me feel better knowing he has good and honest people around him.'
'Have you got the letter about the secret keeper?' Emma asked.
'Yep, in my pocket,' Harry patted his pocket.
'We will probably be a couple of hours, especially if Madam Bones wants to speak with us about how we worked out Scabbers was an animagus.'
'Yes, but we have to remember not to say the name Scabbers, or Wormtail,' Harry said.
'Right, it's just a rat that we used the animagus detection spell on since we wanted to test it.'
'Just be careful,' Emma said then gave Hermione and Harry a hug.
Harry and Hermione disapparated from the Granger home, they arrived about half a mile from the Burrow. They turned into their eagle forms, had a bit of a fly since they hadn't flown since they were in the tent. They sat up in the tree closest to the house, one that allowed them to see inside. They had to wait until all the Weasley's used to floo to Diagon alley.
The moment Molly Weasley disappeared, after her children, the two eagles flew straight to the windowsill of Ron's bedroom. Harry made sure he was standing securely then changed back. He used a glamour to change his appearance, he had red hair which was long and it was the same colour red as the Weasley family. He made sure his face looked different from James Potter. He vanished the glass then climbed inside with Hermione who stayed in her eagle form. She only did in case Scabbers got away, an eagle could easily catch a rat. Harry kept his back to the rat then pretended to flick through Ron's quidditch magazine. As he slowly turned to sit on the bed, still pretending to read, then he wandlessly stunned the rat. Harry locked the cage so the rat couldn't escape then cast the charm to stop him transforming. He planned to remove that as they stepped into the office.
Harry handed the cage to Hermione who had changed back then went to the twins room to get the map, if it was here and not on one of the boys. Harry didn't bother to search, he just used the summoning charm. Once he had the real map, he replaced it with the one that Hermione had enchanted so no one would see Harry and Hermione's names when they were in their animagus forms or using the invisibility cloaks.
Even though Harry and Hermione knew how to use the floo to get into the ministry, they decided that since Madam Bones wrote the instructions about the visitors entrance, they should use that in case anyone was watching. Harry conjured a cover for the cage then stepped into the phone booth with Hermione, who dialled the number.
After checking in with the security guard they hurried to the lift. They got off then walked slowly towards the department of magical law enforcement. Harry wandlessly removed the charm while Hermione went to speak with the woman at the desk. They were told to take a seat that she would inform Madam Bones her eleven o'clock appointment had arrived.
'Let's hope it all goes okay,' Harry said nervously.
'It has to Harry and we know what type of person she is, thanks to Susan. You have the letter and you have…him,' Hermione gestured to the covered cage, 'That's all the proof they need.'
'I know, but so many bad things happened that I keep expecting more.'
'Good things began to happen once we got time alone.'
'That's true, maybe you're my good luck charm,' Harry grinned making Hermione chuckle.
'Maybe I am.'
'You can go in now, it's the second open door on the left.'
'Thank you,' Harry gave the woman a smile who seemed to stare at him. He realised she must have recognised him since he resembled his father so much.
'Miss Granger, Mr. Potter, come in and explain why you asked to see me.'
'Well, it's a bit of a mystery ma'am, but first I have a letter that I thought you might be able to explain then we can get to the mystery.'
'Alright,' Amelia had no idea why these two children wanted to see her, head of the department of magical law, but she had been curious as to what Harry Potter was like. She took the letter then gestured for them to sit down. She began to read the letter and it only took a few seconds for her to look up in surprise, 'Sirius Black was not the secret keeper for your family.'
'No, even if I'm not sure what that means. My parent's left me letters about my godfather and how he often said he would die to protect me. He even made some type of unbreakable vow to always protect me. Is this secret keeper thing something to do with protection and Voldemort?'
'Yes, you hide a location inside a person who is the secret keeper. We all believed Sirius Black was the holder of the secret the night your parent's died.'
'We found out from a friend that he is in prison. Wouldn't his trial reveal he wasn't this secret keeper?' Hermione asked.
'It should, I will go through the trial transcripts soon and work out why this was not known. Now he was still sentenced to Azkaban for killing twelve muggles and one wizard. He may not have betrayed your family Mr. Potter but he still murdered people.'
'Oh, okay, I would just like to write to him, but if he's a murderer than I'm not sure I should. Anyway ma'am, this is the strange and mysterious part. We became friends with Neville Longbottom who began to explain about the magical world. Both of us are muggle raised even if we've been doing magic all our lives. We had no idea about this world until Neville explained. We decided to learn more and bought a whole range of books from Flourish and Blotts, even if Neville said we'd get our letters for our Hogwarts books.'
'I am surprised to hear you were raised by muggle's Mr. Potter. I knew your father, he came from a very old pureblood family. He was not against muggles, but you are the heir to the Potter line so he would know you would need to learn what it means when you become Lord Potter.'
'Lord Potter, I didn't know about that ma'am.'
'It seems you have been left uninformed. I would suggest speaking with your friend Mr. Longbottom as he will become Lord Longbottom when he reaches the age of seventeen. He will be able to tell you about the lessons he had been taking with his grandmother.'
'Okay, I will ma'am, thank you. Now to this,' Harry gestured to the cage then took off the cover, 'We read up on animagus since I found out my father was one, he never registered because of the war. We decided to see how the spell that reveals an animagus worked. We thought we would never find a real animagus, we just wanted to see what happens when we used it on birds or rats. We were surprised when on the third try it showed an animagus, not a rat. We weren't sure why he was skulking around as a rat so we asked Neville if there was someone like the police we could talk to. He explained that you are the head of all the law enforcement and would know how to reveal an animagus.'
'There is no rat animagus registered here at the ministry, so this person changed illegally. Since you mentioned your father than I believe there may be others who did not register, because of the war. I am surprised you were able to do this charm, most have to wait until sixth year at Hogwarts before they learn that charm. Never mind, let's get to this person. Place the cage on the floor while I secure my office.'
'Yes ma'am,' Harry nodded to Hermione as he placed the cage on the floor. With the letter and now Peter Pettigrew was about to be revealed, Harry and Hermione hoped it meant that Sirius would finally be free. This was their first plan to change things, get Peter and make sure he ends up locked up so he can't help resurrect Voldemort. They knew they had to wait until fourth year to reveal Crouch, unless they decided to change things so he was revealed sooner. So even though they wanted to help Sirius they will also help stop Voldemort returning. If they could get all the horcruxes then they could seek out what was left of Voldemort then kill him, for good. Harry also wanted to do something about Umbridge, but he knew he would have to wait for that, then work out how to get rid of her without killing her. He didn't mind killing people like Voldemort or Bellatrix, but he wasn't sure about killing other people.