"Good afternoon Mr Potter," Harry's lawyer said as the two met in a private room in the three broomsticks. Harry's lawyer was a rather kind looking man with brown hair, he looked fairly young as well when compared to most of the lawyers that Harry had seen, he was also dressed in a muggle suit. If Harry had to guess then he would put the man in "I hope you're doing well."
"I'm doing great, and please just call me Harry." Harry replied. "So how is the case going?"
"Quite well actually," The man grinned. "firstly you are in the right seeing as Malfoy not only used your name in a negative way but also did it without your permission and had indeed profited from it. With the amount of badges that he has sold he's likely made a lot of money, however it's also a point against him as it makes it easier to get your hands on one. Matter of fact I already have," He paused to pull put one of the badges. "I brought it off a Ravenclaw outside. This is lovely evidence that we can use, this way even if Malfoy somehow manages to convince everyone in the school to get rid of their badges then we still at least have one for evidence. Do you think he is still selling them or has he stopped?"
"I'm not sure, the smart thing would be to stop but then again Malfoy is an idiot. However I do know that less people are wearing them now, apparently my success in the first task means I am suddenly popular again."
"Well that's good isn't it?"
"In a way, but on the other hand I can't help but think of them like people who simply are not worth my time. I mean I would have figured that a few years of school with me would have been what was important for them but apparently my success in a tournament is the deciding factor."
"I understand that I suppose." He sighed. "The Malfoy's have offered a small sum for you to drop the case."
"Small?" Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Not as much as you would make in court but still a lot less effort." He shrugged. "It's entirely your decision if you want to accept it or not." He said as he slid a note with the amount they offered towards Harry.
"Do you enjoy working for me?" Harry asked, leaning back in his chair, not even looking at the note.
"I don't hate it if that's what you're asking."
"Are you saying you don't enjoy it?"
"No, merely saying that I'd prefer to be at home with my wife rather than work at all."
"And here I thought all lawyers loved to tell lies."
"Only the ones that need to."
"Well, seeing as you have nothing beyond the standard objections of the working man, I'd say I would like to go through with this. This isn't just about money..."
"But you would like as much money as possible right?"
"Of course I would like as much money as possible," Harry said without missing a beat as he ripped up the note. "I'm not the sort of idiot who would refuse money, but it's not about money. It's about making things difficult for the Malfoys. I don't care if you have to waste an entire day just to get another galleon from them, I want to make them suffer. I want them to lose as much money as we can take and I want them to be embarrassed and pissed off that all of this between the lost money and bad publicity is because their son thought he was smart by getting someone to make him badges."
"You think someone made it for him? Do you have proof?"
"No but I just think that he is too much of a dumbass to make them on his own." Harry confessed. "But like I was saying, I want the Malfoys to suffer, that's why I chose you as my lawyer after all."
"Huh?"
"Well you are a muggleborn aren't you?"
"Wow, never thought that Harry Potter would discriminate against muggleborns."
"In this case it is positive discrimination, it would make things so much better for me if the Malfoy's, haters of 'mudbloods' as they would say, suffered thanks to none other than the boy-who-lived and his trusty muggleborn lawyer."
"I suppose I can see the appeal." He grinned. The two spent the next hour or so talking about the case before Harry decided it was time to go.
"Alright, thanks again." Harry said as they stood up and shook each others hands.
"No problem Harry, just send a letter if you ever need me and I'll come as soon as I can."
"I'll remember that, thank you. See ya Mr Tonks." Harry said as he walked out of the room.
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