She drew her wand again and wrote in smoke the names Chris Fugal and Bella Fairgag.
Then she gave one swish of her wand and the letters of each name moved around until Chris Fugal had become Argus Filch and Bella Fairgag had become Arabella Figg.
As the audience gasped in shock, two Aurors drew their wands and cast "Finite Incantatum" at Figg and Filch.
Glamour charms rippled and faded away, leaving two entirely different faces that, though much older, clearly belonged to the people on the wanted posters.
"Well, that explains why Filch as always in such a bad mood all the time," observed Susan as Fudge called for order in the courtroom.
The revelation that Dumbledore had been hiding two of the country's most wanted criminals right under everyone's nose had caused the biggest stir so far.
The Wizengamot vote on Figg and Filch was unanimously in favour of a guilty verdict and as the Aurors dragged them back into line along with the others guilty parties, Madam Bones called for the last prisoner to be brought forward.
"Aurors, please bring Severus Snape before the Wizengamot."
The six Aurors standing guard around Snape moved closer together as the man's chair was levitated off the ground and moved towards the centre of the chamber.
Then there was a trill of magical birdsong and a flash of fire which nearly blinded everyone. Once the flames had disappeared, the six Aurors guarding Snape were flat on the ground, out cold while the man himself was gone.
Pandemonium immediately erupted as people began to panic. A moment later a flash of fire blasted the Aurors guarding Alastor Moody in all directions. The fire faded and Moody was gone.
"It's Fawkes," said Harry. "Dumbledore's doing this!"
When another flash of fire occurred, this time above Doge, Auror Savage threw a stunning spell at it. Unfortunately his reaction time was not fast enough and his spell instead smacked harmlessly into the stone wall at the opposite end of the courtroom.
Another burst of flame and Shacklebolt was gone. Another took Flitwick and another took Pomfrey, followed by Sprout.
Every time the flash of fire appeared, the Aurors who were still standing threw stunning spells, impediment jinxes and knockback hexes towards the target, but their spells always came too late. Fawkes was too fast. Some spells hit the walls harmlessly while others sailed into the panicking crowd, hitting people.
Podmore vanished. Diggle vanished. Fletcher vanished. Vance vanished.
Sarah grabbed Harry by the arm.
"Come on," she said, getting the attention of Remus, Sirius, Susan and Hannah. "We need to get Harry out of here. That bird might grab him as well."
Sirius agreed but added "You take him. If Remus and I remain here, Fawkes may spend more time grabbing people from this room."
Remus nodded and he and Sirius moved off, intending to offer themselves as bait for Fawkes while Sarah got Harry away.
Five more Order members had vanished by now, but there was about to be an upset.
A burst of flame appeared above Bill, but the oldest Weasley son threw himself onto the ground, having made his decision to have nothing more to do with The Order of the Phoenix. The move caused Fawkes to miss him and completely threw the bird off balance. For the first time he appeared physically, shimmering with red and gold as he spread his impressive wings to right himself.
That was all that Madam Bones needed. As Fawkes turned in the air, aiming for Tonks this time, her stunning spell found its mark. She didn't dare fire anything more lethal with all these people around who could potentially get hit by a stray spell.
Fawkes squawked and tumbled through the air, vanishing in a burst of flame. The sound got everyone's attention, and the panicked push towards the exit came to an abrupt halt. Except for Sarah, Hannah and Susan, who were still determinedly trying to get Harry out of the courtroom and away from the threat of being snatched, though it was quickly becoming apparent that a motionless crowd was much more difficult to get through than a panicking one.
Everyone remained silent, barely daring to breathe, all wondering whether or not the Phoenix was going to come back.
For almost a minute nothing happened. Then there was a flash of flames near the door and Sarah, Hannah, Susan and about a dozen others found themselves being thrown back into other members of the crowd.
As the darkness of unconsciousness claimed them, they had two thoughts.
The first though was that Fawkes' flames, while bright, did not burn. They were merely warm, perhaps to the same extent as a warming charm.
The second thought was the realisation that Harry Potter was gone.
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