Harry Potter and the Overworked Headmaster is a fanfic written by Jedipilot24
and posted at FFN.
Before trying to capture Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black rescues Harry from the Dursleys and leaves him with his wife Karen, who secretly raises him while Headmaster Dumbledore is too overworked to realize it.
Tropes:
- Dramatic Irony: When Gibbon asks how dangerous Karen Black is, Amelia Bones asks if he expects "a wizard like Sirius Black to marry some shrinking violet wallflower". She asks that while refusing to doubt Sirius' supposed guilt.
- Everyone Has Standards: Amelia Bones might believe Sirius Black to be a vicious death eater but she refuses to use innocents as hostages to capture him.
- Internal Reveal: It's only after Sirius escapes Azkaban that Dumbledore learns the Dursleys never raised Harry and Petunia learns Harry's parents are dead.
- Loophole Abuse: The Dark Wizard Containment Act was meant to allow the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to detain dark wizards indefinitely but not to entirely circumvent trials like the department is doing to Sirius Black.
- Off on a Technicality: Discussed. Crouch refuses to allow Sirius a trial out of fear Sirius would use a technicality.
- Sins of Our Fathers: Elizabeth Black is given a hard time by some people who believe her father to be guilty.
- Underestimating Badassery: Gibbon and Stahl, the two hitwizards tasked with spying on Karen out of hope she'd lead them to Sirius decide to use her as bait instead, thinking it'd be easy to capture her. She proves them wrong.
