Chapter 5-7 The Ministry of Magic

• Harry wakes up early, ready to go to the hearing. Mrs. and Mr. Weasley, Sirius, Lupin and Tonks are waiting in the kitchen. Lupin asks Tonks what she was saying about Scrimgeour. He has been asking her and Kingsley funny questions.
• Mr. Weasley tells Harry the hearing will be on his floor, in Amelia Bones' office. She's Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. They go to the underground station and take the train to the Ministry visitors' entrance, an old red telephone box.
• They descend into the ground and arrive at the Atrium of the Ministry. Harry sees a fountain with a group of golden statues of a wizard, a witch, a Centaur, a Goblin and a House-elf. A sign beside the pool, full of money, says that all proceeds from the Fountain of Magical Brethren will go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
• Harry has to leave his Wand with the security wizard called Eric.
• Mr. Weasley talks to a wizard called Bob who's holding a box with a fire breathing chicken. He says it looks like a breach of the Ban on Experimental Breeding.
• They go into a lift. A lift voice calls the names of the departments on the various floors.
  On level seven, Department of Magical Games and Sports, incorporating the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club and Ludicrous Patents Office.
  On level six, Department of Magical Transportation, incorporating the Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office and Apparation Test Centre. Some inter-departmental memos fly in.
  On level five, Department of International Magical Co-operation, incorporating the International Magical Trading Standards Body, the International Magical Office of Law and the International Confederation of Wizards, British Seats.
  On level four, Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, incorporating Beast, Being and Spirit Divisions, Goblin Liaison Office and Pest Advisory Bureau.
  On level three, Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, including the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, Obliviator Headquarters and Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee.
  On level two, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Improper Use of Magic Office, Aurors Headquarters and Wizengamot Administration Services.
  
• They leave at this floor. Mr. Weasley's office is on the other side of the floor. Although they are still underground, the windows show sunlight. Magical Maintenance decides what weather they'll get every day.
• They pass Auror Headquarters. Harry sees Kingsley Shacklebolt. He and Mr. Weasley talk like they hardly know each other and Mr. Weasley prevents Harry from saying hello to Kingsley by stepping just in time on Harry's foot. In Kingsley's cubicle it appears he's investigating Sirius.
• The reach the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office where Mr. Weasley works in a small office. Kingsley gives Mr. Weasley a copy of The Quibbler to give to Sirius. A memo flies in, saying that a third regurgitating public toilet has been reported in Bethal Green. Mr. Weasley is told to investigate immediately.
• Perkins has arrived. He tells Mr. Weasley they've changed the time and venue of Harry's hearing and that it started five minutes ago in Courtroom Ten. They hurry to get to the hearing. They take the lift to the Atrium. On the way up a wizard called Bode steps in the lift and talks with Mr. Weasley. They get out of the lift, speed through a corridor, head left, go down a stairs and arrive at Courtroom Ten. Harry is sent in.