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The next 3 weeks went quite quickly without any major events. The day after Harry and Daphne had a discussion with Dumbledore regarding Harry's timetravel, Dumbledore had announced to the entire school during Breakfast that Severus Snape had been killed by Voldemort. The teachers and most of the students in Slytherin were shocked. But most of the students from the other 3 houses had mixed responses with some of them even glad that he was gone. After all, Snape was not the most popular teacher at Hogwarts. Dumbledore had then announced that since he was currently not having any applications for the defence post due to the curse on the job, the defence classes would be temporarily suspended for the remainder of the year. The headmaster sighed while saying this. None of the teachers, not even him, were willing to teach Defence temporarily due to fear of activating that curse.

"Finally the greasy git is gone" exclaimed Ron triumphantly after Dumbledore made the announcement.

Harry gave him a reproachful look as he said "Snape was killed by Voldemort because Voldemort discovered that Snape was on Dumbledore's side. So, Voldemort tortured him a lot before killing him and sending it to Dumbledore as a present. Dumbledore told me yesterday" said Harry non chalantly, as Hermione, Neville and Ginny who were sitting nearby gasped on hearing Harry's explanation.

"I didn't like Snape too, but it is not right to speak ill of the dead. If we find pleasure in others death or pain, then we are no better than the deatheaters" finished Harry, as Ron looked abashed on being chastised.

"Harry is right Ron, how could you be so happy about it?" asked Hermione reproachfully.

"Never mind that Hermione, I have to tell all of you something very important" said Harry as Ron, Hermione, Neville and Ginny leaned forward.

"I want to restart the DA. Because our defence classes have been cancelled, we require it again just like last year" said Harry.

"That's a good idea Harry. Those DA sessions helped improve me a lot" chimed Neville

"Yes Harry, they were so good" said Luna who had joined their Gryffindor table then. "It was like having friends" said Luna casually and everyone in the vicinity felt uncomfortable at how casually Luna mentioned this.

Looking at Luna, Harry said "Luna, we that is Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and I would always remain your friends" said Harry warmly as Luna's eyes moistened with emotions.

"I would like to be your friend too Luna. Harry has told me that you are a very sweet and gentle soul" chimed in another familiar voice. Harry turned around and was surprised, but pleased to see Daphne. They had decided that they would hide their friendship no longer, since already Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Dumbledore knew about it. So, there was no point in hiding it any longer.

"Hi Daphne" greeted Harry warmly smiling at her "So nice of you to join us" said Harry making space for her beside him. However, Harry's sentiment was not shared by most of the students in the Gryffindor table.

"What is that snake doing here?" asked McLaggen angrily.

"Go back to your table, you filthy snake. You are not welcome here" said Seamus harshly.

Harry grew angry and shouted at his housemates "Stop it guys. Daphne is my good friend and she will sit with me here. In case any of you have problem with that, I will take the matter to Dumbledore and tell him that you lot have been harassing her. You know very well that Dumbledore gives me a lot of leeway here at school. No matter whatever I do and how much ever I curse you, he will not give me even a slap on the wrist. If you still don't believe me, go on. I dare you to say even one more word to her" said Harry looking at everyone with a challenging expression, as he fingered his wand.

Ron, Hermione and Ginny had decided not to protest Daphne's presence. Harry had chastised the three of them quite badly yesterday for tattling about Daphne to Dumbledore. He had repeatedly pounded into their heads quite vigourously that Daphne was a nice lady and even Dumbledore didn't find any problem with her. Ginny was especially furious because she had been looking forward to making a relationship with Harry after breaking up with Dean. But now, she couldn't do that because of that Slytherin bitch. But she still had to remain friendly with Harry. Otherwise, there was no hope that Harry would notice her in future in any way.

Nobody dared to dispute Harry's words. After all, everyone knew him as Dumbledore's favourite. Daphne sat down at the table and Harry began to speak again.

"And it is not just because of the lack of a defence teacher. There are many innocent students here who should know at least some basic spells that they can use to get away from deatheaters in the event of an attack on their homes. So, I am planning to hold the first meeting of the new DA today evening 7 pm at the Room of Requirement. So, please inform as many people as you can about the DA meeting today" said Harry to everyone most of whom gave resolute nods.

Then, turning to Hermione, Harry said "Hermione, draw up an iron clad contract just like last year with much more stricter penalties. There must be a clause indicating that whatever would be learnt during the DA sessions shouldn't be used to support deatheaters in any way. Is that acceptable to you Hermione?" asked Harry intently.

"I will do it Harry" said Hermione.

"Good. And Daphne, invite any Slytherins also who are interested in joining DA this time" said Harry and Daphne nodded at him.

"You will take Slytherins into the DA Harry?" asked Ron feeling disgusted.

Harry narrowed his eyes at Ron. "Ron, we already had this discussion about your view of Slytherins. I trust Daphne with my life and Dumbledore trusts her too. Anyway, Hermione is going to make that contract which everyone has to sign. So, what is the problem?" asked Harry.

Ron nodded reluctantly though he was not too happy about it.

"And Finally Luna" said Harry turning to her "I wish to give an interview for the Quibbler again. There are so many things that I want to talk about: Like Voldemort's history, about the atrocities of Umbridge last year, about the deatheaters and so many things. Will you interview me today after the DA Session gets over?" asked Harry.

Luna agreed to this and said "Daddy will be very pleased Harry. Last year, your interview with our Magazine sold a record number of copies and he was very happy about the huge increase in subscriptions" said Luna.

After telling everyone what to do, Harry chatted with Daphne for some time before both of them went for their classes.

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The next day, Harry was sitting happily in the great hall about to have lunch. He smiled in remembrance of the previous day's DA session in the evening. This year, more number of people had joined DA. Daphne had managed to bring her sister and at least 15 Slytherins from DA. There was a lot of resentment amongst others about Slytherins in DA but that was cut short by the surprise arrival of Dumbledore who told everyone to forget the house rivalries and work together with a common goal.

Flashback

"Students, do you know what Voldemort's greatest strength is?" asked Dumbledore ignoring the flinches of the students when they heard the name 'Voldemort'.

There was silence in the room until someone said "His magical strength?"

"No Miss Patil. I don't deny that Voldemort is a very dangerous and magically powerful wizard but the reason why he has gained so many followers and is wrecking havoc all over Britain is that we are not united in our struggle against him. We fight each other over silly differences of house, or blood and fail to see that Voldemort is taking advantage of our infighting and turning us against each other. My own colleague Horace Slughorn was from Slytherin and I assure you he is a very good teacher who has no evil intentions against the students" said Dumbledore.

"Professor Dumbledore is right. When I first came to Hogwarts, I had hoped to make so many friends here. I had a very good time on the Hogwarts express before our sorting and I naively believed that my journey mates would be my best friends throughout Hogwarts. But as soon as the sorting hat put me in Slytherin, they shunned me and started calling me evil. Nobody wishes to be our friends because the entire Hogwarts believes us to be evil just because Voldemort was from the same house. What have we done to deserve this disdain? I have no problem against muggleborns and I am sure that all of us who came here don't have any bigotry too. Just because of the actions of a few bigots, is it right to brand all of us as evil monsters?" asked Daphne, speaking on behalf of all Slytherins.

Many people who had protested against the inclusion of the Slytherins were looking ashamed of themselves, and they included Ginny and Hermione too who were looking remorseful. Even Ron looked thoughtful and contemplative as he heard Daphne's strong words.

Daphne continued "My only request is that, please allow us to learn new spells in peace so that we can defend ourselves if Voldemort and his deatheaters comes to attack our homes. And unlike what many of you might be thinking, I don't have any evil designs on Harry. I have no intention of seducing or manipulating him. Harry is a very good friend of mine and I respect him a lot" said Daphne fiercely, her words filling Harry with warmth.

"Well said Miss Greengrass. So having said that, I am hereby making DA as an official Hogwarts club. Harry here will be an excellent teacher, and I am sure that those of you who learnt under him last year will agree to it. For every class, one of the professors might arrive to supervise the lessons. I will be coming occasionally to teach you new spells if you wish" said Dumbledore, throwing them a bone.

The students were feeling excited now when they heard that Dumbledore himself might teach them too. Hermione was jumping on her toes in excitement.

Now, Harry took over the conversation.

"Here is the contract for joining this official Hogwarts club" said Harry showing the contract which Hermione had prepared. "The terms and conditions for joining this club are clearly listed here. I am warning you that this is a magically enforceable contract and you will be signing it using a blood quill. Once you sign this, there will no going back. So, think carefully before signing because the penalties of breaking this contract will be very severe" said Harry with a hint of warning. He didn't want anyone to get squibbed for helping out deatheaters, but sometimes one had to take such severe measures to deter people from treachery.

"Hey, isn't it that same bloodquill that Umbridge used last year on us for detentions?" asked a Ravenclaw student, Anthony Goldstein.

"Yes Goldstein, it is the same quill. Actually blood quills can be used only for official contract signings. So what Umbridge did was quite illegal. Actually, I wanted to know this. How many of you were forced to write lines using this blood quill by Umbridge?" asked Harry.

At least 25 people raised their hands, and Harry was surprised to see that there were three 2nd year Slytherins with raised hands.

"Okay, here is what I prefer that all of you do. After today's class, I will be giving an interview to Luna Lovegood here for the Quibbler magazine. I request all of you to remain here for this interview. I would prefer that you mention about the blood quills to her so that we can put pressure on the ministry to punish Umbridge for her crimes" said Harry.

The students gave a cheer on hearing Harry's words.

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After that, the DA session had gone smoothly. He and Daphne did a mock duel in front of the students to demonstrate the important aspects of fighting. Dumbledore himself gave some input on that matter as he informed everyone about some tips to improve spell casting speed. Then, Harry made everyone revise whatever was taught in the previous year, for the benefit of the newcomers. At last, Harry gave the interview to Luna, where he mainly mentioned about ministry's blunder regarding Sirius Black, about Umbridge admitting that she had sent dementors to Harry last year, about her illegal use of blood quills on the students, about her ridiculous educational decrees, about her abuse of power as the headmistress, about how Fudge's unwillingness to believe him and Dumbledore had led to the current situation.

Dumbledore who liked the idea of what Harry was doing gave his own testimonies about how Fudge regularly took bribes from the convicted deatheater Lucius Malfoy, how Fudge had been practically stubborn enough to place dementors around the castle during Harry's 3rd year much against the headmaster's wishes and how these same dementors had threatened the safety of the students during the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff Quidditch match and how finally Dumbledore had to drive them away using his patronus to save the students, how Fudge had sent his gamekeeper to Azkaban without a trial because the minister wanted to be doing something. Finally Dumbledore told Luna that Voldemort was actually a halfblood whose real name was Tom Riddle, and he was born of the unholy love potion driven affair between a muggle Tom Riddle Senior and Merope Gaunt. To prove his point, Dumbledore drew the letters "Tom Marvolo Riddle" in thin air and rearranged them to form "I am Lord Voldemort". Colin Creevey took a picture of this on his camera and agreed to give it to Luna.

That last piece of information and Dumbledore's display using the letters in the sir shocked most of the students in the room. And Luna was reluctant to print this information about Voldemort's true heritage.

"Sir, won't Voldemort come after my daddy if daddy gets this printed?" asked Luna showing an uncharacteristic nervousness.

"I will take care of that Luna. I will tell my dad to contract a good cursebreaker to put protections around your home. I will see to it that nothing happens to you or your dad" said Daphne reassuredly to Luna.

"Yes Miss Lovegood. I will also be willing to dispatch order members to guard your house and if your dad prefers, I can put a fidelius charm over your house with myself as the secret keeper" said Dumbledore.

Finally Luna agreed to have it printed in Quibbler.

Flashback ends

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Harry smiled happily as he remembered the interview with Luna for the Quibbler. He was giving this interview with a specific purpose in mind.

His interview with Quibbler had appeared in today's edition of the Quibbler and it had already generated a lot of talk around the castle amongst the students. Harry could only imagine how much frenzy it would have created in the ministry.

Immediately, Professor McGonagall came to Harry and informed him that the headmaster expected him at his office. Harry expected this and he said to Daphne "Daphne, would you like to come with me to headmaster's office? I expect that there will be a lot of drama this time too" said Harry smirking.

"Sure Harry" said Daphne smiling brightly at him.

"Mate, what drama are you talking about?" asked Ron curiously

"That is a secret Ron. I might tell you later, but not now in front of so many people" said Harry and Ron nodded reluctantly.

"Harry, you are not in any kind of trouble, are you?" asked Hermione worriedly.

"No Hermione, I don't think so. Okay then, I will leave now. See you later guys" said Harry waving to his fellow Gryffindors.

He and Daphne soon reached the headmaster's office and when they entered inside, they saw that along with Dumbledore, the minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour was also present, and so was Percy Weasley who was looking at Harry with a disapproving expression. While Dumbledore was looking at both of them merrily with twinkling eyes, Scrimgeour was not at all pleased as he growled at Harry.

"What is the meaning of this article Mr Potter? Do you know how many howlers the ministry has been getting since today morning after that damn article in the Quibbler came out today morning. You and Dumbledore have said everything to be needed to destabilize the ministry. What are you hoping to do with this Mr Potter?" asked Scrimgeour furiously.

"Well ofcourse I am hoping that you would do your job properly and investigate into the actions of Fudge and Umbridge. How will the country progress if scum like Umbridge are still a part of the ministry?" asked Harry rheoterically.

"My assurances will not satisfy the public Mr Potter. People are demanding that Umbridge be punished for her actions immediately" said Scrimgeour.

"Then punish her for her actions by immediately setting a trial in front of the wizengamot and administering Veritaserum to her. I have given adequate reasons for why she should be tried" said Harry nonchalantly.

"I can't just demand a high ranking ministry official to be put under veritaserum just like that. Mr Potter. And who do you think you are? Do you believe you are above the law just because you wear that scar like a crown? Why should the ministry listen to the whims of a 16 year old boy who has not even completed his education?" asked Scrimgeour angrily, as Percy bobbed his head up and down agreeing with Scrimgeour's words.

"Exactly minister" said Percy puffing his head as he looked at Harry with a superior expression.

Harry sneered at him with disgust. 'Bloody Brown noser' thought Harry before turning to the minister.

"I am the chosen one of the prophecy and the boy who lived, Lord Harry James Peverall Gryffindor Potter" said Harry as he removed the disillusionment charm on his right hand with a flourish. It clearly showed the lordship rings of the 3 houses on his four fingers. The minister, Percy and even Dumbledore were looking at the rings in shock. Meanwhile, Daphne and Harry shared a smile as they mentally recollected what they did yesterday.

Yesterday evening, 2 hours before the DA session, Harry had taken a short trip to Gringotts along with Daphne. After reaching Gringotts, Harry requested the goblins to do an inheritance test for him which revealed the expected results as before. This time, Harry decided to take the lordship for all the 4 houses because it guaranteed him 4 seats in the Wizengamot, because the wizengamot had hereditary seats for old families. For taking the lordship ring, he had to put the lordship ring for each house on his finger and if the family magic of that house accepted him as worthy enough, he would be given the lordship. Thankfully, all the 3 houses of Potter, Gryffindor and Peverall found him worthy. However, due to some reason, the black ring didn't fit on his finger how much ever he tried. The goblins explained that this was because there was already an older and emancipated black heir or Lord who was alive somewhere, and therefore, the black ring didn't consider him as the sole Lord of the house of Black.

Harry didn't know who it could be. Because Sirius and his brother were dead, and the only possible black heir left was Draco Malfoy, whose mother Narcissa was a black. But somehow, Harry found a niggling doubt if that was indeed the case.

The advantages of taking a lordship were that, he would be automatically emancipated, and he would gain seats at the wizengamot. He was intending to set up a discussion with Scrimgeour and the lordship rings would help his case. There were 2 ways of taking lordship: One way was by putting on the lordship ring ourself and seeing if we were worthy of it or not, in the other way, the current Lord of the house would nominate his son or anyone else who was above 17 years of age to take on the mantle of lordship when the current Lord died or wished to retire. In such cases, the worthiness of the heir for taking the lordship was not taken into consideration. That is probably why, there were so many incompetent lords at the wizengamot who indulged in corruption.

After taking the lordships, Harry went through files containing the assets, properties and investments of the Potter, Peverall and Gryffindor vaults. The combined liquid worth of the 3 vaults together was around 1 million galleons, most of it from the Potter vaults, as his mother and father had the foresight to invest in profitable businesses. Peverall and Gryffindor vaults mainly contained old artefacts and books. Daphne expressed her wish to go through all the 3 vaults and Harry agreed. In the peverall vault, Daphne was attracted by the tomes regarding necromancy. It seems the Peveralls were legendary for their connection with afterlife. Daphne pleaded to Harry to let her take one of those books and Harry had agreed.

Coming back to the present, the minister and Percy had recovered from their shocks but before they could speak, Harry continued "So, as a lord of three ancient houses, I have 3 seats in the wizengamot, which means I have a say in how laws are made. So, I have every right to object to unfairness in the ministry. And, I don't believe I am above the law of the creator or nature, but I have no respect for the laws made by bigoted wizengamot members who were paid bribes for doing so. I will continue to do what is right and I don't care whether it is for the law or against it.

And the ministry should listen to the demands of this 16 year old boy because this 16 year old boy has got a huge political influence due to being the boy who lived and the chosen one.

Minister, last year, your ministry maligned Professor Dumbledore's and my name through the mud all because we spoke the unpleasant truth about Voldemort's return. Your assistant here even abandoned his loving family for the ministry's sake" said Harry pointing to Percy who was flushing with anger and a tiny bit of shame.

"And look what happened within a span of 1 year? We were proven right and Voldemort indeed returned. Your Fudge didn't listen to Dumbledore when he suggested so many things to counter Voldemort's threat and look what happened as a result of that. Our country is struggling with the threat of Voldemort and his deatheaters. Instead of correcting Fudge's wrongs and making the right decisions, you had the gall to try to make me as the ministry's poster boy to give false assurances to people that you are doing something. Why would I support the ministry when it still continues to arrest innocent people like Stan Shunpike without adequate evidence while not taking action against scum like Umbridge who are the worst sort of deatheater sympathizers?" asked Harry inquisitively.

"Mind your tone young man. This is the minister of magic and you will address him with proper respect" said Percy angrily.

Harry just smirked at Percy and replied "Shut it Weatherby. I have no intention of being a brown noser. Respect has to be earned, not demanded and Minister Scrimgeour has not earned my respect through his actions. What has he done to counter the threat of Voldemort?" asked Harry defiantly

"You are crossing the line Mr Potter. Just now, You said that you didn't care for the laws made by the wizengamot and called them corrupt. Your arrogance knows no bounds. I can have you arrested on charges of defamation against the ministry" said Scrimgeour fiercely.

Harry gave a snort of laughter in response.

"Really minister? There are laws against defamation in our ministry charter? If that is so, why wasn't Rita Skeeter arrested for writing libel against me, why weren't the daily prophet writers arrested last year for mocking me and Dumbledore, in fact Fudge and Umbridge could be arrested on that regard too, because both of them defamed me quite a bit. Come on minister, both of us know that you won't arrest me. You are already facing a lot of flak for this article which arrived today. That is why you came running to Hogwarts like a lost puppy, trying to convince me to print a retraction. Isn't that so? My popularity has increased a lot since last year when I was proven true. Imagine what would happen if the public came to know that the minister of magic had the chosen one, the only hope of defeating Voldemort arrested, just because Harry Potter spoke out against the injustice done upon him by the ministry?" asked Harry smirking at the minister who gritted his teeth in frustration.

At that moment, Daphne spoke "If you have Harry arrested, you would immediately lose a lot of support from the public and the wizengamot as well. My father sits on the wizengamot and he is the leader of the neutral faction. Harry is my best friend, and if you have him arrested, I will tell my father about it and he will convince a lot of Neutral faction members to kick you out of the office" said Daphne.

"Are you blackmailing me lady? I can have you arrested right now for that" said Scrimgeour angrily.

"You are in no position to do any of that Scrimgeour. As the leader of the light faction of the wizengamot, I can convince a lot of light sided members to vote against you too. Now the only support left for you would be from the dark faction, which has considerably weakened after the arrest of Lucius Malfoy, who was its de-facto leader. With nearly three fourths of the wizengamot against you, you would be booted out of the office quickly. Don't think that because I am so lenient and forgiving, I won't do that. I am fed up of giving second chances to undeserving people. I remember very well how much the ministry and the daily prophet painted me as a senile old man last year just because I spoke the truth. I was booted out of the ICW and the wizengamot thanks to the ministrations of your super paranoid predecessor Fudge, who had a stupid notion that I was pining after his post of minister. Whenever I have requested funds from the ministry for providing new brooms for the flying classes, the ministry has always refused my requests. I am really tired of all this nonsense Minister" said Dumbledore sternly, his blue eyes burning with fire as a dangerous aura surrounded him. Both the minister and his assistant shivered on seeing this. This was not the twinkling barmy old headmaster, but the defeater of Grindelwald. Percy remembered well how during last year Dumbledore had easily overcome Fudge, Umbridge, himself and the two aurors, and escaped from Hogwarts.

"Minister, I am willing to throw you some bones. I am ready to endorse the ministry and become ministry's poster boy provided my conditions are met. One, You set up a trial in front of the entire wizengamot and interrogate Umbridge and Fudge using Veritaserum" said Harry peering intently at the minister.

"But the ministry doesn't have enough stock of Veritaserum" complained Scrimgeour.

"Don't worry minister. We have an excellent potions master at Hogwarts. Slughorn will provide you with the required amount of Veritaserum and all the other required potions" said Dumbledore.

"Two, you will check every employee in the ministry for dark mark, imperius curse or polyjuice potions as soon as they step foot in the ministry. Interrogate each one of them using Veritaserum after using flushing potions to weed out any antidotes that they might have taken. If they are found guilty of having the dark mark, they should be immediately terminated and punished depending upon the severity of their crimes. Make all the employees swear magically enforced oaths or make them sign written magical contracts stating that they would not support Voldemort and his deatheaters in any manner. Don't give a damn to all the objections of privacy. Saving a nation from the terror of raping and murdering deatheaters has a greater priority than avoiding slight discomfiture caused to someone's privacy. If it is required, use your discretionary powers to declare national emergency and do the needful" said Harry

Scrimgeour nodded reluctantly, though he was not at all happy about it. But what could a cornered politician do?

"Three, you will increase the funding given to the auror forces and the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Provide them with new equipments like wand holsters and other protective stuff. You can place a big mass order for shield hats and shield cloaks for all your aurors and even your ministry employees, from the Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes" said Harry.

"But we don't have adequate funds in our ministry treasury. Fudge wasted a lot of ministry's money in throwing extravagant parties for his fellow politicians. We are actually on the verge of Bankruptcy" protested Scrimgeour

"I will provide all the required funds from my Potter vaults. I have liquidity worth 1 million galleons from my Potter, Peverall and Gryffindor vaults. In addition to that, Sirius left me with another 25000 Galleons from the black vaults. In addition to that, I have Potter properties around Europe with a net worth of 50000 Galleons. I am willing to utilize my assests for funding the ministry's auror forces and relief activities, and even other departments as long as you agree to my terms and conditions" said Harry sincerely.

Scrimgeour nodded. Then, Harry continued.

"Four, you will temporarily remove the underage magic restrictions citing national emergency. Children shouldn't be worried about underage magic laws when they are faced by the prospect of escaping from deatheaters" said Harry.

Scrimgeour nodded, though he was fervently waiting when these damn conditions would get over.

"And finally, you will give me, Daphne & her family members, Dumbledore and the entire order of phoenix, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood a complete legal immunity for all the actions that we take in subduing the deatheaters and Voldemort" said Harry.

"But surely this is too much minister" complained Percy angrily. "Are you going to cave in to this insolent boy's demands?" Percy asked the minister.

On hearing this, Daphne rebuked Percy angrily.

"This person, whom you call insolent, saved your sister during your second year when she was possessed by a cursed diary. He saved your father from being poisoned last year due to his timely warning. This year, he saved your brother Ron from an assassination attempt by Draco Malfoy which was meant for Dumbledore. Half of your family owe their lives to Harry and you dare to call him insolent. At least, he is not a brown noser who abandoned his mom and dad who raised him with love and affection, and spat on their sacrifices to kiss the arse of corrupt ministry members like Fudge and Umbridge" said Daphne. Harry had told her all about the Weasleys and about Percy's estrangement a few days back.

Percy gave a roar of rage and raised his wand at Daphne, but Daphne was quicker. She immediately disarmed him and bound him using ropes. Scrimgeour was in too much shock to protest and Dumbledore was watching the proceedings calmly allowing Harry and Daphne to take charge.

"Your mom cries everyday Percy ever since you left the family. Do you have any idea of the pain that you gave to Mr and Mrs Weasley by your harsh words? You wouldn't have been in such a good position in the ministry had your mom and dad not supported and encouraged your ambitions? I never had the love and affection of my mom and dad ever since they were killed by Voldemort when I was one and half years old. I desperately crave for it, because I realized the value of it when the Disgusting Dursleys abused me. But they gave you a wonderful childhood. I remember the smile on Mrs Weasley's face and look of pride on Mr Weasleys' when you became a headboy. They gave you so much and what did you do to repay them? You quickly believed the tripe that the ministry spouted and abandoned your own loving mom and dad, without even giving them a chance to explain their concerns? Fudge was clearly manipulating you to drive a wedge between you and your family members. That was why he gave you a quick, undeserved promotion. And he was doing all this under the due bribe influenced guidance of Lucius Malfoy, the same Lucius Malfoy who always gave your father a tough time at the ministry. Lucius Malfoy was the one who intentionally slipped that cursed dark diary into Ginny to discredit your father. And, you abandoned your own father to side with such disgusting people, all for your greedy ambitions?" asked Harry intensely.

Percy paled considerably on hearing Harry's words and his face showed intense regret for the first time. A tear dropped from his face.

"Mr Weasley, you can still make amends with your family. Please do it soon, because your family misses you dearly, especially Molly. I have seen how distraught she has been ever since you left her. Now you know very well that your family was right. Please don't let ego and greed consume you. Make amends with your family soon, because in a time of war, we can't say how much time a person is expected to live. I still have regrets in not taking good care of my younger brother and sister during my youth. Due to my negligence, my sister faced an untimely death and I have regretted my actions ever since. I still wish that I could go back and change everything, but unfortunately that is not possible. Please meet your family and make amends. It is not a weakness to admit your mistakes and apologize, please remember that Mr Weasley" said Dumbledore and Percy finally nodded his head.

Then, Dumbledore turned to Scrimgeour who had been watching this whole drama with a shell shocked expression on his face.

"So minister, what is your decision? Will you agree to Harry's demands or do we have to boot you out?" asked Dumbledore

Scrimgeour was undergoing an intense internal struggle as he couldn't speak anything for a few moments.

"You will have to sign a magical contract that we have prepared, where all of Harry's conditions are listed out. Signing it would mean that you would put your best efforts to fulfill Harry's conditions as soon as possible. Here is the blood quill. For the first time in your life, please do the right thing as a minister. Or else, you know what is going to happen. Doing this will cement your position as a heroic minister who took daring steps to face Voldemort's threat. Or else, you will remain amongst the list of so many forgotten ministers of history. Now, it is the time for you to decide" said Daphne putting the contract and blood quill on the table.

Scrimgeour gulped and finally put his signature on the contract using the blood quill. The contract glowed a golden yellow as soon as Scrimgeour signed it before the glow went away.

"Excellent minister. You may start your duties soon. In case you have any difficulties, you are free to approach either one of us. Have a good day" said Dumbledore with twinkling eyes, giving a cheery wave to the minister, who quickly flooed away followed by Percy.

As soon as the minister and Percy went away, Dumbledore said to Harry and Daphne "Am I right in assuming that Harry has told you everything about horcruxes, Miss Greengrass?" asked Dumbledore.

"Yes sir, Harry has told me whatever you have told him" said Daphne.

"Good, because I think I have finally found the location of another horcrux" said Dumbledore.

Author's Note: That's all for now folks. Have a nice day.