The Demise
by Healer Pomfrey

All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story.
I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.

COMPLETELY AU! Partly OOC. Slightly dark!Harry/dark!Dudley. Slight Dumbledore bashing.

It is my story, and I intend to write it the way I want it. If you don't like it, go and find something else to read or write your own story to your liking!

Harry and Dudley spent most of Christmas Eve in Buckbean's office at Gringotts, waiting for the Aurors, who were invisibly patrolling Diagon Alley, to call them.

It was late in the afternoon, and the shopping street was still crowded with wizards and witches hunting for last minute Christmas presents, when they received the message that Death Eaters were attacking Diagon Alley.

Harry and Dudley exchanged a glance, before they donned their hoods and reached for their brooms, apparating away right away.

When they reached the alley, they were already sitting on the brooms and made a bee-line to where they could see at least a dozen hooded figures making the crowd rush away in panic.

"Your demise has come," Dudley shouted, as he approached the Death Eaters.

"How dare you attack Diagon Alley, you bastard," Harry shouted, making his way over to where he could make out Voldemort within the cloud of black hoods.

"Crucio," Voldemort shouted, pointing his wand in his direction.

However, Harry managed to dodge the curse and dropped a large amount of drops, which Sirius had given him as his newest invention of a joke product, onto the hooded figures underneath himself. To the evil wizards' clear shock, the drops exploded into small fireworks that not only gave them burns but efficiently managed to draw their attention to their hurting body parts. While Dudley proceeded to stun the distracted Death Eaters, Harry approached Voldemort and exchanged a couple of spells with his nemesis - inefficiently, as they both managed to dodge each other's curses.

"Now," Dudley suddenly hissed at Harry, before he waved his sword towards the evil wizard at the same time as Harry cast a boiling curse at him, which - due to the distraction by Dudley - managed to hit Voldemort. Hundreds of green boils instantly ate away his black garments, while his head lost connection to the rest of his body.

"Bye Tom," Harry hissed, sighing in relief, as he landed on the ground next to Dudley, where they were surrounded by Aurors an instant later.

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"That was just amazing," Tonks blurted out, pulling first Harry and then Dudley into bear hugs. "You did it, you got him," she added, grinning broadly.

"Congratulations Harry and Dudley," Amelia added, as she stepped through the crowd of Aurors. "Well done."

"Thank you Amelia," Harry replied, smiling, before he asked the older witch to accompany them to Gringotts to be able to speak in private for a few minutes.

"Now that Voldemort is gone, we'd like to fine charges against Dumbledore," he told the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. "I believe that Buckbean already gave you the necessary information."

"Yes dear, and I've already prepared everything," Amelia replied, pleasantly. "Dumbledore is in for a nice Christmas surprise letter."

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Albus Dumbledore was just enjoying Christmas breakfast together with his colleagues, glad that Voldemort was said to be gone, even if he could not comprehend why that would have been possible, and that his potions master had unobtrusively managed to get away from the scene as soon as who he knew to be the Demise had shown up.

However, his happiness turned into horror upon opening one of the letters, which he received from the owls on this morning. What was supposed to be a Christmas letter was in fact an announcement from the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

'Albus Dumbledore, you are accused of the following charges against the heir of the ancient house of Potter.
- Child abduction
- Ignoring Lily and James Potter's will
- Binding Harry's magic
- Failing to take of the binding, causing harmful consequences
You are herewith requested to appear in front of the court at 10 a.m. on 26 December, 1994, court room 4, Ministry of Magic.
Regards
Amelia Bones
Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement'

"Albus, are you all right?" Minerva asked in apparent concern, making him look up from his letter.

"Yes," he replied, weakly reaching for the next letter, which he hoped - in vain - to just be a normal Christmas card.

It was from Augusta Longbottom.

'Albus Dumbledore, herewith I invite you to an urgent meeting of the Wizengamot at 3 p.m. today. The members of the Wizengamot have come to doubt your loyalty to the ancient houses for multiple reasons and wish to discuss your debatable continuation as head of the Wizengamot. By the way, you will lose the votes of the houses Potter, Gryffindor and Slytherin, as each of these houses will now be represented by their rightful heirs.
Regards
Lady Augusta Longbottom'

To Albus' relief, the next three letters turned out to be Christmas cards from former students, before he suddenly held an official looking letter from Gringotts in his hands. Inwardly groaning, he unfolded the parchment and read.

'Mr. Dumbledore, this is to inform you that all of your vaults have been locked for the time being due to an impending court event. You cannot approach your vaults or make any transactions until further notice. Since you don't have an heir, in case of conviction, all your possessions will become property of Gringotts.
Regards
Ragnok
Director of Gringotts'

'Am I stuck in a nightmare?' Albus wondered, however, had to admit to himself that reality seemed to be haunting him. 'Oh well, I made some mistakes,' he thought, as he slowly returned to his office to look for his Christmas presents. 'Maybe I'll at least receive some nice, woollen socks,' he hoped.

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Harry was torn between excitement and annoyance. It was going to be his first open appearance in the human magical world. 'At least Mum and Sirius are going to be with me,' he thought, as he readied himself to head to the Ministry of Magic, where the Wizengamot meeting was going to take place.

"I'm going to accompany you, even if I don't have a vote," Dudley decided, causing Harry to smile.

"Thanks," he replied, feeling very much reassured by his brother's company. "I'll discuss what to do with my votes for Gryffindor and Potter with you anyway."

"I might want your opinion how to use the Slytherin vote, too," Petunia spoke up, causing Sirius to chuckle.

"Now let's go. It's not such a big deal," the Marauder said, grinning, as he was the first to step into the fireplace.

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Sirius introduced Petunia, Harry and Dudley to the Wizengamot, making many of the assembled members stare at them with interest, as it became clear that they were the heirs of the founders of Hogwarts.

To Harry's relief, everyone was very friendly in spite of their sudden appearance, and Augusta Longbottom quickly opened the session.

"As Albus Dumbledore will be facing court tomorrow due to several accusations against Harry, the heir of the ancient house of Potter, pursued by Amelia Bones, today, we will deal with Dumbledore's behaviour towards the ancient and noble houses," the old witch announced, before she began to accuse Dumbledore.

"Only by chance did we get to know that there were two prophecies made for Harry Evans, née Potter, and Voldemort. This should have been open knowledge for all of us to assist Harry bringing down the evil wizard as soon as possible. However, Dumbledore kept the information to himself, while it would have been his responsibility as head of the Wizengamot to inform us. Moreover, Dumbledore employed a wizard who was possessed by Voldemort's spirit to teach at Hogwarts, bringing all our children into jeopardy. In my opinion, this is inexcusable, and I ask you now, members of the Wizengamot, to show your distrust towards Albus Dumbledore."

To Harry's surprise, the members openly voted to have Dumbledore replaced as the head of the Wizengamot. Only about five members, obviously old friends of Dumbledore, did not raise their hands.

"I suggest Sirius Black as the new head of the Wizengamot," Nicholas Flamel suddenly spoke up. "He was also one of the victims of Albus Dumbledore and innocently ended up in Azkaban only because Dumbledore blocked the Potters' will, from which it would have been evident that he was innocent."

A quick vote later, Sirius was pronounced head of the Wizengamot, and Amelia assured the members that the matter of Sirius' unrightful imprisonment would also become a topic during the court on the following day.

"Considering Albus Dumbledore's errors, I believe that he should also be deemed unfit as headmaster of Hogwarts," Sirius announced, taking over the session from Augusta.

"Who do you suggest then?" Amelia spoke up, giving Sirius a questioning look.

"Considering that my fiancée Petunia along with my godsons Harry and Dudley are the heirs of the four founders of Hogwarts, I suggest Harry Evans as the new headmaster," Sirius replied, smirking.

"That's impossible. Harry hasn't even taken his OWLs yet let alone the NEWTs," Dumbledore contradicted.

"I've taken my OWLs last summer, and I'm ready to take my NEWTs as soon as the Ministry makes it possible," Harry spoke up, giving Amelia a questioning look.

"I'll have to enquire about the date within the ministry," Amelia replied and suggested to make Harry the headmaster from the next school year onwards, when he would be sixteen and in possession of his NEWT certificate. "Until then, we can ask Minerva McGonagall to take the position of the temporary headmistress.

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"So from next summer onwards, you'll be the headmaster of Hogwarts," Dudley said in amazement, once they were back at home.

"Cool on the one hand, but on the other hand, I'm going to miss Goblin Island," Harry replied, sighing.

"Don't forget the advantage of goblin apparition," Buckbean reminded him. "You can even apparate out of Hogwarts and can come here without anyone realising that you've left."

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It was on the following evening that the Evans held a small party to celebrate recent events together with their extended family as well as the three members of the Triumvirate, to whom they had become really close over the years.

"I have made a decision," Nicholas suddenly spoke up, causing everyone to look at the old wizard in expectation.

"Since Dumbledore has been stripped of all posts and sent to Azkaban, I believe that it's time for me to make space for someone younger, too." Seeing everyone stare at him in disbelief, he announced, "I'd like to retire from being a member of the Triumvirate, provided that Dudley would be willing to become my successor. With Harry as the headmaster and Sirius as the head of the Wizengamot, I believe that they'll be able to brilliantly work together."

"I accept," Dudley replied, eagerly, making Harry grin broadly.

"My last task," Nicholas added, smirking, "will be to rid Fudge of his position as Minister of Magic and have him replaced by Amelia."

Huge applause followed his announcement, which was equally shared by the Wizengamot in another urgent session, and by the time the New Year's ball took place at the ministry, Amelia was already the new minister.

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When Harry took place at the table to which Amelia led him, he looked around only to realise that he was sitting together with Amelia and his family. 'Thank Merlin,' he thought, before he let his eyes wander around the room only to inwardly groan at the number of people assembled in the large ministry hall.

Amelia greeted everyone, before she announced, "I am very happy that it's my first task as the new Minister of Magic to award two courageous young men the Order of Merlin first class." Holding out the awards to the fifteen-year-olds, she continued, "Herewith I award Harry and Dudley Evans the Order of Merlin first class for the demise of Voldemort."

"It's not only Voldemort..."

"... but we're the Demise..."

"... for anyone..."

"... who really messes up," the twins replied, grinning at each other, as they gratefully accepted the award.

The End

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