Disclaimer: I am not a female by the name of JK Rowling. Harry Potter is not mine, I am not making any money from this.

Summary: This is the beginning of a story that will involve Harry either destroying the magical world, having the muggles do it, or something….I haven't decided yet.

Harry Potter had been stopped in the atrium of the Ministry of Magic, by non other than Cornelius Fudge himself. Harry wanted no part of a conversation with the bulbous little man, seeing as he had just finished with his farce of a trial before the full Wizengamot on ridiculous charges.

"Mr. Potter stop right there! By order of the Minister of Magic, Arthur stop walking away and follow me to my office. We have much to discuss, plus Harry and I must have a little chat." Cornelius said while barely managing to keep his temper in check.

Neither Harry nor Arthur were going to comply, but the old magic of the ministry building itself was compelling them to. Plus the Aurors that were positioned in the area were surely willing to "escort" the delinquent and eccentric man to the minister's office with only "minimal" discomfort.

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Inside Fudge's Office:

Seated behind a grand mahogany and gold leafed desk, the minister carefully observed his "guests".

"Arthur, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to step outside. I need to have a private conversation with Mr. Potter and then we can talk about your future in the ministry. You won't have long to wait, that I can assure you. Run along now and have the secretary fetch you a cup of tea."

"Yes minister." Arthur intoned in a dull manner. He understood that his career would most likely be over because of his support of Harry and belief in the Dark Lord's resurrection. As he was getting up to leave he subtly cast a recording charm on Harry's visitor's badge as he leaned in to offer a few last words of assurance he would be outside and waiting his exit. "Don't be afraid of him Harry. He can't hurt you."

Arthur slowly exited and the office descended into silence. For several moments Cornelius had his chin resting on his hands as he gazed at Harry over his desk. Harry, however, was looking anywhere but at the minister.

"Do you know why you were charged with those crimes Harry?" The minister asked.

"No. All I know is that Voldemort is back, and coming after me, you, and any other person in the UK that has an ounce of good in them. Minister; I did not lie, Harry stated firmly. What will it take for you to believe me short of Voldemort himself showing up to kill me?"

"Harry, I think it's time I came clean with you. It was proven to me that Voldemort was back about a week after the tournament. Not only did Albus provide me with conclusive evidence, but the Unspeakables were able to go to the site in Little Haggleton and through extensive testing determine that the Genesis ritual had indeed been performed."

"Wha…Harry started"

"Harry, let me finish. As I was saying, when it was proven conclusively to me that Voldemort was back, I contacted the headmaster, as Chief Mugwump, and we formed a plan to "weed out" the sympathizers to the Dark Lord before they had a chance to grow in strength and damage the government."

"But that doesn't make any sense, Harry cried jumping to his feet. Why have I been subjugated to all of this utter rubbish by the Prophet, and by you?!? Shouldn't I have been consulted about this at any time? Don't I have any rights as a citizen of the crown to be informed of what my government is doing in regards to myself?"

"My dear boy, you are so naive. What is the number one cause of "discomfort" among wizards in Britannia today? Before you answer that it was a rhetorical question. Men such as Dumbledore and myself realize that in order for any government business to be conducted we must make appeals to the rich. Who are the rich you may ask? Purebloods of course, but more specifically the Aristocratic Purebloods. The Black's, Bone's, Potter's, Malcom's, Malfoy's, Nott's, Parinson's, Longbottom's, and Vanquest vaults alone account for nearly 95 percent of the magical UK's revenue. The Black, Vanquest, and Malfoy vaults alone generate 300 billion galleon's worth of taxable interest, with just at 45 percent of that coming from dormant Vanquest line. These are the most important people Harry; not only because of their influence in the economy, but because they have the Hereditary ability to change the wizarding world of Britain. The reason that muggleborn wizards have such a hard time gaining rights is the same reason that sentient creatures have had such a hard time. There is no way that the lesser nobility, if you will, like the Potter family and others can match the influence of those three. Only once before has the "Coven," as the families are called, been overruled in politics. That was the Wizengamot Act of 1073 to found Hogwarts which included a measure to bind the Magical government to the Crown. Later acts have weakened that bond, but it is still there. By passing this treaty, the Coven felt that wizards would be held back by the influences of muggles. It was only by their culmination of such economic resources that the average wizard was educated of these facts."

"How so minister? It sounds to me like this was just another way that purebloods were able to maintain power for themselves and keep the common people oppressed."

"Oh but it wasn't my boy, it wasn't. You see after the three families gained their dominance of the market, they forced changes in the makeup of the Wizengamot. No longer was the Wizengamot able to write new policy or law freely, no…all new laws go for final ratification to the Coven after the Wizengamot has approved it. It was only in the Late 1500's when the Vanquest line began to decline that the Black and Malfoy families chose to implement the beginnings of the "Ultra-Conservative" policies that are in effect today. For instance, in 1493 the Coven, at the insistence of Gideon Vanquest, approved a small fund to help defer costs of magical educations at Hogwarts. Eventually this trust came to be the sole means of funding the school, outside of a small ministry stipend to insure a certain level of curriculum is taught. From this trust the Coven was actually able to pay of the loan used to start the school, thanks to the Vanquest and Black Family. At this time the Malfoy line was much more interested in the day-to-day operations of the ministry. It was decided by the Head's of the Coven's families that the Malfoy's would be in charge of the Ministry, the Black's the Wizengamot, and the Vanquest's controlled Hogwarts and all other areas of learning. Slowly, through the years, the young were educated the way that the Coven wanted and given key governing positions on both the Wizengamot, and in the Ministry. This is how why the current generation is having such a problem and why the muggleborn are frustrated. The muggle world has progressed whereas we have not."

"What the Hell does this have to do with me? Look I don't mind history, but what in the name of Merlin's Blue Balls have I got to do with this picture, and Why was I tried if you knew I was innocent?!?" Harry was seething on the inside. He wanted to know where this was going and how in the hell it he had gotten here in the first place.

"If you will give me a moment I was getting there Mr. Potter. Now, as I was saying, by the year 1877 the liberal descended of the Royalists had been indoctrinated with the beliefs that the Vanquest line had taught to the children at Hogwarts for many years now. The Coven felt there was little to fear in the form of a revolution and the governing of the wizarding world was slowly withdrawn from the eyes of the muggle government, almost for good. Even today, I have minimal interaction with the muggle Prime Minister, and I have yet to meet the Queen. I doubt she or any other HRH is aware of the magical world. There are only two existing copies of Act of 1073, and neither of them are in the hands of a muggle. The magic in the act has been slowly dissipating, and in another 300-400 years the magic may be completely gone."

"What the FUCK does all of this mean?!!!!!"

"Control boy! Right now if Her Majesty were to be made aware of this act, there would no longer be a Ministry of Magic, or a Magical Britannia. We would all be subjects to the crown and have to submit ourselves to muggle authority. The whole reason that the International Statute of Secrecy was established wasn't to prevent muggles from discovering wizardry, it was to prevent the inevitable war between wizards and muggles! The Coven Families realized that if muggles were to retain knowledge of the magical world, then a struggle would erupt between the two groups to see who was the dominant species. Think about it boy! We are identical in every way but ability. Muggles would want to kill us because of the threat that we posed to their way of life, and we would kill muggles simply to try and even out the numbers. There is a reason battle magic and major dark arts are not taught, even at Durmstrang! Wizards are just as, if not more, effective at killing as muggles. The Coven had foreseen these events and that is why those three families are in control of the economy. The bias that they fostered was to protect BOTH wizards AND muggles from a war that would not help either of us. You were brought into this because your Headmaster planned for you to have this experience and gain the knowledge of how the world really works. He wants you o take over his place when he is gone, leading a placebo group dedicated to "changing the Wizarding world." All of his pro-muggle crap is nothing more than a steaming pile of hippogryph shite in all the effect that it has. By the time that Dumbledore's supporters in the "pureblood camp" have watered down his legislation to pulp, Dumbledore takes the finished "progressive" legislation and parades it as a recipe for "pure progress for muggle relations." What you are here for is to be Dumbledore's primary parade float. Any time that he is beginning to lose favor in the eyes of the "progressives" he gets you involved in some stunt of another of his many friends and colleagues."

By now Harry had a look of shock and revulsion on his face. Cornelius got up from his desk and went to pour himself a glass of brandy. After he had sat down he continued with his story, only slightly aware of Harry's inner turmoil.

"With the Death of Walburga Black and Sirius imprisoned, and the death of Agamemnon Vanquest, the Control of the Coven Trust was left in the hands of William Malfoy, Lucius' aging father. By the summer of 1982 Lucius Malfoy was in control of the trust and we suspect that he had been using the funds to support the rise of Voldemort with the help of his father, and Walburga. Why you are involved, and how your trial matters? Dumbledore. Dumbledore, from what I gather, was able to be "very impressed" on the mind of a young Sirius Black. I still don't know how he managed to get the boy to split with his family. Voldemort is a threat to the true conservative faction you see. In order to gain back control of the trust we had to have a way of getting black out of jail and in control of the trust, but not before we were sure that he would be loyal. You are the key Harry. We had to be able to convince Black to take on his role in the coven. The only way we could get him to do that was to convince him that you needed the protection that it offers. We needed you to be in a state that was easy to control, you had to be malleable enough so that through you we could use Black. I wish we could find the Vanquest heir, but there is no possible way we could. Don't you see Harry? All of you aren't even the major player in this game. Your trial was only meant to introduce, formally, in the Wizengamot the idea that Voldemort had returned. Because your defense made reference to his rebirth, later on pensive memories and other statements can be gathered to prove his return and have Malfoy arrested. Young Draco is much more impressionable than his father, and with his and the Black vote on the side of the side of Dumbledore, the reign of the true conservatives cannot be interrupted, and society will prosper. We only need you to handle Voldemort."

As he had been talking Cornelius was walking around the room finally coming to rest behind Harry's chair. All this time Harry had gone beyond any realm of pissed off that any human had experienced in quite some time. Some would even say he was in a state of pissed off shock. Which might be why he never noticed Cornelius pull out his wand and place it at the base of his temple.

"Obliviate, Cornelius whispered." Then silently stupefy. Harry's world faded to black. Arthur would be taken care of momentarily.