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What We Want to Know
Chapter One:
He sat in a chair behind his wooden desk, with his head in his hands. His bowler hat was hanging on the coatrack next to his office door; he wore it because he has recently been going bald as he aged. He didn't like that.
What was he going to do? Now that the whole Wizard World knows the truth… He would have to resign. Yes, he would.
Cornelius Fudge knew that his term was almost up, in fact it was done next year. Still, he had to resign now. He did not want to be seen as a liar, or manipulative… But he knew that the public would see him as that now, considering the recent events…
Last night, he saw him. He saw You-Know-Who. His nose was nonexistent, and his eyes were a bright, evil red. It made him want to cower down and roll into a ball in the fetal position in fear. But he couldn't do that no, not in front of the whole Ministry… it would not be good for his image. Yet, his imaged was already ruined…
He would have to alert Weatherby- wait, no, Weasley- that he was going to be resigning. Yes, yes, he would have to do that…
Fudge would not be able to continue with his political career. No, in fact he would not.
Thankfully, at that moment, Percy Weasley hurried into his boss's office and brought him out of his miserable thoughts. He slammed a file down on the edge of his desk, and asked him, "So, You-Know-Who really is back?"
"Well, as you saw last night, Percy, he is in fact back." He sighed.
His assistant frowned, and muttered in a low, angry voice, "So you have been lying to me this whole time?"
"It seems so. I have. Not just to you, Percy, but to the whole Wizard World."
"I guess that my eldest brother, Bill, was right. We should have elected that American woman running for Minister a few years back."
"Yes, well, that would not happen. I mean, she was a woman after all."
Percy was going to say something, about how his younger sister would punch him for being so sexist, but he decided not to.
"Why did you hire me, then?"
"Due to your family."
"Well, Minister, I quit. Have a good day, have a good life, I will be cleaning out my office now." He then left and slammed the door, making Fudge wince at the noise.
"Its true- you should not get a redhead mad…" he thought to himself.
What was going to happen now? He should have listened to Dumbledore… That man was always right in the end…
But the thing was, Fudge did believe that You-Know-Who was back… he just did not want to ruin his political image.
To him, his political image mattered more than his family.
Yes, he, Cornelius Fudge was the most selfish man on Earth.