Potter, the next Dark Lord!

Summary: A kind of challenge from Kamerreon's Your Headline News. What if Harry Potter was resorted into Slytherin? A newsflash as it would be written by Rita Skeeter.

Authored by LadyEvansPotter

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. *sobs* Why does the gods hate me? (lol)

Other than that, know this: The story was a spur of the moment in account of the writing of it, and is unedited, unbeta'ed and it's late at night (almost). Therefore, please excuse any spelling mistakes. And now, to the story.

The Daily Prophet, 2nd of September 1996.

It has come to the attention of this reporter that a rather unusual event has taken place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; Yesterday, at the First of September, Headmaster Dumbledore announced that all students from fifth year and up would be resorted, and that included the sixteen year old Boy-Who-Lived.

Now, my dear readers, let it not be said that he did not try to be free from this 'Ridiculous happenings', as he was recorded to say, for he most likely knew what would happen should the Sorting Hat be placed on his head once again.

The Headmaster claimed that the children that have lived, and partly participated, in the war no longer has the same needs as they did when they first entered Hogwarts, and as such he felt it would be better if they had another sorting, so that they could be placed in their now right house, if it had changed.

The savior that we all know the name of, and who in fact saved us from You-Know-Who, was Sorted again, when it was his turn. According to my sources, he was seen sending a hateful look at the headmaster, as if he knew, or thought, that this new development was just a farce that Dumbledore had arranged to make sure the Savior had everything he needed.

Imagine my shock, good readers, when the Sorting Hat, after minutes of arguing with Harry Potter, shouted out Slytherin as the new house of the last Potter. The boy seemed angry with the hat, as if he was tempted to destroy it.

Now, dear readers, let me remind you of the story that follows Hogwarts. Gryffindor has always been the house of the brave and noble, those that will fight for others. Ravenclaw has for many years, back to its founder, always been seen as the home of those that are seekers of knowledge and what it may bring. Following this there is Hufflepuff, which seems to be a house that contains the hardworking and the most loyal of loyal. And then there is Slytherin; the house of Dark Lord and Dark Wizards. This can be seen as it is usually Slytherins that follows a dark lord most eagerly. The house stands for cunning, slyness and ambition, according to the Sorting Hat, but who said hats can't lie?

After the Hat's declaration, Mr. Potter strutted to his new house table before sitting down next to – horror of all horrors – Draco Lucius Malfoy, and began talking friendly to him, while glaring every few minutes at the headmaster of Hogwarts. Now if this is not the sign of a new Dark Lord, I don't know what would be.

Let it be known that the Malfoy family has always been dark, as seen in the recent war with the Dark Lord, where Harry Potter vanquished him. It can also be speculated whether Harry just wanted competition out of the way, or maybe he felt that You-Know-Who was an inferior person at being a dark lord, seeing as he had been defeated by a baby.

Who will save us from the former Savior, if he indeed has turned Dark on us? What will his priorities be? Who will he then murder first, or will he be a master of deception, lies and torture? There is no doubt that the Savior has abandoned us now that he is a Slytherin. He always based much on the Hogwarts houses…

This reporter wonders what the future will bring, and hopefully it will not include another Wizarding War. There seemed to have been enough of them recently as it is.

A/N:

Uhm… What do you think? Ages ago, I read Your Headline News, and thought it to be a rather amusing story. I haven't talked to Kamerreon recently, but as far as I remember, I was allowed to write the articles that Rita wrote… I think the condition was that I named the base story (YHN) or something, but not entirely sure.

Anyway, did that sound like Rita? I haven't read the HP books in ages, and half based her character from what I remember from reading other stories where she writes in the Daily Prophet. (For instance, Abandon by Batsutousai (I hoped I spelled that right). Wonderful story).

Feel free to review, and I must admit this is just a little idea that crossed my mind when once again reading the aforementioned story by Kamerreon. I've lost count of how many times I've read it. ^^

And I hope the story is not crap. :p And feel free to check out my other stories.

A/N2:

Fixed an error, but also have a small announcement: In time, this fic will change name from the current (Potter, the next Dark Lord) to From the Quill of Rita Skeeter, I think. But it will contain the articles of the aforementioned story by Kamerreon, but possibly not all of them. It will be like a colletion of oneshots, I suppose.

Yours,

LadyEvansPotter.