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A/N: This twoshot is my first venture into the land of Dark!Harry stories. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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Power

Tom was happy. It was his first day as Minister of Magic. Exactly ten years after he had taken posession of the Potter boy. What he thought to be a temporary solution turned out to be his salvation. The puplic celebrated the boy-who-lived as their saviour and would listen to everything he said.

Tom hated to admit it, but he himself had also changed. The merging of Potters personality with his had given him an emotional stability he had lacked as Voldemort. It also seemed that due to Potter he found sollutions that did not occur to him before.

Tom produced a photograf from the pockets of his robes. The picture showed a young woman with an infant sleeping peacefully in her arm. Tom smiled at his little family. Five years ago he had married Daphne Greengrass. The Greengrass had a lineage that rivaled the Malfoys. More important however the Greengrass were one of his most devoted followers. The public did not knew that of course.

His rise to power had been carefully planed. After reuniting his Death Eaters he had forbidden them, by pain of death, to take any hostile actions towards non-purebloods. Lucius Malfoy had been less than pleased but a bout of cruciatus had put him into place quickly. His Death Eaters understood that he was the master no matter which face he wore.

In the fall Harry had returned to Hogwarts to finally take his NEWTs. Tom put the year to a good use. Classes were spent plotting and studing for his homework served as cover up to read more obscure books about magic. In midwinter after some particuly nasty remarks from Snape he desided that he had enough of the triator. Within the week Snape was tragically killed trough a potions exident while teaching the Griffindor first years. Tom shed a few tears and continued to "study". In May he passed his NEWTs with flying colours.

Tom knew that he had to get his foot into the Ministry. From Potter's memories he knew that the boy had planned to be an Auror, this suited Tom just fine. The following years he pretended to hunt dark wizards and protected his followers against any prosecution. The word of the boy-who-lived kept the Malfoy family out of Askaban. To keep up the pretense Tom regulary staged spectacular arrests where he caught some imperioed drunkards.

Within a year after leaving Hogwarts he was one of the most sucessful Aurors of the Ministry. Of course, his success causes rivals and some tried to openly oppose him. Tom was prepared. He bribed or blackmailed his opponents into supporting him. Those who were stupid enough not to consider his generous offer found their carrers destroyed and their families backs turned on them. It was a very sucessful strategy.

In the beginning Tom had thought that Dumbledore would be his be the greatest obstacle he had to overcome. Suprisingly enough exactly the oppisite was the truth. The old man supported his "Golden boy" whatever he did. Tom of course did not trusted the peace entirely. Three years ago, soon before he begann his campain to become Minister he put the old man under the imperious curse. Just in case.

Around the same time he secured Dumbledores alliances Tom sent his Death Eaters to selected memebers of the wizarding community. They visited the Heads of all important families, every respectable shopkeeper in Diagon Ally and Hogsmead and some selecte witches and wizards who were known gossipers. They brought gifts, handed out favours and talked about Potters bright visions for the futur of the wizarding world. By the time he officially started his campain to become Minister the wizarding world was putty in his hands.

A fortnight ago the wizengamot had elected him unanimously. The wizarding world had been in a uproar and the celebrations that followed rivaled those after his last fall from power. In his inaugural speech Tom anounced the one claim that would be the future of the wizarding world. "Wizards first!"

Sitting in his office Tom smiled. The wizarding world was his.