Death's Advocate
Harry was never too sure when he stopped looking through the shadow world, most likely it was the fact he was a man and a lot of shower doors were reflective. So it was not much of surprise he got distracted very easily, amazed at the amount of female flesh on display and transfixed by the many things he saw in the shadow world.
"Oi!" a stern voice pulled him out of his daze and he jumped in order to cover up his state of arousal.
"I don't believe this! I give you the power to break the laws of physics and you use it for free porn! God I'd kill you If not for the fact I'd get fired" Laura announced throwing her arms up in the air in desperation; Harry's cheeks began to burn. Then Laura's eye caught a reflection in the opposite gateway to reality.
"Oooh hunk!" Laura suddenly grinned rushing to one of the mirrors, Harry looked confused for a moment.
"I thought you said not to do that," He commented as she looked into the real world with a slight smile
"That was five or six seconds before I saw this piece of action, now pervert I've got news, news that could be considered good and bad at the same time," Laura explained not taking her eyes off the mysterious man in the mirror. Harry decided to ignore the insult
"Which is?" Harry asked
"Well the good side of the news is as you have the Ravenclaw seat you now have the power of veto in the Wizengamot so any decision they make you can overrule if you want to," she explained briefly, Harry at this point grabbed her dress and turned her around so she could talk without distraction, however he didn't see how that could be a bad thing.
"The bad news is you have to attend one meeting a week which is amazingly boring and if Fate asks you to veto something or let something pass you have to do it or literally she will make it so you end of marrying Dumbledore," Laura explained and Harry gaped with wide terrified eyes.
"Ok I may have embellished a little but seriously do what she says," she explained after a moment, allowing Harry to fully appreciate the terror he was being threatened with. She laughed a bit after that as Harry took a few deep breaths.
"That was not funny," Harry hissed to her, knowing it could happen if Fate wanted it to and... oh god it was horrible
"Stop thinking about it," Laura suggested with a slight smirk as she watched him suffer, eventually Harry regained himself
"Ok, so when's the first meeting?" he asked
"In about twenty five minutes, should have mentioned that earlier in all honesty. Now chop chop I have very important research to do," Laura beckoned gesturing for Harry to rush, he didn't need to seeing as he could get there in a few minutes thanks to his new powers but she wanted to be alone for some reason. A reason Harry clocked in about three seconds and he decided to leave Laura to it, and also ensure she never caught him spying again.
Wizengamot
"To order," Fudge announced beginning another day in the government of the ministry, the assembly was ready and everyone was dressed in the required robes, the four seats in the inner circle of the circular room were empty as usual and Fudge hoped they would remain so.
"Sorry I'm late," Harry Potter announced suddenly bursting through the door in muggle attire, he had gotten lost in the ministry and found himself unable to use the shadow dimension with so many people around.
"Mr Potter what are you doing? This is a private assembly," Fudge barked angrily looking at the boy he despised with pure venom, he was trying to disrupt the peace his administration had spent years building. Fudge smiled slightly after he realised what this meant, he could have the boy thrown in the cells with the Dementors for disrupting a meeting.
"I'm here to take my seat," Harry explained briskly walking into the room
"There is no Potter seat," Madam Bones announced; she was the speaker of the Wizengamot but she seemed puzzled by something, she felt it to. There was a buzz in the air, the four seats were emitting energy. Once they had belonged to the four founders who were the supreme court of the Wizarding world, they could overrule any decision and more but since the founder's grandchildren died heirless they had remained vacant. Giving any minister total control
"No I'm here to take up the Ravenclaw seat," Harry explained simply,
"This is nothing more than further proof he is mad," Fudge scorned "Get security,"
"Minister he is entitled to attempt to hold the seat," Madam Bones warned and Fudge glared at her, he knew that but he didn't want the boy knowing it. He could die and that was the last thing he needed, the moment Harry Potter died there would be a massive investigation and it would destabilise the ministry further. That was how the seats worked, when a power hungry person wanted to get into the Wizengamot they claimed to be an heir, if they weren't then they would be destroyed by the sheer power of the seat and if they were they could hold it.
"This is madness," Fudge declared as Harry walked towards the seat, it was a large golden throne with a blue strip of metal giving it the Ravenclaw emblem which shone in the light as Harry approached.
The entire congregation watched. Fudge was ready to see ash, Umbridge was looking eager to see the boy burned to a crisp while the rest just looked worried, they didn't want to see a child die after all. Then he sat down on the throne as if it was nothing more than a chair
"What!" Fudge screeched the moment the boy didn't burst into flames "The chair has obviously been hijacked get him off it!" Madam Bones tutted at his order
"Minister the Fudge was enchanted by Ravenclaw herself there is no mistake the chair has chosen Mr Potter," she announced and the entire Wizengamot looked at each other, some nervous others eager.
"This is impossible Madam Bones, he has done something to the seat, I demand a vote on whether or not Harry Potter can take up the seat," Dolores Umbridge shot up looking like she had missed a chance to see her favourite show. She waved her wand and suddenly some kind of form appeared with the words resolution 345
"I would like to veto that motion," Harry announced smugly knowing the woman and what she was going to do, however the moment the words left his lips a rush of magic swept through the room. The form exploded and Harry's point was made clear to those with an IQ
"Well are we going to vote?" Umbridge demanded furiously making another form with resolution 346 on it this time.
"Veto," Harry smiled and it was once again destroyed. From 457 to 465 Harry stopped any moiton of him being taken off the seat
"Are we done Madam Umbridge, obviously we are unable to vote Mr Potter off the seat so any more attempts will be met with the same result. Those seats hold key positions in our government and we are unable do anything without their consent, consent was given in the past because no one had the seats so no one objected. Any move we make without the seat's consent cannot be enforced magically, for example if you made it illegal to hex people without the chair's consent then the law would have to be enforced without wands," Amelia Bones took the floor eventually. The Wizengamot looked awkward, they depended on magic after all, they could do nothing without it.
"I propose," Umbridge began defiantly
"Veto," Harry responded before she even began. He was enjoying watching her get angrier and angrier with each passing second
"I would like to propose a motion that Madam Umbridge not be allowed to ask for a vote to remove Harry Potter," someone suggested eventually, resolution 467 appeared in their hands and the moment Harry did not Veto pretty much everyone voted in favour. They were here to do work not watch a woman scream at someone.
"Motion passed," Amelia Bones announced with a smirk and as Umbridge tried to speak her voice moved against her and she sat back down realising she would not be able to speak about that subject again. Fudge watched in stunned silence praying it was a nightmare. He had a hundred laws that he wanted to get through and he could have done if not for what could possibly be the worst thing that ever happened to him.
"So what other laws are we considering today?" Harry asked feigning boredom as he secretly revelled in Fudge's anger, fear and whatever else he was feeling.
"The minister wanted to propose a law that would give the ministry more control over the media, he believes it has become to capitalised and may harm the public," Madam Bones announced standing up reading the proposal Fudge had put forward.
"Surprisingly I'm going to say Veto," Harry commented dryly, destroying the proposal and Fudge shot up
"Listen here Potter! You know nothing about how this ministry works and you cannot veto every move we make, we actually need to work here!" he roared at the top of his voice and Harry just looked at his watch.
"Done?" he asked calmly making Fudge even more angry however the man said nothing further at least not for the moment.
The afternoon continued with Harry only using his veto power twice, both to stop laws made by known death eaters but the rest of the laws made sense. Some he didn't like but saw they were needed but he kept an eye out for laws which would directly affect the coming war against Voldemort. Umbridge kept quiet throughout the meeting having been shaken by her moved being blocked, she tried to get other people to protest Harry's involvement but no one decided to but heads with a person that could stop any of their propositions going through.
Later
Harry walked out of the room with a sigh, the meeting had taken four hours and he had to endure that every week? All other laws proposed during the week had to be sent to him but the law said he actually had to appear once a week, what fun that was going to be.
"Excuse me Mr Potter," a dry annoyed voice pulled him out of his thoughts as he turned to see the sneering face of Lucius Malfoy
"Mr Malfoy," Harry greeted with very little emotion, something which seemed to take the man back. He expected Harry to be angry about what happened during Voldemort's rise but Harry had gotten over that when he did it the first time. Or however many times he ended up doing it in the end,
"I just wanted to ensure you understood the seriousness of your position, if you continue disrupting the laws we are trying to create then you might find you invoke certain opposition," it was a light threat but a threat none the less.
"I can handle opposition Mr Malfoy, I proved that a few weeks ago, I'm more than capable of connecting with my enemies to stop them," Harry smiled referencing what Lucius saw on that night. The man paled at the reference to Voldemort perhaps being weak and he hissed angrily
"Watch yourself," he snarled angrily
"I've got someone else doing that," Harry chuckled looking around, Lucius was looking the other way and no one was around; they had all rushed home. So as far as Harry knew no one noticed him walk over to one of the office windows and slip inside it. Or so he thought.
