2 Week Drabble Wars, Day Twelve: "You don't know me that well. My angry face and my happy one are the same." (True Blood)
Pairing: Cornelius Fudge
Word Count: 323
Chocolate Frog Card: Albert Boot (Bonus) - Challenge: Write about someone who can't seem to do anything right.
Cornelius winced at the high-pitched screech that came from the pink creature sat before him. He'd never heard her so angry when she looked so happy.
"Dolores, I thought you would've been happy. You definitely look it."
"Look it? Cornelius, I thought you knew me."
"I do," he argued. She shook her head in the negative.
"You don't know me that well. My angry face and my happy one are the same." Cornelius bit back a retort at how she looked the same every second of the day so how was he supposed to know, but he didn't stop himself from internally smirking at the thought. "You've screwed up too many times."
"I can improve this situation. It will be like none of this ever happened."
"How on Merlin's Earth are you going to manage that?" Dolores asked, stirring her tea delicately. "News has got out that Sirius Black never got a trial for his crimes, nevermind that he's dead but many are starting to believe that he was screwed over by the Ministry and that he was innocent." She ticked off each comment with her fingers. "You called both Dumbledore and Potter liars, instigating a rift between the Wizarding World. You were unable to stop a bunch of school children from breaking into the Ministry and you refuse to support the new system."
"I wouldn't have had to stop them from breaking in if you'd been able to keep them in school. I do believe you were in charge of Hogwarts at this time, weren't you?"
Her face splotched red. "I was," she confirmed. "But let us look at my list of mistakes and then yours. Yours is considerably worse than mine. We're through."
"Look, I understand that my Minister position is in jeopardy but-"
"But no," Dolores cut him off. "You are being voted out and we both know it. Either way, we need a Minister that isn't a magical mistake."