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sometimes but I am certainly not perfect. The next chapter will be out
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Acacia Monarch
Harry felt his feet hit the ground and opened his eyes to see that he was in a big blue room with lots of tables and chairs. He looked up and saw a kind looking woman who couldn't have been older than 25. She had blue eyes and dark brown hair with a few freckles on her face.
"Hello Minister, I am so glad you came in such a timely fashion. I am Acacia Monarch and I am your new assistant," she said warmly and stuck out her hand for him to shake.
"Hello, you can call me Harry. Where are we?" He asked after giving her a brisk handshake.
"This is a conference room at the Ministry of Magic. There are lots of meetings here. Follow me and I will give you a tour and take you to your office. Then I can explain more about what you do as the minister."
Harry nodded and followed her out the door. There were lots of people in the hallways going both ways and Harry found it to be incredibly hard to get past everyone without hitting them. After of minute of walking they turned and walked in a password protected door. Harry walked in behind Acacia and was amazed to see that the room was almost as big as the Gryffindor's common room. The walls were a rich royal blue shade and there were comfortable chairs and couches all around. There was also a blazing fire and some furniture such as a desk and a wonderfully carved chair made of beautiful cherry oak wood.
"This is your office," she said sweetly. "My office is next to yours and quite a bit smaller so if you ever need me for anything you can just call."
She showed him all kinds of things around the room like maps and numerous books. There was also a floo system where he could press a button of anyone of importance and he would be able to contact them. There was a curio cabinet filled with portkeys and other things that Harry thought were interesting.
"Would you like me to explain a little more about this wonderful job? I have been learning about what you do all yesterday so I could tell you."
"Ok, thanks," Harry said feeling dumb at the expression of awe he realized he had on his face. Harry sat down in a big comfortable recliner chair and Acacia sat in the one across from him.
"Over there," she pointed. "You will get mail every time you are needed. You are in charge of almost everything except for the unspeakables of course. The floo system is programmed to any place in the ministry or anything of importance. There is also portkeys to various places such as Azkaban and Hogwarts. Albus Dumbledore has informed me that you will be learning how to apparate within the next couple of months so that will help you a great deal." That was news to him.
"If you would like to change anything such as a rule or a law and it isn't absolutely ridiculous you run it by me and I make sure it is changed. Any questions?' She asked trying to hold back a stifle. Harry was now gaping.
"I think I understand everything."
"Well then, like I said I am Acacia Monarch, your assistant. I was hand selected by a big group of aurors and I am here to help you in every way possible. You will get used to everything quickly just like the previous Ministers.
"Thank you." Harry smiled.
"Is there anything you would like?"
"Yes," Harry said immediately. "I have a few things on my to do list."
"And those things would be?"
"Sirius Black is innocent and I would like to officially announce that."
Acacia looked confused so Harry decided to elaborate.
"Everyone thought Sirius Black died but really Remus Lupin did who is now a ghost. He was in disguise for uh..personal reasons."
"Oh." she hesitated. "And how is he innocent? Didn't he help to kill your.."
"Sirius Black was framed by Peter Pettigrew. He is innocent. I also happen to know the names of many deatheaters that I would prefer locked up then to be running around aimlessly. I think I will tell some aurors later if that's alright," Harry said.
"Oh of course it's alright. You are the Minister."
"I have to get used to that," he blushed. "I would also like Hogwarts checked for students who have dark marks. I think every student should be checked and locked away if they do."
"I will arrange that immediately," Acacia said tapping her magic quill which began speeding across a piece of parchment.
"Actually," Harry reached out and stopped the quill. "I think I will take care of that."
"Okay, anything else I can help you with?" she asked.
Harry thought a moment.
"Not that I can think of. I will be here whenever I don't have classes I suppose and probably during lots of classes as well."
"Yes, there are also meetings every other day and accordingly."
Harry nodded. What in the name of Merlin was he getting himself into?
"Anything else?" Harry asked tiredly.
"Oh I completely forgot that there will be a press conference today at three. It is when you first make your appearance as the Minister where you can say a few opening thoughts and what you are going to do. I also think it would be a good idea to announce Black's innocence."
"Okay, does anyone else know I am the Minister yet?" he asked.
"Well those you have told know and the families of your opponents also know."
"Okay, thank you for all of your help. I think I am going to work on what I am going to say at the press conference."
Acacia nodded a let out a small chuckle. "You are much politer than the last minister. I am sure that all your employers will be ecstatic."
Harry grinned as the kind assistant walked through a side door to her office. Harry got the sudden urge to want to see Mr. Weasley and see how he was doing.
He walked over to the floo system control panel and looked for Mr. Weasley's name. There were names of many people such as the ministers of the other countries, Dumbledore, people who worked at the ministry, Acacia and then he found Mr. Weasley's name at the bottom of the list It was in alphabetical order so Harry felt quite stupid when he realized he didn't have to look through the whole list to find the last name on it. He pressed the button and walked into the fire. He hoped that he did it right and luckily within 10 seconds he was in Mr. Weasley's cramped office who was sitting behind and old desk tinkering with a rusty toaster.
"Hello Mr. Weasley," Harry greeted.
Mr. Weasley smiled and put down the toaster. "Hello Minister," he smirked.
Harry groaned. "Call me Harry please."
Mr. Weasley laughed. "Okay Harry. How are you adjusting?"
"I think I will get the hang of it. I thought you should have won though," Harry blushed.
"Don't be silly Harry, you won fair and square and I have no grudge against you."
Harry smiled. "You know," he said. "This is a really small office."
"Well my line of work doesn't call for much space."
Harry and Mr. Weasley spent awhile talking about muggle items such as plugs, toasters and cars. He also helped Harry prepare for the press conference and Harry was grateful for the help.
Three o'clock rolled around after Harry's chat with Mr. Weasley and Acacia's tour. At quarter until three Harry walked back down to the conference room that he first landed in and said his speech in his head until he felt it was perfect. He wrote it down but he knew that he would think of more things to say when the time came. When people started filing in the conference room Harry decided it would be best if someone introduced him so he walked behind the back door.
Sure enough 15 minutes later Harry was called out into the room. There were many people there. Newspaper reporters and photographers and lots of important people were there. The head auror and other aurors were there as well and even the Hogwarts staff sat in the front of the room. McGonagall was beaming probably because one of her Gryffindor's is the new Minister of Magic. Snape was glaring for the same reason.
Harry sat at the head of the room and waited for silence.
"Hello," Harry said trying to sound confidence. He knew that he had to act as confident as possible so he put sort of a mask of confidence on. "I am the new Minister Harry Potter and I want to thank all who voted for me." There was a sudden hush as everyone stared at Harry listening closely. Flashes were going off in Harry's face and he was trying not to fall down from the shocking blindness that he thankfully got used to.
"I think there are a lot of changes to be made out there which will all be taken care of soon. There will be much tighter security because Voldemort has risen."
There were gasps at the sound of the dark lord's name but Harry just ignored them.
"The first thing I would like to address," Harry said to the room trying to sound sure of himself and mature. "Is of a certain mans innocence."
Harry waited for a reaction but when he didn't get one he continued.
"Sirius Black," there were all those gasps he had been waiting for. "Sirius Black is alive and innocent. He was framed by Peter Pettigrew and I would like to pronounce Mr. Black a free man. He has been wrongly accused. Peter Pettigrew is alive and I will work hard to make sure he is captured."
Whispers rushed through the room and cameras went off like mad but Harry continued.
"I would now like to end this by saying that I will do everything I can to assure the safety of the wizarding world. I know that my age may seem like a problem but I guarantee you that I will work hard for everyone."
Everyone applauded and Dumbledore gave Harry a standing ovation and everyone copied. Harry stepped back and the head auror came up.
"The Minister will now accept questions."
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Acacia Monarch
Harry felt his feet hit the ground and opened his eyes to see that he was in a big blue room with lots of tables and chairs. He looked up and saw a kind looking woman who couldn't have been older than 25. She had blue eyes and dark brown hair with a few freckles on her face.
"Hello Minister, I am so glad you came in such a timely fashion. I am Acacia Monarch and I am your new assistant," she said warmly and stuck out her hand for him to shake.
"Hello, you can call me Harry. Where are we?" He asked after giving her a brisk handshake.
"This is a conference room at the Ministry of Magic. There are lots of meetings here. Follow me and I will give you a tour and take you to your office. Then I can explain more about what you do as the minister."
Harry nodded and followed her out the door. There were lots of people in the hallways going both ways and Harry found it to be incredibly hard to get past everyone without hitting them. After of minute of walking they turned and walked in a password protected door. Harry walked in behind Acacia and was amazed to see that the room was almost as big as the Gryffindor's common room. The walls were a rich royal blue shade and there were comfortable chairs and couches all around. There was also a blazing fire and some furniture such as a desk and a wonderfully carved chair made of beautiful cherry oak wood.
"This is your office," she said sweetly. "My office is next to yours and quite a bit smaller so if you ever need me for anything you can just call."
She showed him all kinds of things around the room like maps and numerous books. There was also a floo system where he could press a button of anyone of importance and he would be able to contact them. There was a curio cabinet filled with portkeys and other things that Harry thought were interesting.
"Would you like me to explain a little more about this wonderful job? I have been learning about what you do all yesterday so I could tell you."
"Ok, thanks," Harry said feeling dumb at the expression of awe he realized he had on his face. Harry sat down in a big comfortable recliner chair and Acacia sat in the one across from him.
"Over there," she pointed. "You will get mail every time you are needed. You are in charge of almost everything except for the unspeakables of course. The floo system is programmed to any place in the ministry or anything of importance. There is also portkeys to various places such as Azkaban and Hogwarts. Albus Dumbledore has informed me that you will be learning how to apparate within the next couple of months so that will help you a great deal." That was news to him.
"If you would like to change anything such as a rule or a law and it isn't absolutely ridiculous you run it by me and I make sure it is changed. Any questions?' She asked trying to hold back a stifle. Harry was now gaping.
"I think I understand everything."
"Well then, like I said I am Acacia Monarch, your assistant. I was hand selected by a big group of aurors and I am here to help you in every way possible. You will get used to everything quickly just like the previous Ministers.
"Thank you." Harry smiled.
"Is there anything you would like?"
"Yes," Harry said immediately. "I have a few things on my to do list."
"And those things would be?"
"Sirius Black is innocent and I would like to officially announce that."
Acacia looked confused so Harry decided to elaborate.
"Everyone thought Sirius Black died but really Remus Lupin did who is now a ghost. He was in disguise for uh..personal reasons."
"Oh." she hesitated. "And how is he innocent? Didn't he help to kill your.."
"Sirius Black was framed by Peter Pettigrew. He is innocent. I also happen to know the names of many deatheaters that I would prefer locked up then to be running around aimlessly. I think I will tell some aurors later if that's alright," Harry said.
"Oh of course it's alright. You are the Minister."
"I have to get used to that," he blushed. "I would also like Hogwarts checked for students who have dark marks. I think every student should be checked and locked away if they do."
"I will arrange that immediately," Acacia said tapping her magic quill which began speeding across a piece of parchment.
"Actually," Harry reached out and stopped the quill. "I think I will take care of that."
"Okay, anything else I can help you with?" she asked.
Harry thought a moment.
"Not that I can think of. I will be here whenever I don't have classes I suppose and probably during lots of classes as well."
"Yes, there are also meetings every other day and accordingly."
Harry nodded. What in the name of Merlin was he getting himself into?
"Anything else?" Harry asked tiredly.
"Oh I completely forgot that there will be a press conference today at three. It is when you first make your appearance as the Minister where you can say a few opening thoughts and what you are going to do. I also think it would be a good idea to announce Black's innocence."
"Okay, does anyone else know I am the Minister yet?" he asked.
"Well those you have told know and the families of your opponents also know."
"Okay, thank you for all of your help. I think I am going to work on what I am going to say at the press conference."
Acacia nodded a let out a small chuckle. "You are much politer than the last minister. I am sure that all your employers will be ecstatic."
Harry grinned as the kind assistant walked through a side door to her office. Harry got the sudden urge to want to see Mr. Weasley and see how he was doing.
He walked over to the floo system control panel and looked for Mr. Weasley's name. There were names of many people such as the ministers of the other countries, Dumbledore, people who worked at the ministry, Acacia and then he found Mr. Weasley's name at the bottom of the list It was in alphabetical order so Harry felt quite stupid when he realized he didn't have to look through the whole list to find the last name on it. He pressed the button and walked into the fire. He hoped that he did it right and luckily within 10 seconds he was in Mr. Weasley's cramped office who was sitting behind and old desk tinkering with a rusty toaster.
"Hello Mr. Weasley," Harry greeted.
Mr. Weasley smiled and put down the toaster. "Hello Minister," he smirked.
Harry groaned. "Call me Harry please."
Mr. Weasley laughed. "Okay Harry. How are you adjusting?"
"I think I will get the hang of it. I thought you should have won though," Harry blushed.
"Don't be silly Harry, you won fair and square and I have no grudge against you."
Harry smiled. "You know," he said. "This is a really small office."
"Well my line of work doesn't call for much space."
Harry and Mr. Weasley spent awhile talking about muggle items such as plugs, toasters and cars. He also helped Harry prepare for the press conference and Harry was grateful for the help.
Three o'clock rolled around after Harry's chat with Mr. Weasley and Acacia's tour. At quarter until three Harry walked back down to the conference room that he first landed in and said his speech in his head until he felt it was perfect. He wrote it down but he knew that he would think of more things to say when the time came. When people started filing in the conference room Harry decided it would be best if someone introduced him so he walked behind the back door.
Sure enough 15 minutes later Harry was called out into the room. There were many people there. Newspaper reporters and photographers and lots of important people were there. The head auror and other aurors were there as well and even the Hogwarts staff sat in the front of the room. McGonagall was beaming probably because one of her Gryffindor's is the new Minister of Magic. Snape was glaring for the same reason.
Harry sat at the head of the room and waited for silence.
"Hello," Harry said trying to sound confidence. He knew that he had to act as confident as possible so he put sort of a mask of confidence on. "I am the new Minister Harry Potter and I want to thank all who voted for me." There was a sudden hush as everyone stared at Harry listening closely. Flashes were going off in Harry's face and he was trying not to fall down from the shocking blindness that he thankfully got used to.
"I think there are a lot of changes to be made out there which will all be taken care of soon. There will be much tighter security because Voldemort has risen."
There were gasps at the sound of the dark lord's name but Harry just ignored them.
"The first thing I would like to address," Harry said to the room trying to sound sure of himself and mature. "Is of a certain mans innocence."
Harry waited for a reaction but when he didn't get one he continued.
"Sirius Black," there were all those gasps he had been waiting for. "Sirius Black is alive and innocent. He was framed by Peter Pettigrew and I would like to pronounce Mr. Black a free man. He has been wrongly accused. Peter Pettigrew is alive and I will work hard to make sure he is captured."
Whispers rushed through the room and cameras went off like mad but Harry continued.
"I would now like to end this by saying that I will do everything I can to assure the safety of the wizarding world. I know that my age may seem like a problem but I guarantee you that I will work hard for everyone."
Everyone applauded and Dumbledore gave Harry a standing ovation and everyone copied. Harry stepped back and the head auror came up.
"The Minister will now accept questions."
A/N- PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!! IF I GET TEN REVIEWS I WILL PUT UP MY NEXT CHAPTER BY NOON SATURDAY!