Harry looked at his friends, shook his head curtly, and said, "Apparently the library is just the place for discussing my guardianship. Who knew?"
"Harry! You can't possibly be even considering removing Dumbledore as Headmaster - he's a great wizard!" Hermione said firmly.
"For now, Let's add "Restructure the government of Wizarding England", shall we?" Harry said, his eyes solemn.
"Harry!" Hermione said, and even Ron broke off from contemplation to say, "Oi! Bit strong there, aren't we?"
"For now," Harry said, "let's get the plans together. I will worry about whether I should pull the trigger or not, but I want the plans first." Harry said, relieved beyond words to see Hermione settling down at that comment. He'd worried that he'd have to beat her down to get her to be quiet.
Removing Dumbledore as Headmaster had several facets that Harry found fascinating. The primary point of weakness of Dumbledore's control was the Board of Directors, who could fire him at will. Weasley contributed that Dumbledore had several enemies on the Board, most notably Lucius Malfoy. Any Slytherin was worth noting, Harry thought, as he meticulously recorded that kernel of information. He idly wondered how much it would cost him to bribe Malfoy into removing Dumbledore. Pride, certainly, and probably some reputation. He might need to publically endorse some proposal or product of Malfoy Enterprises.
Or Harry could attempt to rally the entire Board to his side. A brief description of the three headed dog, plus the near death of the Boy Who Lived (how Potter loathed that title) without even so much as a report to the Ministry! (Or the Board, for that matter). In fact, if he went that route, he could probably get Malfoy in trouble as well, as wasn't he supposed to report such gross misconduct to the entire Board, not hold it for blackmail purposes later? Harry sat back, thinking about that. Malfoy was supposed to be a quite powerful man. So how was it that Dumbledore still sat on his duff as Headmaster? Was Dumbledore a deliberate, straw enemy set up by Malfoy, to allow himself to win better converts? Or maybe this was all leftovers from Voldemort, and bitter rivals were merely to be expected, and unlikely to change.
Overhauling the Ministry was a different story. Harry couldn't count on Malfoy's help (however unwitting) there...
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