Warning: This one is VERY angsty and has a VERY high density of yelling and profanity.
Harry Potter, already heartbroken from having just lost his godfather, Sirius Black, in the Department of Mysteries, felt another powerful emotion as he saw the Minister of Magic, Cornielus Fudge, in the atrium.
This emotion was rage, not mere anger, but true, genuine rage.
"FUDGE!" bellowed Harry, "YOU ARE NOT MERELY AN IDIOT! YOU ARE A FUCKING VILLIAN!"
"See, here, Harry, " said Fudge defensively, "I'm sure that once you've calmed down, you'll realize that I am not a villain. I may have made a few mistakes, but I'm not Bellatrix Lestrange or Lord Voldemort!"
"YOUR SHITTY ATTITUDE OF CARING MORE ABOUT PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND YOUR OWN POLITCAL CAREER HAS ALLOWED VOLDEMORT TO REGAIN A FOOTHOLD!" roared Harry, "WE HAD A HUGE ADVANTAGE OVER HIM AFTER HIS IMMEDIATE RETURN BECAUSE HE FEARED EXPOSURE! YOU COULD HAVE USED THE TIME HE WAS LYING LOW TO USE YOUR POSITION TO PLAN AGAINST HIM! YOU SQUANDERED OUR ADVANTAGE BY REFUSING TO FACE HIS RETURN! BY NOT FACING HIS RETURN AND PLANNING AGAINST HIM WHILE HE WAS LYING LOW, YOU'VE GIVEN HIM THE UPPER HAND. NOW HE'S GOING TO BE FULLY IN THE OPEN AND YOU NEVER PLANNED ON HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM! THE INEVITTABLE DEATH AND DESTRUCTUON VOLDEMORT WILL CAUSE IN THE DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, AND YEARS AHEAD IS IN SIGNIFTICANT PART YOUR FAULT!"
Fudge looked shocked.
"I admit," said Fudge timidly, "That I saw Lord Voldemort tonight. There was no evidence at the end of last year that he had returned.'
"NO EVIDENCE MY ASS!" screamed Harry, "CEDRIC'S AND CROUCH'S DEATHS HAD TO HAPPEN SOMEHOW! YOU WERE TOLD THE STORY AT THE END OF LAST YEAR! IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE BETTER IF YOU TRULY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT! YOU KNEW THE STORY OF HIS RETURN HAD ALL THE DOTS CONNECTED! THE DARK MARK AT THE WORLD CUP! MY NAME COMING OUT THE GOBLET OF FIRE! CROUCH TURNING UP DEAD AT HOGWARTS! CEDRIC TURNING UP DEAD ON THE NIGHT OF HIS RETURN! YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS BUT YOU REFUSED TO FOR PERSONAL AND POLITICAL REASONS! YOU SPREAD LIES ABOUT ME THROUGH YOUR WORTHLESS DAILY PROPHET!"
"I didn't want to start a panic in the Wizarding World," whined Fudge.
"YOU DIDN'T WANT TO RISK YOUR POLITICAL CAREER!" retorted Harry, "YOU WANTED EVERYONE TO THINK VERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL SO YOUR APPROVAL RATING WOULD STAY HIGH SO YOU COULD KEEP GETTING REELECTED! I JUST LOST MY GODFATHER TONIGHT AT THE HANDS OF A WOMAN WHO ESCAPED AZKABAN UNDER YOUR WATCH! HAD YOU REMOVED AZKABAN FROM THE CONTROL OF THE DEMENTORS WHEN VOLDERMORT RETURNED, THAT BELLITRAX LESTRANGE BITCH MIGHT STILL BE IN PRISON AND THE WHOLE FUCKING MESS OF TONIGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED!"
A shocked looking Fudge took a few steps back.
"I ONLY HAVE TWO MORE THINGS TO SAY!" raged Harry, "FUCK YOU AND FUCK THE MINISTRY!"
I honestly would have loved for Harry to have given Fudge a good chewing out and a good piece of his mind. I have always been of the view that Fudge is a villain, not just an idiot. Harry should have really torn into him at some point.
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