I actually found the Draco scene to be extraneous, but the Harry-Amanda interaction was interesting. I'm curious about what the note could mean; I'm assuming its probably Denarians again?

 

Yeah, probably someone at the Ministry found Denarian coin that was buried there at Harry/Verrine battle.

 

Touche, Palver. Spot on.

I've finished the next two scenes at the price of a good nights rest for the Work Placement I have tomorrow. Comments and Reviews are welcome.

 

I liked it, was expected a little more of a fight but still liked the way you went. Poor old harry now going to be hunted by the minister huh? demon boy cant catch a break can he

 

"Hope ‘eeped’ and went red. She shied away from Harry’s body, before Charity yanked her backwards and glowered at him. “Not funny, Harry!” she hissed."

That line by Charity will irk me till the end of eternity if it is not fixed. I keep going back on a nearly hourly basis to see if the evil line is still their. For some reason it is annoying me way to dang much. I guess it is because it seems so violently un-charity-like.

~Jigokuno sits down to read Chapter 27 now~

"“Tough break?” Malfoy uttered quietly. “My father’s death was...a tough break?”"

You disappointed me shezza. When I heard this line I expected Harry to reply something along the lines of it being "tough" to "break" into Azkaban but easy to "break" dear old daddy's neck. With Harry doing the hand motions of cracking a neck. I was already prepared to burst out laughing and yet it never came.

I don't remember Harry giving a little girl advice to not give out her name can someone tell me where it is so I can refresh my memory about the event?

"Harry picked up his own badge and dismissively threw it over his shoulder."

Awww man I wish you would have had Harry wear his into the Ministry. "Awesome McFunBags, Here To Be Awesome" It should be McFunBags not McFunBugs.

Also isn't Rufus going to be suspicious that a Auror would have info the MoM doesn't have?

 

I thought the start with Malfoy was rather amusing and clever. Harry killed Malfoy Senior himself and has now managed to use that to make Malfoy Junior suspect that maybe it was Voldemort who did the deed. Will that lead to Malfoy defecting to Dumbledore I wonder. And how would Dumbledore react considering that even though Harry did the actual deed, it was Dumbledore who arranged it all and was ultimately responsible.

Seeing Harry be "scared" of Amanda was also quite funny. It is an interesting touch that rather than trying to convince her to sleep with him again as I would have expected, he instead seems uncomfortable "emotional" with Amanda. I suppose thats a good way of satisfying Harry/Amanda shippers by implying that maybe Harry does actually feel something for her without actually being explicit.

Dumbledore obliviated the order? How did he explain the people that died during the attack? For that matter will we learn who did die?

I think not having any actual battle was a good choice. Harry has grown so much stronger that realistically any actual fight would have had Harry utterly crushing Sammerial. This was a nice interlude that actually seems to have served a purpose in allowing Voldemort to reveal Harry's true nature to the ministry. I had wondered why he had not done so already.

I wonder how the ministry will react. The rational logical approach would be to realise that openly opposing Harry would only make a deadly enemy of someone who for the moment is a potent ally in the struggle against Voldemort. Especially so considering that Dumbledore obviously has a friendly relationship with Harry and can influence Harry for the better. Given that it is the ministry however, I assume a squad of aurors will attack Harry at the next possible opportunity, ignoring the obvious fact that he could do what they could not, and promptly get slaughtered in the process.

 

Scrimgeour is an idiot if he thinks he could force Harry Potter to do anything. Voldemort is an idiot to think that the Death Eaters and the aurors could do anything to Harry. So basicly we get to see Harry kill lots of people while making witty comments about how great they make him look while making themselves look bad.

I like it.

 

I don't think that is Voldemort's plan.

I think he is planing to use Ministry and it's resources as a way to test Harry's power and see how much damage can he do.

Or just want to destroy Ministry by using them to attack Harry so he can come, take over and kill Harry.

Either way it's going to be a bloodbath and it will be :awesome

 

I see it more as a political manoeuvre than that. Voldemort wants Harry and Dumbledore discredited in the public's eye so that the resistance against him won't have such powerful figures to lead them. After all, Harry is a demon and I sincerely doubt the public would enjoy knowing that their saviour is being possessed by a Fallen Angel. Dumbledore would get flak by association, since they've put on forward somewhat united front in the face of the various obstacles.

I can see this going the same way OotP did in canon, with Dumbledore losing most of his political power and the media blasting Harry to kingdom come. It sounds interesting, and is a definite step from the pure action of the previous conflicts. Looks like Voldemort is being pretty smart in this fic.

 

Harry doesnt really care what anyone else thinks of his plans. So public opinion doesnt really matter for him.

I could see Voldemort using this to bring down the ministry. They piss Harry off enough and not even Dumbledore will be able to stop him from tearing the ministry apart department by department.

 

I hope we will get to see some reactions from the order and the students about this revelation. How will people like Moody and Kingsley and Tonks react for instance. What about Hermione and Ron. Or Malfoy, how will he react on learning that the guy he has been taunting is actually a fallen that could rip him apart in an instant. I think the reaction of the sheep that is the wizarding world general public is pretty much guaranteed. No doubt the ministry will be stupid and not keep this a secret.

Maybe thats also something Voldemort is hoping for. I mean at this point he must realise that Harry is a real threat that truly could destroy him. He does have his horcruxes and does not know that they have been discovered, but he could be afraid of Meciel. I mean as far as he knows, an ancient fallen angel like her might know some way of destroying him for good even with the horcruxes and rituals.

Perhaps he is simply hoping that turning the ministry and public against Harry will cause him to just say "fuck it" and leaving them to Voldemorts mercy. Unlike in canon, this Harry is no noble hero and cares little. I could well see this actually working if not for the fact that Harry feels he owes a debt to Dumbledore and the order to take Voldemort down. And because he probably wants revenge.

EDIT with additional thoughts:

As for slaughtering the aurors, it occurs to me that Harry has grown during the series and become smarter and more savvy. It could actually be that if he is attacked by the aurors or if they try to arrest him, he will be clever enough to realise that killing them is exactly what Voldemort might be hoping for and that in doing so he is essentially serving Voldemort by weakening the ministry. Somehow I don't see Harry liking the idea of doing what Voldemorts wants him to.

I could well see him(and Meciel especially) deciding that ruining Voldemorts intentions by stunning the aurors with say the same sleep-Word magic that he used to put Verrine to sleep would be preferable to just slaughtering some helpless aurors just doing their jobs. Infact that might actually be better than killing them by sending out the message that they were so weak as to not be worth killing. The aurors certainly could not defend themselves against that spell if Verrine who is a fallen could not and Harry could probably put an entire squad of aurors to sleep at once if he wanted to.

 

"and had he removed" - him

"You bought it on yourself" - brought

"who’s red cheeks" - whose

"A few more moments past and Harry began" - passed

"Yes, there was defiantly a Denarian down there" - definitely

Too bad Draco lived. Why doesn't Dumbledore force the minister to take an oath of silence and then tell him the pertinent information so that the fact he's clueless won't be exploited by the enemy?

 

Because he probably didn't expect Voldemort to let the cat out of the bag. At least thats the only real reason I can think of.

 

Good point. They are stupid enough to try that arent they. Or will they think that Meciel is completely possessing Harry and that they are in truth "rescuing" him?

Will the ministry try to ambush Harry somehow I wonder. A frontal attack would not work given how strong he is. In truth, I hope whatever they try fails. I don't like the idea of Harry losing and having to be rescued again right after being captured by Maeve. That would be too lame and repetitive and I can't imagine Shezza would go there.

I guess that must mean auror-barbecue unless Dumbledore intervenes somehow.

 

I find it interesting that only 13 people have rated this thread. I'd of thought it was a lot more by now.

 

Check the story thread, that gets most of the ratings. 33 with a 4.97 average, that's gotta be saying something.

 

I see blood, shards of bone, screaming, flashs of light, pieces of pieces of people.

I see dead people.

 

I see Dumbledore looking like a dick, victorious, and Harry clawing his arms and crying, Meciel-less.

That'd be a great way to end it.

 

The only problem here is that I can't see the Ministry ever being any kind of threat to Harry.

They can't touch Voldemort or find his Death Eaters; they couldn't stop Dumbledore and the Order in OotP; they couldn't even deal with a minor Denarian.

All they can do is let the information out and give Harry bad PR.