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Chapter #57: A new tomorrow.

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“W-what? No, it can’t be!” Voldemort said in a shocking tone.

The dark lord was on his knees coughing blood, he tried to reach for his wand for Harry Potter summoned it with the elder wand, such was the power of the wand believed to be the strongest in the world, and then, once he grabbed his wand, he snapped it.

Harry knew he had nothing to worry about, Voldemort was a squib now, however, if people realized that he was turned into a squib, they would know he was a magic thief, and that’s something he couldn't afford.

“It’s over Tom…Your soul vessels, all of them have been destroyed, including the one you made accidentally,” Dumbledore said as he pointed at Harry.

Voldemort’s eyes suddenly widened, hearing that Potter was a Horcrux didn’t make sense, beings didn’t make good vessels, however, he suddenly remembered Nagini and now he knew, it made sense, because he was planning to make a Horcrux out of Potter’s death when he was a baby, it's clear that the ritual went wrong.

“If only you had connected the dots, the parseltongue, the fact that no matter how much you tried you could never kill him, and that’s because it was your own vessel trying to stop you from destroying yourself, if only you kept quiet and let him live this wouldn’t have happened,” Dumbledore said with a serious tone.

“So…That’s why he’s so good at the dark arts—” Voldemort suddenly coughed blood once again.

“Don’t be ridiculous, his parents were prodigies and even if the dark arts weren’t their top priority they still were amazing at it, no, he’s great at magic because he’s a great wizard, and even though he was abandoned this whole year by everyone except his girlfriend…He never wasted time, this school year, he had put in the most effort and his grades are proof enough of that hard work,” Dumbledore suddenly looked at the younger wizard.

“T-this is not over!” Voldemort tried to argue.

“It’s over Voldemort, your time has come!” Harry had enough and soon, a laser-like attack pierced Voldemort’s heart.

And this was enough for the dark lord to collapse and soon, his body started to tremble and blood was coming out everywhere, he tried to curse Harry and everyone present in this room but in the end, everything was futile, and the last thought Voldemort had before he finally ceased to exist was hatred.

“This is going to make the Quibbler the most-sold newspaper tomorrow!” A known voice for Harry said before the flash of a camera was heard.

It was Rita Skeeter and she was looking at the scene with complete interest, but most of all, she was looking at Harry Potter with more interest, he was looking even better than the last time she interviewed him.

“Was that…?” The minister suddenly spoke.

“Yes minister, that was Lord Voldemort, he has been resurrected but…Now he’s gone forever and it’s all thanks to Mr. Potter here,” Dumbledore pointed proudly at his pupil.

Soon cheers were heard and Harry was having a hard time having fun, after all, these people have been treating him as nothing but crap this whole year, they were nothing but a bunch of hypocrites, however, the moment he felt Hermione’s hand on his, he couldn’t help but softly smile at her.

“Yes, yes, it seems like Mr. Potter here has defeated someone…Who resembles a certain character that has been dead for a long time,” the minister started.

He clearly didn’t know how to clean the mess he had gotten into due to his actions during this whole year, the consequences are going to be terrible for him that’s for sure.

“There’s still one problem here…It seems like Mr. Potter has become friends with the known Azkaban escapee Sirius Black, how can we know that they’re not working together to bring the ministry down?” The minister asked with an inquisitive look.

Harry couldn’t help but mentally sigh, the man instead of saving whatever dignity he had left was about to ruin any good legacy he had of his time as a minister, not that Harry could say there was much of it, after all, he arrested Hagrid without proof in his second year and the rogue dementors were nothing but a nuisance rather than something useful during his third year.

Not to say what he did last year when he labeled him as a liar and killed the only witness who could testify about the return of Voldemort, Harry wasn’t going to play nice anymore.

“Minister…My godfather here has been wrongfully incarcerated, he made a magical vow to me, and he even took veritaserum to prove his innocence, he’s innocent, and a trial under veritaserum could clarify everything,” Harry said with a serious tone. “You owe it to him, minister, after all, he saved your life, now you have a life debt that you need to pay,” Harry said with a stern expression.

Fudge just laughed.

“Ha, I heard that before, your tale about the hero Peter Pettigrew being the real culprit is nothing but nonsense, no real court would admit a case like this to be reopened!” Fudge glared at the young man.

While it was true that Fudge was incompetent, when it came to defending his power, it was like trying to tame a bear, a feat almost impossible to achieve.

“Minister wait, I brought Pettigrew, now nothing can stop the case from being reopened, right?” Another voice joined them.

Harry gritted his teeth as he knew who that voice belonged to, it was Snape and he wasn’t alone, he had been honest, Pettigrew was with him and he was completely restricted, unable to turn himself into a rat.

“Well minister, it seems like we have everything we need to reopen the case,” Dumbledore said with a smirk.

“Potter…I know you hate me and trust me, no one else hates me more than I do, that’s why I brought Pettigrew, I wanted a chance to speak with you and apologize…You were right, my actions caused the death of your parents and that’s a regret I’ll live with for the rest of my life, also, I’m going to turn myself in and face my crimes,” Snape said with a serious tone.

“Severus—” Dumbledore tried to stop him.

“No Albus…I’m grateful for everything you’ve done for me but…I saw her Albus, her eyes, her voice, the hatred she felt towards me it was completely justified, I must admit that I’m not doing this because it’s the right thing to do, I'm doing it because I want to ease a bit the guilt that I’m feeling right now, but know this Potter…I’m never going to forgive myself, that's for sure,” Snape didn't want Harry to kill him.

Not because he wanted to keep on living but because he didn’t want Lily’s son to waste his time killing a scum like him.

“Nonsense, Aurors arrest—” Fudge was suddenly stopped by Harry.

“It seems like I’m going to have to be more ruthless…Your career is over Fudge and you know it, a lot of people are going to want your head and I’m gladly going to give it to them…Now, who wants to be the next minister?” Harry asked loudly.

The employees were a bit nervous, most of them didn’t believe in themselves.

“I’ll do it,” Amelia Bones suddenly said and Harry smiled.

“Madam Bones, you’re going to have my support as long as you give my godfather a fair trial,” Harry extended his hand.

“Deal,” the redhead smiled and shared a handshake with the savior of the wizarding world.

A photo was taken and Rita was already thinking about the title of the article.