by DrT - Sahits

Scrimgeour's rigidity."
"Scrimgeour? Rufus Scrimgeour?"
"The next minister," Harry said. "He took power next July, after Voldemort was exposed next June.
Fudge did nothing during this upcoming year, except plant Umbridge here, kicking you out next
spring. You did nothing proactive for this upcoming year, although you finally took out one Horcrux
between the end of term and early July, although it cursed your hand and nearly killed you. For the
year after that, all you did was tell me the history Tom Riddle, which you could have done in one
afternoon. Taking me to find the next Horcrux in June of 1997, you were caught and murdered by
Draco Malfoy and your pet project, Snape."
Dumbledore was shocked by all this. Still, what got to him was, "Wait! you think Severus would
murder me?"
"He did murder you in the other time line. He ended up as Voldemort's planning lieutenant, while
Bellatrix Lestrage was the operational chief. I killed them both." Harry pulled out a sheaf of paper.
"Here's the time line, not that it really matters now. I am both the Harry of August, 1995, and the
Harry of June, 2013, with the magic and control of the latter. If you're worried, my two personalities
have fully merged into one. If you're wondering why I'm bothering telling you all this, when I hold
you responsible for cocking up Light magic's response to Voldemort for over a fifty year period,
well, I figure it would just too difficult to work around you."
As Dumbledore was making no sound, even if his jaw was moving, Harry went on. "The time lines
are of course all disrupted now. That doesn't change the fact that Snape is playing you. Admit it and
deal with it, or he will remain a knife threatening the Order, as well as yourself and myself
personally. And remember, he is Marked, and therefore anathema to me. That's another reason why
I've had to tell you, otherwise you'd be thinking up silly schemes, trying to force us to work
together."
"As you might have guessed, Hermione and I have formed a relationship. If Snape hurts her, I will
also strike. You have until Tuesday at noon to decide what to do. You may also request that
Hermione and I attend Beauxbatons, or the Swiss School, the Ecole in the Alps."
That idea jarred the Headmaster even more than the apparent fact that Snape would betray him, and
likely already had. He felt the need to at least supervise Harry, if not control him. And, of course,
Dumbledore was still trying to come to terms with all that Harry was claiming.
"I also need to tell you that my merge during the trial was a mistake. My future self was aiming for
just before the Third Task. I would then have been able to take the Cup before Cedric. The plan was
then to let Voldemort reanimate himself."
"Why?" Dumbledore demanded, finally finding his voice.
"Because he couldn't be killed in his previous form, as you know perfectly well," Harry said simply.
"I am also a master of wandless magic. The plan was to hit Voldemort when he was just remade and
weak, but after he had sent the signal to the Death Eaters. I could have captured them as them
arrived separately. The Ministry could never have held Voldemort, of course, but it would have
proven to Fudge that he was indeed back, and of course Pettigrew's capture would have freed
Sirius."
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