This is an interesting start, Brian. I like the idea, but the end should have a Daily Profit story dated 5 November, describing how the Wizengamot and the ministry was all blown to smithereens in a freak exothermic reaction involving a 7 compartment trunk, a magical timer, and several hundred pounds of what was thought to be a common muggle toy called 'Play-Dough' (C4+color changing spells). It could be dropped in the Floo network from someplace under a fidelius and dissillusioned and nobody would know where it came from.
"Strangely enough, the lack government control in every witch and wizard's everyday life seems to have met with more celebrations than when HP spanked Tommy 'I'm a Dark Lord, dammit, not a geek with ancestry issues!' Riddle..."
In the London papers, it could be speculated that it came from some terrorist organization, but strangely enough, everyone from the PLO to the IRA and even some guy calling himself Guye Fawkes called the papers to claim the work as their own.
Who needs to be labeled a Dark Lord? HP can just be the guy with a job to do. Let some other poor schmuck have the job of putting the pieces back together. Harry can withdraw all potter funds, sell off all the magical stock, destroy the wiz. economy, look at Sirius, Tonks, Andi, Ted and Hermione and say "Aruba or Trinidad, my dear?"
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Heh heh, interesting idea but one I'll leave to you. The idea of taking off for an island with his friends at the end is good, and I've liked stories with that sort of outcome. We'll see. Maybe there's a better outcome available? :)