The Great Manipulator

Harry strays into the library's newspaper archives. The Hat wanted to put Harry into Slytherin. Harry was not just not stupid, he also was fairly clever if he wanted to be. Well, the Ministry needed a new player for quite sometime now. UPDATES DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS (NOV/DEC and MAY) Not a bashing story. Part one - Sirius' freedom is complete. Story resumes in Nov/Dec.