Post by HAYLEY on Oct 11, 2009 23:26:49 GMT -5
IMAGINE YOUR WAND.
Magic is dead.
NOW, IMAGINE IT USELESS.[/color][/font]
Harry Potter on his knees. He cries, Lumos! Lumos! But there is only darkness.
THE AGE OF THE MUGGLE HAS BEGUN.[/color][/font]
The virus came in 2012, the year fabled by some as the end of the world. It took away the powers of hundreds, of thousands, and witches and wizards could no longer rely on magic. They had to learn to drive cars, to use computers, to throw punches. The muggles hated them, their stupidity, trying to make it in the new, large world outside Hogwarts and Diagon Alley. So they were persecuted, pureblood and muggleborn alike: beaten in broad daylight, mocked in schoolyards, and denied hospitality. Witch hunts became increasingly popular; it was not uncommon to find a burned carcass in the square of a country village every few weeks. The post-magic society was anti-wizard to the core, and laws began to pass, prohibiting basic rights. This legal movement was lead by the charming but really rather ruthless Prime Minister, Wyatt Keene. Wizards may not loiter. They may not purchase weapons. Their children will sit in the back of the classroom. Atrocities, really. Prejudice. Keene had no limits. Wizards may have only two children. Any third or further child is subject to immediate arrest and detainment.
BUT WE WILL RISE AGAIN.[/color][/font]
Hope is not dead, though. Hogsmeade has become a haven for the defunct magical population, a place where no muggle dares venture, not dissimilar to a Leper colony. Here, the sons and daughters of Order members past plot the return of the wizard. For every disease, they say, must have a cure. Their parents have given up, but these young people will have none of it. They have only heard tales of hatred’s deadly reach. There are no memories for them of Voldemort, only legends from their childhoods. Perhaps they are naïve. Perhaps they are on to something. All that is for certain is that they
BETTER HURRY UP.
INDEX. WORLD. RULES. CANONS. FACES.
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