Post by DSMod on Dec 8, 2006 3:42:29 GMT -5
The Plot
It is the summer after Half-Blood Prince. Everyone is still reeling with the death of Headmaster Dumbledore, and even though Professor McGonagall tried her best to encourage and reassure her students, many of them are weary and afraid. It is uncertain if Hogwarts will be open for the next school year. Harry and his friends all go home for the summer, intend on finding the Horcruxes to defeat Voldemort. They manage to find one more, but after that have little success. Every lead they find is a dead end. The Reign of Terror of Voldemort grows stronger and stronger. Everything seems bleak and grey, even the sun doesn’t seem to shine as bright as it did.
On July 31, in the middle of the night, Harry Potter is woken from a dead sleep by the worst pain in his head he has ever felt. He is completely lost in the pain for what seems like an eternity and then as suddenly as it started, it is gone. However, there is something different about this time. It feels as if something is gone now, something is missing. He can’t figure it out, and goes back to an uneasy sleep.
Two weeks later, the Wizarding World is rocked to its core. The Daily Prophet reports that every Death Eater has been pardoned by the Ministry. All their lands, and wealth, and titles have been returned to them. As easily as that, the Dark Side is reintroduced into the normal society. Everyone has barely had time to absorb this change when it is time to go back to school. Harry decided to return, feeling that he is still responsible for protecting everyone and as long as the Death Eaters are back like this, the only safe place for him is Hogwarts. Surely McGonagall will keep him safe.
The shock of their lives greats the students as they walk into the Great Hall. Sitting in Dumbledore’s chair is not McGonagall, but the Death Eater Rodolphus Lestrange. His wife, Bellatrix is sitting on his right side, with a very unhappy McGonagall on the left. The rest of the Professor positions are filled half with the ‘good’ side. Remus Lupin was brought back to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. However, Professor Snape is back teaching Potions and several other known Death Eaters are sitting at the staff table. Draco Malfoy is sitting at the head of Slytherin House, the Head boy’s badge shinning on his robes. Its’ clear he now has firm control of his House. He is the Slytherin Prince in fact and power now, instead of just self-proclaimed title.
What happened that the Ministry pardoned the Death Eaters? How is Rodolphus Lestrange the Headmaster? How are there Death Eaters teaching? How is Snape and Draco(the two responsible for Dumbledore’s death) sitting as if nothing happened? Where is the Dark Lord? What was that pain Harry felt?
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