People were afraid, more now than before. There had been no news about the Dark Lord for months, no muggle killings, no attacks on the Ministry or, as parents of young witches and wizards feared, Hogwarts. It was as if Voldemort had simply gone away, given up, except he was far too power-hungry to even think of doing such a thing. He had “died” once, and he came back, thirteen years later, against all odds. He was planning something big, apparently, something more important than his usual regime of torture and pointless death. There were rumors, though, terrible, frightening rumors. Rumors ab