OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Gross Misconduct in Fudge Administration Merits Change of Staff
LONDON, July 8, 1996 — After a shocking exposure of a cover-up of the knowledge that You-Know-Who had returned to full power, former Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, 45, and the majority of his staff were impeached last night, and only hours afterward the new administration was selected and notified.
The new Minister of Magic, his Junior and Senior Assistants, Undersecretaries, and the Merlin of the League of Aurors, plus the heads of the Magid, Phoenix, Dragon, Gryphon, and Owl Departments, are to be sworn in on the first of August. For the time, the Wizengamot's Chief Warlock, Albus Dumbledore, 176, has taken control of the Ministry of Magic.
Only just this morning did the Wizengamot publicly announce the new administration. It is made entirely of those who have previously served the Ministry, and those with experience in their field.
William Weasley, 24, the new head of the Owl Department, worked as a Curse- Breaker for Gringotts Bank in Egypt for five years. He has a good grasp of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Herbology, Transfiguration, and Charms, according to his superior, and an excellent work ethic. "I had an office job this past year, so I'm not an idiot about how to handle people," he was heard to say in an interview after the Wizengamot's announcement.
Minerva McGonagall, 70, has been the Transfiguration professor and Assistant Headmistress at Hogwarts School for the past 39 years, and worked as an Auror for 14 years before that. She now has a new job in the League of Aurors as the Head of the Gryphon Department. "I'm a bit disappointed at not being able to teach anymore, yes," she said, "but I've left the job in the hands of a quite competent friend of mine, and I think she will handle it exceptionally well."
Remus John Lupin, 36, is a most exceptional member of this new staff due to his condition: he was bitten by a werewolf at the age of five. Since this cruel affliction was forced on him, he has had difficulty in school and in getting a job; only recently working as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. "I do think what I am and where I am will affect how I'm treated," he said. "I don't think it should, but it will." A former student of his and a close relative of three of the new staff, Ronald Weasley, was heard to add in, "Anyone you taught won't mind. You were the best teacher in about a century."
Raven Phoenix, 19, is the youngest of the administrators, but excelled in Defense Against the Dark Arts. After losing in eye in a childhood accident, she threw herself into studying, landing her the current position of Head of her former department — Phoenix.
Nymphadora Tonks, 25, the new Magid Department Head, has been an Auror in the Dragon Department for three years. Her mother is the new Minister of Magic. "I'm pretty excited, yeah. I loved my old job, but this one's even better."
The Merlin of the League of Aurors, Kingsley Shacklebolt, 35, has been an Auror in the Phoenix Department for the past 13 years. He declined to comment on his promotion, but rumor among the office claims he's ecstatic.
The new Junior Undersecretary to the Minister, none other than Dumbledore himself, declined comment.
The Senior Undersecretary, Arthur Weasley, 45, father of Percy and William Weasley, has worked for the Ministry in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office since his graduation. He was quoted to have said, "I'm quite glad Dolores Umbridge is out of office. She taught at my son's school, and I can personally confirm the rumor that she forced students to write lines in their own blood as detention. She was a sick, twisted, power-hungry old hag, and the Wizengamot hasn't done anything better."
The Junior Assistant, Amelia Susan Bones, 38, has worked for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for twenty years, the best five of which she was its Head. "This is a refreshing change from Mr. Fudge's law. I'm rather happy he's gone, really."
The Senior Assistant, Percy Weasley, 20, isn't exactly a new addition to the office. Last year he served as Fudge's Junior Assistant, and it is due to him that the information about the cover-up was revealed. The year before that he worked for the Department of International Magical Cooperation as a personal assistant to Bartemius Crouch.
The new Minister of Magic, Andromeda Tonks, 45, mother of Nymphadora Tonks and wife of former Auror Theodore Tonks, worked in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for four years while studying to be an Auror, which she became in 1974. She was Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody's partner until his retirement from Auring in 1983, and has since aided in the capture of many vital Death Eaters to You-Know-Who's revolt.
Since the death of her husband in 1977, she has devoted her life to the ridding of those who killed him — You-Know-Who's Death Eaters. In a brief speech given after the Ministry's announcement, she was quoted as saying, "My husband was killed in front of my daughter, who was at the time six years old, because his parents were Muggles, who were murdered by the same Death Eaters. My pureblood family disowned me for marrying a Muggle-born man, and my two sisters are Death Eaters. My daughter was tormented throughout her school years because her grandparents had not been born right, as they said. This intolerance of the wizards and witches of our world will not be tolerated."
A. Tonks and her administration are to be sworn in Aug. 1 at the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic.
Gross Misconduct in Fudge Administration Merits Change of Staff
LONDON, July 8, 1996 — After a shocking exposure of a cover-up of the knowledge that You-Know-Who had returned to full power, former Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, 45, and the majority of his staff were impeached last night, and only hours afterward the new administration was selected and notified.
The new Minister of Magic, his Junior and Senior Assistants, Undersecretaries, and the Merlin of the League of Aurors, plus the heads of the Magid, Phoenix, Dragon, Gryphon, and Owl Departments, are to be sworn in on the first of August. For the time, the Wizengamot's Chief Warlock, Albus Dumbledore, 176, has taken control of the Ministry of Magic.
Only just this morning did the Wizengamot publicly announce the new administration. It is made entirely of those who have previously served the Ministry, and those with experience in their field.
William Weasley, 24, the new head of the Owl Department, worked as a Curse- Breaker for Gringotts Bank in Egypt for five years. He has a good grasp of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Herbology, Transfiguration, and Charms, according to his superior, and an excellent work ethic. "I had an office job this past year, so I'm not an idiot about how to handle people," he was heard to say in an interview after the Wizengamot's announcement.
Minerva McGonagall, 70, has been the Transfiguration professor and Assistant Headmistress at Hogwarts School for the past 39 years, and worked as an Auror for 14 years before that. She now has a new job in the League of Aurors as the Head of the Gryphon Department. "I'm a bit disappointed at not being able to teach anymore, yes," she said, "but I've left the job in the hands of a quite competent friend of mine, and I think she will handle it exceptionally well."
Remus John Lupin, 36, is a most exceptional member of this new staff due to his condition: he was bitten by a werewolf at the age of five. Since this cruel affliction was forced on him, he has had difficulty in school and in getting a job; only recently working as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. "I do think what I am and where I am will affect how I'm treated," he said. "I don't think it should, but it will." A former student of his and a close relative of three of the new staff, Ronald Weasley, was heard to add in, "Anyone you taught won't mind. You were the best teacher in about a century."
Raven Phoenix, 19, is the youngest of the administrators, but excelled in Defense Against the Dark Arts. After losing in eye in a childhood accident, she threw herself into studying, landing her the current position of Head of her former department — Phoenix.
Nymphadora Tonks, 25, the new Magid Department Head, has been an Auror in the Dragon Department for three years. Her mother is the new Minister of Magic. "I'm pretty excited, yeah. I loved my old job, but this one's even better."
The Merlin of the League of Aurors, Kingsley Shacklebolt, 35, has been an Auror in the Phoenix Department for the past 13 years. He declined to comment on his promotion, but rumor among the office claims he's ecstatic.
The new Junior Undersecretary to the Minister, none other than Dumbledore himself, declined comment.
The Senior Undersecretary, Arthur Weasley, 45, father of Percy and William Weasley, has worked for the Ministry in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office since his graduation. He was quoted to have said, "I'm quite glad Dolores Umbridge is out of office. She taught at my son's school, and I can personally confirm the rumor that she forced students to write lines in their own blood as detention. She was a sick, twisted, power-hungry old hag, and the Wizengamot hasn't done anything better."
The Junior Assistant, Amelia Susan Bones, 38, has worked for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for twenty years, the best five of which she was its Head. "This is a refreshing change from Mr. Fudge's law. I'm rather happy he's gone, really."
The Senior Assistant, Percy Weasley, 20, isn't exactly a new addition to the office. Last year he served as Fudge's Junior Assistant, and it is due to him that the information about the cover-up was revealed. The year before that he worked for the Department of International Magical Cooperation as a personal assistant to Bartemius Crouch.
The new Minister of Magic, Andromeda Tonks, 45, mother of Nymphadora Tonks and wife of former Auror Theodore Tonks, worked in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for four years while studying to be an Auror, which she became in 1974. She was Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody's partner until his retirement from Auring in 1983, and has since aided in the capture of many vital Death Eaters to You-Know-Who's revolt.
Since the death of her husband in 1977, she has devoted her life to the ridding of those who killed him — You-Know-Who's Death Eaters. In a brief speech given after the Ministry's announcement, she was quoted as saying, "My husband was killed in front of my daughter, who was at the time six years old, because his parents were Muggles, who were murdered by the same Death Eaters. My pureblood family disowned me for marrying a Muggle-born man, and my two sisters are Death Eaters. My daughter was tormented throughout her school years because her grandparents had not been born right, as they said. This intolerance of the wizards and witches of our world will not be tolerated."
A. Tonks and her administration are to be sworn in Aug. 1 at the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic.