To the British Wizarding Community and to the World,

I, Narcissa Malfoy, have been selected to serve as a speaker for the group of solely magically inclined families referred to in the past as the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Today we write to you making no claims of blood purity or superiority, we write to you spouting no hatred or discordance, we write to you desiring no upheaval or upraising. Instead, we write to you humbled by our defeat, shamed by our atrocious actions, both passive and active, and requesting nothing more and nothing less than for the newly elected Minister and Wizengamot to make good on their promises of a safe and better tomorrow for all witches and wizards of the land.

When the war came to an end, we all expected, and even desired, for the carnage to come to an end. It might seem difficult to believe such a thing coming from the wives and children of the very men and women who set our world ablaze, but we, too, lost much to the war; husbands, wives, children, grandchildren, centuries-old legacies, able-bodiness, sanity and other unquantifiable losses. We, too, found hope in the words of Minister Shacklebolt when he spoke of the better days that awaited our community; which was why we, too, placed our unwavering confidence in the election process and this newly elected government.

It seems, however, that some witches and wizards of our community have chosen to forgo the message of unity and cooperation of this administration and instead have decided on a dangerous path not unknown to our families; a path brimming with segregation and hatred, a path full of misgivings and misinformation, a path that has left our world in shambles and our community bleeding.

Never did we think we would see the day that our young children would be pummeled to pulps in their schools, our witches publically shamed and harassed and our wizards denied opportunities to secure gainful employment to maintain their families following the freezing and seizing of their vaults and ancestral homes. We find ourselves helpless against a faceless enemy who hides among honest witches and wizards. There are no masks or marks or family names that we can utilize as guidelines for our children to avoid; there are no known offenders or investigation or cases being taken to the courts. There are no clear answers or pathways for us to follow.

For better or for worse, to the joy of some and the regret of others, we are still part of this community and we are still governed by the Wizengamot. Thus, we are not only dutifully bound by responsibilities to this our government, but we are also to be afforded the rights to which any member of this community has a claim.

It is for this reason that today we, the women and children of twenty-eight solely magically inclined families, denounce the appalling behavior of the witches and wizards that prevent the leftover wounds of the war from closing; condemn the persecution of our young children who cannot even begin to comprehend the issues behind the war; deplore the discrimination of our family members based on blood status, which has since been outlawed by our government; and censure the harassing and persecution of our witches.

We encourage the good witches and wizards of this community to open their eyes and realize that the actions of death eaters and other sympathizers of the Dark Lord, that were labeled crimes of hatred, are being perpetrated against us as I write this statement; we urge Minister Shacklebolt to make good on his promises of safety for his people; we appeal to the Wizengamot for the passing of laws and regulations that will result in the bettering of wizarding relations in our community, and we petition for the engagement of Aurors in the investigation of the crimes being carried out daily against us.

Sincerely,

Narcissa Malfoy