Disclaimer and Warning: I do not own any of the canon Harry Potter characters nor do I own the setting, spells and all that are directly tied to the world of Harry Potter. All those belong to JK Rowling and the publishers. This story is totally fictional and a product of two authors' overactive imagination. A word of caution before proceeding, you will find that this story will not revolve around any of the original cast of the Harry Potter universe by JK Rowling. They will be mentioned alright, but usually only as people in history books. This story is totally AU. There may be slash in future as well. Enjoy.


Prologue

Once upon a time, in a magical land, there lived a terrible Dark Lord.

His desire was to obtain the world, and shape it after his own twisted heart. And he very nearly succeeded. However, the Dark Lord learnt of a prophecy that spoke of his downfall. Enraged by the very idea of being defeated, he did all he could to prevent the prophecy from coming true.

Little did he know that in pursuing that course of action, he had fulfilled the conditions of the prophecy, leaving him broken, less than a man.

For fifteen years the Dark Lord slumbered, his tortured soul in the void.

And then, he returned.

The Dark Lord's vengeance upon the land was swift and terrible. As it was fifteen years ago, he still desired a pure world where the blood of magic was untainted by the common man. Every action of his made this wanting clear...

However, his second ascension was not to be. The Dark Lord was cast down by the one who had defeated him once before, the only one who he could not overcome. And thus, peace came to the magical world, everlasting, eternal peace.

- Excerpt from "The Beginning of a Golden Age", The Daily Prophet.


"Mudblood".

That was what we were called, for a long time. Sure, yes, "What about Harry Potter?" I hear you cry. "Hasn't he done a lot for us? Aren't we fully accepted as part of the wizarding community now?"

Harry Potter! The Hero of the Second War, the Boy Who Lived. YES! He, along with his heroic friends, Ron and Hermione Weasley, have brought the wizarding world to the stage where we, Muggleborn, share the same rights and opportunities as those of purebloods. That is what the Ministry preaches. That is what the Daily Prophet writes whenever discussions of Muggleborn rights are brought up.

Do we actually HAVE the same rights and opportunities, my brethren? NO. WE DO NOT!

What we do have are patronising scraps thrown to us by those pure-blooded members of the Ministry of Magic. Is it a coincidence that right now, a hundred and fifty years after the fall of Voldemort, the heads of the Ministry of Magic are all purebloods, and there have been complaints by purebloods regarding our so-called "lack of respect for tradition"?

What tradition are they referring to? Could it be the one where Muggleborns were tortured for sport? Or could it be the use of the epithet mudblood for us? The tradition of being deemed unworthy of sharing a school with them, of learning together with them, of living with them, of eating with them? The tradition of mistreating other magical races?

Yes, pure wizarding culture indeed. Respect for tradition INDEED. I say that if this is the tradition that I am supposed to respect, then I would rather DIE than give up my dignity. WE ARE WIZARDS! We may be Muggleborn, and live like most Muggles, but bear no doubt that even the best of the purebloods are not as talented as wizarding as we are. I'd go so far as to say that if we are talking about superiority, we Muggleborn are SUPERIOR to those snotty aristocrats up there, in their 'untouchable' world.

My brethren, the winds of change are about to favour us. We are Muggleborn, and we shall stand in Unity against the efforts of those who would seek to enslave us and reject our way of life. We will march and THEY shall be the ones who recognize our power!

- Part of a speech from Marc Brandon, leader of the Muggleborn rights group, 'The Unity'.


No comment.

- Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, being asked to comment upon the detainment of Marc Brandon after the June Rally.