"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
-Anatole France
Introduction
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SHOCKED WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, AT HOGWARTS.
But the truth is: bad stuff is always happening, isn't it? Years have passed since the
fall of Voldemort and metaphorical reign of the order of the phoenix and, over the years, there
has been peace. The dark lord died in 1998 and it is now nearly a century later, year 2042. Most pureblood supremacists have either quieted down or abandoned their old beliefs completely in exchange for peace. Things are absolutely splendid.
At Hogwarts, it's soon nearing time for the house tournament: a fun, exciting event that involves
teams of roughly three or four competing in thrilling games for house points. Much like the tri-
wizard tournament, except no students from other schools are coming and there are teams -
not sole wizards. It's a bit of a new tradition-in-the-making to provide entertainment and learning
in between tri-wizards. There are several balls held to celebrate the events and winners.
Beneath the perfection, though, something is amiss. Students who linger too near the forbidden
forest are either going missing or returning badly maimed. It appears to be the work of the
centaurs, magical guardians of the woods who had previously held a treaty of peace with the
students of Hogwarts - an alliance created by Albus Dumbledore himself and never broken
until lately, forcing students to have mandatory dueling exercises once or twice a week. There
are rumors as to why this could be, but the truth is unthinkable.
As it turns out, the present headmaster of the school, Darien Hawthorne has made a startling
discovery. Beneath the school lies a great mineral deposit of cinis di, a very rare potions
ingredient. If one were to grind the substance to a fine powder and mix it with a number of
other ingredients, they would have a very dangerous potion created by medieval necromancers
and hidden away by the destruction it can do. It is the potion that allows one to resurrect a
corpse from the dead - at the expense of another random life. Wicked as it may be, the head-
master can only imagine how glorious it would be to live in bliss with his late wife once more.
Determined to dig up as much cinis di as possible (the potion requires quite an amount), he's
bribing any willing teacher or ministry member to help him with the reward of a dead loved one
come alive again. Distracted by the many school events and attacks by the centaurs (who
know what twisted things the cinis di potion is capable of), the young witches and wizards of
Hogwarts hardly suspect a thing. Their headmaster is so unbelievably kind, they do not
question him at all. But as professor Hawthorne gets so close to his goal, it can only be
assumed that they will all suspect his motives soon enough.
As for Cameron Blessington, she considers herself to be extremely special, in both the good and bad ways. Just one girl in a line of rare all-family Squibs, she could care less about any of this Hogwarts silliness, being a Squib she can't do any magic—until of course, she shockingly gets admitted into the school herself. Even though the old ways of purebloods against muggle-borns and blood traitors have died down, people still feel Squibs are a disgrace to all; Muggle-borns even look down upon them, spit on them as they walk. Mudblood name calling has stopped, but the Squibbler has begun.
Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry—is it finally changing its admission standards?
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