Disclaimer: this story is not meant for publishing or to make profit. This is written purely for fun and entertainment and so all credit and props must be given to JK Rowling who created the story and the setting of which I have elaborated.
I have tried to write this story based on a dreamt up OC in the Harry Potter universe which I have slightly modernized in a strange kind of way to reflect the pros and cons of real life. Anyway, my prologue should explain it better.
I hope you all enjoy!
Prologue
The Wizarding world has change significantly since the end of the Voldemort era. Whilst there has been many advancements, there has also been many set backs. Pure blood supremacy was stamped out in the main stream and was hidden underground, the Ministry of Magic was reformed and made more democratic and the great Wizarding Explorer Luke-Benedict Ambrosias-Carter discovered the shocking revelation that the Lost Kingdom of Camelot had been hidden and magically concealed at the foot of a side road, namely Albion Road, which led from Diagon Alley. The Ministry of Magic moved its head quarters to Camelot castle and many prestigious wizarding families moved into the refurbished village of the Kingdom of Camelot. The British wizarding world became modernized and the buildings on Diagon Alley and in Camelot grew taller and brighter. High fashion, celebrity culture, globalization, shopping centres and exciting night life became the order of the day. Some vampires, some werewolves and some centaurs where embraced and where allowed to partake in the wizarding world and house-elves where given rights, indeed, years of prosperity and fun followed the fall of Voldemort and the raise of Harry Potter the Pure.
However, trouble was ahead. A growing population was the first problem. Half blood and muggle born wizards and witches who had never been contacted through mistakes at the old Ministry where now being contacted and offered the opportunity to join the Wizarding World, subject to wizard training in specially set up workshops. Then a crisis in the Caribbean Wizarding World and a civil war there forced Wizarding immigration into Britain and soon the Wizarding villages where becoming overcrowded. Brian Wainfellow Hemlock, a wizard architect, designed and built a large secret wizarding village named Hemlock to temporarily house immigrants and muggle born wizarding families. However in 2008 an economic downturn across the world led to more misery. Goblins where blamed for mismanagement of gold and the International Wizards Conference passed a statute to have Goblin trading limited and regulated by wizards who understood wizarding economics. The economic downturn meant that, whilst all wizarding villages were hard pressed and poor in a time of depression, the village of Hemlock was especially poor and soon turned to ghetto ignored by the rest of the wizarding world of Britain. Criminal gangs and dark arts soon begun to grow in Hemlock and due to the economic constraints Hogwarts could no longer accommodate every wizard and witch child and a low budget community school was built in Hemlock for students who had not received enough home training in magic. As well this former Death Eaters fled from Britain and created pure-blood supremacist uprisings across Europe, from Belgium to Lichtenstein.
By 2021, the economy was finally on track however it will take years for the Wizarding world to recover. Anger from Goblins about what they see as "over regulation" and lack of "respect for Goblin laws" has now led to a point of the worst Wizard – Goblin relations since the Goblin rebellions. The Goblins set a date of 16/11/2021 to go on strike in Camelot. A perfect time for a young Hemlock resident to plan a bank job perhaps. . .
So... this was the prologue, I hope it sounds interesting to you and you are keen to read on as my motivation to write is fuelled by readers and reviews, thank you.
