Dislaimer: We haven't done one of these in ages! But I can assure you that I am not J.K.Rowling. Or am I? Dun, dun, dun. No, I'm seriously not. Or am I? Dun, dun, dun. (etc)
YOU-KNOW-WHO STRIKES AGAIN!
You-Know-Who strikes again, this time at the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley! I, Rita Skeeter, and my wonderful sources have managed to hear a recount of what actually happened!
4 days before September the 1st, 6 Seven Years at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry, were out shopping for school supplies, whilst eating lunch were suddenly in the midst of a fierce battle that had suddenly occured, whilst 5 of the teenagers managed to Apparate, the sixth new that although she should really have gotten away stayed to help others and become a hero, but heroic actions don't come without a price, this teenager, Lilian Evans, Head girl this year of Hogwarts, stayed and apparently fought You-Know-Who face to face!! Lilian's boyfriend James Potter, coincidently Head Boy of Hogwarts, came back to help her, like a knight saving his damsel in distress, but after Apparating some young innocent citizens was trapped by a rockfall and by the time he reached her, Lilian had already been cursed twice with the Cruciatus Curse and became unconcious. James fougt bravely but, seeing as no one can defeat You-Know-Who, also became unconscious and You-Know-Who got away once more.
James Potter, woke up only a few hours after the ordeal, yet Lilian Evans has still not regained consciousness, hopefully it isn't too late and there is still a chance of recovery. But in order to help out James Potter, Lilian Evans, and their friends - Mary McDonald, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Petigrew - Madame Malkin has donated all of the Seventh Years three sets of brand new robes, Flourish and Blots have donated brand new schoolbooks to replace those lost in the battle and the Apocathery has donated all the nescasary potions ingredients for the students. Added bonus' were given to Lilian Evans and James Potter for actually fighting and elping to disarm, stun and capture multiple death eaters, James recieved a new racing broom from Quality Quiddich Suplies and Lilian recieved an Snowy Owl from Magical Menagerie. Lilian Evans and James Potter may go down in history as some of the youngest people to fight against You-Know-Who.
This is Rita Skeeter, recording the action first hand for the Daily Prophet.
James looked up from the paper in surprise, and wordlessly handed it to Remus who read it aloud for the rest of them to hear.
"Rita Skeeter?" Mary asked, frowning slightly, "She only graduated a couple of years ago. Ravenclaw."
"LOOKS LIKE SHE MADE THE BIG TIME COPYING OUR FIGHT, DIDN'T SHE!" roared Sirius.
"Sirius, she didn't copy the fight, she reporting it," explained Remus.
"Same thing," mumbled Sirius.
All eight of them, Mrs and Mr Potter, Peter, Sirius, Remus, James, Mary and a very unstable Lily, had just apparated back to the Potter Masion, and were sitting at the kitchen table reading the Daily Prophet.
"Guys, you're going to give Lily a headache," James said as his slight smug expression changed to one of concern.
Peter sniggered as James stroked Lil's hair, but James merely frowned at him and he stopped right away. It often awed James how easily Peter could be persuaded, but he pushed that thought to the back of his head. It would never be needed. They were friends and that's all that mattered. He turned his attention back to other more recent and more important events.
"So, how did she find out? What happened, I mean. Someone must of have told her, because she sure as hell wasn't there."
"And I doubt any of the Death Eaters told her," added Remus.
"Well, she could have been there, what does she look like?" asked Lily.
"Er, I dunno. I think she's blonde. Hang on, that's right, she's got short, blonde, bouncy hair," recalled Mary.
"How do you know?" asked Sirius frowning slightly.
"Er, I've seen her," replied Mary.
"No, whether her hair is boncy or not. I mean, have you actually bounced it? Or are you just assuming that it's bouncy because it's curly? That's quite an assumption to make you know. Hang on, how do you even bounce hair?"
"That's nice Sirius. But no, she wasn't there, I would have remembered," said James, furrowing her brow. "There were only five or six other people in there."
"Then someone must have told her. But the question is, who would know Rita Skeeter?"
"It could have been anyone of those other people there," said Mary.
"But here it says, repoting the action for you first hand," said Peter, pointing to the bottom of the page.
"How observant of you Peter."
"But here it says she had "wonderful sources" and that she'd been able to hear a recount of the tale," added Peter, pointing to the top.
They sat in silence for awhile before Mrs Potter interrupted, "Well, it's no use worrying about it now. Everyone go pack their trunks. We have to leave for the train in a couple of days!"
"Wow, the holidays went really quickly. But really fast at the same time, you know?" said Peter.
"You know, if I didn't know what you meant, I'd probably be looking at you like you were crazy right now," said Sirius absentmindedly.
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