From The End Of Trust

By Amilie

Chapter One

Getting The Facts Straight

Excerpts

"The Fall of Voldemort" Percy Weasley

Published in association with Flourish and Blotts Books (2001)

Throughout the duration of time that passed during the writing and publishing of "The Fall of Voldemort" many people attempted to stop me from continuing. Not because they believed it ill written, rather that they believed it might somehow corrupt another wizard into following Voldemort's path of destruction.

Not only was that a dangerous idea then but it is even more so now. A new generation will soon be sent out into the world, never personally knowing the effects and aftermath of true evil.

We must always remember what we have sacrificed to be where we are now. Before we can learn to not repeat our mistakes we must first learn to understand them.
Special thanks to Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Severus Snape, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Draco Malfoy for their first hand accounts of the war.


Dedicated to all the innocent people lost during the war, in particular my brothers Charlie, Fred, and George.
(Author's Note - Pg 4 - "The Fall of Voldemort")

"… and so it was discovered that the traitor was none other than Harry Potter."
(Chap. 26 Discoveries - Pg 201 - "The Fall of Voldemort")

"When Potter refused to stand down and be taken into custody, Albus Dubledore had no other options. With the help of Ronald Weasley, Dumbledore was forced to perform the Avada Kedavra curse upon Potter."
(Chap. 27 Final Siege - Pg 257 - "The Fall of Voldemort")

"No eye witnesses are thought to have survived the final confrontation between Dumbledore and Voldemort. Therefore we can not be certain of the details."
(Chap. 28 Aftermath - pg 289 - "The Fall of Voldemort")

"Whether resulting from magical residue or other means, has yet to be discovered. When the flames dimmed enough to approach, it was found that all evidence of the Final Battle was burned away.

Among the bodies unable to be recovered were Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort, Harry Potter, Minerva McGonagall and Lucius Malfoy."
(Chap. 28 Aftermath - pg 293 - "The Fall of Voldemort")

"Though Voldemort lay dead and defeated, other obstacles still stood in the way of full recovery. Foremost being the discovery that many levels of the Ministry had been infiltrated by undercover Death-Eaters.

With so many of the Aurors dead in war, the task of restoring the Ministry fell at the feet of Arthur Weasley and Severus Snape. After many long tiring months the task was complete, unfortunately the process had torn the Ministry apart, it was no longer able to function.

After numerous meeting between leaders from all around the wizarding world, it was decided a new manner of government would be formed. The new Council Of Magic would be located in London, leaders from each country would sit on the Council. Representatives would also be elected by the people. No longer would countries be run separately, instead the Council would act as the central government.

While there would be a Head of The Council, the person would not be able to pass laws or punishment solely on their own opinion. The Head instead would act as enforcer, keeping outside influences from affecting decisions.

(Chap. 29 A New Foundation - 307 - "The Fall Of Voldemort")

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Oct. 2001
To: Arthur Weasley, Head Council of Magic
From: Hermione Granger, Headmistress of Hogwarts

Dear Arthur,
The problem is progressing. Children of all ages are still arriving, each with the same hand written note. Many of these children are found to be orphans or runways. I cannot in good conscience turn them away. Besides that though, it seems that all of the children have a very strong innate gift for wizardry.
When questioned all they say is that a tall dark haired man named Tal sought them out and tested them. I have yet to find out exactly what the test was and they don't seem completely understand what happened themselves. I feel that they're being sent to us was a sign of failure for whatever the man was searching for in them.
These are very strong children, if they weren't what he was looking for I almost shudder to think of whatever power he is trying to find. We cannot afford to have any enemies, we are just not prepared at this time.
Therefore I feel it to be in the best interest of the Council to investigate this matter further. I've enclosed statements from all the children that concern the matter.

Sincerely,
Hermione Granger
Headmistress of Hogwarts

Nov. 2001
To: Hermione Granger, Headmistress of Hogwarts
From: Arthur Weasly, Head Council of Magic

Ms. Granger,

After reviewing your statement the Council has reached an agreement to look into the matter.
The Council has commissioned a team of Aurors, headed by Ron, to investigate the matter.

It also seems that we had some information on Tal already in file, that wasn't even connected to this matter, resulting from some sensitive inquiries that were made in the United States on his part.

The Aurors will be sent out in the next week after being thoroughly briefed on the matter.

I'll send you updates as they arrive.
If any more problems should arise please contact me immediately.

Arthur Weasley
Head Council of Magic

Jan. 2002
To: Hermione Granger, Headmistress of Hogwarts
From: Arthur Weasly, Head Council of Magic

The Aurors arrived back at Diagon Alley yesterday. No surprise, they managed to track Tal to the western coast of America.

Auror reports show that while Tal visited several wizard communities, no hard evidence could be found as to his identity or objectives. Another matter that bears thinking on is the fact that not one person can clearly remember exactly what the man looked like or what he was asking. Memory charms were clearly used in large quantities, five large towns were interviewed and all seemed to be affected by memory loss. That in itself points towards considerable power on his part.

It was decided to send while the team researches leads that led to this area, they will also be over there to see the children personally. Hopefully they will be able to reveal previously hidden details from their memories.

Arthur Weasley
Head Council of Magic

Nov 2003
To: Arthur Weasley, Head Council of Magic
From: Hermione Granger, Headmistress of Hogwarts

Arthur,
We came off better this year, we only received eleven of Tal's children. This year they actually came equipped with all their school supplies, robes, wand etc. What is worrisome though, they seem to have a small amount of extra curriculum training, only enough that they will be ahead of their classmates when the term begins.

The first children we received in 2001 are now in their second year and progressing nicely. While they are doing well I am having problems with certain others students, which I think you need to know about.

From what the staff and I understand there is a group of them anywhere from twenty to thirty, all muggle or half muggle. When we went and looked on the Hogwarts' list we found that they were not even originally meant to come here, their names just suddenly appeared all in the last seven years, it coincides to much with Voldemort's defeat for my taste. These are unusual children, they aren't even particularly goods students, but at times when they shouldn't be able to they can cast overly difficult spells.

I personally feel that these children's gifts have something to do with the search our mystery man is on.
I'm sending in an official request to the Council for a research team to come and investigate the matter.

Hermione Granger

Jan 2004

Hermione,
I completely concur with Ron's assessment of the children at Hogwarts, the fact that they can work wandless magic with no training in the form and also seem to be unaffected by the power depletion all leads to worrisome thoughts. The researchers believe that the children are the result of alteration within the magic, possibly resulting from the power drains created during the war.

For safety's sake I recommend teaching these children separately, hopefully we can keep the matter out of public eyes for the time being. The Council reactions are bad as it is, I don't even care to imagine how uninformed people would react.
We believe you are correct in your assessment that the matter of Tal is related in part to the discovery of this new…magic.

On a better note we are finding more detailed information about Tal, it would seem he has over the years started to form a group of sorts. We can't be sure of anything else and as of this letter we have been unable to locate or contact them.

Arthur

April 2004

Be Alert, the papers somehow received information about our "special students". As thought the public is extremely worried. The papers aren't helping the matter, articles are coming out suggesting that the children are a result of Voldemort.
The Council is already receiving petitions from concerned parents to have the "special students" removed from Hogwarts. The vote was a close one. I'm sorry you couldn't be there to speak on the matter, the children managed to stay at Hogwarts by only three votes. Some of the turmoil within the Council is a result of research that started years ago. And as every other strange occurrence seems to be linked to Tal I can't help but to wonder if this is also.

The research revealed that over the past thirty years the birth rate of witches and wizards has slowly been in decline, more so in the past ten years. The ratio of magiced children to squibs children is now practically even. Fortunately the reports were brought to the Council before being received by the public. Measures have been taken to insure that for the time being only the Council is aware of the problem.
Be careful.

Arthur

Jan 2005


I don't know what to do! There has been another incident, one of the younger girls was practicing pronunciations and nearly killed Draco! The girl didn't have a wand and wasn't even trying to cast a spell!

If Tal does have a group of children like this we must find out. Children with this much power and potential in the wrong hands….it would be the end of us. On the other hand though I cant help but wonder how he trains them. To say the least we need to be in contact with him.

Hermione

March 2005


There has been more upheaval, as you well know the council is still fighting within itself.
I'm truly sorry that parents are taking their children from Hogwarts. We will figure out a way to end this…somehow.
We are closer to finding Tal, I've come to think that he we will only be able to resolve the situation after we understand how he has influenced it.

Arthur

Oct 2005
To: Hermione Granger, Headmistress of Hogwarts
From: Arthur Weasly, Head Council of Magic

Headmistress of Hogwarts,
The Council was able to send summons to Tal. He has agreed to meet with us in one weeks time.

Arthur Weasly,
Head Council of Magic