Chapter 36

Lord Voldemort

Lily spent the next week ignoring Nicky, unintentionally most of the time, and avoiding

James. He had been so terrible to her when she had discovered that Remus was a warewolf,

and she thought he was still mad. Her meetings with Dumbledore had increased to every day of

the week, sometimes twice. He told her that she was the most promising student that she had,

and that she should work to control her powers more. He showered her with praises and taught

her more than she had learned from any of her other teachers.

"Lily, have you been reading the newspapers lately?" Dumbledore asked her during one of

their meetings.

"No, I haven't been. I don't get it delivered. Why do you ask?" She replied.

"Well here, read this article and then you might understand." He said, passing her the Daily

Prophet.

The Rise of Darkness

David Crawlson

Recent evidence has come to light regarding the activities of a man who refers to

himself as Lord Voldemort and his group of followers called the Death Eaters. Lord

Voldemort, or the Dark Lord, has made it public knowledge that he completly disrespects

and disregards the law, holding the ministry, those of muggle descent, and all those who

support muggles, in utter contempt. He has declared that he will stop at nothing until all

muggles and their supporters are dead. Already the Death Eaters have made it known

that they are an unlawful force to be reconned with. It is common for them to use the

unforvible curses in order to gain support or eliminate mal-content with their practices.

Already several members of the group known as Death Eaters have been tracked

down and captured, although no sooner are they thrown into Azkaban prison than they

escape, due to the dementor support of the Dark Lord. Barty Crouch stated in a press

meeting that there is no threat posed by these "unlawful, unruly band of miscreants", and

that "the ministry is doing everything in its power to remove all lawbreakers from the

vicinity". Barty Crouch, head of the Department of International Co-operation, has been

gaining support rapidly as he cracks down harder and harder on the Death Eaters. He has

even announced, to much public support, that he will be submitting his name for possible

candadicy for Minister of Magic when the current minister announced his impending

retirment.

Already eight witnesses have come fourth, admmitting to have seen Death Eaters

putting the Imperius curse on other wizards and witches. The muggle police are noticing

the disappearances of muggles at a rate increasing by the day. Twenty Seven muggles

have gone missing in the past two weeks with no trace as to their whereabouts. The sign

of a Death Eater attack has been a skull with a snake in its mouth hovering abouve the

scene of the crime, and the wizarding community is living in fear of the more and more

frequent attacks. After committing a crime, the mark of the Death Eaters can be seen for

miles around, making the task of the miinistry to hide magic from the muggle community

much more difficult. The department of Muggle Relations has had their hands full

covering up and modifying the memories of muggles who have witnessed these crimes.

There have been several first hand accounts of the reappearance of giants in the area

as well as the more and more frequent sightings of dragons. Lord Voldemort is gathering

a deadly army together, and regardless of the ministry assurances of the mis-truth behind

this, the wizarding community at large is growing frightened and doubtfull. The ministrys

attempts to cover up the latest actions of the Death Eaters have failed, and Cornelius

Fudge, the Ministers assistant, insists that everyone is "overreacting to this, er, this,

group of people who seem insistant on destroying the muggle community. They really

aren't all that bad don't you know, they will probabally give up in a few weeks. Nothing to

get worked up over", Fudge stated in a press conference Monday afternoon.

"So Lily, now more than ever we need your assistance. If Lord Voldemort is to be stopped

we need your help." Dumbledore said as he accepted the paper she handed back to him.

"But, sir, I don't understand. It says here that Cornelius Fudge doesn't thinnk they're a

threat, and that Barty Crouch thinks we can stop them, no problem. So what's the deal? And

how come none of the students have been talking about this?" Lily asked, not understanding how

this article proved anything.

"Well, to answer your second and more simple question, I have my papers delivered early.

They may not be as edited, but I get the news first. For your first question, Fudge and Crouch

have been covering up for ministry blunders. Crouch wants to become minister, he does not

want to loose face in front of the wizarding community by appearing soft or timid. Fudge just

doesn't understand. In my opinion he is a blustering idiot, I hope you will not repeate that

however."

"Of course not professor." Lily said, the corners of her mouth twitching. She quickly

snapped back to the problem at hand, what did this mean? He wanted to kill all muggles and

wizards related to muggles? What did that have to do with her? How could she help?

"Lily, do you remember the vision you had in your sleep about a week ago?" He asked her.

"Yes sir, the one about the man burning something into the flesh of those other men?"

"That's the one. I believe that what he was doing was burning the dark mark, described in

that article, into their arms. Do you remember when you told me of the skull you saw? That is

the dark mark. I have been thinking of that dream a lot lately, and have come to the conclusion

that Voldemort is gathering an army, a powerful army of wizards and magical creatures, I have

also decided that, if you agree to help me, we can help to prevent this. Will you help me Lily?"

"What does helping you entail?" She asked hesitantly.

"It would be very dangerous, you would have to be willing to risk everything. Do not

answer now, think about it. I will give you the tools necessary to help, then you can make your

descision. Today we will start learning how to control when the dreams will come. You can

practice tonight. Hopefully, when you are advanced enough, you will be able to bring on the

dreams at any time, not only the night. If you wish I can put a bind on your powers so that you

do not accidentally trigger the dreams at night or during classes. I will remove the bind when you

have controlled the power." Dumbledore suggested.

"All right, if you think it would be wise." Lily said, not sure about what she was doing.

Dumbledore closed his eyes, withdrawing his wand from his robes. Lily faw a flash of light and

heard Dumbledores soft voice. She hit the floor and felt a flash of pain. He head felt like it was

bursting into a million pieces, and she could not see anything except spots of light. Lily closed her

eyes, and knew no more.

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