A/N: This was an unplanned little blurb. It's short, but it has a major impact on the rest of our story. Oh and as for 'Marble Angel', it's continued in another fic called 'Fragile'.
Thank you Shawn Bryant, twilights death, Stephenie (Yes, I have read Baby be Bop. It's where I got my name.) Foxglove, Jade, El, Zoe, Redhawk, Eternal Firesinger, coriander, honey, Scratches, eiknlng, Mystica, Nuriko no Tenshi, Blackice ( I'll try to incorporate some Ron/Neville soon), Silverfox, Couscous Girl, Minna, HermioneHeidi, MiniMe ( I can see Percy with a dry sense of humor.), Morien Alexander, Sika-chan, VenusPrincess, and Ethsara ye'Kariannye.
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It started as a rumor. A murmur heard in dark alleys where respectable witches and wizards dared not show their faces. It spread by word of mouth. Curious things were happening all over the wizard world. Good things. Places that had been haunted for years were suddenly freed of their ghostly residents. Dark and dangerous beasties saw humans and simply turned away. Fast food restaurants were actually getting people's orders correct. And just when things couldn't get stranger, there was the bizarre occurrence with the marks. That made headlines in the papers:
DARK MARK VANISHES.
By Rita Skeeter
AZKABAN- A curious thing happened yesterday in Azkaban International Prison. The Dark Mark, a symbol worn by followers of You-Know-Who, has simply vanished from the arms of convicted Death Eaters.
Prison Guard Albert P. Simpleton explains: "Well, I went to make my rounds like I always do and I paused in fronna Anita Lestrange's cell- she's got purty hair and sometimes she tries to escape. Mostly she just screams, but that ain't really important. Anyhoo, I look and I sees that the mark on her arm ain't there. Before it was kinda faded and then it came back real strong, but now it just ain't there. Same wit' the rest of 'em. Just disappeared."
Most will remember the Lestranges as the Death Eaters responsible for putting Auror Frank Longbottom and his wife Elizabeth in the psychiatric ward of St. Mungo's Hospital.
What does this mean to us? Says Dr. Ionle Sounsmart "The Dark Mark is used to link You-Know-Who and his followers. It helps them locate him and provides an indicator of his strength. Since the mark has faded completely, this could mean that You-Know-Who is gone for good."
Cornelius Fudge says that the Ministry of Magic has taken no official stand as of yet, but he has highly trained professionals (the overpaid monkeys in robes he normally employs) working hard to solve this new mystery.
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Short, but it's a newspaper clipping not a chapter. Still, thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
Love,
J. Silver
Thank you Shawn Bryant, twilights death, Stephenie (Yes, I have read Baby be Bop. It's where I got my name.) Foxglove, Jade, El, Zoe, Redhawk, Eternal Firesinger, coriander, honey, Scratches, eiknlng, Mystica, Nuriko no Tenshi, Blackice ( I'll try to incorporate some Ron/Neville soon), Silverfox, Couscous Girl, Minna, HermioneHeidi, MiniMe ( I can see Percy with a dry sense of humor.), Morien Alexander, Sika-chan, VenusPrincess, and Ethsara ye'Kariannye.
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It started as a rumor. A murmur heard in dark alleys where respectable witches and wizards dared not show their faces. It spread by word of mouth. Curious things were happening all over the wizard world. Good things. Places that had been haunted for years were suddenly freed of their ghostly residents. Dark and dangerous beasties saw humans and simply turned away. Fast food restaurants were actually getting people's orders correct. And just when things couldn't get stranger, there was the bizarre occurrence with the marks. That made headlines in the papers:
DARK MARK VANISHES.
By Rita Skeeter
AZKABAN- A curious thing happened yesterday in Azkaban International Prison. The Dark Mark, a symbol worn by followers of You-Know-Who, has simply vanished from the arms of convicted Death Eaters.
Prison Guard Albert P. Simpleton explains: "Well, I went to make my rounds like I always do and I paused in fronna Anita Lestrange's cell- she's got purty hair and sometimes she tries to escape. Mostly she just screams, but that ain't really important. Anyhoo, I look and I sees that the mark on her arm ain't there. Before it was kinda faded and then it came back real strong, but now it just ain't there. Same wit' the rest of 'em. Just disappeared."
Most will remember the Lestranges as the Death Eaters responsible for putting Auror Frank Longbottom and his wife Elizabeth in the psychiatric ward of St. Mungo's Hospital.
What does this mean to us? Says Dr. Ionle Sounsmart "The Dark Mark is used to link You-Know-Who and his followers. It helps them locate him and provides an indicator of his strength. Since the mark has faded completely, this could mean that You-Know-Who is gone for good."
Cornelius Fudge says that the Ministry of Magic has taken no official stand as of yet, but he has highly trained professionals (the overpaid monkeys in robes he normally employs) working hard to solve this new mystery.
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Short, but it's a newspaper clipping not a chapter. Still, thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
Love,
J. Silver