Come the Maëlstrom
Interlude
As taken from the morning edition of the Daily Prophet – May 9th, 1998.
The Defeat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
A reign of terror brought to an end
Special to the Daily Prophet – Troia Veridica
A sombre cloud hangs over Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It still bears the scars of the final battle that occurred there a few days ago. In an effort to wrest control in England, You-Know-Who attempted a double simultaneous coup; one at Hogwarts and one at the Ministry through a sleeper Death Eater high up in the Ministry ranks.
One the eve of May 6th Death Eaters, as well as Dementors and other creatures allied with the Dark Lord, attacked the nearby village of Hogsmeade reducing it to shells before moving onto the school itself.
Details of what exactly happened in the school are garbled at best but what is known for certain is this. The Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter, faced off against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and won. The condition of the young hero is currently unknown, but it can be assumed that he must still be inside Hogwarts' walls.
What else is know that the students themselves captured many Death Eaters and turned them over to Ministry custody to face war crime trials. Many reputable wizards and witches are facing a full trial by the Ministry's judicial branch.
At the Ministry itself, the Dark Lord's coup attempt was spearheaded by a Miss Fifi LeCron, in whom full authority powers were vested in case of anything happening to Fudge, and was brilliantly foiled by Percy Weasley, a special investigator for the Wizengamot Council. In the short hours after You-Know-Who's defeated, the Wizengamot acted quickly on the information provided by Mr. Weasley and voted in a 12-0 favour to impeach Cornelius Fudge. And until such a time that a new, competent Minister for Magic can be elected, the Wizengamot has appointed Percy Weasley the temporary Minster for Magic.
"Percy Weasley came to us a year ago with some concerns regarding Fudge's practices," says Agnes Bones, co-head of the Wizengamot. "He's been very diligent in the course of his work and collected very thorough evidence while ensuring that he had everything he needed before proceeding to circumvent the Dark Lord's attempt to grasp control of the Ministry. He has proved himself more than capable of handling the Ministry during this tumultuous time, even more so that some more experienced politicians of whom we shall be investigating due to fishy activities recently. We owe both him and young Mr. Harry Potter a large debt of gratitude. England might be very different if not for those two boys."
It is the sincere hope of this reporter that young Mr. Percy Weasley can step up the momentous challenge before him and that Mr. Harry Potter is in the best of health and recuperating. And that those who have brought us such terror for so long to reap the rewards they richly deserve.
- Troia Veridica