Expectations of Approval

Chapter Eleven: Mephisto Virus

Daily Prophet July 21, 1993

Mephisto Virus Hits Egypt!

This very dangerous but little known virus was accidentally made in the Sakurie Research Center located in Hokkaido, Japan and has now appeared in the magical community of Egypt. The Sakurie Research Center had been researching the Raskovnik plant to develop a lock that would be unaffected by any magical means but trouble with one hybrid, number 106, lead to the creation of a new virus when the sap of the plant came in contact with an unknown source of magic, which mutated it and caused it to have it's radical effects. For the sake of containment all who had been effected had been quarantined in September 1991, but by the time they had identified the cause, and symptoms it was too late it had spread father then they had anticipated. Though they were unable to stop it from spreading, they decreased the speed of it's spread and have been research a way to if not cure it prevent it from being contracted.

Gringgots' Cruse Breaker, Katsura Mishima, was visiting his relatives in Hokkaido, one of which is Kokoro Mishima, head researcher for Hybrid 101. Their lads located next to those of Hybrid 106 in August 1991 before the dangers of the virus had been known. Katsura Mishima claims to have felt no different in the two years since his visit to Japan, not having the slightest trouble with his magical control. Mishima is a immune to the virus but is still a carrier, now that it is known the virus can be carried without the signs of symptoms the whole Wizarding Magical Community has been put on alert. Especial since Katsura Mishima has already unwillingly past the virus to his fellow coworkers.

Normally Cruse Breakers work alone but for more difficult cases they are put into teams, yesterday Mishima was a appointed to work with Brightly Fox and Bill Weasley on one such project. While working on their project Brightly Fox who had worked with Mishima only some months earlier, was feeling the effects of the Mephisto Virus and caused an accident, inuring her self and coworkers. They were rushed to the nearest hospital were Brightly Fox and Bill Weasley's condition was confirmed. Mishima, Fox, Weasley along with 2 hospital staff members who unfortunately also contracted the Virus from them, were transferred to the Sakurie Research Center to prevent any more exposure. They are also researching Mishima's life for the last two years to make use he had not passed it on to any one else.

What is the Mephisto Virus?

The Mephisto Virus was at first only a skin irritant, but it was later found out that the sap that causes the skin irritation seeps into a wizard's magic flow, causing only miner hindrance on their ability to use magic that are only noticeable when they tried to preform wandless or speechless magic. This is more easily achieved with those of pure wizard blood lineage. After its contact with an unknown source of magic it mutated, being able to passes for wizard to wizard through magic, or spell interaction. The Virus effects wizards differently in accordance with each wizards different magical signature. Though some symptoms are common, such as head aches, rash (usually were the interaction took place), fatigue, accidental magic, trouble controlling/using magic.

From there the goal of the virus is to stop the wizard from using magic, when it reaches this state the virus encourages the production of magic which both drains the victim and cause the usable magic unstable and produce "Magic acid" or better know as Magic poison. At this point it begins to kill the patient from the inside, making death by magic poisoning is a slow and painful process. The Victim starts to have high fevers, hallucination, bouts of violet accidental magic. At this time death is assured with in one to six months.

An anomaly in this process between the first and second faze of this virus is the "Special Traits" that some wizards develop. These "Special Traits" can range from but are not limited to wings, horns, scales, abnormal hair growth and fangs. Some traits are Magical abilities such as flight, telepathy, and telekinesis. This is the way some wizard's immune system fights off the virus's effect a little longer as it stabilizes the unused magic and prevents it from producing magic acid, thought victim is still unable to use magic regularly. Though those who develop traits are able to fend off the virus' ultimate goal the production of magic continues to increase it will eventually manage to kill the victim, though those who were first infected and develop traits are still doing well and show now signs of magic poisoning yet healers stationed in the Sakurie Research Center have confirmed it to be true. Already the death count for this Virus is at 20, nine being researchers the others friends and family members.

Letter (note) from Oliver, Arrived July 21, 1993

Hey Perce,

I'm not really good at doing this sort of thing but I thought I should wish you good luck on you test, it's only a few days away now, it's on the 23rd right? Then after that you're finally going to become a Healer, yeah yeah I know you have to wait for the results but I know you can do it. I told you it would work out, I'm just glad you gave it a shot Perce.

Oliver

A/N: Hope you liked the Chapter, It was going to be longer but I just couldn't find were to end it so I decided that this one would only be the article and Oliver's note, so to make up for it I typed up a short song fanfiction on Oliver/Percy I wrote a while ago and was planing to post but never got around to, hope you'll check that out too, oh and THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING!