"Hey hun, listen to this. It's headline news.
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic witnessed the first comeback of He Who Must Not Be Named since his reveal at the Ministry last year. Just last night a break in alerted Caretaker Julien Rousseau. Once he found it to be a false alarm he allowed himself back to sleep.
"It was only the alarm. It has gone off several times, easily, by a rabbit or even a mouse" commented the caretaker when pressed on his motives for dismissing the alarm. "I am not to blame. It was not me who killed these people."
The whole castle was awoken by the loud crash in the dining hall. Chandeliers had been severed from their places on the ceiling and crashed to the floor. Tables decorating the room were shredded into pieces. This scare tactic had worked; the whole school was in a state of anarchy. At this point, however, the perpetrator was no where to be seen. It is believed that He Who Must Not Be Named was following the trail of students and teachers silently killing them.
"The stairwells were crowded with students, but the really scary part was that you couldn't tell the difference between alive, injured or dead," Charlie Sheppard, a sixth year student, confessed after the attack.
Many mangled bodies were found in such a state, authorities were unable to identify them."
"Oh, darling. Come here, I'm sorry I didn't see you there." Leona scrambled over the mess of boxes to comfort her eldest daughter.
Aliana Moxley was a proud pureblood and even though she thought little of her ancestors and their motives she had the closed off emotions of any Death Eater. To allow herself to break down, to be sobbing in her mother's arms, was a disgrace. When she reached such a breaking point as this she knew something had gone terribly wrong.
"I want to forget it, mom. I want to never remember what happened that night. I want; I want to be normal again." Aliana managed to choke out through her sobs.
"Shhhh baby, we're here for you. It'll all be over soon enough."
And even though she didn't believe a word of it Aliana nodded and snuggled into the familiar softness of her mother.
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Allowing his wife to do her job Wade Moxley picked up the article and retired to his study. Ever since the mass killing at his daughter's school, life hadn't been the same. Aliana was constantly brought to tears. It had come to a point where he had to measure out what he was going to say before he said it, in fear that it may cause her to break down again. Yes, what happened was horrible but it had been almost four months since the… accident. Many of his friends and colleagues from France had children from the school and they had moved on and were looking forward to a new year. Aliana, however, had taken it hard and the constant reminders from the Prophet every day were no help at all.
Finding that the school would not open for the upcoming year the family had decided to move to England. Here Aliana could finish her schooling up and Sadah, his youngest, could begin. Hogwarts, after all, was the safest place on earth for his kids to be. Yet, with them in a state like this he didn't know if they'd be ready for the school year, as it started in three weeks.
With a sigh he decided against dwelling on this fact and grabbed the article his wife had yet to finish reading.
After weeks of hounding authorities, the names are finally in and the list of the dead and injured has been released. Of the dead there are: Professor Opal Blitte teaching Charms as well as helping in the infirmary, Professor Jeremiah Terk the beloved Transfiguration teacher, students Francine LeBlanc, Lisette Bigler, Bradley Ames, Sasha Friar, Adalyn O'Leary, Raine Ambler and Saber Badeau. Unfortunately the list of the injured is much longer but none of the injured are in a critical state except young Stephanie Follet who has gone mad from the experience. Aurors are still trying to work information out of her because they feel she may have the answer to why this happened but no progress has been made.
Little new information has come regarding the rebuilding of the school or the extent at its damage. To read more about the school and what we know about the case so far turn to page 7.
Anger shot through Wade as he set down the paper. He knew he was not alone; that other families were having just as hard of a time as his. The monster that terrorized these students was a coward. Voldemort was a coward. Torturing students, under aged wizards was wrong, it was wrong and unexpected. A shot beneath the belt, but he couldn't help blaming himself.
By associating with Death Eaters he had placed his family in a perfect place for safety. And yet it had failed and he had inadvertently allowed the massacre to take place. He couldn't help but wonder… What if he had protected his family better? Gotten his daughter a little early from school to go on the vacation, like he had planned? So many scenarios ran through his head and they all started with the most haunting two words. What if?
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The day was over, another accomplishment. She had made it through one more day. It shouldn't be like this though; she shouldn't let it haunt her. Dropping onto her bed, in her new room, far away from her real home she promised herself tomorrow would be better. This promise had gone on for weeks now; she had been fighting herself seeing which half would win. But as she sat at her vanity brushing her hair she could see she had started to go back to normal.
Her green eyes were beginning to shine, not with the innocence of before but with the relief that she now held. Bags once shadowing beneath had faded with her stress. She could see herself again. She could see the beautiful girl that others accused of being part Veela. With her long wavy chestnut brown hair hitting her mid back and her lips pushed out into a slight pucker. Aliana stared and could finally see personality behind those eyes. The darkness had lifted leaving most of her old self behind.
A/N: I know it was a little short, again… My main point to this chapter was to get you to know Aliana's situation a little better. So I hope that worked and sorry that it wasn't too terribly interesting. Keep reading and I would adore some reviews…