Chapter 13! Second luckiest chapter! Yes!
… Hyper? Me? NO, I didn't touch those pixie stix… Heh, heh, heh, heh?
Albus Dumbledore threw a silver thingamabob at the wall. A few portraits screamed. The girl was gone! She was outside the wards, now. How was he going to track her? He needed a sacrificial lamb, for the love of Merlin! He inspected the other devices monitoring the girl. She was healthy, for her, and happier. He started pacing.
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The Wizarding world was in an uproar. The Minister of Magic had found out that the girl hero was missing and had gone to the press. Dumbledore had kept his titles, but it was a close thing.
DUMBLEDORE LOSES GIRL WHO LIVED!
It has come to the attention of this reporter that
Albus Dumbledore, the leader of the Light, has
LOST our young saviour-ette after placing her
In the care of Muggles. Magic-hating Muggles,
In fact. When approached and asked about little
Judida 'Judy' Potter, as we are so fond of calling
Her, the Dursley family began ranting and raving
About freaks of nature and ungrateful little brats!
How could Dumbledore place little Judy with such
People? "That disgusting little freak! You're one-
One of THEM, aren't you? Get off my property!
That evil little whelp will get her just desserts, just
Like all of your lot! And don't you come near my
Family, you freak!" was what Judy's own UNCLE
Had to say.
Our question now, readers, is this: Where is little
Judy Potter? Alone on the streets? Starving in the
Cold? What have the Muggles that the Leader of
The Light, Albus Dumbledore, left Judy with done
to her? Will she ever return?
We can only hope.
Rhebekkah Trout,
Daily Prophet
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GIRL WHO LIVED'S BIRTHDAY, GIRL
STILL MISSING!
As the Wizarding world celebrates the birth
Of it's saviour, now five-years-old Judy Potter,
We still must wonder where she is, or if she is
even still alive. Dumbledore has commented,
"Young Judy is alive and well. I cannot be sure
As to the whereabouts of the child, but I assure
You that she is safe and well."
And we all know how much the word of the
Supreme Mugwump is worth. Will we ever
See our beloved Girl Who Lived alive again?
Or will her legend continue to live, but only in
our minds and in our hearts?
With many a sad regret,
Elizabeth de Bullen,
Daily Prophet
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JUDY POTTER SIGHTINGS:
TRUE OR FALSE?
In the past three years since the disappearance
Of then four-years-old Judy Potter, many a witch
Or wizard has proclaimed to have seen the girl
Saviour. Over half of the sightings have been on
another continent! But have they really seen her?
There has been no hard evidence that little Judy
is even still alive, after her disappearance from the
Muggle home that Albus Dumbledore placed her in.
Why would witches and wizards EVER say untruths
About the sight of Judy Potter? Has the Wizarding
World truly sunk to such a level? Has a morbid
Curiosity warped us into such cruelty? And still I
Ask: Why would any upstanding citizen lie about
Something like this? And WHERE IS Judy Potter?
Juniper Greengrass,
Daily Prophet
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SEPTEMBER FIRST COMES AND GOES;
GIRL SAVIOUR YET TO BE SEEN!
Yesterday, Judy Potter should have started at
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
But she was not there. While Dumbledore scours
Liverpool, where is Judida? Will she ever come
Home to Britain? And just where has she been all of
These years? Will we ever find out? Does Judy even
Know who she is, or of her own magic? After being
Raised by magiphobic Muggles, this reporter quite
Severely doubts it.
Severus Snape, Hogwarts Potions Master, had this to
Say, "I cannot say that I am surprised that the girl
Did not come to Hogwarts. Undoubtedly her head
Is so swollen by her fame that she decided that she
Is above a Hogwarts education. She's probably off
Playing silly little games and giggling as we are so
Frantically looking for her. In my opinion, good
Riddance. Hogwarts doesn't need some air-headed,
Snivelling, and childish brat clogging up her halls."
Do all the staff at Hogwarts feel this way? Does
Dumbledore? Rumours have been aplenty in
Recent years as to what just DID happen to young
Judy. But now a new one has risen up to the
Surface:
DID Albus Dumbledore purposely put Judy with
Those Muggles in hopes of her early demise? Or did
He kill her himself? We may never know.
Moranna Mordant
Daily Prophet
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HOGWARTS DEFENSE TEACHER DEAD!
A shocking revelation came from the famed school
Of magic just last night. Professor Quirinus Quirrell,
Former Muggle Studies teacher, died trying to steal the
Philoshiphers' Stone from within the schools'
very own walls! What was it doing in the school one
asks? Nicholas Flamel, the eccentric creator of the
Legendary Stone, said this, "HA! Dumbledore may
Be brilliant, but I would never trust the Stone to
him! Clever as he is, it would still be in a school,
and it wouldn't be all that safe there! I'm over 600
years old, I think I know how to keep my things
Safe from megalomaniacs and pickpockets!"
Indeed, he is. Flamel gave Dumbledore a false Stone
To lure the Dark Lord. It worked. When Auror Force
Healers inspected the body of the teacher, who died
of dehydration in the bowels of the school, they found
another face in the back of the mans' head! A
Face that is strikingly familiar to those who fought
In the war against the Dark Lord before his fall at
The hand of a one - year - old Judy Potter. That's
Correct, Readers, the Dark Lord possessed the
Hogwarts Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher
For over a year, and Albus Dumbledore hadn't an
idea. Imagine what could have happened had Judy
Potter gone to Hogwarts this year.
Juniper Greengrass,
Daily Prophet
For more on the Dark Lord, see page 3
For more on Judy Potter, see page 8
For more on Albus Dumbledore, see page 6
For more on the Philosophers' Stone, Page 15
For Flamel's replacing of Dumbledore as Supreme
Mugwump of the I C W, see page 19
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LUCIUS MALFOY ARRESTED, DEATH EATER TRIALS RE-OPENED!
After the front page fight between Lucius Malfoy, Death
Eater under Voldemort, and Arthur Weasley,
Hard working father of seven at the start of the
school year in Flourish and Blott's, one would think
That the public embarrassment would stop the feud
Between the families for at least a short time. But
no, instead Lucius Malfoy secretly gave Weasley's
Only daughter, Ginevra, an enchanted diary once
Belonging to the Dark Lord himself! The diary was
Enchanted to ensnare the writer over time and force
Them to re - open Salazar Slytherin's fabled
Chamber of Secrets, unleashing the monster within.
Had young Miss Weasley not gone to Madam
Pomphrey, the school's Medi-Witch, complaining of
Memory loss, what might have happened? Would
Slytherin's ancient work have been complete? And
would it cost a young girls' life? As it stands now,
Young Ginevra Weasley is forever cursed with the
'Gift' that Salazar Slytherin is the most famous for -
She is cursed with being a Parselmouth. This
Reporter sends out her pity to this poor child, and
Gives her best wishes that little Ginny, as she is
Commonly called, can overcome the Darkness that
Will threaten to consume her.
Moranna Mordant
Daily Prophet
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SIRIUS BLACK INNOCENT!
In a shocking turn of events, in what was supposed
to be a now run - of - the mill Death Eater re - trial
( Being given to all accused and all jailed Death
Eaters still living ) for one Sirius Black, infamous
traitor to the Potter Family and the Light, it was
found that the proclaimed right - hand man to He-
Who-Must-Not-Be-Named never received a trial!
After his first trial ever, it was found that the
Ministry locked an innocent man up for…
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Jude peeked into the Hogwarts Great Hall from behind the doors, slightly cracked open. She still couldn't believe that she was here during the TriWizard AGAIN. The Fates must like toying with her. She was actually surprised that they hadn't told about her other self's time travel yet. Didn't she mess with fate by doing that, after all? Or her alternate self, anyway. And that her dad's had even let her go to a magic school, let alone one in France… Still, she was glad they did, no matter how hard it had been for her to learn French in the just three months before school started. "
Jude!" she heard one of her classmates hiss. "Get away from ze door! We must get in line for our entrance!"
Jude turned her head, "But Fleur, I want to see the students reactions!"
Fleur, who had taken to mothering Jude after the dark haired girl made friends with Fleur's little sister Gabrielle, sighed and rolled her eyes. "Non. You weell stand wiz ze group, and you weell be 'appy about it. Non?"
It was the elfin demigod's turn to roll her eyes, now. "Oui, Fleur. Un moment?"
"Un, Jude. Not a zecond longer."
"Merci beaucoup!"
Jude took one last peek at the Hogwarts students before getting in line. Before the doors opened, she decided that making herself a little taller couldn't hurt. Just a couple of inches. As if reading her thoughts, Madame Maxine whispered to her, "Non, Jude. You weell go in az you are. Eef you wanted to look deferent, you should 'ave zought of zat in ze carriage." In an even lower voice that Jude had to strain to hear, Madame whispered, "And I am sure zat your fazzers weell be proud of you."
Jude smiled slightly and nodded her head. Madame Maxime was the only person in the Wizarding World that knew her secret; mainly because Madame Maxime was the daughter of a Cyclops and a witch. It had amused Jude to no end when she found out that said Cyclops had been a son of Poseidon, making Madame Jude's niece of sorts. Madame still rolled her eyes whenever Jude brought it up.
The doors opened, and Jude and Gabrielle, Fleur's little sister, who had to come with them for some reason for the Tournament, started their part of the entrance. It was fun, although Jude had to work to keep from making a face when she saw all the looks being directed at Fleur and the other girls. She didn't get why they didn't just look at the girls from their school. After all, most of the Beauxbatons girls were from society families and already were meeting suitors, if not already engaged. She smiled when her delegation came closer and Durmstrang came in and sent up a small prayer to her fathers, in hopes of a good year here. She remembered Judida's fourth year; it was horrible. But maybe it wouldn't be so bad this time.
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Dumbledore watched the delegations in amusement; they were interesting enough, he supposed. But Hogwarts was win. It was HIS school after all. As the transfer students made their way to tables his eyes landed on a small girl with black hair and an even smaller girl that looked like a Veela. After he finished his speech, he turned to Maxime. "My dear Madame," he asked cordially, "Who were those younger girls? Siblings of your students?" The girls didn't even look old enough to start Hogwarts, yet.
Madame Maxine smiled. "Zose are two of my most prized pupils. Ze little Veela girl is Fleur Delacour's younger seester, but ze dark haired girl is no-one's sibling. She ees an only child. Jude is a deuller, I 'ave never in all my years seen a child zat good at magic. She and Fleur are ze two I weell be betting on as my champions."
Dumbledore's brow puckered. A younger child in the tournament? Maybe Maxime was getting as senile as he was supposed to be. "Madame, I was under the impression that only your of age students were entering, as with our schools. Surely you don't mean to send a - what age is she, eight or nine? A nine-years-old child into this?" Well, he had meant to throw a baby to the Dark Lord, but still. He was Albus Dumbledore, it was for the greater good. The greater good of him, anyway.
Madame Maxime levelled him a glare. "Dumbly-dorr," she rumbled. "You weell not tell moi 'ow to 'andle my students. Jude is emancipated, making 'er legally of age, and she ees a brilliant witch. She ees fourteen and I 'ave never seen a child pick up magic so quickly as she 'as. She shall enter ze Tournament, and eef she ees my champion, she weell send yours home crying wiz 'is tail between 'is legs!"
Dumbledore nodded dumbly while Bagman and Karkaroff laughed at his expense.
AN/AR: Well, I hope you liked it. I had three or four chapters of what those articles covered, and I liked it better with just the article clippings. So, what do you think? I like Madame Maxime as a half-blood of sorts; it fits. I actually got the idea from her first name: 'Olympe', meaning 'Olympian.'
Well, hope you liked it. I'm still plotting out all of the Beauxbatons delegation. And while YES, if you look at review votes, New York High (Short for New York Magic Jr/Sr High - forgot to mention that before,) won, if you look at PM votes, Beauxbatons won by two votes. They were tied until yesterday, no matter when I chacked. I swear, it was like someone and their friend took a bunch of FFNet accounts and sent a PM each at the same exact time. One for NY, and then one for France! 9.9
Blessings,
Mercy. 7/4/2010 HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
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