Post by Will Belacqua on Feb 24, 2015 23:00:41 GMT
September 1st, 2022
To most, it started out just like any other day. The summer holidays had come to an end and for those attending Hogwarts the dawning of the new day meant that with it would come the long train journey to the magical school ready for the start of another school year under the watchful gaze of Headmaster Duncan Murray and his ever vigilant members of staff. Little did they know, however, that this was not going to be just like any other day. This day was going to change the lives of witches and wizards forever.
Over twenty years have passed since the battle of Hogwarts and Voldemort’s demise. The wizarding world has had time to rebuild itself and the old wounds from the past have healed. Things have been peaceful and that peace has brought with it a new generation of witches and wizards ready to take control of their own lives and forge their own destinies. Muggles and those with magic have lived side by side in harmony for the most part and even after the terror brought about by the former Lord Voldemort the magical community was able to keep the existence of magic a secret from their non-magical cousins. The Ministry remained blissfully unaware of the fact that there were certain individuals who wanted nothing more than to shatter the peace that had descended on the world and take their rightful place as the leaders among men. No longer did they want to have to hide their true selves from the muggle community, they wanted to liberate witches and wizards and put an end to the secrecy once and for all.
For months trouble has been brewing and while there have been whispers from time to time of a possible uprising, nothing was ever confirmed nor was it proved so they remained just that, whispers. As the students boarded the train for Hogwarts, however, everything changed. As they left Kings Cross to start the next chapter of their lives, dark forces were at work to ensure that it would be their most challenging yet. Having broken into a national muggle television station, four masked individuals exposed magic to the world by using the killing curse on the hosts and all of the crew live on television. They managed to flee before the Ministry even had time to react and are now busy at work trying to find followers who will help them achieve their ultimate goal - to reclaim their world from muggles and live freely as they believe they should have done all along. The Warriors of the Light, as they call themselves, are determined to reach this goal and, through the power of social media, the news spread like wildfire and within hours the whole world had been awakened to the existence of magic.
With muggles left reeling from the revelation that they have been kept in the dark that there are witches and wizards much more powerful than themselves out there for so long, things are more strained than they have ever been. Certain muggles have taken it upon themselves to hunt those with magic while others live in fear, confined to their homes and terrified to even set one foot outside. For the magical community, this has had a different effect. Many were happy to live in harmony with muggles and keep magic a secret while others want to join the Warriors of the Light and are blinded by the message they sent the world, so much so that they are attempting to seek them out and join them.
A rift has formed between witches and wizards as well as the magical community and muggles. The need for Guardians, witches and wizards trained for years to protect their charges without using magic, are in more demand than ever and the Ministry are gearing themselves up for what could easily be the most devastating war the world has ever seen.
The students, cut off from the rest of the world during their train journey to Hogwarts, will be confronted by this news when they reach their destination but the ultimate question is this: which side will you be on?
To most, it started out just like any other day. The summer holidays had come to an end and for those attending Hogwarts the dawning of the new day meant that with it would come the long train journey to the magical school ready for the start of another school year under the watchful gaze of Headmaster Duncan Murray and his ever vigilant members of staff. Little did they know, however, that this was not going to be just like any other day. This day was going to change the lives of witches and wizards forever.
Over twenty years have passed since the battle of Hogwarts and Voldemort’s demise. The wizarding world has had time to rebuild itself and the old wounds from the past have healed. Things have been peaceful and that peace has brought with it a new generation of witches and wizards ready to take control of their own lives and forge their own destinies. Muggles and those with magic have lived side by side in harmony for the most part and even after the terror brought about by the former Lord Voldemort the magical community was able to keep the existence of magic a secret from their non-magical cousins. The Ministry remained blissfully unaware of the fact that there were certain individuals who wanted nothing more than to shatter the peace that had descended on the world and take their rightful place as the leaders among men. No longer did they want to have to hide their true selves from the muggle community, they wanted to liberate witches and wizards and put an end to the secrecy once and for all.
For months trouble has been brewing and while there have been whispers from time to time of a possible uprising, nothing was ever confirmed nor was it proved so they remained just that, whispers. As the students boarded the train for Hogwarts, however, everything changed. As they left Kings Cross to start the next chapter of their lives, dark forces were at work to ensure that it would be their most challenging yet. Having broken into a national muggle television station, four masked individuals exposed magic to the world by using the killing curse on the hosts and all of the crew live on television. They managed to flee before the Ministry even had time to react and are now busy at work trying to find followers who will help them achieve their ultimate goal - to reclaim their world from muggles and live freely as they believe they should have done all along. The Warriors of the Light, as they call themselves, are determined to reach this goal and, through the power of social media, the news spread like wildfire and within hours the whole world had been awakened to the existence of magic.
With muggles left reeling from the revelation that they have been kept in the dark that there are witches and wizards much more powerful than themselves out there for so long, things are more strained than they have ever been. Certain muggles have taken it upon themselves to hunt those with magic while others live in fear, confined to their homes and terrified to even set one foot outside. For the magical community, this has had a different effect. Many were happy to live in harmony with muggles and keep magic a secret while others want to join the Warriors of the Light and are blinded by the message they sent the world, so much so that they are attempting to seek them out and join them.
A rift has formed between witches and wizards as well as the magical community and muggles. The need for Guardians, witches and wizards trained for years to protect their charges without using magic, are in more demand than ever and the Ministry are gearing themselves up for what could easily be the most devastating war the world has ever seen.
The students, cut off from the rest of the world during their train journey to Hogwarts, will be confronted by this news when they reach their destination but the ultimate question is this: which side will you be on?