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ood satterg of rubbish owl feathers, apple res, and sweet wrappers littered the floor, a nuber of spellbooks y ledy-ledy aong the tangled robes on his bed, and a ss of newspapers sat a puddle of light on his desk the headle of one
ed:
harry potter: the chosen one?
ruors ntue to fly about the ysterio recent disturbance at the istry of agic, durg which he-who-t-not-be-nad was sighted once ore
”we39re not allowed to talk about it, don39t ask anythg” said one agitated obliviator, who refed to give his na as he left the istry st night
nevertheless, highly pced urces with the istry have nfird that the disturbance centered on the fabled hall of prophecy
though istry spokes wizards have hitherto refed even to nfir the existence of such a pce, a grog nuber of the wizardg unity believe that the death eaters now servg sentences azkaban for trespass and attepted theft were atteptg to steal a prophecy the nature of that prophecy is unknown, although specution is rife that it ncerns harry potter, the only pern ever known to have survived the killg curse, and who is al known to have been at the istry on the night estion are gog far as to call potter ”the chosen one,” believg that the prophecy nas hi as the only one who will be able to rid of he-who-t-no t-be-nad
the current whereabouts of the prophecy, if it exists, are unknown, although ctd pa2, n 5
a send newspaper y beside die first this one bore die headle:
scriour eeds fud
ost of this front pa was taken up with a r bck-and-white picture of a an with a lionlike ane of thick hair and a rather ravad face the picture was ovg — the an was wavg at the ceilg
ruf scriour, previoly head of the auror office the departnt of agical w enforcent, has eeded rneli fud as ister of agic the appotnt has rly been greeted with enthias by the wizardg unity, though ruors of a rift beeen the new ister and alb dubledore, newly restated chief warlock of the wizengaot, surfaced with hours of scriour takg office
scriour’s representatives aditted that he had t with dubledore at once upon takg possession of the job, but refed to nt on the ics under discsion alb dubledore is known to ctd pa 3, n 2
to the left of this paper sat another, which had been folded that a story bearg the title istry guarantees students39 sapety was visible
newly appoted ister of agic, ruf scriour, spoke today of the tough new asures taken by his istry to ensure the safety of students returng to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry this autun
”for obvio reans, the istry will not be gog to detail about its strnt new security pns,” said the ister, although an sider nfird that asures cde defensive spells and chars, a plex array of untercurses, and a sall task force of aurors dedicated lely to the protection of hogwarts school
ost see reassured by the new ister39s tough stand on student safety said rs augta longbotto, ”y grandn, neville — a good friend of harry potter39s, cidentally, who fought the death eaters alongside hi at the istry june and —
but the rest of this story was obscured by the r birdca standg on of it side it was a agnificent snowy owl her aber eyes surveyed the roo iperioly, her head swivelg oasionally to gaze at her snorg aster once or ice she clicked her beak ipatiently, but harry was too deeply asleep to hear her
a r trunk stood the very iddle of the roo its lid was open it looked expectant yet it was alost epty but for a residue of old underwear, sweets, epty k bottles, and
oken ills that ated the very botto nearby, on the floor, y a purple leaflet ebzoned with the words:
----issued on behalf of----
the istry of agic
protectg your ho and faily agast dark forces
the wizardg unity is currently under threat fro an anization callg itself the death eaters observg the follog siple security guideles will help protect you, your faily, and your ho fro attack
1 you are advised not to leave the hoe alone
2 particur care should be taken durg the hours of darkness wherever possible, arran to plete journeys before night has fallen
3 review the security arrannts around your hoe, akg sure that all faily bers are aware of erncy asures such as shield and disilsionnt chars, and, the case of undera faily bers, side-along-apparition
4 agree on security estions with close fri