Post by TRAVIS on Sept 20, 2009 12:18:34 GMT -5
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THE YEAR IS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE; PERCY WEASLEY HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE
WIZARDING WORLD FOR FIVE YEARS AS THE MINISTER OF MAGIC. WHAT SHOULD BE A TIME OF
PEACE AND JOY HAS TURNED INTO A TIME OF FEAR. NOT FEAR OF SOMEONE, BUT FEAR OF
SOMETHING. IT ALL STARTED WITH A FEVER. WHAT THE NURSE AT HOGWARTS THOUGHT
WAS JUST A SIMPLE, SEASONAL FEVER SOON TURNED INTO SOMETHING FAR MORE DANGEROUS.
IT WAS SOON CALLED "VOMICA", AND IT WAS LIKE NOTHING ANYONE IN THE MAGICAL WORLD
HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE. A SIMPLE FEVER WITH NAUSEA AND VOMITING EVOLVED INTO
SEIZURES, COMAS, AND DEATH. OFFICIALS FROM ST. MUNGO'S CAME TO HOGWARTS TO TRY
AND HELP THE AILING STUDENTS, BUT SOON, THE DISEASE BEGAN TO SPREAD. HOGSMEADE
WAS THE NEXT TARGET, AS AN ELDERLY WITCH VISITING FAMILY SUDDENLY FELL TO THE GROUND
IN CONVULSIONS. THE MINISTRY KNEW THAT THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING. UNTIL THEY COULD
FIND A CURE, PERCY WEASLEY DECIDED THAT A QUARANTINE ON BOTH HOGWARTS AND ON
HOGSMEADE WAS THE ONLY THING THAT THEY COULD DO TO TRY AND CONTAIN THIS VIRUS.
AURORS WERE SENT TO BOTH AREAS, INSTRUCTED TO "DEAL WITH" ANYONE TRYING TO ESCAPE.
ALL OWLS BEING SENT TO AND FROM HOGWARTS ARE INTERCEPTED, AND THE FLOO NETWORK HAS
BEEN CLOSED. CITIZENS IN THE WIZARDING WORLD ARE OUTRAGED; WHO ARE THE MINISTRY TO
CLOSE THEM OFF FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS? UNFORTUNATELY, MATTERS HAVE ONLY
GROWN WORSE. THE DAILY PROPHET REPORTERS ARE HUNGRY TO HAVE THE FIRST NEWS ON
WHAT'S GOING ON, AND SOON FOUND OUT WHAT THE MINISTRY WAS DISCUSSING IN THEIR TOP
SECRET MEETINGS. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION? A HAMMERDOWN PROTOCOL. STEALING FROM
AMERICAN, MUGGLE MILITARISTIC TECHNIQUES, THE MINISTER WAS GIVEN THE IDEA IN PASSING
TO SIMPLY "DO AWAY" WITH BOTH HOGSMEADE AND HOGWARTS. BY USING A RARE AND
TRULY POTENT POTION, THE MINISTRY COULD VERY SIMPLY JUST DESTROY THE SCHOOL
AND NEIGHBORING VILLAGE, KILLING ALL INHABITANTS AND STOPPING THE DISEASE FROM
SPREADING ANY FURTHER. NEWS OF THIS POSSIBLE SOLUTION SOON SPREAD, RESULTING
IN TWO EXTREME RADICAL GROUPS IN THE WIZARDING WORLD TO FORM. THE CLASSIC ORDER
OF THE PHOENIX REGROUPED, KNOWING THAT THEY COULDN'T LET THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS
BE SLAUGHTERED IN SUCH A WAY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM LIES THE PURUS, A GROUP
OF ELITISTS WHO ONLY CARE ABOUT PROTECTING THEMSELVES. OF COURSE, THERE ARE THE
NEUTRAL PARTIES AND THOSE WHO SIMPLY FOLLOW WHAT THE MINISTRY SAYS, THOUGH THE
MINISTRY HAS OPTED TO DO NOTHING. YET. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY MAKE
A DECISION ON HOW TO HANDLE HOGWARTS AND HOGSMEADE. AND WHAT OF THOSE WHO ARE
TRAPPED? THE STUDENTS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND CITIZENS ARE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK ABOUT
THIS HAMMERDOWN PROTOCOL IDEA. THEY ARE DROPPING LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THE STUDENTS
ARE BEGINNING TO CREATE THEIR OWN FACTIONS, ISOLATING THE INFECTED (KNOWN AS
THE AEGER) AND LEAVING THEM TO DIE ON THEIR OWN. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN, BUT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MINISTER PERCY WEASLEY MAKES A CHOICE.
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LIAR IN THE GLASS ,
