Disclaimer : For Christmas I got a new phone, new books and a new wallet. But Santa still did not give rights to the characters from the Harry Potter series. They still belong to JK Rowling.

When the World Is Black

Chapter 1: Newsworthy Story

The Daily Prophet

The Ministry of Magic's newest decree has caused quite a stir amongst the magical community. Sure there have been rumours of such a decree being released but no one ever imagined it to be true. According to research conducted by the Ministry, there is evidence that muggleborn aren't what they seem to be.

An unnamed source from within the Ministry says "It is impossible for any human being to have any forms of powers if there is no history of magical blood in their family lines. It is possible for the magical gene to have been dormant for certain generations and then become reactivated for someone, but we believe that is unlikely. " Our source neglected to mention what evidence exactly the Ministry had but he did mention what they thought of it.

"With this evidence, we believe that these so called muggleborns have received their powers through means and methods that the Ministry would not deem as legal. One of the many possibilities is that they managed to overpower a young witch or wizard and stole his/her powers."

The decree was officially released yesterday afternoon and it reads :

All muggleborns are to report to the Ministry of Magic to aid in the investigation of the heritage of "muggleborns". If you are married to a pureblood or half-blood or able to prove that there is a witch/wizard in your ancestry then your presence for this exercise is not necessary.

Any failure to comply with the above decree will be met with a sentence at Azkaban.

If a "muggleborn" is unable to prove that he/she descents from at least one witch/wizard then he/she will face a life sentence at Azkaban.

Dolres Umbridge.

According to Miss Umbridge all muggleborns have until 3 months now to the date to report to the Ministry. She claims that this will give them time to research into their bloodlines so that "there will be no unnecessary persecution of any sort"

This author can only wonder "what next?" With more and more decrees like this pretty soon the only people living in the magical world would be the purebloods.

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Greeting readers!! Fireboltwiccan is back in action. As part of my New Year's resolution and because I was inspired I am picking up the pen once again. Has the first chapter whet your appetite?? I hope so because I have plans for this story...big plans.

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