Harry Potter & The Black Sacrifice
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CHAPTER 1
The Daily Prophet
Excerpt – THE DAILY PROPHET
August 7th, 1997 – Front page story
HARRY POTTER STILL MISSING
By Rhiannon Skeeter
It has been over 3 weeks since Harry Potter, better known to the world at large as The Boy Who Lived, or more recently, The Chosen One, has been seen alive. He was last seen attending the Weasley – Delacour wedding in Salisbury, in the first week of July, where it is rumored that several alleged Death Eaters were in attendance in disguise. Ministry officials have declined to comment on this last bit of information, though we were able to get a few words from one of them on the disappearance of Mr. Potter alone, under the condition of anonymnity.
"Master Potter has stated quite clearly on several occasions that he does not enjoy publicity, and never has. It is my opinion that he has simply gone into hiding to enjoy some privacy while he can. He'll be starting school again in the fall I'm sure you know, and we all know how little privacy he gets there."
Owls to Harry's muggle relatives in Little Whinging went unanswered.
Minerva McGonagall, newly appointed headmistress of Hogwarts, had this to say on the matter(continued on page 3)
Excerpt – THE DAILY PROPHET
September 9th, 1997 – Front page story
HARRY POTTER PRESUMED DEAD
By Rhiannon Skeeter
In a press conference rife with tension this morning, Rufus Scrimgeour, minister of magic, announced that they had received evidence which would suggest that The Boy Who Lived is no longer alive. When pressed to divulge what this evidence was, Scrimgeour would only say that it was compelling enough that they would be calling off all searches in England & Scotland for Potter's whereabouts.
Since the end of June, the ministry has had teams of wizards searching some of the more remote areas of the country, in case there was truth to the notion that Potter had simply gone in to hiding. This has been a most controversial decision, as many witches & wizards believe that the ministry could be putting their resources to better use. These teams of wizards will presumably be put back to work on the investigation into You-Know-Who's current location.
We caught up with one of Harry's classmates, Ron Weasley, after the conference.
"We're not giving up," said Ron. "I don't care if I have to search every inch of this planet myself. Until I see his body for myself, I'll not believe he's dead."
Ron's younger sister Ginevra was too distraught to comment. It has long been rumored that she and Potter had been romantically involved at one point. (continued on page 4)
Excerpt – THE DAILY PROPHET
September 12th, 1997 – Second page story
DRACO MALFOY FOUND DEAD
Draco Malfoy (son of former Hogwarts governor & notorious Death Eater Lucius Malfoy) , who was suspected to have played a major role in the DE break-in at Hogwarts earlier this year, and the subsequent assassination of Albus Dumbledore, was found dead yesterday in a house outside of Blackpool. Aurors had been sent to the house based on a report they had intercepted from the Muggle "police". Though they would not divulge what they had expected to find there, they would say that the body of Malfoy came as a surprise.
"We have no suspects at this time," said Nymphadora Tonks, head of a newly formed squad of Aurors whose sole purpose is to find the location of Severus Snape (see page 6). "Of course we have our suspicions, but as we have very little evidence to go on so early in the investigation, I wouldn't want to voice any of them."
Draco's mother Narcissa could not be reached for comment.
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