xxii. Bonds Are Meant to Break

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notes hey, everyone! due to me going to uni in a week, i'm going to change the update schedule to bi-weekly (two times a month). this is the act finale, so we'll be taking a bit of a break before act 3 is up! thank u for staying with me so far, and hope you enjoy <3

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MUGGLE HOUSE IS BURNED BY DEATH EATERS; NO SURVIVORS FOUND.
The WW Papers, July 27th, 1977.

Neighbourhoods in London fear for their lives

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Neighbourhoods in London fear for their lives. Behind picket fences and garden vines, every Muggle is learning to fear for their lives. War will consume every part of their mind, once they learn how truly bloodthirsty He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is.

Caught in the crossfire, the home of the Edson family has been scorched. The Green Dark Mark was nowhere to be seen by the time Aurors found the house. No bodies have been found, but evidence of an explosion remains. Not being able to save a family such as this is alarming, proving the Ministry's incompetence.

Rosalie Edson, a Muggle-born witch, was attending Hogwarts before the untimely attack. It is unknown whether her or her family are alive, or if they've all died because our government couldn't save them.

Perhaps they are on the run from the attack. It is optimistic to reduce the killings to a simple runaway or kidnapping, but a lack of a body could mean anything — and everything.

Auror Amber Wilkins and her team have been assigned to Rosalie Edson's case.

"We are doing everything to find the remaining survivors," Wilkins said. "It is terrible that another attack has occurred. I feel for Rosalie and her family."

All other Aurors have declined to comment.

What I am most confused by is that the Daily Prophet refuses to release the attack. What is so different? Why must a small newspaper be the only one reporting such terrible news to the public? Is no media reliable anymore?

Should we fear? Should we panic? I myself have a daughter, and a proud one that supports Muggles and Muggle-borns. I do, as well. Does the Daily Prophet secretly admire He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named for guts, so-called bravery, and the blood he spills?

Or do they not want to cross him, fearing death?

This is Amala Selwyn, reporting on what I dub the First Wizarding War, since 1970.

(More by Amala Selwyn: Vampire Lux Erzsebet Escapes Aurors Once More, Page 3)

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