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"OBSCURUS BLOWS UP ORPHANAGE IN SOUTH FRANCE; FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MORE THAN 200 YEARS!

By Rita Skeeter
Published on June 24th, 2000

Last night, at approximately 23:10 o'clock, in the commune of Pierrefeu-du-Var, an orphanage housing 24 children and 3 adults at the time blew up and killed every single living person inside. French Wizarding authorities suspect this to be the first case of an Obscurus in over 2 centuries."

Three years after the first Obscurial massacre, Hermione Granger is on the cusp of getting promoted to the long awaited position of the Head of the Division of Obscurial Elimination. She only needs to finish one last job in the rural Norwegian north with an unknown partner, and she is determined to get it done, no ifs or buts.

Three years after Draco Malfoy quit his job and left Britain to no one knew where, he returns to take up a position at the Division of Obscurial Elimination. He only brings a suitcase, a mysterious past and an objective to take the Ministry down. The fact that he gets partnered with Hermione Granger, star employee and his sworn nemesis, is bound to make things a bit complicated.