Post by Julie on Aug 30, 2009 16:47:47 GMT -5
never since the founders four
were whittled down to three
have the Houses been united
as they once were meant to be…
It has been almost twenty-five years since the downfall of a certain dark wizard. The teens that were responsible for said event have since grown up. Nowadays, it's their children who walk the hallways of Hogwarts. The times they live in aren't without conflict, but for the most part, everyone has been resting easy for awhile now. And Hogwarts? Well, nothing has really changed at the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Or has it?[/i]
the discord crept among us
Since the end of the Second Wizarding War, Hogwarts has been undergoing an influx in students. Especially, it seems, in Muggleborn students. Maybe it was something in the water-- maybe it was just hidden Wizard blood. Whatever the case, these kids have been popping up like waffles from a toaster, and Hogwarts will always have a place for any of them who wish to learn. Of course, that's not to say that everyone else will.
feeding on our faults and fears[/font]
Where would we be without dear old Slytherin? It couldn't be clearer to anyone that not much has changed there, where students can lie through their teeth and still hold the same haughtiness and morality taught by Daddy dearest. Not to say that all of them are like that-- just most. As soon as the influx started, there seemed to be an upgrade in the sneer department, and that was where the problem began.
the Houses that, like pillars four[/font]
Of course, not much could've come of it, without someone on the other side to stick up for the poor Muggleborns. It started with a few words-- an insult, here or there-- but then, as these things tend to do, it got out of control. Students were fighting all over the school, hexing each other just for a muttered insult.[/i]
had once held up the school[/font]
Naturally, the Headmaster put a stop to it soon enough. Students received suspensions, detentions, even a few expulsions – all depending on the seriousness of their offense. After that, all was quiet. Except, it wasn't. After that, kids learned to be a lot sneakier about how they dealt with one another. Whenever a blind eye is turned, students are cursing each other under their breath. Some end up hurt, some end up prideful-- but no one is going to end up particularly well, at this point. It's pure versus mud. It's Gryffindor versus Slytherin. It's whatever it takes.
now turned on one another[/font]
and divided, sought to rule
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