Post by Isah on Oct 25, 2008 21:50:22 GMT
“and now I’m itching for the tall grass”
It’s 1975, and things have begun to change. There’s an apprehension in the air that no one can escape and no one can deny. Some people choose to ignore it, and they try to live their lives blissfully ignorant of the war that’s brewing. Others acknowledge the rising tensions apathetically, neither forming opinions nor taking sides. Still others refuse to sit on the sidelines. Sides are taken, and alliances are formed. Family members and close friends become traitors to your beliefs and an enemy overnight. Betrayals, heartbreak, and secrets run rampant through the streets, and violence becomes commonplace.
“and longing for the breeze”
[/i][/b][/right]“I need to step outside”[/i][/b]
Not even Hogwarts is safe from this seemingly inevitable rise of Voldemort. Many of the students have not returned this year, instead going into hiding with the rest of their family, trying to escape the genocide that looms so ominously near. The students that have returned are taking sides. But things are looking more serious than ever as the violence of the world outside Hogwarts continues to escalate at an alarming rate, and things begin to get nasty inside the school itself. The Death Eaters are searching each other out and banding together against other students who refuse to join them. Muggle born students are attacked, poisoned sweets and booby-trapped halls are traps that the students constantly have to avoid.
“just to see if I can breathe”
[/b][/i][/right]“I gotta find a way out”[/i][/b]
Hushed whispers rush through the halls with a fervent urgency as each new rumor begins. Another faculty member has turned to Voldemort. Another family has disappeared. Another student injured. Another attack. The apprehension in the school is rising to a new extreme, and everyone fears the day that it reaches its zenith. That day seems to be coming nearer and nearer, however, and no one seems to know how to slow its coming.
Everyone is helpless.
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