Title: Refugees, IX Prompt: epidemic Word Count: 100
The next morning the Oagadou students, all in donated uniforms, some with replacement wands, joined the Hogwarts students in the Great Hall for breakfast. The youngest clung to their older friends, shrinking away from all the unfamiliar students, and more than one broke down sobbing as the Red Wand volunteers brought news of family or teachers.
“The violence – it’s an epidemic.” Minerva had spent much of the night going from House to House checking on her new charges. “That part of African is being torn apart. Religious cults, drought, warlords – it’s a miracle the Unplottable charm held as long as it did.”