19th SEPTEMBER 2002 • The Wizarding World's Beguiling Broadsheet of Choice • 5 κ
DARK TIMES ARE COMING...PROBABLY
Analise Smith, Columnist
At one in the afternoon on Saturday a Dark Mark appeared above the village of Hogsmeade! Amid the first weekend out during the new school year, another reminder of the war that was shone brightly across the skies.
The Prophet would like to remind our readers that the Ministry is still investigating the previous appearance of a Dark Mark (during the Quidditch World Cup finale). The DMLE offered no comment regarding the matter.
One eyewitness, the up-and-coming star at the WWN one Eddie Carmichael, seemed very well versed in physics as he explained that the abomination must have been cast from a particular, close-distance angle, the way it could be seen down from the village.
He also explained how many of the younger visitors in Hogsmeade that day had seen the Mark, as hysterics broke out.
Another witness, also an up-and-coming star at the WWN, Astoria Greengrass,
claimed to have seen someone rushing towards the woods. Unable to provide even as much as a gender of the person, Ms Greengrass noted that ‘they seemed like they were dressed pretty normal’.
Thus The Prophet can safely claim that whoever may be running away from a Death Mark has not being doing so dressed like a unicorn.
Whilst we recognise the severity of the event, the fact that both of the key witnesses
work with the WWN raises more questions than it answers. Is this all a publicity stunt? If so, The Prophet does feel it might be rather in bad taste.
And more importantly, where exactly is the Ministry and their attempts at solving these incidents? The allowances for people to live in fear are becoming rather suspicious.
How many Dark Marks will it take before the Ministry starts to do something?!