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08 July 2014

DUMBLEDORES ARMY REUNITES AT

QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP FINAL
By

the

Daily

Prophets

Gossip

Correspondent, Rita Skeeter.

wizarding

band

The

Bent-Winged

Snitches all have caused flurries of

excitement,

with

crowd

Visit the The Campsite

and The Golden
Stadium Moments to
discover more about
Quidditch.

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Want to learn more

about Magizoology or
Quidditch?

members

scrambling for autographs and even

There are celebrities and then there are
celebrities. Weve seen many a famous
face from the wizarding world grace the
stands here in the Patagonian Desert
Ministers
Warbeck,

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and

Presidents,

controversial

Celestina
American

casting Bridging Charms to reach the

VIP boxes over the heads of the crowd.

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But when word swept the campsite and

stadium that a certain gang of infamous
wizards

(no

longer

the

fresh-faced

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teenagers they were in their heyday, but

might say are better suited to a style-

nevertheless recognisable) had arrived

deficient twelve-year-old. The famous

for the final, excitement was beyond

lightning scar has company: Potter is

anything

crowd

sporting a nasty cut over his right

stampeded, tents were flattened and

cheekbone. Requests for information as

small children mown down. Fans from

to its provenance merely produced the

all corners of the globe stormed towards

usual response from the Ministry of

the

of

Magic: We do not comment on the top

Dumbledores Army were rumoured to

secret work of the Auror department, as

have been sighted, desperate above all

we have told you no less than 514 times,

else for a glimpse of the man they still

Ms. Skeeter. So what are they hiding? Is

call the Chosen One.

the Chosen One embroiled in fresh

yet

area

seen.

As

where

the

members

mysteries that will one day explode upon

The Potter family and the rest of

us all, plunging us into a new age of

Dumbledores Army have been given

terror and mayhem?

accommodation in the VIP section of the

campsite, which is protected by heavy

Or does his injury have a more humble

charms

Security

origin, one that Potter is desperate to

Warlocks. Their presence has ensured

hide? Has his wife perhaps cursed him?

large crowds along the cordoned area, all

Are cracks beginning to show in a union

hoping for a glimpse of their heroes. At

that the Potters are determined to

3pm today they got their wish when, to

promote as happy? Should we read

the accompaniment of loud screams,

anything into the fact that his wife

Potter took his young sons James and

Ginevra has been perfectly happy to

Albus to visit the players compound,

leave her husband and children behind

where he introduced them to Bulgarian

in London whilst reporting on this

Seeker Viktor Krum.

tournament? The jury is out on whether

About to turn 34, there are a couple of

be sent to the Quidditch World Cup

threads of silver in the famous Aurors

(jurys back in no!!!) but lets face it,

black hair, but he continues to wear the

when your last name is Potter, doors

distinctive round glasses that some

open, international sporting bodies bow

and

patrolled

by

she really had the talent or experience to

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and scrape, and Daily Prophet editors

In the immediate aftermath of the battle

hand you plum assignments.

Weasley, whose famous ginger hair

appears to be thinning slightly, entered

As their devoted fans and followers will

into employment with the Ministry of

remember, Potter and Krum competed

Magic alongside Potter, but left only two

against each other in the controversial

years later to co-manage the highly

Triwizard Tournament, but apparently

successful wizarding joke emporium

there are no hard feelings, as they

Weasleys Wizard Wheezes. Was he, as

embraced upon meeting (what really

he stated at the time, delighted to assist

happened in that maze? Speculation is

my brother George with a business Ive

unlikely to be quelled by the warmth of

always loved? Or had he had his fill of

their greeting). After half an hours chat,

standing in Potters shadow? Was the

Potter and his sons returned to the

work of the Auror Department too much

campsite where they socialised with the

for a man who has admitted that the

rest of Dumbledores Army until the

destruction of He Who Could Not Be

small hours.

Nameds Horcruxes took its toll on him?

He shows no obvious signs of mental

In the next tent are Potters two closest

illness from a distance, but the public is

associates,

not allowed close enough to make a

the

ones

who

know

everything about him and yet have

proper assessment. Is this suspicious?

always refused to talk to the press. Are

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they afraid of him, or is it their own

Hermione

secrets they are afraid will leak out,

always the femme fatale of the group.

tarnishing the myth of He Who Could

Press reports of the time revealed that as

Not Be Nameds defeat? Now married,

a teenager she toyed with the young

Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger

Potters affections before being seduced

were with Potter almost every step of the

away by the muscular Viktor Krum,

way. Like the rest of Dumbledores Army,

finally

they fought in the Battle of Hogwarts and

sidekick. After a meteoric rise to Deputy

no doubt deserve the plaudits and

Head of the Department of Magical Law

awards for bravery heaped upon them by

Enforcement, she is now tipped to go

a grateful wizarding world.

even higher within the Ministry, and is

Granger,

settling

for

of

course,

Potters

was

faithful

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also mother to son, Hugo, and daughter,

sons are at home with grandpa. Is this a

Rose. Does Hermione Granger prove that

euphemism for too disturbed to be seen

a witch really can have it all? (No look

in public? Surely only the unkindest

at her hair.)

would suggest so.

Then there are those members of

Sundry other members of the Army are

Dumbledores Army who receive slightly

here, but it is on these six that most

less publicity than Potter, Weasley and

interest is focused. Wherever there is a

Granger (are they resentful? Almost

red head one may make an educated

certainly). Neville Longbottom, now a

guess that it belongs to a Weasley, but it

popular Herbology teacher at Hogwarts

is difficult to tell whether it is George

School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is

(wealthy

here in Patagonia with his wife Hannah.

Wizard

co-manager

Until recently the pair lived above the

wrangler, still unmarried why?) or

Leaky Cauldron in London, but rumour

Percy (Head of the Department of

has it that Hannah has not only retrained

Magical Transportation its his fault if

as a Healer, but is applying for the job of

the Floo Networks too busy!). The only

Matron at Hogwarts. Idle gossip suggests

one who is easy to recognise is Bill who,

that she and her husband both enjoy a

poor man, is grievously scarred from an

little more Ogdens Old Firewhisky than

encounter with a werewolf and yet

most of us would expect from custodians

somehow (enchantment? Love potion?

of our children, but no doubt we all wish

Blackmail?

her the best of luck with her application.

undeniably beautiful (though doubtless

Wheezes),

of

Charlie

Kidnap?)

Weasleys
(dragon

married

the

empty-headed) Fleur Delacour.

Last of the ringleaders of Dumbledores

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Army is, of course, Luna Lovegood (now

Word is that we shall see these and other

married to Rolf Scamander, swarthy

members of Dumbledores Army in the

grandson of celebrated Magizoologist

VIP boxes at the final, adding to the glitz

Newt). Still delightfully eccentric, Luna

and razzmatazz of a gala occasion. Let us

has been sweeping around the VIP

hope that the behaviour of two of their

section in robes composed of the flags of

younger hangers-on does not embarrass

all sixteen qualifying countries. Her twin

them, heaping shame on those who have

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previously brought honour to the name

intervention. Meanwhile, Mr and Mrs

of wizard.

Bill Weasley might like to know that their

beautiful,

blonde

daughter

Victoire

One always hesitates to invade the

seems to be attracted to any dark corner

privacy of young people, but the fact is

where Master Lupin happens to be

that anyone closely connected with

lurking. The good news is both of them

Harry Potter reaps the benefits and must

seem to have invented a method of

pay the penalty of public interest. No

breathing through their ears. I can think

doubt Potter will be distressed to know

of no other reason how they have

that his sixteen-year-old godson Teddy

survived such prolonged periods of what,

Lupin a lanky half-werewolf with

in my young day, was called snogging.

bright blue hair has been behaving in a

way unbefitting of wizarding royalty

But let us not be severe. Harry Potter and

since arriving on the VIP campsite. It

his cohorts never claimed to be perfect!

might be asking too much that the

And for those who want to know exactly

always-busy Potter keep a tighter rein on

how

this wild boy, who was entrusted to his

biography: Dumbledores Army: The

care by his dying parents, but one

Dark Side of the Demob will be available

shudders to think what will become of

from Flourish and Blotts on July 31st.

Master

Lupin

without

imperfect

they

are,

my

new

urgent

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