| The End of Hogsmeade! It has been eleven years since the time when magical folk moved into the magical village of Hogsmeade following the chaos of muggles finding out about magic. At the time, it seemed a safe haven from the outside world. Now, though, one cannot help but wonder if magical folk were herded into one area with the sole purpose of killing them off. Muggles cannot come to Hogsmeade but could someone have been tricked by a muggle into deciding that Hogsmeade was the spot for magical folk to build? Perhaps a muggleborn with loyalties to the heritage they were surrounded by growing up? Or was it perhaps a pureblood seeking an easy way to eradicate our world of muggleborns? The madness of Faris Spavin seems to support this theory. Either way, no one can deny that Hogsmeade has definitely had its share of tragic events over the years.  Hogsmeade has been home to many magical folk for eleven years but is it really just a waiting death trap?Then came the Hogsmeade Expedition which notably drafted women as well. Was Mister Potter taking the eradication of muggleborn women one step further and attempting to rid Hogsmeade of muggleborn women so that non-muggleborn men would have no choice but to stick to marrying other non-muggleborns? The year after that seemed almost peaceful albeit chaos caused by the Amortentia tea. Though that could also have been part of the large plan to diminish Hogsmeade of muggleborns. One cannot help but wonder if the Amortentia had been intended for set audiences but got out of hand. After all, all the other plans to eradicate Hogsmeade of muggleborns had failed. Perhaps they had sought to tarnish reputations and cast them out of society instead. Only this time, they did not pay heed to the fact that one cannot always tell where specific packages end up being delivered.  Was Balthazar Urquart a man with a conscience who saw his daughter paying the price for it?The explosion within the Ministry was yet another disaster that took lives though admittedly this one was not within Hogsmeade. Later the same year, Azkaban inmates escaped (or were set loose!) and were suspected to have infiltrated Hogwarts. Had they been sent after muggleborn students? Why did the school go into lockdown if it is supposedly so safe with the Headmasters barrier? 1886 seemed to be a year of peace. Perhaps the year when our Minister became close to finding the culprits seeking to end lives within Hogsmeade? Was his daughter turned due to this reason? There is no way to know for sure as the werewolf responsible has never been caught. Either way, between everything I have just written of and the current situation with the fog - one solution is quite clear: we must leave Hogsmeade. We must leave or we will all die and it will truly be the end of Hogsmeade. |
Justin Ross