Magic, Muggles and More!

Things seem to be going from bad to worse in the Wizarding World, these days. Despite the fact that Ministry employees have spent the last week catching the last of the pixies and containing them, witches and wizards are still complaining that their ability to perform spells is acting up. A person’s wand deciding it wants to cast the wrong spell isn’t even the worst of it, either. Spells seem to be cast at random, and particularly skilled adults find themselves apparating on accident to whichever location they were thinking about a moment before!

The inability to realize what spell is being sent your way could cause problems, to be sure. People have reported that they could not protect themselves in time, so remain on alert at all times. You don’t want your ear cut off by an accidental cutting spell from your best friend, after all.

The most frightening part, for most of our community, is the fact that Muggles have started to take note of what’s been happening. So far, this seems to be because of the weakening magical ability of members in the Wizarding World, but this is being looked into further, and we can assure you that the Prophet will report any findings as soon as possible. Essentially, this means that Muggles in London have been staring or even so much as running away when a wizard or witch covertly casts a spell. “Covertly” doesn’t seem to apply anymore, however, given that the Muggles were completely aware of what had been going on.

At this point, we are not entirely aware of whether or not any Muggles have wandered into places they shouldn’t have, but if anyone notices such things, it would be appreciated if they could inform one of the reporters at the Prophet so we can investigate.

And we are not the only ones doing an investigation, I’m afraid to report. The British Minister has filed an investigation on our Minister for Magic after the Snow Crisis and everything else that has been happening recently, and may go so far as to send his employees into our Ministry to poke around. This has been the topic of much discussion among the working members of our community, and many Death Eater sympathizers seem positively outraged by the idea. We have been asked to remind everyone that we should absolutely not confront these professionals, should they arrive. It would be best to go about your business and treat them respectfully. This, we hope, will ensure that the investigation will go over smoothly.