With the capture of Verandi Farley and several high-ranking Trossach members, the British wizarding world has finally caught a break. The rate of rogue werewolf attacks have started dropping at a steady rate and, hopefully, things will stay that way. The Ministry is starting to loosen some restrictions, like not arresting werewolves standing on the street for loitering, however there’s still an obvious power imbalance between wizardfolk and werewolves.
The Cotswolds pack are continuing to advocate for the rights of werewolves and petitioning to change the legislation that has been set in motion by the current Minister for Magic, whilst the remaining Trossachs members are trying to stay out of the spotlight and keep a low profile… for now.
Whilst the British wizarding world seems to have calmed down, the same cannot be said for over in Northern Europe where a rebellion of magical creatures has risen. The state of things has gotten so bad that the European Ministry has enacted protocols to protect those under eighteen whilst their adult witches and wizards fight to keep control of their countries.
Students from Durmstrang have been sent to Hogwarts to keep them safe and those not old enough to attend school have been sent to live with relatives or designated British Ministry officials outside of Europe for the time being.
Will the low rates of werewolf attacks in Britain continue? How long will Durmstrang students stay at Hogwarts? Will the creatures usurp the wizardfolk in Northern Europe? Only time will tell.
SEPTEMBER 2019 It's been a very long, eventful summer in the wizarding world. A baby was stolen, several high ranking Trossach members were imprisoned, and werewolf attacks have drastically dropped as a result. What will happen now school has returned?
MAY 2019 An attempt to capture the beta of the Trossachs has been launched. Were the Aurors successful in their mission? Go read more here!
Rebekah had been summoned to Professor Jack O'Connor's office and she didn't understand or know why. She thought she had done something and she was now getting in trouble but she didn't exactly know what she had did. Rebekah didn't understand what was going on at this particular moment but she was going to definitely find out when Professor Jack O'Connor told her. The blue haired girl finally got to his office and she hesitated to knock, what if she did do something wrong and she forgot? She couldn't handle the pressure of knowing she was horrible or bad but she had no idea what she did. She knocked on the door and watched as it opened itself before she stepped into the office. She was kind of shocked two see two people there one of them being Jack and the other one was Alicia? What was she doing there? Rebekah cleared her throat.
"You wanted to see me Professor?" She asked keeping the nerves away from her voice.
Post by JACK O'CONNOR on Sept 13, 2019 13:58:31 GMT
It had only been the night before when Jack had all been but summoned to the Hospital Wing by the concerned matron who had told him in quiet tones what she had recently discovered about one of the seventh year students. As it turned out... she was pregnant. A few months, by what Jack had gathered. She wasn't the first pregnant student Jack had taught over the last few years either, and he was quite certain that she would not be the last.
"She's pregnant, Alicia. Pregnant. Perhaps we need to put a bigger emphasis on contraception spells or hand out free prophylactics to the children to prevent this occurring in the future, or to at least limit the amount of pregnant teenagers," Jack murmured with a shake of his head. It wasn't that he was against young mothers, not at all, but the fact that this girl hadn't even finished her NEWTs yet... well, it was daunting. Majority adults who fell unexpectedly pregnant weren't ready for children and wouldn't know what to expect, but a teenager? Her life was about to turn upside down and no matter how much she read up on it, she wouldn't know what to expect.
The sound of a knock at the door had Jack's words halting and he looked at Alicia before gesturing to Rebekah. "Please, take a seat. We have something very important to discuss and... well, I suppose it's best to just rip the bandaid off," Jack started, although his voice wasn't firm at all, but rather soft and serious. "I was informed last night by the matron that you're pregnant, several months along I believe, and I've asked Professor Spinnet to join me as we discuss the future of you and your baby. Not just at Hogwarts, but in general. Let me reassure you that in no way, we are trying to force you to do something you do not want to do, but it's integral that we sort some things out. First being, what you plan to do regarding your pregnancy."
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Rebekah took a seat and when Professor O'Connor began to speak she felt herself shrinking a little bit, kind of ashamed that she was so stupid and careless. Rebekah listened to him speak to her and she simply shrugged a bit. "Thank you Professor for informing me that you know about my sudden pregnancy and let me be the first to say that I'm sorry. It was stupid on my part and I now know why I am never careless because it has an unexpected turn of events right after, as for what I am going to be doing with the pregnancy, my twin brother is going to be helping me, my aunt basically kicked me out for being stupid since I kind of got pregnant she doesn't want to be involved, as for the father I don't think he wants to be involved, we got into a heated argument and I haven't heard from him since" Rebekah explained to the adults.
"I think a combination of both of those things would be best, to be honest O'Connor," Alicia replied as she stood, feet shoulder width apart and hands on her hips, in the Deputy's office. She was waiting for Rebekah and the aunty so that they could have a clear game plan heading into the final months of the adolescent's pregnancy. "Is it just me or are they getting younger and younger to engage in this... stuff?" Alicia couldn't remember one single instance of pregnancy during her school years... but then they were very dark times. But times weren't that great right now either, right?
Alicia's motherly eyes turned to the blue-haired young adult that walked sheepishly into the office. They'd timed it so that the aunt would arrive soon after a quick chat with the girl. As Jack began and Rebekah responded, Alicia's heart filled with sorrow at the fact that she was sorry she was pregnant. "You're a smart girl, Rebekah, so I know you know you don't need to be sorry for this situation. It's not ideal and of course as adults we would have hoped you'd have had the knowledge of precautions before you indulged. Who is the father?"
"Furthermore, we have requested that your aunty be present as it's important that your legal guardian is here as we move forward with your, and your baby's, care plan. There's a lot involved before the birth and as you're several months along already, we definitely need to get things organised," Alicia paused just as there was a knock on the door and the caretaker announced Rebekah's aunty. Alicia looked to Jack for him to give permisison for the woman's entrance.
TAG: @rebekah, JACK O'CONNOR, My apologies for the delay
