QUIBBLER CASTLES AND BURROWS
written by Eldis_
W
izarding Britain has plenty of wealth available. Who could have guessed that being able to perform magic results in cheaper and more productive labour? The Sacred 28, with their long bloodline of magic users, are the most infamous of the top-of-the-top. They have always been their own little bubble of affluence and luxury, but after the announcement of the dissolution of the Sacred 28 by the daughters and wives of those families, published in our Winter '21 edition, these previously inaccessible families have now started to mingle with us common folk. One source was able to inform the Quibbler that St Mungo's has received many more anonymous donations than in previous years, with the notes requesting the funding to go to further education and research rather than the building of impressive but little-used new wings, named after one of the families. To further their campaign in making the families more approachable, and to end rumours surrounding their continual dabbling in the Dark Arts, Pansy Parkinson, fashion icon of 2021 and, even at her 43 years old, still a most desirable
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Lofty mansions WARM AND SPACIOUS match, opened her doors to our reporters at the Quibbler. Quibbler: “Hello, thank you so much for welcoming us into your home!” Pansy Parkinson: “Welcome! Come in, come in, of course.” Q: “So, what prompted you and the other not-Sacred-28-anymore women to send the announcement of the dissolution to the Quibbler?” P: “Well, after everything that happened during the War, the Daily Prophet has lost most of its credibility. Everyone I talk to says they prefer the Quibbler to truly get their trustworthy news, even if it is mixed with- well, Xenophilius' original vision.” Q: “Thank you, thank you. We truly pride ourselves on our reporting.” P: “In the last couple of years many of the supporters of the darker arts in our families have passed away and through their deaths lost the control they had over their families. Before you bring it up - yes, many of them did spend the last years of their lives in Azkaban, but that did not stop them from exerting their
power over us. It is only recently that we have been able to claim our own agency. It was Narcissa Malfoy who was the first to realise this, and the rest is history!” Q: “And the rest is history indeed! Waitwait, is that electricity?!?!” P: “So you noticed? Yes! In the past couple of years, I have been working really hard to have this mansion outfitted with the latest muggle technology. I have had the plumbing revised and added electricity, and I have solar panels. Did you know muggles can get energy from the sun? This house now runs completely without magic.” Q: “That is quite the switch! Was that what you have been up to when you disappeared from the wizarding world?” P: “Well, partly.” By the time the conversation comes to this point, we have arrived in a wonderful sitting room. With large windows and many plants, it is hard to believe He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named ever held meetings here. In fact, the yellow chairs, soft rug and dark-brown side tables make the room feel more like the Hufflepuff common room. The white curtains add to
