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The Beginning of the Revolution; *Open*
Topic Started: Jan 7 2018, 02:11 AM (1,778 Views)
Hayley Elridge
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5th Year | Snarky | Artist | Punk | Girl gang | Revolutionary

Hayley was heartened by the number of people who cheered when she asked for support, and by the look on Harley's face as her friend watched her speak. "Yes!" she said to the girl in the crowd who asked about veelas. "Veelas are definitely a part of this too! Anyone else I've missed out? I'm a Muggleborn, I'm still learning." Hayley didn't know anything about veelas, though she'd heard the word before; it sounded like she should do some research on marginalised magical groups.

Hayley was disappointed by the number of people shouting out against her; she'd expected some resistance, but not like this. Most of these people were just misunderstanding the point she was trying to make - perhaps deliberately - but at least it meant she could refute them easily. "I'm not talking about breaking the law!" she exclaimed to a girl who had seemed otherwise enthusiastic. Hayley herself had no problem with breaking the rules, and suspected she would do so at some point iin pursuit of her goals, but she understood some people would feel differently, and disobedience wasn't the point, really. "I'm talking about petitioning to change the law! The law is harmful and outdated, and it should be changed!"

It was the people defending purebloods who really bugged her. Had they missed the point entirely? Had she not been clear enough? "Of course not all purebloods are the same! And this problem isn't restricted to them, either. But it's the viewpoint of pureblood supremacy - people thinking that purebloods are better than everyone else, and you can't tell me that doesn't happen - that needs to change. I've been bullied for being a muggleborn since I first set foot in this school! And yes, the teachers are culpable too! Maybe you haven't noticed, that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. There are teachers who say nasty things about muggles in every class. There are teachers who assume everybody in their classes already know about magic." In particular, Hayley was thinking of Professor Castor, who had literally said "never trust a muggle", and Professor Styx, who never explained anything someone who'd grown up with magic would already know, but she didn't want to name names yet, that would only get her in trouble.

"Bullying is only a sympton of the wider problem! Teachers have no interest in changing the status quo. This is a systematic problem, faced by the whole of the wizarding world. Sure, I could complain about one incident of bullying - I have, in fact. I could complain about all of them, though it'd be pointless. There will always be another bully, or another person who doesn't even intend to be mean but will perpetuate these harmful views. Starting a revolution - changing the system - making our voices heard - is the way to solve things! Challenging any individual bully is not going to change anything. We have to change the world!"
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Noah Kingsley
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The Minister's Son ◙ Former Slytherin ◙ Durmstrang Transfer

Noah was glad when Evelyn appeared at his side. He knew he could count her for her support and he was grateful for it. He gave her a wink and a smile as she joined his side. It was only seconds later when Lyra and Link joined him, clearly to support him. His family was closer than the average family. He looked back at the girl who was talking again, admitting that she was still learning. Noah's crystal eyes gazed levelly at her. "My father is the Minister for Magic in New Zealand. My mother is Gryffindor's Head of House. You are talking about my parents, and you are egregiously misinformed about the wizarding world. Everything you are saying is incorrect. Witches and wizards were hunted by muggles. Surely, you learned about witch-hunts in muggle school? That was the reason for the international statue of secrecy in the first place. It was to protect muggles and wizards. It wasn't working to live side by side. We will be hunted again, and there will be witches and wizards that use the opportunity to try to rule over muggles as Grindelwald or Voldemort wanted. There will be bloodshed. Can't you see that? Not everyone is as open-minded as you seem to naively believe." he said, speaking loud enough for the crowd to hear him. Noah wasn't usually one for public speeches. In fact, he preferred to fly under the radar, but this was too serious to sit back and do nothing. As much as he tried, Noah couldn't suppress his tendency for leadership completely.
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Lyra Potter
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James and Kiera Potter's daughter Thundelarra Thunderers Chaser Twinning • Heartbroken

[justify]"My cousin is right. The law is there to protect us." Lyra said, confidently and proudly. She knew Noah didn't take insults towards his parents lightly. Merlin knew she had heard enough about the law from Carter over the years to be fairly well-versed in it. They all had."Our grandfather is a muggle, so please do not suggest that we are speaking out for hate or pureblood supremacy because we are not." she said, staring the girl down. It was ridiculous to suggest that Aunt Cyndi would ever say anything hateful or against muggle-born students, or even muggles. "Seriously, you really need to go do some more reading on the subject and the laws because you sound ridiculous." she said, condescendingly. Lyra was getting tired of the attitude that this girl was promoting. "How would merging the muggle and wizarding worlds help to destroy the prejudice? There will always be bullies, and I know they exist in the muggle world too. There is evil in the world, and that's the real problem. Merging our worlds is the answer to destroying prejudice." she said, in typical bossy, know-it-all Lyra fashion.
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Asaiah Murphy
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Asaiah had been carefully listening to what the other students were saying and didn't want to involve himself in the conversation until the Minister's son spoke again. ''Oi, Kingsley,'' the sixth year said out loud, ''Just because your Dad's the Minister and your Mom's the Gryffindor Head of House doesn't mean they are right, you know? Have you not been paying attention in class? Witch-hunts happened literally centuries ago - who says muggles and wizard cannot live amongst each other in this day and age? You are talking about things that used to be. Voldemort and Grindelwald are long dead, have a little faith in your own kind because it appears to be that you have none.''
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Wynne Andoujenero
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Shadow Sibling ll Impure Blood ll Daughter of Politics

Wynne Andoujenero was a wallflower for most of her years of school, however the drawing crowd in the hallway was blocking the brunette from coming through. It wasn't until she tuned in to what was being said that Wynne felt any sort of stir in her. The hufflepuff moved into the crowd silently. She heard the many things people were saying, things were divided carefully between those who thought this was in the past and those who didn't, and suddenly the Andoujenero who never had a voice felt she had one. "She's right." She muttered." No the girl with the large eyes is right!" She spoke a little louder. "My family is pureblood. I am not. My sister was raised to dislike people like me and I became a political device." She spoke from a place of pain, one she rarely explored as often she just didn't pay attention to her family or their policies in the English government. "I was only adopted so my parents could say they weren't prejudiced, when they are. Hateful towards muggles, hateful towards Veelas and giants, and mixed bloods. What kind of change could we accomplish though..." She asked, looking at the woman giving the speech. They were only students.
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Professor Kalif Styx
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[justify]Posters scattered all around the school was bound to draw the attention of professors, which wasn't a smart idea. Kalif, however, felt curious to see what this was all about. Kalif approached the crowd, seeing opinions thrown one way or another, students badgering and battering. But, no spells were thrown. As far as he was concerned, muggles were dangerous. They could hardly handle differences of their own, and with magical creatures thrown in, it would be a disaster all around. But, he was no seer and didn't care one way or another. However, what sparked his interest was that his student claimed she was bullied from the moment she set foot in here. Kalif had no tolerance for bullies, and one in particular would vouch for that fact. Kalif's gaze looked around to see if Rory Fergusson had shown up or not. It definitely wouldn't be a first time he handled him. And it got worse with each repeated offence. For now, the Slytherin Head of House saw no reason to break this up, seeing as no rules were broken at the moment. After all, he was interested on how students thought, and what fueled their thought process.
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Jacob Kingsley
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Jacob was glad when Noah appeared at his side, instantly feeling better and less awkward about leaving. He followed behind, expecting they were heading out but quickly realizing they weren't. As Noah and then Evelyn and his cousins exchanged words with the girl who had been talking earlier, Jacob stayed back, not saying a word. Jacob didn't know much about what she was saying, but he did know that any person thinking they were better than anyone else wasn't a good thing. But right now it seemed to him that this girl thought she was better than the people who tried to keep them all safe. She definitely thought she knew better, and she wasn't much older than him and admitted she was still learning.

Jacob had just tugged on his brother's sleeve to tell him that they should get out of there when he heard someone call out their name. Jacob turned to see an older looking boy. "They are right" he muttered to himself, the idea that his mom and dad would steer him wrong not something his brain could handle. Everything his family had taught him couldn't be wrong. They were good people and many of them worked for the Ministry, working hard each day to keep the wizarding world safe, his uncle through laws and his dad in his role as Minister.
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Zennon Baros
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Secrets run deeper than scars

[justify]     Zennon could not believe his luck. Call it good or bad, or whatever, but Kingsley's? The freakin Minister for Magic? How was he getting himself involved with people he categorically was supposed to have a dislike of. Shaking his head, Zennon peered at Jacob from the corner of his eye and tugged on his arm. "You're the centre of attention now, King Jay, you wanna stick around, or you wanna scoot, I see an opening, now's our chance if you wanna?" He would have words... probably, with his friend later. He'd been so preoccupied with finding a nickname for him, he'd forgotten about his last name. It hadn't even occurred to him until now that he hadn't known it. He wasn't really sure if it made a difference, but he was supposed to be against authority and wasn't Jay's father the epitome of that? This was bad for his image! Though not as bad as his Head of House looking in from the sidelines. "Oh, great."
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Kinsey Wilde
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[justify]Kinsey had a piece about the treatment of muggleborns by staff and the school administration so when there was a so-called revolution she felt she had no choice but to arrive. Staying in the back with a self-scribing quill and journal she had it write down quotes she felt important. She thought the entire thing was certainly inspiring to her but instead of getting involved she just stayed back and looked appreciatively onto the boy she knew to be Tess' friend for sticking up for the side she knew was right - maybe a little too intense but certainly right.[/justify]
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Daisy Parker
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Daisy had seen the fliers around about a Revolution, and it was much too exciting to ignore. She followed the crowds down and listened to a girl she did not know, and all she shouted about. Daisy found she agreed with what the girl was saying until she said it was time to let all the muggles know about them. Her stomach built with butterflies, starting to feel anxious. Her dad was a muggle, and though her mother had given up magic for him, she knew it would be dangerous for all muggles to know about magic. They would, for sure, use it against them somehow. People started shouting back at her, and there was a lot of noise. Though Daisy herself was a shouty person, the whole scenario was making her feel anxious, something she hardly ever felt. She felt herself agreeing with what Slytherin boy was shouting as well, but it was definitely a confusing line for her; she had no idea which side she'd stand on.
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Hayley Elridge
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5th Year | Snarky | Artist | Punk | Girl gang | Revolutionary

Hayley was opening her mouth to argue with the Minister for Magic's son when a boy she recognised vaguely as one of the older Slytherins did it for her. Finally someone was arguing on her side! She wished more people would do that, Kingsley seemed to have quite a clique of allies. "Thank you!" she said to the older Slytherin. "Witch hunts were centuries ago! We didn't learn about them in muggle primary school, because there are literally no muggles who still believe witches and wizards are evil - or even that they exist. The assumption that muggles haven't moved on just because wizards don't seem to be able to is exactly the sort of old-fashioned, ignorant thinking I'm talking about."

Hayley listened, appalled, as a Hufflepuff her age who she didn't know talked about being adopted and used for politics. That sounded awful, and strengthened her conviction that she was doing the right thing in bringing this up. "We could make things better!" she called to the girl. "I believe that. We need support, we need a little faith in humanity -" here she glared at the group who had said she was being naive "- but we can accomplish change!" As she spoke, she glimpsed Professor Styx lurking at the edge of the crowd. Thank goodness she hadn't mentioned him.
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Jemma Potter
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Jemma had been looking all over the school for Jacob Kingsley. He was her very best friend, and when she saw the posters saying something about a revolution, she knew immediately where he would be. She skipped her way down to the courtyard, where she immediately became confused. The redhead saw her whole family gathered in the center of a group, looking very defensive except for Jacob, who looked uncomfortable. Jemma wiggled her way through the people, slipping her hand into Jake's to comfort him as she slid up beside him, not making any noise as she tried to figure out what was going on.

However, what Jemma heard didn't make any sense. Some older Slytherin boy suggested that her family wasn't on the right side. That couldn't be true. Not possibly, and she intended to tell him so. "My family works hard and sacrifices every day to keep you lot safe in one way or another, and this is the thanks they get?" she said, loud enough for the boy to hear her. The boy suggested that the Kingsleys and the Potters were on the wrong side of the law. She didn't believe it for a second. She looked at Lyra and Link for guidance and noticed Link casually slip his wand out of his robe. She didn't put it past him not to hex the Slytherin boy if he kept talking about their family like that. Link was very good at hexes. She looked at Jacob to see if he noticed. All they needed now was Aunt Cyndi to show up. "Just because you destroy the statues doesn't mean the prejudice disappears like magic." she muttered under her breath.
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Stella Wright
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Stella had seen the posters around the school, and was curious about this 'revolution' (as she was about everything). She certainly agreed that the prejudice in the wizarding world needed to change, but she was unsure about how that should happen. The girl standing on the steps had a lot of ideas, many of which she agreed with, but it all seemed so extreme. On the other hand, what she said about the teachers really resonated with Stella. She well remembered how Professor Castor had been so dismissive of muggle science, despite the fact that the majority of what she was teaching was in fact muggle science, and how angry Stella had been about it. There was a lot of shouting going on, and Stella shrank away from the raucous crowd. It did seem to her that the people calling out against the revolution were the ones that were wrong: she had definitely seen prejudice in action around the school, and the witch hunts had been a long time ago. Stella's mum was a muggle, and while she'd adapted well to learning dad could do magic, it had left her with a lot of questions - in particular, scientific questions Stella was still searching for the answers for. But was a violent upheaval the way to dissipate prejudice? Stella didn't think so.
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Cyan Zephyr
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Prejudice was a recently sensitive topic for Cyan, however she couldn't resist the temptation to go to the rally and listen. The younger student put herself on a pedestal and Cyan found a spot near a girl she at least recognized. It was a potter so of course they would be on the law side, but Cyan didn't necessarily disagree. "Listen kid, agree or disagree with the hate it's going to happen. No law will prevent a taught prejudiced. I would know." She spoke, agreeing with Lyra. "If children are taught prejudiced they are more likely to continue it. What are you going to do, police every person in the world?" Cyan thought this whole thing was ridiculous, though for a moment she wondered if Alessio or Aion would have a different opinion on it.
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Rose Holland
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Rose wasn't entirely sure where she stood on the issue herself. The revolution seemed like a bit of a drastic measure, and she sometimes wondered if something less extreme would also work. But Rose wasn't very smart, and she knew that. Hayley had thought a lot about his, and was very passionate about it too. And since Hayley was her friend, and the prejudice hurt her, she was here to support her.

The shouting and disagreement made her kind of uncomfortable, but also kind of annoyed. Some of these people just weren't listening to what Hayley was saying, not at all. They only focused on how what she said affected them and what it may or may not indirectly say about their families. And after hearing it for a while, Rose addressed the group of people that were apparently related to each other and the minister of magic and a whole bunch of important people. "You guys aren't listening to what she's actually saying." She said, trying to keep it peaceful. "Hayley is not trying to attack your family or say they are wrong or bad. She's saying the system is wrong. That doesn't mean your family members are personally bad people, just that maybe they can't do the right thing in when the world is so bad!" She said, her gaze went from the Slytherin boy to an older Gryffindor girl and to a younger one. She wondered if they had been having some sort of family meeting out here, as they all seemed to be here at the same time. "Instead of making it all about your own family, whoever they may be, maybe you should try to listen to someone else's experiences. Even if you don't support the idea of revolution, you have to see that IS a problem and something should be done about it. It's easy to say there will always be a problem, but sometimes you need to change something to fix it." Her gaze went to an older Hufflepuff girl who talked about prejudice being taught, and she nodded. "But maybe we should make it less easy for people to teach kids that! If the world changes, parents like that can't hide that from their children."
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