- Messages
- 614
- OOC First Name
- Jasmine
- Blood Status
- Muggleborn
- Relationship Status
- Seeing Somebody
- Sexual Orientation
- lesbian
- Wand
- Straight 13 Inch Flexible Ash Wand with Hippogriff Feather Core
- Age
- 4/2031
Hayley waited in the courtyard, full of a heady mixture of wild excitement and crushing anxiety. This was real! She was really doing this! She had put up posters around the school to attract attention, and picked a day and time when most people would be able to attend. She had even written a speech for herself, although she didn't expect to use it as a strict script. Making it up as she went along was more Hayley's style, but it was important to be certain of what she wanted to say. She couldn't mess this up. This was her first attempt to gain support outside of her friends. This was important. This was the start of the revolution!
And it was working! People were starting to gather in the courtyard. When a small crowd had accumulated, Hayley stood on the steps so she was visible, and began to speak. "You've all seen how anyone different from the magical norm is treated in this school. How muggleborns are bullied, half-goblins and half-giants forced to hide who they are, how squibs are denied even an acknowledgement that they exist. How even the teachers are openly contemptuous of muggles, even when they're not spreading complete misinformation." Hayley spoke loudly and confidently, certain of her ability to make people take notice, to make them think. "The wizarding world is stuck in the past, so distrustful of Muggles that they won't even use normal pen and paper in school. People are ignorant and stubborn and in that ignorance they lash out. This has to change! We can't just lie down and let purebloods walk all over us!"
"The wizarding world needs an upheaval. A major social change to make everybody see that muggles aren't evil, that it's not bad to be different. We need a revolution!" Hayley paused dramatically. "And I know how we should bring it about. It's the wizarding world's separation from muggles that makes people so ignorant, so . . . disconnected. We need to break down that barrier. It's time to let muggles know about magic."
Hayley paused again, a little longer, to let that idea sink in. It was a big concept, she knew, a fundamental change in the way the world was. A revolution. "This would cause chaos to start with, but I think long term it would benefit everyone. We could bring the wizarding world out of the dark ages! If wizards were allowed to integrate openly with muggles, that prejudice born of ignorance would disappear. Wizards could benefit from muggle technology, muggles could benefit from magic. We could change the world for the better! Who's with me?"
And it was working! People were starting to gather in the courtyard. When a small crowd had accumulated, Hayley stood on the steps so she was visible, and began to speak. "You've all seen how anyone different from the magical norm is treated in this school. How muggleborns are bullied, half-goblins and half-giants forced to hide who they are, how squibs are denied even an acknowledgement that they exist. How even the teachers are openly contemptuous of muggles, even when they're not spreading complete misinformation." Hayley spoke loudly and confidently, certain of her ability to make people take notice, to make them think. "The wizarding world is stuck in the past, so distrustful of Muggles that they won't even use normal pen and paper in school. People are ignorant and stubborn and in that ignorance they lash out. This has to change! We can't just lie down and let purebloods walk all over us!"
"The wizarding world needs an upheaval. A major social change to make everybody see that muggles aren't evil, that it's not bad to be different. We need a revolution!" Hayley paused dramatically. "And I know how we should bring it about. It's the wizarding world's separation from muggles that makes people so ignorant, so . . . disconnected. We need to break down that barrier. It's time to let muggles know about magic."
Hayley paused again, a little longer, to let that idea sink in. It was a big concept, she knew, a fundamental change in the way the world was. A revolution. "This would cause chaos to start with, but I think long term it would benefit everyone. We could bring the wizarding world out of the dark ages! If wizards were allowed to integrate openly with muggles, that prejudice born of ignorance would disappear. Wizards could benefit from muggle technology, muggles could benefit from magic. We could change the world for the better! Who's with me?"