Chapter 57.3- Doom Days

“The Roman punishment for traitors?” She asked, as she began to see it.

“Yes, but one in particular. It is a depiction of the crucifixion of Christ from the Bible.”

“Oh” She realised. Her father might have been a muggleborn but with both his parents dead and him being an inly child, he never had much exposure to the muggle world these days. He spent all his time at work or at home, and being a wizard, he didn’t care much for his Parent’s christian beliefs.

“Indeed”

“Does this mean the perpetrator is a muggleborn?” She asked. That was the next logical thing, after all.

“The Knights of Walpurgis, before they went by the name you know them by today, the Death Eaters, used similar displays. Most suspect it was motivated by a certain muggleborn witch, Agatha Hark, who had tried to spread Christianity throughout her time at Hogwarts and for decades after she left it, until she was ultimately murdered in her home by the Knights themselves.”

“A witch tried to spread muggle religion in Hogwarts?” She asked, near chortling.

“I don’t think that should be your main takeaway, Nymphadora.” She bristled at the use of her first name. At least until Mad-eye sent her a warning look.

“Right the main takeaway is that this is the work of the Death Eaters. Explains the Dark Mark and all”

“No, your main takeaway should be that Voldemort has returned. This was him”

“We can’t really claim that without evidence can we? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. And you can’t jut say that the Greatest Dark Lord the world has even seen is back without more than your word to go by” She said, giving him much the same argument she’d heard her father give her mum when she’d suggested upgrading their wards when the news articles started coming out.

“Sadly, Tom is much too smart to leave us extraordinary evidence to point to. All we can do is watch and notice the signs. And the signs point to something wicked on its way.”

“The signs could point to a million other things. These people. The fact that they were killed like this doesn’t mean anything. It means there’s a Death Eater out there, or someone obsessed with the way they used to do things. But we get copycat killers all the time. It could just be a sick fan. These are the family of the Boy Who Lived. There’s no shortage of people out there who would want to kill them” She explained.