Hogsmeade Hubbub: The Haggis Mystery
By: Beatrix Babbleduck
Last weekend at Hogsmeade, something unusual happened that got everyone at Hogwarts talking. According to my sources, two men, strangers to the students and staff who were present, had an altercation about the Haggi. And it concluded with one made (the cute one in this humble reporter’s opinion) to be arrested by aurors.
So, what happened?
This has been a mystery that I have been working behind the scenes to get the answers to that question for you, my dear reader. And this is what I have uncovered in a form of a bit of a time line.
Last year, around May, the Haggi began to appear around the grounds of our school, slowly invading the gardens and green houses in their quest for food. Professor Ramscraig asked for students’ help to round up as many of these Haggi as they could to be kept in a pen down by the ground keeper’s hut. This is after, during the May Hogsmeade trip, Titania reported seeing a man (I think it was Guildford) with them in the back of a wagon.
So, that brings us to the current day.
Just two weeks ago, Governor Kilian Koslarevic (also known to work in the DRCMC) was spotted during flying class speaking with Ramscraig, Bane and Riley while being around the Haggis cage. It doesn’t take much to assume why he was there. What was exactly said, no one knows, but our sources could only imagine that it was about these mysterious creatures.
This leads us up to last weekend in Hogsmeade. Guildford was seen speaking with a man dressed in all black with a black floppy hat with some sort of animal skull on it(from here on out will be known as the Bone Hat Man). According to my sources, The Bone Hat Man was the typical villain. Dark. Brooding. Threatening. Students were warning each other to stay clear of him or else they might go the way of a former student who hadn’t made wise decisions in the past.
The Bone Hat Man seemed to be waiting for someone and then, he seemed to make his move, approaching Guildford and began to ask him pressing questions. Asking where Guildford had found the haggi, how many had he taken, and if he knew how much those haggi were worth. The Bone hat man then told Guildford that he had two days to pay 100G per haggi taken or else! It seems the Bone Hat guy is part of a much larger ring of animal smuggling that we had no clue about. After this threat was issued the Bone Hat man apperated away leaving Guildford behind and looking shook!
Around this time Professor Ramscraig appeared after being fetched by another student and Guildford began to try to take his leave–pulling away and getting ready to run through the crowd. Now, I’m not completely sure what happened, but I do know that magic was used. According to my sources, they swear they saw our head girl cast the full body-bind curse on Guildford before he could leave. And the DMLE was called, bringing Auror Bonnie to the scene to arrest him and possibly keep Guildford safe in the ministry.
And this is where we stand. One man in jail. A mystery of the haggis and why are they so valuable. And a mysterious man who tried a bit too hard to be dark and broody.
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Author’s note: As I was preparing to submit this write up to the Owl Post I happened to have looked at the Daily Prophet. And what do I see? A headline about Haggis. It seems they aren’t the peaceful plant eating hybrid creatures we thought they were. It seems that after being stroked backwards on its back a fanged haggis bit its owner! Is there more to them than we realize? Only time will tell.
