It’s taken a long time for
Bucks to recover from the
unexpected tragedies that
rocked the campus after it
was discovered that former
Defense Against the Dark
Arts Professor Terry Quinn
was working for he-whomust-
not-be-named.
Now, only six months since
Dr. James Linksz, Bucks president,
shut down the program,
a new professor yearns
to take Quinn’s place.
Dr. Adriane Foley, a former
CIA operative, has been seen
on campus getting a sense of
the students and determining
the extent of security.
“You can never be too careful,”
said Foley. “I have
already implemented the construction
of a moat around
Tyler Hall. What I want is for
students to gain a constructive
form of self-defense to
the external forces that aim to
harm them. We always have
to be on the lookout.”
Foley was involved in the
capture of Quinn when he
turned on students using the
Imperious Curse to control
their minds and bodies, mostly
those in the house of
Gryffindor. He is now in
high-security lockup in
Azkaban.
Linkz said that the reinstatement
of Defense Against
the Dark Arts classes have
not yet been approved by the
sages on the Board of
Trustees, but added that it is
likely the class will be offered
in the fall semester.
“I don’t see any issues that
will prevent this class from
being reinstated,” he said.
The curriculum is set to
include zombie awareness,
werewolf defense tactics and
herbal remedies to dissuade
vampires, to name a few.
Foley said he has extensive
history in the field of Dark
Arts prevention, but he
refused to comment on
specifics citing CIA regulations.
Linksz, however, said that
Foley’s reputation proceeds
him, and that most of his
accomplishments in the field
are well-known among colleagues.
“Although it is technically
speculation, there are
stories that Foley is responsible,
single-handedly, for the
capture of many dangerous
and harmful creatures such as
Bogarts, dementors and blastended
skrewts.”
Students said they simply
want to avoid a repeat of
recent tragedies.
“I remember Cedric
Diggory’s death,” said student
Harriet Potter. “It was
untimely and horrifying. To
think a Bucks student could
walk into Tyler
Park and never
come out. I [go into
the park] all the
time and I never
think that there’s
something lurking
in the shadows, or
hunting my mortal
being.”
Linksz denies any
threats that could
still exist in the
woods. “It’s just not
going to happen
again.”
Foley has been
seen on campus
dressed as a physical
plant worker
casting charms and
jinxes across campus.
Students can
only wait to see if
the charms and
new class will keep
Bucks’ predators at
bay.