J.K. Rowling has made a comeback along with the wizard she created years ago.
The author released a new chapter in the Potter saga on Tuesday, continuing the post-Hogwarts lives of the beloved "Harry Potter" characters, according to NY Daily News.
In the story that was on her Pottermore website, J.K. Rowling writes in the voice of Daily Prophet gossip columnist Rita Skeeter.
Skeeter writes that Potter, who is now turning 34, was spotted at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup with a "nasty cut" over his right cheekbone.
"Is the Chosen One embroiled in fresh mysteries that will one day explode upon us all?" asks Skeeter.
The hated columnist, in the distinct, always-entertaining voice of J.K. Rowling, speculates, "Has his wife perhaps cursed him? Are the cracks beginning to show in a union that the Potters are determined to promote as happy?"
Fans of "Harry Potter" can read the 1,500 word piece for free without a Pottermore registration on the official website.
Rowling has been writing original stories about the 2014 Quidditch World Cup Finals for the Pottermore website since March, according to the Boston Herald.
The creator of the "Harry Potter" reportedly wrote her latest story to celebrate the opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's Diagon Alley extension at Universal Orlando.
Below is an excerpt from the story (via the Boston Herald):
About to turn 34, there are a couple of threads of silver in the famous Auror's black hair, but he continues to wear the distinctive round glasses that some might say are better suited to a style-deficient twelve-year-old. The famous lightning scar has company: Potter is sporting a nasty cut over his right cheekbone. Requests for information as to its provenance merely produced the usual response from the Ministry of Magic: 'We do not comment on the top secret work of the Auror department, as we have told you no less than 514 times, Ms. Skeeter.' So what are they hiding? Is the Chosen One embroiled in fresh mysteries that will one day explode upon us all, plunging us into a new age of terror and mayhem?
Or does his injury have a more humble origin, one that Potter is desperate to hide? Has his wife perhaps cursed him? Are cracks beginning to show in a union that the Potters are determined to promote as happy? Should we read anything into the fact that his wife Ginevra has been perfectly happy to leave her husband and children behind in London whilst reporting on this tournament? The jury is out on whether she really had the talent or experience to be sent to the Quidditch World Cup (jury's back in - no!!!) but let's face it, when your last name is Potter, doors open, international sporting bodies bow and scrape, and Daily Prophet editors hand you plum assignments.
