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location : during the welcome feast status : open
“ so , ” the brunette begins , sliding in the space next to the other and plopping herself down as though her and the other had been best buds since they were children . because you see , being rita skeeter meant three things , one - that she had an insatiable curiosity , two - she had no sense of personal space and three - the ridiculous idea that she was somehow privy to everyone’s information . “ did anything exciting happen to you during the break ? not really looking for anything specific but i’d love a nice , fat , substantial story that will a ) break hearts or b ) give nightmares . ” @lumosreblogs
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location : walking to the welcome feast status : open
“ oh merlin ! ” the wood boy exclaimed in hushed voice ( more to himself than anyone really ) hands clutching the top of his head half in agony and half in anxiety . “ a horrible thought had just dawned upon me , ” he mused aloud to the person closest to him , panic clear in his quivering voice . “ what if i forgot to pack my broomstick ? ” he clutched at his chest with such desperation and urgency that one would think he was suffering from some sort of chronic condition -- though the only condition that he seems to be perpetually stuck with was the curse of overthinking everything . “ what then ! i can’t practice with the school ones , they’re absolutely rubbish -- no offense to the brooms but there is absolutely no way to succeed with them ! let alone win the cup ! ” @lumosreblogs
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CHARITY BURBAGE :
her bag is slung halfway off her shoulder , robe tucked in the crook of her arm as she’s just about to join the group of paling first years attached at the hip on the straying staircase when she hears a shrill tone she’s all-too-familiar with . ‘ stupid face ? aye , i’ll take it . not the worst i’ve heard from the likes of ye . ’ while alecto is narrow-eyed and all tetchiness , charity is absolutely gleaming with the sight she’s witnessing . ‘ ‘s that way . ’ she points a finger to the left , then creases her eyebrows and juts a lip in faux confusion , ‘ or it might be that way . ’ now pointing behind her , she offers up a lousy grin . ‘ tell me , when ye get there d’ya reckon slughorn will teach ye a potion that’ll make ye tolerable ? ’
ALECTO CLENCHED HER JAW , everybody looked the same from behind , or on the side rather , and out of everyone she could’ve picked , it had to be charity burbage . a muggle and what’s worse , she was a clever muggle . quick - witted and unafraid , in the carrow girl’s opinion . there was not a worse combination . she stepped to the left , not wanting to spend another second in this interaction but halted just as quickly when charity pointed in the other direction . she gritted her teeth , annoyance bubbling out into a tight - lipped smile . “ oh i dearly hope so ! ” alecto expressed , a tone of fictitious enthusiasm intertwining her words . “ then i can share some with you for that truly awful accent . seriously , how can you listen to yourself talk ! ”
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MARY MACDONALD :
「 𝐟𝐭. 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝. 」
❛ — listen, you have to help me, ❜ mary exclaimed, skidding to a stop in front of the first person she saw in the hogwarts courtyard, her long-lashed dark eyes wide. ❛ — cattermole just dumped his girlfriend, which like, five second rule, right ? he’s totally fair game now, and you know i’m always up for a little rebound fun – and besides, she was cheating on HIM! with griffiths, if you can believe that – i mean, his nose is to DIE for but i never thought he’d make much of a sidepiece, did you ? but anyways, she’s PROPER mad now and i don’t know how to fight so you either need to hide me or teach me how to fight before she finds me, because her nails are way longer than me and she could EASILY claw my eyes out. ❜ // @lumosreblogs
A CARELESS CHUCKLE stumbled through his lips as his hands reached up to grip the other’s shoulders . “ mary , mary , mary ! ” he exclaimed , raising his voice with each call of her name in an attempt to pacify her anxiety . “ let’s all just take a deep breath . but i do agree griffiths has a spectacular nose -- anyway , sorry . right . you . fight ? cattermole’s girlfriend ? i would usually condone such amusing antics , i mean just the thought of you and cattermoles girlfriend going at it with mcgonagall just staring daggers -- ” james couldn’t help but laugh . “ but don’t worry , i’ll protect you . i’m not gonna fight her but i can use my charm and my wits , ” he gave her a wink . “ to reason with her . so you’ve got nothing to worry about my friend . ” james grinned , air of nonchalance quickly disrupted as he misplaced an arm on the wall , causing him to lean just a little too much to the sideways and stumble onto the wall with his cheeks pressed against it . but he quickly recovered and gave the other his most charming grin . “ i was ... i was meant to do that . ”
#[[ what in the heck is this reply ]]#[[ im so sorry ]]#. 𝙹𝙰𝙼𝙴𝚂 𝙿𝙾𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁 › STILL AVOIDING TOMORROW * prose#. ft . mary
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EMMA VANITY:
WHEN SHE HEARD the other speak, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes and answer back. ❝ You know Alecto I’m pretty sure that for just knowing those directions after all the years you have been here any memory will do. It doesn’t even have to be perfect. ❞ Sometimes when she was talking to some of her housemates, she couldn’t help but wonder how she fit in with them.
❝ SADLY IT’S NOT; however, you can’t really blame a girl for hoping you maybe decided to become an actual decent person. You know it’s a new year, might have been a new Alecto. But yeah that’ll probably never really happen. ❞
A LITTLE CHUCKLE escaped her lips , one dripped with such factitious euphoria and smooth malevolence . “ a new alecto ? such wishful thinking isn’t going to get you anywhere emma . ” alecto had known evil long before it became synonymous with her name . her family came from a long line of it and it was inevitable , that alecto would become just like them . merciless , cold , empty , barbaric . forever searching for the joy that seemed to have been purposely cursed to be hidden from them . “ and not to mention completely unnecessary , there is no need for a new alecto . a new emma vanity we could use though . someone with much more gut , someone with much more savagery . someone less of a hufflepuff . ”
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ALICE FORTESCUE :
❝ hm . ❞ the chaser muses , as if she had to think about her answer , free hand tapping against her chin as if she were truly giving the answer some thought . but in all reality , alice knew the answer & it came with a roll of dark eyes . ❝ it’s simple , really , because i use the manners my parents taught me . ❞ it was also accompanied by a gleaming smile , as if daring the younger slytherin to oppose her . ❝ no one here is your house elf , probably should get used to the fact you’re not top dog , sweetheart . ❞ the girl shouldered her satchel , pausing for a moment , barely much of a second to debate whether she should give the girl the wrong directions , but that was a bit far . ❝ if you really want to know , you can follow me . ❞
ALECTO GAVE A DEDICATED roll of her eyes , shoulders slumping as she began to walk behind her -- there was nothing more that the carrow girl hated besides asking for help . and worse , even receiving it from someone she fervently despised . ( perhaps despised is a harsh word , after all the fortesucue girl had never done anything to alecto , but again there was that inherited hate that demanded to be displayed ) -- disliked . “ it’s a ruthless world fortescue , ” alecto sighed an almost dreamy sigh . “ it’s no place for manners and kindness . ” the brunette muttered , slapping out the books of first - year she had walked past . “ it will eat you up . and spit you back out as a remnant of a person . nothing but bones and you will think back to this moment , and say to yourself , alecto carrow was really fucking right . ”
#[[ man alecto is angsty im sorry ]]#[[ and this reply was rubbish im double sorry ]]#. 𝙰𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙾 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚆 › GLORE AND GORE * prose#. ft . alice
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ARTHUR WEASLEY :
「 𝐟𝐭. 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲. 」
arthur’s brow creased momentarily at the mention of the boy’s great great grandmother being put in a painting, but it was quickly forgotten at the mention of rubber ducks. ❛ — rubber ducks! ❜ he echoed, fascinated. ❛ — and what are those? some sort of muggle species of duck ? do muggles have ducks that we don’t ? and do they QUACK too ?❜
A LITTLE LAUGH stumbled from his lips as the wood boy gave a shake of his head , “ mate , their function completely escapes me . but my grandmother has told me that they are non - existent . in the sense that they’re not alive . but they do exist in the sense that they are objects . and that in order for them to make a sound , you have to press on them . she did not exactly elaborate on how to press on them . just ... to press on them . ”
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BENJY FENWICK:
he gave a chuckle at her argument , seeing right through her words and not really caring . he knew what it looked like to argue a losing battle , so why not play into it ? “ i’d pay many , many galleons to see ol’ sluggy on a broom . the finest broomstick in the world can’t take that amount of mass . ” ragging on slug wasn’t anything against the man , he was actually a fine teacher or whatever , but benjy was just a little bitter that his family wasn’t elite enough to warrant an invite to his fancy cult .
“ d’you kiss your mother with that mouth , carrow ? ” he asked , an amused grin dangling off his lips . he was very familiar with the things the slytherin girl and her friends believed . benjy thought it was pretty odd that most of the other students allowed themselves to be treated like that . the ravenclaw boy was different . he wasn’t going to let himself be afraid of their antics . fear was just what they wanted . “ that’s right , you don’t beg . you and your little crew just take whatever you want . ” he rolled his eyes . “ shame you lot toss us halfbloods aside . you might find you actually like me if you just tried . surely i look a lot better than whatever inbred bastard you’ve been betrothed to . ”
ALECTO PRESSED HER LIPS TOGETHER , a poor imitation of a scowl dawning her features , it was the only way she could stop herself from laughing . at the words of the other , the image of their decrepit professor flying around the quidditch pitch had invaded her mind and it was beginning to stir a laugh at the pit of her stomach . “ despite his elephantine nature . i’m sure he is more than capable of flying up on a broom , it just won’t be a broom that you and your muggle money will be able to afford . ” the burunette expressed , a feigned sigh of sympathy falling from her lips .
bloody hell ! the fenwick boy’s grin infuriated alecto -- the only reason being of course , was because she did not know whether she wanted to slap it off or kiss it off . like a bug beneath her feet , she trampled on the thought of the latter and stomped until it was completely obliterated -- merlin , forbid that she , alecto carrow , part of the great and pure carrow dynasty , would be caught locking lips with him , benjy fenwick , a ravenclaw halfblood . “ there’s nothing wrong with taking what you want . it takes bravery and a backbone . both of which you lack . ” his comments caused a smirk to slide across her lips , and her chin to tilt just the slightest , creating a picture of both triumph and mystification . “ hmm. ” a bemused hum escaped her lips . “ you sound just a tad bit jealous fenwick . only right for you to but such realities can merely exist as figments in your imagination . just because you look better doesn’t mean you are better . you are just a pathetic halfblood after all . ” alecto didn’t mean it . not truly , at least . halfbloods or muggle - borns for that matter , have never done anything to her . but such beliefs had been ingrained in her mind since childhood . and as the saying goes , you can’t teach an old dog new tricks .
#[[ GAH THIS GOT LONG I APOLOGISE ]]#. 𝙰𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙾 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚆 › GLORE AND GORE * prose#. ft . benjy#lhq: alecto carrow
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FRANK LONGBOTTOM :
“HONESTLY, WOOD, you’re a bloody good chaser and i’d hate to sabotage our chances right as the year starts by giving you a detention.” frank pauses then, head canted to the side, coffee mug halfway to his lips, before he speaks again, incredulous. “I, wh––– were you just… were you just asking for a punishment? is that why you… came here?” he sets down the mug and leans closer, brows knit. “….why ARE you down here?”
CONFUSION SPLATTERED ACROSS HIS FEATURES as he reached up to scratch his head , a little baffled at the question himself . “ no , no -- i’m not asking for permission. i’m merely meant that had you chosen to give me a punishment it wouldn’t be quidditch - centred . and i’m here for ... the scottish shortbread . ” the woodboy admitted rather timidly , a small blush creeping up his cheeks . “ i was feeling ... a little homesick i guess . ” an awkward laugh falls from his lips . “ i’m sorry . it won’t happen again ! i already sent a letter to mum to deliver some more so ..”
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MARLENE MCKINNON :
“god would you relax already?” marlene glances over her shoulder, wicked grin on full display. she felt bad now, but at this point in her plan to nab a book from the restricted section there was no going back or they would definitely get caught. “i’ll take the fall if it makes you feel better. we can just say i threatened you and you were forced to be here.. i am the one with the book in my hand.” she tacks on the last part as she slides out the book on dark arts that she had been looking for.
“ MERLIN ! IM SORRY that i have a properly functioning sense of danger ! ” cal exclaimed fervidly , despite delivering it in the lowest volume possible . “ unlike you it seems . honestly , what is going with gryffindors being so heedless ! this is not bravery , this is utter stupidity . no offense . i’m sorry ... but you know we can get expelled for this ! ” the wood boy rambled on , the abnormal palpitations in his heart almost loud enough to echo around the library’s walls . he scanned the room before continuing on , “ why do you want a book on the .. ” he brought his voice down to an even lower decibel . “ ... dark arts .. ” before returning it to the usual , only slightly louder , panicked voice he was so well equipped with , “ especially , with everything that’s going on ! ”
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MOLLY PREWETT:
molly looked up from her bag, face scrunching up in gentle disgust when she realized that alecto had just singled her out. her lips turned up at the corners, dropping her bag back to her side after deciding that whatever quill she was searching for could be left for later. “that’s a bit of a fresh question coming from someone who’s been here for a few years.” she teases, knowing it would only push the other’s buttons. “you know if you typically want things from people you ask them nicely and not call them things like ‘idiot with the stupid face’, right?”
ALECTO PRETENDED TO PONDER the other’s words , even tilting her head up and stroking her chin to deliver an accurate portrayal before all emotion left her face till all the remained was an ominous smirk . “ no . “ she gave a lazy half - shrug of her shoulder . “ usually i just bend their itty - bitty pinky back till they tell me what i want . ” the carrow girl said and with such frightening nonchalance that only stemmed from the those truly villainous . and though she had personally implemented the technique before ( usually a stare and few words did the trick ) , her reputation was enough to solidify the lie . “ say , you’ve got a nice pair of pinkies don’t you prewett ? shame for them to be broken on the first day of the school year . ” a wicked grin slipped across her lips , a picture of complete indifference despite the arrhytmic thumping in her chest and the words , please just tell me where the potions room is , echoing around the convolutions of her mind .
#. 𝙰𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙾 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚆 › GLORE AND GORE * prose#. ft . molly#[[ uhhhh yeah .... she mean ]]#lhq: alecto carrow
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ALICE FORTESCUE:
alice was a helpful girl , or at least she tried to be most of the time . ( a few unlucky third years caught her just a tad , how would you say , zooted , once , wasn’t so helpful . ) but for alice , a little decorum is always nice & well , she shouldn’t be surprised that a slytherin like one half of the carrows , didn’t seem to have any as she shouted across the busy corridor . ❝ i always thought slytherin prided themselves on their upbringin’ , you however , carrow , were obviously dragged behind wild horses . ❞ the seventh year muttered , only just loud enough to be heard , she had patience like any other hufflepuff however her tolerance for rudeness ran low . ❝ a please wouldn’t hurt you . you’re the one who needs the help , should remember that . ❞
ALECTO THREW HER HEAD BACK as a groan of annoyance escaped her lips , as though all will to live left her body , her shoulders dropped and her arms hung loosely by her side , even her books inched slightly closer to the floor as her grasp around their spine loosened . “ merlin ! how are you not hexed every single hour ? ” alecto retorted , viewing the other’s lecture and ( seemingly ) condescending nature as a threat to her carefully built reputation of having very little regard for anyone but herself -- and though alice did have good points ( she did have a rather irksome childhood , cruel parents , inheriting their emotional instability , self - imposed isolation , the whole lot ) and she was still in a complete state of amnesia in terms of remembering the location of slughorn’s classroom , but people were watching and she needed to give them a good show . “ in all seriousness , fortescue , how in the bloody hell have you survived this long ! ”
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BENJY FENWICK:
ah, the start of a new term. there was nothing quite like watching harassed-looking first years struggle along the corridors, parchments and quills falling out of their bag as they went . personally , benjy found it quite amusing , watching those without the fortune of his own eidetic memory slag along without aim . he was perched up against a wall taking the scene in with a grin when he heard a familiar voice call out to him from the crowd .
he quirked his eyebrow at alecto’s comment , giving her a distasteful look up and down before settling on her ( seemingly ) agitated face . “ you’re brave to be calling someone an idiot , mate , you’ve been here for years and can’t seem to remember where the potions dungeon is . ” he said , a slightly smug smirk rising on his lips . yeah , he knows who the carrow girl is . but one thing benjy knows for sure is he isn’t afraid of any slytherin , no matter who they are . “ but if you must know , it would be in the dungeons . down past the corridor to the left . maybe next time , though , you might try saying please ? you might not encounter someone as nice as me every time you go asking round . ”
THE OTHER’S WORDS despite being slightly amusing and enough to threaten a smile to slip across her lips , alecto returned only with a scoff and dedicated roll of her eyes . “ well , i was being pragmatic . you know how fickle that old man is -- he could’ve been feeling adventurous for the year and decided to do potions class on our brooms ! who knows whats going in that old geezer’s head ! ” she delivered her argument with such vigour and such zeal that one would think she truly did believe in the stance she was taking . when in reality , alecto really did just have a terribly awful memory and she knew , as most probably every student that he taught , that professor horace slughorn was as traditional as traditional can get . but , she would rather advocate for lies than admit defear to a ravenclaw -- merlin knows how smug they get when they get something right ( though she was generalising and in fact , had very little contact with ravenclaws ) . “ oh merlin ! i’d rather be hexed than beg . and to what , a mere halfblood or even worse a filthy mudblood . ”
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MARLENE MCKINNON :
she stood at the front of the great hall, waiting, thinking, planning how she wanted to go about grabbing enough food for lunch and dinner so she could avoid having to leave her study session in her dorm. out of the corner of her eye she saw someone walk up beside her, likely scanning for a different reason than her. “so i’m thinking sweets first, so they’re on the bottom, then i can just have my sandwich at the top and eat it while i head back to the tower, yeah?” / @lumosreblogs
EVER THE OBSERVANT , daisy spotted marlene long before she was addressed . and as usual , curiosity being the principal impetus for her actions , she walked up the entrance of the great hall , looking out to see what had interest the mckinnon girl so much . and as though in a play and on queue , marlene spoke and daisy only giggled . “ i think it’s a great idea . eating while moving around can help food exit the stomach more quickly , further lowering the likelihood of reflux and heartburn . ” daisy informed the other , as though the facts were ingrained into her brain ( when in reality she had only read about it just yesterday in a letter from her sister ) . “ but the question remains , why don’t you just eat here ? ”
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MARLENE MCKINNON :
she stood at the front of the great hall, waiting, thinking, planning how she wanted to go about grabbing enough food for lunch and dinner so she could avoid having to leave her study session in her dorm. out of the corner of her eye she saw someone walk up beside her, likely scanning for a different reason than her. “so i’m thinking sweets first, so they’re on the bottom, then i can just have my sandwich at the top and eat it while i head back to the tower, yeah?” / @lumosreblogs
GAZE FOCUSED , MIND OCCUPIED , there was nothing that could faze the dolohov boy in that moment , on his journey to the great hall . he was starving . he had been slept in , missed breakfast , got held back in astronomy and already , most - likely missed half of lunch and thus , the half of the food . and antonin’s never been greedy about food , no merlin , there was so many better things to expend his greed on ( namely , power , knowledge , strength ) but today , just today , he wanted food more than anything . and when he was stopped by what looked like a gryffindor , he couldn’t help but scowl . “ i’m sorry , i don’t really give a shit . no scratch that , i’m not sorry . but the latter part of the statement was very true . i truly don’t give a shit . ”
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EMMA VANITY:
IF THERE WAS one thing that Emma loved about Hogwarts, it had to be the number of people in it. For some reason, she just liked to be in bigger groups. Usually, there was always at least one person to talk to. And if she was lucky that person could even be someone she actually enjoyed talking to. And that was precisely what she was doing right now. At least until she was distracted by a loud voice. And it didn’t take long for her to match the voice to her housemate. Who was currently nearly shouting to what seemed to be a pretty scared second or third year.
❝ IT’S IN THE DUNGEONS, you know the place that also has the entrance to our common room. I’m pretty sure we even have to walk past the door to enter it. Maybe you can ask it a little nicer next time this poor kid almost looks like he’s either about to cry, run away or possibly even both. ❞
A GROAN OF ANNOYANCE slips past cherry lips at the familar voice of emma vanity reached her ears . alecto gave the second - year one last glare before turning around to face the blonde . “ i’m sorry we can’t all have perfect memory like you emma , ” the carrow girl retorted , enunciating her name and narrowing her eyes . “ really ? you’re gonna lecture me about being nice ? ” she scoffs , a smirk playing on her lips , “ it’s like you’ve completely who i am , maybe your memory’s a tad bit flawed too . ” she says condescendingly as she gives her house mate a pat on the head . it was no doubt , that around wizardkind , alecto carrow’s name was synonymous with malice , bitterness , evil and every other word for bad . there was no turning back now , this is what the world had moulded her into . it demanded from her hate and so hate she will give .
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