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delilahmalton:

Delilah was conflicted. On one hand, she was absolutely delighted by the attack. She could practically feel the fear that was overwhelming the students and staff. On the other, however, it had been a bit dangerous. Albus, who they needed, had gotten hurt and if he had died, it would have thrown all of their plans for a loop.

She approached Phoenix, glancing around to be sure that they were alone, “That was risky, Phoenix.”

“I agree,” he nodded, looking around to double check for eavesdroppers. “I don’t know how I missed the possibility of him getting hurt, I’m sorry, Beautiful.”

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It had gone perfectly. Too perfectly. Albus had gotten hurt.

It was the day after the attack, and Phoenix had sent for Delilah to meet him on the third floor during lunch, and he was pacing near the staircase waiting for her. He turned around quickly when he heard footsteps.

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Phoenix had been wandering around the Great Hall, checking to see how everyone was doing. As Head Boy, it was his job to make sure no one was taking advantage of the festivities to misbehave. He had just taken away a game of exploding snap when he happened upon Amelia Charlotte Weasley, the “newest addition” to the Weasley swarm. He had gone to school with her for seven years, but he knew he never had a real conversation with her. He figured now would be a good time. Perhaps she would be someone to add to the list of manipulative possibilities.

He grabbed another goblet of pumpkin juice before walking over to sit next to her. “Not a big fan of costumes either, huh, Amelia?” he asked, a charming smirk already on his face.

You’d think Halloween would be right up AC’s alley, but nope. She’d never liked it. Growing up with her Muggle grandparents, they’d tried to make the holiday nice, but they’d never really gotten it and over time it soured the day for her. So the most festive thing she was doing was wearing a green plaid shirt. If anyone asked, she would say she was the Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz.

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delilahmalton:

“Everything would flourish,” she said excitedly, grin covering her face, “The Wizarding World will finally be in peace, and it will be because of us. We’ll be heroes.”

“Heroes?” he corrected. “We’ll be legends. The textbooks will write about us rather than Potter or Granger or any for the red-headed bloodtraitors. It’ll be us.”

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delilahmalton:

She sighed happily at the thought for a moment, letting her thoughts wander, “It will be amazing. No more pretending, no more having to use up our resources for scum like them. Honestly, with them gone, we’d finally be at peace. No more of them to tell us what to do. It’ll be amazing.”

He looked down at her, his smiling widening as he realized she was right. “You truly are brilliant, I never looked at it from an economic standpoint before,” he complemented. “The economy would flourish since the wizarding population would be cut down by at least twenty percent. I only thought about it from a social view. This is why we’re the perfect team.” He kissed the top of her head to punctuate his point.

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delilahmalton:

She smiled and leaned her head onto his shoulders as he wrapped his arms around her, a light and happy laugh leaving her lips, “You’re such a genius,” she whispered into his ear, “We’re going to rid this school, and the Wizarding World of mudbloods once and for all.”

He tilted his head, curious and wondering. “What do you think it will be like? Living in a perfect world?” he asked, swaying them slightly. “Mudbloods exterminated, it’s almost too perfect to imagine, and yet we’re making it happen. Our parents will be so proud.”

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delilahmalton:

Delilah hummed lightly and nodded at those words, smirking a bit wider. She drummed her fingers against her leg, “That could work. I’m sure we could convince her to share whatever she’s writing with us. Oh, this is going to be so much fun!” she giggled lightly and clapped her hands, “I know that we can do it. She’ll be clay in our hands and pretty soon she will do everything that we want her to do.”

He sighed happily at the thought. “Our own minion carrying the next dark lord, my dream’s coming true. Well,” he smirked before wrapping his arms around Delilah. “My second dream.”

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Phoenix bowed slightly. “Thank you sir,” her responded, intentionally neglecting to mention his H-SAM. He tried not to tell any professors about his memory, mainly because he felt they would respect him less. ‘Oh, you can remember everything without trying, you’re not smart, you’re lucky.’ He can’t have them thinking that. “How did our class do on the last exam, Professor?” he asked, genuinely curious about how everyone else did. He knew he got every question right; it was impossible for him not to.

“It does indeed, Carrow. You are relived as soon as we get to your dormitory. I am taking the rest of your route tonight. You have tests to study for while I only need to correct mine.”

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seriouslyjamespotter:

James just raised an eyebrow. “Are you saying that I would purposely sneak out at night? Well Carrow I’m honored you think that of me but I promise you won’t ever see me out of the dorms late again.” Jame’s lazy smirk appeared on his face again. “See I would love to but you’re standing in my way.” James stated reminding Carrow that he had indeed blocked his path.

Phoenix rolled his eyes and sidestepped. “I better not, Potter,” he threatened. “Otherwise you’ll have to deal with far more than a few lousy points.” Phoenix desperately wanted to give him detention or deduct more points, but he had to be fair, even to James. The time would come where he could fuck up the Gryffindor, but he had to be patient.

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delilahmalton:

“Well of course it will,” Delilah smirked now, leaning closer to him with a vicious smile, “That’s why it’s a challenge, and how would we progress if we didn’t take some risks every now and then? It’ll be fun,” she emphasized, before nodding as he spoke, mind running with the possibilities, “We’ll probably need to go a little beyond that. You said she didn’t really have any friends, right? So she’s probably dying for someone to like her. If she thinks we do, it’ll make her that much easier to control. It’ll be hard, but we’ll probably need to actually make her think we like her, rather than pity her. Take some interest in her hobbies, compliment her… Trust me, I do it all the time with the guys around the castle.”

As she leaned onto him, he leaned his head on top of her. He kissed the top of her head before shrugging. “I suppose you’re right, but still. If we weren’t so intent on changing the world for the better, we could make a lot of money as actors.” He rolled his eyes at her comment about boys at school. “You know I’m alright with us being secret and you flirting with other guys, but please don’t give me details. I can’t handle it.” He then racked his perfect memory for every time he saw the filth. He remembered her always having a notebook and a quill in hand. It took him a few seconds with his eyes closed, which Delilah had seen him do for years. It was always helpful in situations like this. “She writes,” he explained. “Not sure what, but she’s always writing. Perhaps she’d be willing to share with us what she’s writing?”

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delilahmalton:

She leaned back against the wall, humming thoughtfully and letting the idea mull around in her thoughts for a few moments, “Well, we’ll obviously have to befriend her,” she said after a moment, nodding, “Get her to trust us, maybe mention the Potter boy a lot. You said that she has a crush on him so we could also start mentioning love potions. Get the idea in her head, maybe you could even brew it and ask her to help you so she’s involved.”

Phoenix scoffed and shook his head. “That’s probably going to be the hardest acting challenge of our lives,” he explained. “Pretending to want to be friends with a fuckin’ mudblood.” He shivered, the idea giving him chills. He then nodded along, agreeing with her. “We should work together on this part as well,” he offered. “I could be stricter with the bullies around her, and you could sit with her at meals when she’s alone. And then eventually the three of us can be together.”

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seriouslyjamespotter:

James knew he was about to loose house points but at this point he really didn’t care, knowing that he’d get it back in Teddy’s or Kingsley’s classes. Besides it was fun to annoy the heck out of Carrow. James pretended to look shock at the points deduction. “10 points but however will Gryffindor win the house cup now?” James asked. In all honesty every other prefect (granted three were family) and professor James was nothing but an angel to but Carrow was a different story. “If your expecting a sorry you can forget it. However I’ll try not to be out late again.” James said knowing that he would once again break curfew. 

“Well, we both know that’s bullshit,” Phoenix responded, losing his cool demeanor for a split second. He took a deep breath, running his hand through his hair in exasperation. Merlin he loathed this guy. He was going to be the first one Phoenix killed when the next dark lord rose. “Just get to the dorms before I deduct more, Potter.”

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delilahmalton:

“Easy to manipulate?” she smirked widely and let out an airy laugh, clapping her hands twice, “Oh, perfect! It’ll be a shame that the new Dark Lord would have such dirty blood, but so did Lord Voldemort, and really I can just see this kid as being the perfect weapon. You’re a genius, Phoenix,” she gushed, leaning in and kissing him briefly before continuing, “Oh, this is going to be wonderful.”

Phoenix beamed, his cold heart thawing at the kiss. She was one of the only things that made him believe the world could be good, since she was so perfect. “I agree, but merlin, it’s going to be difficult,” he chuckled. “How do you think we should go about this? Probably getting the mudblood to think the love potion was her idea, but I’m not sure how to do that. Any ideas, beautiful?”

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seriouslyjamespotter:

“Yes I’m well aware of the crisis. In fact it’s all anyone’s been talking about.” James said with an eyeroll. OK so his detention had been cancelled. But he wasn’t about to give the guy the honor of knowing that James had spent his ‘detention’ doing nothing. “Really? Wow then we should talk to the professor about that make sure they know that to.” Sarcasm dripping from his voice. “Actually I think getting to my dorm room is the best option right now. You know what with student safety and all.”

Phoenix took a deep breath, keeping himself from getting unnecessarily angry. No matter how patient Phoenix was, and he was extremely patient when it came to bullshit like this, something about James always made his blood boil a little hotter. “Well, first, ten points from Gryffindor,” he deducted. “Five for being out late during a crisis, and five for lying to and then proceeding to sass head boy. Do you have anything else to say before you head to your room, Mister Potter?” He honestly wasn’t doing it to spite James; he would’ve done the same thing if it was anyone else, or if he was being disrespectful to a professor or fellow prefect.

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delilahmalton:

“Well, that’s a pretty obvious one,” she grinned widely at his words, leaning forward and beaming from ear to ear, “the Slytherin. He’s the outcast of the family, isn’t he? Less like a Potter, but he still holds the Potter DNA,” her mind was already racing with the possibilities, “I can’t see the other two having anything to do with this.”

“Always the brilliant one,” he complimented, genuinely beaming. The fact that she was getting as excited about this possibility as he was was making him love her even more, which he thought was impossible. “So, the issue is the mother, but I think I’ve found that solution as well. There’s this fifth year snake, Bryony Bartlett. She’s a mudblood, and clearly infatuated with the boy. She also seems to have no friends, from what I’ve seen so far. She’s always alone, and she’s even getting harassed by a few fellow followers in her house. She’s insecure, friendless...” He trailed off, waiting for his genius girlfriend to connect the dots. It would take her less time than him explaining it.