A quiet and dangerous mind
When the lead character sets the tone of the story in a deceptively calm manner. They're dangerous certainly, but only when provoked, usually as a constant subtle threat.
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Three summers now by Tatrin for glidinglicense
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
24 Dec 2020
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After Zhongli was done with his negotiation with La Signora and handed his Geo Gnosis, Aether proposed his own negotiation for her to return the Anemo Gnosis.
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Naruto is not the only Academy graduate without clan heritage, but he is the only ninja in years to graduate without any talent. His generation is filled with geniuses and everyone is convinced Naruto does not stand a chance keeping up with them. If he wants to be Hokage, and he does, he will just have to train a dozen times harder than everyone else.
This story got inspired by an observation that, for a story supposedly about born-a-genius Sasuke versus hard-work Naruto, Sasuke sure trains hard and Naruto is born with a lot of advantages. So, here’s a rewrite of canon where Naruto is born with only disadvantages and he becomes the best ninja that has ever lived through stubborn hard work. Most ninja are blessed with ‘talent’ from spirit animals who will eventually become their summons, and greatly decrease the amount of effort it takes for them to learn new skills. Naruto is cursed instead.
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“But it was so meaningful! So romantic! So loving!”
“It was so inappropriate.” Mizuke rubbed the bridge of his nose. “I can understand your Henge fooling me into thinking you’re an adult when I’m drunk, but how did the doorman, the barman and every single ninja in that bar get fooled too?”
“There’s a reason it’s my specialty.” Naruto grinned.
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Ebisu looked over all the notes. “I might have overdone it. This looks like it’s close to a year of material.”
Naruto made a widely different estimate. “Thank you for all the help.”
4 N henged as Hokage to trick K. “You disappoint me boy.” + HYUUGA SEAL LORE IS 1000% WORSE
5 [N had his first ‘talk’ with Kyuubi and of course his first reaction to ‘we don’t speak the same language’ is to decide he’ll just have to learn another language then.]
T7 decrypting work + secret message about Kushina
6 N+Itachi's speciality is Henge
7 T7 discrimination resolved 🥺 Inari
N: That’s easy. I’m taking out the ever-growing shit list and I’m visiting every single one of them. There will be much mocking and rubbing into people’s faces. There will be some getting back at them with Hokage powers, if they did something bad enough.
S: And after that?
N: Live happily.
8 Haku take over w Gato Henge
9 Fox henge + Princess Elia
10 Henged an eye in his hair to cheat + Team Gai giving up 🥺
11 Asuma's politicking + metal!Kyuubi (lore why he became so corrupted) + Konoha staged enemy ambush to test by impersonating Oro, but the real Oro knew and stabbed Asuma. N henged into Hound to get ANBU mindset. Oro knows Kurama's name and sealed N before sealing SU and SH.
13 Minato the cat's called 'Natto' + He had timed his visit to just after the Hokage had eaten, which is when he was least eager to go back to work and most craving a diversion.
14 Wind 🥰 Akemaru
N to Jiraiya: "I have enough teachers already. What I would like is another friend.”
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Ino: If you can’t make someone cry within twenty words, you have no business calling yourself a ninja.
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SH ceremony
15 N Henged into jiji, natsu, iruka, kakashi, SU, SH, kmaru, inari and temari as homage to his "teachers" + Hinata used the seal on Neji
“You’re saying you deserve to win because you’re forbidden from quitting, while I could?”
“Frankly, yes,” Hinata said.
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Henge as Hanabi: It's a friendly competition! You can’t even fight here with your own strength, how will you ever lead the clan?! If there’s ever a war, will you just rob every Hyuuga of their souls until it’s over?
16 Absolute pay-off 🤌 N+G demon language to bluff Kabuto
17 Everything good but Hanabi+house+Jiji
18 Naruto grinned at Sasuke. “Of course, there’s one more option. Find a husband."
19 Pottery + friends again!
20 Kiss
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“What’s the hurry, Itachi?” Kakashi said. “Don’t you want to play?”
“Never with you, sempai.” Itachi said. “You never play fair.”
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“I’d be helping a friend. And years from now we’ll have fallen in love with other people and we’ll laugh and reminisce with our unofficial partners about those spectacular failures of us trying to be more than friends. While countless Uchiha children line the streets. You’ll guide the ones with talent and I’ll guide those without. And when you are ready to pass on the title of clan leader, we can divorce and marry the people we really love.”
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"The Academy teachers wouldn’t explain. So I went straight to the source of all knowledge, ‘The Professor’ by all of the village, and bribed my way into answers with food and games."
"You had plans for when you were Hokage.”
“Tons.” Naruto smiled. “All far too revolutionary for someone who doesn’t want to rock the boat.”
“I’d still like to hear them. You’ll need to learn how to sell these ideas. Visit me weekly. We'll play."
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The written voice of a mother he had never heard before.
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“My third request is that you do not harm any human and it is conditional for the third thing I can offer you. I will champion for your freedom after my death. I will argue against Konoha so that my body will be the last that imprisons you.”
“I will promise to protect your four closest friends if I am released in their presence with as much enthusiasm and priority as you give to protecting the points of coalescence. I will promise to refrain from harming any Konoha citizen depending on the degree that you can return my body to its original shape. Your last promise will take too long. But I am interested. I will promise not to harm a single human except in self-defence, so long as you release me willingly and without trickery on your 40th birthday.”
27 Always running into each other 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
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Zoro is drenched in sweat already, but at least with his haki holding Luffy’s at bay he isn’t suffocating. And Luffy, damn him, looks completely unruffled.
“Is it fun yet?” He asks.
No, none of this is fucking fun. Zoro feels sick to his stomach and he wants to sink his teeth into Luffy’s neck.
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Chopper’s already wet eyes threaten to overflow. “What I’m imagining, if I let you through this door, is how I am going to have to piece together my captain and my big brother.”
“Fuck, come on,” Zoro says, exhaling angrily. “Don’t pull the brother card on me, that’s hardly fair.”
“I will!” Chopper protests. “I’ll cheat and I’ll trick and I’ll get as dirty as I have to in order to keep you alive, because I am this ship’s doctor and a filthy pirate, and I love you too much to let you do this.”
And then, because apparently he’s gone stupid from stress, “I love you.”
“Hee hee.” Chopper’s smile feels real now even if Zoro wants to shove himself in a trash compactor from the cringe of it all.
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He had to deal with this prickling irritation on the back of his neck, alerting him danger, holy fuck danger with neon flashing arrows pointing at Luffy.
As if Zoro didn’t know how dangerous Luffy was.
Zoro would strangle him to death if he wasn’t, like, Zoro’s whole world.
Zoro is Luffy’s. He has always been Luffy’s weapon to wield. Back when they began in a glorified fishing boat, he had grudgingly attuned himself to Luffy’s breath and heartbeat so he would know when Luffy had gone too quiet and was planning something stupid. Or if his presence was gone completely and therefore almost certainly sinking like a rock in the ocean.
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He curls his toes in his boots in an effort to stay in place.
“Zoro is mutinying?” Luffy asks, still not looking at him.
Right thing to say. Zoro is suddenly so mad he can’t see straight. “Do you really, seriously, for a second think that’s what this is about?” He spits with such venom it takes him by surprise.
“Sorry,” Luffy says. “No, I don’t.”
He finally turns to look at Zoro. And when Zoro meets Luffy’s eyes, he sees the same thoughts and desires that have been haunting him reflected in his captain’s eyes. Only Luffy isn’t tormented. He is resolute, curious, excited even. “I shouldn’t joke like that when Zoro has suffered.”
Zoro closes his eye.
The acknowledgement untangles a couple of the knots in Zoro’s chest. Luffy knew, after all. He understood. A part of Zoro had feared Luffy somehow wouldn’t know, and that he would be hurt by Zoro’s challenge. Betrayed, as Zoro feels he is betraying Luffy.
When he opens his eye Luffy is still looking at him, holding Zoro in place as if Zoro was cupped in his hands. And once he has Zoro’s full attention, he lets his eyes drift up and down Zoro’s body, taking in every detail of his swordsman like he had not since they woke up victorious.
This—this is different. Zoro goes stupidly hot, almost embarrassed by Luffy’s scrutiny.
“Zoro got so much stronger since I took my eyes off him,” Luffy says. “I shouldn’t have looked away.”
This isn’t right. Why now, why Luffy— “Don’t look at me like that. I’m not here to be scrutinized.”
Luffy’s eyes return to his sharply. “You would deny me?”
Holy shit. Zoro’s heart thuds, but there is a command in Luffy’s voice, a demand. His skin breaks out in goosebumps and the beast inside Zoro lashes its tail. It occurs to him, suddenly, that the battle has already begun.
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“You’re so territorial,” Zoro says. He’s poking around the ship with his haki only to have Luffy mentally snap at him to back off. That’s his kitchen. His infirmary. His rudder. His (their) nakama.
“Zoro,” Luffy says, “is mine.”
He curls his lip in a snarl. “Zoro gave everything to me. That’s good; Zoro is strong. But that’s not what I was promised. I was promised the world’s strongest swordsman. And to keep his promise, Zoro will become king. Your heart told me.”
Zoro kisses Luffy bruisingly hard. When he lets go, fire licking at his heart, Luffy looks down on him with the condescension of a conqueror. Like an emperor. Oh fuck. Zoro’s stomach swoops at his daring.
Zoro thinks about Luffy when he’s supposed to be meditating and he slips into a memory of Luffy’s cute scrunchy nose, or his collarbones when he wore tank tops, or his stupidly strong chicken legs. Or his ass. Or having Luffy smiling and laughing over Zoro, twining their fingers in the hands Luffy is holding over Zoro’s head. Luffy whispering praises in Zoro’s ear before he leans down to lick and bite at the scars on Zoro’s chest.
“Ah.”
Zoro could kill himself. “Don’t. Don’t pay attention to any of that.” He doesn’t know how much Luffy got through their mingled haki, but he got enough to stop protesting.
He says so, but he can tell Luffy is both a little embarrassed and a little flattered.
“I don’t really get it but...Zoro loves me a lot.” Luffy wiggles his toes and doesn’t look Zoro in the eye. “I like that.”
Zoro rolls his eye. “Obviously. Lemme kiss you.”
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Harry Potter and the Death Eater Menace by TheSinister_Man
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
24 Jul 2021
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After surviving the Chamber of Secrets and discovering the truth about Gilderoy Lockhart, Harry Potter returns for his Third Year and his continued pursuit of the Prince's Throne. But Hogwarts and Wizarding Britain are thrown into chaos by the escape of not just Sirius Black, but most of Voldemort's Inner Circle from Azkaban Prison. Meanwhile, Harry's efforts to reconcile with his twin brother and his parents are threatened by the machinations of Peter Pettigrew while other enemies lurk in the shadows. How will Harry Potter over come the Death Eater Menace?
NOTE: This work was re-uploaded in July of 2021 after deletion due to an unintentional breach of TOS (since corrected). I apologize for any formatting errors.
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"Instead of arguing, why don't we put it to a vote? Everyone who wants to hold off on destroying the Cup for whatever reason, raise your hand." Neville, Bella, Sirius, Regulus, and Buck all held up their hands. Harry nodded.
"Okay, now raise your hand if you want to destroy the Cup now, this very second." Snape, Rufus, Lucius, and Augusta all raised their hands.
"Gran!" Neville exclaimed as if betrayed.
"I'm sorry, Neville," Augusta said contritely, "but the risk is too great. Your parents were targeted by You-Know-Who because they had declared themselves to be his enemy. Frank would never forgive me if I hesitated to destroy a piece of his dark soul, even for a chance to heal both him and your mother."
"What about you, Harry?" Regulus asked. "Right now, it's 5-4 in favor of holding off. Either you vote with us and make it 6-4, or you vote to destroy it and we're tied."
Lucius snorted. "Shall we send someone for young Master Flint to cast a tie-breaker?"
"No," Harry said. "That won't be necessary."
Suddenly, before anyone could react, he shoved Regulus aside, nearly knocking him to the floor. Then, in a flash, he snatched up the Basilisk fang and plunged it into the Cup. Instantly, a deafening scream of pain and fury blasted out of the cursed chalice, followed by a billowing black cloud that rose up to cover the ceiling over the table. Bellatrix screamed and clutched her hands over her ears to block out the noise. Neville, Buck, and the Black brothers were also deeply affected, though not to such extremes. The other wizards present, though frightened, still had the wit to point their wands at the cloud even as angry red eyes appeared in the heart of it to glare at the room. But before anyone could cast a single spell, the malevolent scream faded away and the cloud dissolved, the blood-red eyes simply fading away.
"Bloody hell," Regulus muttered shakily as Snape rushed to a quivering Sirius to force a Calming Draught down his throat.
"Harry!" Neville cried out reproachfully. "How could you! You were the one who wanted a vote in the first place!"
"Yes," Harry answered without taking his eyes off the melted hunk of slag that had been the fabled Cup of Helga Hufflepuff. "And the results of that vote were as follows: Everyone in the room who has strong Occlumency defenses wanted to destroy the horcrux immediately, while everyone who didn't was making excuses for keeping it around indefinitely until we could figure out how to use it."
A chill descended over the room as the five who'd voted to keep the Cup intact realized to their horror the subtlety of the horcrux's manipulation. Buck let out a low whistle.
"Well," he said. "That's bloody creepy, that is."
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Harry leaned forward in his chair. "Here's my counter-offer: Eleven million!"
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"Today, you came to us, warned us of the Prophecy you had heard, and disclaimed the role of Prince, a position for which you have worked diligently since the moment you became aware of it. You sacrificed your ambitions for the Greater Good. Not the facile Greater Good of weak pretenders who mouth those words only as a way to rationalize their own misdeeds. The true Greater Good only comes from the sacrifice of self for the benefit of all. The highest purpose of the Prince of Slytherin is to subordinate one's own goals and desires to the betterment of both this House and this World. And by seeking to withdraw your claim to this office for selfless reasons, you only proved your fitness for it. I find you worthy."
Harry stared at the Throne, dumbfounded. "I … I withdrew my name because there's a Prophecy saying that THE WHOLE WORLD MIGHT BE DESTROYED IF I BECOME PRINCE!"
"We are aware of this," Rajah said casually, as if the matter were a minor inconvenience. "We recommend you make averting this Prophecy and saving the world from destruction an important priority for your administration. The Throne is yours … Prince Harry Potter."
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"Is Mr. Black correct, Court Reporter?"
"Huh?! Oh! So sorry. Um … yes. The Book now recognizes the young man as Hadrian Remus Black Lord Wilkes."
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Harry Potter and The Secret Enemy by TheSinister_Man
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
29 Aug 2018
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Harry Potter returns to school after a first year filled with peril, brotherly battles and a changing world. Conflict follows from school to Privet Drive and back to school, where an altogether too mysterious man of fame and fortune is their new Defence teacher - and it only becomes worse when the Petrifications start.
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PS. The Dursleys raised Harry properly ... for a few months. Then, they went STARK RAVING NUTS, became convinced that Harry was some sort of demon-child. Also: What if Dumbledore was right? What if telling an already traumatized 11-year-old child that he has to be the one to kill Voldemort and no one else can do it is a terrible idea? Thus, Jim Potter, who learned nearly all of the Prophecy in the last chapter of Year One, has basically gone all Bruce Wayne and decided that he shall train like mad until he is a match for Voldemort. The problem, of course, is that, unlike Bruce Wayne, Jim's not the protagonist :)
"You and I are as free as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Harry Potter. But if you read Genesis closely, you will note that it never says how much time passed between the moment God forbade them and the moment they defied. Was it a day? A month? A hundred years? However long it was, the Forbidden Tree was always there, waiting for them patiently. So it is with True Prophecies."
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He'd been expecting conventional fears – monsters, wild animals, things like that. It had left him deeply uncomfortable to realize that over half the people in Harry's study group had boggart-fears manifesting as family members or which were otherwise related to generally traumatic childhoods. He'd never fully grasped just how ... sheltered his upbringing had been.
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"I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I WISH YOU'D STAYED WITH THE DURSLEYS AND DIED THERE!"
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"But you, Harry? For someone who was actively prevented from getting a good primary education, you're awfully well-spoken."
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"But then, of course, you already knew that, didn't you, Chief Auror Scrimgeour? You know perfectly well that Jim's innocent and that someone's framing him. But you also dislike our father, and pretending that Jim's a viable suspect allows you to jerk James Potter around a bit."
There was dead silence in the room for several seconds. James looked back and forth from Harry to Scrimgeour as if he couldn't decide which one to be angry with. Finally, the Chief Auror laughed loudly and slapped his knee. "Tell me, Mr. Potter. Have you considered the Auror Academy yourself? We need more clever people in the service. There's about to be a shortage of that, I think."
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Harry Potter was suddenly amazed to realize that he'd taken down five older students singlehandedly in less than three seconds. He looked down at his wand in wonder, while behind him, Ginny and Amy just stared slackjawed. Jim was equally astonished.
"What ... you ... what ... HOW?!" Jim babbled.
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"IT'S AN ANAGRAM?" Jim actually jumped at the force of Harry's exclamation. "I just thought is was bad French! But do you mean to tell me that the Great and Terrible Lord Voldemort got his name from an anagram when he was a teenager?! What happened? Did you get bored in History of Magic and say to yourself 'I swear, if Binns talks about Goblin Wars one more time, I'll go mad and become a genocidal Dark Lord!' I've got even less respect for Tom Riddle and Voldemort both than I had before I came down here!"
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"Sssspeak to me...!"
"SILENCIO!"
Instantly, Tom Riddle whirled around in a rage.
"Oh. Ooooooh! Of course! I see it now!" Harry started pacing excitedly. "You're not Voldemort's diary! You're Voldemort's first draft! His prototype!"
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Harry looked him squarely in the eyes, dropped all of his Occlumency defenses, and thought as clearly as he could "Please, let me handle this." Dumbledore's face remained impassive, but on the other side of him, Scrimgeour suddenly turned to look towards Harry and then tilted his head slightly.
"It seems to me that House Malfoy and House Weasley have a mutual enemy here."
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Scrimgeour sipped. "Do you think the boy has any idea that he's a natural Legilimens?"
Dumbledore coughed delicately. "I very much doubt it."
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"It was a horcrux?" Harry asked in clarification. Both men turned to look at him as if he'd just sprouted horns.
"As I believe I mentioned, Harry Potter," Regulus said after a long pause, "you are dangerously well-informed. How in the name of Morgana's lacy underthings did you ever learn that word?!"
Harry shrugged. "Actually, I picked it up less than an hour ago from Rufus Scrimgeour. The diary was another one."
"Imago ... Dei?" Lucius said weakly.
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"What mindset is required to keep a horcrux?"
"An absolute certainty that out of the entire human race, your life is the only one with any value."
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Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin by TheSinister_Man
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
28 Aug 2018
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Harry Potter was Sorted into Slytherin after a crappy childhood. His brother Jim is believed to be the BWL. Think you know this story? Think again. Year Three (Harry Potter and the Death Eater Menace) starts on 9/1/16. NO romantic pairings prior to Fourth Year. Basically good Dumbledore and Weasleys. Limited bashing (mainly of James).
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Until I started primary school at the age of six, I literally thought my name was 'freak' because that's what everyone called me. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia had to sit me down the night before primary school started and explain that other people would call me Harry Potter."
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"Oh, I'm sorry, Potter," she said sweetly. "I'm only a humble Muggleborn still in awe of the wonders of the magical world. And when I see a braying ass magically disguised as a Hogwarts student, I CAN'T HELP POINTING IT OUT!"
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He still kept practicing with the holster for several minutes each day though ... for this exact moment.
Harry flicked his wrist down, and his wand shot out of his holster with a soft "snikt"and landed in the palm of his hand. Instantly, he snapped it back up directly into Malfoy's face, nearly touching the tip of his nose. The entire maneuver had taken half a second.
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McGonagall closed her eyes and hissed. "A highly intelligent boy, abused by his relatives and likely threatened with worse if he ever showed up their slow-witted son academically. It's a miracle he never blew up his home or school with accidental magic. Is there anything else to discuss? If not, I should like to return to my quarters," she looked over at James with an icy expression, "and brood over my failures as a teacher." Potter's ears turned red at the rebuke.
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Snape had never before encountered someone who outwardly wore a masque of calm tranquility while screaming hysterically on the inside.
"OH GOD! VOLDEMORT IS PROBABLY STARING AT US OUT OF THE BACK OF QUIRRELL'S HEAD LIKE AN EVIL PUSTULE OF DOOM AND ALSO JIM AND I LOOK ALIKE AND VOLDEMORT'S AN EVIL INSANE MORON WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL US APART AND ...!"
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"I am sorry, Marcus. I was a bit unclear. I said I had something to say that would prove my worthiness as a Slytherin. I never meant to imply that I would be speaking to any of you."
And then ... Harry Potter HISSED!
The other four had barely a fraction of a second to process the fact that "Harry Potter, Heir to House Potter and Brother of the Boy-Who-Lived is a bloody Parselmouth!" when they were all startled by the movement and sounds which erupted all around them.
"As I said, there's not one at the moment. To become the Prince, you have to be a student who's gained the approval of all seven of the serpents who comprise the Hydra Throne, each of whom represents a different characteristic that the Founder considered important for his students." Harry pointed up at the basilisk looming over him. "The big guy, Rajah, represents ambition, although he prefers to think of it as 'vision.' For him, it's not enough to be personally ambitious, like wanting to get rich or famous. You need an ambition to shape the whole world to your will in some way. To Rajah's right is the python, Jormangand, named after the snake that encircled the world. He represents political acumen and the ability to form winning coalitions. For example, he is very supportive of my membership in an inter-house study group but is otherwise appalled at how insular the rest of the House has become over the last few decades. To Rajah's left is Ka the Cobra, who represents the Slytherin respect for intellect and academic excellence. Moving on down from him, we have Mara the Ashwinder, who represents cunning and cleverness. Next is Delilah the Boomslang, who represents the values of charm and subtlety which, as I've said, are greatly undervalued in the House nowadays. On the far right is the krait, Nidhogg, who represents ruthlessness," he said without elaboration. Draco swallowed. He suddenly noticed that the krait was staring at him intently and had been doing so for some time. "Last but not least, on the opposite side, we have the runespoor, whose three heads are called Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto. They collectively represent respect for wizarding traditions, which, I should point out, is notsynonymous with blood purity."
Olivia and Rodney looked at the book hungrily. "What do you want in exchange?" Rodney said.
"A way to keep Draco Malfoy from trying to hurt my friends. Permanently." Harry looked over towards Draco as if the boy were something he'd scrapped off a shoe. "Because I've been working on the problem for the last week, and, frankly, the only solution I've been able to come up with is to simply kill the little shit!"
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"Initially, I wanted to pay a visit to St. Mungo's on August 1st and simply ssslay every child in the nursery, but sssome of my followers persuaded me that it would be ... counterproductive to commit violence on sssuch a ssscale.