This is a sequel to "They Had Flames Inside their Eyes", so in case you haven't, PLEASE read it first.

This time I will post chapters separately, not the entire story at once, as I was stupid enough to do with the previous one :)

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING. Enjoy.

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I have never thought they could be victorious,

I have never thought they could do things right.

I have never thought I would have borne witness

To rise of those, who would conquer the Light.

POV: Severus Snape

The freshly appointed Headmaster paced around his enormous room in the Malfoy Manor. He was aware that the following school year at Hogwarts is not going to be easy.

Of course, him being appointed as the Headmaster by the Dark Lord wasn't a surprise, as he was currently the only capable person. Additionally, the Ministry and the Board of Governors being already on their side, approved of his appointment unanimously.

Severus stopped by the huge window in his room, looking at a part of the Malfoy Estate once being a Quidditch Pitch, currently rearranged as a training field. He smiled, spotting a short and skinny teenager in fitting, short-sleeved sport robes, sprinting loops around the field under a watchful eye of Alecto and Amycus Carrow.

Snape sighed. It was a time to let those three know what will the next year look like for them.

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POV: Nordi Exile

'You're pathetic! Keep the pace up!'

Nordi clenched his teeth and approached the obstacle course yet again. He sprinted towards a wire entanglements and dove behind them, crawling in a thick mud for over twenty meters. Then, he jumped off and ran further, reaching a fifteen-feet-high climbing wall, which he had to climb on and jump to the other side. The next obstacle was a wide, knee-deep pool of water, that he had to walk through as fast as he could, to reach the end of the assault course.

'Tempus!' yelled Amycus. 'Two minutes twenty seconds, Exile! You're getting tired, or you're being slower on purpose?'

Mud-covered Nordi gasped to catch his breath. He blushed slightly; the training regime he had to undergo under Carrow siblings was more exhausting than performing five Blood Sacrificial Rituals in a row. Unfortunately, most of the Death Eaters-even Bella herself- agreed on that he had to take on some kind of physical training this summer, because- being an excellent Dark Wizard as he was- physical strength and endurance was the things he was severely lacking.

'I'm not slowing down on purpose, it's just the first time I'm doing any body exercises. I've never thought such things are important for a Wizard.' muttered Nordi towards Carrow.

'Of course they are!' Amycus answered. 'Look at yourself. How much do you weight, seventy pounds? You are a Death Eater, you go on Raids, and as much as your Magical performance is the most important- your endurance and physical strength are crucial as well! '

'You excel in any other field, Exile, it would be a shame for you to stand out from the rest of us in such a negative way in the field of physical strength.' added Alecto.

'I'll run through the assault course once more.' Nordi decided. 'Amycus, please time me.'

However, before he had a chance to start, Orion appeared walking by to them with a very anxious expression.

'Ha, the next one with a severe muscular dystrophy! You're here to join us, Exile? Because you really should...'

'Actually, its Black now.' Orion corrected. 'And I'm not here to exercise, I'm here to show you something. The three of you will not be having much time for assault courses anymore.'

Orion handed to Nordi a piece of parchment. Nordi shot him a surprised look, but looked on the sheet. It was a Hogwarts faculty list for the following school year.

HEADMASTER/DEPUTY HEADMASTER- SEVERUS TOBIAS SNAPE

POTIONS- HORACE EUGENE FLACCUS SLUGHORN

TRANSFIGURATION- MINERVA MCGONAGALL

CHARMS- FILIUS FLITWICK

HERBOLOGY- POMONA SPROUT

MUGGLE STUDIES- ALECTO CARROW

APPLIED DARK ARTS- AMYCUS CARROW

COMBATIVE DARK ARTS- NORDI EXILE

HISTORY OF MAGIC- ORION BLACK JUNIOR

ASTRONOMY- AURORA SINISTRA

ARITHMANCY- SEPTIMA VECTOR

ANCIENT RUNES- BATHSELDA BUBBLING

CARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES- RUBEUS HAGRID

When Nordi rose his eyes from the piece of parchment, he expected Orion to be laughing; he was sure it was some kind of a joke. However, his former guardian looked unnerved and tensed, like if the list was a huge surprise for him, too.

'Orion, I can't be a teacher.' he said, passing the list over to Carrow sibling. 'I haven't even taken my NEWTs.'

'Neither did I.' Orion answered. 'That is why the two of us are supposed to attend a resit of this year NEWTs, along with the seventh-years who were unsuccessful. The resit takes place in two weeks time.'

'You're kidding me!'

'I'm just passing on Headmaster Snape's words. If you don't believe me, go and talk to him.'

Nordi couldn't shake his shock. On the other hand, Amycus looked overjoyed.

'Sister, we're going to be teaching at Hogwarts! Isn't that awesome?'

Alecto stared at the piece of parchment.

'That's incredible! As much as I would never have expected that, I'm looking forward!'

'I must talk with Headmaster Snape.' Nordi muttered. This entire situation seemed unreal to him.

'We're going with you.' Amycus offered.

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Nordi knocked at the door of Snape's room, and, having heard an invitation, all four of them (Orion decided to go along as well) stepped in. Snape turned his pale face at them.

'Professor, we need to talk...' Nordi started.

Snape pointed them a couch to sit on.

'Exile, I expected your visit. I'm aware that the new faculty list is surprising to you...'

'I can't be a teacher at Hogwarts, Professor!' Nordi cut him off, not very politely.

'Exile, I really cannot think of anyone more fitted to the job at the moment. You know much more of Offensive and Defensive Dark Magic than the majority of adult Dark Wizards put together. What is more, as far as I know, you have already spent a great deal of time working as a teacher...'

'Yes, sir, but I have been teaching Basic Level Trainees at the Orphanage! In case Orion hasn't told you, those are children aged between four and seven. If I was to teach at Hogwarts... I would have to teach in majority people older than myself!'

'Yes, Exile, Orion has informed me about the age groups you have experience with. Nevertheless, I don't think the age of students makes any difference. As far as I know, you have been so successful with your Basic Level Trainees, that you have managed to improve their combat level during two months of summer holidays.'

Nordi nodded; that was true. However, they were exclusive kids with Dark affinity. He was sure he wouldn't have been this successful with young Light Wizards.

'Sir, what about the Gryffindors? Will I have to teach them too? You know how reluctant they are when it comes to Dark Arts. The same goes for majority of Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. They will not accept me, nor will they accept Amycus teaching Applied Dark Arts.'

Snape shook his head.

'Exile, I see it's the time for a longer conversation. You need to have a deeper understanding how dramatic and revolutionary changes are about to happen at Hogwarts.'

Snape summoned a chair and sat in front of them.

'Exile, Hogwarts will never be the way it was before. My first act as the Headmaster will be to terminate the existence of the Hogwatrs' four Houses.'

The four Death Eaters in front of him gasped.

'There will be no more Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclav and Slytherin?' Alecto asked. 'But they existed for thousands years, since the very beginning of the school!'

Snape shook his head.

'This is a popular belief, but an incorrect one. The Founders, at first, wanted the school to be an unity. The Houses weren't existing from the very beginning. Only the misunderstandings and internal conflicts between the four of them led Hogwarts to be divided into four Houses. Nevertheless, this division is not something the Founders were proud of. It was quite the opposite; the Houses were the symbol of their failure. A failure to create an united, consentaneous school for young Witches and Wizards.'

Nordi nodded, pondering upon this. He had never thought of that this way, but Snape was definitely right.

'As you may or may not know, such thing as division into Houses is nonexistent to the other Wizarding schools worldwide.' Snape went on.' A model institution we will take an example of, is Durmstrang Institute of Magic. The student body, as well as the faculty, is united there. There is no hatred caused by different House affinity, no competition between the students, no conflicts among the Professors. This Eastern European school is a living proof of division into Houses being completely unnecessary and counter-productive.'

Orion rose his hand.

'Headmaster Snape' he said. 'As much as I agree with the existence of Houses being counter-productive, I'm afraid that many of the students will rebel against putting their Houses down. They are likely to cling to the Houses they were sorted into, even if they'll be officially non-existent.'

'Students' rebellions' Snape answered 'Is the next problem we will have to deal with. However, I can assure you here and now: we are going to deal with them mercilessly. All the rebellions, against the new order at school, against our Case, or against the Dark Lord, are to be nipped in the bud. I have received such instructions from our Lord himself.'

Orion, Nordi, Amycus and Alecto nodded.

'The next case is the curriculum. All four of you have attended Hogwarts, so you have the idea what the current one looks like, having said that it hasn't changed much over the last hundreds of years. It is going to be completely uproot and replaced with a new one. You are aware how much of a low-level and not very sophisticated school Hogwarts is at the moment. I have set as a point of honor to let the current Hogwarts students receive incomparably much better level of education than the previous generations. Of course, for the upper-year students, it will be much more difficult to adapt to the new curricullum now-at the end of their school career- but I am willing to provide those students a set of compensatory classes to help them catch up. The newbies and lower-year students, on the other hand, are going to have a fresh start to a completely new educational system.'

Nordi lifted his eyes on Snape.

'That's sick awesome, Professor.' he said with a genuine admiration. 'However, I've noticed some names on the faculty list that can be an obstacle in our revolution. Mcgonnagal, Flitwick...'

Alecto and Amycus nodded.

' Mcgonagall...I remember that old bitch.' Amycus said. 'I've never met such an uptight, stubborn and prejudiced person. She hates Dark Wizards nearly as much as Dumbledore did.' Amycus said.

Snape nodded.

'This is a good question. You must know, that I have been advised by the Board of Governors against replacing the entire Hogwarts faculty. I was asked to let the teachers with longest time of service stay. This is a strategic move, a preventive treatment against having to deal with hundreds of outraged parents. Nevertheless, this is also why I decided to put on the faculty list as much Death Eaters as possible. I guaranteed for us to be in the majority.'

'Does Mcgonagall know about all those planned changes?' Orion asked.

'Not yet. I am going to tell her when I will accompany the two of you-Black, Exile- to Hogwarts at the end of July, when you are going to sit your NEWT exams.'

'Headmaster, please brew some Calming Draught and make her drink before you tell her. If she dies of heart attack, you will have to look for another Transfiguration Professor.' Nordi said.

All five Death Eaters burst into laughter. Even Snape.