A/N: Phineas is appointed the newest headmaster of Hogwarts. RxR. FxF.
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Chapter 10 - A Position of Power
Phineas smiled as he walked around his office as the newly appointed Headmaster of Hogwarts. Finally someone worthy of the title now held it, if he did say so himself. The school needed proper leadership and who better to carry it out than him, a person of such power, from a noble family and a Slytherin at that.
Slytherin was the only worthy house in Phineas' opinion. It was the house of the ambitious, natural born leaders like himself who grew up to hold positions of power and authority. It wasn't for the weak who allowed others to step on them in the name of friendship or love. Slytherins understood that to get by, some people had to be hurt along the way, which is why other Slytherins also didn't mind when it happened to them. They picked themselves and continued striving forward with everyone else.
Phineas did not delude himself into thinking headmastership would be easy. There would be many bumps and unforseen obstacles ahead, but he did not worry. As a Black, he was taught to keep calm in all situations, no matter how harrowing, and as a Slytherin, he knew how to adapt to all variables.
Phineas sat behind the chair of his desk, admiring the trinkets and artefacts he had brought to make the place more homey. He leaned back and looked out the window at the grounds and his new kingdom. Phineas Nigellus Black: Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Phineas looked forward to the trials yet to come.