Slowly but surely the mafia was taking root. I could see it in the slight ruthlessness the students played card games with. Trace amounts of gambling addiction was becoming another thing in Gryffindor and it was spreading to the other Houses. Hermione's Ravenclaw Seventh Years following became the Ravenclaw Upper Years. The magic-raised eagles chased after her like ducklings followed their mother duck around discussing everything from electricity to space travel. The non-maj raised were holding knowledge courts. A book trade had been started and I was just waiting to see how Hermione would tap into that.
Surprisingly things had not moved as fast as Dean had thought they would. We were getting more influence, yes, but something was missing to really light the fire to get everything in going.
I was both terrified and excited.