A/N: Hey y'all! So, I've decided that I'm going to start another drabble collection. We Won't Fall will be marked as completed at 100 chapters, and any other drabbles I write will fall under collections with more specific categories.
Word Count: 336
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. Those rights go to JK Rowling.
WARNINGS: Extremely angsty, sadism and implied future torture.
Enjoy!
Alecto's black eyes watched the Hogwarts Express glide into Hogsmeade station. Around her, the autumn leaves were browning and falling from their branches, giving the world a dead look that she rather liked.
Beside her, Antonin grinned. "Time to wrangle the Mudbloods, then."
She wrinkled her nose at the thought, but there was a large part of her that yearned for the blood that was sure to come; the blood she was sure to draw from the students' veins.
The students filed out slowly. Alecto noticed that the ones with Gryffindor ties jumped off first, stubborn in their notion that they could face what was to come fearlessly. The Slytherins came next, looking relatively at ease, though a handful were terrified. The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs came in a mix, bringing up the rear.
Alecto relished the idea that those lights in their eyes would go out this year. She relished the idea that they would learn their place, that control would be taken. There would be no more impure blood at the school. There would be no more beasts milling about.
The unworthy would be separated from the worthy, and none would slide through Alecto's fingers. Just like the fall leaves, the Mudbloods would wither and drop under her care.
The wind picked up, lifting Alecto's limp brown hair and whipping it around her face. She pushed it impatiently behind her ear, but it was no use; the locks just wouldn't stay down.
Antonin chuckled beside her, and she turned to glare irritably at him. She knew she Amycus weren't the most respected of Death Eaters, though they were certainly some of the most cruel, and Alecto was determined that by the end of the month, her name would not be something anyone took lightly.
The students were approaching now, glancing fearfully at their Death Eater welcome party.
Severus Snape stepped forward to address his new students and introduce the staff, and Alecto grinned with anticipation.
When she took a step forward, the leaves crunched underfoot.