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For the first time in a long while, Lord Voldemort was in a surprisingly good mood. After a summer of constantly failing plans, it felt fantastic to finally have something going in his favour.

He smirked. Dumbledore had no idea what was coming to him.

He walked through the deserted corridor, making his way to his quarters, lost in thought. He had many other plans in motion now, new plans he was leaving select trusted Death Eaters in charge of. Hopefully, they would be careful to not disappoint him. These plans were too important for foolish failures. If all went well, though he'd never been particularly optimistic, the Ministry of Magic would be in his control within the year.

"Hoot, hoot."

"Ah, back again, owl?"

"Hoot," the snowy white-feathered bird replied in affirmation before extending a leg.

Voldemort accepted the offered letter before conjuring a large, fat mouse for the owl. Turning his attention to the parchment, he unrolled it and began to read.

'Voldemort,

So, I just had a question. Do you know who the new Defence professor at Hogwarts is going to be? I just want to know what the chances of them trying to kill me are. I mean, the Dursleys try to kill me all the time, but at least I know what to expect from them. Last year with Umbridge was bad enough, what with that stupid Blood Quill of hers. Is she a Death Eater? She's certainly sadistic enough. She even nearly crucioed me once. Can you believe that? And it was right in the castle too!

By the way, I still have no idea why no one around here seems to care that we're writing to each other. Honestly, it makes no sense! We aren't even talking about anything serious, so they can't be waiting for you to reveal information or something, are they? Either way, you're too careful for that. Even I know that much.

And 'muahaha'? Really? I pictured you as more of a 'Kufufu'* sort of guy. ...Or maybe that's just because I can't help but compare you to Orochimaru. I think you'd be good friends. Similar interests and all that.

Harry Potter'

Once he reached the end of the letter, Voldemort's smirk faded into a frown as his gaze travelled back up to the beginning of the missive. Discounting the final paragraph, Potter had just revealed some very shocking and disturbing things. Did he even realize what exactly he had written?

"It appears I have some new plans to juggle," he murmured in a dangerously soft voice, red eyes burning through their glamour…

*I'm pretty sure Orochimaru's laugh is written differently in the manga, but I can't remember what it is exactly, and I'm not about to go through 700 chapters to search for it. But if I read through the manga again, and figure out what the laugh is, I might edit this here. We'll see. Anyway, looking forward to reviews! Laterz!