Master of Death

A look into Madness

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Dumbledore sat in his office, trying to enjoy his morning tea and breakfast as he read the morning paper. For the last 16 years his carefully laid plans have been shot to shite and it left him very cranky. Oh, his plans to drive young Tom Riddle insane enough to become a power hungry madman had worked wonderfully! Nearly perfectly and the war that began? Glorious, the sheeple were lost and scared, in need of guidance and who should they turn to? Why not the Defeater of Grindelwald!?

The Minister, the spineless fool that he is, practically gave him rule of the Wizarding world, always seeking his advice and the like. It allowed him to manipulate the fool into making, voting and legalizing laws he made to limit the people. Dumbing them down, while killing off the Old Ways by bringing in ignorant and often stubborn Muggleborns was perfect! Make the masses hate each other and fear one another! Once civil unrest gave away to civil war, he would swoop in like the shining Lord of Light he was and guide them out of the dark and into the light!

He preached equality and peace, but secretly he hated half the fools who he preached to. Creatures were a large thorn in his side, their magics was not easily mimicked or learned, unless one was born of their blood. He shuddered at the thought of having Creature blood in his veins, it was worse than being a Halfblood or a Muggleborn! At least they were clean of Creature blood, the real filthy blood out there. He hated the Dark, not just the nature of it, but the spells and power they held.

He realized that if you make something sound terrible it was quickly labeled as Evil, so why not scare the masses into thinking that Dark Magic and those who were inclined to the Dark Arts were inherently evil? It has worked in the past, why not again? And then make Creatures who were already feared because of how strange they look or behave sound like mindless blood thirsty animals!? Bam! Werewolves are now hunted, Vampires as well! And not just by Magicals, but by Muggles too!

Muggles were so easy to manipulate, already prone to fearing strange and new things, that fear becoming jealousy and then hate! The Witch Hunts that lasted nearly thousands of years helped to drive that wedge between their peoples and it certainly helped him now! You want to merge the Magical and Muggle world? Why not! As Lord of the Light, he had to be all for it, but secretly he paid some good coin to spread the horrors of Muggles to the masses, keeping them always wary.

The Witch Hunts would certainly bring back horror filled memories and the best part? The Dark Sect always brought it up whenever the sheeple or those firmly on the side of Light talked about merging with them! Best plan ever! Oh yes, everything was fine! Perfect even! He found powerful and influential witches and wizards and either beguiled them to his way of thinking and ideals, or he repeatedly sent them back to their abusive homes, slowly chipping away at them, breaking them enough to mould them to fit his plans, if they survived that is.

It worked with Tom Riddle, it worked with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin was a bit of a strange case, but him too, and Severus Snape as well! Though with Severus, the boy was a natural Occlumens and wasn't so easily broken, even now he's not broken perfectly, but blackmail and a few well placed unbreakable vows has certainly tempered him! Too bad someone so powerful was so ugly, he might've collected him for his future harem. He still might just because he's so powerful, he could always use some permanent transfiguration on either Severus or the child so they weren't so unfortunate looking.

He would have collected Black, but he turned out to be an Alpha and his darling brother, Regulus who did become a lovely Omega, sadly died. A shame, he would have to hope that the remaining Blacks produced an Omega soon and snatch them away, raise them to be perfect for his needs. Potter was another who could have been perfect if he had been an Omega, but he married the lovely Lily Evans and they made such a pretty baby! The dark coloring of the Potters with the softer features and later those brilliant green eyes of Lily's! He only hoped the child would be an Omega or he would have to use a few outlawed potions to make him into one.