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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄-𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍;

𝙳𝙾𝙽'𝚃 𝙱𝙻𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝙼𝙴, 𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝙳𝙴 𝙼𝙴 𝙲𝚁𝙰𝚉𝚈 𝙸𝙵 𝙸𝚃 𝙳𝙾𝙴𝚂𝙽'𝚃 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙰𝙸𝙽𝚃 𝙳𝙾𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙸𝚃 𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃

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𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑 so much, why does she have to be THE ONE. It's like so fucking annoying. Seeing her lingering around Keres is more upsetting. But sorry, I'm not the kind of person to sit around and weep. I'm a mastermind, I just make up the equations and solve them.

Keres, this whole rant that I'm about to do is dedicated to you,

Did you really think I wouldn't know that Lily didn't tell you about how SHE kissed me. Also, it was on her you fucking bitch I didn't force her to kiss me, she did it, I took it as a Christmas present cause I deserved it, that's all.

There are rumours about Aurelia and you going around right? What if I told it was all by design and none of it was accidental? I set the trap you walked in and in the snap of your fingers. I used your so-called-power-move to make it my fucking legacy. THAT'S A FREAKING DOUBLE CROSS RIGHT THERE HA! JOKES ON YOU. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?

You're such a naïve soul, I pity you. You think you're so smart, you go around role playing as a boyfriend with my girl. I don't even know where to classify you, I portray you as such a bitch even though I'm the real bitch.

All those talking and discussions with Aurelia about you, lying and lying over and over again, acting like I'm your friend and trying to make you overcome your depressed state because of my sweet, sweet Lily by portraying her as a bitch.

It's hard to make someone do what you want bro, you don't just go to them and ask, you gotta gain their trust and offer them a good price to finish the deal. In the process you also have to deceive them. Nothing comes at an easy cost. I lied to her. I'll give her a chance with me if she becomes friends with you and helps you overcome your depression.

When she approached you I knew you'd immediately become friends, either for using her against me or just casually as she would nag you into it and you're also a pretty socialisable human unlike me.

Either way, out of these two options you picked using her against me, which was probably one of your biggest mistakes as that would mean you would purposely meet her more often and that's exactly what I wanted, I wanted you to meet her so often that you guys become close. So again you fell into my trap. I wanted you to use her against me.

You're naturally a pure soul filled with emotions, kindness and empathy, you're like the greenest flag ever. Thus, I knew that even though you didn't get my looks to impress her at first sight, I knew your personality would definitely topple her.

I did my background research on Aurelia, I analysed her personality and really understood who she is. From what I can see she just wants a good boy who is quiet, cute and awkward whom she can feel happy around. And guess what? You're a perfect candidate!

I don't know in what right mind she thought I was such a guy and actually liked me for like three years in secret. She probably misjudged me as I am just a quiet and good looking boy thus satisfying her first two conditions that she completely forgot about my personality and just assumed I'm a goody two shoes.

I don't really show out my real personality in public and I just act like a normal quiet human being, so there is no way she could have found out that I'm fucked in the head.

I'm pretty sure she was disappointed when she found out about my personality after talking to me and abruptly proposing to me. But LOVE IS LOVE, you can fall in love easily but moving on is just hard. She just wanted to date me and see whether I can be the person she wants me to be.

What I did was very simple. I spent time with her. I brought her to unofficial library dates which were just meetings for talking about you. I made myself look like an unconcerned bitch. I made her slowly despise me one by one, SLOWLY. I did everything to make her hate me. I nagged her and acted toxic and made her feel we're in a toxic friendship. I slowly made her love fade away with my poison in a single month.

Now I have to just completely cut off this small bit of attraction that is left. What did I do? I made use of your buttering skills. Before you and Aurelia met at the dungeons, I fought with her on purpose.

In the hallways I saw Keres and Lily move into a classroom to talk, immediately knew it was going to be about that day we kissed by the expression on Lily's face and to confirm it I used the sound enhancing spell. I immediately rushed to find Aurelia when I knew this. I can't let Keres get assured that their relationship is becoming stronger. It's time to use Aurelia.

I saw her talking to her friends at the front of the Slytherin common room entrance and I called her out, "Aurelia" in a low voice. She told her friends something as they giggled and she came and stood opposite to me with a weak smile. "Hey" she said in a cheerful voice.

"Can't you do one thing properly? Keres is still suffering and it's in fact only getting worse, are you even doing anything at all? Look you brought yourself into this, if you're going to back out you have to pay a penalty" I said in a controlling and toxic manner.

"Lysander-" she started in her sweet voice. "Can you just stop singing my name and acting like some kind of a queen?" I said in an annoyed tone. COME ON I HAVE TO TRIGGER HER! COME ON GET MAD AT ME! "Ly-" she started and I cut her off again and said, "I just told you to stop doing that shit" I said holding her arm hard and she gave me a glare of hate. YES!

"Scamander, why? Why'd you wanna prove yourself as a bitch? I thought you were a nice chill dude, what's wrong?" Aurelia asked, raging. "What do you mean? I'm always like this, I can't do anything if you are someone named Lysander who's a sweetheart set up in your imagination" I said harshly.

"You're being toxic, no matter how hard I try you keep dodging my signs, every time I try touching your hand you take it away, every time I try to flirt you don't take it seriously, is it all just one sided? I wanted to help me so I could make you love me and I kind of feel like you're making me like your slave" she said.

"Ohhhhh, so you just wanted to love me so you accepted to help Keres huh?" I said acting all surprised and clapping sarcastically. "Can we all clap for this mega drama queen?" I asked her in an irritable manner. "What's wrong with you? You weren't like this before Lysander" Aurelia said.

"Tuttutututuutut, always saying something- Can't do anything properly" I complained and she had finally lost it, "I FEEL SO USED SCAMANDER!" she screamed. 'Took you long enough' I thought. I just walked away leaving her stranded as I saw Keres walk into the scene and then boom! Keres buttered her up thinking it was going to help her gain control over you. BUT MY IT WAS ALL MY DESIGN.

TO MAKE THAT BITCH SEEM LIKE HER LAST RESORT! NOW HER HEART WILL BEST FOR KERES! HAHAHA!

Now that she's fallen for Keke, all I have to do is play cupid. I've reached the climax finally. I have to make things happen between them. Make the rumours of both of them into reality, after all when a lie is told over and over again it becomes reality doesn't it? I'm going to use this rumour as an advantage and PERISH you from the existence of Lily's world.

Lils you have to be strong, I just hope you'll be strong. I promise I'll show you what real love looks like. Also Lily, don't blame me for what you made me do. This is kinda on you too.

After classes had ended I went up to my dorm to get some rest and my homework done before for my prefect duties. I freshened up as I was vibing to 'Don't Blame Me' by Taylor Swift.

"You seem to be in a good mood" Val asked. "I haven't felt this happy since forever" I said. "What happened? Did you get a girlfriend?" he asked. "He probably did something bad and the other person doesn't even realise that" Jared said. Jared knows me all too well.

"Well, not really. I'm just in the mood today" I said as I laid on my bed and stretched my back. "Can you help me with history of magic? Binns chucked me out of class cause I didn't know the definition of a revolution" Val said. "Bro how many times should I teach you? Why'd you keep forgetting? Can't you just remember stuff once someone says it to you?" I asked. "That's not how my brain works" Val said.

"Then your brain isn't braining" Jared said as he was reading Transfiguration Theory. "Why'd you always study Transfiguration?" I asked. "Mongrel hates me, she hates me if I write the correct answer, she hates me if I write the wrong answer. I don't know how to impress her. She's just a bitch. I have to study so I can pass at least" Jared said.

"He's just overreacting, passing is a cake walk for JJ, LOOK AT ME I'M LIKE SO FUCKING SCREWED FOR O.W.L.s" Val said. "Where is Lorc and Hugo?" Jared asked. "Lorcan's at Quidditch practice, the season is starting late this year, the first match is like next week" Val said. "Oh, then Hugo?" JJ asked. "Watching him play" Val replied.

"I don't understand the happiness Hugo gets in denying that he loves Lorcan" I said. "Maybe he's scared" Jared said. "Talking about being scared, what's with you and Judy?" I asked. "Nothing really, she sent me a crochet of a cat on my birthday, it was cute" Jared said as he took a ginger cat crochet from his bag.

"Did you ask her out yet?" Val asked. "No, I don't want to rush it. It's just that we're still not talking and all ever since the whole dare thing. I don't think she likes me as she's really not giving me any signs, she has completely ignored me for over 2 weeks now and I'm scared she might brother zone me" Jared said. I better inform Judy to start giving signs or Jared might be stuck in 'just friends forever'.

"Ok, I'm going to take a walk. I'm heading to the black lake" I said as I changed into my warm fluffy jacket and put on my boots. "Yeah sure, see ya" Jared said as I left the dorm and made my way to the black lake.

There I saw Lily sitting on the bench by herself wondering about something. I walked past her trying to grab her attention hoping she would want to talk to me and as I predicted she called me out, "Ly do you have a moment?"

I turned back and walked towards her, "What?" I asked in an exhausted voice, her rolling my eyes. "Sit" she said and I replied, "I have places to be, just tell me and I'll be on my way" I lied. "Can you kill me?" I asked. "How much will you pay me to kill you? Minimum pay should be 3000 galleons" I said.

"Can I have a discount?" she asked. "It's already a discounted price, it was originally 5000 galleons" I said as she frowned and slapped my legs. "It's just exhausting, you know" she said, sighing. "Keres right?" I asked. "No, I meant love" she said. OH SHIT- WHAT I FEARED IS HAPPENING. HER BELIEF IN LOVE IS DYING.

"You're just too good, you were always right. Love is just an illusion full of lies to make you look weak and shatter you" she said. "You're just saying that because of the rumours of Aurelia and Keres" I said in a blank voice.

"I can't even- He has been lingering around with her for around 2-3 months and he was with her at the ball too, and I just- I hoped for the best- but then this- You know I really started trusting him- I even told him that we kissed, he was ok with it. Maybe the reason he was ok with it is because he liked Aurelia and wanted to get rid of me so he was happy" she said looking down.

"Go on" I said as I sat next to her. "I don't even feel sad or guilty about all this because I feel like I'm equally responsible for all this. I should have done better. I should have been a better girlfriend, I should have been true to him since the beginning. He's so pure and I'm just-" she paused and said, "An actress, smiling and acting like everything is fine when I'm not ok and faking things".

"Well then, why don't you get him back and show him who you really are and start over?" I said as my eyes glowed in its deceitful mode. This was a perfect chance to indirectly make Keres fear breaking up with Lily so that he has no other option except to cheat on her.

"Like?" she asked. "You know, show him who you really are, the crazy ass one waking me up on a Sunday at 7:00 am" I said.

"I- don't really think people should know about the bully and annoying Lily, plus that's an exclusive personality I display only for family and friends" she said. "But that's who you are right? Don't you even consider him as a friend? Why are you hiding that part of you? Everyone loves you for being the wild Lily right?" I asked.

"I don't think I should really show him that part of me, it's very uhm, not elegant" Lily said. I sighed as I changed the topic, "I can't believe that I'm in such a position that a person like me is giving relationship advice" I said. "I know right, you haven't even touched a girl in your life you have no rights to be speaking" she said laughing.

"Dude, I've kissed though" I said. "You mean I kissed you three times, you should have been your face all the three times, just blank with your eyes widened that's it. You know how pissed I get. I've kissed like seven to eight guys and none of them ever gave such a disappointing reaction" Lily said.

"SEVEN TO EIGHT WHAT?" I asked. "Look, I'm pretty famous ok? I have like 5 exes" Lily said proudly. I don't understand which part of that is something to be proud about.

"Nothing to be proud of Potts" I said. "Why do you avoid girls, why can't you fall in love?" she asked. "No, I just can't feel it you know the moment, I can't bring myself to it" I lied. Potter, you should really just feel my heartbeat and tell me why it's like I ran away from Voldy chasing me through the forbidden forest and why I'm sweating when it's like minus eight degrees.

"I'm jealous, I wish I was you" she said. BRO, don't wish you were me, imagine manipulating and playing with people like puppets to make you love me. That's like a sin I wouldn't want you to be doing, it's fine if I do it because heaven banned me.

I just wonder what will happen if she figures out I did all this. She'll literally- I don't know I can't imagine it, I don't want to imagine it either. I'll tell her if we get married, which is practically impossible. We might love each other now and all but adulthood is different and if I wanna be a spy and all, I can't have a girlfriend and put her at the risk of a gruesome death. Ok, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF...

"Just show him you're better than her" I said concluding the whole dilemma of hers. "Isn't that kind of let's say 'lowly'. I mean imagine two girls fighting over a guy that's so non elite" I said. "Firstly don't jump into conclusions that he likes Aurelia, maybe he's still into you so show him who you are and enchant him" I said dramatically.

"You're way better than Diana and Michelle. Diana is only intended to break me up with him and Michelle is really not interested and my cousins only gossip and plan they don't do shit" she said. I'm intended to break you up too but just in an indirect way and by not making it so obvious. Heh.

"I thought you didn't want me and Keres together then why are you doing this?" she asked. I looked into her paradise of emerald oceans and her white sandy beach like skin with a side of a river filled with blood.

"What can I say? I love you after all. It's all fate"

IT TOOK ME 2 SECONDS TO REALISE HOW WRONG THAT SOUNDED. FUCK DID I JUST PROPOSE TO HER? SHIT.

"I meant as a sister" I said quickly trying to prevent any further thoughts. "Whatever you say" she said. I suddenly felt a tremble and fear shiver down my spine. My instinct told me that she already knew that I liked her for some reason.

"You sure you don't like me MORE than a sister?" she asked, trying to control her smile and maintain a blank face. "Look, you might be exactly my type but nah-" I said. OH SHIT THAT SOUNDED MORE WRONG- AM I JUST OVERTHINKING THIS- SHIT I'M SCREWING UP.

"Sorry I'm just delusional, can you do me a favour and stop giving me so many false signs. You might think it's fun and you're just flirting for fun but I keep overthinking and conclude that you love me" she said. Is she an idiot? Or is this a way of rejection? I'm confused.

"Sorry I just get so high every time I talk to you" I said truthfully. "Why?" she asked. "You're like lemon juice I guess" I said. "Is that supposed to be some kind of irony?" she asked. "I don't know, either way I better head back to the castle and make sure you murder Aurelia emotionally" I said.

"Oh yes, there will be bloodshed" she said. I walked away, what if I told her that, blood is already split, the wounds are bleeding but are just ignored. It's time for me to just rub salt on all of them to show them the pain.

I'm crazy, I'm insane. Love really made me crazy. But seriously if you aren't crazy over love, then you're not doing it right. The pain that all four of us are going to go through is insane. I can't believe I successfully executed more than half of the plan. What can go wrong now?

I went to the castle in search of Keres to report him about my success. I saw him talking to professor Mongrel. I walked towards him after Mongrel left and greeted him, "Hey! How's life?"

"You" he said with a stern face. "Tis, I Lysander" I said, mocking an old British accent. "You did all this, didn't you spread rumours about me and Aurelia" he asked. "I wasn't the one flirting with Aurelia in potions class nor was I the professor who sent you out for allegedly flirting" I said.

"I know you did it, don't know how" he said. "Well, I did it but most of them were just based on analysis and probability. I just got lucky half the time" I said, giving an evil grin. "You're hurting Lily" he said. "She doesn't know that, according to her, you're the one hurting her" I said. "What if I tell all your evil plans to her" he said.

"She'll call you delusional, first you hang out with a girl called Aurelia and then you go call her childhood friend a psycho obsessed over her, you're just ruining your own chances. She'll just laugh and break up with you like what I want" I said.

"What if she knows that you like her and you're a psycho doing all this already, she's smart. Then I can take my chances and confirm her doubts about your doings she had by telling her about all this" Keres said.

"Sure, even if that is the case. Max, she'll scream at me firstly its a hard chance she's going to believe you on how far I went for her. But in case if she does believe you then I'll just make you and Aurelia seem like a real thing and frame you for cheating on her. I already have so many pictures of you and Aurelia together acting like cute couples. I know Lily my whole life and I know she won't take chances dating a alleged cheater so at the end of the day I'll portray myself as the good guy who wanted to help her realise that you're a cheat" I said as I all I did was smile.

"You're really-" Keres started. "Fucked in the head?" I asked. "I don't know what to say-" he said. "Don't blame me, love made me crazy" I told him. OK THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO CRINGY IF HE KNEW TAYLOR SWIFT BUT HE DOESN'T SO THAT'S FINE, HE'D THINK I CAME UP WITH IT.

"All this will turn back on you" he said. "Sure, you can watch me dodge all of them while you look at me with jealousy. It's such a shame it's been like 2 months and like I made so much progress already" I said.

"I'll just hope for the best and look, I'll never give up. I'll never let a person like you lay hands on my Lily, you can go ahead doing all this thinking it's cool. At the end you have to face the reality, greed and manipulation will lose" he said. "You're using Aurelia, that's evil too. Both of us are even, to be honest" I said. "How did you know?" he asked. "I just know" I said.

"Bro, also I have to go sorry for all these over dramatic dialogues and revealing my plans to you, it's just that you're just so allergic to winning that you don't even try disrupting my plans plus, sometimes I just think I'm the main character-" I said.

"Oh, stop being so humble" he said sarcastically. "Oh jeez nah" I replied back sarcastically.

I went back to my dorm and lied down on my bed after that conversation thinking whether I could have used any better dialogues.

I'm just waiting for the day I see Aurelia and Keres together again. There is a high chance Keres would cut ties with Aurelia now. But Aurelia would definitely be stuck up thinking he doesn't deserve to be tortured by Lily and keep on annoying him.

With this I'll play cupid. Plus I told Lily to show Keres her wild side and according to my analysis, Keres would only get annoyed and start disliking her.

I'm sure Lily will hesitate to show her real side but one thing I know is that she is not going to ignore my advice and even if she does I'll be persuading her into showing her real side.

He'll at maximum act like he still likes her to make sure I don't win. He'll eventually get pissed and I'll use this small hate to make him love Aurelia and slowly they will fall in love and I'll have the perfect birthday present for Lily.

Four months would be sufficient to slowly poison Keres one by one. It's halfway through January already. My aim for February is basically portraying Lily as a wild child and make Keres really think, 'OMG, did I just think this devil is an angel'. March I'mma play cupid as I enjoy my birthday present of Aurelia and Keres catching feelings.

April is when I have to make them somehow get together and date each other and I'll be taking my proof. I have to also make Lily feel insecure and plant suspicion of him cheating into Lily's brain.

May will be the month of joy where Lily and Keres will have world war three while I just grin like a devil and watch them bleed. Mid of May is when I send proof to Lily and BREAK THEM UP.

Lily won't need more than 2 weeks to recover from a break up and on her birthday she'll have me, her poison ivy who is her daisy.

I hope things don't go sideways and go as I planned. I have to also figure out my status with Aurelia. Are we not going to meet each other anymore or is she going to keep coming to use me to get Keres close to me?

Imagine she uses me to get close to Keres when my initial intention was to use her to get Keres. That's like so funny cause that's like fucking messed up imagine using someone who's using you to eventually get the same result that's like insane.

Now, I should probably study for the potions revision test that I have tomorrow and forget about all this.

XX~𝐿𝓎𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇~XX