death to capslock

I think she also started needing protectors, and playing along with the Marauders was her best bet. And since she was supposed to be the kindest justice warrior, she had a cognitive dissonance she was trying to deny her way out of, by convincing herself that her bodyguards and meal ticket are pure of heart and deserve to be rewarded, and her former friend she didn't have enough power to save and whose housemates were a threat to her, was pure evil now.