Okay so, I'm from the original RP and I don't want to start over. I have an idea but I doubt you all will go for it.
*deep breath* 
So I had this character Gwen and she was head of the savants but the RP fell apart, as did the second. Being the lazy and somewhat crafty person I am I decided I would offer you a proposition, you don't have to take it and no hard feelings if you don't, I plan I rejoining any way. So my idea was, if this RP was lacking a bad guy or an icon for the Admins, Gwen could be that. Now in order for this to really work I need one big thing.
Gwen is going against the foundations of this RP, she left on an 'assignment' (just an example of what you could call it) and is now returning to restore 'true order and justice' to the academy. I came up with a few ways to justify this, the cause could be recruitment or taking care of loose ends (escapees or people who know too much) or maybe even meeting with shady people on behalf of the Academy.
I know this is a lot to ask as I'm asking to break one of the central ideas of the roleplay but I think it could benefit everyone if they had someone to hate, afterall that's teenage angst for you.