Disclaimer: I'm only going to say this once, I do not own anything from the HP universe, and it all belongs to JK Rowling. Who is not me, so don't make that mistake.
Author's Note: Hi all! Here's one of my other stories to keep you all occupied while I can't keep you all entertained with my Inevitable trilogy due to the fact that the book I'm writing it in is in storage. Hope you all like this story enough to review. Ciao!
Warnings: Strong violence, strong language, scenes of a sexual nature (mainly kissing), contains slash (same sex pairing), sensitive topic/issue/theme and substance use and/or abuse. These warnings apply to the whole story and can be found anywhere within it or not at all, I like to play on the safe side when it comes to warnings.
Prologue: It Starts
Find out who exactly The Forgotten are and why they are Forgotten...
A castle stood proud, silent and unnoticed by many in the wild hills of the Scottish moors and unlike those that had built it, it was still so very young. All of the castle's entrances had been closed and fortified against intruders, magical or otherwise, for three of the four that had founded it had no wish to tangle with those outside without proper precautions set in place.
The clouds that had been covering the sky for days finally parted and began to disappear, revealing an unnaturally dark night sky even though the full glowing globe of the moon was shining. The moonlight shone down on the lands below and revealed the two dozen or so figures standing silently around the castle. The figures standing around the castle were an even mixture of males and females and everyone of them had the same bleach blonde hair, incredibly pale skin, eyes that were either grey or molten silver and each of them were wearing the same non-descript robes in a soft grey colour.
Each of the men and women were trying desperately to hear the voice of their Leader, or more importantly, their Lord through the castle's walls. They had tried so fiercely to follow as their Leader and their Lord had been taken into the castle by the other three humans, who had finally found out about them and were horrified at what their Lord had done. So now the men and women were standing around the castle, patiently waiting for either their Leader or Lord to come back out and tell them what to do.
While the two dozen or so men and women waited patiently outside a heated argument was going on inside the castle.
"Those things must be destroyed!" said a males voice angrily.
"Why? Because they won't listen to you, is that it Godric?" asked another male but instead of anger this one's voice was filled with contempt.
"That's not fair Salazar!" stated a women's voice angrily.
"Why is it unfair Rowena?" asked Salazar his contempt deepening as he watched the fools before him.
"Salazar, what's happened to you?" asked a fourth voice, also female, breaking the anger with her worried tone.
"Don't Helga, he's not the same as he used to be" said Godric soothingly, as he put a comforting arm around Helga's shoulders.
"You three are fools for not seeing the brilliance in what I have done" said Salazar arrogantly.
"Brilliance! What is so brilliant about those things?" asked Rowena in disbelief.
"Why their power and purity of course" replied Salazar as though it was obvious.
"Okay I'll admit that, even though it's depraved, the one's outside aren't that bad but why in Merlin's name did you make that?" said Godric once more getting angry and he flung his arm in the direction of a large clear like bubble and pointed his finger at the figure sitting within.
The figure within the bubble was definitely male and like those outside he was dressed in non-descript robes of a soft grey colour but that is where any similarities ended, for while those outside stood from five-six to five-nine feet in height the one in the bubble would reach roughly six feet when he stood to his full height. The man in the bubble was different in other ways as well; such as the fact that he had jet black hair and golden brown, perfectly unblemished, skin. Then, as though he knew he was being discussed, the man raised his head to reveal facial features that were almost too beautiful, perfectly symmetrical and eyes that were a luminescent pearl colour without any pupils, irises or whites to distinguish between.
"What? Don't you like Ash?" asked Salazar amused.
"That thing is an abomination" said Helga with conviction.
"There's nothing wrong with Ash" said Salazar calmly.
"Except that he's a blood thirsty monster!" retorted Rowena angrily.
"The others wouldn't be so bad if you hadn't created that thing to lead them!" stated Godric righteously.
"Without Ash the others would be helpless!" said Salazar outraged, then as he saw the look the other three shared realization dawned and he added viciously "But that's what you want isn't it? You're not so much angry with the fact that Ash was created as with the fact the he was created to lead the others!"
"Correct and I'm afraid that means we can't let this one live" said Godric matter-of-factly.
"I won't let you destroy them!" said Salazar and he turned to look Ash in the eye.
Seconds passed as Salazar and Ash stared at each other then suddenly Ash smiled, revealing pointed teeth and like most carnivores his upper and lower canines were longer than the rest of his teeth.
"What have you done Salazar?" asked Rowena suspiciously.
"Nothing much" replied Salazar grimly.
"Before we do anything else tell us, where is the child?" asked Godric.
"What child?" asked Salazar curiously.
"Don't play dumb with us! We know one of your creations had a child but it is no longer with the rest of them, so where is it?" demanded Helga.
"I don't know, perhaps Ash told it to leave" said Salazar with a shrug.
Because he wasn't paying that much attention to the three before him, Salazar was caught totally off guard when Godric hit him with a stunning spell. When his Lord was knocked unconscious Ash immediately got to his feet and, even though it was hard to tell, fixed his gaze on the traitorous three before him while a threatening growl rumbled in his throat. A look of shock crossed the faces of the three before him at his unexpected reaction but the shock was quickly replaced with resolve as the three pointed their wands at the creature in the bubble and with one voice shouted "Avada Kedavra".
Ash stood stock still as his impending death rushed towards him and just before the three curses hit him an evil smile crossed his features, then the curses hit and he dropped to the ground, dead but something remained behind, undetectable in his dead body. With grim determination the three conjured a stretcher, placed the dead body on it and cautiously went outside. When those outside saw the body of their Leader they stared with indecision, unsure about what they should do now.
"Come on we're going to give him a decent burial" said Helga kindly and at her words Salazar's creations followed the three trustingly into the forest.
So the group headed deep into the depths of the middle aged forest that had been left to grow on the grounds of the school, where Ash was buried deeper than necessary under the ground, then because they did not have the heart to kill such trusting creatures Godric, Rowena and Helga trapped the other creations in a dream like dimension that would, unknowingly to them, over time become highly unstable.
"I'm glad none of the students were here to witness this" said Godric feeling as though a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
"I agree and I think we will have to make the forest forbidden for everyone from now on and I guess we can do that by saying that some dangerous animals have moved into it" said Rowena wisely.
"Which is the truth, though I suppose we'll have to find a way to make sure the new Headmasters know the real reason the forest is forbidden and why it is so dangerous" added Helga.
"Hmm, I agree I would really hate it if a Headmaster in the future got lax about his responsibilities and allowed children into the forest and then lost them if they accidentally stumbled into that dimension we made" said Godric thoughtfully.
"Come on, we can discuss this in the warmth of the castle where we can also explain to Salazar what we have done" said Rowena and the three of them returned to the castle, each of them thinking with dread what would happen to any students that accidentally stumbled across the dimension hidden deep within the forest.
