A/N: Well I'm writing this at midnight, so I apologize if it isn't good. I was lying in bed, sleepy, when suddenly a brilliant idea for a one-shot came to me, and I just had to write it down. So here it is : - )
The Real Story of How Salazar Left Hogwarts
One day, Godric and Salazar had an argument.
Now you're thinking 'We've all heard this before,' but the truth is, you haven't.
The actual argument went something like this:
"Now, Salazar, we've talked about this, we can't let a basilisk roam in the corridors of a school full of children," said Godric.
"I don't see why not," said Salazar stubbornly, "It would be a great deterrent for invading armies, who would invade a school that has a basilisk defending it? It would stop the students from breaking curfew, too. And besides, Belleza needs exercise."
Now this isn't too unreasonable, is it? To quote the wise words of one Rubeus Hagrid, 'People can be a bit stupid about their pets.' Too true, Hagrid, too true.
This argument was repeated almost daily, with Rowena sometimes joining in. It was something of a breakfast ritual to the Founders.
But one day, a Ravenclaw student by the name of Mary Skaeter, an ancestor of the best-selling author Rita Skeeter, decided to test her variant of the Dicta-Quill.
Unfortunately, this quill was malfunctioning, and would write horrid things about whoever was speaking at the time. Again, unfortunately, she decided to test the quill over breakfast.
Here is the quill's version of events:
"We can't let muggleborns in the school! They are impure! They besmirch the name of wizardkind!" shouted Salazar.
"Purist bigot! You're not fit to be one of the Founders!" shouted Godric.
Mary Skaeter was horrified by the quill, and crumpled up the piece of parchment, and threw it out the window.
A week later, Salazar's wife fell ill, and Salazar moved to his castle full-time to take care of her.
A week after that, a student picked up the piece of paper, and kept it for a laugh.
A century after that, Edward 'Bertie' Bagshot was going through his grandfather's papers when he, too, found the piece of paper, and decided to publish it in his book, A History of Magic, and thought that this was the truth.
Eight and a half centuries after that, Rita Skeeter was helping her mother clean out the attic…. But now we're getting off track.
After a few decades, this version of events was widely accepted as gospel, and no-one questioned it.
And that, my friends, is the true story of how Salazar left Hogwarts.
A/N: Okay, tell me how it is, please! There will be a sequel, sort of, about Rita finding the quill, so watch out for that!