Slytherin: The Story of Hogwarts' Beginning

Four young adults, looking as though they were not a day older than twenty, walked along a dark and stormy path. They were leaving there homes, in search of new adventures. The team consisted of Godric Gryffindor, a young man with adventure in both his heart and his phoenix feather wand. He had his intricate, designed wand hanging on his left side, because his wand hand was his right hand, and he had a long, gleaming, silver sword tucked tightly into the ruby encrusted scabbard on his back. He was dressed in a white dress shirt, with a brown vest and red dress robes with gold trim. The man walking beside him, was a dark haired boy with sharp red eyes, and was dressed nearly the same as Godric, except he had green and silver robes, a black vest, and a locket, with the letter "S" written in the center with a beautiful sculpted emerald. He was Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor's best friend. There were two girls beside them, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. Rowena was a thin, gangly girl with jet black hair, who wore a sapphire encrusted diadem fitted tightly onto her small forehead. She wore a blue dress with bronze colored cuffs. Helga was a heavier girl, wearing a backpack with a gold goblet sticking out from it. She wore a yellow and white sun dress and a leaf strewn crown atop her billowing blonde hair.

They were four wizards with a dream. They wanted to set out and create a school for wizards and witches to learn magic. They were heading to Scotland, as there were large, smooth planes, and mountain hills to protect from Muggles. They planned on building a castle with four main areas, where each person could train students sorted into that area in their own way. At the end of the year, four champions would be selected to fulfill dangerous tasks all for the House Cup, a trophy that would be given to the head of each house. Helga Hufflepuff carried this cup in the backpack.

At last they finally reached the area in which they were to build the castle, the name, they decided, being Hogwarts.

They immediately got to work. With all four of their wands, they harvested stone and brick to fashion a many room castle with winding staircases, many of the same classrooms, and four large rooms. They decorated and used the four large rooms as temporary homes.

Helga Hufflepuff used her pure hearted Unicorn Hair wand to sculpt sand into four large buildings, and baked them into glass green rooms for Herbology. She used five rooms surrounding her common room for the other subjects, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Curses and Counter Curses, Potions, and Transfiguration.

Rowena Ravenclaw used the interior of the castle around her tower common room as multiple of each class, three classes of each subject to teach to those who wished to be helped. She focused on Charms, History, and Transfiguration to teach to her children, as she wished for them to know more of the essentials, rather than more of the fun things.

Salazar and Godric created the rest of the castle, the towers, the other common rooms, the other class rooms, and the main Great Hall, followed by their own houses. Salazar made a deep dungeon for his house classes and common room, whereas Godric made a common room in a thick tower and have the classes in his house surrounding the tower.

Four long years later of enchanting, building, and many changes did the four young men and women finished their perfect castle. As the sun was setting on the final day, the all took a step back and admired their work.

"Our… Our castle is… Beautiful!" Helga Hufflepuff croaked through tears as they admired the amazing castle that they had created in just four short years.

"Alright, we must choose who should be the headmaster or headmistress of this school that we have built."

"I propose that we shall vote," said the grinning Salazar Slytherin. He obviously knew that he would be chosen, because he was the most liked. And, well, he had good reason for thinking that. He was best friends with Godric, and he was deeply in love with Rowena. No matter how many ways this could be approached, he knew that he would be chosen.

"That is a wonderful idea, Salazar, but I have a better idea," Godric replied proudly. "We shall have a competition. We will rule the school as equals, and at the end of the year, whichever house wins the house cup after the tournament, the Head of that house shall be chosen as the headmaster or mistress."

"I'm okay with that," Helga Hufflepuff said as she wiped her eyes.

"I second that," Rowena replied.

It seemed as though the only one who did NOT approve was Salazar.

"Okay, Godric. We shall see. School will start on September the Second. We shall choose wizards and witches to join, and we shall have this competition of yours, Goody Godric," Salazar falsely agreed.

"Okay. Now since everything is in order, we should all get some sleep. We still have letters to send out."

All of the young adults left, leaving only Salazar remaining in the dark.

"Enjoy being the favorite while you can, goody Godric. There will be a war starting, and it will NOT end with you on a throne, Gryffindor.

Salazar left the empty, dark plane for his empty, dark dungeon home, with only one thought on his mind.

This means War.