A/N: I'm making this as though the OotP never existed but I will be using some stuff from it. The rest of the story will be set in Harry's fifth year. I hope you'll enjoy the story.
Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor were both panting for breath. They were having a duel. But unlike the other duels they had fought with each other, this one would be a fight to death. It was being held at the lakeside in Hogwarts.
"Engorgio!"
"Reducto!"
Hogwarts. Their dream of a place to give young people an education. The reason their seemingly unbreakable friendship had crumbled. The reason why they were having the duel. Their different ideals had driven them apart, and now, one of them would die. Rowena and Helga stood side by side, watching anxiously.
"Confundus!"
"Conjunctivitis!"
Both spells failed. Neither man was daunted, however. Neither was willing to give up the school all four of them had so labouriously built a few years ago.
"Everbero!"
"Impedimenta!"
Had it only been a few years? It seemed like a lifetime away when they had built the school.
"Petrificus Totalus!"
"Tarantallegra!"
Both were tiring, but unwilling to give up. But it had slowed down. They were throwing random curses at each other, waiting for one to make a mistake.
"Serpensortia!"
"Incendio!"
Rowena and Helga sighed in relief as the snake burst into flames. Being a Parselmouth, Salazar could have caused a lot of damage with the snake. But their relief did not last long. They were soon anxiously watching their co-founders of Hogwarts. Suddenly, Godric tripped over a root. It was the chance Salazar had been waiting for. But before he could cast a spell, something appeared behind Godric. A wild time portal! (A/N: A time portal is a portal that can take you to the future or past. They used to be 'wild' until the1930s. The prologue is set in 1881.) Godric fell into it, and the time portal vanished.
Salazar stared at where Godric had been standing only a few seconds ago. By default, he had won the duel, but for once, he wasn't happy about winning.
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As Godric hurtled through the time portal, he hoped that the time portal would only take him back, or forward, only a few days. If it took him back longer than that… he hoped that his wife, Fiona would be safe.
All of a sudden, the time portal spat him out. Godric had a vague impression of a lake at one side and a tree at the other before he blacked out.
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When Godric woke up, the first colour was white. Looking around, he saw other unoccupied beds. So this place was… 'A hospital wing.' His brain supplied wearily. ' It was too small to be a real hospital.'
The person who was supposed to be tending to the hospital wing was not there, so Godric went to the window and looked out. He drew a sharp breath. He was in Hogwarts. Undoubtedly. Some things had… changed but it was definitely Hogwarts.
He spotted a calendar and took a look. What he saw made him sit down hard. The year was 2001. the time portal had brought him 200 years into the future.
A/N: First chapter done. Like I said before, this is an AU story. There is no prophecy.
Disclaimer: If I did own Harry Potter, what would I be doing here, writing fanfiction?