This is for Gracie day number two!! hope work isn't driving you insane yet honey!
warning: mentions of slash
disclaimer: well duh!
Chapter one
The yelling was getting louder
The little boy cowered down in his cupboard hiding his tiny body in the smallest corner shrouded in darkness. It had started very suddenly not long ago. He wasn't used to people yelling when it wasn't at him and that frightened him.
Apart from their voices he could hear four others two female two male screaming at them about someone called Harry.
The noise stopped as suddenly as it started followed by the sound of doors opening and closing drawing closer to him. The boy shrunk further into the shadows.
The door rattled as someone tried the knob "Alohamora" ordered a frustrated voice.
The door swung open
Light assaulted the boy's eyes and for a moment he was blind, when his vision righted itself he saw a woman.
She was pretty with soft slightly rounded face, nothing like aunt petunia equine features. She had long red gold hair that fell in front of her right shoulder and down her back in ripples glinting like the sun. Her soft green blue eyes scanned the dark space until they rested on him. She gave a sad smile and extended a hand toward him "Harry" the boy slowly stood then took the offered hand, if she said he was Harry he would believe her.
Her hand was warm as it closed around his.
"Any luck Wren?" the male voice close by frightened Harry into cowering behind the woman.
When she spoke the woman's voice was soft and warm. "Yes, he's here Flame"
"Wren's found him." the voice hollered causing Harry to cower further behind the soft brown skirts of the woman's dress until he was nearly hidden from view. The woman gripped his hand reassuringly as footsteps drew near.
The other voices revealed themselves to be: a man tall and well muscled with friendly brown eyes and shaggy red hair that fell around his head like a fiery mane, he wore huge black boots, comfortable looking black pants and a grey tank top that hugged his muscular chest, the second was another woman, she had stunning sapphire eyes that glittered at him momentarily before they glazed over as if she where a hundred miles away she tilted her head slightly to shift some of the raven hair out of her eyes that had fallen from the ribbon that loosely held it back and absentmindedly adjusted her blue dress until it sat comfortable. The last man was taller then the first but slender and pale with aristocratic handsome features and white hair (despite him only looking about twenty five) that was drawn back into a ponytail behind his head, He wore tailored black pants and a loose white top. He reminded Harry of a pirate he had once seen on a book the woman had thrown at him when he took to long at his chores once.
The man's black eyes where calculating but not unkind, the boy thought he was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.
"Harry?" the woman holding his hand asked
He looked up into her eyes
"I'm Helga, but you can call me Wren, this," she said gesturing towards the man with the mane like hair "is Godric but we all call him Flame, Salazar" she said gesturing to the second man "is also called Bask and that" she said pointing at the other woman "is Rowena whom we call Poe."
The woman smiled at him.
"We're going to take you home with us"
'The Boy' now known as Harry looked up at the woman, he would go anywhere with her. He stepped out from behind her and took Bask's hand as he extended it in offering. Harry saw the sun for the first time he could remember that day.
The silver haired man lifted him into his warm arms, Harry rested his head against the man's shoulder as the world whooshed by in a great blur. It was familiar.
Ironically after only being called Harry for less then a day, the boy was given a new name, Dusk
11 years later on Dusk's 16th birthday
The raven-haired boy awoke to the familiar smell of breakfast.
He had been living in Basks house for the last eleven years. In truth the other three practically lived there too the amount of time they where there but they all liked to pretend they didn't.
From the start they had made it no secret as to who it was they where. The founders of Hogwarts had decided to live again. The general public remained oblivious to the living legends and the four quite liked it that way.
Dusk pulled a tank top and boxer shorts on and walked downstairs, the kitchen door was ajar, he yawned and walked in Wren was the first to spot him she put the spatula down and pulled him into her arms
"Happy birthday Darling" she said
"Thanks Wren" He smiled and kissed her cheek, then did the same to Poe who smiled fondly at him and wished him a happy birthday. He placed another on Bask's forehead who sat reading his morning paper
"Happy birthday" he said his soft rumbly voice sending pleasant shivers through Dusk's body, Dusk sighed that man had far too much power over his body it was ridiculous.
He sat accepting the cup of tea from Bask, enjoying the quiet morning sounds.
"DUSK, HAPPY BIRTHDAY" Flame boomed coming in from the back yard with bowl of fresh strawberries, he ruffled the boys hair before going over to help Wren. The teenager smiled watching Bask glare at his un-necessarily loud friend. It was the morning ritual and it never got old.
Pancakes, fruit salad and muffins with berry sauce. Dusk sighed as he consumed the food; it was heavenly like all Wren's cooking.
When he finished eating the plates where hastily gathered and packages placed in their stead.
The first was wrapped simply in brown paper with his name written across the front in Poe's delicate lettering.
The boy pulled the paper till it revealed what was beneath it.
'Standard book of spells grade six' the book read.
Dusk grinned, "I'm going to school?" Poe nodded Dusk's grin widened and he dived at the woman so he could hug her. He looked gleefully through the books, it was all his schoolbooks then right in the middle was 'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' Dusk opened the book and immediately started reading
"If he gets that excited over the books wait till he sees the potion ingredients" Bask said dryly, humour apparent to those who knew him well in his tone.
"Here open mine" Wren said pulling a brightly wrapped parcel from the pile.
Dusk untied the cord and let the fabric slip away to reveal a shrunken trunk.
"It has the rest of your supplies in it" She explain smiling
"NOW ME" Flame proclaimed in his usual exuberant tone he pushed a box towards Dusk whom opened it. Inside was a clock of a strange shimmering fabric.
"An invisibility cloak!"
"T'was your dads" Flame said a sad glint to his eyes
"Thanks Flame" Dusk said
"No problem kiddo"
The boy carefully placed the cloak back in the box
Bask offered him a rectangular box
Inside nestled in amongst the silk was a wand made from a stunning dark wood.
Dusk raised his eyebrow at the silver haired man
"You have to at least look like you need one" Bask explained "But it's not really a wand anyway"
Dusk looked back into the box to see it swell and lengthen till more of it was out of the box then was in. A beautiful black snake.
It curled its way up his arm and settled itself around his neck.
"Hello founderling," she hissed "I'm Ayame"
Dusk smiled and ran his finger along its rippling skin.
"Hello Ayame" he hissed back
"Thankyou Salazar, she is beautiful I will treasure her" He hissed to Bask
The man nodded a slight smile playing across his lips.
"One last thing" Flame said grinning manically he passed Dusk a folded piece of paper…
Dearest founders…
Of course you can work here it is your school after all, I have however had to invent some new positions as most where filled…
I have given you each the following as instructed.
Salazar Slitheren (to be known as Professor Bask) defence against the dark arts
Godric Griffindor (to be known as Professor Flame) Muggle Games master
Rowena Ravenclaw (to be known as Professor Poe) Book tester and advisor
Helga Hufflepuff (to be known as Professor Wren) cooking instructor and student support
Regards,
Albus Dumbledore
The boy's eyes lit up
"You're coming with me?"
Wren smiled
"Of course, we'd miss you far too much darling, and anyway do you seriously think Bask would be able to go that long without you in his bed?"
Dusk smiled down at the wedding band on his finger blessing the law that said soul mates could be married whenever they deemed it necessary.
"Guess not" he said smiling at his husband who pretended to ignore them his face hidden behind the daily prophet.