Authors Note: Thanks to Ravenclawgirl-18 for beta reading the story and fixing my probably countless mistakes :P thanks a lot! And of course to J.K. Rowling for writing such a great book series that inspired this story with her awesome characters and I hope I'm doing it justice, even though I'm by no means a J.K. Rowling and no where near as good. I still hope you enjoy my story.
Warning: Slash! If you have any preconceived notions about the founders, please box them and put them away before reading the story. Otherwise they will just confuse you as much as they confuse Harry during the story. You may unpack said box after you finished reading it.
Lost in time
Chapter 1
Harry slowly enters the chamber of secrets, hardly daring to look around and ready to close his eyes as soon as he sees something move that could be a snake. At the end he sees something on the floor and runs towards it screaming "Ginny." But once there he notices that it's not Ginny but only the diary from Tom Riddle.
"She's not here." Tom says, "And neither is Basily."
"Basily?" Harry asks looking around and seeing a slightly see through image of Tom Riddle.
"Don't tell me that the name is silly," Tom laughs, "I'm not the one that named the Basilisk Basily."
"Do you know where Ginny is?" Harry asks.
"Sure." Tom replies with a shrug and the huge door that Harry had opened a little earlier closes behind himself. "She's in the shrieking shake and will come out of hiding at sunrise."
"Why?" Harry asks surprised. "What is going one? Why are you here and who's the heir?"
"That would be me," Tom grins with a smug grin on his face "I need your help Harry."
"You? You tried to kill those muggleborns and now you want me to help you?" Harry asks outraged. "Helping you..." But he doesn't get to finish saying that it be the last thing he does because Tom interrupts him.
Kill him. Tom hisses while his blue eyes suddenly turn red, he shakes his head and the color changes back to normal, Don't stay where you are and never hurt him.
I wouldn't. A voice says, coming from the open mouth in the wall, I'd never kill my master.
"What a relieve." Tom mumbles, "That means it's more likely to listen to you then me."
Harry just stares at him confused and then asks, "Was that...Basily?"
"Yes it was." Tom explains, "I need you to find the counter for a curse I'm under. One that slowly but steadily drives me crazy. I never meant to hurt anyone. I wanted to find secrets here. Salazar's Secrets. I'm trying to prove to those pig-headed pure-bloods that their nonsense of blood purity only makes matters worse. I sort of have prove. My whole family on my mothers side was more or less crazy and magically not so strong. But they inbreed more often then not to keep Slytherin's line as pure as possible. My mother loved a muggle though. A jerk sure, but a muggle one. And here I am, sane of mind and powerful."
"Sane?" Harry asks sceptically, "Didn't you just say that you were loosing just that?"
"Yeah but only due to a spell." Tom grumbles. "I need your help with that. Once that is gone I'll be good again and not evil."
"You're a book." Harry points out. "Nothing but a memory, it's not like it still maters.
"Honestly Harry," Tom mumbles. "Dumbledore was in that memory I showed you and he's still large at live what makes you think I'm not." After he said that he uses his fingers to write his full name into the dust in the floor and then draws lines from them down before starting to write the letters under the line and Harry stares at what he writes. "I would have used magic but I don't have my wand at the moment."
"You're Voldemort." Harry whispers.
"That's what I'm turning into yes." Tom says sounding sad. "I'm already using the name occasionally. Or was when I made this book in one of my moments of craziness. I killed to make it." Harry is surprised at the sadness he hears in his voice. "Harry, this diary, I doubt it's the only one but I don't know what crazy me did afterwards. Once our talk is done, you have to order Basily to put a tooth through it though. Basilisk Venom is one of the few things that can destroy it."
"Why." Harry asks and starts to wonder how many more times he's going to ask it before this night is over.
"Because this diary is a Horocrux." Tom explains, "You'll find out what that is, but while it exists, even a single one, Voldemort will live forever. I never wanted that. Most of all, not under these conditions. From what Ginny wrote and what I know of them, there is one living Horocrux. If you can manage to break that spell and get me sane again, leave that one alive so I'll live until that one dies. If not, please find a way to destroy it without killing the person."
"How can I do all that?" Harry asks.
"That is something that truly surprised me." He tells him. "Basily told me that the key to that lies in time of the founders. And that at that time there appeared someone from this time in Hogwarts. That is the reason this chamber was created. To get that wizard back in time and keep the time line the way it is supposed to. The time traveller said in his time this chamber was there so it had to be made."
Tom sighs and looks towards the face, "Basily told me that the facts got all mingled up. Did you know that Godric and Salazar were half-brothers? Godric being a pure-blood and Salazar being the son of a muggle with whom their father had an affair."
"Salazar is a half-blood?" Harry asks shocked.
"Yes he was. His Mother was a Lady of high breading and since her father didn't have any sons he claimed Salazar as his Heir. Salazar's grandfather was a high Lord of a rather big region in Scotland." Tom tells him. "There used to be many Muggles but after they found out that their new Lord would have magical powers, they wanted him dead at first. But his half-brother and his father protected him and got them all away so he was left with vast lands including a forest and a rather big lake as well as a huge castle! Guess what he made with that."
"This castle was his?" Harry questions.
"Yes but he and his half brother as well as Godric's two best friends started this school after living here for some time. They did have a lot of arguments. Especially the brothers but Salazar did die on Hogwarts grounds and was buried with Godric present and crying for his dead brother so it never could have gone to bad between them like we were taught." Tom grins. "There are more very interesting details I could tell you, like why Basily called you it's master but I think that is for you to find out yourself."
"And how?" Harry questions.
"There is a spell, to send someone back in time. It is engraved in the stone behind a secret pathway that Basily won't let anyone through but someone called the-boy-who-lived." Tom grins.
"Oh no!" Harry insists, "This is a trick. You want to get rid of me with a trick!"
"I feared you wouldn't believe me." Tom replies with a sigh, "That's why I talked Basily into letting Ginny through and to order to do what needed to be done, while possessed she could understand her and I wouldn't be around when the diary stayed here. Basily doesn't know that I knew everything Ginny did but that's beside the point. She has everything prepared to force you back in time."
"No, I won't let you." Harry says and raises his wand.
Basily Voldemort orders, Plan B.
I told you he never wanted to go, Basily says and moves out of the mouth and Harry closes his eyes. I still remember how angry he was with me when I first saw him.
Harry tries to walk away but in the end feels the tail of the snake move around his body and lift him as easily as a child, I really must have gotten big since you are so tiny now. I used to be carried around by you, and now I can carry you Master.
Harry feels himself being moved and tries to talk the snake out of doing whatever he did, until he hears a loud painful scream What was that, put me down now. You called me your master so do what I order you to do.
That was the crazy man that hurt you before. The Basilisk says, I bit that book thing, doesn't taste good but I did because you told me to do after lifting you up. You even told me to use the little red girl he'd bring to prepare after he suggests and make him believe I don't know that he hears everything I tell the girl. You said to wait for him to order Plan B and then tell you that you were the one to make me do all of it. And that since he's the older you, the one that knows more I should listen to that order no matter what you say my little master. I know you don't like it yet but you'll come to that. I remember you from a few weeks after I hatched until you went back to your time. I also remember that you were still spitting mad at me when I first saw you. By the way, I never told Tommy that his gift doesn't come from Salazar since he's never been able to speak with me."
Please let me go, I want to stay. Harry begs now.
And then hears another voice, one that sounds older, "Harry. It's good to see you so young again."
"Who are you?" Harry asks.
"Salazar Slytherin." The man replies, "At least a picture of him. I just want you to know that I'm not angry at Muggles. No matter what, things happen the way they are supposed to happen so please, don't start to hate them."
"Why would I?"
"Because they killed the one I loved." Another voice says before he adds in a hiss Go on Basily, get my younger self to the center there, I'll send myself back then, and thank you for doing as I asked, I know you must have been very lonely.
Who are you? Harry asks again.
I'm you, your future self. Harry hears a chuckles Even though I did just come from the past. "And don't worry Sal, I'm not hating them all, only those that did the deed. There are good and bad muggles just like there are good and bad wizards and witches."
The next think Harry notices is that he's gently placed on the floor and then hears one word he doesn't recognize immediately after that. Then everything starts to spin while he hears one last thing from his time, "By the way, Basily has two set of eyelids. One of them can dampen it's eyes enough to stop their magical effect without rendering Basily blind."
The next thing Harry knows is that everything turns black before he slowly opens his eyes and sees a dark stone ceiling. For a moment he assumes to be in the infirmary until he remembers what happened down in the chamber of secrets. He looks around. It does look like he's in Hogwarts, sort of, but somewhere in the dungeons. He tries to get up and walk around only to stumble over something and then sees a little snake coiled up on the floor. The skin looks cut.
Are you okay? Harry asks the little snake and feels sorry for the poor hurt thing.
The snake looks up at him for a moment and Harry sees that the eyes are covered by a thin sheen of something and wonders if that was done by the same person that hurt the poor thing. I understand you, how come that I understand you?
I speak parsel. That's how we call your language. It's a rare gift that not many have. Harry explains, And since I understand you as well, you'll needn't be scared of me. I'll try and help you if you let me.
Some things are hunting me. I don't know why. They have sticks that make light that hurts and I'm hiding here for days and can't move well enough to hunt. I'm so hungry. The snake replies.
Harry looks at the snake again before he asks, Did they do something to your eyes too? It looks like they are covered by something.
Oh that is my inner lid. The snake explains. I use it to converse with snakes without harming them I open it while I hunt for a moment to kill pray that is some distance away.
Kill with a look? Harry mumbles and pales, You are a Basilisk! You are the fucking Basilisk that got me in this mess! I bet that is you! How dare you throw me back in time and then expect my help?
Harry sees the snake coil in on itself but it still doesn't open that inner lid and moves very carefully, clearly in pain. I didn't do anything, please don't be angry, please. You're the first nice person I've ever seen. Everything not pray tries to kill me ever since I'm born please don't stop being my friend?
Harry sighs and tries to calm himself. Even if this is Basily, harming it would only change time and killing it even more. Also, he does know how it feels to be all alone and hated by everyone and then to find one friend. You're right, you haven't done anything yet so, I guess I'm sorry for getting mad at you. Come on my friend. I don't know how to heal you but I'll try to find someone that does and won't hurt you okay? Just come to me and hide around my body under my robe. Maybe around one of my arms and I'll go and talk to the wizards that hurt you. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding?
You sure they won't kill us both? The snake asks.
I'm relatively sure they won't Harry promises. I just mentioned that I was thrown back in time right? And that was a Basilisk and someone who claimed to be me. An older vision returned from this time to mine. So you see, that's not possible to happen unless we both make it.
What will my name be? The little Basilisk asks.
You don't have one yet? Harry asks feeling even more sorry for the little snake that carefully moves around on of his arms clearly hurting with every move it makes.
When I hatched there was only green pray there, the kind that hops around, and one of those people like you with sticks. The pray died when I looked at it because I hadn't known about the second eye lid, not that I minded. After that I looked into something that reflected my own image to me as I later found out. I thought it was another snake at first but the stick carrier there looked into it too and turned into stone and a few days latter I saw some others again and they tried to hit me with colored light from their sticks and that's all I know.
Poor you. Harry hisses and starts to move out of the dungeons to find those wizards and assuming that Helga, Godric, Rowena and Salazar will be only four of those he might run into. I guess they were scared after finding a dead toad and someone turned to stone and maybe already managed to turn the person that was turned into stone back and knew that it was because of you and didn't know that you never meant to hurt either.
Well I did enjoy the toad as you call it and doubt anyone found it but I didn't mean to turn anyone or anything into stone. The snake replies, Stone is rather hard to eat you know.
Harry chuckles and then hisses, Will you promise to keep those inner lids closed though and not hurt any wizards or witches.
What are those? I never heard those names. The snake replies. And you still didn't tell me my name.
I'm a wizard. Harry explains, So everyone walking on two legs with a body similar to mine or with, well womanly rounds is off limits. For now just keep them closed until you're sure you understand okay? And you're name in the future is Basily which I must say I find funny since you're a Basilisk and you're called Basily which is nearly the same. I would have named you differently but I guess, no one really named you. You told someone your name he told me and I told you so...Time is a funny thing I guess.
I do like the name though Basily replies, Especially since you told me that name and you are my only friend.
Harry is about to say that he's glad that they are friends since he used to have no friends for a long time too and now wants to have as many as he can. But before he gets around to that he hears another voice, "Who are you? And how did you get into my castle."
Harry sighs. If that guy calls it his castle it must be Salazar. Of course the first person he'd run into just had to be Salazar Slytherin. "I'm you know, I'm not sure I should say but, well, oh what the hack. I'm Harry I'm from the future and why the hell are you guys trying to hurt a poor little snake?" Basily apparently had told Tom a time traveller so he must tell some persons the truth and who else if not the owner?
"Hack?" The man asks looking slightly confused before shaking his head, "Inspiring story. You are lucky to be alive you crazy fool. That snake down there is more deadly then I thought it be. I was just messing around with some snake eggs because I'm just fascinated with them and then one that hatched killed the toad I used to keep it warm, simply because I had nothing else, and than turns me into stone. I'm lucky my brother could turn me back."
"You are an idiot." Harry replies, "A baby Basilisk is no toy so stop messing with snake eggs and NEVER let a toad breed it. A snake hatched by a toad always is a Basilisk and a Basilisk kills with a simple look if you don't look into it's eyes directly you're turned into stone and a Baby one just doesn't know that yet and has to learn things like you fool have to. And now Basily knows how it happened is sorry about it and won't do it again. It found out that it can stop killing or turning people into stone with a slightly see through set of eye lids that stop the effect. It probably makes it see a little less but since snakes go by sent mostly it's still fine and doesn't seem to mind at all. Also, you're awfully chatty and young for who I thought you'd be at first so, what's your name?" Harry doesn't think anymore that this guy can possibly be Salazar, he looks like he's 16 at the most.
"I'm not young." The man, or boy really, grumbles. "And what is chatty."
"You answer, I answer." Harry suggests. "I asked first so you answer first."
"Fine." The young boy grumbles. "I'm Salazar Slytherin and this is my castle so you better have some good explanations for me."
Harry stares at him for a moment and then smiles a little thinking wow, Salazar tried to kill that Basilisk from the Chamber and behaves like a spoiled little brat. "Chatty means that you talk a lot."
"And why exactly are you in MY castle?" Salazar asks.
"Because of that Basilisk your raised." Harry replies and wonders how honest he should be and then decides that if most facts really were wrong he might as well tell the whole truth. He'll need help to get back eventually and the founders might be able to give that help and at least at the start they all did work together and probably can keep a secret. "I'm here now because I was here, or rather in another place in this castle just, well, a few years in the future and that Basilisk you hatched together with your bloody portray send me back in time and that's why I'm here so you better find a way to get me back."
"My Portray?" Salazar asks skeptically. "How can a portray do anything?"
"I guess the magic to make them move and talk hasn't been created yet." Harry musses, "Well it must be soon and won't be like with Basily's name since I didn't listen when Colin wanted to explain it to me."
Salazar stares at him and then says, "Prove it. Tell me something that will happen soon and once it happens I might believe it."
"Okay, that part with a few years might have been an understatement but I really don't know how long and a lot of facts have been messed up and believe me, no one knows shit of this time anymore, at least not much. They do know that you and Gordric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw founded the school Hogwarts of which I'm a student by the way."
"How do you know?" Salazar mumbles and then, "Okay I believe you and please tell the others, I had that idea last night even with the name Hogwarts, but Godric laughed his head of claiming that I'm just a kid that doesn't know how the world works and that it wouldn't be possible to start a school but with you I might be able to talk him into it and those others can join, they are his friends and already am staying here for a while anyway."
Harry grins a little and then says, "You are nothing like I pictured you."
"Really? What did you think I was like." the young boy asks. "And I thought there was a moving and talking portrait of me so shouldn't you know?"
"Different. That much is sure." Harry says, "And I only meet that portray for like a few moments with my eyes closed since I hadn't known about the Basilisk being able to stop itself from killing with a look. But more importantly right now, what about Basily. It really never meant to hurt anyone and won't do it again it'll keep that inner eye lid closed so it can't kill with a look alone so please don't hurt it again. And do you have some food for Basily? It's really hungry, it was hurt by you guys and can't catch itself anything because of it."
"How do you know all that?" Salazar asks.
"Oh I can talk to snakes." Harry says, "It's a very rare gift that I have and well, in my time people think that you have that gift too."
"Fascinating." Salazar replies and Harry grins assuming that in his time Salazar might even have said cool, "I wish that was the case but sadly it isn't. Is it close by?"
"Sure I got it with me but it's hiding." Harry replies. "Can you heal it?"
"I doubt I can but my brother is a great healer." Salazar replies.
"Really?" Harry mumbles to himself, "And here I always thought Hufflepuff or maybe Ravanclaw would be a healer."
"Lady Ravenclaw? A healer?" Salazar asks, "No way in hell. And she really was one of the founders of my school? You know, she's a little, how should I say, unusual?"
"Are you talking bad about my friends again little brother?" A voice asks and Harry looks towards a man in his mid twenties at least. He is big and has glowing red hair and actually looks a bit like Ron just more muscular.
"Hello Brother." Salazar sighs, "May I introduce my new friend. He's a time traveler from the future and we will build a school here he's going to it in his time. Just it won't be just us. Your friends will help."
Harry sort of feels like squeaking but then reconsiders thinking that Godric might not be worth the effort since he might be just as different as Salazar appears to be.
"What an imaginative story my dear little brother." The man replies haughtily. "But I really don't think that it will be done. I explained that there would be a lot of work involved and you are by far to young to even consider anything like this."
"Give us one good reason not to!" Harry replies, "And if I can defuse that one you'll consider to at least try and get past others too."
"There are at least seven boggarts in this castle which is why people thought it haunted in the past. And there is no easy way to get rid of them. Do you really want to defeat your worst fear over and over?"
"A boggart?" Harry asks having read about them in one of his many defense books and knowing that it is usually taught in third year but knows the spell and how it's supposed to work. "You fear a boggart?"
"Do you have a spell against it in your time?" Salazar asks excitedly.
"If you think that you can trick me with a make believe spell then you are mistaken." Godric replies.
"Give him a chance Gody." A woman's voice says dreamily and Harry turns to see a woman with blond hair looking into a book dreamily before looking back up and smiling before saying, "Let him try."
"Rowena he can't have seen more then ten winters and you want to let him fight his own fears?" Godric replies.
"I am nearly thirteen." Harry grumbles already rather disappointed with all the founders he's seen so far. "And I can fight a boggart."
"And what do you presume it will turn into?" The man asks, "Just so I know what to expect when I need to save your sorry behind and believe me I will tell you that I warned you of this foolish bravery!"
"Foolish bravery?" Harry asks, "Man they got things messed up. Anyway, I'm not sure what it'll turn into. It could turn into Norbert. That's Hagrid's pet dragon that bit Ron. But I don't think so it might be dangerous but wasn't that scary and rather kind of cute since it was a baby. Or maybe Aragog that's Hagrit's giant man eating pet spider whose also REALLY big kids wanted to eat my friend Ron and me but Ron's the one scared of spiders while I think it was kind of exciting to get way from them. It could also be Hagrid's pet dog. It was huge and has three heads and in case it does turn into Fluffy, and yes Hagrid named a huge three headed dog Fluffy, anyway, Fluffy falls asleep when it hears music. But I'm not all that scared of it even though it did try to bite my head of once or rather twice. I was momentarily afraid of the more then a thousand year old Basilisk but since I met Basily as a baby in this time I'm rather considering it cute."
"Did that one also belong to someone named Hagrid and if yes, how crazy is that man?" Godric asks.
"Better question," Salazar asks excitedly, "Can we get him here?"
Harry looks from one of the brothers to the other and once again wonders how on earth people got it that wrong with those two. "Maybe this Hagrid fella has some nargles too?" Rowena muses, "Either way, can we have Pudding for dinner?"
"Who cares about nargles." Salazar asks the older woman that looks only slightly younger then Godric and is currently looking into her book, 'at least one thing they might have gotten right' Harry thinks and looks towards the book to see what she's reading and then frowns wondering why on earth she's reading upside down? "That man has a pet Dragon!"
Harry looks at him and then shrugs, better just forget all his preconceived notions of the founders before his head starts to spin and just get to know them the way they really are for now. "Anyway, no that Basilisk belonged according to rumors Salazar but it turns out it considers me as an owner even though Salazar was the one who hatched it. It's that snake that turned him into stone which FYI was an accident."
"FYI?" Godric asks raising an eyebrow.
"For your information." Harry explains before going on, "Anyway the snake isn't really dangerous so again I doubt it's the snake. I would have said right at the start that it's Voldemort who killed my parents when I was about a year old only to kill me but failed disappeared tried to come back from the dead apparently has something called a Horocrux which I have no idea what it is and possibly more then one and one living and seems to be an okay dude, I mean man, but was spelled to go crazy and asked for my help to fix that. Then someone hinted that he's not the heir of Slytherin which makes sense since Salazar can't speak to snakes like Voldemort can even though they do sort of look alike but that he's my heir which would imply that I'm stuck here way longer then I fancy. Anyway, since he might be nice and my heir even though the dude, I mean man, is older then me. I guess I'm to confused to be scared of him right now so I have NO idea what the boggart will be. And isn't it just freaking awesome that I actually managed to confuse my self? Like it isn't enough to according to future Basily I ordered my self being sent back in time against my own wishes! Which only confuses me more!"
"It would appear that future people have an amusing way of speech." Rowena muses. "Do you still eat Pudding in your time?"
"Pudding?" Godric asks, "You meet someone who might or might not be from another time and you're asking if they still eat Pudding?"
"Well," She replies to explain herself, "I do like to learn and it would be helpful to know that in case I get moved forward in time by accident I can still order my favorite food."
"Finally." Harry mumbles, "One fact those barmy historians got right, Rowena likes to learn, to bad they forgot to add, only about Pudding."
"Don't forget fairy-tail creatures that no one believes in like a Phoenix she claims exists." Salazar whispers and Harry just looks at him with a raised eyebrow and wonders if he's for real.
"Anyway," Harry says still looking at Salazar before turning towards Godric, "Where is that boggart?"
"If you insist," The man replies and walks along the hall before turning to Rowena, "Would you please contact Helga and ask her to come to the third floor and explain the situation? We might want to have another hand to fight whatever monster will appear."
"Helga?" Harry asks, "As in Helga Hufflepuff?"
"Oh she's amazing." Salazar replies with a gleam in his eyes. "She has a huge sword and is so strong and brave and she once fought a dragon too has a scare and all to show for it."
"Helga Hufflepuss?" Harry asks and then once again shakes his head and mumbles, "Man how by Merlin's hanging balls did they get that far off."
Godric turns and glares towards Harry and then asks, "Merlin who?"
"The way you glare I better not answer it and rather ask if you know a Merlin?" Harry replies.
"Of course I know a Merlin." He replies. "That's our fathers name. He's currently in England trying to help some prophecy along and get some Arthur something to become king."
"YOU ARE THE SONS OF FREAKING MERIN? I MEAN THE MERLIN?" Harry shouts shocked! "Oh please forget I said anything, it's just some phrase in our time but man your dad is even more famous then you just no one knew he's your dad! That's freaking amazing!"
"What if he's also portrayed in a different light then he really is since clearly so were we?" Godric questions.
"Who cares?" Harry asks, "It's freaking Merlin! THE Merlin!"
Godric just looks at him strangely but then replies, "Just please refrain from mentioning his, private areas."
"I swear." Harry promises grinning happily before swooning. "I'm talking to Merlin's son!"
"Sons." Salazar reminds him. "Remember, I'm his son too."
"Yeah." Harry still grins and then asks, "Can I touch you? I just want to be able to say that I touched one of Merlin's sons when I get back to my time."
"Sure." Salazar replies.
"Oh I nearly forgot." Harry suddenly says feeling a movement on his arm. "Basily still needs some food."
"Right." Salazar replies, "What does it like to eat?"
"I don't really know." Harry says, "But it mentioned to have enjoyed that toad."
"Jilly." Salazar says and a house elf appears dressed in a nice clean dress.
"Master called Jilly?" She asks.
"Would you please get me a nice big Toad for a little snake to eat?" Salazar replies before looking towards Harry, "I assume it won't mind it being freshly killed? Would make feeding easier."
"The first one was dead when he ate it so I guess but I'll ask." Harry says, Basily, you can come out they won't attack and Salazar promised to get you a toad and would like to know if it's okay if it is freshly killed or if you want to kill it yourself.
I would prefer to kill it myself but until I'm healed I'll be fine with a dead one as long as it's fresh. Basily replies.
"Fresh is all that matters until Basily is healed." Harry replies and then looks at Godric since Salazar mentioned he's good at healing and shows him the snake. "Can you heal it?"
While Godric has a look at the snake Salazar tells Jilly that freshly killed is okay and to get one and while Gordic is trying a spell on the little snake that heals it mostly but does leave a little wound, smaller but still clearly hurtful, Jilly get's the snake a toad which disappears inside the snake quickly.
"It doesn't seem to let all my magic through even through the opening but I'll keep trying once a day, to much might be harmful. But eventually it will be as good as new." Godric promises and Harry explains it to the snake glad that it's save.
Harry thanks Gordic right before he hears, "I thought you got lost Godric."
Harry looks towards the woman and sees a huge strong build woman next to Rowena. Her hair is blond but, a darker shade then Rowena's and Harry just stares at those muscles until he say's "I wish Malfoy were here. I'd love to let him see her and then Salazar next to her looking even more like a little kid."
"I'm not a little kid. I'm a grown man." Salazar more whines then says.
"Not in our time." Harry grins, "In my time you don't count as grown up until you're 17."
"Same here." Godric replies, "Which means he's still a little kid no matter what time."
"Hey." Salazar says indignantly. "I'll have you know that I'm very nearly 17 already."
"Yeah and it's the same then his nearly thirteen, which by the way is still 12 so you both are still kids." Godric points out.
"Not fair." Salazar pouts and Harry actually has to look three times to confirm that yes, he does see right and the great Salazar Slytherin is pouting! Where the hell is Colin and his camera when you need him? Oh right, back in his own time.
"What is he talking about?" Helga asks.
"Oh Salazar is trying to get me to agree to a ridiculous idea of his to open a school for magic by claiming that boy comes from the future and goes to that school. To prove that the boy knows things we don't he want's to fight a boggart even though he's only 12."
"Brave child." Helga says approvingly and while Gordic grumbles about stupidity Harry just tries to tell himself yet again to just forget everything he thought he knew which apparently is easier said then done.
"We should get started." Rowena replies, "It'll be time for pudding soon."
Harry just walks into the room they tell him the boggart is in and opens the cupboard that is the home of said boggart before stepping back and watching no one else but Vernon Dursley step out. Harry moves his head to the side and hears his Uncle shout, "You should have drowned at birth you worthless little thing. Useless freak you are nothing else. Should have let you freeze to death when you showed up on our doorstep you freak." The beefy man starts to open his belt before he continues moving the belt out of his pants, "I will teach you to stop that freakishness in my house."
"Ridiculous." Harry says with his wand towards the boggart Vernon and the pants of the man drop showing underpants with Tiara from kiss the Frog on it. Once the man falls to the floor he deflates from his mouth like an oversize balloon making a high pitched sound before he flies out of an open window followed by Harry's laughter.
"Was that the man that killed your parents?" Godric asks remembering all the dangerous things the boy had listed before.
"No wasn't him. I hadn't even thought of that but I guess I really am scared of getting the belt again." Harry mumbles before saying, "That was my Uncle Vernon. He's a muggle and I think sort of scared of everything that isn't normal while my Aunt Petunia, his wife, hates her sister, my mother, who is a muggleborn witch. After my parents died I was dropped of at their doorstep and lived with them and their son Dudley."
"The belt?" Godric asks and Harry notices after a quick glance that he's using a rope to keep his pants up under his open robe.
"The thing he took out of his pants." Harry replies. "It's made of leather and he used it to wipe me whenever I used accidental magic which I didn't even know at the time because they claimed Magic doesn't exist and that my parents died in a car...well an accident the rest is to complicated to explain but they said it was their own fault for being careless and drunk and that I should have died with them. I think they are just scared of magic and tried to beat it out off me. Or starve me until I'm too weak to use it. "
Salazar gasps and then says, "Brother if that's how some muggles react we have to get those kids here to school and teach them or some might be killed by such behaviors. It also might help to get pure bloods to understand more about muggles and stop some of the inbreeding that is going on. It might make for stronger wizards in the future."
"Okay, I don't care if Hermione hates me for it," Harry says, "But as soon as I'm back in my time, I'm going to get every book of Hogwarts, a History and burn it!"
"Like I said," Rowena says dreamily, "Future people are very amusing. Can we have Pudding now?"
Authors Note: As those that followed other stories of mine probably know I'll update about once a day. The story is completely written and my beta has already checked. I also hope you enjoyed Harry's boggart! But who of you agree with Rowena that Future people are very amusing and who things that the ones in the past are? Anyway, will Harry really get back or was that a trick? He never saw where any of the voices came from! Will he and Basily stay friends? Will Godroc give now and let them all start the school? Will Salazar and Harry continue to get along? Will Harry be able to find out more about Tom and will Harry ever meet the father of the two half brothers? And will Harry really burn every copy of Hogwarts, a History?