Rowena Ravenclaw was born to an average pureblood family On May 6, 983. Though her family did not have much money, her parents were determined to find a tutor for Rowena when they found they could teach her no more at the age of 12. She was the fastest learner of her sisters, Rose(15) Catherine(13) and Holly(9). She read books as if she was bathing in their glory, and did more powerful spells that either of her parents could if they were able to perform the spells together. She became the teacher of Holly when she was eight years old. It was then that Rowena realized that there needed to be a school for children in England. One which even the poorest families could afford to send their gifted children.
The closest school to Rowena was Beauxbatons, but her parents would not send her to another country. Her parents knew that a tutor was the only way she would learn more than they could teach her. They asked other magical families about finding a tutor, and her uncle was the first to suggest one. This tutor was very advanced in her magic, and could teach Rowena everything she could desire to know, but this tutor usually only took in children at the age of eleven. Her parents decided to owl this tutor anyway, and faster than you can say "Merlin" Rowena was sent to the valley to learn more about the magic she was able to do, and how to use it properly.
Her tutor's name was Helga Hufflepuff, and she agreed to teach Rowena shortly after meeting her. Helga found Rowena to be the best of her students, and used her as an example of how they should brew a potion or perform a spell. The only catch was Rowena was unable to see her family, but she sent them lots of owls to let them know what was happening. Her sister Holly joined her two years later and they both were the top of Helga's students.
Helga also had a dream of making a magical school. She had sent out owls to the ministry of magic to create one, but all they did was to send here two names of two other people who wanted to build a school, and a letter saying there is some empty land beside Hogsmeade. So when Rowena turned 15, Rowena, Helga, Gordric, and Salazar met in Helga's house to plan the school. As the school was built, the other three taught Rowena, the youngest, and after reading and their teaching, she became the most knowledgeable of the four. She also grew in beauty with her long wavy strawberry blonde hair and bright green eyes. Her slim body and innocent appearance made her look more of a student than a future teacher.
They all continued with their own students, but were unable to teach as many students as they used to because of the building of Hogwarts, as they began to call it. They bought a large house in Hogsmeade and taught their students there. The school itself was in a most beautiful location in Rowena's opinion. She enjoyed sitting by the lake reading during her free time, and being taught mermish by the merpeople. She also learned a lot about the people she was going to teach with. She still found Helga to be the one she could talk to the easiest because of her caring nature. Salazar, she found, was set in his ways of who should make up the magical community even though Helga, Gordric, and herself tried to convince him otherwise. Gordric was someone that Rowena knew she could trust with her life. They all had great strengths and weaknesses that should have been a perfect mix for students to learn from.
When the school opened in 1005, she was twenty-two years old, and ready to teach young students. The castle was big, but it still had room to grow if it ever needed it. And the teachers were ready to teach their subjects. Gordric taught magical defence, Helga taught potions, Salazar taught transfiguration, and Rowena taught her favorite subject, charms. The four spent ten years in harmony, but ten years later they began to argue about who the best students were. Gordric tried to help by using his hat to split up the students, and allow the hat to choose who would teach each student by the students strengths and the founder's strengths to try to stop all the arguments because they were interfering with the students' learning. This plan, however, had some very large consequences.
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Author's note: I'm getting tired of all the 6th year stories so I decided to do one that has nothing to do with 6th year. Happy Reading.