Harry Potter and the Founder's Power
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Chapter One
Voldemort was dead. The Elder Wand had stayed loyal to it's true master. Harry Potter stood in front of the body of Tom Riddle, two wands in hand.
Come to us. Come. Back to the Chamber.
Harry was startled by the voice. The last time he heard the voice was from the Basilisk. But he couldn't speak Parseltongue anymore. He couldn't understand why he still heard it. And the Basilisk was dead anyway.
"Mister Potter," said Professor McGonagall, as she came up to Harry. "I presume you heard it?"
"Yes, what is it?" asked Harry, confused.
"Something important. I'll let them reveal themselves. But right now, we need to fetch Miss Granger, Miss Lovegood and Mister Malfoy. We need all of them."
"Um, sure Professor," said Harry, searching for the others. "Hermione! Luna!"
Hermione and Luna looked at Harry, relieved about him being unharmed. They ran over to him.
"We need to find Draco," said Harry.
Hermione looked surprised, but followed what Harry said anyway. They found Draco with Narcissa. She was hugging her son tightly. Draco looked like he had never received this type of affection from his parents before.
"Draco," said Harry. "We need you to come with us."
Draco looked at Harry, weirdly. He muttered, "Sorry..."
"What was that?" asked Ron, coming to see what they were doing with Draco.
Draco wanted to apologize for all his insults. But he was still too proud, and he couldn't apologize to Ron. He found Harry and Hermione to be more understanding. Ron was a different person though. Frankly, he didn't even see what Hermione saw in him.
"Nothing, Weasley," said Draco, angrily.
"It sounded like you were going to say sorry," said Ron. "Well, you can't be sorry. You're just another slimy Death Eater!"
"Ron!" said Hermione.
"What? You know him!" said Ron.
"I don't think I know you," said Hermione. "He deserves a chance. He didn't try to harm us in the Room of Requirement. That was Crabbe and Goyle."
"No he doesn't deserve anything!" said Ron.
"Ron! Be nice!" said Hermione.
"No! I will not!" said Ron, drawing out his wand. He began to move it in complicated motions. Harry saw the impending danger and quickly disarmed Ron. "If you don't want to cooperate, we don't need you. Petrificus Totalus!"
Ron froze in his position and fell face down on the floor. "Sorry for that Draco," said Hermione. "Come with us."
They followed Professor McGonagall to the girl's bathroom with the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.
"Professor, I can't open it again, I can't speak Parseltongue anymore," said Harry.
"That doesn't matter Potter," said McGonagall. "As Headmistress by default, I can open the entrance. Frankly, I don't understand why Dumbledore didn't do this himself when the Chamber was opened last time. He could have saved eveyone who was petrified."
"What? He could have saved all of us?" asked Hermione angrily.
"Yes," said McGonagall, her voice quavering in anger when she remembered that her favorite student was also attacked by the Basilisk. "Open" she said to the sink.
The entrance revealed itself, and instead of a normal fall, a staircase appeared. They followed Professor McGonagall down the stairs and arrived in the passageway that used to be lined with snake statues. Now it had statues of each of the house mascots- lions, badgers, eagles and snakes. They saw four silhouettes appear out from Salazar Slytherin's mouth.
They soon came into the light. There were two men and two women. One of the men was extremely handsome. He was well-built and had a red mane. He looked grand in his magnificent red robe. The man standing next to him was a muscular handsome man as well. He had long blond hair and wore magnificent green robes. Next to the men was a tall lady who was beautiful. She had long black hair in curls, and she was dressed in royal blue. The lady next to her looked more homely, and had yellow robes.
"The founders!" gasped Hermione.
"Correct Miss Granger," said Professor McGonagall. Then she addressed the founders. "Are they the ones you wanted?"
"Yes Minerva," said Helga Hufflepuff. "You selected the best ones."
"Thank you," said McGonagall.
"Harry Potter," said Godric Gryffindor. "You have been selected to be my heir."
"Draco Malfoy," said Salazar Slytherin. "You are my heir."
"Luna Lovegood," said Rowena Ravenclaw. "You are mine."
"And Hermione Granger," said Helga Hufflepuff, smiling. "You are mine."
"May I ask a question?" asked Hermione. "Why am I the Hufflepuff heir when I'm a Gryffindor?"
"You have shown extraordinary amounts of loyalty," said Hufflepuff. "If you were to put on Godric's hat now, you would be sorted into Hufflepuff."
Hermione accepted that answer.
"What do you want us to do?" asked Harry.
"Good question," said Gryffindor. "You must rebuild Hogwarts. It has been destroyed in this recent fight. And it has also suffered corruption from two of the recent Headmasters, Albus Dumbledore and Dolores Umbridge."
"How do we rebuild this then?" asked Harry.
"You will be guided by us. You will become the new Headmasters and Headmistresses of the school. You will be known as the founders of Hogwarts now. The Houses will be renamed as Potter, Malfoy, Lovegood and Granger," said Ravenclaw.
"Minerva, unfortunately this means you will not be Headmistress," said Gryffindor. "Although I see no real desire in you to become one, so I hope this isn't a very bad thing. It will be up to them to give you, and all the other teachers a job."
"That's quite alright sir," said McGonagall, accepting her loss of the Headmistress position.
"Minerva, please evacuate everyone in this castle quickly. All your memories will be modified to believe they are the founders and that Hogwarts is a new school."
McGonagall left the Chamber and soon evacuated everyone. When the founders sensed the absence of anyone in the castle other than the eight of them, they chanted something together and the school exploded. Nothing remained except the Chamber, which rose up to ground level.
"Now then, let's begin," said Slytherin.
