Chapter I : Salazar Evans

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Chapter I : Salazar Evans

It has been quite some time since the caretakers found a baby with black hair and piercing emerald eyes. All of the children in the orphanage dreamed about being found by a relative or being taken to a loving family. But one boy never held such dream; because he hated every one of his blood relatives. A lonely yet wise boy; named Harry Potter.

Harry Potter was a strange boy. He was always polite to everyone, including the bullies at the orphanage. People considered him wiser and more intelligent then other boys his age. He was tall and thin, with black hair and silver streaks at the tips of his hairs. His beautiful emerald eyes shone with wisdom and knowledge and sometimes gave others the feeling that they were reading your very soul. His penetrating green gaze used to be hidden behind round eyeglasses which he discarded for unknown reasons. But that is not what makes him strange. What made him strange was that he was a wizard. An exceptionally powerful wizard who had parts of knowledge from powerful and famous wizards; Albus Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort.

Due to being intelligent and wise, he was often picked by bullies which lead him to Accidental Magic and after some outbursts, he slowly but surely learned to control them. One such burst of magic unlocked the knowledge that had been kept deep inside his mind. With the help of said knowledge he started practicing Occlumency; the counter-skill to Legilimency This compartmentalizes one's emotions to prevent a Legilimens from discovering thoughts or memories which contradicted one's spoken words or actions.

While organizing his mind to create the mind shield required for Occlumency, when the memory of how his parents had abandoned him. Harry had never felt such anger, hate, disappointment and sadness towards anyone. Uncontrollable rage toward his parents swept over him because they gave him up since he was not the Boy-Who-Lived and for obeying a person who was nothing more than a power hungry and manipulative wizard. Knowing what he knew then, Harry changed his name because he never wanted to anyway be associated to his parents. So he adopted the name of Salazar Gellert Evans and also vowed to become the most powerful and clever wizard thus proving that he was as important as the Boy-Who-Lived. He also decided to not attend Hogwarts, if he could help it. Harry, or Salazar as he preferred, also noticed that Albus Dumbledore was master of the Elder Wand; one of the Deathly Hallows. While he never gave much notice to it, he did remember knocking the wand out of the Headmasters hand, thus transferring the mastership to himself. He decided to leave it where it was for the time being.

After mastering Occlumency, Salazar started working on Legilimency; the magical skill of extracting feelings and memories from another person's mind. For practice he used Legilimency on the workers and visitors of the Orphanage. He also started to speak and write different languages that he had gained from Dumbledore which consisted of mainly Mermish, Gobbledegook and Parseltongue - though it took him some three years to learn and speak Parseltongue. He also learned to speak fluent French, German, Russian and Japanese.

While going through the knowledge regarding ancient spells, Salazar came across a spell that can heal eye sight with out a wand. Using it he was able to get rid of the round glasses, a link that could easily prove him as Harry Potter.

Year In Durmstrang

It was a particularly warm Sunday morning which was a rare thing to experience for anyone living in London, even while it was summer. But today was a particularly interesting day for Harry Potter, or Salazar Evans as he liked to be called, because today he would receive his school letter for either Hogwarts or some other. If it was Hogwarts then Salazar was going to run to another country with his tail between his legs. Lost in thought, he did not notice an owl coming his way until it bit him. With a yelp he turned to see a letter.

Quickly opening the Hogwarts acceptance letter that was labeled 'Mr H. Potter, St. Mary Orphanage, London', he quickly skimmed through it and found exactly what he had expected to be written inside:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY


Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr Potter,


We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.


Term begins on the 1
st of September (or when you happen to register). We await your owl by no later than the 31st of July.

Yours Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

With a disappointed sigh, he threw the letter to ground. It was then that he spotted the second letter. He quickly tore open the envelope to read the letter.

Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning

Headmaster: Igor Karkaroff

Dear Mr. Evans,


We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at
Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.


Term begins on the 1
st of September. We await your owl by no Later than the 31st of July.

Yours Sincerely,

George Ivanoff

Deputy Headmaster

P.S. Due to your current residential address, it would be best if I could have a meeting with you. I will be visiting in three days.

Skimming through the letter some more, he found the "books and supplies list" for the magical school:

Uniform

First year students will require:

Three sets blood red robes

One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

One winter cloak (red with fur)


Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags


Set Books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

The Dark Arts : Introduction by Orion Murphy

Other Equipment :

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales


Students may also bring an owl, cat, toad or serpent.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Salazar ran inside the orphanage, happy that he would be able to attend a different school rather then Hogwarts. Though the worry that his parents or some other teacher from Hogwarts coming to take him never left.

True to his word, Professor Ivanoff (Deputy Headmaster and Dueling Master) visited him to attend Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning, just three days later. Salazar had done quite a lot of thinking about how to solidify the identity of Salazar Evans. After using some subtle Legilimency on Ivanoff and found him trust worthy, Salazar then explained duel identity to Ivanoff, excluding the knowledge, and also asked him to not reveal Salazar Evans's real name. After the meeting Salazar was accepted into Durmstrang. Being an orphan and therefore poor, Salazar had to buy second hand robes and books. The tuition fees were paid by Ivanoff despite much protest from Salazar.

After purchasing all of his school supplies in a remote and magical location in Germany, Ivanoff left Salazar to his own devices. Even though he was tempted to bring the Elder Wand to himself, Salazar purchased a wand; 14 ¾ inches, holly with Unicorn tail hair, best for Charms. Later Salazar was taken by Ivanoff to Durmstrang via Portkey that was being used for students that were far from Durmstrang.

During his time in Durmstrang, Salazar eagerly learned everything taught to him. Salazar's personality can be described as a mixture of intelligent, witty, cunning and extremely driven. He always valued knowledge to a point where he spent the majority of his time studying to become stronger, as according to him, knowledge is power. He also gained a reputation as the most brilliant student to have ever stepped into the school, winning every prize of note that the school offered, including the Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting. He also became youngest member of the International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) and was also credited for his famous duels with Death Eaters, servants of Lord Voldemort. Journals such as Transfiguration Today, and Challenges in Charming published his essays, research, and the spells he created.

Salazar formed a strong friendships with Viktor Krum and Professor Ivanoff, who became a sort of mentor to him. During his second year when previous Headmaster Igor Karkaroff was found missing, Professor Ivanoff became Headmaster. As Ivanoff used to teach Transfiguration, and aware that Salazar was best in that subject, he offered him his old position. Salazar agreed, and thus taught all students for four days. Though he would never admit it, he enjoyed to teach. He also received a small payment that helped him afford school. He was a favorite professor to most of the students including some pureblooded students who hated him. With the money he received, he carefully invested them in many places, that later on would offer a huge profit.

In his third year, a debate competition was being held by the Ministry of Magic in Germany that Salazar participated and won. In the audience there was a representative from International Confederation of Wizards was very impressed with the speech that Salazar gave and offered him a place of membership on the ICW. Salazar always referred to it as his best achievement. Despite having knowledge of Transfiguration from Dumbledore, who was regarded as the Grandmaster in the subject, Salazar found himself a natural in Charms. He also learned many charms as well as tricks, such as the Multi-Spell Casting from Filius Flitwick, Charms Master at Hogwarts and former dueling champion.

By the end of his fifth year Lord Voldemort had tried numerous times to recruit Salazar, all of which were declined. He became wary from then on, knowing that Voldemort was going to hunt him if he continued to decline joining. His prediction was proved correct as he had been attacked four times by various Death Eaters, whom he was able to overpower.

During the break in the School sessions, Salazar would journey to study and understand other Magical branches which included Blood Magic, Mind Magic and Soul Arts. In his journey he learned how power corrupted people, how people were blind to be manipulated for ones' purpose. After seeing this Salazar swore off his search of Hallows, which he had planned to begin after his N.E.W.T.'s. During his travels he gained a healthy respect of the Goblins and some Werewolf clans.

During his O.W.L.'s Salazar had requested to attend all the subjects for exams. Griselda Marchbanks, Head of the Wizarding Examinations Authority, was impressed with his performance and also his results which were issued immediately after the exams.

Ordinary Wizarding Level Results

Pass Grades:

Outstanding (O)

Exceeds Expectations (E)

Acceptable (A)

Fail Grades:

Poor (P)

Dreadful (D)

Troll (T)

Salazar Gellert Evans has achieved:

Astronomy: O

Arithmancy : O

Ancient Runes : O

Care of Magical Creatures: E

Charms: O

Defense Against the Dark Arts: O

Divination : E

Herbology: E

History of Magic: E

Muggle Studies : O

Potions: O

Transfiguration: O

Seventh Year

The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow and moonlit lane. For a second they stood still, one had his wand directed at the other's chest. Upon recognizing each other, the one with the wand lowered his wand and placed it beneath his cloak and started walking briskly in the same direction.

"Good Evening Viktor. Quite an interesting way of greeting," the shorter of the two grinned; his voice filled with amusement

"Good Evening to you too," replied Viktor Krum with heavy German accent.

The lane was bordered on the left by wild, low-growing brambles, and on the right by a high, neatly manicured hedge. The men's long cloaks flapped around their ankles as they marched.

"Are you sure she will not run off to someone Salazar?" Asked Viktor, his eyes showing the concern that his face did not. "It was easier than I expected. You sound confident that she will come and accept your request?"

Salazar nodded, but did not elaborate. They turned right, into a wide driveway that led off the lane. The high hedge curved into them, running off into the distance beyond the pair of imposing wrought-iron gates barring the men's way, but neither of them broke step. The silence was broken by a sounding pop and a woman appeared out of thin air.

In an instant Viktor's wand was in his hand pointing at the woman. Said woman raised a stern eyebrow at Viktor causing him to lower his wand.

Salazar broke the awkward silence by moving towards the woman with a hand to shake.

"Good Evening Madam. I am Salazar Evans and this is my friend, Viktor Krum." Salazar calmly said.

"It is a pleasure to meet you," she paused as if collecting her thoughts. "I read your letter and I do think that I will support you if any problem arises; though I must say that your letter did shock me. I never expected that from Potter or Dumbledore" she said with a small smile on her face.

"One must not judge a book by its cover," Salazar said wisely. "I am grateful for your help Madam. I am going to need as much help as I can if I wish to stay sane."

"True, Mr. Evans. Though I have some questions that I think I should know the answers to. Would you be so kind as to answer them?" asked the stern witch.

"Of course; though I hope you would not mind having this discussion over dinner, would you?"

"Very well, lead the way."

Having the last word the trio disappeared into thin air, leaving no trace behind.


To be continued….

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