Chapter II
A/N: Sorry about the long wait, this one is just one of three that I'm working on at the moment. Chapter is unbetaed, looking for beta reader. We pick back up with the Slytherin siblings, hours after their parents murder... Enjoy! SSD!
It was a good thing that his sister was very light. Salazar had been carrying his sister on his back since she started stumbling. Selene was exhausted. Neither of them had gotten much sleep the night before, when their parents had woken them from their beds. A short time later, from a distance, they'd watched their parents murdered by their former Muggle servants with the help of their Church.
At the end of the tunnel, Salazar had found a bag of Galleons. While it was wizarding money, Muggles wouldn't care once they saw the shiny flash of gold.
"The dirt veined fools deserve to be hoodwinked anyway!" Salazar thought.
Getting to a small cave, he set Selene down.
He told her "Stay here and be quiet. I'll be back with some food."
Galleons hadn't been the only thing at the end of the tunnel. A bow with a quiver of arrows and a dagger were there as well.
Salazar was about to put them to good use.
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But he wouldn't need to. Salazar saw a deer in a trap. It was already dead so he cut the rope that held it, and with the help of his magic, got it back to the cave.
"Lena, you can come out."
His sister tiptoed into view. She was clutching her toy black cat to her chest, her eyes still wide with fear.
Selene watched as her brother skinned the deer quickly and efficiently with magic.
While he was doing that, she decided to start a fire. Selene lit it up, with some effort, with her own magic. Her parents had only just started to teach her how to control it properly, so as to not attract undue attention from the non magical population.
They cooked and ate in silence. The brother and sister had not yet spoken of what had happened as they were still somewhat in a state of shock.
"Where are we gonna go now?" Salazar looked up from eating and saw that Selene was looking at him with eyes that were filling with tears.
"We will make our way to Béal Feirste and try and find a vessel so we can get out of the country. I do not want to find out how that new religion will treat us. Try and get some sleep, we will have a long day of walking ahead of us."
Selene burrowed into him, shaking for a while then calming. Salazar did not fall asleep until long after Selene did.
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Salazar moved to prod his sister awake and found that she wasn't there. Scrambling up, he was tearing through the area before he saw his sister talking to what was obviously a Muggle family.
Rage coursed through him, as he strode towards his sister, "Lena, you know what father said!" He started to drag Selene away, when the man said, "Your sister said that you two were lost and needed a ride to Béal Feirste. We just happen to be heading that way to sell our surplus."
Oh his sister was clever. She'd taken care of the Muggles being overly curious about where their parents were.
Leaning in close to her ear, he hissed in Parseltongue, "Clever. Next time you leave my sight you might not be so lucky. Stick close to me now, while we go get our belongings."
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The ride to Béal Feirste was long and bumpy. It put Salazar into an even fouler mood. Selene was clinging to him, eyes wide as they entered the city.
When the muggle family's backs were turned, Salazar and Selene slipped off the wagon, leaving some Sickles behind. They didn't want to attract attention, and they'd already interacted with Muggles much more than Salazar would have liked.
He'd already made up his mind that they were going to stow away on an outbound ship. And the one that he liked the most was sailing for Picta.
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The voyage had been very unpleasant so far, with both Slytherin siblings being violently seasick. They had also been very lucky that they hadn't been caught by the merchants. Neither Selene nor Salazar wanted to find out what would happen if they were found.
Salazar hadn't seen any signs of another witch or wizard (besides him and Selene) since their parents' murders. While there had been families in Hibernia they could have gone to, Salazar had a feeling that getting out of the country was the best idea.
That new faith of the Muggles was causing a lot of trouble for witches and wizards. Anything that went against what that faith deemed right, was extinguished.
Salazar vowed to find a way to make them pay for what they had done. Even if it took him the rest of his life to do it!
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The siblings snuck off the boat as soon as it was dark outside. The language here was similar to the one back home but with enough differences, Salazar noticed that would mark he and Selene for not being locals.
"Here now, what's this? Two urchins lurking about?" A man at the head of a group men built like trolls called out. And smelled just as bad.
"Now this part of town belongs to me, you need to pay up," he continued. Then he saw the locket around Selene's neck. "That locket around your sister's pretty neck would suffice. Along with the coin in your purse." The man grinned, clearly used to getting his way.
"No." Salazar had a feeling that a beating would be coming his way for his recalcitrance so he snarled, "Fhaigheann tú boladh an troll" then yelled, "Selene, RUN!"
Before anyone could even movie, a polished voice sounded out, "It seems that terrorizing women is no longer enough Miles, that going after children is now the order of the day?"
Selene and Salazar turned towards the voice. He was not overly tall, but exuded power.
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Alastair Blackwood had been in the area around the dock to look into some goods that he'd been expecting.
What he had not been expecting was the appearance of who seemed to be the children of Taranis Slytherin, having risen from the ashes of their families murder. They were filthy and stank of fish.
But they were alive, and that line would continue. He knew that seal on the boy's ring. Now too get them out of this situation.
"And what are you going to do to stop me, Blackwood," the thug sneered.
With a wave of his hand, that entire group of men got dreamy looks and walked away from the area.
Salazar knew what had just happened. Those men had just gotten their memories modified.
"Who are you?" He demanded, standing in front of Selene.
"I am Lord Alastair Blackwood, of the clan Blackwood. And I think that you and your sister are looking for others of your kind."
"Prove it!" Salazar demanded again. He was not going to risk his or Selene's safety based on words alone.
A short time later, the man's hands were holding blue flames. After extinguishing them, he showed them the signet ring. Salazar looked at it closely, and sure enough, it was the seal of the Blackwoods.
"You have need of a place to stay. You will be most welcome with my family. It is a good thing that you two have been found."
Alastair heard the two children hissing at each other. He had heard that the Slytherin family were Parseltongues, but had never seen one in action.
"We have no place else to go," Salazar replied. "We will gladly come along with you." Taking his sister's hand, they walked beside their new protector, and into their future.
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November 1992
After having asked Harry to borrow Hedwig, Hermione finally had her copy of Hogwarts, A History with her. She had not wanted to wait for one to get free at the library. There had just been too many Lockhart books to bring it along initially. Hermione wanted to read up on the Chamber of Secrets.
The Chamber of Secrets
A place of legend that Salazar Slytherin started to build when the he first noticed that the tide was turning against his wishes to keep Hogwarts an all-magic school, or purebloods. It may also have used for the practicing of the Dark Arts.
It is unknown whether Salazar's younger sister Selene was aware of the existence of the Chamber, since she never mentioned to anyone. She may have mentioned it to the other Founders after the incident, but that is unclear.
Yet another mentioning of the mysterious Selene Slytherin. Hermione went looking towards the beginning of the book where a list of the first teachers was located.
Selene Slytherin
Younger sister of Hogwarts Founder Salazar Slytherin. Ollivander Wand made out of pine wood, with a thestral tail hair core. Taught Magical Creatures and Runes. Could perform the Patronus charm, it took the form of the lioness. Married Godric Gryffindor roughly three years after the founding of the school.
That was it. Nothing more about a woman who probably had a larger effect on Hogwarts than was likely realized.
Hermione was going to find out more about her, even if it took the rest of her time at Hogwarts. Even if it meant talking to a Slytherin.
She would need to find Ariadne Medakan.
A/N 2: So what do you all think of this? Godric will show up in the next chapter. It'll be a bit of a time jump forward. Godric and Salazar will be 17-18, Selene will be 11-12.