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Chapter 4-

It was a nice sunny day in April, students were studying outside, the four teachers were chatting with each other on the lake and everything seemed peaceful (until Salazar got angry at Goderic and rushed back to the castle but that's not important). But not for long, I was plotting on a masterprank: I had bought a fast-growing squid from someone in Hogsmead and I was planning on releasing it in the Black Lake. That would scare the life out of the students who liked to take a dive into the lake! The squid was now the size of a little dog and he would grow a lot faster when he was in the lake were he could eat fish and other seafood. When I put it into the lake I must confess that I would.. miss… the little creature, but when I thought about the faces of the students who were about to take a swim the weird feeling passed by. But I would learn in the future that I had a weak spot for magical creatures.

The first ones to discover the squid were a bunch of Hufflepuff girls who sneaked out of the castle after dark to take a late night swim. I was watching behind a tree to watch their facial expressions when the first girl jumped into the water. Nothing happened. Then the two other girls got into the lake. Still no squid to be seen. Damned! I was about to give up (it was late, maybe the squid was sleeping of something?) and turned to fly back to the castle. It seemed like the only fun thing I would be doing tonight was reporting those girls little escapade to the concierge.

Then I heard a scream and filled with joy I flew back behind my tree at the shore of the lake. One of the girls was dangling upside down, her leg caught in a giant tentacle. My squid had grown a lot in those few weeks! The two other girls were swimming for their lives towards the shore to take their wands and save their little friend. But my squid was already moving its tentacle towards what I supposed was its mouth. The girl who was caught by the squid was now screaming even harder, it was strange that nobody in the castle had heard her yet. Because I was counting on that. It was supposed to be a prank, to scare the students. Not to get them killed by a squid! So I wanted to fly as fast as possible towards the castle to wake Gryffindor (he would know what to do in this case), but the squid solved the problem for me: he just put the girl on the shore. He was saving her? He wasn't eating him? I was disappointed and relieved at the same time. The girls ran back to the castle, but I would be there first to report them to the concierge.

And when I was flying towards the hut of the concierge, I heard a groan and the sound of someone crying. I decided that the Hufflepuff girls weren't priority and flew towards the sound. It came from the borders of the school grounds… that was weird, I hadn't seen any other students sneaking out of the castle that night? When I arrived at the borders of the school grounds I saw nor heard anyone. Maybe I had imagined the sound? To be sure I waited for a few minutes and just when I was about to fly back to the castle I heard the sobbing again. It came from beyond the borders! As I was bound to Hogwarts I couldn't go there, but the concierge could so I flew towards the man's hut and tried to wake him up.

At that time, the concierge was a man with a golden heart. He was a Hufflepuff when he was studying here and he never left. He was the first concierge Hogwarts had, his name was Morgan. He woke up after I threw a bucket of ice cold water over his head and then he started shouting at me. As if I did that every night. OK, maybe I had done that before. But not every night. Once a week maybe…

When he stopped his outburst, I tried to explain him the situation. He immediately went all serious and came with me. When we arrived at the spot, Morgan casted a spell and he went off the school grounds. The only thing I could do now was wait until Morgan got back.

After several minutes, he returned. He had an unconscious body over his shoulder. It was a muggle! I couldn't believe my eyes, it was a muggle priest. A fat monk actually. Morgan took him to the nursing rooms. I tried to talk into him, he was a muggle! Muggles weren't allowed on the school grounds! They would find out about magic, it was forbidden! But Morgan couldn't leave the monk there, he was badly wounded and Morgan was to weak hearted. Ugh. Hufflepuffs.

The monk was bleeding out of several cutting wounds. Morgan called for the nurse, Mrs. Penny, and she immediately started curing the cuts, stopping the blood from streaming out of the man. Morgan left to wake the founders and returned with tree of them. Salazar wasn't with the rest. I didn't know why he wasn't present but I didn't really care. Godric and the two woman called off an emergency council. No muggle could enter the Hogwarts grounds, Morgan's actions were actually punishable. But I spoke up for the man: "He got himself into trouble but only because he was a good person!". "You would have done the same thing! The monk is badly injured, you wouldn't left him there to die either!" I jelled.

"I would have." A cold voice said softly. Salazar. The git had come after all. Everybody in Hogwarts knew he hated muggles. He was the reason only pureblood wizards were allowed at Hogwarts. I couldn't stand the guy. He was even more irritating as Goderic, for heaven's sake! With his pureblood-obsession he was the most hated founder. He always had rows with Goderic, I would have bet that the argument at the lake a few weeks ago was about muggles too! Salazar had walked towards the hospital bed in which the monk lay. He was sleeping, thanks to Mrs. Penny and her droughts, but his injuries were grave. Maybe he wasn't going to make it. Salazar looked at the monk with disgust and walked out of the room without saying a word. "Well," Goderic said, "he can recover here, but when he's fit enough to leave, I'll modify his memory and he'll be free to go." That sounded fair, Goderic was (beside his irritating behaviour) the founder I looked up to the most. He knew what was wrong and right. Just like me, I would never do something that was dangerous. I knew where the borders were.

But Salazar clearly didn't. When everyone went back to bed, he sneaked back into the nursing rooms. I was at that time talking with Morgan in his house about the events of that night. I was casually looking out of the window when I saw a green flash of light after one of the windows of the castle. It was on fo the windows of the nursing room! Someone had used a Forbidden Spell! Morgan and I hurried back to the castle. The monk lay dead in his bed.

Morgan rushed out to get Goderic and the other founders, even Salazar. Mrs. Penny was crying on the end of the bed, she thought that she had given the monk the wrong potion or did something else wrong. I tried to comfort her and explained to Goderic that I saw a green light. Everyone looked shocked. Someone had committed a murder on Hogwarts grounds. And everyone knew who had done it. No student knew about the monk, so it had to be someone who was there when Morgan and I brought the monk in. Only the founders and Mrs. Penny were the suspects. But Goderic, Rowena and Helga turned towards Salazar and Goderic asked him just one question: "Why?".

"I saw no other way, no muggle should ever see Hogwarts. Only purebloods are allowed within the walls of the castle." Salazar spoke coldly. " So you just KILLED the poor man?!" Helga shouted. "Goderic was going to modify his memory!" Rowena whispered in tears (she was still very emotional when someone spoke of death. It remembered her of Helena). "Get. Out. Of. My. Castle." Goderic sad slowly while drawing his wand. He looked very dangerous. As if someone had changed his personality. Now I knew why his enemies were so afraid of him. "YOUR castle?!" Salazar hissed. "Yes, my castle. Everybody knows that I'm the one who's leading this place. And everyone also knows that you are one awful person. You committed murder on school grounds. I hereby ban you, and I know Helga and Rowena are with me on this case." Goderic said with great authority in his voice. The tip of his wand was glowing dangerously red. Salazar drew his own wand, green sparks were coming off the tip of it. It looked like there was going to be a duel between two of the most powerful wizards of the world, someone had to do something before things could escalate.

And then a soft voice spoke. "Please, do not use violence. That's not going to solve anything." It came from above. A new ghost had appeared. The monk turned into a ghost! It was perfectly possible: only people who died in Hogwarts or had a strong connection with the castle could back here as a ghost. The monk died within the walls and turned into a ghost, even though he was a muggle. Salazar's eyes widened. "You? How did you? A ghost? " He whispered. But he recovered from the shock very quickly and turned to Goderic. "You have allowed this scum in the castle. And now he's going to stay here forever. I will leave this castle immediately, not because you ordered me to, but because I know muggles will crowd this beautiful castle and contaminate it with their filthy blood. " After these words he rushed out and was never to be seen again on the school grounds.