Chapter 5: The Founder of Horned Serpent
Madame Pomfrey didn't ask any questions thankfully. But Hermoine had to stay on the Hospital Wing for a while. When everyone came to school they thought she was attacked and tired to sneak a peak, but they weren't able to thanks to a privacy curtain.
Durring that time Hermoine did do her homework, which Mabel and Ron agreed it was a waste of good hospital time.
Not only that time Hermoine read the book that Dipper gave her for Christmas.
When she was reading the chapter about the history of Ilvermorny, the Wizarding School of North America she discovered something about one of the founders of the school.
When they came to visit her again she told them.
"Ilvermorny?" asked Harry.
"It's the magic school for North America." Said Dieppe, "It's the school that Mabel and I would have attended had we stayed in the U.S."
"You didn't think that Hogwarts was for the whole world, did you?" asked Mabel, "I mean come on, me and Dipper are the only ones born in America."
Harry blushed when she said that.
"You found out something about the heir?" asked Dipper.
"You haven't read the book?" asked Hermoine.
"It's been a while." Said Dipper blushing slightly.
"So what does that have to with the heir?" asked Ron.
"One of the founders of Ilvermorny was a decadent of Slytherin who was also a Parselmouth." Said Hermoine.
"I bet it was so that they did that to spread the word of Slytherin all across the world." Said Ron rolling his eyes.
"Quite the opposite." Said Hermoine, "She founded the school to teach magic to her two adoptive sons. Her, her husband and her sons all created houses to emulate Hogwarts and it grew from there. Not only that but her husband was a Muggle."
"Wait one of the best magic schools has a Muggle for a founder?" asked Ron.
"Yes, but there isn't much about the founding of the school." Said Hermoine.
"So we have to see if there's any in library." Said Dipper.
And so they began to search the library for any information they could find on the founders of Ilvermorny.
Dipper also promised to help by using the books the in the Ravenclaw library as well.
"Wait Ravenclaw has it's own library?" asked Ron.
"You're really surprised?" responded Dipper.
Ron began to think about it and realized it did make sense.
"Never mind." Said Ron.
After many searches they couldn't find anything.
"Why is it so hard to find out information about other schools?" asked Ron.
"I don't know…" sighed Harry.
"I'm so bored." Said Mabel.
"I'm sure we'll be able find out the founder of Ilvermorny soon." Said Dipper.
"Maybe we should just ask someone if they know." Said Harry.
"Hello…" said a rather smug voice.
They noticed their classmate and Ravenclaw student Terry Boot. Much like Dipper when not in class he wore an accessory. A snazzy pair of sunglasses.
"Terry." Said an irritated Dipper.
"I've heard that you've been searching about the founders of Ilvermorny." Said Terry, "I might not know who the Heir of Slytherin is, but I sure know who the Heir of Wampus is."
He pulled down his sunglasses and winked at Mabel, who just rolled her eyes.
"The heir of Wampus?" asked Ron.
"It's one of the other houses of Ilvermorny." Explained Dipper
"My Ancestor was one of the Founders and the founder of Wampus House… by the same token I'm a distant relative of the Founder of Thunderbird… but since I'm not a direct decedent I don't really care about that house." Explained Terry.
"Wait… did you know we were looking the entire time and didn't help out?" asked Harry.
"I really wanted to make that entrance." Said Terry with a smug smirk.
Dipper began to message a headache coming in.
"Is he always like this?" whispered Ron.
"You have no idea." Said Dipper.
"So what do you know about the founders of Ilvermorny." Said Harry.
"Quite a bit." Said Terry taking a seat, "You see the witch that founded Ilvermorny the one who named the Horn Serpent House, Isolt was a direct decent of Slytherin by way of the Gaunt Family. Turns out her mother was the good sheep of the family by helping Muggles with her magic. Unfortunately her evil aunt…"
"We're doing this?" asked Mabel hating the evil aunt/uncle routine.
"Sorry that's just how the story goes." Said Terry, "Anyways her evil aunt killed her parents, set fire to the cabin and held her hostage for many years preventing her from going to Hogwarts because of how many Muggle-borns there are and it really diverged from Slytherins vision you know that old thing…"
The group nodded knowing what he meant.
"So eventually she escaped her aunt, traveling all over the place until ending up on the Mayflower posing as a young boy and making her way to America. She eventually met up with a Muggle man and got married. And adopted Webster Boot my many times great grandfather and his rather…" explained Terry, "Isolt homeschooled them, with Indian children joining them for their lessons until the school got bigger and bigger… Her and husband had a pair of twin daughters. Then her evil aunt showed up. She gets defeated through the power of love or whatever… and yeah… Isolt was a good witch who was descended from Slytherin."
"What did you spot paying after the stuff involving your grandfather didn't you." Said Dipper.
"Somewhat." Said Terry.
The others groaned.
"However the stuff I didn't gloss over is important. The Gaunt Family. I heard from my other ancestor accounts that they did last much longer than the evil aunt. Which is ironic as one of Isolt's daughter never married to end Slytherin's descendants."
"So we have to find someone from the Gaunt Family?" asked harry.
"Easier said than done. I asked a few teachers but there's no one with that last name right now." Said Terry.
"Why did you ask?" asked Ron.
"Finding the heir of Slytherin would have made me popular." Explained Terry, "Especially with the ladies."
They all just stared at Terry.
"Just ask around and if their mother's maiden name or something is Gaunt. That the only way…" said Terry.
"Thanks…" said Harry even it was a small lead, it was a lead nonetheless.
"By the way… don't let the Hufflepuff say get to you. We all know their a bunch of idiots!" said Terry, he looked at Mabel who was glaring at him. "Present company excluded of course… but honestly If they just did a little digging they'd realize that you weren't the Heir. I mean these two have a better chance at being the heir." he pointed to Dipper and Mabel.
"Why?" asked Dipper.
"Because the twin that did marry was a squib, and you two are American muggle-borns. Who knows maybe you're a descendent of Isolt." Said Terry.
"Okay…" said Dipper.
"Later, I have to go see a certain professor about private lessons." Said Terry with a smirk.
He left leaving everyone confused.
"Just getting it out there, no in our house likes him." said Dipper.
"I can see why." Said Ron.
"Sounds about right." Said Mabel.
"I guess we should tell Hermoine." Said Harry.
The next time they visited her they told about the lead they found.
"At least you found something." Said Hermoine.
"Maybe we should finally switch to figuring out the monster." Said Dipper.
"That's actually a good idea, but can we wait until I get out?" asked Hermoine.
"Sure it's probably best to work as a team for this one." Said Dipper.
And so they found a hint of who the heir might be. They don't who might have a mother who's part of the Gaunt family, but at least they had a clue.
Next Time: Harry discovers an old diary from the time of the first time the chamber was opened. Meanwhile Dipper and Hermoine delve into if they can figure out what the monster is. Will any of the them figure what's going on? Find out next time!
A/N: I didn't come up wit that version of Terry Boot's personality. I got it from a Web Series called Lost in Adaptation. It's a good show about comparing and contrasting film. adaptations to the books their based on. When The Dom (the host) did the Harry Potter films he got into a fight with a grown up version of Terry Boot (now referred at a Terrence) about hosting the show (every odd numbered episode The Dom would host, while the even ones until movie 8 Terrence would host) and since then he has been a reoccurring character. So yeah... he's based on that version of Terry Boot.
He will appear on occasion in the story and possible sequels.
Also yeah, that information is canon, though it's unknown if Terry really the descendant of that particular founder (it is very possible).