Chapter 10
Arthur Weasley sat in his office relaxing for once when suddenly on owl flew in. The beautiful snowy white owl landed in front of him and handed a letter to him. Accepting it He looked at the writing and recognized it as his youngest son's. Opening it he started to read.
Dear Dad,
I'm happy to have received your letter and even more happy to hear that I have our support still. I have made friends actually. I made friends with Hermione Granger a muggle born, Rowena Potter, yes she is who everybody else thought was Harry Potter. I also made friends with Daphne Greengrass, Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy. I know what you must be thinking, Malfoy have I gone crazy? To tell you the truth dad, his a great person and not at all like Lucius Malfoy. Classes are going good and I'm doing well. The twins haven't spoken to me nor has Percy but I suppose that is to be expected after all they are Gryffindor's and I am a Slytherin.
I hope you are doing well dad, I love you too,
Ron
Arthur smiled to himself as he read his son's letter. To say he was shocked that his son was friends with a Malfoy was something but he didn't mind if the boy wasn't like his father. He was slightly angry that his other son's weren't speaking with Ron but supposed it was to be expected after all the where in rival houses now.
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Walking up from there slumber, Hermione, Ron and Rowena all started to get ready. In no time they were dressed in their uniforms and had there book bags. They left their dorm and were met by Draco, Blaise and Daphne.
"Have you guys been waiting for us?" Rowena asked walking over to her Potion partner.
"Yes actually we have." He said grinning.
"Well thank you." she said smiling at them.
Walking through the halls of Hogwarts they six friends soon arrived in the Great Hall laughing and giggling. When they took their seats they started to eat some breakfast and Blaise finally piped up.
"I know Christmas is a long time away but I was wondering would you lot like to come to the Zabini house, Draco and Daphne will be there and our parents, Draco's mother wants to meet you." he said smiling at them.
"I have nothing to do and it's not like I want to return to my relative's home." Rowena said with a grimace on her face.
"My parents were planning on going to visit Bill so I can go." Ron said grinning.
"I think I can go, I'll just ask my parents." She said grinning.
"Great!" Draco said smiling at them.
"We best get to class I mean don't want to make McGonagall angry now do we." Hermione said a slight sneer on her face.
Getting up all six first years made there way out of the Great hall and towards their Transfiguration class. Arriving they all took there seats in there respectable pairs, Rowena with Blaise, Hermione with Draco and Ron with Daphne. When McGonagall entered the room she was slightly shocked to see them but said nothing until Rowena spoke up.
"Professor's my parents were Gryffindor's correct?" she asked the Head of Gryffindor.
"Yes Potter they were." She answered brisling slightly and narrowing her eyes.
Rowena saw this and rolled her eyes.
"I'll just go to the library for information." She whispered crossing her arms.
McGonagall was not very nice to Slytherin perhaps because she was a Gryffindor or maybe because Slytherin had the house and Quidditch cup for so long now. Enlist Flitwick and Sprout where nice to them, and actually answered her questions, Flitwick being the most accepting of her questions.
Soon class started and they got to work. Of course Slytherin had to work a little harder but still they did there best. When the bell wrong McGonagall spoke up.
"Potter meet me after class here." She ordered making her look at Blaise with a raised eyebrow.
"Very well Professor." She answered then left the classroom.
"I think you should bring a guest." Hermione said smirking at her. Rowena laughed softly at the thought of brining Godric with her and actually thought about it.
As the day went by things went fine when it was time that she met the Head of Gryffindor she made a quick stop at in her dormitory to gather Godric and put her things down then left, Godric following behind her.
They soon arrived at McGonagall's office and knocked. A few seconds latter the door was opened to reveal Professor McGonagall. Walking in, she looked around for a portrait. Finding one she was happy to see Godric already in it. Going to her seat she accepted a biscuit and then looked up at the Professor.
"Well now Potter, I understand you want to know about your parents." She said straitening up.
"Yes Professor, my 'relatives' if you can call them that do not speak of them and the first rule I ever learned was to never ask questions." She said but stopped as she heard a growl. Looking at Godric she saw the furry in his face and sighed. "Godric please stop acting like your animagus form." She said, making the Head of Gryffindor shock and turn to the painting.
"My apologies Rowena but I tack offence to my friends being hurt by there own families." He said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well then why don't we continue?" the Head of Gryffindor said turning away from the painting and concentrating on the young Slytherin.
"Now both your parents were in my house and asked me to give you this when ever you come to Hogwarts. Now I am able to hand this to you." she said taking a set off journals out and handing them over to her. Taking them she smiled down at the journals with happiness. She finally had something that belonged to her parents.
"Thank you Professor." He said.
"You may go Potter." She said nodding.
Leaving the office Rowena hurried to her dormitory with Godric fallowing. Soon enough she arrived and went to the potion lab. From there she did the next part of the potion and then went down to the sitting room. From there she started to read the journal of her father. But as she read her heart started to sink to her feat, her father hated Slytherins and thought that all Slytherins were evil Dark wizards.
That night she fell asleep thinking about her Parents. Would they be accepting of her friendship with Draco, Blaise and Daphne, would they accept that she was a Slytherin? Well even if they didn't, she couldn't change who she was and she would never ever abandon her friends just because they didn't like them.
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Looking around Rowena found herself in a white room with white chairs and a white sofa. Frowning she looked down to see herself dressed long strapless goddess like dress with multiple layers to it and that flowed away from her body. Her hair was its natural dark wine red and done in soft waives. She felt something heavy on her head and raised her hand to look at it. She took it off and gasped at what she saw. It was a crown made of gold with crystal all around it. Shaking her head she was about to put it down when it returned to its place on top of her head.
Suddenly two people appeared and she narrowed her eyes at them. Who were this people? One was a woman while the other was a man.
The woman had long fiery red hair and emerald green eyes while the man had short messy black hair and hazel colored eyes. The woman was short and wore a white robe while the man was tall and also wore a white rob.
"Who are you?" she asked looking at them suspiciously.
"Well darling, were your parents, James and Lily." The man said making her eyes narrow again.
"The both of you are dead." She said.
"Yes and you are in the Realm of Souls." The woman said making her look around.
The book had said that she had her own realm and that it was called the Realm of Souls. It looked pretty boring to saw the least. Thinking about it she jumped along with both her parents as the room changed to wait she wanted. Nice dark hard wood floors while the sofas stayed white and the way they were. A blue fire place appeared and the walls turned a light blue.
"So eh why do you have a crown on your head?" James asked making her blush.
"I'm the Guardian of Souls." She whispered, expecting a shout or a gasp even a scream. Yet when no sound was made she looked up at them and saw their shocked faces.
"You're what?" Lily asked, finally able to speak.
"I am the Guardian of Souls." She answered. "I help lost souls get to the Gate of Death and I release souls." She told them.
"I don't think the Potters have ever had a Guardian in the family." James said, shaking his head in an effort of getting rid of the shock.
"Have the Potters ever had a Slytherin in the family before?" she asked making them both look at her in shock.
"You're a Slytherin?" Lily asked softly.
"Yes." She answered but jumped when Lily smiled brightly.
"Your more like me then people would think." she said. "I was almost a Slytherin." she said.
"Your cunning like a Slytherin I suppose." James said smiling.
"Actually I'm courage's like a Gryffindor, have the brains of a Ravenclaw I'm loyal like a Hufflepuff, and I have the ambition of a Slytherin." she started. "The hat said that I would be perfect for the Fifth house of Hogwarts but since it was sealed I had to go to Slytherin." she told them smiling.
"There's a fifth house?" they both asked in shock.
"Yap, Blackthorn the house of Dragons." She said, relaxing as she recognized now that she wasn't in danger.
Suddenly she was being squeezed in-between her two parents. Her mother was crying softly while her father was mumbling to himself. In a few minutes they were all sitting on the sofa.
"Tell us about your friends, who are they what house are they in?" her father asked.
"I have five friends, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Blaise Zabini, Daphne Greengrass and Draco Malfow. We're all in Slytherin and in our first year at Hogwarts." She started.
"What one moment Ron Weasley but aren't all Weasleys in Gryffindor?" Lily asked her frowning.
"Yaw but Ron is the Guardian of the Door of Death and was also meant for Blackthorn." Rowena answered smiling at them. "Mrs. Weasley isn't very accepting of the fact but Mr. Weasley seems to have accepted and even said that he knew Ron wouldn't be in Gryffindor." she continued.
"Your friends with a Malfow?" her dad asked frowning.
"Draco is a great, sweat person and a superb friend." She said. "Plus I get the feeling he doesn't like his father very much." She said smiling to herself.
"Your friends are your friends and no mater what your father and I will respect them." Lily said giving her father a look that clearly meant something.
"Your mom's right, I apologies." He said smiling at her.
"Accepted." She said smiling back.
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As morning came, Ron and Hermione both woke to see Rowena already awake.
"You two couldn't even guess what happened to me last night." She said grinning.
"What?" they both asked her.
"You know how all Guardians have there own realm." She started. "Well last night I found myself in my own realm dressed in a goddess like dress and a crown on my head. Now you think that's freaky I saw my parents." She told them. "They accept me being in Slytherin and they accept all of you even Draco. I am so happy to about that." she said smiling brightly.
"That's great Rowena!" squealed Hermione making her smile.
"I know I was so happy when they said that, I was so worried after reading some of my dad's journal." She said, one of the brightest smiles on her face that her friends had ever seen.
As they got ready for school the smile on Rowena's face didn't even waiver. When they left the common room she skipped over to Blaise and flashed him her smile.
"What are you so happy about this morning Row?" Blaise asked her.
"Oh just a dream I had." She told him brightly.
"Right, by the way you're skipping and your bright smile, I would think that it was a very good dream." He said.
"Yap." She chirped, happily.
Arriving in the Great hall everybody turned to see Rowena skip over to Slytherin table, Blaise who was attached to her hand fallowing behind her laugh while the rest of her friends laughed at Blaise's situation.
Up at the Staff table, the Headmaster watched the entire situation with a twinkle in his eyes.
"I must say your Slytherins have changed Severus." He told the Potion master.
"Yes Potter, has had an influence on them." The man answered watching the young Potter carefully.
I am in the proses of correcting the other chapters with the help of the beta reader for this story. Hope you liked it, review please.