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"I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart."
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
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Chapter 10
"Well sure we'll teach you, but first I've gotta ask you how you got out here after curfew." Salazar stated. "Well it was actually quite simple. I just used Wingardium Leviosa and levitated myself down from the Ravenclaw Tower window." Hermione explained much to everyone's surprise. "Alright then. Meet us on the quidditch pitch after curfew tomorrow night." Draco said as he and Neville began walking off. "You guys go on ahead I'm going to walk Hermione back to her dorm," stated Salazar who then grinned. "Afterall someone's gotta make sure she gets back safe." Hermione giggled and smiled at Salazar. Salazar held out his arm while pulling something out of his pocket. Hermione placed her hand on his arm and he placed a large cloak over the two of them.
"What is this for?" Questioned Hermione. "It's an invisibility cloak it was a Potter family heirloom which passed to me as I was blood adopted by James and Lily Potter." Salazar said. Hermione was silent for a moment and then grabbed Salazar into a hug. "What's the hug for?" Salazar asked. "Well I just realized how hard it must be for you, I mean you spent years thinking you were Harry Potter and now you find out you're somebody else entirely it must be so difficult." Hermione said. At this Salazar scowled and said with barely restrained rage "I never asked for pity so if all you're going to do is pity me then I was wrong about you and I should never have trusted you in the first place." At this Hermione gasped and said "I never said I pity you. You are right you don't need pity all I implied was that if you needed to talk about anything even if it's just about some idiot like Ronald Weasley saying something about you being a dark wizard you can tell me I would never betray your trust your friendship means to much to me." at this point both of them were on the verge of tears when they heard a pair of voices talking and fell silent.
"But Milord…" "No buts Severus and how many times have I told you to call me Tom we are friends not servant and master." "Alright Tom after you have the stone what do you plan to do with it?" Severus said. "I shall regain my body and return to the cause. I shall make the wizarding world a safer place for all those who inhabit it." The one called Tom spoke.
"Professor Snape?" Hermione whispered. Salazar nodded. "What do we do?" She asked. "I'll send a letter to my father and see if he knows who this Tom is and what stone they're referring to." Salazar responded. "Alright." Hermione said. The pair made it to the Ravenclaw Tower entrance and went their separate ways.
The Next Morning:
Salazar awoke to his Father's voice coming from the nearby fireplace. "Salazar I need to speak with you immediately." "Yes father." Salazar said. "Salazar I need you to promise me that if I tell you what the stone is you won't make any rash decisions." Lucius said. "I promise I won't do anything stupid." Salazar said. "Good. The stone you referred to is the sorcerer's stone. The sorcerer's stone is the creation of Nicolas Flamel and can create the elixir of life and make gold from lead." Lucius said. "Thanks father. Tell Mother Draco and I send our love." Salazar said. "Okay son. Give Miss Granger my regards and tell her that she has been invited to spend some time at the manor this summer." Lucius said.
That Afternoon:
Salazar was walking to class when the Weasley twins pulled him into an empty classroom. "Hey what's your problem." Salazar said. "Calm down..." Fred said. "We just wanna talk." George finished. "Alright talk." Salazar spoke. "We've seen you training with your weapons…" George started "And we wanted to know if we could join in." "Sure just let me ask you guys how much do you know about the marauders?" Salazar said with a smirk.
That Night:
Salazar, Draco, Neville, and Bruce were on the pitch waiting for Hermione. Hermione appeared and was told to look in the bag for a weapon. As she approached the bag she heard a voice in her head that said. 'I am Thanatos I have chosen you to take the scythe known by the name Thanatos' fear.' said the voice. 'So it's named after you?' Hermione asked. 'Yes it is named thusly because it is made of the only metal that can truly kill me, and made by the only man to ever defeat me in direct combat, Baal Potter.' Thanatos said ending the conversation. Hermione reached into the bag and grabbed the scythe. The scythe was tall and imposing. It had a metal skull on the back of the scythe and the blade was long and curved just slightly towards the ground made of a dark metal with unrecognizable ancient runes on it. "Cool." Draco said.
"Hey are we late." Fred asked as he and George arrived. "Nah you're just in time." Salazar said. "Pick a weapon from the bag." Draco said. George and Fred reached into the bag and drew out a pair of swords named Zeus' Bravery and Gaia's Hope they both had Golden hilts one ending with a ruby the other a sapphire. The blades were shaped the same. Freds blade was a white silver that almost shone in the dark and had the words Gaia's hope written upon it in ancient Aramaic. George's blade was a dark silver with ancient greek letters spelling out Zeus' Bravery.
The Next Day:
The group had trained all night because they knew they had no classes until Monday. Salazar and Hermione had told Draco and Neville about the stone and Neville had said that maybe that was what the three headed dog on the third floor was guarding. Draco was concerned about how he knew that. Salazar and Hermione had already decided their course of action.
That Night:
Salazar, Draco, Hermione and Neville all stood at the entrance to the third floor corridor filled with dread they had their weapons drawn and at the ready. They opened the door and as they went in something in Hermione's mind linked with the creature inside. She heard a voice which sounded like three say 'Mistress I am Ajax the Cerberus and your familiar.' 'My familiar is a cerberus?' Hermione thought. 'Yes Mistress.' Ajax spoke. 'Well is there a way for you to become smaller so as to accompany me.' she asked. 'Of course mistress I will do so now.' Ajax said. The rest of the group sat stunned as the large black dog with three heads shrank down to a size no bigger than a doberman. "Hey guys meet my familiar Ajax." Hermione said happily. "Hey Ajax." the three said in unison still scared but less so. The group plus Ajax continued on and entered the trap door and fell landing in some devil's snare. "Guys it's devil's snare just stay calm I'll get us out of it." Neville said. Everyone calmed down and waited for Neville to get them out of it. "Lumos" said Neville and suddenly a light formed at the tip of his wand. The light drove off the devil's snare and the group fell the rest of the way. Next they came to a door with keys flying around Salazar caught the key and they entered the next room. Draco smirked when he saw the room was a giant chess board. He quickly and mercilessly destroyed the black king. They entered the next room and encountered a troll. Salazar used his wand and said the word "Reducto." the Troll exploded leaving only bloody chunks of flesh. The next room had a table in the center with potions and a note on it. The note said.
Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two among our number hold only nettle wine,
Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.
Choose, unless you wish to stay here forevermore,
To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
First, however slyly the poison tries to hide
You will always find some on nettle wine's left side;
Second, different are those who stand at either end,
But if you would move onward, neither is your friend;
Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,
Neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides;
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right
Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight
Hermione looked at the riddle for a few seconds then grabbed the third bottle. The group saw there would be just enough to get through they each took a sip and passed through the flames ahead. Salazar and company entered the final room and saw a large mirror in the center. When Salazar looked into it he saw himself with his mother, father and brother along side Hermione and a girl with blonde hair and an unrecognizable face. He then saw himself smile and hold up a red translucent stone and place it in his pocket. He felt a weight and checked his pocket and sure enough the stone was there. A few seconds later another person entered the room. It was Professor Quirrell. "Malfoys, Longbottom, Granger what are you all doing here?" Quirrell said. "Well Professor we heard a guy named Tom telling Professor Snape he was gonna get the stone so we got it first." Salazar said. "Let me speak with him." a voice said. Quirrell bowed his head turned around and removed his turban revealing a second face on the back of his head shocking the group into silence. "Salazar Malfoy I wish to apologize, had I had control of my body I would never have attempted the killing curse on you and the Potters. 10 long years ago." said the face.
"Voldemort?" Salazar asked shaking off the fear gripping his chest. "That is one of my names however I prefer for my friends and those I care for to call me by my true name Tom." said Tom. "Why would you feel the need to tell me this? You tried to kill me." Salazar said. The rest of the group was still standing in shocked silence. "That is not purely true. You see I was under the effects of the Imperious Curse that night 10 years ago." Tom said. "Dumbledore." Salazar said coldly. "Yes, Dumbledore." said Tom. "Hold up. How do we know we can trust you." Neville said with a steel edge to his voice that no one had ever thought him capable of. "I am willing to swear a wizard's oath." Tom said. "That would be satisfactory." Neville said amicably.
"Very well then. I Tom Marvolo Riddle also known as Lord Voldemort swear on my life and magic that all I have said and will say in this room is true." said Tom. "I have one question. Why are you sorry for killing the Potters?" Salazar said. "Well, you see the Potters were actually my followers." Tom said. "Then why were they hiding from you?" Salazar asked. "Well I was the one who cast the fidelius charm on their home to keep it safe from Dumbledore." Tom said. "That makes a bit more sense." Salazar said. "Listen I'm sure you have many questions and I would love to answer them all however I need that stone so I can face the old fool when the time comes."
Meanwhile With Dumblebum:
Albus was trying to find a way to get his pawn back on the path he had chosen for him when he felt the wards around the mirror of Erised get breached. He smirked and thought to himself 'well it looks like he fell under my thumb once again.' He laughed and Fawkes trilled sadly as he knew that soon he would leave the old one in favor of his true master once more.
With Salazar:
Salazar and Tom had decided on a plan to trick Dumbledore. Salazar had given tom the stone on the promise that Tom would return it to the Flamels. Tom had made a fake copy of the stone and smashed it. Then the rest of the group had left back to their dorms. Salazar had given Draco Arbiter's Rage to keep it from being seen Hermione had headed to get Dumbledore to enact the trick. Salazar cast many powerful spells to exhaust his magical core, then had Tom use stupefy on him. Tom had left immediately after.
The Next Day:
Salazar awoke to see Dumbledore at his bedside. He instinctively grabbed his wand and leveled it at Dumbledore. Dumbledore chuckled and told him "Calm yourself . Voldemort is gone you defeated him once again." "He was after the stone Professor I am sorry, but I couldn't let him get his hands on it." Dumbledore chuckled again.
The Leaving Feast:
Salazar sat through the last days of school and was waiting for the year to end. Dumbledore stood and declared that the year was over and the students could leave.
Malfoy Manor:
Salazar arrived alongside Draco and Hermione who had decided to stay the summer. He went to his room and saw a phoenix perched on his window sill.
To Be Continued...