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Title: Blood of Salazar
Characters: Harry Potter (Balthezar Slytherin), Salazar Slytherin, Voldemort, Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, and Severus Snape
Pairings: Lily/Voldemort, and Lucius/Severus
Rating: M
Chapter: 28
Genre: Supernatural
Words per Chapter: 1,307
Warnings: AU, time travel, slash, het, violence, language, foreign languages, paganism, changed identities, character death, and the standard whatever else this demented author thinks up.
Summary: Lily was not who everyone thought she was, but she would do anything to protect her baby. Yet, on that fateful Halloween night, ancient magic of the Slytherin family saves Harry and now he's to grow up in another time. He's raised by his ancestor. What happens when he rejoins his time?
Notes: As a friend of mine has stated, there are certain languages that seemed to not be used often. This is because you don't hear them as much; Balthezar's main languages of use are Old English and Old Norse. You see that he only uses the others depending on who he's talking to. Now this doesn't mean that languages like Latin or Old Welsh will disappear, it just means he's not necessarily around the people who speak them. Don't worry however; there are parts of this story that will still call for the other languages.
Modern English: "…"
Old English: ^…^
Old Norse: -…-
Old Welsh: *…*
Latin: ~…~
Parseltongue: Bold!
Thoughts: '…' (all thoughts, doesn't matter language)
Chapter 28
Balthezar was tapping his quill on the table in front of him. He had been writing down what Blaise had already translated of his previously written in Latin Defence essay. He was glad that Blaise still translated from Latin into English for him, but only because it made it easier for him to work on writing in English. This came from the fact that he found that while Ambrosia's leftover magic did allow him to more effectively learn English, it didn't do much when it came to writing in the foreign language. He sighed and pushed the parchment aside. He couldn't really focus on his assignment, for his attention was on some thing that he had been hearing about for the past week. A part of his problem was that it was finally late October and he kept hearing about some holiday called Halloween. He had no idea what this was. There was no such holiday back home. He set his head on the desk and tried to ignore both the chatter of the students and the thoughts of the new holiday. Their excited talk about this day called Halloween really bothered him. He had asked Blaise about it and was told that it had replaced an old tradition. All in all, Balthezar found that he didn't like what he had heard.
The truth was that it was this kind of situation that made him feel out of place. It made him want to return home more than anything else. He did know that there were Christians were around during the time that he had grown up in, but they didn't really bother the Wizarding world. In fact, the Wizarding world was rather isolated from the Muggle areas that made up the Kingdom of Scotland that had existed back then. This allowed for certain things to be different. Some of those things were that the wizards of the time continued to celebrate the old traditions that the Muggles had been replacing with Christianity. This led to Balthezar being unable to understand why the Wizards had left everything behind. Those traditions had worked for a long time. Plus, they had tied into the structures of the ancient Muggles. However, those ancient times had been when wizards hadn't needed to hide what they were. He could recall how the people that no longer followed those ancient traditions had prosecuted those that were supposed to be witches or wizards. All thoughts of that particular fact left him with a headache.
Someone sat across from him. He looked up from his essay. He was in the library, which meant that he could have someone sit across from him. The person that sat there was Hermione. He blinked at her and wondered why she seemed to be fascinated with him. He cleared his throat. He knew that he had to work on speaking English, even though he thought that he sounded like a complete and utter moron. "Yes, may I help you?" He spoke carefully. He had to think of the different words that he had heard and how they were put together. The reading that he had done had helped that situation, though it wasn't by very much. He let out that slow breath again, glad that he had said something properly. Of course, he had heard whispers of people saying that he sounded like the Bulgarian Triwizard Champion, Viktor Krum. He had NO IDEA who that was. Plus, he thought it was insulting when he was of Nordic descent. After all, Salazar had come from the northern lands where Old Norse was spoken. Yet, why he was insulted was because the Bulgarians, as he had looked up on his own one day, were of Slavic descent. They were a completely different group of people.
Hermione seemed to take a moment to figure out what to say in response to what he had said. She gave him a smile. "I wanted to ask you something. I know that everyone says that you have to be related to Salazar Slytherin." Balthezar nodded to what she had said. Hermione smiled at being right about something. "Could you…" She stopped and shook her head. She looked over his shoulder and then walked off. Balthezar was a little confused at that one. He then saw the look in her eyes. It was a slightly glazed look. It wasn't the same kind of look that someone would get when the Imperius curse was used on them, but it was one that told him that someone had cast some kind of compulsion on her.
He went to stop her, but a hand was placed upon his shoulder. He looked at the person and saw that it was Blaise. ~I would be careful there. If she gained any information from you, she would continue to badger you until you hexed her. She's been bothering most of the Slytherins and other Purebloods for years.~ He shook his head in response. Balthezar stared at him and stood up. He also picked up his stuff. He had decided, thanks to Blaise's words, that he didn't want to listen to the gossip going on around him. Besides, he had more important things to worry about. One of those things was to keep watch on Draco. Blaise began to walk with him. ~I've been watching Draco.~ Balthezar had told Blaise about what the blonde had offered to him and what he had chosen to do. Blaise said he would watch Draco as well. Balthezar nodded for Blaise to continue. Blaise smiled. ~Well, it seems as if he was writing a letter to his father. I think that it could have been sent somewhere that it shouldn't have been.~
Balthezar nodded. He was definitely intrigued. He carefully rolled up his scrolls and stuck them in his bag. That was a lot to think about. He thought to himself for several moments. He wondered what could be in that letter. Then, he wondered if there was some way to get it. ~We'll have to figure out some way to find out what's in that letter. I have a feeling that it's not a good thing.~ Blaise nodded and the two lapsed into silence. They were going to face something that they didn't know anything about. Balthezar just hoped it wouldn't lead to a certain old man. Plus, he was glad to focus on something like this. It was easier than focusing on his confusion in regards to all of the changes that he was seeing. Anything was better than focusing on those things he didn't understand. They took up too much of his mind, which made Draco's letter a good reprieve from that. He was glad for it, so very glad.
Voldemort's Lair
Voldemort sat with the missive that he had received from one Draco Malfoy. He smirked to himself at the writing upon it. He found it more and more intriguing just how oblivious the young Malfoy was. He laughed to himself and shook his head. He scrunched up the parchment and threw it into the fireplace. He then looked at Nagini and smiled at the large snake. It appears as if young Balthezar has more secrets than people know about. I wonder if the Malfoy spawn even realizes that Balthezar saw into his attempt to ally himself with the boy. The boy's statement means that he didn't fall for it. This boy is looking more and more intriguing as I learn more about him. Yes, I will make him side with me. After all, his mother did. He laughed and petted the serpent's head as he began to plot more ways to lead Balthezar to his side. He wanted the boy to join him. He would make him. That was his goal, and he would do everything he could to succeed at it.
A/N: for people to know, the Kingdom of Scotland existed from around 843 to around 1707, those dates are the ones in my history notes. That's how come in the late 900's, Hogwarts would have been directly in that Kingdom and why Balthezar would recognize that separation than the whole idea of the United Kingdom. To go hand in hand with all that, Scotland, through the Picts, started becoming Christian around the late 6th to early 7th century, with the conversion of a Pictish King. The Wizards of Scotland and in general did not put aside, in this story, their beliefs, which are a match to the religions of ancient cultures and tribes until around the 15th to 16th centuries. So, that's specifically why Balthezar recognizes Christianity and it's holidays as Muggle, and anything not fitting what he knows also as leaving the past behind. Hope that explains more about his thoughts in this chapter. Also, look, Voldie's back. Hope that you enjoyed. Later.
