Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and never will. The series and characters belong to the brilliant mind of JKRowling. I do not make any money off of this piece of work.

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: 36
Genre: Supernatural
Words per Chapter: 1,110
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 36

Balthezar walked into the hut that Blaise was in. He saw the boy sitting at the table that was in the centre of the main room. He tilted his head to the side and watched the boy that hadn't appeared to notice him yet. Pandora had gone to inform Ambrosia about the fact that there was now a Quetzalcoatl in the tribe's home. Everyone knew what that would likely mean, but there were more things happening than anyone could imagine. The Quetzalcoatl had followed Pandora over Balthezar. That was fine with him. He didn't want the creature alone with people who couldn't understand it.

Blaise looked at Balthezar. He seemed to have realized that the boy was there. He gave him a slight smile. "It feels quite different being here. If I didn't have to think about what the old man could be up to, I wouldn't be here. Yet, I don't mind it that much." Balthezar tilted his head to the side. He kind of wondered what the boy had meant by that. It was a little confusing to him. Then again, he was still confused by a lot of things that were happening. Suddenly, there were happy yells outside. The two got up and walked out. It was obvious why people were happy all of a sudden. There was snow falling. The snow was coming a bit later that year than normal. In fact, it was already well into November. The little kids of the werewolf tribe were running around trying to catch the snowflakes that fell.

Balthezar stared at them and blinked. He had experienced many snowfalls on the grounds of the school. He hadn't ever seen them when in the forest, but that was mainly because he had stayed out of there. He continued to look up at the snow and his mind wandered to the first snowfall that he could remember.

Flashback

Balthezar was a wide-eyed three-year-old. His black hair was just brushing his shoulders. His hands were pressed against the glass of the window that he was at. He was kneeling on a bench so that he could see out of the window. His mouth was open as he stared at the sea of white snowflakes that fell from the sky. It was rather dim out thanks to all of the clouds. He let out a breath that came out as a puff of white fog. It wasn't always that warm in the castle. This wasn't even changed with all of the fires being lit. He was wearing a very thick tunic with leggings and thick, animal fur boots. He also had on a cloak made from animal skins. He smiled as he saw the white fog that had formed on the window. He then laughed.

A person came up to him and touched his shoulder. Balthezar looked up. It was Salazar. The two were actually in Helga's rooms. Salazar had done that in the hopes that Balthezar would warm up a bit. Their rooms weren't the warmest in the castle. That privilege had gone to Helga. Salazar gave the boy a smile. -The snow is nice, isn't it?- Balthezar nodded in response. Salazar shook his head. He sat on the bench next to the young boy. -What's on your mind?-

Balthezar looked at him and blinked. He hadn't really been thinking about too much. He had been focused on the snow that was falling outside. -Nothing. I was just looking at how pretty the snow is. It's so cold here.- Salazar took off his own cloak and put it around Balthezar's shoulders. The boy almost disappeared completely underneath the large article of clothing. His little head was all that could be seen, though not by much. Salazar chuckled at the sight and cast a simple warming charm on himself. Balthezar blinked. -What did you do?-

Salazar blinked at the boy. He hadn't remembered that Balthezar had never seen a warming charm before. -Oh, that was a warming charm. They're relatively new. Rowena created this one. She hasn't perfected it for all ages yet. So, it's not really safe to use at your age. You could end up overheating, which would could make you very sick.- Balthezar nodded and hugged the man that had been raising him. Salazar hugged back. He held onto the boy and did share some of the warmth that the warming charm had given him.

Balthezar cuddled into Salazar. -Warm.- He then began to drift off to sleep. He was a little past his normal nap time. Salazar picked the boy up and walked closer to one of the seats near the fire. He would do what he could to keep the boy from freezing. Balthezar smiled a bit at being moved and then completely drifted off.

End Flashback

Balthezar shook his head and snapped out of that memory. He had no idea why, but seeing snow always reminded him of that moment. He sighed and looked back at the kids that ran through it. He hadn't seen as many children playing in the snow when he was little. It wasn't exactly something that they always had time for. He sighed and looked over at Blaise. The boy was looking up at the snow lost in his own thoughts. He then looked away and saw Pandora coming over with the Quetzalcoatl in her clothes. She smiled at him.

He nodded to her. He then cleared his throat. "Ambrosia approve?" He knew that Pandora had told her of the plan earlier, but that didn't mean that she had liked it.

Pandora handed the creature to him. It went and hid in Balthezar's clothes. She then nodded. "She did. I knew that she would. We need to keep creatures like this safe. We may be here to protect the school, but there are other beings that need our help as well. We're all doing our part." She then turned and looked at the snow. Balthezar watched her for several moments. He found it interesting that she wasn't playing like the other kids were. It seemed as if she was a very mature for her age. She then turned and looked back at him with a smile on her face. "Let's get inside and relax." She then walked into the hut.

Balthezar took Blaise's hand and walked in as well. They could all crowd around the fire that was in the hearth near the centre, though not as near as the table, of the hut. He thought that the warm fire was a better idea than being outside. Blaise didn't argue as they went in. After all, a little warmth was always nice.

A/N: Well, here's the chapter. This is a nice little moment in the middle of all the planning and movements. Hope that you all enjoyed. Later.