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Draco and Luna were hiding by a corner, that was near the entrance to Dumbledore's office. They just came out of the Chamber of Secret with something that could tell them more about the missing relics, as well as the owner of the memories himself, the memories of Salazar Slytherin. They just thought of a plan to bring Dumbledore out of the office for a while, in order for them to use the dish that can help them view the memories. Helena explained that they will distract the Headmaster while they sneak in. Helena said that she will tell the Professor that Peeves was causing a ruckus in Ravenclaw tower by her tower. The Baron will then force Peeves to follow along, or else he will punish him for not listening. Luna and Draco agreed to the plan as they hid behind a corner, going through the plan all together.
"We all know what the plan is right?" Luna asked them. The two ghost nodded and Draco looked at her and nodded as well. She nodded at the two ghost, and they flew to where they needed to go. Helena flew up to Dumbledore's office, while the Baron went to look for Peeves.
"Headmaster!" Helena yelled out. Professor Dumbledore was in his studies, seated in his desk, writing something on a parchment. He then heard Helena's cry and looked up from what he was doing.
"My dear Lady, what is the matter?" Dumbledore asked. As much acting as she can give, she made an annoyed face.
"It's Peeves again! He went up to my tower and ruined my room! I cannot get him to leave… Can you maybe tell him to?" Helena asked him. She knew that he knew that she could not ask the Baron because of their past.
"Very well then, my lady" He stood up from his seat and went to the door. The staircase appeared before him and went down to the halls. Helena followed him down and took a peek from the corner of her eye. The two students saw them leave and saw Helena giving them a signal to go in.
"Let's go…" Draco whispered. The two crouched down a little and quickly went up the staircase, before it could disappear. They soon went into his office and sighed with relief as Luna closed the door.
"Thank heavens… But we must act quickly, we only have a short amount of time before they come back." Luna knew that Helena's tower was far from Dumbledore's office, but that doesn't give them the excuse to be slow.
"Right, of course" Draco agreed. The two looked around his office and soon found the Pensive dish near his shelves that also contained bottles of memories. Luna made the dish float to the center of the room and the two walked up to it. Luna went around it and was face to face with Draco, with only the dish separating them.
"Are you ready?" Luna asked. Draco helded up the vial and opened it. He looked at Luna and smirked.
"As ready as I'll ever be…" Draco then poured in the memory, and looked at Luna. Luna reached and held his hand, which Draco squeezed with reassurance. They then dipped their head slowly into the dish and was soon transported to another time.
Soon, images were slowly starting to appear around the two. Their physical bodies were present, but matter was still slowly building it self up. A wall was starting to form around them, but it was long, which gave them the idea that they were appearing in a hallway. They looked out the window and saw that it was raining, and the skies were dark. There guess was that is was the afternoon. Luna and Draco started to walk down the hallway, to see that it was empty, but the two knew they were in Hogwarts, just 1000 years back into Hogwarts. The two continued to walk forward, when they suddenly heard someone yell.
"What are you doing back here!?" the two hid behind a wall and peeked their head around the corner. What they was was Godric Gryffindor, in all his glory, with medium brownish blonde hair and his brown tunic, with a red cape with fur collar, yelling at a man, with long black hair and black robes with green detailed designs, as well as a hooded cloak around his neck, who as they knew was Salazar Slytherin. The two wizards looked almost old but still well enough to stand properly.
"Wait a minute… This is a memory right? They can't see us because they aren't real…" Luna said. She pulled Draco out of the corner and walked up to the two to get a better idea of what they were talking about.
"You know why I'm here, Gryffindor… I need to see Rowena, where is she?" Salazar yelled back at him. Before Godric could yell back, the memory started breaking apart, the images started to vanish suddenly and was replaced with another scene. Luna and Draco stood confused of the suddenly change in place.
"What happened?!" Draco asked frantically. Luna shook her head and shrugged too. She honestly wasn't sure of what happened, but since they can't do anything about it, they followed what was going on.
They looked around and saw that the memory has brought them to the school's library. It hasn't changed since then but then again, when they saw what the halls had looked like, there really wasn't much of a change. Luna turned and saw Salazar walking towards them, but instead of a bump, Salazar phased through them, as if they were ghost. Draco looked at Luna and Luna just grabbed his arm and followed him. They followed the professor all the way to the Forbidden section of the library, and noticed that his attire was the same as when they last saw him.
"I'm guessing the memory we just saw and this one, all happened in the same day…" Luna confirmed. They saw Salazar stop in front of a book, that seemed to be writing itself. It was old, and had brown leather covering. Luna squinted her eyes and realized why the book looked familiar.
"Draco! That's the book! The House Relics" Luna yelled. Draco looked closer and saw that it was the book.
"You're right, Luna! But… what is he?" Before Draco could finish what he was about to ask, they saw Salazar walking up towards the book. He pushed the quill that was writing the book aside and turned to the page of Rowena's diadem.
"Draco, it's the missing pages!" Luna exclaimed. She gasped in joy in seeing the actual pages from the book. But like her heart from what she just saw, Salazar ripped at least 3 pages from the book. The two gasped at what he had done but he wasn't finish yet. He then turned to his page and did the same. But just like a while ago, the memory started to change again.
"What's going on!?" Luna asked as she looked around. The memories image changed again to them outside of Hogwarts, near the entrance of the Forbidden Forest. It was raining, so they guessed that this memory also takes place in the same time and day as the last 2 memories.
"This is getting ridiculous… Where are we now? And where is Professor Slytherin?" Draco asked. Luna looked around and saw the hundreds of trees behind them.
"I believe we are still at Hogwarts… Outside of Hogwarts at least, by the Forbidden forest…" Luna answered. They then see Salazar coming from the school, down towards them at the entrance of the forest. Luna and Draco both followed him deep into the forest. Since it was all just a memory, they know nothing can hurt them here.
"Where is he going?" Draco asked. Luna shrugged and continued to follow. Salazar then stopped, which made the two stop as well. He waved a wand, that opened up a secret pathway of some sorts. Salazar went in, followed by the two. After reaching the end of the pathway, they were surprised at what they say.
They didn't realize that they went up a hill that overlooked Hogwarts and the Black Lake. The clearing was filled with grass and beautiful flowers of various colors. But what really stood out was a tree that grew on the center of the clearing, and it bore green apples. Luna and Draco looked in awe at how beautiful it was, but due to the rain and dark skies, the atmosphere was not as.
"It's beautiful here…" Luna said. Draco nodded in agreement but went back to watch Salazar, as he went up to the tree and looked up at it. They were surprised to see Salazar smile for the first time they have ever seen him, because majority of what the school has are all serious pictures of him in books. But what they saw was genuine but it felt sad. Salazar then looked down and pointed his wand to the ground and casted a spell to dig up a hole.
"What's he doing now?" The two watched as a hole was being dug up from the ground. Once the hole was done, Salazar knelt down and pulled out the missing pages. Luna and Draco watched curiously as they saw him tie the pages up with a ribbon, a blue one for Rowena's and a green one for Salazar's. He then placed them inside bottles and placed a cork on it so that dirt would not get into them, and then placed them underground.
"Oh my gosh… They're here… This is where the pages are…" Luna said. Draco watched on as Salazar pulled out two vials, he then pointed his wand at the side of his head and pulled out a white string of memories. He place one in one vial and placed it in his pocket. He then took another memory, and put it in another vial and placed it in the ground.
"So the memory we are in, must be the one he kept in his pocket" Luna said.
"Yeah but why is it so distorted…?" Draco asked. Luna thought for a moment and replied
"I guess it's because the memory is so old that, it can't keep majority of it for long...Unless this memory was tampered with, I'm not sure…" Draco nodded and watched on. Salazar soon buried the items but continued to kneel before the tree.
"We need to know what is inside that memory…" Luna said. Draco nodded in agreement and started to sense that the memory is about to end.
"We need to go… Now, Luna" Draco grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. Luna nodded and turned back towards the entrance, but before they did, they heard Salazar starting to cry. The two looked back at him and then at each other, with sympathy on their face.
"I'm sorry… I'm so, so sorry…." Salazar cried, his tears falling on the soil that buried his memory and they pages. Before Luna walked could walk up to them, the two were starting to be pulled back by the memory, and soon the images and Salazar vanished. Draco and Luna were then brought back out from the dish and the two breath in shock of what they learned. Luna looked at Draco and then vice versa.
"We need to go to that tree… That clearing…" Luna said with determination
"Yes, you should…" The two jumped and turned to face a smiling Dumbledore, and the two ghost that been helping them along the way, float next to him with their head bowed down.
"Professor, we can explain…" Luna started but Dumbledore held up a hand and shook his head.
"No need… These two have already explained it to me…" He pointed to Helena and the Baron, which caused them to look at Draco and Luna apologetically. Luna and Draco nodded in understanding and turned back to their professor.
"And I am not mad at what you two are trying to figure out. In fact, I'm rather impressed with the amount of determination you have into learning what you can about our precious school… Especially, the founders of your houses" He explained.
"So… you also know about the missing pages?" Draco asked. The professor nodded and went over to pet his pet phoenix.
"Yes Mr, Malfoy, I've known about the missing pages for a long time now, and no student has ever tried to find them… But it seems you and Ms. Lovegood are keen in finding them, aren't you" The two nodded and the professor just smiled.
"I suggest going to this clearing and retrieving those pages… And then once and for all, we will better know the secret that has been kept to us from the Founders…" Dumbledore said. The two students nodded in agreement.
"Once you do, come back here and you two may fix the book by putting back the pages… Also, if there is another vial to be found, you may use the Pensive dish, when you come back…" Luna smiled and looked at Draco, who smirked back at her.
"Yes! And thank you professor…" Luna said, she held onto Draco's hand and nodded.
"Let's get those pages" Draco smirked and squeezed her hand in agreement. The two thanked Dumbledore again and soon ran out of his office, towards the Forbidden Forest.