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Italics: Flashback
After leaving the office of Professor Dumbledore, Luna and Draco ran fast down the halls and out back towards the Forbidden Forest. The students that saw them run where confused as to what or where the two were heading too but would simply ignore them. The two would run past a few teachers, that would tell them to slow down and not run down the balls, but they replied with Dumbledore asking them to run a quick errand. They weren't lying but weren't saying much either because what they were doing would benefit them and not him. After all that running, the soon reached the entrance of the Forbidden forest and slowly stepped in carefully. They first looked around to see if anyone followed them but where safe to say that they can go in with no one following.
"Do you remember where the clearing was?" Draco asked. Luna nodded. She remembered exactly where Salazar would turn just to get to the clearing.
"We just need to take a couple of rights and then a left and we will be there…" The two continued to walk and Draco would simply follow Luna through the forest. Soon, they reached the entrance of the clearing that seemed to be covered with a lot of vines and leaves. Luna pulled a wand out and magically removed all the vines and leaves to give them a good pathway.
"Let's go…" They stepped through the entrance and would walk for a minute before finally reaching the clearing. To their surprise, the clearing was just as beautiful as they last saw in the memory. The flowers on the ground still bloomed, the grass was lusciously green, and the tree that protected the pages still grew strong.
"We're here… We are actually here…" Draco said with awe. The two slowly walked up to the tree and would feel the wind blowing through their hair and on their uniforms. The leaves of the tree where dancing with the wind but the apples would never fall, no matter how strong the wind.
"I wonder how yummy they are?" Luna skipped up to the tree and tried to reach for an apple, but due to her height she was still not able to pick the lowest one. Draco rolled his eyes and went up to Luna and picked her up by the waist and hoist her up. Luna gasped at his action and looked down at him.
"Well then… Go on" Draco insisted. Luna smiled and reached to grab an apple and plucked one out. Draco then lowered her down until she was standing on her own. She took a bite out of the apple and chewed happily.
"It's good, want some?" Luna held up the apple to Draco's lips, which then let him take a bite. Draco nodded in agreement about the taste but then swallowed to talk.
"Come on, we need to dig out the pages, which way did he pointed his wand" Draco pulled out his wand, at the ready and looked around at the ground.
"Uhm… uh…" Luna stepped back away from the tree and looked at it. She was trying to remember Salazar's position and once she did, went to his exact spot.
"Here!" Luna pointed to the ground, an area not too far from the tree. Draco nodded and took Luna's place and pointed his wand at the ground. He casted the same spell that helped Salazar dig up the hole. Slowly, Luna and Draco could see three bottles popping out of the ground as the dirt lessened. Luna and Draco smiled in glee and rushed to pull out the bottles from the ground.
"This is it… We finally found them" Luna smiled at Draco happily. He smiled back and sat on the ground under the tree.
"Well then, go on and read yours first" Draco said. Luna removed the cork from the bottle and pulled out the missing pages from the Diadem chapter. She knew it was from the Diadem chapter because the ribbon that Salazar tied around it was blue. Luna the unrolled the pages and read the page aloud so that Draco could hear it too, and know about its contents.
"The Diadem of Ravenclaw was once belonged to one of the founders of Hogwarts and the founder of Ravenclaw House, Rowena Ravenclaw. The Diadem was enchanted to let who ever wears it, gain immense knowledge and wise on anything and everything. It garnered blue sapphire diadems and was held together by silver metal. On the silver metal, the quote of Ravenclaw was engraved, "Wit beyond measure, is man's greatest treasure". This was a quote that Rowena herself believed and what her house believes up to this day…" Luna continued to read the two pages to Draco the entire time. But it was the last page that gave the reason as to why the pages were stolen and hidden away.
"The Diadem was never a family heirloom nor was it bought by Ravenclaw herself. It was once a special gift from Salazar Slytherin to Rowena, as a means to show his love and affection for the witch. Salazar enchanted the diadem just for her, because he knew that she valued knowledge above anything else. Rowena would often wear the diadem wherever she went and would often be asked by students and faculty as to where she had obtained it. Due to their relationship being kept a secret to others, especially Helga and Godric, she would say it was a family heirloom passed down from generations. The reason as to why Rowena & Salazar's affair remained a secret from the entire school is because the founders all agreed that relationship among colleagues is forbidden in order not to distract one another. However, once Salazar left the school, Rowena was heartbroken and she was not able to tell him of the child that they had created together one night, a daughter that would be named Helena Ravenclaw" Luna and Draco looked at each other sadly. They weren't surprised at that revelation because they remembered the Baron telling them this a day ago.
"What does Professor Rowena and Professor Salazar have to do with Helena?" Draco asked
"It's because the two founders are Helena's parents…" The Baron said. Draco and Luna took some time to register this but then their eyes widened at what he had just revealed.
"What!?" The two yelled out
"You heard me correctly, Helena is the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin" The Baron repeated the information again to make it more clear to them.
"But why is Helena's last name Ravenclaw and not Slytherin?" Luna asked
"Back then, relationship among faculties were not allowed, in order not to distract one another… So the two professors kept their relationship a secret. But when Rowena found out she was pregnant with Helena, and then Salazar left, she just told her friends that she had a child with a man outside of the school system and was murdered by a muggle due to him being a wizard, and so she gave Helena her last name" The Baron explained
"Did they actually buy that story?" Draco asked
"Surprisingly yes… Professor Hufflepuff was worried for her and Professor Gryffindor felt just as sad… But the two promised to help raise Helena like their own and Helena would often call them Aunt and Uncle instead of Professor when we were in class" He chuckled at the memory. Luna and Draco just nodded.
"But… at least we know.. Professor Slytherin loves her… and that he would never just make a child with her for no reason" Luna said. Draco looked up at the sky and sighed.
"Yeah but he left her… He would have stayed if he knew what he was leaving… Not just the school, not just Professor Rowena, but also their child" Draco said. Luna looked at him and was surprised at the passion of his words. She smiled at him and continued to read the page.
"Helena grew up under the care of Rowena but would often ask who her father was. Rowena would say that her father was a great and powerful man with ideals too great for the world to accept, which left him to be an outcast. Helena would not understand but she would accept that reason nonetheless. Not only was she under the care of Rowena, but also of the other two founders, Helga and Godric. If Rowena were to be busy, she would leave Helena under the care of the two, which is often every day. Through the years, Helena grew up to be a fine young lady, adored by many suitors but she would reject them, saying that none of the men she had met were up to her standards. Growing up by her side was, a young baron from Slytherin house, who was just the same age and year as Helena. The two would talk and interact ever so often, until the baron would ask for her hand in marriage when she was older. Again, like all the men, she declined, but her reason was unlike the rest. Secretly, the baron did live up to her standards but she did not want to be weaken by this and so declined his offer." Luna stopped when Draco suddenly ask.
"So… She does like the Baron?" Luna shrugged.
"I'm not sure… I guess it's that situation back then when women were just accessories and house wives for men and she didn't want to be in the same position as them and be just some trophy wife." Luna explained. He nodded and ushered her to continue.
"But there was a moment in Helena's life where she grew tired of the admiration that went to her mother. She did not like the fact that people adore her for her brains and beauty. This is because she knew that she had to live up to her people's expectation to be her mother's daughter. And so, one night, Helena stole her mother's diadem and ran away with it. She knew that the diadem was valuable to her mother, and without it, she would be nothing."
"Helena did what?!" Draco asked. Luna nodded.
"I remember Helena telling me this one day… That she stole her mother's diadem and wanted to destroy it... " Luna said.
"...Well go on then" Draco said
"After realizing that her daughter and the diadem were missing, Lady Ravenclaw called the Baron and asked him to find her. Before he did, he asked her why. Rowena then told the Baron that Helena was her and Salazar's daughter and that the diadem was a gift from him and her only reminder of him left. The Baron then agreed to go find Helena and went off in search for her. It didn't take him long to find her in the forest of Albania. Despite the Baron's pleaded for Helena's return, plus telling her the true identity of her father, Helena still refused to go with him. And because of his temper towards Helena's behavior he…" Luna gasped at the last few words of the book.
"What is it? Go on!" Draco said. Luna looked at Draco sadly and continued.
"He grabbed his family's dagger and stabbed Helena. After the life left her body and realizing what he had done, under sheer guilt, the Baron stabbed himself, now covered in the blood or his lover and himself…"
"... I now understand why he's called the Bloody Baron… And I'm not surprised why he doesn't want to tell his story to people… especially in front of Helena" Draco said. Luna nodded and continued reading the last sentences.
"After their death, Rowena was soon announced dead in her bed due to old age and was buried not too far from the school. After the burial ceremony, Helena and the Baron returned to Hogwarts as the head ghost for Ravenclaw and Slytherin, respectively." Luna finished reading. She sighed and leaned against the tree next to Draco.
"... Now I'm more curious of Professor Slytherin's side of the story" Luna said. Draco looked at her and then at the bottle in his hand. He removed the cork of the bottle and pulled out the page and untied the green ribbon.
"The Locket of Slytherin once belonged to one of the founders of Hogwarts and the founder of Slytherin house, Salazar Slytherin. The locket was made out of a green emerald gem with a silver chain to wear around the neck. Inside the gem was the letter S that was being formed by a snake with ruby red eyes." Draco continued to read the pages of the locket but then reached the party that talked about where the locket came from.
"The locket was actually a gift from one of Salazar's co-founders, Rowena Ravenclaw, as a token of her love and affection for the wizard…" Draco looked at Luna.
"The same thing… So the locket and diadem were gifts to each other…" Luna smiled and looked at the page. Draco then continued to read.
"However, due to the negative influence that the rest of the founded thought he was giving to Rowena, as well as their agreement to having no relationships between faculties, Salazar and Rowena agreed to keep their affair a secret between them. And so, they would often sneak glances at one another during meals in the great hall or visit each other's rooms at night. Rowena was also the only person who knew about Salazar's secret chamber in the girl's bathroom, because he knew he could trust her with that. But, because of Salazar's argument between Godric on the acceptance of mudbloods and half bloods inside the school, Salazar left, leaving Rowena to care for their unborn daughter, Helena Ravenclaw. Rowena found out that she was pregnant even before Salazar left but chose not to inform him because she was scared on how he would reach" Luna then cut in.
"But she should have told him… If he loves her so much, he would accept her and Helena….Right?" Luna asked. Draco looked at her sadly and continued to read.
"News, however, travelled fast, and Salazar, now an old man, soon found out via another wizard that Rowena had a daughter named Helena Ravenclaw. Salazar quickly counted how long Rowena was possibly pregnant for and when the child was born to when she grew up and came to realize that Helena was his daughter as well. Salazar soon apparated back to Hogwarts in order to find Rowena and Helena but was soon confronted by Godric in one of the hallways."
"Hallways… Draco, that memory… the memory we were in just a few minutes ago, that was Salazar returning to Hogwarts finding Rowena and Helena…" Luna said. Draco thought about it and nodded to her words. He then continued.
"Godric then told Salazar that Rowena has passed due to old age and that Helena has also died due to murder. Not taking the news well, Salazar left Godric and decided to leave the school. But before he could, he decided to take a detour towards the library and went towards the House Relics book. This book was enchanted by all four of the founders to write the entire history of the relics that they owned, from the good to the bad stories. However, not wanting the public to know about their affair, Salazar grabbed the pages from the Ravenclaw and Slytherin chapters and ripped-" Draco then stopped reading the page because this was the part where he and Luna remembered, Salazar pushing the quill that was writing aside and ripping the page off, not letting the book continue with it's story.
"Well… that's it…" Draco then looked at Luna, who was looking at the pages in his hand.
"So that's why he took it… Salazar Slytherin was the one who took the pages, because he didn't want anyone to know about their love and their daughter Helena…" Luna confirmed. Draco nodded and looked between his and Luna's pages.
"... Wait… there was something else" Draco said. He went back towards the whole and looked for it. He then pulled out the vial that contained the last memory that they needed to see of Salazar's.
"The story isn't over yet…" Luna said. She looked at Draco, who stood up and grabbed Luna's hand and helped her up.
"Not it isn't" Draco smirked. The two then nodded to one another and grabbed ran back out of the entrance and out of the Forbidden forest, heading back to Dumbledore's office with the pages now in hand, as well as Salazar's second memory.