The Founders/Founding of Hogwarts
Chapter One: Letters
"Helga, dear", Mrs. Hufflepuff called. "Will you please come here? You received an owl."
"Yes, Mum. I'll be right there. Do you know who it's from?" Helga replied.
"No, dear, I'm sorry. You'll have to open it and look for yourself."
Helga went to the kitchen to get the letter from the owl. She didn't recognize the owl. It was a small owl that was gray with brown dots on its back and blue eyes. Helga still couldn't figure out who's owl it was, so she opened the letter. She immediately recognized Rowena's neat handwriting. The letter said:
March 9, 939
Dear Helga,
Guess what? Mum and Dad let me get an owl for my 13th birthday! They let me pick any owl I wanted in the entire store! I picked the one you see here. I named her Bluena, for obvious reasons. (My favorite color is blue!)
Helga, we haven't seen each other for so dreadfully long! Perhaps you, Godric, Salazar, and I could get together sometime soon. I know, I'll ask Mum and Dad if I can have a party at my house! Let me know what you think of the idea.
Oh! And something else! A new family moved in next door to us. They have a daughter who looks about our age. I think her name is Nan. Yes, that's right, Nan Norchester. She's quite tall, with brown eyes and straight brown hair. I haven't met her yet, but she looks nice. Maybe we can all meet if you come over.
Reply soon!
Love,
Your Dear Friend Rowena
Helga finished reading and thought it would be a lot of fun to get together with her three best friends and maybe Nan. So she wrote a letter back to Rowena. It said:
March 12, 939
Dear Rowena,
I'm so happy for you! Bluena is beautiful and now we don't have to use our parent's owls to send letters to each other.
I think it would be splendid if we could see each other again soon! After all, we haven't seen each other since my birthday, in January. Mum and Dad said it's okay if I come to your house as long as it's okay with your mum and dad.
Also, I'd like to meet Nan. It's always nice to meet new people! By the way, one of Mum's friends has a daughter that she introduced to me. She's about our age, and her name is Drea Dumbledore. She has jet-black hair and blue eyes and she's really nice. I think you would like her a lot. Maybe if we get together I can bring Drea with me.
I'm really excited to see you! Hopefully I'll see you soon!
Love,
Your Dear Friend Helga
Helga folded up the letter and gave it to Bluena, who promptly flew off through the open window. Helga watched Bluena until she was just a dot in the sky and then she shut the window. She then went up to her room and decided to compose two more letters. One letter was to Godric and the other was to Salazar. They read:
March 12, 939
Dear Godric,
How are you? I haven't seen you for the longest time! Rowena thought that we should get together. You, Rowena, Salazar, and me. She said as long as it's okay with her mum and dad, she'll have a party at her house.
Have you talked to Salazar lately? I haven't, but I'm going to write him a letter as soon as I'm finished with yours.
Rowena got an owl named Bluena. Isn't that neat?
Well, write back soon and hopefully we'll see each other soon!
Love,
Helga
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March 12, 939
Dear Salazar,
We haven't seen each other for so dreadfully long! How have you been? The four of us, you, Godric, Rowena, and I, need to get together soon. Rowena was thinking that we could have a party at her house if it's okay with her mum and dad.
Rowena got Bluena, an owl, for her birthday!
Have you spoken with Godric lately? I just sent him a letter.
I'd really like it if the four of us could get together! Please send an owl back soon!
Love,
Helga
Helga folded up the two letters to Godric and Salazar and went downstairs to give Prince, her parents' owl, the letters.
The owl was called Prince because he was brown and had a ring of white on his head that looked like a crown.
Helga opened up Prince's cage, gave him the letters, and told him to bring them to Godric and Salazar. Prince listened to Helga's directions, then flew off.
But what Helga didn't know was that although the letters would be delivered to Godric and Salazar, she might never see Prince again.
Author's Note: Ooh, a cliffhanger! This chapter is definitely more interesting than the prologue, don't you agree? I'm really excited to see your reviews and put up the next chapter! Please review! Thanx!
-S.P.C.
Disclaimer: Everything in this chapter belongs to me except for Helga, Rowena, Godric, and Salazar.