The Founders/Founding of Hogwarts
Chapter Three: Owl Troubles
Godric was just carelessly playing with his wand and trying out new spells when his father called him downstairs.
"Son, I believe you have and owl", was what Godric's father said.
"Thank you, Dad. Oh, it's Prince!"
Godric carried Prince and his letter from Helga up to his bedroom. When he got there, he realized Prince had two letters, one for him and one for Salazar. He took the one that was for him and opened it. He read through Helga's letter and wrote back, saying that he would love to go to the party. He gave the letter to Prince, and Prince flew off to Salazar's house.
Minutes later, Bluena arrived at Godric's house with the letter from Rowena. Godric read through Rowena's letter, replying that June 2nd would be fine, and he wouldn't be bringing anyone. He handed the letter to Bluena, and, seeing that she had a letter for Salazar, he told Bluena that she might be able to catch up to Prince, because he was on his was to Salazar's house also.
So Bluena hooted a good bye and left through the open window.
Because she was so young and had a lightweight load, Bluena caught up with Prince, who was much younger, fairly quickly. Together, the two owls flew to Salazar's house.
After about a day and a half of a lot of flying and very little resting, the two owls reached Salazar's house.
Salazar had a little flap in his window, just big enough for an owl to fit through. It was an owl door (you know, like a doggie door). Prince and Bluena flew in through the "door", and dropped the letter they each had for Salazar on his desk. Salazar wasn't in the room, so the two owls settled down for a much-needed rest on the bed.
A few hours later, the two owls woke up to the sound of thunder.
Oh, no, they thought. It will be very hard to fly back home through the rain. Hopefully the rain will stop before we must go.
Soon, Salazar came up to his room and saw Prince and Bluena on his bed.
"What are you doing here?" he wondered out loud.
Then he saw the two letters on his desk.
"Oh, you brought me letters from Helga and Rowena", he said, as he opened the letters. Salazar read through and replied to both letters. He replied to Helga's letter the same way that Godric had. As for Rowena's letter, Salazar replied that June 2nd would be splendid and he wanted to bring his friend, Meric Malfoy.
Meric was a good friend of Salazar's from a dueling class both of them had taken. He was very tall for his age, 13, already 5 feet 8 inches tall. He, like Salazar, had Very light hair and green eyes. From a distance, the two boys looked like twins, or father and son, because of their height difference.
Salazar handed a letter to Prince for Helga and a letter to Bluena for Rowena.
It was still raining very hard, as well as there being thunder and lightening.
At first the two owls just looked uneasily at each other, and then they decided to go for it. They flew through the window flap into the pelting rain, thunder, and lightening. Both owls were headed in the same direction, so they flew together.
It was a very hard time for flying and there was no exception for Bluena and Prince. They had been flying for around six hours and both owls were extremely tired.
Then, suddenly, Prince could no longer take the flying and he fell. He just literally dropped from the sky. At that same instant there was a huge flash of lightening and a loud clap of thunder, which almost sounded like a hideous laugh.
Bluena, having witnessed the falling, was very frightened. She thought to herself, What happened to Prince? Is he okay?
She looked down and saw a forest. So Bluena went down in the forest to look for Prince. She flew all around, but Prince was nowhere to be seen. She hooted to him, hoping to get a hoot back. Finally, after several hoots on her part, Bluena heard a faint hoot. She flew as quickly as her wings would take her in the direction of the hoot.
After a few minutes of flying, Bluena found the source of the hoot, but it was not Prince. Instead, it was an aged Barn Owl. But then she saw something else. Prince was stuck on branch high up in a pine tree. Bluena flew up to him and saw that his right wing was scorched, the lightening must have hit him. Bluena realized he was badly hurt and that she needed to get him home as soon as possible. She tried lifting him, but he was too heavy. She didn't want to leave him there alone, it would be two dangerous, but what other choice did she have? Then she remembered the Barn Owl that was down below her. She went down to the owl and asked it (by hooting) if it would watch over her friend in the trees. The owl said it would, so she went up to say good bye to Prince.
Bluena made a small nest around Prince so that he would be a little more comfortable. Then she took the letters that Prince had for Helga. After that she hooted a good bye to Prince and headed toward Helga's house. She decided that she would deliver Helga's letters to her and then get Helga to help her get Prince. It sounded like the perfect plan to Bluena.
As she was leaving, Bluena heard another loud clap of thunder that sounded slightly like a laugh and saw another huge bolt of lightening. The storm hadn't gotten any better, and Bluena was starting to wonder if she had done the right thing, leaving Prince there only with that old Barn Owl. She reassured herself by thinking, Well; at least he's high up. That way no werewolves or crazed centaurs can get him. Prince will be perfectly safe at the height he's at.
So, Bluena flew off towards Helga's house, still nervous, but a bit more reassured.
Author's Note: Well, we start with some story now, not just letters. This will definitely be more interesting from here on. Thanks to everyone for your comments, compliments, and suggestions! Please read and review! Thanx!
-S.P.C.
Disclaimer: Everything in this chapter belongs to me except for Helga, Rowena, Godric, Salazar, and owl mail, which belong to J.K. Rowling.