p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"P/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"rolouge:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The rain hit the ground fast and hard. A average sized broad man with slick black hair stuck to the sides of his head was walking up a hill slowly, trying not to stumble and fall. He was followed by a shorter curvaceous women with beautiful brown hair, a few years his age. She walked with ease through the rocks and trees, as though she was made for the wild. Every few seconds the man would turn to make sure she was ok. He did not want her to fall over a rock or get hurt on some brush. But if anything, he needed the actual help. Little did he know that she was keeping an eye out for him; making sure he didn't fall or stumbled, and when he did she was right there to help him up. Giggling and laughing at her friend when he stumbled she helped him up and they continued to walk to the top. The pair finally made it and looked out over the horizon. It was the most beautiful scene they could see. Mountains went on for miles and as high as the clouds in the sky, but the sun still peered down to the valley below. A massive dark lake lay towards the right of the valley and hills jumped up around the valley left and right. They both looked around at the grounds that lay before them. "I think this will do!" the man stated with a snide look towards the hills. "I can see a castle there with stairs down to the lake." He added pointing in that direction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Yes," the women pipped in pointing at the lake, "With a deck or a boat house to welcome everyone in. They can come by boats. Oh maybe a nice long road covered with trees where carriages can come up to a big, beautiful entry way…" she trailed off in thought./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Well almost everyone," the man replied, "we will be selective."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We can discuss that later." She answered not wanting to start anther row. "Shall I call the others?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Yes, we should." The man replied as he pulled out a short black stick from his robe. He moved the stick towards the sky and waved it around. A bright light came out in the shape of a snake. He spoke a few words and the snake light whirled away. A few moments later 2 new figures appeared./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 1:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The two new figures seemed to whirl out of thin air, like dark smoke appearing in a human like form; another man and woman. The woman was tall and slender with dark eyes that could stare down anyone who would cross her. The man was even taller and muscular in shape with red hair that shown bright in the sunlight, almost lion like./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We got your message," the man stated as he walked up the hill towards the other others./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""So this is the spot?" the women asked as she followed the man up the hill./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Yes Rowena," the first women replied. "Salazar and I think this would be the perfect spot. Don't you agree?" Rowena and the muscular man looked out over the land for a moment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Well Godric, I think we have finally found the perfect spot." Rowena said/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Hmm?" Godric thought out loud. "Good job Helga and Salazar. This spot will do."Godric turned around and began to walk back down the hill. The others followed suit. Once they stepped foot at the bottom of the hill they all vanished on the spot. Four puffs of smoke left to dwindle for a second where they had stood./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 2:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four friends were walking along a long dirt road. Up ahead was a small wood and brick building, two stories high with a big oak wooden door with a big red sign above stated "sleeping dragon." Godric reached the door first and opened it to allow the other 3 in. At the back of the room was a long table that stood high above the ground. Big metal mugs filled the back wall with barrels crammed together on the floor below. Tables stood every at every other open space of the room with rows and rows of benches around them. There was only enough space between them all to walk through and sit down at an empty bench on the far end of the room. Away from the other tables and any prying ears. Godric sat down closet to the wall and motioned for Salazar to sit next to him. The ladies sat down across from them and motioned for a barmaid to come to them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""What can I get you?" the bar maid asked looking at the four with disapproval in her eyes. She had never seen anyone so well dressed and clean looking. She assumed they were rich weary travelers who had a few coin to offer to her fathers establishment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We will take four ales please and some bread and cheese." Godric replied "Make it quick. We are quite thirsty." The barmaid smiled at him and ran off to the bar. Salazar looked around the room while Rowena turned to Helga to whisper something of no importance in her ear. Helga giggled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I don't like the look of this place Godric." Salazar replied. Looking around at all the humans in the room. There were a few packed tables with barmaids walking around them and a grumpy old man behind the bar counter and a young scraggly man moping the entrance way. Eyes all over the room were looking towards the four of them and then back to their table as if they were not commenting on the new comers. "All these… Muggles.. are looking at us. With the judgmental eyes. I can feel their filth and grotesche smell all the way over here." Salazar finshed as his eyes darted back to their own table./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Sleeping Dragon is one of the best bars in town Sal. Also the owner is a good friend of mine." Godric replied as he waved towards the grumpy old man behind the counter who waved back with a smile on his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I don't know why you come to these places let alone drag me here with these….mud.." Salazar began but was cut off by Rowena. "That is enough Salazar." Rowena barked at him. "we are here on other matters that need to be discussed."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Helga stared at Salazar with sadness in her eyes. "Why must you be so cruel Sal?" She asked with such pity in her voice. Helga was the youngest and smallest of the group but her heart made up for her age and size. She loved every living thing and saw goodness in them, even the evil ones. Salazar reached for her hand in an apology but she pulled her hand away and looked out the window. Rowena swung her arm around Helga's and gave it a tight squeeze. "Lets get down to it, shall we?" she asked the table. Everyone nodded in agreement and they began to discuss the topic at hand. " I think the location is perfect. We can build a big house… no a castle… which will be surrounded by the mountains and trees and a lake. No one will be able to find it. We can add enchantments and it will be safe. " Rowena finished./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""And dark magic." Salazar chimed in. The other 3 rolled their eyes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We will make it hidden from all preying eyes." Godric added. "And as massive as can be. Many rooms, classrooms and bedrooms. We can make it a place that can be lived in year round. We should also add in stables to house all sorts of creatures and towers that open up to the sky./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Plants too." Helga added in. "a place for for ALL living things to be welcomed." Her eyes darted towards Salazar at the last comment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Do not forget the library." Rowena stated as a fact. "Books, scrolls and knowledge is just as important as life itself."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The barmaid came back and dropped down 4 huge metal mugs filled to the brim with ale and put down a plate of bread, meats, and cheese. "Mr. Oliver says the meat is on the house and is so glad you are back from your trip." She spoke to Godric as she set the plate down. "He is wondering if you would be able to help out with some damages to the back kitchen when you are free. A few days ago some kids set fire to the back stable and it made its way to the kitchen." No one was hurt thank thee" she added as she looked at Helga's face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I would love to help." Godric replied. " I can swing by tomorrow afternoon and take a look at the damages." The barmaid nodded and walked off. "Man its good to be home" He finished and continued on with the discussion of the castle quickly once he saw the look of pure detest on Salazar's face. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 3/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Rowena?! Rowena where are you?" and older lady called from the front door of a cottage in a field. "Its time for dinner!" The lady added in as she turned back into the cottage. Little did she know that Rowena was in a tree about 30 yards from the cottage. She was in a tree looking over some scrolls she had taken from the cities library even though nothing was suppose to leave the building. She was very fond of reading and wanted to learn about everything. She did not want to know what would happen if she was caught reading. It was frouned upon for women to read and her parents would wring her dead if she was caught. "What are you doing up there?!" a voice from the bottom of the tree called. Rowena looked down and saw a small stout girl possibly a few years younger then her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Nothing and it's none of your business." Rowena called back. "Who are you and what are you doing on my father's land?" Rowena looked down at the girl who stared back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""This is your fathers land?" the girl asked. "It is very beautiful. The plants and the trees. I was following a small rabbit and he ran this way."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Did he run up the tree? Rowena replied in an all knowing tone "No he did not as rabbits don't climb. How did you find me here and what are you doing here?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""The rabbit went that way." The girl pointed in the opposite direction of the tree "But I could see you in the tree so I thought I would come say hello./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""See me?" Rowena thought How could she see me. I am up a tree covered in branches and leaves. Not even my own mother could see me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I am Helga. Helga Huffelpuff and my family just moved here to the village. What's your name?" Helga asked while pointing in to the village off in the distance./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I am Rowena, Rowena Ravenclaw. And this is my father's house and land you are trespassing on. You best leave now unless something bad befalls you." Rowena exclaimed as she began to climb down the tree. Once at the bottom she turned and stared at the young girl. She couldn't be much younger than me, Rowena thought. She turned to start walking towards the house when Helga grabbed her by the arm./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please do not go. I am sorry if I startled or scared you. I don't have any friends or anyone to play with. Will you be my friend? Helga asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Rowena looked at Helga and thought for a moment. "a friend? I don't have time to play. I must go dinner or mother will be worried. She pulled her arm out of the Helga's hand and stalked off. Once she got to her house she turned around to look but the girl was gone. Nowhere to be seen. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 4:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Stand up you filth. Do you have no honor?" A man was yelling at a small boy who lay on the ground. "Do you think this they will be kind to you? Do you think someone will be there to pick you up?" He continued to scream at the 15 boys who stood around the field. "NO! you must stand up for yourself and fight, like men." The man grabed the boy by the arm and lifted him up. "get back in line." He stated as he pushed the boy back into the others./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The boy turned around and looked at the man. With so much anger in his eyes. The boy concentrated as hard as he could on the man and thought of all the things he could do to him. The man started to cough and pounded on his chest trying to clear his lungs of what was blocking them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""No. Salazar stop." An older boy with red hair whispered to the smaller boy as he put his hand on his shoulder. "Not here. Not now. Not ever. They will know." The boy took his eyes off the man and the man stopped choking. "That will be all for today he whispered as he sent the boys away with a wave of his hand trying to grasp his breath. The boys dispersed and walked different ways. The young boy and the red head walked away from the city together./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You can not do that Salzar." The boy commented. "They will find out and you know what happens." The older boys mind trailed off in thought. Thinking about his aunt and cousin. But that memory was too painful. He didn't want to think of that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I know Godric" Salazar replied as they continued to walk away from the city. "I am just tired of his punches and his abuse. Why can't I just…." Salazar did not want to finish the statement for he knew what Godric would say. The boys continued to walk on in silence. They walked out of the city and out to where the city outskirts met the woods. Two small houses stood adjacent to each other one was smaller than the other and the boys both walked into the smallest one. Salazar sat on a chair by the fire and Godric went to the small kitchenette to grab something to drink./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I don't want to go home." Salazar complained. "Father will be upset with me again. I am not supposed to leave the house grounds and converse with humans or the like."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric brought him a cup "Does your father need to know where you were? Just tell him you were out of a walk. Now let's go outside and really cause some damage." Salazar looked up at his friend and smiled. The boys downed their drinks and ran out the back door and into the woods where no one could see or hear how they both could really fight./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 5:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four friends were walking down the dirt street on a cold winter day. The sun was up high in the sky and a small blanket of snow covered the ground. The four were wrapped up in thick cloaks with their hoods up. They didn't require the cloaks as they could conjure heat up at the wave of a wand but they wanted to fit in. Not draw attention to themselves as they walked down quickly down the road./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Godric, would you slow down please. I can not keep up with you at this pace." Helga called as she hiked up her cloak and skirt to catch up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric stopped and turned around. Helga was racing forward as fast as her little legs would let her. "We have no time to loose" He exclaimed. "Who knows what they are doing to him at this very moment." He reached out his hand and grabbed Helga by her hand; once he had hold he turned back around and started to run at a faster pace. Rowena not far behind had her hand in her pocket ready to reach in and grab her wand should the require the usage./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Does it really matter, Godric?" Salazar called from behind the group. "He was born from humans so he is human. He might not even have powers. Even if we try and get there in time we could be discovered. After all we have done."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric didn't slow down but turned his head back towards Salazar. "We have to try at least."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four were now passing a few small cottages surround by farming tools, a few farm animals and loads and loads of dirt. There were a bigger cluster of cottages up ahead and the 4 walked as swiftly as they could to not draw attention to themself. "I hope we are not to late." Helga spoke to herself. "Please not too late."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"It a few more moments the four had caught up to the cluster of cottages. Some were big and some were small. A few stables lay between the smaller ones and grass and fields lay to all sides. A group of people were standing around a circular brick monument in the middle which looked very much similar to a well. People where shouting and only certain words could be hear. "Throw him in." "Burn him" "Cut off his head." "No please hes my son."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four friends made it to the group and took in the scene. A group of men and women held pitchforks, shovels and ropes which were all pointed towards a small boy of at least 10 years of age. Two grown men had his arms tight in their grip as another women tried to pry their arms off while being held back and pulled away by another man with a deep sadness in his eyes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Bring the rope." One of the men called who had the boy in his hands. "We will tie him up and throw him in." The women who was trying to help the boy had succumb to tears. The boy looked towards the men and women with fear in his eyes. "Please, I cant swim." he begged but no one listen. A man and women who had the rope came towards the boy and were about to wrap the rope around him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""What is the meaning of this?" Godric called as he stood tall over everyone and walked up towards the mob. Everyone looked towards the group and started to lower their pitchforks and shovels. Helga and Rowena started to walk around the mob in different directions. Salazar stood at the back. "This boy is not right." one of the men who had him by the arm spoke. He had no understanding as to why he answered this stranger questions. The had clearly just arrived and are not from this village. It must have been his height and how he stood high above all others. "He was doing something weird." A women piped in. "We dare not speak of it least it happens again. Godric walked towards the men holding the boy. Helga met up with the women in tears and wrapped her arms around her in an embrace./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Being tall and built had its advantages. As Godric got closer to the boy the men eased up their grip and tried to stand just as tall. The tallest did not even come up to Godrics shoulders. "What business do you have here?" the other man asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We were just passing through on our way up north. We stopped because we are out of water and food and were going to look in at the local inn." Rowena answered as she pointed towards a wooden building behind stable with a few horses./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please?!" the women being held by Helga begged. "Please don't do this. My son. My only son!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric looked towards the women and then towards the boy "What has this boy done to warrant such a punishment?" He exclaimed to the crowd. The mob looked in all different directions. A small and stout man stepped up clad in a brown tunic worn by those of the faith. "He is a demon. A Devil worshiper. He has caused things to happen that only the devil himself could do." He stated as he pointed a finger at the young boy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please no." the boy began to cry. "I didn't do anything. I don't know what happened. It just happened. I don't know whats going on."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""DONT LET HIM SPEAK!" came a voice from the crowd. "He will curse us." came another one./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""He made the pigs run free. He destroyed the gate with his words." The man of faith added in. "This child here saw it." The man in the tunic turned around and led a small girl about 6 years old forward. "Tell them what you saw, child." He asked a he reached for her hand in comfort./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""...no-noth… I saw nothing. I don't know. Why am I here?" the little girl spoke with a soft tone. She began to cry./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric looked towards Rowena and saw her hand in her pocket. She nodded at him to continue. "Seems you have been mistaken by childs play. Kids will be kids as we all know. Now lets disperse and go about our day. I am sure we all have more important things to do." He finished throwing his clock back to show the hilt of a sword at his side. The towns people began to look around confused and scared and slowly moved away from the well and back to their business. The crying women grabbed her son. Rowena walked towards them and ushered them away from the crowd. Helga following right behind . Godric and Salazar stayed near the area until it was cleared out. Then they walked in the direction that Helga and Rowena had gone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please understand it is what is best for him." Rowena was arguing with the mother when Salazar and Godric caught up. "He will be safe with us. We know what his is and what he can do. And I think you do too." She added in. Helga had her arms around the crying boy trying to comfort him from the ordeal. The mother looked to him and to the group of strangers. "I don't know you and I don't know what you are talking about. He is my son and he with stay here. You heard the child. It was all a mistake."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""This is not the first time this has happened, is it?" Salazar spoke up. He looked at the mother who looked at her son then down to the ground. "And it will not be the last time this will happen. It will get worse and he will not be able to control it and you will not be able to control him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Rowena looked towards the townspeople who had all gone back to their daily life as if nothing weird had happened that day. "And when it does they will come again and we will not be here to save him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You can save him? And protect him? And take care of him?" the mother asked. Grief was washed from her face and helplessness was all that was left. "We can!" Godric and Helga both spoke at the same time. "We can teach him to control and to be cautious!" Rowena added in. "He will be cared for and looked after." Helga spoke more to the boy than the mother./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""He will become a strong man who will grow up and be happy." Godric added in as he reached for the mothers hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The mother resigned to their request and took her son by the hand. "You will go with these people, Grindelwald. No do not protest.." Grindelwald looked towards the strangers and back at his mother about to speak. " I can not protect you anymore. I have tried and tried but you are getting worse and I don't know what to do. Hopefully they can fix you…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""He wont be fixed!" Salazar spoke up. " There is no fixing what he is. He is made better. He will be taught and will become more powerful and understanding of his nature." Saalzar walked up and grabbed the Grindelwald by the arm "You are a wizard and you can do great things. You will learn with us."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Grindelwald began to understand and walked with Salazar. Away from his mother and away from all he knew./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 6:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Oh just use magic ok." Godric chimed in while moving his wand around. "No one is here and I have already put up spells and enchantments around the area. No one will find it or see us." He was working on laying down stone after stone to create a massive wall on the hill the group had chosen as their school grounds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I prefer to do it by hand thank you very much." Helga spoke back in a teasing manor. She was laying down floor boards on top of the stone in the same room hand by hand. Lifting up on and slowly putting it down next to the other. Godric looked at her and sighed. "This will take forever if you keep doing that."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Little did they know that salazar was working on the other stone wall and between each brick he was throwing a charm to make the floorboards light as a feather. Helga knew but she enjoyed the sentiment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""The door will be here and it will lead to a great hallway." Rowena spoke aloud to her friends. She was walking around and pointing towards the lake. "A courtyard can stand here and stairs will go from here to the the rest of the castle. We will have classrooms, rooms to sleep, closet space. This will be magnificent."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"She rolled up a bit of parchment and pulled out her wand and began to wave it around. "Mobli…Locomotor.." She whispered and began to build a big wooden door with wood cut down from the near by trees. "you know with out magic this would be impossible for us four."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Helga looked at Rowena with reproch and pulled out her wand. "Fine. Ill use magic." With a wave of her wand and a few flicks she started to move the floor boards faster and more in unision. Within 5 minutes she had the entire floor of a great hall placed in its spot. "Woah.." She looked at her wand and then the floor./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""How did you do that?" Godric asked looking amazed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""A witch never tells her secrets." She joked as she moved towards the door Rowena was building and on to the next room./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 7:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You are going to live with your aunt and that is final." An elderly stern looking man was yelling at a small boy. "I do not want to hear anything else out of your fowl mouth." The man turned around and started to walk away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""please don't, father!" A young Salazar begged. " I don't want to leave. My home my friends…" Salazar faltered the last words because his father had turned around and looked at him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Not another word or you will wish you didn't say anything to begin with." With this, the man walked up the dark long stairs./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Mommy, please?!" Salazar begged his mom. A stout woman with light blonde hair just looked at her son with sad eyes then walked into another room on the first floor. Salazar stood in the hallway hoping for sure that it was not true. Over come with tears Salazar ran out of the stone house and down the gravel road towards the town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"".. and then I told him to piss off and he did!" Godric was telling a few of his friends when he saw Salzar run past. "Ill be back guys. " He said and started to chase after salazar. " Hey hold up," he called after him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric caught up to Salazar and grabbed him by the shirt. "Whats wrong buddy?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Father knows. I don't know how he knows; but he knows." Salazar spoke between sobs. " He found out where I have been in the evenings. He knows about the muggle boys we hang out with… and now.. now I have to go live with my aunt in a wizard village. I don't want to go. I don't know anyone there."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric thought for a moment. "I have an idea. What if you don't go?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""How can I not go? Father is sending me tonight." Salazar pleaded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Leave it to me. I have an idea." Godric posed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar waited for hours at his home, hoping with all hope that Godric would come soon. Servants were packing his bags and putting them down in the carriage. Salazar was getting more and more anxious. "What does he have planned," he thought./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Its time to go." Salazar father was standing in the door way. "You will thank me for this one day. Its best time you were surrounded with your own kind." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Maybe he could stay in the house?" His mother pipped in. "I could teach him and we could.." She stopped with one look from her husband./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""It is time to go." His father said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" I am not going!" Salazar said in a tone of deficiency which he regretted right away. His father walked up to him and smacked him across the face. "You WILL show me more respect now get downstairs."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar ran down the stairs holding his face in his hands, tears streaming down. There was knock at the door and one of the servants opened to a large boy about 13. "Hello, My name is Godric Gryffindor and I am here to speak to Mr Slytherin." The servant stepped aside and Salazar met his friend at the door. "Its to late. I am to leave now."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Who is this?" came a voice from on top of the landing. Salaza's father began to walk down the steps./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Hello Mr. Slytherin. My name is Godric Gryffindor and I would like to speak to you about Salazar. It seems there has been a mistake in understanding. In the evenings, Salazar and I have been practicing magic in the forest near my house. Just the two of us and.."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You are the infamous Godric?" Mr. Slytherin asked with a sly voice. " I have heard many things about you and your family. Your father works at the pub in town with the.. muggles does he not? As far as I am concerned you are no better than the rest of them. Now, if you will excuse me, Salazar has a carriage waiting. Good day." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar looked at his friend standing in the door way and then fell to the ground. Mr. Syltherin had grabbed his wand and dragged his son out of the house with magic and tossed him into the carriage. He motioned to the driver and the carriage set off down the dirt road. Salazar looking out the window at his friend who looked shocked as he stood next to a closed door. His father and mother did not even wish him goodbye./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 8:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Rowena?!" Helga called from the bottom set of some stone steps. "Where are you Rowena?" Helga ascended the stairs and went to look for her friend. At the top of the stairs she came to a door and 3 other stair cases leading in different directions. ' where has she gone?' Helga thought. When she openend the door she found a few scrolls scatted on the floor. The room had not been finshed as it was missing the north and south wall and half the floor. Helga walked in and went to grab a scroll./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""looking for me?" came a voice from the door. Helga jumped as she spun around to see Rowena in the door way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""yes." replied Helga. "Godric has put the final touches in the great hall and we want to know what you all think. Have you seen Salazar? I cant find him anywhere." Rowena shook her head and left out the door and Helga started to follow. She stopped suddenly and turned around to look back at the scrolls. She walked over and picked one up and opened gently and stared at it. "Rowena?! Do you know what…." she trailed off realizing that her friend was most likely already down the stairs. Helga looked back at the scroll in confusion. Lines ran up and down and around the scroll with the word 'stop' in every open space left on the page. Helga shrugged her shoulders and rolled up the parchment and put it back where she found it and headed for the door. About half way down the stairs she met Salazar on his way up. "There you are!" Helga stated as she reached him. She curled her arm into his and lead him back down the stiars " I have been looking for you. Your opinion is needed on the final touches in the great hall." Salazar looked distracted but quickly caught his composure and headed down the stairs, arm in arm with Helga./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""you can not put this here Godric!" Rowena yelled at him. "Where will dinner tables go!" Helga and Salazar had walked into the great hall to find Rowena point at a giant fire pit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""They can go around the fire pit!" Godric replied motioning his hands around the room. With a click of her fingers Rowena made the fire pit disappear and in its place a massive fireplace arose along the wall. "Better?" She asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" I like it." Helga piped in quickly. "ok what do you guys think. The room looks amazing doesn't it?" All 4 of the friends looked around the massive room pillars high with glass plated windows to the north and a raised platform under the windows. "It looks good but isnt it a little dark?" Salazar asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric turned to him and pulled out his wand. "I got that covered." He pointed the wand at the ceiling and cast his wooden ceiling looked as though it was opening up to the sky with clouds and the sun popping in. It lite up the whole room. "just a little spell I created. With a flick of the wand you can create any kind of light or weather you might want."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""That is amazing Godric." Helga stated in awe. She let go of Salazars arm and walked over towards Godric. " How did you do that?" she asked. Godric put his arm around her waist and pulled her close. He pushed the strands of hair behind her ears and learned in to wisper. "I could show you how its done if you like." Helga giggled and pushed him away in a flirting manner./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""It looks fine." Salazar commented as he clenched his fist and left the room. He wanted to be no more part of the creation of the great hall and went back up the stairs to the room he was heading to before./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 9:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Salazar? Is that you?!" came a loud voice from inside a crowded tavern. "Can that really be you?" Godric walked up to a lanky young looking man with black slick hair near the bar./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Godric?!" he replied. "It cant be you?" Godric had walked up to the young man and gave him a big hug around his shoulders. "how long has it been?" Salzar asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric took a step back and took a good look at his friend. "To many years Salz! And you have grown up so much. How are you? Where are you? What are you doing? Tell me everything." He grabbed his friend by the arm and lead him to an empty table./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I am good." Salzar replied as he sat down at the table across from Godric. " I just moved here actually. A few days ago. I am doing some research on magical folks and I got word that this town is booming with them. And you my friend?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric took a look at his friend. He seemed different but Godric could not place it. "I am here for a few days. I am trying to find a women with certain magical properties I need to help me with my project and I have heard she lives here…" Godric trailed off "Salzar, I tried to find you and I tried to look for you but you were no where to be found I went to your aunts house and she had nott even heard from you in years. Salzar, what happened?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salzar sat up and turned away from his friend. "I don't want to talk about it. Everything is fine now that is all you need concern yourself with." he finished. Godric paused and took in his friends features. Salazar was taller but skinny. His face had aged more than he did and looked like years had eaten away at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Who are you and what do you want?" a women asked as she stood next to the table. Her friend sat down at the opposite chair. Godric jumped back alittle and took the women in. She was young and beautiful with long dark hair pulled behind her back. Her friend was shorter and younger. She had light brown hair in braids pulled into a bun./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Rowena?" Godric asked the dark hair women. "are you Rowena?" Rowena nodded and starred at Godric./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Why are you asking around for me? What do you want with me?" Rowena demanded. Godric motioned to the chair and Rowena sat down slowly not taking her eyes off of him. Her friend kept her eyes on Salazar making sure he did not do anything funny. Salazar couldn't not stop looking at her and those beatiful big eyes that stared him down./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I have a plan." Godric replied. " And I need your help? How do you feel about using magic in non magical dwellings? Specifically in the south?" he asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Rowena looked at her friend who nodded at her then back at Godric. "we are interested. Keep talking."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 10:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Crying could be heard coming out of the large doors. A few young children stood around the door trying to see or hear what was going on. It was forbidden for them to enter that room but they couldn't help but want to know./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Salazar…. please…"the crying voice pleaded. "you can not go. Please stay." the voice begged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" I will not stay here as long as he is in charge." Salazar replied with a finger pointed at his friend Godric. "I have had enough and I am leaving at once./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Dont be daft." Godric replied "You have no where to go. No one will go with you and you have nothing to do." Godric had his arms crossed and stared down his friend in anger./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I will start a new school. A better school. We will be more selective in who we will let in. Non of this riff raff will be able to enter. Unless they can prove…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Now stop right there!" Rowena spoke. She had her arms around Helga trying to comfort her. "The students can hear. We should take this up into the office."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You mean his office?" Salzar spoke with his finger pointing once agian at Godric. "You both listen and do what ever he says. This was suppose to be our school?!." Salazars voice starts to falter and his eyes start to tear. " We built it together our own blood and sweat. No one put him in charge but you act like he is."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""No we don't." Helga spoke up. "Please listen to us. We want you to…" She began but Rowena cut in./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Fine we are doing this here." Rowena reached into her pocket and pulled out a leather bound book. Flipped though the pages to see lines and drawings all over each page. "What is this, Salazar? She asked shoving the book in his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""That is mine! " Salazar spoke as he reached for the book. "You should not have gone through my things" he made a reach for the book./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I found it in the dungeon where you have been sleeping for months." She stated. Pulling the book out of his reach. "You don't come up for classes anymore. You do not come up for food. The students havent seen you in weeks. What are you doing down there?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Not only that but you have abandon the students. Left them to their own accord." Godric added in./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""you want me to teach them?" Salazar asked pointing towards the door. "There are only a few good students who come from good family's. The rest are mud…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""ENOUGH!" Rowena yelled at him as she threw the book on the floor. "We have had enough of this. Pack your things and leave. If you will not tell us what you are doing and refuse to teach the students you have no place here./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric nodded in approval and took a step back. "I can not help you anymore Sal. I think its best if you leave."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar looked towards Godric who had his hands folded across his chest and Rowena who looked out the window with a look of disgust in her features. "Fine. I will leave. Helga are you coming with me." He asked with his hand reaching out for her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Helga had tears in her eyes and shook her head. " I can not leave the students. I can not go with you. Please stay.. Just tell us…."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"But Helga couldn't not finish her words as Godric was pushing Salazar towards the door. "Leave now!" His voice boomed over the whole room and hallway as the doors burst open. "And do not come back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar took one last look at his so called friends. "You will all regret this!" he spoke as he turned at once and headed down the corridor and out of the school grounds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The rain hit the ground fast and hard. A average sized broad man with slick black hair stuck to the sides of his head was walking up a hill slowly, trying not to stumble and fall. He was followed by a shorter curvaceous women with beautiful brown hair, a few years his age. She walked with ease through the rocks and trees, as though she was made for the wild. Every few seconds the man would turn to make sure she was ok. He did not want her to fall over a rock or get hurt on some brush. But if anything, he needed the actual help. Little did he know that she was keeping an eye out for him; making sure he didn't fall or stumbled, and when he did she was right there to help him up. Giggling and laughing at her friend when he stumbled she helped him up and they continued to walk to the top. The pair finally made it and looked out over the horizon. It was the most beautiful scene they could see. Mountains went on for miles and as high as the clouds in the sky, but the sun still peered down to the valley below. A massive dark lake lay towards the right of the valley and hills jumped up around the valley left and right. They both looked around at the grounds that lay before them. "I think this will do!" the man stated with a snide look towards the hills. "I can see a castle there with stairs down to the lake." He added pointing in that direction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Yes," the women pipped in pointing at the lake, "With a deck or a boat house to welcome everyone in. They can come by boats. Oh maybe a nice long road covered with trees where carriages can come up to a big, beautiful entry way…" she trailed off in thought./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Well almost everyone," the man replied, "we will be selective."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We can discuss that later." She answered not wanting to start anther row. "Shall I call the others?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Yes, we should." The man replied as he pulled out a short black stick from his robe. He moved the stick towards the sky and waved it around. A bright light came out in the shape of a snake. He spoke a few words and the snake light whirled away. A few moments later 2 new figures appeared./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 1:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The two new figures seemed to whirl out of thin air, like dark smoke appearing in a human like form; another man and woman. The woman was tall and slender with dark eyes that could stare down anyone who would cross her. The man was even taller and muscular in shape with red hair that shown bright in the sunlight, almost lion like./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We got your message," the man stated as he walked up the hill towards the other others./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""So this is the spot?" the women asked as she followed the man up the hill./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Yes Rowena," the first women replied. "Salazar and I think this would be the perfect spot. Don't you agree?" Rowena and the muscular man looked out over the land for a moment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Well Godric, I think we have finally found the perfect spot." Rowena said/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Hmm?" Godric thought out loud. "Good job Helga and Salazar. This spot will do."Godric turned around and began to walk back down the hill. The others followed suit. Once they stepped foot at the bottom of the hill they all vanished on the spot. Four puffs of smoke left to dwindle for a second where they had stood./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 2:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four friends were walking along a long dirt road. Up ahead was a small wood and brick building, two stories high with a big oak wooden door with a big red sign above stated "sleeping dragon." Godric reached the door first and opened it to allow the other 3 in. At the back of the room was a long table that stood high above the ground. Big metal mugs filled the back wall with barrels crammed together on the floor below. Tables stood every at every other open space of the room with rows and rows of benches around them. There was only enough space between them all to walk through and sit down at an empty bench on the far end of the room. Away from the other tables and any prying ears. Godric sat down closet to the wall and motioned for Salazar to sit next to him. The ladies sat down across from them and motioned for a barmaid to come to them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""What can I get you?" the bar maid asked looking at the four with disapproval in her eyes. She had never seen anyone so well dressed and clean looking. She assumed they were rich weary travelers who had a few coin to offer to her fathers establishment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We will take four ales please and some bread and cheese." Godric replied "Make it quick. We are quite thirsty." The barmaid smiled at him and ran off to the bar. Salazar looked around the room while Rowena turned to Helga to whisper something of no importance in her ear. Helga giggled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I don't like the look of this place Godric." Salazar replied. Looking around at all the humans in the room. There were a few packed tables with barmaids walking around them and a grumpy old man behind the bar counter and a young scraggly man moping the entrance way. Eyes all over the room were looking towards the four of them and then back to their table as if they were not commenting on the new comers. "All these… Muggles.. are looking at us. With the judgmental eyes. I can feel their filth and grotesche smell all the way over here." Salazar finshed as his eyes darted back to their own table./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Sleeping Dragon is one of the best bars in town Sal. Also the owner is a good friend of mine." Godric replied as he waved towards the grumpy old man behind the counter who waved back with a smile on his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I don't know why you come to these places let alone drag me here with these….mud.." Salazar began but was cut off by Rowena. "That is enough Salazar." Rowena barked at him. "we are here on other matters that need to be discussed."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Helga stared at Salazar with sadness in her eyes. "Why must you be so cruel Sal?" She asked with such pity in her voice. Helga was the youngest and smallest of the group but her heart made up for her age and size. She loved every living thing and saw goodness in them, even the evil ones. Salazar reached for her hand in an apology but she pulled her hand away and looked out the window. Rowena swung her arm around Helga's and gave it a tight squeeze. "Lets get down to it, shall we?" she asked the table. Everyone nodded in agreement and they began to discuss the topic at hand. " I think the location is perfect. We can build a big house… no a castle… which will be surrounded by the mountains and trees and a lake. No one will be able to find it. We can add enchantments and it will be safe. " Rowena finished./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""And dark magic." Salazar chimed in. The other 3 rolled their eyes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We will make it hidden from all preying eyes." Godric added. "And as massive as can be. Many rooms, classrooms and bedrooms. We can make it a place that can be lived in year round. We should also add in stables to house all sorts of creatures and towers that open up to the sky./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Plants too." Helga added in. "a place for for ALL living things to be welcomed." Her eyes darted towards Salazar at the last comment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Do not forget the library." Rowena stated as a fact. "Books, scrolls and knowledge is just as important as life itself."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The barmaid came back and dropped down 4 huge metal mugs filled to the brim with ale and put down a plate of bread, meats, and cheese. "Mr. Oliver says the meat is on the house and is so glad you are back from your trip." She spoke to Godric as she set the plate down. "He is wondering if you would be able to help out with some damages to the back kitchen when you are free. A few days ago some kids set fire to the back stable and it made its way to the kitchen." No one was hurt thank thee" she added as she looked at Helga's face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I would love to help." Godric replied. " I can swing by tomorrow afternoon and take a look at the damages." The barmaid nodded and walked off. "Man its good to be home" He finished and continued on with the discussion of the castle quickly once he saw the look of pure detest on Salazar's face. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 3/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Rowena?! Rowena where are you?" and older lady called from the front door of a cottage in a field. "Its time for dinner!" The lady added in as she turned back into the cottage. Little did she know that Rowena was in a tree about 30 yards from the cottage. She was in a tree looking over some scrolls she had taken from the cities library even though nothing was suppose to leave the building. She was very fond of reading and wanted to learn about everything. She did not want to know what would happen if she was caught reading. It was frouned upon for women to read and her parents would wring her dead if she was caught. "What are you doing up there?!" a voice from the bottom of the tree called. Rowena looked down and saw a small stout girl possibly a few years younger then her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Nothing and it's none of your business." Rowena called back. "Who are you and what are you doing on my father's land?" Rowena looked down at the girl who stared back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""This is your fathers land?" the girl asked. "It is very beautiful. The plants and the trees. I was following a small rabbit and he ran this way."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Did he run up the tree? Rowena replied in an all knowing tone "No he did not as rabbits don't climb. How did you find me here and what are you doing here?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""The rabbit went that way." The girl pointed in the opposite direction of the tree "But I could see you in the tree so I thought I would come say hello./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""See me?" Rowena thought How could she see me. I am up a tree covered in branches and leaves. Not even my own mother could see me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I am Helga. Helga Huffelpuff and my family just moved here to the village. What's your name?" Helga asked while pointing in to the village off in the distance./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I am Rowena, Rowena Ravenclaw. And this is my father's house and land you are trespassing on. You best leave now unless something bad befalls you." Rowena exclaimed as she began to climb down the tree. Once at the bottom she turned and stared at the young girl. She couldn't be much younger than me, Rowena thought. She turned to start walking towards the house when Helga grabbed her by the arm./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please do not go. I am sorry if I startled or scared you. I don't have any friends or anyone to play with. Will you be my friend? Helga asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Rowena looked at Helga and thought for a moment. "a friend? I don't have time to play. I must go dinner or mother will be worried. She pulled her arm out of the Helga's hand and stalked off. Once she got to her house she turned around to look but the girl was gone. Nowhere to be seen. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 4:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Stand up you filth. Do you have no honor?" A man was yelling at a small boy who lay on the ground. "Do you think this they will be kind to you? Do you think someone will be there to pick you up?" He continued to scream at the 15 boys who stood around the field. "NO! you must stand up for yourself and fight, like men." The man grabed the boy by the arm and lifted him up. "get back in line." He stated as he pushed the boy back into the others./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The boy turned around and looked at the man. With so much anger in his eyes. The boy concentrated as hard as he could on the man and thought of all the things he could do to him. The man started to cough and pounded on his chest trying to clear his lungs of what was blocking them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""No. Salazar stop." An older boy with red hair whispered to the smaller boy as he put his hand on his shoulder. "Not here. Not now. Not ever. They will know." The boy took his eyes off the man and the man stopped choking. "That will be all for today he whispered as he sent the boys away with a wave of his hand trying to grasp his breath. The boys dispersed and walked different ways. The young boy and the red head walked away from the city together./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You can not do that Salzar." The boy commented. "They will find out and you know what happens." The older boys mind trailed off in thought. Thinking about his aunt and cousin. But that memory was too painful. He didn't want to think of that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I know Godric" Salazar replied as they continued to walk away from the city. "I am just tired of his punches and his abuse. Why can't I just…." Salazar did not want to finish the statement for he knew what Godric would say. The boys continued to walk on in silence. They walked out of the city and out to where the city outskirts met the woods. Two small houses stood adjacent to each other one was smaller than the other and the boys both walked into the smallest one. Salazar sat on a chair by the fire and Godric went to the small kitchenette to grab something to drink./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I don't want to go home." Salazar complained. "Father will be upset with me again. I am not supposed to leave the house grounds and converse with humans or the like."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric brought him a cup "Does your father need to know where you were? Just tell him you were out of a walk. Now let's go outside and really cause some damage." Salazar looked up at his friend and smiled. The boys downed their drinks and ran out the back door and into the woods where no one could see or hear how they both could really fight./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 5:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four friends were walking down the dirt street on a cold winter day. The sun was up high in the sky and a small blanket of snow covered the ground. The four were wrapped up in thick cloaks with their hoods up. They didn't require the cloaks as they could conjure heat up at the wave of a wand but they wanted to fit in. Not draw attention to themselves as they walked down quickly down the road./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Godric, would you slow down please. I can not keep up with you at this pace." Helga called as she hiked up her cloak and skirt to catch up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric stopped and turned around. Helga was racing forward as fast as her little legs would let her. "We have no time to loose" He exclaimed. "Who knows what they are doing to him at this very moment." He reached out his hand and grabbed Helga by her hand; once he had hold he turned back around and started to run at a faster pace. Rowena not far behind had her hand in her pocket ready to reach in and grab her wand should the require the usage./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Does it really matter, Godric?" Salazar called from behind the group. "He was born from humans so he is human. He might not even have powers. Even if we try and get there in time we could be discovered. After all we have done."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric didn't slow down but turned his head back towards Salazar. "We have to try at least."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four were now passing a few small cottages surround by farming tools, a few farm animals and loads and loads of dirt. There were a bigger cluster of cottages up ahead and the 4 walked as swiftly as they could to not draw attention to themself. "I hope we are not to late." Helga spoke to herself. "Please not too late."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"It a few more moments the four had caught up to the cluster of cottages. Some were big and some were small. A few stables lay between the smaller ones and grass and fields lay to all sides. A group of people were standing around a circular brick monument in the middle which looked very much similar to a well. People where shouting and only certain words could be hear. "Throw him in." "Burn him" "Cut off his head." "No please hes my son."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The four friends made it to the group and took in the scene. A group of men and women held pitchforks, shovels and ropes which were all pointed towards a small boy of at least 10 years of age. Two grown men had his arms tight in their grip as another women tried to pry their arms off while being held back and pulled away by another man with a deep sadness in his eyes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Bring the rope." One of the men called who had the boy in his hands. "We will tie him up and throw him in." The women who was trying to help the boy had succumb to tears. The boy looked towards the men and women with fear in his eyes. "Please, I cant swim." he begged but no one listen. A man and women who had the rope came towards the boy and were about to wrap the rope around him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""What is the meaning of this?" Godric called as he stood tall over everyone and walked up towards the mob. Everyone looked towards the group and started to lower their pitchforks and shovels. Helga and Rowena started to walk around the mob in different directions. Salazar stood at the back. "This boy is not right." one of the men who had him by the arm spoke. He had no understanding as to why he answered this stranger questions. The had clearly just arrived and are not from this village. It must have been his height and how he stood high above all others. "He was doing something weird." A women piped in. "We dare not speak of it least it happens again. Godric walked towards the men holding the boy. Helga met up with the women in tears and wrapped her arms around her in an embrace./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Being tall and built had its advantages. As Godric got closer to the boy the men eased up their grip and tried to stand just as tall. The tallest did not even come up to Godrics shoulders. "What business do you have here?" the other man asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""We were just passing through on our way up north. We stopped because we are out of water and food and were going to look in at the local inn." Rowena answered as she pointed towards a wooden building behind stable with a few horses./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please?!" the women being held by Helga begged. "Please don't do this. My son. My only son!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric looked towards the women and then towards the boy "What has this boy done to warrant such a punishment?" He exclaimed to the crowd. The mob looked in all different directions. A small and stout man stepped up clad in a brown tunic worn by those of the faith. "He is a demon. A Devil worshiper. He has caused things to happen that only the devil himself could do." He stated as he pointed a finger at the young boy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please no." the boy began to cry. "I didn't do anything. I don't know what happened. It just happened. I don't know whats going on."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""DONT LET HIM SPEAK!" came a voice from the crowd. "He will curse us." came another one./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""He made the pigs run free. He destroyed the gate with his words." The man of faith added in. "This child here saw it." The man in the tunic turned around and led a small girl about 6 years old forward. "Tell them what you saw, child." He asked a he reached for her hand in comfort./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""...no-noth… I saw nothing. I don't know. Why am I here?" the little girl spoke with a soft tone. She began to cry./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric looked towards Rowena and saw her hand in her pocket. She nodded at him to continue. "Seems you have been mistaken by childs play. Kids will be kids as we all know. Now lets disperse and go about our day. I am sure we all have more important things to do." He finished throwing his clock back to show the hilt of a sword at his side. The towns people began to look around confused and scared and slowly moved away from the well and back to their business. The crying women grabbed her son. Rowena walked towards them and ushered them away from the crowd. Helga following right behind . Godric and Salazar stayed near the area until it was cleared out. Then they walked in the direction that Helga and Rowena had gone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Please understand it is what is best for him." Rowena was arguing with the mother when Salazar and Godric caught up. "He will be safe with us. We know what his is and what he can do. And I think you do too." She added in. Helga had her arms around the crying boy trying to comfort him from the ordeal. The mother looked to him and to the group of strangers. "I don't know you and I don't know what you are talking about. He is my son and he with stay here. You heard the child. It was all a mistake."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""This is not the first time this has happened, is it?" Salazar spoke up. He looked at the mother who looked at her son then down to the ground. "And it will not be the last time this will happen. It will get worse and he will not be able to control it and you will not be able to control him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Rowena looked towards the townspeople who had all gone back to their daily life as if nothing weird had happened that day. "And when it does they will come again and we will not be here to save him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You can save him? And protect him? And take care of him?" the mother asked. Grief was washed from her face and helplessness was all that was left. "We can!" Godric and Helga both spoke at the same time. "We can teach him to control and to be cautious!" Rowena added in. "He will be cared for and looked after." Helga spoke more to the boy than the mother./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""He will become a strong man who will grow up and be happy." Godric added in as he reached for the mothers hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"The mother resigned to their request and took her son by the hand. "You will go with these people, Grindelwald. No do not protest.." Grindelwald looked towards the strangers and back at his mother about to speak. " I can not protect you anymore. I have tried and tried but you are getting worse and I don't know what to do. Hopefully they can fix you…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""He wont be fixed!" Salazar spoke up. " There is no fixing what he is. He is made better. He will be taught and will become more powerful and understanding of his nature." Saalzar walked up and grabbed the Grindelwald by the arm "You are a wizard and you can do great things. You will learn with us."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Grindelwald began to understand and walked with Salazar. Away from his mother and away from all he knew./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 6:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Oh just use magic ok." Godric chimed in while moving his wand around. "No one is here and I have already put up spells and enchantments around the area. No one will find it or see us." He was working on laying down stone after stone to create a massive wall on the hill the group had chosen as their school grounds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I prefer to do it by hand thank you very much." Helga spoke back in a teasing manor. She was laying down floor boards on top of the stone in the same room hand by hand. Lifting up on and slowly putting it down next to the other. Godric looked at her and sighed. "This will take forever if you keep doing that."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Little did they know that salazar was working on the other stone wall and between each brick he was throwing a charm to make the floorboards light as a feather. Helga knew but she enjoyed the sentiment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""The door will be here and it will lead to a great hallway." Rowena spoke aloud to her friends. She was walking around and pointing towards the lake. "A courtyard can stand here and stairs will go from here to the the rest of the castle. We will have classrooms, rooms to sleep, closet space. This will be magnificent."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"She rolled up a bit of parchment and pulled out her wand and began to wave it around. "Mobli…Locomotor.." She whispered and began to build a big wooden door with wood cut down from the near by trees. "you know with out magic this would be impossible for us four."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Helga looked at Rowena with reproch and pulled out her wand. "Fine. Ill use magic." With a wave of her wand and a few flicks she started to move the floor boards faster and more in unision. Within 5 minutes she had the entire floor of a great hall placed in its spot. "Woah.." She looked at her wand and then the floor./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""How did you do that?" Godric asked looking amazed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""A witch never tells her secrets." She joked as she moved towards the door Rowena was building and on to the next room./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 7:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You are going to live with your aunt and that is final." An elderly stern looking man was yelling at a small boy. "I do not want to hear anything else out of your fowl mouth." The man turned around and started to walk away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""please don't, father!" A young Salazar begged. " I don't want to leave. My home my friends…" Salazar faltered the last words because his father had turned around and looked at him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Not another word or you will wish you didn't say anything to begin with." With this, the man walked up the dark long stairs./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Mommy, please?!" Salazar begged his mom. A stout woman with light blonde hair just looked at her son with sad eyes then walked into another room on the first floor. Salazar stood in the hallway hoping for sure that it was not true. Over come with tears Salazar ran out of the stone house and down the gravel road towards the town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"".. and then I told him to piss off and he did!" Godric was telling a few of his friends when he saw Salzar run past. "Ill be back guys. " He said and started to chase after salazar. " Hey hold up," he called after him. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric caught up to Salazar and grabbed him by the shirt. "Whats wrong buddy?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Father knows. I don't know how he knows; but he knows." Salazar spoke between sobs. " He found out where I have been in the evenings. He knows about the muggle boys we hang out with… and now.. now I have to go live with my aunt in a wizard village. I don't want to go. I don't know anyone there."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric thought for a moment. "I have an idea. What if you don't go?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""How can I not go? Father is sending me tonight." Salazar pleaded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Leave it to me. I have an idea." Godric posed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar waited for hours at his home, hoping with all hope that Godric would come soon. Servants were packing his bags and putting them down in the carriage. Salazar was getting more and more anxious. "What does he have planned," he thought./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Its time to go." Salazar father was standing in the door way. "You will thank me for this one day. Its best time you were surrounded with your own kind." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Maybe he could stay in the house?" His mother pipped in. "I could teach him and we could.." She stopped with one look from her husband./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""It is time to go." His father said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" I am not going!" Salazar said in a tone of deficiency which he regretted right away. His father walked up to him and smacked him across the face. "You WILL show me more respect now get downstairs."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar ran down the stairs holding his face in his hands, tears streaming down. There was knock at the door and one of the servants opened to a large boy about 13. "Hello, My name is Godric Gryffindor and I am here to speak to Mr Slytherin." The servant stepped aside and Salazar met his friend at the door. "Its to late. I am to leave now."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Who is this?" came a voice from on top of the landing. Salaza's father began to walk down the steps./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Hello Mr. Slytherin. My name is Godric Gryffindor and I would like to speak to you about Salazar. It seems there has been a mistake in understanding. In the evenings, Salazar and I have been practicing magic in the forest near my house. Just the two of us and.."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You are the infamous Godric?" Mr. Slytherin asked with a sly voice. " I have heard many things about you and your family. Your father works at the pub in town with the.. muggles does he not? As far as I am concerned you are no better than the rest of them. Now, if you will excuse me, Salazar has a carriage waiting. Good day." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar looked at his friend standing in the door way and then fell to the ground. Mr. Syltherin had grabbed his wand and dragged his son out of the house with magic and tossed him into the carriage. He motioned to the driver and the carriage set off down the dirt road. Salazar looking out the window at his friend who looked shocked as he stood next to a closed door. His father and mother did not even wish him goodbye./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 8:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Rowena?!" Helga called from the bottom set of some stone steps. "Where are you Rowena?" Helga ascended the stairs and went to look for her friend. At the top of the stairs she came to a door and 3 other stair cases leading in different directions. ' where has she gone?' Helga thought. When she openend the door she found a few scrolls scatted on the floor. The room had not been finshed as it was missing the north and south wall and half the floor. Helga walked in and went to grab a scroll./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""looking for me?" came a voice from the door. Helga jumped as she spun around to see Rowena in the door way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""yes." replied Helga. "Godric has put the final touches in the great hall and we want to know what you all think. Have you seen Salazar? I cant find him anywhere." Rowena shook her head and left out the door and Helga started to follow. She stopped suddenly and turned around to look back at the scrolls. She walked over and picked one up and opened gently and stared at it. "Rowena?! Do you know what…." she trailed off realizing that her friend was most likely already down the stairs. Helga looked back at the scroll in confusion. Lines ran up and down and around the scroll with the word 'stop' in every open space left on the page. Helga shrugged her shoulders and rolled up the parchment and put it back where she found it and headed for the door. About half way down the stairs she met Salazar on his way up. "There you are!" Helga stated as she reached him. She curled her arm into his and lead him back down the stiars " I have been looking for you. Your opinion is needed on the final touches in the great hall." Salazar looked distracted but quickly caught his composure and headed down the stairs, arm in arm with Helga./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""you can not put this here Godric!" Rowena yelled at him. "Where will dinner tables go!" Helga and Salazar had walked into the great hall to find Rowena point at a giant fire pit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""They can go around the fire pit!" Godric replied motioning his hands around the room. With a click of her fingers Rowena made the fire pit disappear and in its place a massive fireplace arose along the wall. "Better?" She asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" I like it." Helga piped in quickly. "ok what do you guys think. The room looks amazing doesn't it?" All 4 of the friends looked around the massive room pillars high with glass plated windows to the north and a raised platform under the windows. "It looks good but isnt it a little dark?" Salazar asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric turned to him and pulled out his wand. "I got that covered." He pointed the wand at the ceiling and cast his wooden ceiling looked as though it was opening up to the sky with clouds and the sun popping in. It lite up the whole room. "just a little spell I created. With a flick of the wand you can create any kind of light or weather you might want."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""That is amazing Godric." Helga stated in awe. She let go of Salazars arm and walked over towards Godric. " How did you do that?" she asked. Godric put his arm around her waist and pulled her close. He pushed the strands of hair behind her ears and learned in to wisper. "I could show you how its done if you like." Helga giggled and pushed him away in a flirting manner./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""It looks fine." Salazar commented as he clenched his fist and left the room. He wanted to be no more part of the creation of the great hall and went back up the stairs to the room he was heading to before./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 9:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Salazar? Is that you?!" came a loud voice from inside a crowded tavern. "Can that really be you?" Godric walked up to a lanky young looking man with black slick hair near the bar./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Godric?!" he replied. "It cant be you?" Godric had walked up to the young man and gave him a big hug around his shoulders. "how long has it been?" Salzar asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric took a step back and took a good look at his friend. "To many years Salz! And you have grown up so much. How are you? Where are you? What are you doing? Tell me everything." He grabbed his friend by the arm and lead him to an empty table./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I am good." Salzar replied as he sat down at the table across from Godric. " I just moved here actually. A few days ago. I am doing some research on magical folks and I got word that this town is booming with them. And you my friend?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric took a look at his friend. He seemed different but Godric could not place it. "I am here for a few days. I am trying to find a women with certain magical properties I need to help me with my project and I have heard she lives here…" Godric trailed off "Salzar, I tried to find you and I tried to look for you but you were no where to be found I went to your aunts house and she had nott even heard from you in years. Salzar, what happened?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salzar sat up and turned away from his friend. "I don't want to talk about it. Everything is fine now that is all you need concern yourself with." he finished. Godric paused and took in his friends features. Salazar was taller but skinny. His face had aged more than he did and looked like years had eaten away at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Who are you and what do you want?" a women asked as she stood next to the table. Her friend sat down at the opposite chair. Godric jumped back alittle and took the women in. She was young and beautiful with long dark hair pulled behind her back. Her friend was shorter and younger. She had light brown hair in braids pulled into a bun./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Rowena?" Godric asked the dark hair women. "are you Rowena?" Rowena nodded and starred at Godric./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Why are you asking around for me? What do you want with me?" Rowena demanded. Godric motioned to the chair and Rowena sat down slowly not taking her eyes off of him. Her friend kept her eyes on Salazar making sure he did not do anything funny. Salazar couldn't not stop looking at her and those beatiful big eyes that stared him down./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I have a plan." Godric replied. " And I need your help? How do you feel about using magic in non magical dwellings? Specifically in the south?" he asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Rowena looked at her friend who nodded at her then back at Godric. "we are interested. Keep talking."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Ch 10:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Crying could be heard coming out of the large doors. A few young children stood around the door trying to see or hear what was going on. It was forbidden for them to enter that room but they couldn't help but want to know./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Salazar…. please…"the crying voice pleaded. "you can not go. Please stay." the voice begged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" I will not stay here as long as he is in charge." Salazar replied with a finger pointed at his friend Godric. "I have had enough and I am leaving at once./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Dont be daft." Godric replied "You have no where to go. No one will go with you and you have nothing to do." Godric had his arms crossed and stared down his friend in anger./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I will start a new school. A better school. We will be more selective in who we will let in. Non of this riff raff will be able to enter. Unless they can prove…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Now stop right there!" Rowena spoke. She had her arms around Helga trying to comfort her. "The students can hear. We should take this up into the office."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""You mean his office?" Salzar spoke with his finger pointing once agian at Godric. "You both listen and do what ever he says. This was suppose to be our school?!." Salazars voice starts to falter and his eyes start to tear. " We built it together our own blood and sweat. No one put him in charge but you act like he is."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""No we don't." Helga spoke up. "Please listen to us. We want you to…" She began but Rowena cut in./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""Fine we are doing this here." Rowena reached into her pocket and pulled out a leather bound book. Flipped though the pages to see lines and drawings all over each page. "What is this, Salazar? She asked shoving the book in his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""That is mine! " Salazar spoke as he reached for the book. "You should not have gone through my things" he made a reach for the book./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""I found it in the dungeon where you have been sleeping for months." She stated. Pulling the book out of his reach. "You don't come up for classes anymore. You do not come up for food. The students havent seen you in weeks. What are you doing down there?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"" Not only that but you have abandon the students. Left them to their own accord." Godric added in./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""you want me to teach them?" Salazar asked pointing towards the door. "There are only a few good students who come from good family's. The rest are mud…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;""ENOUGH!" Rowena yelled at him as she threw the book on the floor. "We have had enough of this. Pack your things and leave. If you will not tell us what you are doing and refuse to teach the students you have no place here./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Godric nodded in approval and took a step back. "I can not help you anymore Sal. I think its best if you leave."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar looked towards Godric who had his hands folded across his chest and Rowena who looked out the window with a look of disgust in her features. "Fine. I will leave. Helga are you coming with me." He asked with his hand reaching out for her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Helga had tears in her eyes and shook her head. " I can not leave the students. I can not go with you. Please stay.. Just tell us…."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"But Helga couldn't not finish her words as Godric was pushing Salazar towards the door. "Leave now!" His voice boomed over the whole room and hallway as the doors burst open. "And do not come back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"Salazar took one last look at his so called friends. "You will all regret this!" he spoke as he turned at once and headed down the corridor and out of the school grounds./span/p