A/N Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I treasure every one! Really! This story is slow coming because I'm really busy with exams rite now, :( but I will have a few days off after that and I'll get lots posted!
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It was Helga's idea to find a room with a fireplace to settle down for the night. After about 10 minutes of exploring Salazar stumbled across a huge, empty room with tall windows on both sides of the room and a vaulted ceiling so high, it disappeared into the shadows. Rowena made a broom appear so she could sweep the dirt and dust away to give them a place to sleep on the floor. Godric turned to the fireplace and created a roaring fire with a flick of his wand.

"Tell me again, why we are staying the night in this drafty not to mention dirty castle without proper furniture?" asked Salazar as he surveyed the room with a look of disgust on his face.

"Because" said Helga chuckling "We decided that it would seem right if we slept in the new school the first night we owned it. To give us all a feel for the actual castle itself, to understand it before we clutter it up with our possessions and emotions.

Rowena stood up, brushing a strand of her hair away from her face. "We need to get to know this place as itself, before we make it ours" she said.

"Sounds good to me" said Godric, warming his hands against the large fire.

"Fine then" said Salazar reluctantly. "But if we must spend the night here, I'm going to make sure it's somewhat hospitable." As he said those words, he withdrew his wand from his robes and conjured four very comfortable looking beds complete with fur blankets and pillows. "I refuse, at least to sleep on this filthy floor!"

"I have no objections!" said Helga happily, already climbing into her bed and snuggling under her warm furs.

When the four friends had climbed into the beds that were circled around the fire they all felt warm and content and anticipation to what lay ahead of them the next day. The calm quiet of the castle and the gentle crackling of the fire soon lulled Helga and Salazar to sleep. But Rowena and Godric became more and more awake as the minutes ticked by.

"Rowena?" Godric asked softly.

"Yes Godric. What it is?" questioned Rowena propping herself up on her bed.

"Are you sleepy?" he asked propping himself up on his elbows.

"No, are you?" she asked.

"No. Do you want to go exploring?" Godric said his warm, brown eyes sparkling.

"Yes!" said Rowena loudly throwing her furs off herself and leaping out of bed. Her words echoed loudly inside the great hall and she clapped her hand over her mouth afraid that she had awoken the others. The two of them stood stock still, barely breathing, waiting to see if the other two would stir. Only Salazar rolled over and mumbled something inaudible softly in his sleep.

"Let's go" said Godric as he lead Rowena quietly out the huge doors into the entrance way.

"Lumos" said Rowena as they entered the blackness.

"Forget the wands" said Godric as he reached up for a torch on the wall beside them. He lit the end with his wand and the flame the torch emitted was much more bright and warm then the wands. Rowena followed suit.

Soon they had come to the grand staircase at the end of the entrance hall. A large set of stone stairs led up onto the second floor where they could see a few details from the moonlight streaming through one of the open windows upstairs. The others lead downstairs into a solid almost menacing blackness.

"Let's go upstairs" said Rowena. Godric didn't argue.

As they padded up the stairs both of them noticed the drop in temperature almost immediately. Godric conjured up a pair of thick outer cloaks for the both of them. They walked silently down a long hallway with large, oak doors on one side and tall windows on the other with moonlight streaming in.

They poked their heads into the first set of doors they came to. It was a large, empty room with widows at the back showing the rest of the ravine and forest, cloaked in blackness with moonlight illumination certain details. The scene looked unreal.

"This will be a good classroom." said Rowena, her words echoing off the walls loudly.

"Yes it will. You can almost imagine it can't you?" said Godric softly.

"Let's go up another floor." said Rowena, turning to go, not really waiting for a response. As she began to leave Godric still hadn't made a move, he was still staring around the room. "Godric?"
"Yeah, I'm coming" he said finally turning to leave. He didn't want to leave the image of his future so soon.

As they mounted the brick staircase they found themselves on another floor that was very similar to the first except this hallway seemed to encircle the building from the corner in which they were standing. There was still another floor to come, but they weren't interested. Instead the two walked towards the widows looking out over the east of the property.

The moonlight bathed the forest in a surreal, white light that gave sharp shadows to everything. The trees seemed to stretch on forever, until the mountain gently met with the sky and the stars were brilliant and clear, twinkling in a sea of deep blue. The sky that night seemed limitless and was secretly whispering the secrets it held to anyone who would listen. The night seem full of possibilities and the wind carried the scent of freedom and the future.

"Wow" said Godric quietly, drinking in the sight of the landscape, knowing he would never forget that night.

As a chill ran down her spine, Rowena pulled her robes more closely around her, "It's incredible" she said.

They stood there, watching the stars and the forest for a long time, simply absorbing the landscape, for hours until the sky became less dark and the stars were slowly disappearing.

"The sun is going to come up soon." said Godric, still not turning to leave.

"Let's climb onto the roof, to watch our first ever sunrise as the owners of a new school" said Rowena turning to Godric with a smile on her face.

He laughed softly. "Sure, that sounds great"

They climbed the rest of the stairs onto the tilted roof and slowly made their way up the slippery tiles onto the point of the sloping roof to site and watch the sun come up.

They were sipping some hot chocolate that Rowena had conjured when the first rays of the sun shot across the valley. The birds had been singing quietly for over an hour now, but when those first few rays penetrated the forest they began singing loudly and in earnest in all their glory. As the sun began to peek it's head over the mountain and finally raise itself into the sky, the whole valley looked different, changed. It looked fresh, new and full of hope. The trees looked less menacing and much more friendly and the sound of running water was more audible now. It was like a whole new world.

When the sun had fully risen in the sky, Godric and Rowena began to make their way slowly down the steep rooftop. Godric went first helping Rowena as they inched their was along the blue tiles. Finally they jumped back inside the window they had left open.

They quickly made their way back to the great hall, only losing their way once until Rowena corrected it. When they arrived the magical fire was still large and giving off heat. The windows facing south were letting in some of the light from over the mountain top and you could see the trees nearby looking very clear.

Helga was snoring softly with her mouth slightly open while Salazar was breathing deeply, with his back to them. They just smiled at each other and quietly so as not to disturb the others crawled back into their own beds.

"Goodnight" whispered Godric

"Goodnight" whispered Rowena back, with a warm feeling spreading across her chest.

No one noticed Salazar crossing his arms over his chest as he glared into the early morning light streaming in from the windows.

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A/N I hope this is long enough. As long as you guys give tons of reviews I don't think that I will have to do battle with the Dark Muse again. So review, review, Review! I don't even mind flames. Until next time,

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