"Now I see that you are all wearing those pendants, & yes, that was our
doing. Wait, forgive me, we have forgotten to introduce ourselves. I am
Godric Gryffindor, this is Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, & Salazar
Slytherin, founders of Hogwarts, at your service."
"Godric, let me talk a minute," interrupted Salazar. "Now I know you area wondering, how can I be here, if I'm dead? Well, we have been specially transported here by an old forgotten spell so that we could train you. The truth is, you are our heirs." He paused a moment to let it sink in.
"My turn to talk!" Rowena cut in. "We will each in turn explain why you are our heirs, as you are no doubt wondering why. Hermione, you are my heir. You know that you are adopted, correct?"
Hermione nodded yes, too stunned to talk.
"Well, your last name before you were adopted by those muggles was Ravenclaw. You aren't muggle-born, as you thought before. You are my heir," Rowena explained.
"Draco, you are my heir," Salazar said.
Draco grinned. Then, he stopped. "But sir, in my second year, my father said that he didn't know who was commanding that basilisk, & only the heir of Slytherin could," Draco said.
"Ah yes. You see, as you know, Tom Riddle is the other heir, but not the youngest. He is your father. Narcissa is indeed your real mother, & she was married to Voldemort before he turned dark. She got pregnant with you right before he did go bad, in fact. Then, she married Lucius, who thought that you were his son, but alas, you are not. Narcissa knew that you weren't Lucius', so as soon as you were born, she charmed you to look like him, so nobody would suspect anything," Salazar finished.
"Ah, Harry. As you no doubt know now, you are my heir," Godric said.
Harry nodded nervously.
"Well, that needs no explaining! You look almost identical, & I'm very proud of you."
"Ms. Bones, you already knew you were my heir long before this didn't you?" Helga asked.
Susan also nodded shyly.
"And that also needs no explaining! Let's get down to buisiness!" Helga exclaimed.
"Each of you will be taking special training courses from us, Harry from Godric, Hermione from me, Draco from Salazar, & Susan from Helga," Rowena said. "You will learn some 7th year curriculum, I have made sure that you can do it, because you may need to use these things against Voldemort at any time. Any questions?"
Nobody said anything.
"Okay then, now that that is settled, I believe there is a feast to be eaten!" Godric said happily.
As Hermione & Harry walked back to the Gryffindor table, they were surprised to find Kat & Ron sitting there talking & laughing. It seemed that Ron had finally quit staring at her long enough to have a decent conversation. The food had already appeared on the plates, & everyone else was stuffing their faces.
"Godric, let me talk a minute," interrupted Salazar. "Now I know you area wondering, how can I be here, if I'm dead? Well, we have been specially transported here by an old forgotten spell so that we could train you. The truth is, you are our heirs." He paused a moment to let it sink in.
"My turn to talk!" Rowena cut in. "We will each in turn explain why you are our heirs, as you are no doubt wondering why. Hermione, you are my heir. You know that you are adopted, correct?"
Hermione nodded yes, too stunned to talk.
"Well, your last name before you were adopted by those muggles was Ravenclaw. You aren't muggle-born, as you thought before. You are my heir," Rowena explained.
"Draco, you are my heir," Salazar said.
Draco grinned. Then, he stopped. "But sir, in my second year, my father said that he didn't know who was commanding that basilisk, & only the heir of Slytherin could," Draco said.
"Ah yes. You see, as you know, Tom Riddle is the other heir, but not the youngest. He is your father. Narcissa is indeed your real mother, & she was married to Voldemort before he turned dark. She got pregnant with you right before he did go bad, in fact. Then, she married Lucius, who thought that you were his son, but alas, you are not. Narcissa knew that you weren't Lucius', so as soon as you were born, she charmed you to look like him, so nobody would suspect anything," Salazar finished.
"Ah, Harry. As you no doubt know now, you are my heir," Godric said.
Harry nodded nervously.
"Well, that needs no explaining! You look almost identical, & I'm very proud of you."
"Ms. Bones, you already knew you were my heir long before this didn't you?" Helga asked.
Susan also nodded shyly.
"And that also needs no explaining! Let's get down to buisiness!" Helga exclaimed.
"Each of you will be taking special training courses from us, Harry from Godric, Hermione from me, Draco from Salazar, & Susan from Helga," Rowena said. "You will learn some 7th year curriculum, I have made sure that you can do it, because you may need to use these things against Voldemort at any time. Any questions?"
Nobody said anything.
"Okay then, now that that is settled, I believe there is a feast to be eaten!" Godric said happily.
As Hermione & Harry walked back to the Gryffindor table, they were surprised to find Kat & Ron sitting there talking & laughing. It seemed that Ron had finally quit staring at her long enough to have a decent conversation. The food had already appeared on the plates, & everyone else was stuffing their faces.