A/N: Sorry if I make too many Author notes! Lol! Anyways, hope u like the chapter!
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Chapter 26:
Harry led the others to where Dumbledore's office would be. He figured that this must be class time, because they only passed about two students, who looked very odd and, in turn, gave Harry, Draco, Lenore, and Ginny very strange looks. Finally they arrived at the place where, in the real time, Dumbledore's office was. But suddenly Ginny stopped them.
"Wait- we should find a founder. What if the Headmaster isn't one of them?"
Harry sighed. "Where's Hermione when you need her? She'd probably know who the Headmaster was in 1087…" Suddenly the Gargoyles sprang to life and a door opened, revealing a man in his early thirties, perhaps. He had long dark hair and twinkling brown eyes and was wearing a scarlet and gold robe.
"Hello, there. Can I help you?" He then stepped back and stared at Harry, Ginny, Lenore, and Draco. "Those are not the school robes… What Houses are you in? Wait- you aren't even students. Who are you?" Harry spoke first, rather timidly.
"Are you Godric Gryffindor?"
"Yes, I am. Why?" Harry gulped. They really were in a different time…
"Uh…" began Draco tentatively… "We are, um, well… you see, there was this stone room and-"
"What he's trying to say," said Lenore, rolling her eyes playfully at Draco, "Is that we are from the future."
"What?" asked the man, looking extremely surprised. Then he squinted at Lenore.
"You speak differently than them…"
"Yes, yes, I'm from America, a new country that Christopher Columbus will discover in 14 or 15- she then turned to the others. "When did he discover America?" The others shrugged. "Oh well. In the 1400's I think. But that is besides the point. Harry, here, is your heir, Mr. Gryffindor. Ginny is Hufflepuff's heir and Draco is Ravenclaw's heir."
"You know what?" asked Gryffindor. "I believe we need a Founder's meeting… He turned to a small student that was passing by. "Anya, please fetch Professors Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff's, Slytherin, and Acinferno." The young girl dutifully scurried off. Gryffindor turned to Harry, Ginny, Lenore, and Draco. "Now, you four please follow me." He then led the four into the Room of Requirements. It took the shape of a small office, with eight large chairs in a circle. Harry and the others sat down next to each other, and Gryffindor sat opposite them. Suddenly the door opened, and two people walked in. The first had to be Slytherin himself. He had jet black hair, and very distinguished, wide emerald eyes. He looked a bit like Harry, but Harry had a much stronger resemblance to Gryffindor, such as his stance and the way his features stood out. The woman next to Slytherin bore a resemblance to Draco. She had long, flowing light blonde hair and wore a flowery wreathe in it. She had large, pale, eternal blue eyes and the palest skin Harry had ever seen except on a ghost. She smiled thinly at the four time travelers before sitting next to Gryffindor. The next person to enter had long, curly, raven hair. She was absolutely beautiful. She had a creamy complexion and black eyes. On her cheek was a modest beauty mark. Harry exchanged worried glances with the others- This was Acacia. The last person entered a moment later. She was thin and very short, with large pale green eyes and hopelessly curly auburn hair. She sat down smiling widely and Gryffindor began.
"Godric, who are these?" asked Acacia softly. "Foreigners?" Godric shook his head.
"These are our heirs, my friends… From the future… at least that is what they say…"
"But there are only four," said Slytherin, puzzled. "Whose heirs are you?" Harry figured that he might as well have been appointed designated speaker. He took in a breath.
"I'm the heir of Gryffindor," he began, and Godric swelled with pride.
"-looks exactly like me, he does-"
"Ugh," said Slytherin jokingly. "But these two," he pointed to Harry and Lenore, "Seem to have my eyes. Our heirs weren't interrelated, I hope?" Harry shook his head.
"I don't think so… but this is Ginny, and she's the heir of Hufflepuff-" Helga Hufflepuff smiled.
"And Draco is the heir of Ravenclaw-" Rowena smiled fairly (A/N: Not meant to be a pun; but the name Rowena means fair… lol!). Slytherin scrunched up his nose teasingly at Draco's name. Harry acquired a vague feling that Slytherin would be teasing Rowena to no end about her heir's name. Not as if her, Salazar, could talk…
"And this is Lenore," finished Harry. He then looked questionably at Acacia. "Could you step out of the room a moment please? There is- I just- sorry, but it's important." Several emotions passed through Acacia's dark eyes- first, fear, then suspicion… and a trace of guilt, only for a split second. Acacia smiled hypocritically and obliged, lightly shutting the door behind her.
"Thanks," muttered Harry quietly. Slytherin seemed angry.
"What was so important that Acacia couldn't hear it?" he demanded. "Poor dear, she's very sensitive…"
"If only you knew," muttered Draco under his breath.
"What?" asked Slytherin sharply.
"Nothing, nothing…"
"What is it, though?" demanded Gryffindor.
Harry spoke. "We aren't quite sure whose heir Lenore is… but there is an evil sorcerer nowadays, Lord Voldemort…" Harry found it odd that nobody in the room even flinched at the name. "And he's always said he was the heir of Slytherin. But in our time, there are just four houses. We only learn of four founders, you all… Wait," he said suddenly. He cast a silencing charm on the walls. "Now, we had never heard of Acacia before… nobody, and she isn't in any records, which we've plenty of, mind you. Until recently, that is. Ginny, Lenore, Malfoy, and I be- What, Lenore?"
"Draco, not Malfoy."
"Oh, whatever… As I was saying, this summer the four of us began having dreams, concerning the silhouettes of the founders… including Acacia. Horrible nightmares, warnings. And I'm a parsletongue, and a snake came to me one day and said it had been sent by Slytherin. It said to beware of Acacia's heir… who would destroy the world. And now we don't know…" Harry turned to Slytherin.
"Are you sure Amara is your daughter? Are you certain she hasn't a different father?" Slytherin suddenly shot Gryffindor a nasty look.
"I'm positive."
"Oh… well, anyway, we were just in Sweden or France or somewhere… and the four of us were locked in a stone room… and we ended up here."
"Hmmm…" Gryffindor sighed thoughtfully. "You four stay here a moment, I need to fetch Acacia." He opened the door. She was standing outside.
"Acacia… come in; we all need to talk." She stiffly walked into the room and took her seat. Suddenly she whipped around, eyeing Harry suspiciously.
"Godric, how do we know they're from the future?" She suddenly murmured to herself. "The truth spell." She turned to Harry and shouted, "Verita!" There was suddenly immense pain, and Harry blacked out.
When Harry awoke, he was still in the Room of Requirements, but nobody else was there. He slowly arose to his feet, all of his muscles throbbing. Harry had to admit to himself that he didn't think the Founders would have left him here unconscious… and how evil Acacia was. Harry staggered to the door, and when he opened it, he saw the corridor outside full of people walking to their next class- people in the present time. Somebody saw him and gasped. It was Michael Corner.
"Potter! Good Merlin… he's in a state… somebody fetch Dumbledore!" Harry then tuned out everything around him; he wasn't feeling well at all. He sat down tiredly on the floor, happy to be home. Suddenly a familiar voice rang out, and Harry groggily opened his eyes.
"Harry! Oh, Harry! You were the last one found! It's been three days; we've looked everywhere, tried everything- couldn't find a strong enough time-turner!"
"'Lo, 'Mione… I don't feel so well…" Harry blacked out. He awoke the next day in the Hospital Wing. He groaned immediately. He'd only lasted a week before ending up here…
"Good, he's awake!" Came a familiar voice. Harry opened his eyes to see a concerned looking Ginny standing over him. Lenore sat next to her, and Ron and Hermione were on the other side of his bed.
"How you feeling, mate?" asked Ron. He grinned foolishly. "Broke another record- first Hogwarts student to get lost in time." Harry moaned and wearily sat up, still aching a bit.
"What do you mean?" He reached for his glasses, and everything came into view. "What happened?"
"Well," said Lenore hesitantly, "Do you remember Acacia sending the Verita spell on you?" Harry nodded.
"Well… we all disappeared, into the correct time. I landed back in that stone room. It was unsealed, and tons of people were in it, searching for us. Ginny ended up in the Headmaster's office, right, Gin?" Ginny nodded. "And Draco ended up kind of… in a rather bad position..."
Ron laughed. "Priceless," he stated. "Malfoy got lost in the Floo network in the 1800's…he landed in Grimmauld place after several hours in the fireplaces, but in the wrong time! This old woman apparently began hitting him with her broom, and he finally grabbed a time turner he saw lying around, and made it to the Order." Harry couldn't help but laugh. It was rather funny.
"But, Harry," said Hermione seriously, "We couldn't find you anywhere. We searched and searched… but you couldn't be found. You were gone three days! Everyone was worried you'd been trapped in 1087 or that Voldemort had gotten you-" She shuddered. "It was awful. Where were you?" Harry shrugged.
"I woke up in the Room of Requirements. And I just walked out and people found me… And then I fell asleep, and here I am." Hermione shook her head pensively.
"I don't understand… we searched the room of requirements!"
A/N: Okay, read and review! And sory, I made a mistake before: I got Bane, Firenze, and Magorian mixed up. Firenze was the teacher, not bane! Sorry! Thanks to Hedwig02135 for pointing that out!
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