A/N: None here.
Disclaimer: Harry doesn't belong to me, blah, blah, blah. I only own Amelia, Ebony-Crested Dragon snakes, Silecia, Mithra, and any and all Dark Woods harps, along with anything else you don't recognize from the books. Oh, and I do use some of the same techniques Rowling uses with some fun lines I always enjoyed, so please don't sue me! I need all the money I can get for my student ambassador trip!
Parseltongue will be "~...~"
Chapter 28: Remains of the Past
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"Well," gulped Blaise, finally breaking the half an hour of silence. "That was a bit of an information overload."
All of the group who were sitting down against the dusty walls had different reactions. Hermione, who had been going over the information quietly with Ginny, scoffed slightly and went back to their conversation, Ginny commenting every now and then. Draco, who was sitting next to Blaise, just cast a Silencing Charm on the girl and leaned back up against the wall.
"I must agree with Blaise. Sure, Tom would legitimately be the heir of Slytherin, but me and Blaise? That just upped my stress factor, Uncle Sev," muttered Harry. He sat with his legs straight out in front of him, his back slightly slumped forward, arms hanging lifelessly in his lap, and head falling forward. Severus just sighed and nodded.
"We knew that it was a possibility, but we never expected it to fully take place," added Draco. "Did Tom ever mention any of this to you?"
"Nothing. No warning whatsoever. No need to wonder now how he became an immortal. He must be one of those Immortal Animagi as well. No wonder he didn't die after last year."
Severus stood up and dusted his robes off. He then turned to all of his students, taking in their shocked expressions. He couldn't blame them. He hadn't known anything either. But this wasn't the place to be sitting around after hours.
"Come on," he said, motioning for them all to get up. "I need to take you all back to your Common Rooms before you get caught."
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Harry was still in his stupor in the morning and never even noticed that a pair of owls was waiting for him to give them relief from their burdens until the bolder one, feathers puffed up in annoyance, started pecking his head. Without even knowing how he did it, he reached up, pulled the enveloped from both of them, and opened the first one.
Dear Harry,
When I woke up this morning, I realized what a state of mind Salazar and I must have left you and your friends in last night. We are sorry. I never realized Tom wouldn't have told you this information, since I had only known him for the brief time before first year started.
Oh, Salazar wants me to remind you that you now have classes with him during the free hours where Transfiguration used to be. Watch out, Harry. He can get overenthusiastic in his lesson planning. Be grateful that you didn't attend this school when he was running it. I still wince thinking about it. Don't slack off practice whatever you do.
Since we noticed in the past few months that no one generally skips classes this morning to wander around the halls, we'll be looking for the entrance to Salazar's chamber. Salazar will meet with you this afternoon behind the portrait of himself on the third floor at three, however, to begin discussing your lessons. The password is 'Salvation'.
Seeing you soon
Silecia
Storing the information for thought when he fully woke up, he opened up the next letter and choked on his pumpkin juice. It was from two people he hadn't expected to hear from.
Dear Harry,
How are you doing? Yeah, boring way to start, but Remus insists I ask. But really, how are you?
We're doing fine. We are currently stationed down in Italy at the moment and have been since we left. We aren't even sure why Dumbledore sent us here. Ah well, there must be something going on, I guess. We are scheduled to come back to teach next year, though, so we get to be seeing you soon.
Anyway, I just wanted to write this letter to thank you for our parting gifts and to say that you will always be my godson, even if you follow a... erm... different path from what we expected. If you ever need any help or advice, feel free to send an owl. We are bored to tears over here.
Hoping to hear from you,
Remus and Sirius
"Draco," said Harry. His blonde friend slightly jumped, as he hadn't expected Harry to talk, but gave his attention anyway.
"Yeah? Anything interesting?"
"Read," ordered Harry, handing over both letters and giving in to a small smile. Blaise, who sat across from him, was happy to see her friend out of his staring state. Throughout the hall, three others smiled as well.
"So Lupin and Snuffles are coming back," stated Draco, handing the letters over to Blaise now and turning to his friend. "That's good. This Lockhart is even more of a joke than I expected. I haven't learned a thing in that class."
"Rather to our advantage, though, isn't it Draco?" said Harry, his cunning grin, a long forgotten sight, creeping onto his face. "The Light supporters aren't getting proper instruction. Should make our job easier. You know, I've been thinking, and I have a plan. We need to have a talk with Salazar and Silecia later when I've developed it better."
"Whatever you say, Harry."
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"I thought you were going to help me with the potion! Find out if Potter is the Heir of Slytherin!"
"Yeah, well I changed my mind!"
He sneered. "You probably just don't want to get caught, you slithering snake!"
"I wish I had been put into Slytherin, if just for the bliss of not putting up with you!" she bellowed.
"Then go join them and leave us true Ravenclaws alone," murmured Obsidian, and Ginny Weasley stormed out of the girls' bathroom where they had been meeting to brew the Polyjuice Potion. She didn't even notice when she bumped into someone going in or hear a small scuffle taking place within followed by a loud crack of someone's head meeting tile floor.
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"Well, this was the right place Salazar wanted to meet me in and the right time," said Harry, looking around. He had never encountered a part of the castle quite like this before. Unlike the school-like floors outside behind the portrait, the inside passageway he was standing in looked much older and much more like the castle Hogwarts used to be. He remembered reading the books about ancient castles in the British Isles in the chateau's library, especially one in particular. While he didn't know Hogwarts' exact location because it was Unplottable, he was positive this castle had once been the one that had captured his imagination. Its original name had been Blackthorne, and it had been a large fortess castle, long abandoned before the founders must have discovered it. They wouldn't have had trouble getting it either, because it had been heavily haunted by the spirits of the reigning lord's stock of magical beasts and the victims of terrible magical experiments. He never even heard the dark figure behind him approach.
"Are you alright?"
Harry jumped full around, wand out even before the confronting of the voice's speaker, but it was only Salazar, who was smirking. He motioned Harry to follow him and Harry walked along at his side until they came out of the narrow and dank passageway and into a large, forgotten sparring field.
"Before I give you lessons, I must thoroughly show you around in this area of forgotten places. These are the ruins of the once great fortress of Blackthorne, long ago sealed off by the founders' predecessors. I assure you, they can and will come in handy. Not only because of all the secret passages littered about, but because of the ancient magic that filters through here. Very powerful protection spells here. Once you are in this lost area of the castle, magical means of tracing and tracking spells are nullified. It would be an excellent place to train, especially on spells one could not practice in the main stream of the castle like the more dangerous curses," said Salazar, looking out across the overgrown field. Harry, however, saw something else besides that.
"I've just had a thought from what you've said, and I want your opinion," started Harry, looking around at the founder beside him.
"Okay, let's go this way then," replied Salazar, pulling the pair down an unnoticed turn in the previous passage. The older man let Harry into the ninth room on the right first and then came in himself, closing the door. Inside was an already cleaned study with its original documents still on their original shelves with various bits of furniture scattered about.
"I've already started to clean up the area bit by bit. I always loved this study," he reminisced, and sat across from Harry in a wooden, high-backed chair. "So, what was your idea?"
"Well, has Amel-- erm, Silecia told you anything about my past?"
Salazar nodded and said, "Yes, as much as she knows, and most of the time right in front of you as well."
"So you know about what happened to Tom, and who he is, and what we plan on doing?" asked Harry, looking up at the violet-eyed man.
"Again, yes. I am quite sorry you should experience such a loss, for from what I've heard he really was like a dear brother rather than just someone that you were an heir to. As for what you plan to do, many skirmishes like that occurred in my time, quite common really."
Harry paused, and then stated what had been on his mind, "I know Tom will eventually make his way back here. I've already told Draco's father and my follower, Lucius Malfoy, to make plans for our loyalists to search around for clues as to his whereabouts. He would be without a body, and yet his spirit would still carry his magical signature, making him very easy to track down and somehow destroy. Are you following?"
"I believe I am. There certainly must be a way to kill everything. Nothing could TRULY be immortal with nothing that could destroy it," said the founder, loking very thoughtful. Harry continued.
"I was thinking that if we were to find him, we could hide him here until he was strong again. From what you've said, he wouldn't be able to be detected. So, how about it?"
Salazar sat back into the depths of his chair and seemed to think about it for a while, all while leaving Harry in a nervous sweat over the decision. Finally he responded.
"Alright, it sounds like no problem." He smiled at the desperately relieved look on his descendant's face. "Anything else?"
Harry looked at Salazar and grinned, pulling a thick envelope from his robes and handing it to the other. Salazar read the address. What would Harry be doing writing to someone in Italy?
"I know you want to begin training me immediately. However, this letter needs to be delivered quickly. I would send someone else, but I feel Mithra"- and here he smirked-" needs to be there for some explaining afterwards. If you deliver this, I'll continue practice by helping to clean up the rooms and such like in your quarters until you get back with a response. Can you deliver this?"
"... ... I expect the sparring field to be completely cleaned when I get back. I would have you do something else, but you'll get lost in these hallways if you don't know them," said the dark haired man. In a moment, he was once again the little dragon Mithra. Harry watched as he picked up the letter with his front claws and flew out one of the study's little windows which was open for ventilation.
'Won't they be in for a surprise?' thought Harry, before pulling out the dagger and walking back out to the area he would be cleaning.
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A/N: Yes, well, um... I can't really think of anything I want to comment on... uh.... Send me ideas and what you think could or should happen! This is how chapters get produced faster! The more ideas and thoughts, the faster I write, the faster you read!
Oh yeah, it amused my friend to go ack and read some of the interactions between Mithra and Amelia now that you know who they are. It kind of explains them.
Sorry if this chapter sucked, but I was having trouble transitioning from the "complete information" chapter back to "normal Hogwarts" chapter. Oh, and dont worry about getting reactions from the student and teacher populous. They will be next chapter if all goes as planned.
Bwahahahahahaha!!!
Review responses:
Thanks go out to jbfritz, HermioneGreen, Nelum, SilverKnight7, Shadow Beast 1
Maxx77- Will Harry become an Immortal Animagi? Gee, I suppose I need to think of that... No worries, I've thought it out actually.
RaistlinofMetallica- Thanks for the info! Hehehe, everyone should want to glomp Salazar!
lady leah- I do agree that Final Fantasy 9 is an excellent game from what I've played so far. This will comfort you if you were worried about not getting back any loved characters. The Marauders are coming back people! Yeah!
Lord of Darkness13- Sadly, I wouldn't be able to play FF 10 as I do not have a PS2, but oh well... I love my little Choco!! Oh yeah, thank you for liking my chapter! Kweeehh!!!
Zhan Black- Really? And how is your Choco doing, kupo?
Chozen1- Maybe she's not the muggleborn she thought she was.... major hintage!
eriee- Thank you for your original review!
Jill- No one would guess about Blaise. By blood, they would be related, but that is going to become a whole subplot in itself in third year. Blood. Again, major hintage!
shadowwon'tdie- Long live the shadow! I prmoise you Harry's animagus form will be awesome. My own creation, you know...
HAZZAGRIFF- always the hyper one!
Falafal- I swear, just reading your name always makes me want to eat pancakes for some inexplicable reason... I would suspect last chapter cleared up some questions.
mashimaromadness- I'm glad you like the switched roles of Salazar and Godric.
Sea-Turtles- Actually, I had no plans for their daughter, but now youre turning me towards something else that could involve her... hhhmmmmm.....
cloak- I will eventually continue the other one, but this story has become easier to write. On the other, I have one idea but no way to get to it. I'm at a dead end, so until I build a detour, I'm stuck. Where the hell did that come from?!
Dragenphly- Everyone should love Salazar!
C.M. Aeris Queen of Insanity- Well, the next FF game I'll buy will be FF7, so be relieved. Yeah!
SheWolfe7- Thanks for the compliment. I will continue to write this story for as long as it takes, even if that means more than two years.
fcuking cathy- Well, I'll update just cause you asked....
(March 1-3, 2004)
Disclaimer: Harry doesn't belong to me, blah, blah, blah. I only own Amelia, Ebony-Crested Dragon snakes, Silecia, Mithra, and any and all Dark Woods harps, along with anything else you don't recognize from the books. Oh, and I do use some of the same techniques Rowling uses with some fun lines I always enjoyed, so please don't sue me! I need all the money I can get for my student ambassador trip!
Parseltongue will be "~...~"
Chapter 28: Remains of the Past
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"Well," gulped Blaise, finally breaking the half an hour of silence. "That was a bit of an information overload."
All of the group who were sitting down against the dusty walls had different reactions. Hermione, who had been going over the information quietly with Ginny, scoffed slightly and went back to their conversation, Ginny commenting every now and then. Draco, who was sitting next to Blaise, just cast a Silencing Charm on the girl and leaned back up against the wall.
"I must agree with Blaise. Sure, Tom would legitimately be the heir of Slytherin, but me and Blaise? That just upped my stress factor, Uncle Sev," muttered Harry. He sat with his legs straight out in front of him, his back slightly slumped forward, arms hanging lifelessly in his lap, and head falling forward. Severus just sighed and nodded.
"We knew that it was a possibility, but we never expected it to fully take place," added Draco. "Did Tom ever mention any of this to you?"
"Nothing. No warning whatsoever. No need to wonder now how he became an immortal. He must be one of those Immortal Animagi as well. No wonder he didn't die after last year."
Severus stood up and dusted his robes off. He then turned to all of his students, taking in their shocked expressions. He couldn't blame them. He hadn't known anything either. But this wasn't the place to be sitting around after hours.
"Come on," he said, motioning for them all to get up. "I need to take you all back to your Common Rooms before you get caught."
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Harry was still in his stupor in the morning and never even noticed that a pair of owls was waiting for him to give them relief from their burdens until the bolder one, feathers puffed up in annoyance, started pecking his head. Without even knowing how he did it, he reached up, pulled the enveloped from both of them, and opened the first one.
Dear Harry,
When I woke up this morning, I realized what a state of mind Salazar and I must have left you and your friends in last night. We are sorry. I never realized Tom wouldn't have told you this information, since I had only known him for the brief time before first year started.
Oh, Salazar wants me to remind you that you now have classes with him during the free hours where Transfiguration used to be. Watch out, Harry. He can get overenthusiastic in his lesson planning. Be grateful that you didn't attend this school when he was running it. I still wince thinking about it. Don't slack off practice whatever you do.
Since we noticed in the past few months that no one generally skips classes this morning to wander around the halls, we'll be looking for the entrance to Salazar's chamber. Salazar will meet with you this afternoon behind the portrait of himself on the third floor at three, however, to begin discussing your lessons. The password is 'Salvation'.
Seeing you soon
Silecia
Storing the information for thought when he fully woke up, he opened up the next letter and choked on his pumpkin juice. It was from two people he hadn't expected to hear from.
Dear Harry,
How are you doing? Yeah, boring way to start, but Remus insists I ask. But really, how are you?
We're doing fine. We are currently stationed down in Italy at the moment and have been since we left. We aren't even sure why Dumbledore sent us here. Ah well, there must be something going on, I guess. We are scheduled to come back to teach next year, though, so we get to be seeing you soon.
Anyway, I just wanted to write this letter to thank you for our parting gifts and to say that you will always be my godson, even if you follow a... erm... different path from what we expected. If you ever need any help or advice, feel free to send an owl. We are bored to tears over here.
Hoping to hear from you,
Remus and Sirius
"Draco," said Harry. His blonde friend slightly jumped, as he hadn't expected Harry to talk, but gave his attention anyway.
"Yeah? Anything interesting?"
"Read," ordered Harry, handing over both letters and giving in to a small smile. Blaise, who sat across from him, was happy to see her friend out of his staring state. Throughout the hall, three others smiled as well.
"So Lupin and Snuffles are coming back," stated Draco, handing the letters over to Blaise now and turning to his friend. "That's good. This Lockhart is even more of a joke than I expected. I haven't learned a thing in that class."
"Rather to our advantage, though, isn't it Draco?" said Harry, his cunning grin, a long forgotten sight, creeping onto his face. "The Light supporters aren't getting proper instruction. Should make our job easier. You know, I've been thinking, and I have a plan. We need to have a talk with Salazar and Silecia later when I've developed it better."
"Whatever you say, Harry."
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"I thought you were going to help me with the potion! Find out if Potter is the Heir of Slytherin!"
"Yeah, well I changed my mind!"
He sneered. "You probably just don't want to get caught, you slithering snake!"
"I wish I had been put into Slytherin, if just for the bliss of not putting up with you!" she bellowed.
"Then go join them and leave us true Ravenclaws alone," murmured Obsidian, and Ginny Weasley stormed out of the girls' bathroom where they had been meeting to brew the Polyjuice Potion. She didn't even notice when she bumped into someone going in or hear a small scuffle taking place within followed by a loud crack of someone's head meeting tile floor.
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"Well, this was the right place Salazar wanted to meet me in and the right time," said Harry, looking around. He had never encountered a part of the castle quite like this before. Unlike the school-like floors outside behind the portrait, the inside passageway he was standing in looked much older and much more like the castle Hogwarts used to be. He remembered reading the books about ancient castles in the British Isles in the chateau's library, especially one in particular. While he didn't know Hogwarts' exact location because it was Unplottable, he was positive this castle had once been the one that had captured his imagination. Its original name had been Blackthorne, and it had been a large fortess castle, long abandoned before the founders must have discovered it. They wouldn't have had trouble getting it either, because it had been heavily haunted by the spirits of the reigning lord's stock of magical beasts and the victims of terrible magical experiments. He never even heard the dark figure behind him approach.
"Are you alright?"
Harry jumped full around, wand out even before the confronting of the voice's speaker, but it was only Salazar, who was smirking. He motioned Harry to follow him and Harry walked along at his side until they came out of the narrow and dank passageway and into a large, forgotten sparring field.
"Before I give you lessons, I must thoroughly show you around in this area of forgotten places. These are the ruins of the once great fortress of Blackthorne, long ago sealed off by the founders' predecessors. I assure you, they can and will come in handy. Not only because of all the secret passages littered about, but because of the ancient magic that filters through here. Very powerful protection spells here. Once you are in this lost area of the castle, magical means of tracing and tracking spells are nullified. It would be an excellent place to train, especially on spells one could not practice in the main stream of the castle like the more dangerous curses," said Salazar, looking out across the overgrown field. Harry, however, saw something else besides that.
"I've just had a thought from what you've said, and I want your opinion," started Harry, looking around at the founder beside him.
"Okay, let's go this way then," replied Salazar, pulling the pair down an unnoticed turn in the previous passage. The older man let Harry into the ninth room on the right first and then came in himself, closing the door. Inside was an already cleaned study with its original documents still on their original shelves with various bits of furniture scattered about.
"I've already started to clean up the area bit by bit. I always loved this study," he reminisced, and sat across from Harry in a wooden, high-backed chair. "So, what was your idea?"
"Well, has Amel-- erm, Silecia told you anything about my past?"
Salazar nodded and said, "Yes, as much as she knows, and most of the time right in front of you as well."
"So you know about what happened to Tom, and who he is, and what we plan on doing?" asked Harry, looking up at the violet-eyed man.
"Again, yes. I am quite sorry you should experience such a loss, for from what I've heard he really was like a dear brother rather than just someone that you were an heir to. As for what you plan to do, many skirmishes like that occurred in my time, quite common really."
Harry paused, and then stated what had been on his mind, "I know Tom will eventually make his way back here. I've already told Draco's father and my follower, Lucius Malfoy, to make plans for our loyalists to search around for clues as to his whereabouts. He would be without a body, and yet his spirit would still carry his magical signature, making him very easy to track down and somehow destroy. Are you following?"
"I believe I am. There certainly must be a way to kill everything. Nothing could TRULY be immortal with nothing that could destroy it," said the founder, loking very thoughtful. Harry continued.
"I was thinking that if we were to find him, we could hide him here until he was strong again. From what you've said, he wouldn't be able to be detected. So, how about it?"
Salazar sat back into the depths of his chair and seemed to think about it for a while, all while leaving Harry in a nervous sweat over the decision. Finally he responded.
"Alright, it sounds like no problem." He smiled at the desperately relieved look on his descendant's face. "Anything else?"
Harry looked at Salazar and grinned, pulling a thick envelope from his robes and handing it to the other. Salazar read the address. What would Harry be doing writing to someone in Italy?
"I know you want to begin training me immediately. However, this letter needs to be delivered quickly. I would send someone else, but I feel Mithra"- and here he smirked-" needs to be there for some explaining afterwards. If you deliver this, I'll continue practice by helping to clean up the rooms and such like in your quarters until you get back with a response. Can you deliver this?"
"... ... I expect the sparring field to be completely cleaned when I get back. I would have you do something else, but you'll get lost in these hallways if you don't know them," said the dark haired man. In a moment, he was once again the little dragon Mithra. Harry watched as he picked up the letter with his front claws and flew out one of the study's little windows which was open for ventilation.
'Won't they be in for a surprise?' thought Harry, before pulling out the dagger and walking back out to the area he would be cleaning.
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A/N: Yes, well, um... I can't really think of anything I want to comment on... uh.... Send me ideas and what you think could or should happen! This is how chapters get produced faster! The more ideas and thoughts, the faster I write, the faster you read!
Oh yeah, it amused my friend to go ack and read some of the interactions between Mithra and Amelia now that you know who they are. It kind of explains them.
Sorry if this chapter sucked, but I was having trouble transitioning from the "complete information" chapter back to "normal Hogwarts" chapter. Oh, and dont worry about getting reactions from the student and teacher populous. They will be next chapter if all goes as planned.
Bwahahahahahaha!!!
Review responses:
Thanks go out to jbfritz, HermioneGreen, Nelum, SilverKnight7, Shadow Beast 1
Maxx77- Will Harry become an Immortal Animagi? Gee, I suppose I need to think of that... No worries, I've thought it out actually.
RaistlinofMetallica- Thanks for the info! Hehehe, everyone should want to glomp Salazar!
lady leah- I do agree that Final Fantasy 9 is an excellent game from what I've played so far. This will comfort you if you were worried about not getting back any loved characters. The Marauders are coming back people! Yeah!
Lord of Darkness13- Sadly, I wouldn't be able to play FF 10 as I do not have a PS2, but oh well... I love my little Choco!! Oh yeah, thank you for liking my chapter! Kweeehh!!!
Zhan Black- Really? And how is your Choco doing, kupo?
Chozen1- Maybe she's not the muggleborn she thought she was.... major hintage!
eriee- Thank you for your original review!
Jill- No one would guess about Blaise. By blood, they would be related, but that is going to become a whole subplot in itself in third year. Blood. Again, major hintage!
shadowwon'tdie- Long live the shadow! I prmoise you Harry's animagus form will be awesome. My own creation, you know...
HAZZAGRIFF- always the hyper one!
Falafal- I swear, just reading your name always makes me want to eat pancakes for some inexplicable reason... I would suspect last chapter cleared up some questions.
mashimaromadness- I'm glad you like the switched roles of Salazar and Godric.
Sea-Turtles- Actually, I had no plans for their daughter, but now youre turning me towards something else that could involve her... hhhmmmmm.....
cloak- I will eventually continue the other one, but this story has become easier to write. On the other, I have one idea but no way to get to it. I'm at a dead end, so until I build a detour, I'm stuck. Where the hell did that come from?!
Dragenphly- Everyone should love Salazar!
C.M. Aeris Queen of Insanity- Well, the next FF game I'll buy will be FF7, so be relieved. Yeah!
SheWolfe7- Thanks for the compliment. I will continue to write this story for as long as it takes, even if that means more than two years.
fcuking cathy- Well, I'll update just cause you asked....
(March 1-3, 2004)