Title: The Four Founders' Hunt
Author: Zimagesto
Summary: AU. The four founders celebrate their success in building Hogwarts by going on a hunt. All fun and games until they become the hunted... Alone, they can't survive... And why does everybody think the school remained theirs?
Disclaimer: Don't own any of the founders or Hogwarts or anything else you might recognize from the HP books. But I own the plot and JS.
Story: In perfect accord with 'Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch', one of my other fics. However, it's not necessary to have read any of them to understand the other. Same world, different times. RER (Read, enjoy, review). Flames accepted.
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Chapter 5
"By the... kingdom of Fal'sils
We shall ride the lonely quills
Laugh and fight until the night
When we scatter from the fright!"
"Um... Alexander, are you ok?" Rowena asked.
"Huh? Oh, yes, yes, of course!" he answered and washed his hands. "I just love that song, don't you?"
"It's absolutely silly" she replied.
"Why, of course! That's just the point!" he replied. "Have you seen Helga, by the way?"
"I'll go search for her" Rowena said and walked out of the room. Trust Helga to get a husband who loved silly songs and jokes. She sighed as she heard the next few words in the song –And at dawn we meet again/To get drunk again, right then!- She had absolutely no idea how somebody had managed to get the brave and powerful kingdom of Fal'sil in this, or how they had managed to 'ride on a quill' but she definitely did not want to know. And Eagle would raise an eyebrow hearing the part about getting drunk, but then again, why did she worry?
"Helga!" she said to the kind woman in the staff room.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Your husband searches for you"
"Really?" she asked.
"Yes. Now go there and get him to stop singing!" Rowena said and Salazar and Godric started laughing their hearts out. The man had a knack for singing Rowena to madness.
"Let me guess!" Salazar said. "He's singing about the midnight elven parties!"
"Or the 'come to me, milady' song!" Godric said.
"No, he's singing the Fal'sil song. Eagle would hit him badly, he is the king of the Fal'sil. "
"Yes, he is" Salazar said. "Thank God he isn't here, then"
"Got that right" Rowena said and sat down. "How she ended up with him is a mystery to me"
"And to all human kind, trust us on that" Godric said. "So, what's going on in the Forest, do you know?"
"Have no clue" she replied. "But there is something weird, that's for sure. I fear the War shall come soon..."
The others looked at her half-saddened. She was right. The War would come soon, it was knocking at their doors. But the problem was how soon. It could be soon for them or soon for the human kind... But in a few years it was bound to come with all its might.
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{In the Black Forest mountains, sometime before midnight}
"Here, Stagy, Stagy, Stagy!" Roxana muttered to herself. The White Stag had bowed down to drink some water. It was absolutely beautiful, mesmerizing even, but she couldn't be distracted by that, now could she?
She went to it through the shadows, under the moonlight. She was sooo close, maybe two or three meters. And then it lifted its head and looked straight at her.
/-Human, what do you seek?-/ it asked gently.
"You can talk?!" Roxana asked, shocked.
/-Us White Stags talk to all creatures, be them worms or humans, if we desire. But what do you seek?-/
"Um... You?" she said.
/-Why do you seek me, then?-/
"We need some help in the coming war, sire"
The Stag looked at her gently.
/-The war is a war of humans. How can a king of beasts help you?-/
"Jack said you could help us" she said a bit unsure.
/-Jack? Who is Jack?-/
"My Master. Jack Strois, the Lord of Darkness"
/-The Lord of Darkness?! You serve the Lord of Darkness?!-/
"Yes, sir, that is whom I serve, but he is not evil, he is..."
/-I know, young one. I am good friend with the Lord. But if he seeks my help, why does he send his children? Why does he not come himself?-
"I... I don't know. It might be that this isn't his war."
/-Oh, but it is. It is his war.-/
"It is more like our war, sire"
/-Your war? But since when to the wizards battle against the Cloud of the Dark?"
"Battle against what?!" she asked, confused.
/-This is not known by you? This is not a war of humans... It is a war of darkness against humans!-/
"Wow, it's bad" she said.
/-It is. But what do you seek me for?-/
"Help?" she asked.
/-For help... Catch me-/
With a small bow of head, it turned back quicker than she thought possible and started running.
"Oh, well, here I go" she said and started running behind it. Jack's power helped, but she was only the same speed with the Stag. Curse the man for not giving her a bit of advantage at least.
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"My lord! Milord!"
Eagle raised his head and looked at the frightened Fal'sil that ran to him.
"What is it?" he asked quickly.
"Milord... It is coming"
Eagle raised his head and looked towards the forest. His eyes widened in fear as he saw a black cloud come quickly to them.
"Everybody! Fast! On horses, RUN!" he cried and everybody came out of their tents to see what was happening. Horses started raising on two feet. "No time to lose! Leave everything behind! To Stonehenge!"
Men, children and women jumped on horses as quickly as possible, taking only weapons with them and leaving everything else lying on the ground.
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Author's Note: Sorry to be short, but hey! It wouldn't come out longer. Review and tell me what you think!
Thanks to:
The Red Dragons Order: No, not quite like Robin Hood and his merry men. They don't steal from the rich and give to the poor, they're rather like nomads, traveling from one place to another. And 'Dobby' is a name that first came to my mind and I think I'll make it the 'name of honor' in house elf families. But even though I might have an obsession with immortality, he is not the same Dobby.
Author: Zimagesto
Summary: AU. The four founders celebrate their success in building Hogwarts by going on a hunt. All fun and games until they become the hunted... Alone, they can't survive... And why does everybody think the school remained theirs?
Disclaimer: Don't own any of the founders or Hogwarts or anything else you might recognize from the HP books. But I own the plot and JS.
Story: In perfect accord with 'Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch', one of my other fics. However, it's not necessary to have read any of them to understand the other. Same world, different times. RER (Read, enjoy, review). Flames accepted.
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Chapter 5
"By the... kingdom of Fal'sils
We shall ride the lonely quills
Laugh and fight until the night
When we scatter from the fright!"
"Um... Alexander, are you ok?" Rowena asked.
"Huh? Oh, yes, yes, of course!" he answered and washed his hands. "I just love that song, don't you?"
"It's absolutely silly" she replied.
"Why, of course! That's just the point!" he replied. "Have you seen Helga, by the way?"
"I'll go search for her" Rowena said and walked out of the room. Trust Helga to get a husband who loved silly songs and jokes. She sighed as she heard the next few words in the song –And at dawn we meet again/To get drunk again, right then!- She had absolutely no idea how somebody had managed to get the brave and powerful kingdom of Fal'sil in this, or how they had managed to 'ride on a quill' but she definitely did not want to know. And Eagle would raise an eyebrow hearing the part about getting drunk, but then again, why did she worry?
"Helga!" she said to the kind woman in the staff room.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Your husband searches for you"
"Really?" she asked.
"Yes. Now go there and get him to stop singing!" Rowena said and Salazar and Godric started laughing their hearts out. The man had a knack for singing Rowena to madness.
"Let me guess!" Salazar said. "He's singing about the midnight elven parties!"
"Or the 'come to me, milady' song!" Godric said.
"No, he's singing the Fal'sil song. Eagle would hit him badly, he is the king of the Fal'sil. "
"Yes, he is" Salazar said. "Thank God he isn't here, then"
"Got that right" Rowena said and sat down. "How she ended up with him is a mystery to me"
"And to all human kind, trust us on that" Godric said. "So, what's going on in the Forest, do you know?"
"Have no clue" she replied. "But there is something weird, that's for sure. I fear the War shall come soon..."
The others looked at her half-saddened. She was right. The War would come soon, it was knocking at their doors. But the problem was how soon. It could be soon for them or soon for the human kind... But in a few years it was bound to come with all its might.
/*-/*-/*-/*-
{In the Black Forest mountains, sometime before midnight}
"Here, Stagy, Stagy, Stagy!" Roxana muttered to herself. The White Stag had bowed down to drink some water. It was absolutely beautiful, mesmerizing even, but she couldn't be distracted by that, now could she?
She went to it through the shadows, under the moonlight. She was sooo close, maybe two or three meters. And then it lifted its head and looked straight at her.
/-Human, what do you seek?-/ it asked gently.
"You can talk?!" Roxana asked, shocked.
/-Us White Stags talk to all creatures, be them worms or humans, if we desire. But what do you seek?-/
"Um... You?" she said.
/-Why do you seek me, then?-/
"We need some help in the coming war, sire"
The Stag looked at her gently.
/-The war is a war of humans. How can a king of beasts help you?-/
"Jack said you could help us" she said a bit unsure.
/-Jack? Who is Jack?-/
"My Master. Jack Strois, the Lord of Darkness"
/-The Lord of Darkness?! You serve the Lord of Darkness?!-/
"Yes, sir, that is whom I serve, but he is not evil, he is..."
/-I know, young one. I am good friend with the Lord. But if he seeks my help, why does he send his children? Why does he not come himself?-
"I... I don't know. It might be that this isn't his war."
/-Oh, but it is. It is his war.-/
"It is more like our war, sire"
/-Your war? But since when to the wizards battle against the Cloud of the Dark?"
"Battle against what?!" she asked, confused.
/-This is not known by you? This is not a war of humans... It is a war of darkness against humans!-/
"Wow, it's bad" she said.
/-It is. But what do you seek me for?-/
"Help?" she asked.
/-For help... Catch me-/
With a small bow of head, it turned back quicker than she thought possible and started running.
"Oh, well, here I go" she said and started running behind it. Jack's power helped, but she was only the same speed with the Stag. Curse the man for not giving her a bit of advantage at least.
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"My lord! Milord!"
Eagle raised his head and looked at the frightened Fal'sil that ran to him.
"What is it?" he asked quickly.
"Milord... It is coming"
Eagle raised his head and looked towards the forest. His eyes widened in fear as he saw a black cloud come quickly to them.
"Everybody! Fast! On horses, RUN!" he cried and everybody came out of their tents to see what was happening. Horses started raising on two feet. "No time to lose! Leave everything behind! To Stonehenge!"
Men, children and women jumped on horses as quickly as possible, taking only weapons with them and leaving everything else lying on the ground.
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Author's Note: Sorry to be short, but hey! It wouldn't come out longer. Review and tell me what you think!
Thanks to:
The Red Dragons Order: No, not quite like Robin Hood and his merry men. They don't steal from the rich and give to the poor, they're rather like nomads, traveling from one place to another. And 'Dobby' is a name that first came to my mind and I think I'll make it the 'name of honor' in house elf families. But even though I might have an obsession with immortality, he is not the same Dobby.