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.
AN: There is only one more chapter of this story except this one... Love y'all...
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Chapter 7
Salazar was washing his face in a bathroom on the second floor when he heard students' voices.
"I'd say, what a nice castle" one of them said and the Founder smiled widely.
"Indeed, indeed" the other replied. "I mean, did you see all the corridors? And the secret passages? Why, it would take forever to figure them out"
"Imagine, what if there would be a treasure hidden in a passage or another?" the first one said.
"Yeah! Guarded by a monster!" the other one said excitedly. "And the one who kills the monster gets the treasure!"
"But the monster is bad and huge!" the first one said, fantasizing.
"And he can kill just by looking at somebody!" the other said, hitting his palms together.
"That'd be wonderful!"
Salazar realized that their idea would be wonderful. But not with a treasure... But with a protector of Hogwarts! A protector powerful and great that only one of the Founder's heirs could control. When all would seem lost, the protector would help even the scores. He left the bathroom, staring thoughtfully at things around him.
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"I love you" Steve muttered towards his wife.
"I love you too" she replied sweetly. "What do you say we would have a child?"
He opened his mouth in a small gap, before he smiled widely.
"I'd love us to have one" he replied and leaned down to kiss her.
And then, as if on cue, the door to their dormitory was snapped open.
"What?!" the two asked, scowling.
"Oops" Godric said blushing slightly. "Wanted to say dinner is ready. And that we have some news of the Fal'sil. They seem to have established a camp and all that. More details at the table and I shan't repeat myself, so you better come unless you want Helga to tell the tale"
"Mother of all things good, no!" Steve replied, jumping up and both Godric and Rowena snickered. "Off to dinner, then!"
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Salazar flipped through his book of magical creatures, searching for a creature that could live for thousands of years and that would be ferocious enough to protect a castle. And that somebody could handle.
"Flobberworm... goodness, no... Nundu... too short life-span and uncontrollable... Niffler... not at all what I would need. God, what type of an order does this book have?!" he asked himself desperately. It wasn't alphabetical, in the order of aggressiveness or life-span; it wasn't in the order of evolution; it was in no order at all! "Hippogriff... nope. Werewolf... how'd that get in here? Basilisk... goodness, no. If it escapes through the castle, it could kill no matter if the ones in front of it are friends or foes"
He kept searching restlessly.
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In half a year, the students had already gone home, including Salazar's boy who had went home to his mother, Mrs. Slytherin. Meanwhile, Salazar had decided for the monster in the castle. It would be a basilisk. He could control it. So could his heirs, all of them. Parselmouth was a hereditary gift and once one member of the family had it, all his children and children's children and so on would. Unless something happened and they lost it again, which was not likely.
And if they would lose it, who would control the snake?! But a smile crept across Salazar's face... he would make the place where the monster would remain in such a way that it could be opened only by a Parselmouth. Yes... a password... if you spoke Parselmouth, you could enter, if not, no.
But where to put the entrance? So that nobody would suspect? Maybe in the Headmaster's office? No... it was quite obvious, as was the staffroom. The common rooms and dormitories were unsafe, as were the classrooms. No, it would have to be in a place where students went often enough not to be suspected, but not enough to be endangered by the beast if it went out...
His eyes shone with an idea: the door! It would be in a bathroom and the snake could move through pipes!
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"Jacky-o!" Kate said, beaming at the man in front of her. "Blue eyes!"
"Why, yes..." he replied and grinned in return. "I like them better"
"Simply wonderful!" she said and her facial expression changed. "Why did you need the Veil at the Ministry, anyway? I still don't get it!"
"Ah, but you will... soon, I'm afraid" he said slowly, shaking his head. "Listen, Kate. You have heard of the Cloud of the Dark, haven't you?"
"Yes, of course. There are very few of the immortals that haven't" she said. "What about it?"
"Many things" the elder man relied. "Many, many things... It hunts for one right now. Do you know what happens if it enters a living creature and resides in it?"
"Why, of course" she replied slowly. "It turns that one dark. He will serve the devil and the devil only, thinking it serves itself. And if that one dies, the living oldest heir will become host for the Cloud. And if that one dies, it will move to the next descendant of the first. Always in descendants of the first it resides, it cannot move up to his or her ancestors, but through his or her descendants, there will be no stopping it."
"Of course" Jack replied. "It can also move in brothers or sisters... Alas, I have heard who it wants to take."
"Who? It isn't one of the Four Founders of Hogwarts, no?" she asked slowly.
"Of course not" he replied. "They are too pure. It has decided upon Roxana Chase..."
"Roxana! No, you must do something! It would be horrible for the Chases to be dark..."
"I know" Jack replied. "That is why I have sent my child to the White Stag for protection. But I do not know what will happen next... maybe the others won't be able to guard themselves against the Cloud and if it hurts Eagle, it will also hurt the Chases..."
"Fuck!" she let out, before blushing. "Sorry about that..."
But Jack didn't reply, instead staring thoughtfully at the sky. What horrible times they lived in...
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The summer months passed away quickly and Salazar managed to get a basilisk and to create a room way lower than the castle in which the king of snakes would be able to stay for thousands of years if necessary. All he had to do now was tell the others about the place and... Or maybe he shouldn't tell them about it. If one of their heirs would fall into darkness... oh, my... and if it would be his own heir that would, a wizard would be able to finally take down the basilisk. But to admit it: it was more difficult for a single heir of a single Founder to fall into darkness than a single heir of ay of the Founders.
So, should he tell them or not? Yes. Still, the answer would be yes. After all, it would be more difficult for all their heirs to fall into darkness... right? Right. And only his heir could control the snake, so it would be safer if the others knew, too.
So, he sighed and went to bed. How should he tell them? Hmmm... They would go ballistic if they knew he had already taken care of everything before consulting them.
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AN: Sorry to be short, guys, but I couldn't write anymore so as not to step in the final chapter... That one will definitely be longer. So guys, please review... It means a lot to me.
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.
AN: There is only one more chapter of this story except this one... Love y'all...
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Chapter 7
Salazar was washing his face in a bathroom on the second floor when he heard students' voices.
"I'd say, what a nice castle" one of them said and the Founder smiled widely.
"Indeed, indeed" the other replied. "I mean, did you see all the corridors? And the secret passages? Why, it would take forever to figure them out"
"Imagine, what if there would be a treasure hidden in a passage or another?" the first one said.
"Yeah! Guarded by a monster!" the other one said excitedly. "And the one who kills the monster gets the treasure!"
"But the monster is bad and huge!" the first one said, fantasizing.
"And he can kill just by looking at somebody!" the other said, hitting his palms together.
"That'd be wonderful!"
Salazar realized that their idea would be wonderful. But not with a treasure... But with a protector of Hogwarts! A protector powerful and great that only one of the Founder's heirs could control. When all would seem lost, the protector would help even the scores. He left the bathroom, staring thoughtfully at things around him.
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"I love you" Steve muttered towards his wife.
"I love you too" she replied sweetly. "What do you say we would have a child?"
He opened his mouth in a small gap, before he smiled widely.
"I'd love us to have one" he replied and leaned down to kiss her.
And then, as if on cue, the door to their dormitory was snapped open.
"What?!" the two asked, scowling.
"Oops" Godric said blushing slightly. "Wanted to say dinner is ready. And that we have some news of the Fal'sil. They seem to have established a camp and all that. More details at the table and I shan't repeat myself, so you better come unless you want Helga to tell the tale"
"Mother of all things good, no!" Steve replied, jumping up and both Godric and Rowena snickered. "Off to dinner, then!"
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
Salazar flipped through his book of magical creatures, searching for a creature that could live for thousands of years and that would be ferocious enough to protect a castle. And that somebody could handle.
"Flobberworm... goodness, no... Nundu... too short life-span and uncontrollable... Niffler... not at all what I would need. God, what type of an order does this book have?!" he asked himself desperately. It wasn't alphabetical, in the order of aggressiveness or life-span; it wasn't in the order of evolution; it was in no order at all! "Hippogriff... nope. Werewolf... how'd that get in here? Basilisk... goodness, no. If it escapes through the castle, it could kill no matter if the ones in front of it are friends or foes"
He kept searching restlessly.
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
In half a year, the students had already gone home, including Salazar's boy who had went home to his mother, Mrs. Slytherin. Meanwhile, Salazar had decided for the monster in the castle. It would be a basilisk. He could control it. So could his heirs, all of them. Parselmouth was a hereditary gift and once one member of the family had it, all his children and children's children and so on would. Unless something happened and they lost it again, which was not likely.
And if they would lose it, who would control the snake?! But a smile crept across Salazar's face... he would make the place where the monster would remain in such a way that it could be opened only by a Parselmouth. Yes... a password... if you spoke Parselmouth, you could enter, if not, no.
But where to put the entrance? So that nobody would suspect? Maybe in the Headmaster's office? No... it was quite obvious, as was the staffroom. The common rooms and dormitories were unsafe, as were the classrooms. No, it would have to be in a place where students went often enough not to be suspected, but not enough to be endangered by the beast if it went out...
His eyes shone with an idea: the door! It would be in a bathroom and the snake could move through pipes!
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
"Jacky-o!" Kate said, beaming at the man in front of her. "Blue eyes!"
"Why, yes..." he replied and grinned in return. "I like them better"
"Simply wonderful!" she said and her facial expression changed. "Why did you need the Veil at the Ministry, anyway? I still don't get it!"
"Ah, but you will... soon, I'm afraid" he said slowly, shaking his head. "Listen, Kate. You have heard of the Cloud of the Dark, haven't you?"
"Yes, of course. There are very few of the immortals that haven't" she said. "What about it?"
"Many things" the elder man relied. "Many, many things... It hunts for one right now. Do you know what happens if it enters a living creature and resides in it?"
"Why, of course" she replied slowly. "It turns that one dark. He will serve the devil and the devil only, thinking it serves itself. And if that one dies, the living oldest heir will become host for the Cloud. And if that one dies, it will move to the next descendant of the first. Always in descendants of the first it resides, it cannot move up to his or her ancestors, but through his or her descendants, there will be no stopping it."
"Of course" Jack replied. "It can also move in brothers or sisters... Alas, I have heard who it wants to take."
"Who? It isn't one of the Four Founders of Hogwarts, no?" she asked slowly.
"Of course not" he replied. "They are too pure. It has decided upon Roxana Chase..."
"Roxana! No, you must do something! It would be horrible for the Chases to be dark..."
"I know" Jack replied. "That is why I have sent my child to the White Stag for protection. But I do not know what will happen next... maybe the others won't be able to guard themselves against the Cloud and if it hurts Eagle, it will also hurt the Chases..."
"Fuck!" she let out, before blushing. "Sorry about that..."
But Jack didn't reply, instead staring thoughtfully at the sky. What horrible times they lived in...
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
The summer months passed away quickly and Salazar managed to get a basilisk and to create a room way lower than the castle in which the king of snakes would be able to stay for thousands of years if necessary. All he had to do now was tell the others about the place and... Or maybe he shouldn't tell them about it. If one of their heirs would fall into darkness... oh, my... and if it would be his own heir that would, a wizard would be able to finally take down the basilisk. But to admit it: it was more difficult for a single heir of a single Founder to fall into darkness than a single heir of ay of the Founders.
So, should he tell them or not? Yes. Still, the answer would be yes. After all, it would be more difficult for all their heirs to fall into darkness... right? Right. And only his heir could control the snake, so it would be safer if the others knew, too.
So, he sighed and went to bed. How should he tell them? Hmmm... They would go ballistic if they knew he had already taken care of everything before consulting them.
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AN: Sorry to be short, guys, but I couldn't write anymore so as not to step in the final chapter... That one will definitely be longer. So guys, please review... It means a lot to me.