Harry Potter and the Staff of Slytherin
Chapter Fourteen – Out Cold
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Oh, Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it time we said goodbye?
~ The Rolling Stones - Angie
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His eyes shot open faster than a bullet. He had woken at last, but the pain, confusion and the gradual realisation of what had happened to him made him wish he had not.
A tall man stood over him menacingly with a knife. He snarled at Harry.
"What brings you to these times, Time Traveller?"
Time traveller? Harry wondered what he meant. Then he realised what had happened. Oh my God.
"Please could you get Godric for me?"
He could not believe that he had been spending time with the Founders. It was unbelievable. They were legendary in his own time and here he was in their company.
"Drink this," the man spoke with a sneer, handing Harry a vial of silvery liquid. He reminded Harry of Snape.
"What is this, and who are you?" Harry gazed upon the vial with suspicion.
"This is Veritaserum, so that I can prove that you are a servant to Mordrin."
"Mordrin?"
"Drink it," he sneered again.
Harry shrugged his shoulders and raised the vial to his dry lips, the liquid tasted a bit like sour candy floss, Harry noticed.
He could feel the concoction travelling down his throat and into his digestive system, it made him feel slightly queezy.
"Godric, Salazar, the potion has been administered."
"Thank you, Fritz. You may leave now," smiled Godric. Harry noticed Salazar giving Harry a suspicious look. Harry suddenly remembered that he turned evil and became a Dark Lord and met his eyes with a glare, which slightly shocked Salazar.
"But Godric, if I leave the Boy may become violent and I-"
"That will be all, Fritz. Thank you." Godric cut off. Godric reminded Harry of a younger Albus Dumbledore.
As Fritz shut the door behind him, Godric started speaking.
"Let me start, we are not suspicious of you," Salazar snickered slightly as Godric said this. Clearly, he was suspicious even if Godric was not. "We just need to prove your innocence. The Ministry is ordering your arrest."
"What? Why? What have I done?"
"Calm down, Harry. You have been through a lot in these past two months."
"I have been here for two months?"
"Yes, you were taken into our care 64 days ago. Since your sleep started, you have been having fits and magic has been pouring off you."
"Why?"
"We think it was because you have not used magic for a long time, it built up inside you like a volcano and it needed your weakened state to escape. The magic usually took a destructive form and you have smashed this room up dozens of times a day."
"I am sorry."
"It was not your fault. Now we have a few questions to ask you."
"Okay. Fire on."
Godric looked puzzled at this phrase but nevertheless continued. "What is your name?"
"Harry James Potter."
Harry could feel this answer coming from his mouth before he had time to think."
"What year were you born in?"
"1980."
"When did you leave your time?"
"The summer of 1995."
"How did you travel here?"
"Portkey."
"In your possession was a sack in which there were several dozen books on the Dark Arts. How do you explain this?"
Harry explained about the shop giving away the books and he didn't want the books to fall into the wrong hands. Godric seemed satisfied with this explanation but Salazar remained expressionless and motionless throughout the conversation, instead concentrating on staring at Harry.
"Do you practise the Dark Arts?"
"No."
"Why did the Portkey bring you here."
"I don't know."
"Who charmed the Portkey?"
"Lord Voldemort."
Harry was not entirely sure about how he knew it was Voldemort. He could just sense the evil when he was transported and he had no doubt about it. Harry could feel the Veritaserum wearing off.
"Who is Lord Voldemort?"
Harry then briefly explained his first encounter with Lord Voldemort, leaving out his future meetings. He did not want to change the future in any way and he also did not want to say anything of any importance in front of Salazar.
Harry could feel that the Veritaserum had completely worn off. He told Godric this.
"Harry, by telling me that the potion's effects had worn off, you have displayed your honesty and where your loyalties lie. I no longer suspect you of any wrong-doing at all. Now we have to calculate a way of returning you home immediately. I propose we go to Hogsmeade tomorrow to get you some belongings. I am afraid that all of the items in your inventory sack have been destroyed apart from a few."
"What remains intact?"
Godric answered by walking out and returning with a sack, in which lay Harry's remaining possessions – a pair of black jeans, a pair of blue jeans, two t shirts, a shirt, his Firebolt, and the Marauders Map. All of his books, including the schoolbooks were destroyed, as were his robes. His sack of money also remained and still contained the money that he had drawn from Gringotts.
"Godric, where are we?"
"We are in Rowena's house, in Hogsmeade."
Harry wondered briefly what the Marauders Map would show right now, there being no Hogwarts for it to show. He also wondered whether Galleons were being used in these times or whether he had no money. He asked Godric about the currency situation.
"There are 100 Quavers in a knut, … knuts in a sickle and ... sickles in a galleon. We will give you some money, as you probably do not have any with you."
"Actually," Harry began, "I happened to bring some money with me in my sack." Harry then emptied the contents of his money sack and Godric and Salazar's mouths opened, their eyes bulging.
"Where did you get so much money from?"
"Gringotts, of course. Why?"
"There must be about 100 Galleons in there?"
"150 actually. What is the big deal?"
"This amount of money has never been seen in one place. Why, the Minister of Magic himself earns 5 Galleons a year, and that is more than anyone in the world."
"Money must change greatly in the next 1000 years. In this case, I could probably buy Hogsmeade itself! Godric, the man who was in here before said that I was a slave of 'Mordrin'. Who is this Mordrin?"
"Mordrin is a Dark Lord, much like your Voldemort sounds like. She is wreaking havoc on the Wizarding World. She has already taken control of Russia, her Home Land, and is looking to run this place too. Right now, she is trying to take control of the Staff of Slytherin."
Harry looked at Salazar before asking, "What is the Staff of Slytherin?"
"It is a very powerful Staff that was made several thousand years ago by a Dark Lord called Zantin. The Staff was then passed from generation to generation. A fight broke out some time ago between cousins who both believed that they should own the Staff. Salazar's ancestor won the war and so the Staff passed down in his family. It is owned by Salazar's Grandfather and has only been used for light magic since the war. Mordrin is an ancestor of the losing side of the war, the ones who thought that they should have owned the Staff. She thinks that she rightfully owns the Staff and will go to any lengths to get it." Godric sighed and conjured a glass of water after this explanation, his throat dry. "Now it is time to go to bed. You may have only just woken up but we are leaving as the sun rises in the Morrow and we cannot afford to be late."
As the two Founders left, Harry conjured himself a glass of water as Godric had done and drank it, lying down and staring at the ceiling for a few hours before finally drifting off to a deep dreamless sleep.
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I am writing a summary of the story so far. This is more for me than you, as I am constantly confused as to what the hell is going on all the time. Also for you readers, as I'm sure you will have forgotten some things.
Summary of the story so far:
In chapter one, Ron and the twins rescued Harry from the Dursleys and took him to the Burrow. The parents were away and did not know. Then they took a trip to Diagon Alley. In Diagon Alley, Harry brought a few books about magic and also a pet called a Jinxa, part-snake and part-dragon. I apologise if I randomly call it a Linxa sometimes.
In chapter two, Harry had a dream about being on the Hogwarts express. Believe me when I say it'll be important soon.
In chapter three, The Weasleys came home and they took another shopping trip and went to see a Quidditch Match. England won of course. Harry bought a few more books about magic and also
In chapter four, Harry returned back to the Dursleys. Harry disintegrated his OWL results in rage (this will be explained soon) and Dumbledore came round to ask why he had not opened them. The Jinxa had fixed them so Dumbledore did not know that he had destroyed them. Harry has his results and will open them soon.
In chapter five, Dumbledore stayed for dinner and Harry started practising the magic from his new books. Also, it turned out that Dudley was at Fat Camp. Sorry – I was bored and I didn't feel like including him in the story. I thought Harry would progress more on his own.
In chapter six, Harry further trained himself and became quite good at magic. Then he went to Diagon Alley before going to the Burrow. In Diagon Alley, he learnt from Draco Malfoy that there was a breakout of Azkaban planned. He also obtained some Dark Magic books. This was a plan by Voldie to turn Harry evil. Also, one of the books was Portkeyed to bring Harry to Voldemort. Harry memory charmed Draco so that he would not remember giving the information to Harry.
In chapter seven, we learnt about the Staff of Slytherin among other things.
In chapter eight, Harry appeared at the Burrow. Near the end, he activated the Portkey that Voldemort had sent but it went wrong and he ended up 1000 years in the past somehow, this will also be explained soon.
In chapter nine, Voldemort found out about Harry's disappearence.
In chapter ten, Harry woke up. He had lost his memory and had no recollection of travelling time or being a wizard. He was found by a muggle tribe who he lived with for several months.
In chapter eleven, Harry was in a battle. He was called the Midnight Rider by the rest of the tribe and it ended up with him being the only survivor.
In chapter twelve, Harry returned to the village, planning on resting before going to a nearby town. Godric Gryffindor rode through and offered him a lift. On the way, Godric discovered that Harry was a wizard and they went to Hogsmeade to meet with the other three Founders to plan on building a school. While in the meeting, Harry came up with the name 'Hogwarts'(something to tell the grandkids). The next day, Rowena performed the spell that would restore Harry's memory. At the end, Harry was knocked out.
In chapter thirteen, the story returned to Ron Weasley. The Weasleys discovered that Harry was gone and they alerted Dumbledore and his clan, who rushed over and did some tests and determined that Harry had been transported by a Voldie Portkey, but didn't know where to. Also, it had a bit of Voldie's perspective. It just said that he wasn't too disappointed that Harry had gone, and he added some Death Eaters to his 'inner circle', including Malfoy. Also, the attack on Azkaban was successful and the prisoners were broken out. Some aurors died and so did an OOTP member, Kinsley Shaklebolt.
In this chapter, Harry woke up. He was questioned under Veritaserum and now the Founders know that he isn't evil. Also, some of his possessions were returned to him, including the Marauders Map and the Firebolt and his bag of money. Also, Harry found out that he had a fortune, as money was worth more than. This is like the muggle world. My Granddad used to earn 10p a week or something when he got out of school. You find 10ps lying about on the floor nowadays. A 10p in 1930s would be a fortune, imagine 1000 years ago if it had been the same currency. I got this idea when listening to my Granddad ramble on, mostly complaining about The Beatles ruining the country. He's a Frank Sinatra fan. Nearly killed me when I turned up at his house in a Rolling Stones T-Shirt.
In the next chapter, they take a trip to Hogsmeade and Harry has fun with his money.
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TuxedoMac - just hope when he comes back its before the 1st so he can be back to school on time – Let's keep it a surprise, eh? Can't get everything away in the reviews!
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