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Chapter 4:

Harry was sleeping in his bed the next day when he sensed someone in the room. They had built temporary huts on the grounds until they built Hogwarts, instead of spending money on rooms that they would have occupied for years. Awareness was something that the assassins had taught him so that he may be alert if someone tried to kill him in his sleep. They had taught him to extend his awareness for twelve feet around him to sense if there was anyone in the same room as him and he had continued to expand the distance every time he meditated or fell asleep. He always slept with a dagger in a wrist holster in one arm and his wand in another.

Harry was aware that Salazar knew better than to sneak up on him in his sleep and he knew what Salazar's aura felt like well enough to know that this wasn't it. He heard a sigh then a soft hand approached his face but before it could touch, Harry had the person under him, with a dagger to the attacker's neck and his wand quivering. He blinked when he saw Rowena's frightened face look up at him then at the dagger that was so close to her neck that it almost touched her skin. Harry sheathed his dagger and re-holstered his wand with a sigh, practicing occlumency to calm his thundering heart.

"Don't ever sneak up on me like that again, Rowena. I almost killed you," breathed Harry, calming down a little. Rowena shivered she felt his hot breath on her face but Harry did not notice. She admired his bare chest and blushed when she realized that Harry was sleeping in only his boxers.

"Good morning to you too," said Rowena sarcastically. Harry grinned down at her and looked outside his room. It was still night and with a wave of his wand, the time appeared in front of him.

5:30 a.m.

"Harry, I know you'd like me to be under you but I'm having trouble breathing," teased Rowena, making Harry blush. He stood up and realized that he was only wearing his boxers and his blush deepened, making Rowena laugh. He waved his wand and his clothes flew to him and with another wave, he was dressed in them.

"Why the hell are you waking me up at five in the morning?" groaned Harry.

Rowena blushed from her place on his bed and murmured, "Godric and Helga forgot to cast silencing charm on their room so I couldn't sleep."

"What do you mean silencing ch- oh," said Harry as realisation dawned. He did not know that they were a couple as they had not shown any form of affection in front of him.

"We're so going to create our own secret chambers. It's hell when they forget the silencing charm and don't warn me so I start on walking in on them." She shuddered as she remembered walking in on them at one time when they were travelling together. Harry's eye widened a bit when Rowena mentioned secret chambers but did not say anything.

"You didn't answer my question. Why the hell did you wake me up?" said Harry and conjured himself a cup of coffee.

Rowena blushed again and replied, smiling innocently, "I was bored."

Harry glared at her from behind his coffee, making her giggle. She couldn't stop thinking about Harry's eyes and chest, this in itself caused a blush to appear on her face again but this time Harry noticed.

"And why are you blushing Ms. Ravenclaw?" teased Harry with a chuckle, making Rowena go crimson. She took out her wand and proceeded to hex him.

"Come on, Row, I was only joking," said Harry, dodging Rowena's hex. She stopped and raised an eyebrow, much like Salazar's reaction when he called him Sal but not exactly the same reaction.

She pounced on him, successfully pinning him on the ground and growled, her lips near his, "Don't call me Row." Harry grinned, pecked her quickly on the lips and disappeared from under her, appearing a few meters away.

"You're going to die, Harry." She got her wand again and sent a few hexes his way. He dodged all except one, which caught Salazar as he entered Harry's room, making his nose bigger. He saw Harry hiding behind a table and jumped towards him, hiding from the angry witch.

"What the hell did you do, brother?" Salazar asked. Harry explained quickly as he dodged Rowena's curses and Salazar laughed gruffly. Salazar fixed his nose and Harry sent sparks, making Rowena stop for a second.

"Okay, I'm very sorry Rowena," said Harry. He gave her the most adorable puppy dog eyes he could muster, which made her giggle and her face soften.

"If you ever do that again, Harry, I will hex you so much that you won't be able to reproduce again," said Rowena dangerously, making both of them wince and Harry gulp. She grinned and went to the door, turning before she left and said grinning, "You're going down, Harry."

Salazar turned to Harry and said chuckling, "Don't mess too much with her, Harry. You'll only shorten your life span." He laughed as Harry threw a pillow at him. Salazar headed for his room "I'm going back to sleep, Harry. Try a silencing charm please."

Harry went outside and saw Rowena sitting at the edge of the lake, staring at the stars. He approached stealthily and sat down behind her, admiring her beauty, which seemed to be ethereal as the moonlight fell on her face. He wrapped his arms around her shoulder, which made her jump, but relaxed when she saw that it was Harry.

"I'm sorry," said Harry, "I have no experience when dealing with beautiful ladies." She nodded her head and relaxed in Harry's embrace, relishing the warmth of his body and blushing when she heard what he said.

"You think I'm beautiful, Harry?" asked Rowena softly.

"I've never imagined I would see anything beautiful in my life," said Harry, "but you proved me wrong, Row." She turned in his embrace and locked his lips with her own. Harry felt electric as the passionate kiss endured. Harry never thought kisses such as this was possible since his wet kiss with Cho in his fifth year.

"Wow," breathed Harry

"Wow," echoed Rowena.

They kissed again, this time the passion spread like fire in their bodies. The kisses lasted for a while and when they broke it again, they were in need of breath. They sat in each other's arms, watching the sunrise and talking about their lives. Harry decided to tell her what he'd told Salazar since he needed her help in going back to his time. To his surprise, tears were spilling down her face as she learned that he was from the future and about his destiny.

"So that's why you didn't mention your last name," Rowena said as she calmed down. "But… I don't want you to go."

"I don't want to, Rowena, but I have a duty to my friends and family and my place isn't here," Harry replied softly.


It took them five years of hard work to build the school and Harry still hadn't mentioned anything about his time travelling to Godric and Helga. One would have thought that they would ask about his last name by now or his past but thankfully, their attention was elsewhere.

Salazar and Harry invested in some companies and shops that were which Harry knew would be prosperous in the future. Harry was surprised when he encountered goblins who were building what would be Gringotts bank. They were very respectful when they saw Harry's tattoo that the goblin he saved had given him. Harry invested in the bank, which the goblins were grateful for since they needed money to build the bank.

Rowena had worked on creating a spell to send Harry to his own time and, much to her dismay, she was making progress with it. Their relationship had flowered in the past five years and Harry knew in his heart that he loved Rowena and that Rowena loved him. Salazar watched with sadness as his brother's time was almost up, it was only a matter of time until Rowena succeeded in creating the spell.

It was with glowing pride that the 25 year old Harry Potter stood in front of the newly built Hogwarts along with his best friends, his brother and girlfriend. Godric and Helga had married and had a boy that they named Artemis and Salazar had a girlfriend named Gwen, who he was very much in love with. Harry stood with his arms around Rowena, watching the magnificent castle, which he never thought he would help build.

He assumed that it took more than five years when only four people built it and his knowledge of every secret passage excited him to no end. There was a secret passage to practically everywhere and every one of them created a secret chamber and kept the whereabouts hidden.

Even Harry had created a secret chamber for himself where he put all the books he had acquired through his journeys and some books he wrote himself about what he learned during his and Salazar's trips. It was when they were discussing the system which the school would be following that Harry decided to come clean with his secret. They were discussing making houses and sorting their favourite students in them.

"I'm going to take the brave and fearless students in my house," said Godric proudly, adjusting his hat.

"And I'm going to take the cunning and ambitious" said Salazar.

"The bright and smart scholars will be mine," said Rowena from her place in Harry's lap.

"Figures."

"Shut up Salazar."

"And I will take the loyal and the hard working. Every body has equal chance of learning magic in my eyes."

"What about you, Harry?" asked Godric. Rowena felt Harry tense and knew why.

"I can't have a house."

"Of course you can. You are the fifth founder of this school, you must have a house and choice of students," said Helga, shifting Artemis in her arms. Salazar and Rowena exchanged a look, wondering how he was going to respond.

"I think it's time I tell you where I come from and about my past," said Harry softly and began to tell his tale. By the time Harry had finished, Helga was pale and Godric was fuming with anger.

"Why the hell didn't you tell us?" yelled Godric. "We're your friends for Merlin's sake. We trusted you and this is how you repay us? Was this all a lie? You have no idea how I feel right now, Harry." Salazar had had enough of Godric's shouting and stood up.

"Sit down Gryffindor!" Salazar yelled, his voice laced with venom. Godric sat down in shock. In the five years they had known Salazar, he had never raised his voice or shouted at anyone. For the first time since Harry knew Salazar, he saw him with tears in his eyes. Salazar was never the one to show emotions and never cried in front of Harry or behind his back and to see his friend and brother like this stunned Harry.

"Sit down and shut up Gryffindor. You know nothing. Rushing blindly into everything! You are the one who has no idea how I live knowing that my brother will leave any day. I've known Harry, lived with him, practiced with him, laughed with him for almost ten years. HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL?" yelled Salazar, tears freely falling on his face. "How do you think Rowena feels when she's been developing a spell that would send the only person she ever loved away from her? Don't ever believe that you're hurt more than us you selfish ass."

Godric sat astonished as Salazar finished talking. He had never thought about what Salazar and Rowena might feel about the situation, knowing that the person they care about the most was going to leave them. Harry went and hugged Salazar, as he never realized how much pain his friend and his girlfriend were in about him leaving. He then went and hugged Rowena, who was crying and shaking. He rubbed her back and murmured soothing words to her every now and then. Rowena shook her head, which was still in his chest and looked at him in the eye.

"Rowena, we talked about this. You know I have a duty to my people and you know what would happen if I stayed and left them without protection. And we still have a lot of time till you finish creating the spell," said Harry softly, kissing his girlfriend's forehead.

Rowena cried harder and Salazar paled. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see Salazar's grim face looking at him and said something that made Harry's blood turn ice.

"She's already created the spell."


They applied the wards on the school after a week of building it. Harry was amazed at the defences that the school had and knew why Dumbledore put a lot of faith in them. Salazar and Harry added blood wards on the school, along with every ward they knew. Harry came up with an idea when they were applying the wards to defend against Dementors. However, the only problem was that it had to be triggered by a spell which Harry created, so Dumbledore could not have known anything about this ward. In addition, when Harry was studying the wards, he realized that the headmaster of the school would only carry a small amount of wards, so there was no immediate danger should the headmaster of the school die.

Salazar and Harry performed two rituals during the time they were building the school. One of the rituals was to drastically increase their magical power, which Harry was grateful for and the other ritual was one that meant the whole world to Harry.

The second ritual made Harry and Salazar blood brothers. They were capable of knowing what the other was feeling and were capable of sharing anything from magical knowledge to regular memories. Harry refused to share his regular memories with Salazar since it could change Harry's future if Salazar knew anything and they could even share magical power if they desired.

The five friends and founders of the school had cast a spell on the school which made the school sentient. The main wards were tied to Hogwarts herself so it would be impossible for anyone to bring them down. They finished casting the wards after two weeks, which was a record since the five wizards were practically living on energy potions. It was dangerous but it was the only way for them to finish on time.

After a while, Godric apologized to Salazar and Harry for his behaviour and they gladly accepted. Salazar and Harry were sitting in the chamber of secrets, which only they knew about, discussing what Harry was going to do when they have enough energy to cast the time spell.

"Harry, I want to come with you," said Salazar suddenly.

"You cannot come with me, Salazar. Firstly, it's not your time and secondly you have a bloodline to carry on which would create changes in the future if you don't have a kid," explained Harry softly, wishing it was that easy. Salazar sat thinking for a while before he said something which made Harry's eyes widen.

"He's my heir." Harry did not reply and looked the other way which confirmed Salazar's statement. Salazar sighed and stood up, venting out his frustration on the wall.

"It's not fair," yelled Salazar, hitting the wall repeatedly.

"No one said life is fair, Sal. I hate the fact that I have to leave you here but it is not in my hands to decide. It's not easy for me to leave you or Rowena but it's what I have to do." said Harry, putting a hand on Salazar's shoulder. Salazar sat on the floor, hugging his knees to his chest. Suddenly Salazar stood up grinning and ran out of the Chamber.

When Harry saw Salazar's grin, he knew that something bad was going to happen. He wanted to know what Salazar was planning but he knew his friend would not tell him even if it meant his death. When Salazar decided to plan something, no one would be able to find out what it was until it happened.

It took the five friends three months to regain their energy to cast the time spell that would take Harry to his time. It required the traveller to have something that tied him to the time he was travelling to or the spell would not work. Harry had put everything in his secret chamber at Hogwarts along with a powerful preservation charms on them and locked the room with his own password. The others were out on the grounds waiting for him and he did not want to make them wait longer than necessary, thus making the pain of leaving them increase. Salazar was the first one to reach him when he came out and gave him a potion.

"Harry, this potion will make you de-age physically to the age which you came here. It would be gone by the time you reach the same age again in your time or if you cancel it," Salazar said before hugging him tightly. Helga was next and she embraced him warmly, tears streaming down her face.

"I'll miss you my friend," Helga said while releasing him. She took a pendant from around her neck and put on Harry's, and kissed his forehead.

"It will protect you and it's something for you to remember me by," Helga said and hugged him again. Harry touched the pendant and felt warmth enter his heart. He felt the sibling love that he'd always longed for. He had tears in his eyes and for the first time, he regretted going back to his time. Godric stepped forward, hugged Harry gruffly and gave him a ring.

"I'm touched Godric but you're already married," said Harry, making Godric roll his eyes and the others laugh.

"This ring will enable you to enter my mansion. I've keyed it so that the only way to enter the mansion is by this ring. I want you to live there," said Godric. Harry was touched by what Godric went through for him to do this and hugged the other man.

"Thank you Godric, you don't know how much this means to me," replied Harry softly.

"It's the least I could do for family, Harry." Godric said, making Harry smile, feeling touched and moved by what Godric said. Harry took out his sword, which he knew he couldn't take with him and passed his hand on the sword, triggering an illusion rune inscribed on the sword and disabling another which made anyone able to use it. There were many runes on it, one to keep it sharper, one to keep it light for its user, one that made only Harry can use it and one for illusion, which Harry added recently. The illusion changed the name from Harry Potter to Godric Gryffindor, which made the others frown, and Godric look at Harry in confusion.

"Why did you inscribe my name, Harry?" said Godric confused at his action. Harry gave the sword to Godric and smiled.

"Keep it safe for me, Godric," said Harry softly. "I'll look out for it in the future."

Godric smiled and accepted the sword, putting it in its sheath. He turned to Rowena, who, surprisingly, was smiling, as if Harry had changed his mind and decided to stay, which made Harry confused. Rowena stepped forward and kissed him passionately on the lips, which he returned, wrapping his arms around her waist. They pulled apart and Harry said softly "You are not making it easier for me to leave, Row." Rowena embraced him tightly in a hug, which Salazar joined.

"We'll see you soon, my brother"

Before Harry registered these words, the spell was performed and he disappeared in a flash of blinding white light. He appeared and the implications of what they said, dawned on him.

"Oh shit."

TBC…