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The blackness was starting to fade away, however, this made the pain unbearable. His scar was sending spikes of pain throughout his body. He
struggled to open his eyes, and upon doing so groaned. White walls and a sterile smell informed him that he was in a hospital wing. He fumbled
around and finally found his glasses. His eyes began to focus and he realized that this room wasn't the room he was used to; this had an ancient
feel to it.
After about a minute, a short, round woman with medium brown, curly hair that had a touch of gray at the temples, warm brown eyes and yellow
robes, walked up. Carefully tilting his head back and placing a vial to his lips, urged him to drink. Sensing that he was going to refuse, she
whispered, "Shh, don't worry, it's a pain reliever potion"
Harry looked into her eyes and saw no hardness there, only caring in them, complied. Instantly the pain started to ebb away. "There, there child,
you sleep. We'll talk more when you wake up" She began to walk away as Harry's eyes began to droop.
Several hours later, Harry woke up to see four people staring at him. The man closest to him looked a lot like him. He had black messy hair and
bright blue eyes and a mischievous smile. He also wore a blood red cloak. The woman to his right was the same woman who had helped him
earlier. To the man's left was a woman who looked similar to the man. She had long black hair and the same blue eyes. However she looked
more pensive and studious and wore blue robes. The man to her left had a long silvery beard and bright green eyes and he wore green robes.
Harry looked at the last man and realized that he had seen him before. He was racking his brain for a minute or two when it finally came to him.
The Chamber of Secrets! "You're Salazar Slytherin." Harry blurted out. The man in question looked at Harry with shock. Harry continued, "That
must mean the rest of you are Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Godric Gryffindor"
The four founders looked at Harry amazed. Godric just asked, "How?" Harry simply replied, "I recognized Slytherin from the statue in the
Chamber of Secrets." Godric looked at Salazar before asking, "Perhaps you should tell us about your life so far"
Harry told them about his parents, his years at the Dursley's and his years at Hogwarts. When he had finished Rowena and Helga were openly
sobbing, Godric had tears streaming down his face and Salazar looked like he was close to tears himself. Harry was confused, his life hadn't been
that bad.
Then Harry decided to ask the questions that had been bugging him, "Where am I? Why am I here"
Rowena spoke up, "You are in a different plane of existence. This was supposed to happen on your sixteenth birthday and the attack from
Voldemort was just a coincidence, though it is a good thing since here you can heal more quickly then on earth. As to why you are here, well you
are our heir and you need to be trained to use the powers you have inherited and it will not hurt to be prepared for the war that has started"
Harry just sat there gaping. Godric continued, "You are mine and Helga's grandson." Harry shook his head, "Don't you mean several great-
grandson"
Godric smiled sadly, "No you are our grandson. James, your father, was our child. Shortly after he was born, a student was babysitting him while
doing her charms homework and he crawled into it. We later found out that it was a time charm she had done incorrectly. The Potters found him
and raised him like their own"
Harry looked shacked at this revelation, "Okay, I get how I am related to you and Helga, but what about Salazar and Rowena? My mum was
muggleborn"
"Well, that is not entirely true," Godric continued, "First of all, Rowena is my twin sister and she married Salazar. They had two children. One was
the ancestor of the man you call Voldemort, the other, the ancestor of your mother. Several generations back, your mum's side became squibs.
Lily is the second magical child from that branch in over five centuries"
"The second? Who was the first? Is Aunt Petunia a squib, is that why she hates me and magic"
Before Harry could ask another question, Godric raised his hand to stop the child. "Take a breath. The first was your Grandfather, Lily's father,
which also relates to your second question, no, Petunia is not a squib"
Salazar added, "That foul woman and her whale of a son are in no way related to me. Lily wasn't the Evans' child"
Harry just sat there his eyes wide and his mouth opening and closing. Finally he said, "But Dumbledore said I was safe in the place where my
family dwells. . ." after thinking about this he got angry, "Why did I have to suffer staying with them if they weren't my family. Why did
Dumbledore lie and say I had to stay"
Rowena smiled sadly, "Dear child, Dumbledore didn't lie, he simply didn't know. He believed just like everyone else including Lily and the
Evans'. You see when Lily was born she was kidnapped, but the wizard died before he could get rid of her. She was found in the muggleworld by
a kind squib who worked in a local hospital. There was a couple whose child was stillborn, so the woman replaced the child. No one, not even
the hospital knew"
Harry just sat there continuing to absorb the new information. He asked, "So is my real grandfather alive"
Rowena smiled, "Yes, your grandfather is still alive as well as your grandmother, in fact you know them quite well" Harry frowned puzzling over
this. "They are," she continued, "none other than Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall"
Harry shook his head, "That's impossible. You are saying that Dumbledore is one of Slytherin's heirs? But someone would have said something,
right"
Rowena started to speak, "Actually he doesn't know. As Godric said earlier, he was from a family of squibs. These squibs had been living in the
muggle world, though they still keeping ties with the magical world. When his parents saw Albus' power, they realized that they had no idea how
to raise a baby, especially one with that much power. So they sent him to live with a powerful magic family, the Dumbledore's. Now his real
family was very proud of the Slytherin name, and didn't want it to be tarnished with the fact that they were squibs, so they never told anyone
about their ancestor"
The four founders looked at Harry to see how he had taken all this news. He just looked at them, the silence stretching on forever, when he finally
broke it saying, "Wow! You know, my entire life, everyone seemed to know more about me and my family than I did. Now I know more about
my family than my own family does." Then it finally seemed to hit him. "Merlin, I have real family now!" and a big smile lit up his face.
They all smiled back at him and Helga spoke up, "Perhaps you should get some sleep, tomorrow will be a busy day." Harry nodded and settled
back down into the pillows. Rowena and Helga tucked him in and kissed his forehead while Godric and Salazar ruffled his hair and wished him
good night. As Harry drifted off to sleep he smiled and thought, "This is what having a family is like"
The next day he was awoken by a bucket of cold water. He reached for his glasses and saw Salazar and Godric standing over him and empty
bucket in each hand wearing identical grins. Harry smiled, "Now I know where my dad and Dumbledore get their sense of humor. So what are
we going to do today"
The two founders didn't say a word but kept smiling mysteriously whenever he asked while getting ready for breakfast. When he was ready
Godric grabbed his arm and proceeded to drag him to the Great Hall all the while muttering about how grandchildren were so slow. Inside the
Great Hall the four house tables were nowhere to be seen. In their place stood a smaller circular table with five places set. Breakfast arrived in the
same manner that it did at the real Hogwarts and the entire table was quiet as every ate their fill. When they had finished they told Harry that they
had decided last night that they were going to teach him everything he needed to know to defeat Voldemort.
Harry looked at Salazar, "You are going to help me defeat your heir"
Salazar huffed, "Of course I am! Besides he is no longer my heir. I have denounced him after he attacked and killed one of my heirs, and
repeatedly tries to kill another. Besides he keeps spreading lies about how I hate muggles and what not. I respect muggleborns and feel they
should be taught not exterminated"
"You have received our powers through your blood, however the power is blocked. You might have seen it manifest itself periodically, but those
outbursts were weak compared to what you have the power for." Rowena explained.
Upon seeing Harry's face which was looking shocked, exited and horrified at the same time, Helga patted his shoulder and said, "Do not worry.
You won't go back home all powerful and such where no one will recognize you. You will seem to be the same, though classes will be much
easier. You might also notice a slight influx of your power, however it will show itself to you as you grow except in the most dire of cases, then it
will fully show itself. Overall all it will look like a normal wizard growth"
Harry gave an audible sigh of relief. "We will teach you how to best use your powers so when you go back, you won't seem as erratic as the
others, and maybe people won't notice that you got a bit more power than they do." Godric replied.
"Now on to the more interesting part! Your powers." Godric yelled. Harry groaned thinking 'Great another way for me to stand out.' Godric
ignored him, "Now you already posses these powers to a degree, all we will do is develop them. The first you have from Rowena, is seer power.
You already see some of these powers through Voldemort's link. If you didn't have seer blood, I don't think you would have the dreams you do,
but I cannot be sure since no one has ever had that particular kind of cursed scar. Anyway, Rowena will help you unlock those powers a little so
you might be able to see the future, not just the present. Don't worry, this will not impede your life, you will only see those that are the most
important. From Salazar, you received parceltongue, which you have already started to develop, but Salazar will help you speak without having to
see a snake as well as teach you some spells in parceltongue. From Helga, you received empathy which she will help you use to your advantage
as well as how to turn it on and off. From me you received wandless magic, which I believe exercised on your uncle's sister in your third year"
Harry decided to interrupt, "But lots of people do wandless magic"
Godric shook his head, "Actually, it is not common, most children do it because their powers are out of whack and as soon as they get their wand
it becomes their focus and they stop doing it. Your grandfather can do it, because it is a power that Rowena and I received from our ancestor,
Merlin"
After all the talk, Helga deemed Harry strong enough to work on his powers.
Godric stood up, "Okay, Harry, first thing you are going to do is exercise every morning. Today we'll start off slow since you are recuperating."
Walking outside Harry saw that outside looked exactly like Hogwarts. Looking at Godric questioningly, Godric smiled, "This plane existence
shows us what we want, and everyone here wants Hogwarts. Now run two times around the pitch." After completing the task, Harry was huffing
and puffing. Godric laughed, "You are out of shape, now do fifty pushups." Harry groaned. "Don't worry," Godric said, "Soon it will be easy to
do. Now that you are done, we will work on wandless magic. First we will go over the spells you have already learned"
Godric pulled out several feathers. "Now concentrate and say the floating charm"
Harry looked at the feather and said "Wingardium Leviosa" . . . nothing happened.
"That's okay, you aren't concentrating enough. Think about what you did to your Aunt Marge. Will it to happen." Godric said.
Harry did what he was told and to his surprise, the feather slowly rose. "Very good," said Godric, "You are getting this quicker than I thought.
Now try again, but this time don't say the words." Harry tried again and the feather lifted. "That's enough for today. Since you aren't used to
doing wandless magic, it will tire you out. Now go up to the castle for Salazar's lesson." Harry nodded and left to find Salazar.
He found him in the dungeons working on potions. When he noticed Harry, he said a spell to put his potion in stasis. "Now, Harry, tell me how
you speak parceltongue"
Harry replied, "Well I can only seem to do it when I see a snake. The first couple of times I did it, I didn't even know I wasn't speaking English"
Salazar thought for a moment, "Hmm. Well, the easiest way to try and get you to say it without the serpent, would be to try and just hold a
conversation." Salazar began to speak to Harry, and Harry found that he could answer back without seeing a snake. After about an hour of
talking about meaningless things like the weather and the going ons of the castle, Salazar decided to stop for the day.
"Now practice on your own. Next time we might try some spells in parceltongue. Well, it seems you have a couple of hours until lunch, so you can
do whatever you want"
Harry was about to leave when he stopped and turned towards Salazar. "Um Salazar"
"Yes Harry"
"I was wondering if you have any free time, if you could teach me potions?" Harry said.
Salazar looked surprised, "You want to learn about potions? Do you not take it in school?" Harry sighed, "Yes I do, but the professor doesn't
teach, he just insults everyone who isn't in Slytherin. But he especially hates me because of my father"
Salazar raised an eyebrow, "The current Head of my House hates my godson?" Harry looked up in surprise, "Your what?" Salazar sighed,
"Godric and Helga made me and Rowena James' godparents. Why does he hate James"
"Well," Harry started, "When they went to school together, James and his friends would play pranks on him"
Salazar interrupted, "And now as an adult the man cannot distinguish between a dead man and his son? What has he done to you"
Harry bit his lip, and decided to tell the truth, "Well, mostly its little things like giving me detention for small things, taking off points if I do not
know the answer to a question that is more advanced than my year, and once he dropped my potion I had just turned in and giving me a zero for
it. And yeah I understand he is a spy and has to treat me horribly in front of all the death eaters' kids, but last year he had to teach me occlumency
which no one else knew about and he still treated me like dirt. He would tell me to clear my mind and then attack; no explanation. I know
Voldemort won't warn me, but Snape should work up to that level, explaining how to do things so I can do what he asks"
He glanced at Salazar and flinched, he had never seen him that angry, "Harry if you would like to put in the extra effort, I would like to teach you
potions, and Rowena and I will teach you Occlumency correctly.
Harry sighed with relief, grateful that Salazar wasn't angry with him. "Oh and Harry? I will be discussing this with my portrait at Hogwarts and he
will be keeping an eye on you there"
Harry nodding hoping that when the portrait got mad at the potions teacher, he wouldn't take it out on him later. Salazar spoke up again, "Well
lets begin on potions." For the rest of the time Salazar went over the basics, explaining how and why certain ingredients reacted to each other.
Finally it was time for lunch.
After lunch, Harry went with Rowena to her chambers to work. She turned to him, "Now Salazar told me about Occlumency and I would love to
help. Now on to your seeing abilities. Now you take Divination, correct"
Harry groaned, "Your not going to go all mystical on me and talk about the 'inner eye' and that I'm surrounded by the grim and am going to die?"
he said laughing.
Rowena looked affronted, "What is all this nonsense about? Is that what your teacher said? Perhaps we need to talk to this headmaster of yours
about his teachers. Any other teachers"
Harry grinned, "Well History of Magic is taught by a ghost, and every year we get a new DADA teacher and they have been; a death eater
possessed by Voldemort, a fraud, a werewolf, a death eater, and a ministry worker who felt that we didn't need to learn the practical parts of
defense. But in my Divination teacher's defense, she has made a total of two predictions. The second already happened, and I'm working on the
first"
Rowena looked scandalized, "Definitely need to talk to him on his choice of teachers. Now down to business. . ." For the rest of the time Rowena
showed him how to sort his memories and clear his mind. Then she put her hands to his head and concentrated. Harry felt as if something was
becoming unplugged. Breathing heavily, Rowena sat back, "Now what I just did was unblock your powers. Unlike your teacher, you will
remember any prophecy you might say, you will also have enough control to write them down instead of saying it. Also, most of your visions of
the past, present, and future will happen while you are asleep or in a trance"
Harry looked confused, "There is a difference between prophecies and visions"
Rowena sighed, "Really, doesn't that woman teach you anything? A prophecy is words that can be interpreted differently, by different people. A
vision is precise, it tells you exactly what is, was, and will be happening." Harry nodded, understanding. She smiled, "Time for you to see Helga"
Harry walked to Helga's rooms and waited at the door, not wanting to interrupt her while she was tending to the many plants that decorated the
room. She smiled, "No need to stand at the door, Harry, you can come on in." Harry looked surprised, but Helga continued, "Oh, I was
expecting you, so I turned my power on so I would be able to sense you. Now like Rowena , I am going to unlock your powers. She placed her
hands on his head and the same feeling went through his head again. She tried to pull her hands away, but she wasn't quick enough. Harry felt
fear, anguish, and an unbearable sense of loss fill him. The emotions became overwhelming and Harry fell to the floor crying out in pain. Helga
quickly drew her wand and started to mutter spells.
The three other founders burst into the room and upon seeing Harry, ran to him with concern. Helga, however, put herself between them, "He will
be alright. I just unlocked his powers and he hasn't had a chance to control it"
"Why is he huddled on the ground?" Godric asked. Helga sighed, "He could feel my pain." Upon seeing Salazar and Rowena's confused looks
she continued, "I love being able to see Harry, but seeing him reminds me of a son I never ad the chance to raise, and it hurts." Everyone nodded,
understanding. Harry started to recover and she shooed everyone out while continuing the lesson from a safe distance. By dinner time, Harry had
some control over his gift and he had the rest of the evening to relax.
For the rest of the month this schedule continued. Harry had learned the all the spell he knew wandlessly, and Godric made him promise to try all
the new spells he learned wandlessly as well. He also knew several spell in parceltongue and could speak it without seeing a snake. Salazar also
taught him potions and he was now at the fifth year level that he should be as well as slightly ahead. He could also control his seeing powers which
also included his visions from Voldemort. He could distinguish between an actually vision and a fake vision. Also because of the Occlumency
lessons none of the founders could get into his head, and the visions from Voldemort no longer hurt his scar. In Helga's class he learned how to
turn his powers on and off and could use them to help people. Not only to know what they are feeling, but to also help them out by giving them
some of his emotions. For example if someone was sad, he could give them some of his happy emotions and cheer them up. The last night Harry
was to be there, there was a huge feast. After they ate, Godric cleared his throat, "Well, Harry, tomorrow you will back in your own world."
Rowena and Helga started to tear up while Harry also looked sad. For the first time in his life, Harry had family who didn't despise him.
Godric continued, "Before you go we have some gifts for you." Godric handed him an egg. "This egg is from my phoenix's mate. I won't explain
the powers since you already know them." Harry gaped at him and stammered his thanks. Next, it was Salazar's turn. "My present is also an egg,
however this egg belongs to a megalyn boa which I believe is extinct in your time. The boa can tell lies from the truth. " Helga walked over and
handed him a small ball orange fur. "This is a kneazle she will comfort you when you need it." Rowena walked over and handed him a small black
yelping puppy. "This is a wolf cub who can tell the true friends from the false ones"
Godric spoke up, "Also, we built a room for our heirs that we would like you to have. Fawkes will show you the way. The sword of Gryffindor
and the parcel word for 'founders' is the key to opening it." Harry looked at Rowena and Helga, "Do you two have any passwords on the room"
Rowena shook her head, "No but Helga put empathy charms on it and I charmed the painting to recognize the person who opened it and passed
all the wards, so you can reset the password and you don't have to use the sword every time. Also no one else can enter the room unless you are
with them.
Harry thanked them all profusely. They all hugged him and tucked him into bed like they did the first night. Rowena and Helga were openly crying
while Salazar and Godric were tearing up. Finally Harry fell asleep only to have disappeared by morning.
A/N: Just a reminder if you thought the chapter was way out there, review and give me a better relationship. I do want Harry related to the four founders and Dumbledore. Hope you enjoyed it!