A/N: Alright, well, since some people want me to continue this piece of writing, I will. It was supposed to be a one shot, but oh, well. So, the first part shall be regarded as a prolog. The rest will be the important events of the five books arranged in order, and how I believe Salazar would respond. Then, perhaps I will get into the future a bit. Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. It's all JK Rowling's.
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Year One: Hogwarts, a thousand+ years later
The Sorting
But first, an insight into the true personalities of the Founders: Narrator-Salazar Slytherin. Audience: a random person in a bar in Knockturn (A/N: I have no idea why he's talking to this guy either)
Hogwarts had changed from his, Salazar's, time. The changes made were mostly subtle, the stones were a bit grimier, the rooms dustier, a few more secret passages, but those were the physical changes. What weren't physical changes were the facts that there were more ghosts, different Heads of Houses, obviously, a headmaster, and radically different students.
The Founders themselves were also different, but different in personality. You see, instead of having a personality, they were devoid of personality and had only one goal in life or only one set of morals. Instead of having justifications for their actions, the reasons for their actions were based solely upon the actions themselves.
Let's first start with Godric, shall we? While the stereotypes were true about him being amiable, funny and a prankster, he wasn't courageous to the point of stupidity. He was more courageous than most, yes, but wasn't so careless with his life as to rush recklessly into mortal peril. In a duel, he would take to using assassins' tricks, but had enough honor not to attack someone with their back turned, or unarmed, and would rarely kill someone who was already beaten or had surrendered. It was the last trait that had ultimately gotten him killed.
Helga wasn't the loyal scatter brained dumb blonde that the stereotypical wizards of today made her out to be. She had a slight attitude and a sharp tongue, but like Godric, was amiable and the only time she made use of the attitude and cutting retorts was when she was really pissed. After all, why do you think that the house colors were yellow and black? Those where the color of a bee (or a wasp), and a hive of annoyed bees (or wasps) out for your blood was bound to be painful (if allergic, runs the risk of dying). And since bee stings are poisonous, it is fitting that she knows all about poisons. Here's an interesting story you might like to hear. It was about a wizard who had commented on her weight. Yep, I bet you know where THAT'S going. You see, he had told her, in some not-so- pleasant-terms, that she should lose some weight, and you know what happens when a person comments on a woman's weight. Helga vowed then and there that there was revenge in store for the as I quote her "bastard", and the next night poisoned him with a less-then-legal but almost illegal potion. The fact that the potion had been only almost illegal had let her off with only a fine of five hundred galleons.
Now, onto Rowena. Umm, well the stereotypes were mainly correct. She always had her nose in book, and was always studying something, of course the fact that she studied everything proved to be very embarrassing for her when she was caught reading the Kama Sutra. Uhh, I trust that you know what that is for I wish not to explain it. Well, when Godric found her, she screamed bloody murder, for he caught her...practicing, shall we call it, on a very attractive wizard of twenty one summers. At the end of the whole fiasco, I learned that Godric could turn several colors; among them are rose, red, burgundy, maroon, dark red, pink, a slight robin's egg blue, violet and multiple shades of grey. He beat Rowena and her lover by the blue color. Well in all actuality, he only beat the boy. Rowena turned a beautiful grayish blue. I'm telling you, it was a…how you say...Kodak moment.
Well, now onto me. I'm…uhh…well I promised you a profile on the Founders and I will give it to you! But, I don't like to talk about myself. I'm nothing to be proud of really. Just your normal everyday wizarding lord. Yep, that's me. Well, as normal as a wizard gets anyway. At any rate, I'm pretty amiable, unless you somehow piss me off, then you will most definitely die, unless you're a friend or ally. I'm a prankster, far better than the Marauders and Weasley twins combined! It's my one true joy and hobby. I suppose that's where people get the "cunning" part of Slytherin House from. I'm courageous, kind of. It's more like I'm determined to be courageous. But if there's a Manticore after me…HELP"Knowledge is power" yep, one of my favorite quotes. I guess that's where people get the "ambition" in Slytherin House from. I have all the bad traits of the other three Founders in me, and I dabble in the Dark Arts, okay, so I'm completely engrossed in my research of the Dark Arts, it's not like it means I'm evil! No really, I'm not! I'm just a radical! All right, so I kind of was the Founder of Nazism and the purity of blood shenanigans; but it's not like I ever acted on them. Great, so now I'm having a one-sided conversation with a drunkard in Knockturn. I do believe that my IQ just dropped ten points
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"Potter, Harry" McGonagall announced to the hall. Whispers broke out in the Great Hall, as people pointed and gasped at Harry/Salazar. Salazar could've ignored them, but had to act as if they were affecting him. He walked up to the stool and place Godric's hat on.
"Well, well, well. A Founder! Haven't talked to one of you in years" the Hat sounded delighted.
"You talk as though I am some type of rare species of sentient animal" Salazar replied amused.
"You still have the same sense of humor" the Hat replied. "But let's get down to the business at hand, shall we"
"By all means"
"Well, since you ARE Salazar Slytherin, it is only fair that you should…" Godric cut the Hat off.
"No, I want to be placed into Gryffindor. I want to be Sorted into a place that Harry Potter, the hope of the Wizarding world and the Boy-Who- Lived would be placed" Salazar demanded. It was crucial for people to underestimate him. If he was underestimated, he would be trusted much more, and Tommy would be more inclined to play around with him when they encountered each other. If he played around with Salazar, Salazar would have the chance to "reform" him somehow. Salazar also knew that when the War will once again resume, he needed to be the beacon of hope, the light if Dawn in the midst of a moonless night (A/N: God that sounded SO cliché), and he wouldn't be able to do that properly if he was in the so called "evil" house.
"Very well, better be GRYFFINDOR"
