Welcome back to Serpents and Surprises, sorry it is taking longer than I'd like to post more, but writer's block is hitting me and I do still have both school and work. So I hope this chapter makes up for it. Also, Parseltongue will be in Italics in normal writing and normal in flashbacks and will normally be stated when a character begins speaking it.
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ninjaaa0006 - Please be a morgan x Salazar fic. It'd be interesting if the basilisk was her pet and not Slytherins. Looking forward to more
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Chapter 3
Godric's POV
Today was the day our students would arrive. It was not long after they got ready and now I stood at the doors of the castle ready to welcome the students. After a lot of work, they were now ready to start teaching the students. The four core classes would be Potions was taught by Morgan, Herbology was taught by Helga, Transfiguration by Rowena, Charms by me, and Defensive Magic taught by me and Salazar. Salazar then set up the optional classes, such as runes, which Salazar would teach, alchemy taught by Morgan, the basics of divination by Rowena, magizoological studies by Helga, flying by myself, elemental magic went to Morgan, botanic magic by Helga, conjuration by Rowena, enchantment by me, and arithmancy by Salazar and Morgan. Though Morgan could have also taught ritual magic, Dark magic, and others it was decided that she not teach those unless the student could be fully trusted. It could also be noted that though Morgan was teaching Potions, Salazar would also be helping her some days. It was also easily noted, that Salazar would spend time teaching Morgan runes and spells she'd never had the chance to learn before, having focused on Elemental magic, Dark magic, Potions, Herbology, Transfiguration, some Charms, and Arithmancy. Godric wasn't sure if he should add Healing since it seemed natural to her, but so was Dark Magic.
'Filling in the gaps of her knowledge might be a good idea,' Godric shrugged to himself,'either way, I'll keep a close eye on this, it might be amusing.'
So here he sat waiting with Helga and Salazar as Rowena and Morgan brought the children.
Timeskip
Salazar's POV
As the children ate I smiled at Morgan for a moment.
"Are you prepared?" I questioned.
"Yes, my classes are ready, my rules are clearly labeled, and I am fully stocked on potions ingredients, I am as prepared as one can be for a classroom of children," Morgan joked and as she chuckled I could only think of one thing, her musical voice sounded like a phoenix's trill to him, filling him with a feeling no phoenix could ever match. He'd known her for 8 years now and he still didn't know as much as he'd like about her, but Morgan Pendragon was a powerful witch and if her family was to be believed, so was her ancestor, the Great Morgana LeFay Pendragon, Head of the Royal Family of Pendragon and Sister to the King Arthur and student to his advisor, Merlin Emrys, who earned himself the Title of Head of the Royal Family of Emrys to show his power rivaled Morgana's own.
He couldn't help but compare the status her ancestor had with the wizards and witches of dark magical affinity and his feelings for the woman before him. He felt she was interesting and more powerful than the average magic user.
After they finished eating, Morgan stood to take the student's attention and they quieted,
"Welcome students, I am Morgan Pendragon, your Potions Teacher, and owner of the lands around us. We would all like to take this moment to fully welcome you and to inform you that we are here to teach you, so feel free to ask if you are in need of help. Before you retire to your rooms, there is one thing we must announce. None of us will accept any sort of fighting between the four groups of students, you are all students, so you will treat the other groups as fellow students. Though we cannot in logically ask you to completely agree with each other within your groups, do remember that your Head Instructor is available to help settle your disputes."
She went on to tell the students that there were set curfews and that they would be led to their dorms by their Head Instructor, I took my students and returned to my room. The next day, I grew worried when Morgan wasn't seen the entire day.
"Do any of you know what is going on with Morgan?" I asked feeling worried.
"She slept in, something about her needing some rest. Then again, it is the anniversary of her Uncle's death." Helga said grimly.
I nodded, every year she spent time alone as she went back to her uncle's grave and mourned, but she started her day off by sleeping in until she could gather the will to mourn him respectfully. A few minutes later I made my way to my first class of Defensive Magic, though both Morgan and I taught it, we would sometimes work with the students alone on certain days, just so the kids could have time with one of them instead of just both of them.
After the classes were over, I decided to visit Morgan's room. I knocked twice then after a moment knocked a metal stick against the doorknob, she'd given me the stick and told him to knock the way he did so she'd know it was me.
"Come in, Salazar," Morgan called with a soft tone.
As I entered he found the white-blonde haired girl reading from a simple brown book, however normal that sight was, what wasn't normal was the serpent coiled up on her bed. The dark green snake seemed to note his entrance but didn't lift its head or look toward him only flicking its tongue in his direction.
"Remember Lilith, no killing gaze," Morgan stated in the serpent language.
"Killing gaze? Morgan, you bred a Basilisk?!" I shouted, immediately worried for the other speaker.
"You offend me, I would never harm my mistress," The serpent, Lilith, said to him.
"He means no harm, he is worried for me," Morgan told her.
"What were you thinking? Morgan, there are children here?" I said.
"Don't play the children card with me, Salazar, you are worried about me, but Lilith is bound by magic so she cannot harm me or you or the others, or the children as I've ordered she cannot unless provoked," Morgan explained waving the book which I now saw was titled, 'Magical Bindings & Bonds' by Yavan the Gentle.
I stopped and just gave her a look, all I could muster was a simple, "Are you sure?"
"I am," She said confidently.
"Okay then, Morgan," I paused, "I've been thinking for a while and though today isn't the best day of choice, this is the only time I have the courage to ask. Would you do me the honor of allowing me to court you?"
Morgan looked into my eyes and seemed to search me for any sign of some joke or mischief. There was none, however.
"I would be willing, if you can do one thing for me," She answered.
"What do you request?" I asked, perfectly ready to do as she asked.
"Tell me why. Tell me, for what reasons do you court me?" She said, making her request carefully.
"Because in my years on this world, I have never felt for any woman as I have for you. The things that captivate me most, are your eyes and your personality," I explained, it was an easy request.
I understood though, that it was just her being unsure, she didn't know if she could let just anyone court her. Her family had standards that she would live up to whether the other members were alive or not.
"Very well, Salazar Slytherin, for the moment you have my attention as a female and my loyalty as the lady you are courting," She said.
I smiled and nodded. The next day the students didn't have classes, we spent together and simply went on a date, which would then turn into more dates. The students weren't the only ones paying attention to the relationship, but Godric and Rowena were watching with satisfaction having felt the two would get together sometime soon. The eldest of the group though felt vindicated, having tried many times to match the two together. All her hard work seemed to finally take hold.
In Another Point in Time
Third Person POV
One Albus Dumbledore was sitting at his desk wearily as he finished yet another part of his ritual. He'd gathered much of the materials but the process of gathering would take another year and the needed magical energy would not fill the crystals he'd gathered for another two. It would seem his plans for the Potter girl's first few years at Hogwarts were thoroughly dashed.
It also didn't help that the Ministry was breathing down his neck about where the Potter girl was. That wasn't to mention that he had to be down in the Great Hall tomorrow for one of Hogwarts' two traditional celebrations.
If he ever got his hands on the person who took the Morgan Potter, he'd shove their wand down their own throat. He sighed and collected himself before going to bed.
Before anyone says it, yes they are already together, this is because of my lack of building knowledge and that caused me to skip the eight or so years of building the school or you would have seen a bit more. For that, I apologize but also ask you all remember that there are just things people don't know. Anyways, just putting down the safety on myself.
I hope you all liked the chapter and I hope to "see" you all next chapter.
