Chapter 22: A Raven Memory

"Rowena what are you doing here?" Helga said as she walked over to Rowena. Rowena turned her attention over to Helga. "Shouldn't you be off finishing Ravenclaw tower?" Helga asked. Helga was a small, petite, girl with blonde hair that was curled and placed in a very fine half-ponytail. Helga had honey brown eyes with the sweetest smile. She was very good natured and sweet.

"Good morning Miss Rowena, Miss Helga," Godric Griffindor said as he walked up next to the twenty-one year old with hair black as night that reached down to the small of her back but was always held up in a tight bun. Her eyes were green and she always wore very dark dresses, a complete opposite to Helga Hufflepuff who was always all smiles and sweetness. Rowena spent much of her time reading and studying.

"You'd think that after knowing each other for so long, you'd call us by our names Godric," Helga said as she smiled at the handsome man that stood besides Rowena. He was surely handsome with his blonde hair and blue eyes. He had a very fine face that seemed to be carved by angels and was a perfect gentleman, full of chivalry.

"Pardon me, Miss Helga," he said with a very charming smile as he looked at her. Rowena merely raised brow at this, but continued to pay her attention to the room that she was working on. "I've finished with Griffindor tower and I was wondering if either or you would like to join me in the Great Hall for breakfast. It seems such a shame to put Miss Rowena's great work on the ceiling to shame by not dining in it," he said as he looked over at the ladies.

"I'd wish for you to go on ahead, there is something that I'd like to finish here," she said as she looked over at Helga and Godric with a smile. They both merely nodded in response. Godric bowed as he took Helga in his arm while Helga curtsied. Rowena turned away and stared at the wall and paced in front of it thinking that she wanted to use the washroom. After a few moments a door appeared out of nowhere. Rowena walked over to the door and opening it she found a washroom and she smiled.

"Rowena," Rowena slammed the door closed and jumped in fright at the sound of the velvety voice. She tried her best to smile as Salazar walked up to her. As usual his long, straight black hair was held in a ponytail tied at the base of his neck, which was tied with a silver ribbon. He was wearing very fine black robes that made his pale skin look far more pale then it really was and his eyes were shining as he walked up to her.

"Salazar, you scared me," she said as he walked over to her. He stared at her with his black gaze and looked to the door for a moment.

"Working on your very own secret room?" Salazar asked as he turned his gaze back to Rowena. She blushed at this, it was true she hadn't wanted anyone to know what she'd been working on, but it was not because it was to be a secret. She just thought that the Room of Requirement, as she was calling it, would simply be used when it was required. She didn't want it to be something that all the future students of Hogwarts to know about.

"Something of the sort, but what brings you up here?" she asked as she stared into his eyes. He had his hands held behind his back as he advanced towards her. He furrowed his brow at this as he stared at her.

"You know why, Rowena. I am dismayed to hear that you have recently become engaged," he said as he stared down into her eyes. She blushed lightly at this and turned away from him. He was now standing very close to her. All he had to do was lean down to place a kiss on her. She felt that she could almost feel his breath on her skin.

"I don't see why you are so dismayed sir, you know that despite our love for each other, there is no possible way that our union could take place. You family is too high is society to except me in their fold and you are not in the favor of my father," Rowena said as she looked up into his eyes. He stared down at her.

"I cannot deny the circumstances that keep us apart, but I would not want to lose you for any reason at all. Much less would I like to lose you to another man," he said as he stared down into her eyes. She could feel tears coming to her eyes as she stared up at him.

"No one would approve of this, not our families and not even our dearest friends. And you cannot deny that you do not care for what people think, for if that were so you would have told Godric and Helga of your affections towards me, instead of behaving so cold and distant to me when they are around," Rowena said as she stared into his eyes.

"Rowena, why won't you simply admit to me once and for all that your only objection to me is my interest in the Dark Arts," he said as he stared down at her as tears started to pour from her eyes.

"All right! Your powers frighten me! How can you endeavor as to meddle in such dark magic, which only corrupts the being! I love you Salazar, I don't want to lose you to Dark Magic," Rowena said as she looked into his eyes.

"Do you think me so weak?" he asked as he grabbed her face in his hand and placed a very rough kiss on her lips. He pulled away and glared as he stared down at her eyes. "Then keep your precious fears my dear."

Viktoria sat up in bed and yawned as she put aside the book she'd fallen asleep reading. She'd been reading Rowena's diaries, of which there were three. One was of her private life, another was full of information about Hogwarts and its construction and the charms of it, and the last was full of spell, charms and potions that she'd invented. Many which Viktoria found highly useful and was studying diligently.

However, she was very interested in the other diaries as well. The one of Hogwarts provided a lot of information on the school which would be useful in case that the school were ever attacked again. The main reason why she'd sent the book to McGonegall, who was very grateful.

The diary of her private life was very interesting to her. It was of her relationships with the rest of the founders and the people of her life, it was very fascinating. She was fascinated how she wrote of Helga's love for Godric and how Godric was oblivious to it. She also wrote of her turmoil as she was in love with Salazar and she couldn't help but feel that Rowena's relationship with Salazar reminded her of her own with Severus. The only difference was that Rowena refused to marry Salazar, despite the fact that he was the loved of her life, and Viktoria had married Severus.

Of course, shad hadn't showed Remus that particular diary or ever spoke to him of it. She didn't want anyone to know of Rowena's private life and the only reason that she didn't feel bad about reading of her private life was because she could sympathize with Rowena, something that she feared that no one else would.

TBC…

A/N: I realize that this chapter is slightly pointless, but just wanted to show that incidents at times seem to repeat themselves. Although not in the same manner.