Beginning of a Legend Chapter 11
Salazar was worried about that fact that Godric was always looking for an adventure. It was going to prove complicated when he stayed at his house. They were once again following Godric into another attempt at an adventure. Salazar could tell that Helga was very worried about where this passage went and he was too. Rowena seemed content with going, but she had also not been with them during the time before they met her. Godric stopped at the front of Zonko's and turned to them.
"We are going to need to find a way to distract the employee's," he said.
Salazar and Helga stayed silent, not really wanting to help with his plan to sneak into another secret passage. Rowena seemed to have a plan, but she didn't share it with the other three. She pointed her wand to a nearby roof and a small bundle appeared. It looked as if a baby was stuck up on the roof and she ran into Zonko's.
"What is she doing?" Helga asked.
"It's up there," they heard Rowena tell the Zonko's employee's as they came running out of the store.
She motioned for them to follow her as the employee's focused on the bundle on the roof. They followed her without a word and made there way to the back of Zonko's.
"What did you tell them?" Salazar asked when they got to the back of the store.
"That there was a baby on the roof," she replied. "We better hurry to this passageway before they realize it is just a doll wrapped in blankets."
"You think on your feet, Ravenclaw," said Godric. "I love it."
"Whatever, Gryffindor," Rowena replied. "Let's just find your secret passageway and get on with it."
Godric walked behind the register noticed the small door leading to the storage area.
"I bet if there is a secret passage it would be down there," said Godric.
"Good, lets hurry before the employee's get back," said Salazar.
The four of them slipped into the storage area just as the two employee's walked back into the store. It was dark and almost impossible to see anything.
"Lumos," Rowena whispered, and her wand lit the room up. "Where exactly is this passage supposed to be?"
"Shine the light to the left," said Godric. She did so revealing several stacked boxes. "I think the passage will be behind these boxes."
"You think?" Helga asked. "Meaning you're not sure?"
"Well, I've only heard stories," said Godric, beginning to move the boxes. "I don't think anybody can be so sure about the exact location of the passage unless they have been down there before."
"How can you even be sure this passage exists?" Salazar asked.
"Yeah," Helga agreed." It could just be a story."
"Or it could be real," said Godric, moving away the last box, revealing a hidden door.
Salazar and Helga looked at each other. Rowena seemed surprised that they had found anything and appeared to get nervous.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" said Rowena. "I am all for some adventure, but we don't have any idea where this passage leads or what we might run into."
"I thought you were the only one with me on this," said Godric.
"I honestly didn't think we would find anything down here," Rowena admitted.
"So now you're all against me?" Godric asked. "I said I was willing to go alone."
"And we said we would come with you," said Salazar. "We can't let you go into this place alone and I'm sure that we can take care of ourselves."
Before anybody else could object, they heard the door close from above and the sounds of footsteps coming down. Godric quickly opened the door and the four of them rushed in. Rowena closed the door and magically placed the boxes back where they had been before. The four of them turned around to see a long dimly lit tunnel. The rocks seemed to glow, lighting up the whole tunnel. Salazar began to get nervous as they made their way down the tunnel. The four of them were silent as they studied the strange rocks. It was clear that there was magic behind them, but it was unclear who was behind the magic.
"This is all kind of creepy," said Helga.
"Yeah," Salazar agreed. "I have a bad feeling about this."
"I think you may be right," said Godric. The other three looked at him surprised.
There was a sudden bang and the four of them jumped. The air suddenly got cold and they could see light at the end of the tunnel. It appeared that where ever they were, it was snowing. They exited the tunnel and looked around the bright area. It didn't appear that anything was around there. It was just a vast snowy valley.
"Where are we?" Helga asked.
"Good question," Salazar replied. "It's summer in Hogsmeade, which means we have to be pretty far from there."
Rowena scanned the area appearing to notice something familiar about it. The others just stared at here, waiting for her to speak. She was silent for several minutes before she turned to them.
"It seems to be some place in the north, but I can't exactly be sure of where this is," said Rowena.
"Maybe we should go back," said Helga turning back to the tunnel.
All three of them looked to see that the tunnel was gone. They were trapped in the barren snow fields without any knowledge of where they were.
"This isn't good," said Salazar. "How are we supposed to get back now?"
"No idea," said Godric.
"This was your idea," said Helga.
"I know," said Godric, "but I didn't know that the tunnel would disappear after we left it."
"We can yell at Godric later," said Salazar. "Now we need to focus on what we are going to do to get out of here."
"I think the only thing we can really do is walk through this valley and hope we run into somebody," said Rowena.
"I'm not sure I like that idea," said Helga.
"Do you have any better ones?" Rowena asked. Helga was silent. "Then we better get moving."
"Are you all dizzy?" Godric asked suddenly.
"What?" The other three replied, confused.
"I feel . ." Godric started before passing out.
"Godric," said Helga running to his side. "What happened to him?"
"I don't know," said Salazar, turning to Rowena, just as she passed out.
"Somethings not right," said Helga.
"We need to find a way to get them out of here," said Salazar, beginning to feel dizzy himself. He looked over to Helga in time to see her fall on the ground. Everything began to get black and soon he too lost consciousness.