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Chapter 6: The Truth of Salazar Slytherin
"Damnit!" Ginny yelled, "How the hell do I work this bloody thing?!"
She was in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, trying to go to the Chamber of Secrets. She needed somewhere to be alone, somewhere no one would think to look or wouldn't be able to look. That's why she was, at the moment, trying to open the Chamber. She then kicked the sink and yelled "OPEN!"
The sink then started to come apart. The top floated up in the air, the sink she had kicked, lowered into the ground, and a huge pipe could be seen. Ginny then looked around, making sure no one had heard and come to see what was happening, completely missing theeight Slytherins behind the door, and jumped into the pipe. She slid down the long pipe for what seemed like an hour, but was really only a minute. When she came out, she was in a dark, damp room that had tons of skeletons on the ground. She walked through a tunnel towards another cave like room.
She came to where the ceiling had caved in, staring at the small hole they had used to get out, and said, "Well, this won't do, will it? I'm not small enough to fit through there anymore." So she lifted her hand and said a small incantation, causing the rocks to move firmly into place on the ceiling and walls, opening the passage once again. She didn't even seem to notice she did it without her wand and that she said the incantation in parseltongue.
She continued on her way, coming to the small tunnel that leads to the main chamber. When she was in the main chamber, that was when she realized what she had been doing. Using parseltongue and Dark Magic to get here, and she didn't even know what she was going to do while down here. 'Hmm… maybe I can find Slytherin's personal study. That would be interesting. Where could it be though?'
So Ginny started looking around. She looked through every tunnel and pipe she could find before it hit her. 'On top of the statue!' She started climbing, going all the way up to his head, where she noticed a door. Ginny walked over to it slowly, not knowing if it was cursed to where only the heir of Slytherin could enter. It didn't seem cursed so Ginny told the door to open, in parseltongue of course, and went inside.
She started looking through all the books, looking up spells and other powers that were extinct. She then came across a paper on Slytherin's desk. It seemed to have a prophecy on it, but the paper was so old that it was unreadable. The only thing that could be made out was: Dark Lord….. Boy born as the seventh month dies….The Dark… A young girl, raised one of seven, defined by red…….Betrayed by a close friend…… War will end.
"But what does that mean?! I know it has to be referring to Voldemort and Harry, but…. Who is this girl? Who do we know that has power, is a girl, six of something, and is defined with red? What does that even mean?" Ginny said to herself. Before she could even figure it out, a clock chimed and signaled it was midnght. "Oh shit! I was here all day! I sooo have to go." But before she could get up to leave, she felt someone put their hands on her temples, and she blacked out.
Ginny was in Slytherin's study, but yet she wasn't there. She was a mere apparition. Salazar Slytherin sat at his desk writing something down. It took Ginny a few moments to realize that it was the paper she had just been reading, the one with the prophecy. Ginny leaned over Slytherin's shoulder to read what the parchment said:
A boy born as the seventh month dies shall be the Dark Lord's downfall.
His parents having thrice defied Him.
They shall perish as the Dark turns one.
The Dark, A young girl, raised one of seven defined by red.
The Dark Lord's weakness, but also his strength,
The Boy's love, but also his defeat.
Both must beware the girl known to be,
One of seven, First in seven generations, marked by my mark.
A glowing snake on the left arm, a raven on the right, changing eyes as warning of what's to come.
Power beyond belief, Nothing anyone's seen,
A young girl, raised one of seven, defined by red, and betrayed by a close friend
War shall end.
Salazar Slytherin stopped writing and glanced up. His study door had opened, and in walked a young girl. She had pure black hair, red eyes, pure red lips, and she was pale. She looked to be around fifteen.
"Daddy," she said, "what are you doing? I thought you said my vision and my prophecy shouldn't be known."
"I did say that, Genevieve, but we need our future generations to know. Just them, though. I trust you did not disobey me? You didn't tell any of your Gryffindor friends, have you? They'll run to Godric, and he'll kill you to make sure our line does not continue." At this Genevieve's eyes swelled with tears.
"I'm sorry, Daddy! I told Emma! I told Emma! I'm so sorry, Daddy! That stupid mudblood, she kept asking me, and giving me looks! I just had to tell her to get her to stop! Please don't be mad, Daddy! Please don't tell Mom! She shall have another row with Helga!"
"It's okay, Genevieve, I shall not tell Rowena. Your mother does not need to know about the prophecy either. We shall just have to keep an eye on the mudblood." Slytherin said as he hugged Genevieve.
"I really am sorry, Daddy."
"I know. Now, let's go to dinner, shall we?" Genevieve and Slytherin then left, Ginny's vision faded to black again.
This time when her vision was clear, she was in the Great Hall with Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin, Genevieve, and some young Slytherin boy with blond hair. On one side of the Hall was Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and some young Gryffindor girl, who Ginny guessed was Emma. On the other side was Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Genevieve, and the young boy. Genevieve was hidden behind her father, while the boy stood by her, holding her hand.
"Salazar, hand her over! Your daughter can't live if she is going to bring hatred and fear to the world." Gryffindor said. 'This can't be Gryffindor! It just can't be! He's supposed to be kind and gentle to everyone! No matter what!' Ginny thought to herself.
"No, Godric! You can't have my daughter! You won't touch her, you bastard!" Ravenclaw yelled. This caused Helga Hufflepuff to flip out and send a jinx at Rowena.
"Mother!" Genevieve yelled. She pushed her mom out of the line of fire, she herself getting hit instead. Genevieve went flying backwards, slamming into a wall. She got up and screamed, "How dare you! How dare any of you! Do you know who I am?! Do you know who we are?! We are the most powerful! We are the ones with the kind hearts! I don't know what kind of lies you are telling the society, but you are the ones ruining the peace at Hogwarts!…. And you! You filthy mudblood! I trusted you! We were close friends until you found out who my parents were! Why would you betray me, Emma? Why?"
"Because, Genevieve! We all deserve equal rights! Not pureblood over half-bloods and muggleborns! Not like what your idiotic prophecy meant we would have!" Genevieve had had enough. She pulled out her wand and yelled, "Reducto!" sending Emma to fly backwards and start to bleed.
Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw started dueling, while Gryffindor and Slytherin glared at each other. 'No, no, no! This is all wrong! It's supposed to be Gryffindor and Hufflepuff sticking up for everyone! Not trying to murder them!'
Gryffindor then sent a nonverbal spell towards Genevieve. She screamed as it came towards her, completely forgetting her wand in her hands, causing Slytherin to protect her. Gryffindor took the opportunity, Slytherin was distracted so he yelled, "AVADA KEDAVRA!"
It was too late when Genevieve and Rowena saw what happened. Slytherin dropped to the ground, dead. Rowena ran to Genevieve and the young boy, quickly saying, "Run! Go! You two must stick together! You're meant for each other, don't let anything get between you two! Go, NOW!"
Genevieve and the young boy ran out of the hall, and towards the Forbidden Forest. Right as they got to the edge, they heard Rowena scream in agony. She was slowly dying, she would be on her death bed for a while because of the curse sent at her. She knew where Genevieve was, knew Genevieve would be safe, but what about Helena? What about her eldest daughter who had disappeared?
Ginny's vision faded again, into blackness, nothingness.
When Ginny woke up, she was in the Hospital Wing. She had no idea how she got there and when she sat up, her head started spinning. She could tell people were sitting all around her. She was finally able to look around and she saw Draco, Pansy, Blaise, Millicent, Grace, Theodore, Cowe, and Wilson. Ginny was shocked when she saw all of the Slytherins sitting around her, and she tried closing her eyes and opening them to see if she was dreaming. She wasn't.
"What happened? Why am I here? Why are you guys here?" Ginny said as she sat up again. Her head started spinning, but she didn't care. She wanted answers, the last thing she remembered was sitting in Slytherin's study, a ghost like figure approaching her, and a pressure on her temples. Oh, and not to mention the visions, but she doesn't want to remember those.
"OH! Madame Pomphrey! She's awake!" Grace went running towards Madame Pomphrey's office.
"What the hell is going on?" Ginny asked again.
Blaise seemed to get the courage to speak first and said, "Well, Ginny, we were walking down the corridor by Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, and we heard a yelling. We looked in to see you in front of the sinks, but the sinks were opening up and you were speaking parseltongue. We followed you down into the pipe, and through the tunnels and stuff." He stopped, apparently not knowing what to say now, so Malfoy continued.
"We saw you clear the tunnel and continue on your way. When we came to the main chamber we knew where we were. The Chamber of Secrets. We hid behind some of the statues as you looked around, we had no idea what you were looking for so we just stayed there. Then you stopped looking around and looked at the statue. You started to climb it, we were totally confused until Grace realized that you were looking for Slytherin's study." he said.
"We thought you were crazy to be looking for it, since only his heirs could get into it without being cursed. So we followed you up so that we could find you if you got cursed. When we got to the top, you were walking slowly towards a door. Probably because you knew there might be curses, but you were able to get in. We were too, since you had left the door open. We sat behind a bookshelf, watching you stare at a piece of parchment." Briant continued.
"Yeah. And then we heard you say 'But what does that mean?! I know it has to be referring to Voldemort and Harry, but…. Who is this girl? Who do we know that has power, is a girl, six of something, and is defined with red? What does that even mean?' and then the clock chimed. You realized what time it was and was about to leave, but some ghost like figure appeared in front of you, he put his hands to your temples and you passed out. You've been out since. We got you out by following a passage that led to the library. You kept saying things in your sleep like 'This can't be Gryffindor! It just can't be! He's supposed to be kind and gentle to everyone! No matter what!' and something that went like 'No, no, no! This is all wrong! It's supposed to be Gryffindor and Hufflepuff sticking up for everyone! Not trying to murder them!'." Pansy added.
"We didn't know what to do, so we just stayed here for the night. We've spent everyday, after classes here." Millicent said.
"How long have I been out?" Ginny asked.
"About four days, I think." Theodore replied. "What I wanna know from you is, how did you get into the Chamber? And how come Slytherin's study opened to you?"
"Umm….well, Nott, you remember your guys' second year, my first? The Chamber of Secrets? Yeah, that was me. And why am I telling you? I barely know you guys, and you've always made my life hell."
"You opened the Chamber of Secrets? Wow, Weasley! How'd you do that? Aren't you and your family, like, the exact opposite of Slytherin's heir? Aren't you Gryffindor's heiress?" Damion asked.
"Yes, I opened the Chamber. I don't know how I was able to, other than that diary, but still. I do know that it has nothing to do with my heritage because I don't know my heritage. I found out I was ad--, no wait adopted isn't the right word for this. But anyways, thanks for helping me."
"Yeah, now you have to put up with the nurse for a day." Grace said as she came around the curtain again. She was followed by Madame Pomphrey.
"I don't think Ms. Weasley will need a day. She seems alright and Proffessor Dumbledore came by and said that he'd talk to her and have her watched." Madame Pomphrey said.
"Oh joy. Just what I want, a day with Dumbledork and the precious Dream Team watching me." Ginny said quietly. She thought no one had heard her, but thought otherwise when the Slytherins started laughing. Ginny knew that from then on, her and the Slytherins would be very good friends.
A/N: YAY! I'm finally finished with this chapter! Do you know how long it took me to write the history of Genevieve Slytherin and her parents, Salazar and Rowena?! Trust me, it's very hard. Not as hard as making up a prophecy that matches the events of the past and present. I think I deserve a present. How 'bout a cookie? Two cookies? Three? Oh, forget it! If you love my fic and appreciate the trouble I'm having, you'll review!
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