AN: This is the second scene from the 'Foundation of Hogwarts- Relay Event'. The first scene has been written by Ralinde and the other two will be continued by Twisted Tale and Under the Weeping Cherry Tree. My first paragraph is Ralinde's last paragraph and in the same way this will be continued. The link to the next part is: s/8559077/1/The-Foundation-of-Hogwarts. It's been written by Twisted Tale, from Rowena's POV.
The next day, they were standing on top of the hill, once again overlooking the valley they now owned. They knew it would take them a lot of work to realise their dream, but they were confident they would succeed. Come harvest, the first students would start at what they had agreed upon would be called the Academia Hochwairtha, but which soon degenerated into 'Hogwarts'.
Word of their new school spread through all the wizarding communities of Great Britain, faster than Godric, Rowena, Salazar and Helga had expected. Everyone knew about Academia Hochwairtha and rumours of a select few children, being hand picked for the new term, by the founders themselves were heard wide and near.
On several occasions, the four founders crossed many folk, who begged and pleaded with them to choose their children for Academia Hochwairtha. Sometimes, they would even find themselves being threatened or bargained with. These unexpected actions, brought about several disagreements between Godric, Rowena, Slazar and Helga.
Salazar in the first place, only wanted the pure-blooded to attend Academia Hochwairtha. Godric, on the other hand felt that those with bold and courageous personalities should be given an extra preference. Rowena and Helga expressed their views by saying that they thought that the witty and the loyal, respectively should be the ones to be selected for Academia Hochwairtha.
There were times, when they argued for hours on end, about how they would choose the students. They thought of many possibilities- like having a test for all those interested in joining their school or having a show, which consisted of all the young wizards and witches in Great Britain, to display their magical talents, but each one seemed as unlikely as the next.
It was only after several months of discussion that they finally came up with a conclusion. It was Helga who first initiated the idea, and Rowena, who volunteered to carry it out. It all happened late one evening, when the four of them were having a meal at the local bar.
They were in the middle of discussing all the subjects that they would offer and who to choose as the other Professors of the school, when Helga suddenly commented, "I was thinking, to select the students, how about we charm a quill to make it write a list of all those worthy to be selected as Academia Hochwairtha students? We could even get it to sort them into four houses named after us, while doing so."
Godric nodded his head enthusiastically. "That's an amazing idea!" he exclaimed. Turning to Rowena, he then said, "Rowena, you are the smartest, of all of us, by far. Do you think this would be possible to carry out?"
Rowena nodded her head shyly. "I know," she explained, "that it will be, by all means very difficult. But I sure that if it works well, it will be a major success and I am determined to try."
"Yes," Salazar agreed, a look of approval on his face, "I like the sound of this. However, instead of getting the quill to sort the students randomly, how about we enchant an object, like a hat or a stick, to look inside the students' minds and accordingly sort them, to their characteristics? We could hold a sorting ceremony for all the students, when they arrive."
"That's an interesting thought, Salazar," Rowena commented, "I certainly find the idea of enchanting an unanimity item to look inside someone's mind really intriguing. I would be honoured to say, that I'm more than inclined to commit myself to this task."
Godric clapped his hands, excitedly. Taking his hat of the top of his head, he carefully laid it down on the table. "I thus lay this hat here," he dramatically said, "as a seal of our agreement. I hope that this will be the very hat, which will be enchanted to sort all our students."
Everyone laughed and they shook hands with each other, in the deal. They ordered the bartender for second mugs of fire-whiskey, to celebrate the final decision making occasion. Together, they laughed, drank and talked till their hearts content, also visualising their soon-to-come students, being sorted with a sneaking sense of pride. No doubt there was a lot of work, still left to be complete, but for now, their minds were content.