Chapter III
A/N: Here's chapter 3. In this one, we meet Godric! Yes, Salazar has a fir and dragon heartstring wand. I am in no way copying Bronze Cat's story Crusade, which I recommend highly by the way. I'm changing the way Salazar comes across the dragon. And which of the other founders he was with at the time. I've talked it over with her. And another founder will also be mentioned. Thank you to PrisonerofAzkaban711 for her beta work. Enjoy the update! SSD
Selene was very happy today. It was her 11th birthday and she knew that her brother Salazar was going to be coming from where he was being fostered for her birthday.
At seventeen, her brother had just gotten back from an adventure in Sweden and had killed a dragon. After a few months of recovering (Selene had been very upset when she found out that Salazar had been injured) he'd brought back the heartstring to Ollivanders in Diagon Alley and had had it made into a wand. Salazar would be bringing it for Selene to see. She could not wait for the chance to get a wand of her own.
Selene went and got the invisibility cloak that Salazar had given her for the last Yule. She was going to go and surprise her brother.
It was a bit of a tradition they had whenever he came home. Selene would try to sneak up on him (with varying levels of success) and Salazar would catch her. The last time he'd come home, he'd dunked her in the lake. She had managed to pull him in a few moments later.
Despite the age difference they had, the brother and sister were still close.
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Salazar was keeping his eyes peeled for his sister. Every time he came home, she would attempt to sneak up on him (with varying levels of success) before he would hear her giggles.
"You're looking for someone, Salazar, who is it," his friend Godric asked.
"My younger sister. She always tries to sneak up on me whenever she knows I'm coming home."
"How does she do?"
"She's eleven years of age, not a spy. She does have an invisibility cloak…" Salazar stopped speaking.
"What is it?" Godric asked.
Salazar waved him silent. Godric was about to draw his sword when his friend leaned to his right and yanked someone up. He saw the feet and lower legs of someone struggling in front of Salazar.
"Put me down!" yelped the voice inside the cloak.
"Take off the cloak, then I might put you down. We aren't too far from that lake that I threw you in the last time!" Salazar shot back.
Godric had never seen the kind of warmth in his friend's eyes that he saw right at that moment. He also saw that there was a lake nearby, and it looked like the water was going to be cold. It could not have melted too long ago. He nearly missed, the voice yelping,
"You wouldn't dare!"
"If you don't remove the cloak, you won't get to see what I brought from Ollivanders." Salazar had a grin on his face.
Those seemed to be the magic words. The cloak was removed and he saw a girl who had the same grey eyes and dark hair that Salazar had. This could only be his younger sister Selene.
"Let me see it then!" she demanded.
"Not until we get back to Blackwood Castle." Salazar turned in his saddle back towards his friend, who he'd forgotten in the midst of dealing with his sister.
"Selene, this is my good friend Godric Gryffindor. Godric, this is my little sister Selene."
Salazar watched as his sister looked Godric over a bit. Shrugging her shoulders, she replied, "Nice to meet you" before returning back to her brother, "So how did you find the dragon?"
Salazar had started moving his horse along, and started with, "Well actually, it was more the dragon finding us…"
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It had been a week. And Selene Slytherin was confused. Her brother had occasionally brought friends back to the Blackwood estate with him before, but none like the one who was there at the moment.
Godric was confusing. Selene did not know what to make of him. He was charming, that much Selene could tell. Her brother had a similar charm about him, but it was different.
She was also aware that both her brother and his friend used their charm on girls their age. Salazar would probably be none too amused with her sneaking around spying on both him and his friend whilst they were at the castle. Selene did not follow them into town though.
Who knew what they got up to down there? Selene was not yet sure if she wanted to know just yet.
She had other things to be doing though, there was the herd of Thestrals that were nearby. Selene had been working on getting closer to them without them bolting.
They could tell that she could see them. And that she was unafraid of them. Selene was also an occasional source of food for them.
Little did she realize that she would not be alone for long.
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Salazar, after spending a good portion of the day with Godric decided to go and find his sister. Selene had been acting somewhat oddly for the past week, and he could not for the life of him figure out why.
"Perhaps she is upset about me leaving for the trip? I've never been away from her this long."
Another thing Salazar knew. If you wanted to find someone, you asked the servants. So he decided to ask a house-elf where she was.
"She is in the forest my lord. There is a Thestral herd out there. She goes to watch them."
Salazar left the house at a run. Thestrals could get nasty if you didn't have enough food for them. And if there was a herd of them…
He would need help. And Godric was the best available choice. Salazar could not rely on Lord Blackwood's sons in a fight. They were mediocre swordsmen at best, and their magic skills were little better. It was as if all the best magical talent went into Blackwood's daughter, Rowena.
"Godric, I need your help. Selene's with a herd of thestrals."
Getting his sword as his Ollivander wand wasn't finished yet, Godric asked, "She can see them?"
"I can see them too, and you pray to whoever you pray to that you don't ever have to see them!"
The two young men were out the door in a flash.
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Selene was petting the nose of the alpha of the thestral herd, who she'd named Poseidon. The animal did not seem to mind the name.
"Selene, what the devil are you doing!" Salazar roared.
Of course the thestral herd bolted at that. It was a near stampede.
"Carpe Retractum!" Salazar shouted. His sister came flying towards him.
Once the thestrals were gone, Salazar asked, "Are you alright, Selene, did they hurt you?"
"You idiot, they hadn't done anything to hurt me! They only stampeded because the two of you came in, causing a commotion! Do you have any idea how long it'll take me to get them to trust me again? Put me down!" Selene commanded.
As soon as Salazar put her down she stormed off. Her brother and his dolt of a friend were going to pay!
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A few days later, Selene was finally getting to see her brother's Ollivander wand. It was made of fir, twelve inches long, and had a core of dragon heartstring from a Swedish Short-Snout.
"Am I forgiven?" Salazar asked as he put the wand back in its box. Selene had barely spoken to him since the incident with the thestral herd. He wanted to clear the air with his little sister before he and Godric left on their trip to the continent.
Selene had her back to him for a while, before turning around and running to him. This would be the longest they were going to be separated.
"Be careful, Salazar. Send me owls every once in a while?"
Salazar nodded before replying, "I will be careful. And I will write to you. Now why don't we see if we can't beg some meat off the cook. I would like to help you get back into the good graces of that thestral herd."
Selene smirked as her brother left. While she may have forgiven her brother and by extension his friend, she still was going to leave them a little surprise in their boots!
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A few days after they'd left, and in the middle of the sea voyage, both Godric and Salazar notice that they'd acquired a blotchy rash of white bumps along their feet. They also itched like crazy.
"Looks like somebody laced our boots with stinging nettles. It's going to be a nightmare getting the nettle hairs out!" Godric grumbled.
"That's what magic is for," Salazar grinned.
"Who did it, you think?" Godric asked.
"I have no idea. Now let's get to work on getting those hairs out." Both pulled out their Ollivander wands and went to work.
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December 1992.
Gryffindor and Slytherin students avoided each other on pure principle. Especially given the present situation with the Chamber of Secrets, things had not improved
Even though she, Harry, and Ron were in the middle of brewing the Polyjuice Potion (breaking into Snape's private stores had been nerve wracking) Hermione wanted to try and find Ariadne and ask her about Selene Slytherin.
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Finally Hermione caught a break. Ariadne was in the library. But unfortunately, it was near curfew.
Now that she'd found the Slytherin sixth year, she didn't know how to approach the older girl.
"Sit down and read before Pince notices." Ariadne hadn't even looked up.
Hermione sat down quickly. She took out her Potions homework.
The two students sat in silence for a while, before Ariadne spoke, "Now why would a Gryffindor second year be looking for a Slytherin sixth year? Do you need help with your Transfiguration homework?"
"No, I was wondering if you could tell me any more about Selene Slytherin. There's very little information on her beyond the basics," Hermione asked.
"What makes you think I know anything more about her than what the books say?" Ariadne answered the younger student's question with a question.
"Because you know the story that you mentioned in class," Hermione said back.
Before Ariadne could reply, Pince barked, "Curfew is in 10 minutes. You need to get back to your dormitories."
After that, Ariadne replied, "We best do that. Pince gets unpleasant if she isn't obeyed posthaste. I do have rounds to do as a prefect, and I'd like to get my school stuff back in my dorm. You best get back to Gryffindor tower." She then left before Hermione could ask any more questions.
This made Hermione suspect that Ariadne definitely knew more than what she had already shared. She'd get back to Ariadne after Christmas.
A/N 2: And now we've met Godric. Carpe Retractum is the "Seize and Pull" spell. It would probably work better on an organic object better than Accio. The next chapter will make a time jump in the Founders era. Selene will be 17. Please tell me what you think! SSD
