AU: I am so sorry about the wait. I had been spending all my time on trying to get my Hogwarts reads stories up on another site. Then all of a sudden that site was told to shut down the same stories. So after some angry months where I thought I wouldn't write again, I finally decided to start this story back up.

I was asked to rewrite down the website that I got my British recipes from so here it is. www. Greatbritishkitchen .co .uk!

Now on with the story...

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny finished their lunch with secretive smiles on their faces. Molly just smiled at them. She had half a mind to ask what was going on, but she realized that teenagers still needed some secrets. The four teenagers went outside to the Weasleys pond to go swimming after lunch. The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing and just being teenagers. When it came time for dinner there was a surprise waiting for them.

When Harry walked into the Burrow he was met with a pink haired blur. "Oh Harry! You did it! You got this old wolf to see what he was missing. How on earth did you manage it?"

Tonks was talking so fast Harry thought she was channeling Hermione. "Relax Tonks; all I told him was to tell you what he told me after I realized that he wouldn't let you go. I hope that you two are happy together." Harry turned to go sit down at the table when he looked over at Tonks again, "And if the old dog miss behaves then just let me know and I will set him straight again."

Everyone laughed at Lupin's red face. They all sat and joked about this and that. When Molly pulled out the treacle tart for dessert, everyone was getting sleepy; none more than Harry and his friends. After the tart, Remus and Tonks bid them all goodbye and left thru the floo. Harry and his friends bid Molly a goodnight and went upstairs to bed. Little did they know that part of their mysteries would be solved in the middle of the night.

Harry's head had barely hit the pillow when he found himself pulled into a dream. The room was filled with fog that came up to his shoulders. Off in the distance he could hear someone screaming and still others yelling. That is until a deep, commanding voice permeated the fog. "Shut Up!" Then there was silence. Harry could only hear his own breathing as he walked slowly towards where the screaming had been coming from. Just when he was about to yell out for someone; he heard an all too familiar voice in the fog. "Oh really" it had said exasperated. Then with a whispered spell that Harry didn't know the fog seemed to be sucked into an invisible vacuum. The caster kept the spell going till all of the fog was gone.

What Harry saw made him laugh. Sitting on the ground in front of him was Ron whining about his ankle; Hermione fussing over Ron ,and Ginny sitting on the floor holding her sides, as she tries to keep from laughing.

"Well you three are a sight for sore eyes. However do any of you know what's going on" Harry asked.

Ginny had apparently gotten herself under control as she looked around. "This appears to be the land of dreams. Mum used to tell me about it. She said that in the land of dreams the dead can visit you, but only if there is great need for it. She said that many believe that the Land of Dreams is where Merlin got all of his knowledge."

Just then there was a booming voice "Not quite my dear. I studied long and hard for that knowledge, however I am allowed to pass that knowledge onto my heir through the land of dreams."

Out of the shadows stepped a young man wearing a sandy colored tunic and red pants. Hermione being the only one to actually study Merlin's life and times recognized him for who he was.

"I am sorry Merlin but we are not your heirs."

"No I must say you aren't my heir, nor are the three others around you. However we will be joined shortly by my heir as well as Lady Morgana's and Madame Celeste's. You four however will be stuck with them."

Merlin raised his hand and spoke something that the children didn't recognize. A door appeared out of the once blank wall. It opened to reveal four smartly dressed individuals. The tall, slender female in front had flowing brown curls that cascaded down her back. She was dressed in a royal blue gown fit for a princess. The second female was no less beautiful then the first; for as the first had a figure of a classic dancer; the second was, in Harry's opinion, much more realistic. She was slender, but had some delightful curves that would make most men beg. She had hair as red as the flames that seemed to flow and dance like the fire in the Gryffindor common room. Her eyes held mischievousness that even the twins would be deathly afraid of. This was brought out all the more for she was chuckling at the first woman who seemed to be having a heated debate with a man dressed in red and gold. He was tall with an athlete's body, his red hair was spiked so that it looked like his head was on fire. His brown eyes danced with laughter as he argued with the lady in blue. What made Harry laugh though was the second man. He was tall but not quite at the six feet of the other male. He was skinny, almost emaciated and was currently muttering under his breath. All that Harry caught was "Do I really have to put up with them…. If this goes on much longer I will personally lock them in a cupboard until they snog each other senseless… If Helga would quit antagonizing them maybe I would get some peace and quiet…"

Harry's laughter suddenly caught the attention of the second man. He walked over to him. "What may I ask is so funny"

"Nothing really" Harry answered him "It's just that I have thought about locking those two in a broom cupboard for some time now."

"You understood me" he asked. "Well yes." Harry said back uncertainly.

Suddenly the second man stood up straight. "Oy Godric, would you and the lovely Rowena like to continue this another time. We have heirs here that need to be trained up fully before they wake up from dream land."

The bickering couple stopped abruptly and turned towards the teens. The second lady or Helga has Harry had heard the second man call her, came around to stand right in front of them. She turned to the man in red "Oh brother of mine. It looks like, that prophesy came true. Because if these two" she pointed between Ron and Ginny "aren't brother and sister then I will forever congratulate you on that blasted sorting hat of yours."

Hermione was laughing at Ron and Ginny while they stared at the Founders like fish out of water. The tall elegant women in blue smirked, "I wouldn't be laughing my dear. After all if things progress correctly then you are most likely in love with this red headed male here." She pointed at Ron. This caused Ron and Hermione to blush as bright as a rose.

Harry and Ginny laughed at Ron and Hermione. That is until a large gong like sound exploded behind them. Harry spun around with his and drawn. However what he saw made him smile. There standing a few feet away were two people lying on the ground groaning, while another was standing there like she owned the place, staring around with large silver eyes.

As much as Harry wanted to run over to them he had to make sure they were who they say they are.

"Hey Luna, What was the first thing you ever said to Ron? She smiled at Harry "I mentioned that Ron had taken Padma to the Yule Ball."

Harry smiled then turned towards the two that had just stood up. "Neville what did you show me right before Luna said that to Ron?" Neville smirked, "My Mimbulus Mimbletonia."

Neville turned to the girl beside him. "Hannah what were we talking about just three hours ago?" Hannah Abbott blushed "You had just asked me to be your girlfriend and I had accepted."

Neville then turned towards Harry "It's her mate. Now can you tell me what is going on here? Last thing I remember was going to bed and falling asleep." Luna smiled at him "This is the Dream Land. You come here to speak to the dead so that may teach you things that you need to know. Though I am not entirely sure why I am here, as I am just a nobody."

There was an uproar from everyone present. Harry however was heard over everyone. "Luna you are definitely not a NOBODY! I never want to hear you describe yourself in such a fashion ever again!" His words were spoken in such an authoritative manner that everyone else stood there silently no one wishing to hear that tone towards them. Luna started crying "I haven't heard anyone say something like that to me since my mother died. I thought you guys just kept me around for a laugh. I didn't realize that you all cared for me." Harry walked forward and wrapped his arms around her. "Luna I was so used to hearing that nonsense come from my so called family that I never want to have one of my friends thinking about themselves in that way. And yes Luna you are my friend. Any one that is willing to put their lives on the line for me, such as what you did at the end of last year, is not someone that I would keep around just for a laugh. Now I am not saying that some of what you say isn't going to make us laugh. But know that we are your friends and are not laughing at you." Harry could feel Luna nodding against his chest. He let go of Luna and stood back.

"Now Neville to answer your question from earlier, I have absolutely no idea why we are here. However I am sure that these fine people will explain it all to us in just a minute." Harry then turned towards the founders and Merlin to see that two more women had joined the group.

One woman could only be described as an angel. She was a tall willowy creature that was wearing a dress of pure white. Her hair was a silvery blonde mass of curls. In fact Harry half expected her to be half Veela from the way she moved over to Luna. However the second woman looked everything you would expect a princess to look. Her brown hair flowed around her. She had a presence about her that screamed Royalty. Her dress was made of a golden silk that shimmered with its own magic with every move she made.

Merlin smiled "Now that we are all here I do believe that an explanation is in order." He conjured chairs for everyone to sit on. "Now first things first I believe introductions are in order." He pointed towards the women in white "This is Madame Celeste. Much like your Luna Lovegood she can say the strangest things but that comes from being a seer and her ability to see things that most normal people cannot." He then pointed towards the woman in gold. "This here is the love of my life; the Lady Morgana D' le Fey. Many have thought her a dark and evil witch however she truly believed that Arthur would not accept magic like their father. So she did her best to see to it that Camelot was brought back to its days of magic. The way she did things may not have been exactly light but she has never been evil." Merlin then pointed towards the two red heads. "These two are Lord Godric Gryffindor and Lady Helga Hufflepuff. They are indeed brother and sister however Helga took her mother's maiden name whereas Godric took their father's name." He pointed towards the lady in royal blue, "This you may have guessed already is the Lady Rowena Ravenclaw. She is indeed quite the scholar however if it wasn't for her hanging out with Godric, Helga and her Salazar she would have lived with her books and never entered the land of the living." This earned him a glare from Ravenclaw and a quite chuckle from the others. "Now to the last man in our group here is Lord Salazar Slytherin. He like the Lady Morgana is considered a dark wizard but he is no more evil than any of you all. Now for me I am The Great and Powerful Merlin!" After he said this in an announcer's voice he was hit by four different women and glared at by four others younger ones. "Right sorry I can get ahead of myself sometimes. Any way you seven are our heirs. While you are here we will make sure that you got everything that you need and also tell you about the prophesy about the seven of you."

Harry stopped Merlin at the mention of a prophesy, "You mentioned the prophesy earlier and I would like to hear it first. You may or may not know that there is already a prophesy about me out there and I for one am not too keen on learning about another one."

Merlin laughed, "Yes Harry we do know about that prophesy. Madame Celeste may be dead but every time a prophesy is made she gets a notification and a written statement about what was in the prophesy. Now for this prophesy it states 'The Seven Heirs of Hogwarts will rise. They will rise when the world is in great need. Gryffindor and Hufflepuff will be brother and sister of blood. Ravenclaw will be the glue of the four. Slytherin will hold great strife throughout his life. Slytherin and Gryffindor will be brothers in all but blood. Merlin will be bound in magic and in mind. While Le' Fey will be quiet and unnoticed. Celeste will have hid her talents without knowing from a great loss. The Seven Heirs of Hogwarts will rise.' As you can see the prophesy was more about what qualifications had to be fulfilled for the heirs to gain their titles. Now I believe we will check to make sure you each got all of our knowledge and strengths. The easiest way to do this is Legitimancy. Now we will pair up with whomever our heir is so that this done quickly. We don't want to keep you all from your restful night's sleep."

This caused a few to laugh while Harry edged away; the last thing he wanted was to have someone in his mind again. Salazar noticed Harry's reaction out of the corner of his eye. He snuck over to Harry "Not had a good experience with Legitimancy have you child?" Harry turned towards Slytherin "My Occumelency teacher was never very kind with his teaching." Salazar nodded "Then perhaps we shall test you in other ways. Do you know who you are the heir to?" Harry smirked "why you good sir." Salazar was a bit taken back by this. He recalled the information from the Prophesy and turned towards Harry. "The prophesy states that you will have a hard life. Could you please tell me a little about what that might mean?" Harry had turned to see what his friends were doing as he thought about the best way to answer him.

All of them looked to be having a staring contest with the older people in the room. Ron was partnered with Godric; Hermione with Rowena, Ginny with Helga, Luna with Celeste, Hannah with Morgana and Neville was sitting cross legged in front of Merlin himself.

Harry turned back towards Salazar "I have been through every amount of abuse you can think of before Hogwarts and then every summer after. Plus all of things I did at school. Saving a magical stone that can give you immortality from a possessed teacher in first year, fighting a Basilisk and a memory of a sixteen year old dark wizard whom was draining the life force out of lady Hufflepuffs heir over there in second year, plus dealing with a large amount of Dementors and an escaped mass murderer out for my blood in third, Fourth year was fun we had a tournament that I was entered into illegally and I faced a fully grown nesting Hungarian Horntail, merfolk and a large maze only to be ambushed and forced to resurrect the bastard that killed my parents, Fifth year I had to deal with every thinking I was an attention seeking brat and then lost my godfather at a battle near the end of the year. So yes I can safety say I have had a very hard life."

Salazar was staring at Harry with his jaw on the floor. He knew from experience that those that had been abused normally turned cold towards life. He had been lucky, when Godric had found out how he had been treated at home, he had raged in like a lion on the kill just to rescue him. Then Salazar had spent his remaining childhood with Godric and his family. That was how they had come up with the plan to start Hogwarts in the first place. Not as much as a school but as a refuge for those that needed it. Now to hear that Hogwarts had actually heaped on the problems for this young man, it made his blood boil. When he had come back to the here and now he smiled at Harry "Well I think that proves that you are indeed my heir. Now please tell me you went to Slytherin house. There are certain spells in place to alert the head of house of children that are mistreated at home." Harry laughed "Now that I know that I would have gladly gone to Slytherin house. However, at my sorting I didn't want to associate myself with the bastard man that killed my parents; so I asked to go anywhere but Slytherin. So I became the wolf in sheep's clothing if you will. I was sent to the one house that Slytherins hate above all others in my time, Gryffindor."

Salazar looked at Harry shocked to the core, and then he started to laugh. A deep baritone laugh that was as smooth as silk. Harry looked at him as if he had lost his mind. "You young man, are a Slytherin through and through. You became a Gryffindor and hid your Slytherin talents didn't you?" Harry laughed "Not well enough. The whole school knows I'm a Parselmouth and I use my cunning and ambition in other ways so that the Gryffindors don't realize I'm doing it." Harry then met Salazar's eyes with his own. That's when Salazar struck; Harry seemed to be paralyzed from head to toe. Salazar viewed every memory that he found quickly and quietly. When he released Harry it was to see two Emerald eyes staring at him with a cold calculated look. "I thought you said you would test me without the Legitimancy. Then you spring an attack on me. As your heir there isn't anything I can do against you but I could break your house down at Hogwarts till there is nothing left of it." Salazar began to back pedal quickly "Harry I'm sorry I saw an opportunity and I took it. Now that I have seen what you've been through, I can honestly tell you I understand you better. Plus I know that you need no further assistance in your training. Perhaps you will let this go in time but know that what's done is done. Now I think it's time you woke up in your cot as there is nothing more I can teach you." Salazar turned towards Merlin who gave a nod of his head. Salazar touched Harry's head with a delicate finger.

Suddenly Harry woke up in his bed at the Weasleys. He turned towards Ron's bed and saw him staring at Harry. "Mate did that just happen for real? Cause if it did, I'm not sure I want to go back to sleep tonight." Harry understanding what his friend meant climbed of his bed. "How about we go make some tea and calm down. After all at least we now know now who all the heirs are.

The two young men sat down at the Burrow's kitchen table and sat in silence; both thinking about what they had learned in dream land.