Hope you guys liked the previous chapter, though I'm going to need more reviews and probably more ideas for the story so let me know if you have any or anymore at least. Anyways Salena is found in this chapter and let's just say she's a bit freaked out about living in the future, this is around the time after Harry Potter is born and the dark lord has been stopped, temporarily at least. Now Severus Snape and Dumbledore learn about Voldemort's ancestor and goes to see if they can find some secrets about the Slytherin
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"Headmaster, would you please tell me exactly where we are going?" a man wearing a black cape and greasy black hair asked as he ran after a man with a long white beard and crescent shaped glasses through a huge field. The old man turned around after stopping for a brief moment.
"Severus I'll explain everything to you once we reach the crystal cave." The man's name was Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the other man was called Severus Snape, once a student at Hogwarts, death eater and spy to the dark lord and Dumbledore, and the Potions Master at the school, also head of the Slytherin House.
Dumbledore started to walk off again with Snape following him; twenty minutes later they came across a cave inside what use to be a large cliff but had been cut down to size where you could see a bunch of large blue crystals were sticking out and around it. When they reached what seemed to be the entrance of the cave, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and shot a flame at one of the crystals; unfortunately the crystal seemed unscathed.
"Why…may I ask would you shoot a spell crystal with a flame curse headmaster? This is by far one of the most impossible places to enter since it has the world's strongest crystal surrounding it, and why exactly are we here?" Dumbledore just looked at Severus and smiled as the crystal started to melt away quickly, clearing out the entrance just big enough for a path to walk in.
Severus's eyes widened at this, but shook his head as he followed his teacher and master into the cave. They slid through and climbed over crystal after crystal, until they came across an opening on the other side of one large crystal.
"Where do you think this leads?" Snape asked looking at Dumbledore.
"We're bound to find out aren't we? It could be another entrance…to what was thought to exist a long time ago."
"You're not talking about that silly legend again are you? Please headmaster, everyone knows this place was created from what the muggles would say, the earth itself. Science rubbish or whatever they call it."
"Oh you'd be surprised at what most legends hide…it could even be a special treasure of sorts. In fact, the one in here, is the most rarest treasures of all in our world." Dumbledore chuckled and walked through the entrance, lighting his wand to bring more light into the cave, better than the little cracks in the ceiling. Severus looked around the room they'd just walked into only to see what appeared to be a mummified body, crystallized in a case of crystal; its armor was still intact, and the wrinkled face still had on its helmet, with a look of pure pain on the face. Severus's face went from shock, to anger as he looked up at Dumbledore like something stupid was about to happen.
"This is your great treasure? A mummified corpse of a soldier that crystallized himself over a thousand years ago maybe; really headmaster, this is not one of your best expeditions…" Dumbledore stopped him before he could say anything else, and when he looked puzzled at the gesture, Dumbledore just smiled.
"That's not the treasure I was talking about Severus, he then pointed over to a large formation of crystals, that's it up there."
Severus looked up at the formation; shaking his head at Dumbledore, his master motioned him up to walk up there. Severus scoffed and climbed up the large hill of quartz until he reached the top. Walking to the middle of it, he looked at the formation, to see something inside. It was blurry, the figure was clouded inside; giving his wand light a wave, he saw what looked like, two figures inside; one on top of the other. Looking closer, he saw that the figure was frozen inside, like they'd been in there for only a day or two.
Severus gasped when he got a closer glimpse at the figure; he saw it was…a woman, and a snake. Looking back at Dumbledore, he saw his old teacher smiling. Severus looked back at the woman and saw that, she was no ordinary witch.
"Headmaster…i-is this, who I think it is?" Dumbledore just smiled, and shrugged at him.
"I'm not completely sure, but I have a feeling we're bound to find out so I suggest you stand back." Dumbledore raised his wand high above his head, and right after Snape jumped out of the way he blew the crystal prison to pieces within seconds. The woman's body along with the snake draped over her shoulders fell to the floor and into Severus Snape's welcoming arms. The woman was unconscious, as was the snake which now lay beside and around the two. Checking for a pulse Snape picked her up and put a floating barrier around the large anaconda and went beside Dumbledore.
"She's alive headmaster, but very weak; we have to get her to St. Mungo's!"
"No time Severus, she's coming with us to Hogwarts, all she needs is some rest, nutrition, and possibly a memory refreshment. Hold onto my arm, and we're out of here." Snape hesitantly obliged to Dumbledore's request and he apparated all four of them to the hospital wing in Hogwarts, where Madame Pomfrey had just run out of her office at the sight of them there.
"Professor Dumbledore, Professor Snape what happened? Who is that woman?!"
"We'll explain later Poppy, for now we must let her rest, and give her proper nutrition before she wakes." Poppy nodded but shrieked when she saw the large unconscious snake.
"Worry not Poppy, I'll take care of the snake. Just make sure the girl's properly cared for, and let us know when she wakes up will you?" Madame Pomfrey nodded as Snape carefully laid the woman down on a bed, letting the healer witch look her over carefully. Dumbledore left to his office to begin the daily work since it was close to the beginning of the year, and letters needed to be sent out for newcomers.
Snape on the other hand went back to his potion closet to check for inventory in case he needed to pick up more ingredients in Diagon Alley.
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Dream sequence:
Salena saw herself standing in a dirty old room with a bed in the middle of it, and a nightstand beside it, along with an old wardrobe, and a wooden chair. On the bed was a thin, pale boy with dark hair, fairly tall, but handsome in a way. He was holding a book in his hands; Salena walked up to him and tried to speak to him.
"Hello, what's your name?" she asked politely.
The boy didn't answer her, just continued onto reading his book.
"Young man, can you hear me?" the boy still didn't answer her, she reached out to touch him, but her hand went right through him. She tried again, but still couldn't touch him. Just then Salena heard a creak of a door and turned around to see a woman walk in with a man with an auburn-colored long hair and beard. The man was smiling slightly, but the woman looked almost nervous.
Looking back at the boy she could see his eyes were narrowed at the man walking and standing before him. There was a moment's silence before the man spoke up.
"How do you do, Tom? The man said holding out his hand to the boy he called Tom. The boy was hesitant, but took it and they shook hands. The man pulled up the wooden chair and sat down in it across from the bed.
"I am Professor Dumbledore."
"Professor?" Tom repeated after him, looking suspicious. "Is that like 'doctor'? What are you here for? Did she get you in to have a look at me?"
He was pointing to the door from which Ms. Cole had left earlier.
"No, no." said Dumbledore, smiling. Tom didn't believe him, instead he kept pushing forward that Dumbledore was a doctor, almost fearfully.
'What is this child's problem?' Salena thought as she heard Dumbledore give Tom an explanation on his duty in the orphanage. Their conversation went on for several minutes before Tom asked Dumbledore about his powers. Salena began to understand what this was, it was a conversation about this child's admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Dumbledore soon gave an example to Tom on using magic, smiling at him at the boy's shocked expression. Dumbledore went through some of the rules at Hogwarts, and shortly before departing, Tom spoke of something that almost made Salena want to faint.
"Professor, there's something else I don't understand."
"What's that Tom?"
"I…I can talk to snakes, yet I don't know why. Could you explain…?"
"Yes Tom and it's actually not a very common gift. It's something only a descendant of Salazar Slytherin can inherit, and it looks like you're one of them. I'll tell you more about him later next week, when I come back to take you out for school supplies. See you next week Tom Riddle."
'RIDDLE?!!!!' Salena legs almost abandoned her as she heard Dumbledore speak out the boy's name. She fell to the ground on her knees and began gasping for air as if someone almost knocked the breath out of her. She started seeing blackness surround her, she tried to call out to someone or something, but nothing came out. She started thrashing her arms around everywhere, until she felt a pair of strong hands grab her and started shaking her awake.
End of dream sequence:
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Madame Pomfrey was rushing out of her office about the strange girl thrashing everywhere on the bed, when she suddenly saw the girl's back arch, her eyes opened widely and her face twisted in a mask of pure shock and euphoria. She started gasping very, very deeply, her hands went to her face and she sat up rubbing her eyes. Pushing some hair out of her face she looked around, almost frantically, until she looked at the healer witch only feet away from the foot of her bed. She stared at her, and started to calm down.
"Young lady…a-are you alright?" Pomfrey asked, stepping just a little closer.
"Yes…yes I think I am…but where am I?"
"You're in the hospital wing, of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"Oh yes…but where are the others? What happened, did we win?" Pomfrey then showed a look of confusion on her face at the questions the young woman threw at her.
"Win what dear? What others?"
"The soldiers, the war, what happened; I remember luring General Morison into the cave, and killing him but before he died he spoke a weird chanting…like a curse, then I…I couldn't move anymore. Naomi was…oh god, where's Naomi? Where's my pet snake Naomi?"
"Dear the snake is being cared for by Professor Dumbledore, he's the one that found you and brought you here along with Professor Snape. Maybe they can explain this to you, I'm sure I won't." with that said Pomfrey walked into the hall and found Professor Minerva McGonagall, head of Gryffindor house, and Transfiguration teacher, coming her way.
"Minerva, could you please fetch the headmaster and Snape, there's a girl in the infirmary and she's a bit distraught, considering the way she was when they found her."
"Yes, Poppy I'll fetch them for you, I was just about to head down there anyway." The old woman smiled and continued in a quicker pace down the hall to the headmaster's chambers. Giving the gargoyle the password, she climbed aboard the spiral stair case and it went up to the headmaster's office. There she found Snape and Dumbledore with the snake hovering above their heads speaking in a matter of business until she walked through the door.
"Professors please excuse my intrusion but, Madame Pomfrey wishes to see you both, something about the girl you found?"
"Thank you Minerva, come Severus." Dumbledore followed McGonagall out the door and back to the hospital wing, bringing the snake where they saw Poppy handing the woman a glass of water for her nerves. McGonagall walked slowly over to the bed and placed her hand on the healer witch's shoulder. Pomfrey nodded and walked out with her into her office. The woman looked up at the two men standing before her, but almost dropped her glass when she spotted the now awake snake in a barrier hovering over their heads. When the snake spotted her, it hissed in a calming way. (Keep in mind, italics will either mean Salena's seeing flashbacks, or she's speaking in parseltongue or other memories she's seeing).
"Are you alright Naomi?"
"Yes milady, but where are we? Where are the others?"
"We're in Hogwarts, the school my father founded with Ravenclaw and them? As for the others, I'm trying to find that out now."
"Who are you men?"
"Sorry if I sound rude to you ma'am, but if you could tell us who you are first, I'm sure we'll be able to answer your questions." The old man spoke first before smiling politely at her.
The woman hesitated, but calmed herself in seconds as she pulled out her wand and with a flick of her wrist the barrier around Naomi disappeared and the snake landed softly on her knees, coiling herself up to get warm. The woman stroked the snake's head lightly with two fingers, before looking back up at the old man and the one in black.
"My name is Salena Madeline Slytherin, daughter and second child of Salazar Slytherin, eighteen years old and born in January. Who are you?"
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You like it? Hope you do, sorry about the shortness again, but I'm trying to come up with new ideas for the story. And in case you're all wondering, this is around the time after Severus becomes a teacher and Dumbledore's spy. Next chapter's about when Salena learns about Harry Potter, and becomes another spy of Dumbledore's, but also a keeper of secrets, since she's going to do everything in her power to protect Harry and possibly the Malfoys, whom she'll meet when she goes out with Snape to shop for more clothes. Read and review please.