Hey guys, like the last chapter? Hope so cuz it took me hours to finish it; then again I am kinda a slow typer, but that's not important right now. I don't own Harry Potter, only Salena, Austin, Naomi, Morison, and a few others for later. Read and enjoy please.

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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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Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore were in shock as they stared at the woman who just now proclaimed herself as a living child of Salazar Slytherin himself. Dumbledore looked calmly at her soon after she spoke, but Snape just stood with his mouth wide open and his eyes completely wide. Dumbledore shook him slightly which broke him out of his gaze instantly.

"You think I'm lying don't you?" Salena asked almost in a sharp tone.

"What do you mean miss?" Dumbledore asked kindly.

"You both were just staring at me, like you'd just seen your worst nightmare or something. Now tell me who you are, I don't recall ever seeing you around here before, and where are the other soldiers? I couldn't have been asleep that long…?" Salena started stroking Naomi's head again, this time with her entire left hand. Snape and Dumbledore looked at each other with strange looks before Snape sat down on the side of the bed Salena was sitting on.

"Salena, my name is Severus Snape and I am the Potions Master here at Hogwarts. The man standing behind me is Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster here at Hogwarts, we found you completely crystallized in a cave, miles away from here; Professor Dumbledore freed you and we brought you and your snake here to heal." After Snape finished Salena just looked at him suspiciously and afterwards looked at the one called Dumbledore, right before her eyes widened.

"You…you're Albus Dumbledore? The man I saw in my vision, but you look a lot older…now at least." Salena turned back to Snape and he cleared his throat.

"Salena, what is the last thing you remember before you were crystallized?" Salena went silent for a moment before placing two fingers to her chin and gave out a loud gasp.

"I remember, fighting in the war against the western lands. They wanted our land for their own, they had already conquered most of the south and the north, but we were going to return it if we won. My father, Salazar Slytherin, had died two days before the war. My brother had a wife and two sons, and he promised them he and I would return alive, including Austin, my best friend. It was around mid-day when we began battle; many of the western soldiers had been killed or injured, as did some of my people. Samuel was fighting against the toughest men he could find, while Austin and I were escorting young soldiers of our own between sixteen and seventeen back here to be treated. I was busy bringing four more boys back to this school when…it happened." Salena's eyes started welling up with tears as she choked back a sob and tried to continue on.

"What happened next Salena?" Dumbledore asked as he sat on a bed next to Salena's.

"I had just returned back from the sixth or seventh trip when a soldier attacked me, trying to stab me. I fought him off when…I-I turned to a direction w-where…I saw, General Jason Morison, send off a curse directed at my brother. Sam made no attempt to dodge it, so I ran over to save him, until…A-Austin…" Salena started crying this time as she spoke of her love's name.

"Go on Salena, it'll be a lot better if you talk about it." Dumbledore soothed trying to comfort her with words. Salena wiped her eyes with her armor sleeve and Naomi the snake wrapped herself tightly around her shoulders.

"I ran over to help Sam, b-but before I got there…Austin…had already taken the hit. He fell back into Sam's arms, I screamed and ran over to them…taking him in my arms I begged him not to leave me…but he was…already dying, when he drew his last breath…and said…h-he loved me. I pulled him to me, and held his body tightly to mine, when I heard Morison laughing. I turned to see him fighting some older men in our army, and the next thing I know…I dropped Austin's body to the ground, running over to him I heard Sam call out to me, but I ignored it and ran until I cursed Morison into the cave. I had Naomi draped over my shoulders during this time, so I couldn't fight as well as I normally could. We were dueling, curses and hexes were flying everywhere in the cave, until I managed to weaken him. He was lying on the ground when I instructed Naomi to attack him; she bit his neck, and with his dying breath I remember…he chanted…some sort of spell, I tried to leave but my legs were frozen to the spot. I was being crystallized…and the last thing I remember hearing was Sam's voice, calling me…and seeing Morison's life fade before my eyes." When Salena finally finished she took a few short breaths before looking at Snape, whose eyes had widened after her story. Dumbledore showed a look of surprise and shock before he cleared his throat.

"Now then…I've told you my story, now tell me what happened, how long was I asleep?" Salena's patience started to wear thin; Dumbledore saw this and gave her a look of calmness and relaxing.

"Salena, this might sound a bit strange…but you've been crystallized for more than a thousand years. The war you've spoken of was won long ago, Samuel and most of his army survived thanks to you; but as the story goes, the one person who disappeared but had never been seen again, was you. They knew where you were, but by the time they found out, they'd assumed you were dead because the cave we found you in, was completely covered and coated in magic crystal, almost impossible to get through."

When Dumbledore finished, Salena's face had gone into complete shock and little anger in her eyes. Thinking this was all a big misunderstanding, she shook her head and waved her hands a little in the air.

"No, no this can't be true…I'm not in the future, Sam should appear any time now, and tell me this is all one of his little tricks like before. C'mon Sam, Maria, you can all come out now, the joke is over…" Salena smiled a big smile but it soon faded when no one came into the room, Snape and Dumbledore just shook their heads and Salena's eyes went to worry and shock as Naomi gave out a low but deadly hiss.

"No…this can't be…y-you can't seriously mean that I'm…actually in the future. No…"

"I'm afraid you are Salena, you're in the future, this is the year of 1991 (correct me if I'm wrong because this is supposed to be around the time when Harry's only ten)."

"Y-You're serious…that I'm in…in the…" the minute Salena stopped talking she suddenly screamed at the top of her very lungs. As she gave out a scream Snape and Dumbledore both had to cover their ears tightly and the loud sound waves echoed through the school and shattered all the windows in the hospital wing but only cracked a few others. The screaming went on for about three to three and a half minutes, when Salena almost collapsed on the bed almost losing every amount of oxygen she had left.

When it was safe the two almost deaf professors removed their hands from their ears and began to relax themselves as they managed to soothe Salena into a calm mood.

"I'm sorry, I needed that." She apologized.

"S'alright, just make sure you give off a warning next time please." Snape snarled in an almost snapping tone. Salena looked at him and grinned in sheer humor, seeing on how she just found the man's part weakness. Looking up at Dumbledore she took a deep breath and asked him something.

"Where is he?" she asked him.

"Hmm, where is who Salena?"

"Tom…my descendant, Tom Marvolo Riddle, or the one you would call the heir of Slytherin. I know who he is because I remember while I was asleep; I had visions about him as a child until now. I saw when you came and told him about Hogwarts just before I'd woken up here, that and pretty much more than I think I should have."

The two professors exchanged looks at each other then turned back to the oldest living witch in the world, even if she did only look eighteen.

"Well Madam Slytherin, Tom was a Dark Wizard, and he no longer used his father's name; he is now known as Voldemort, to everyone around here and to his followers, the Death Eaters."

"What happened to him Dumbledore?" Salena asked giving the old man a look.

"A prophecy, concerning a boy and Voldemort was created to say the child would defeat the dark lord, but ten years have passed since then and he's no longer around, for now."

"I know about that, I also know that Professor Severus Snape here is also a death eater and a spy for you because he knows of the prophecy, concerning that woman, Lily Evans Potter was it? I know a lot more than you think Professor, but there are some things I won't learn until later on while I'm here…hey where's Naomi?" Salena looked around the bed but didn't see her pet anaconda snake anywhere in sight; Snape looked down at his feet and saw her there, but unconscious due to Salena's little screaming fit earlier. Using his wand to lift the snake up he chanted a levitating spell and placed the sleeping snake back on the bed with the head in Salena's lap. Snape looked up at Dumbledore and gave him a questioning look before speaking.

"What are we going to do with her headmaster?" this question made Salena's head shoot up immediately from waking Naomi.

"Excuse me?" she asked suspiciously.

"I mean where is she going to stay; she obviously has no where to go and no belongings to keep, do you think it's wise to let her stay here?"

"I believe you're right Severus, Salena would you care to stay here for a while, I'm sure we have a room somewhere in the Slytherin house for you? Later on I suppose you could go to Diagon Alley with Severus while he goes for ingredients for his potions closet."

Salena thought for a moment and gave an assuring nod, saying she'd feel more comfortable staying in the house that represented her family name. Bringing a hand up to her neck she stroked the large, silver, oval-shaped locket that had once belonged to her mother. As she tried to stand up Salena gently lifted Naomi with a levitation spell and walked toward the end of the bed, about to follow Snape and Dumbledore out of the room. They lead her into the hall way where Snape led her to another corridor just up the changing staircases and to another long corridor where they went over to a portrait of a thin woman who looked at the three almost in annoyance.

"Password?" she asked.

"Slytherin seeker." Snape answered her, making Salena give a look of confusion on such a password. The portrait let them in and they stepped through the Slytherin common room, which really impressed Salena since it almost reminded her of home. Going up a third staircase in the room Snape led Salena to a hall with three doors in it. Pointing over to the middle one he looked at her as she let down Naomi and laid her upon her shoulders.

"This room in the middle is where I'll be staying, you can get here by coming down the way we just went, by floo, or Disapperating if you wish. The room on the left is the old closet where all the extra supplies are kept in case a student needs something, and the room on the right will be your room Ms. Salena Slytherin." Going over to the door Salena took hold of the doorknob and opened it to find a beautiful room with Slytherin tapestries hanging on the walls, a canopy bed with dark green and silver silk sheets, a wardrobe and chest of drawers, a window beside the nightstand which had two candles and a lamp on it, and a small desk in the left corner with a large pillow chair perfect to let Naomi sleep on. Salena turned back to the two professors and gave them a sweet smile; Naomi did the same and rested her head on Salena's.

"Thank you very much professors, we appreciate the hospitality, but if you don't mind my asking Professor Dumbledore, do you think I could get a job here at the school? It's just so I'll earn some money to spend on clothing and whatever else is needed."

"I'm sure we could give you a small job; do you think you could suffice for a substitution teacher? It's a job for just in case one of our teachers is unable to teach and you could fill in for them and give them lessons, if you're good with teaching that is?"

"Of course I am I know almost every bit of magic there is to know, including forbidden magic professor. I've taught many people lessons for years during the time while I was alive in my own past. I'll take the job, if that's alright."

"Yes it is, now why don't you go ahead and make yourself comfortable, Severus will take you out later this afternoon for clothes and supplies for Naomi there." Dumbledore smiled and gave a slight bow and left the room whereas Professor Snape went over to the doorway and looked back at Salena before leaving the room.

"I'll come and get you when we go out Ms. Salena, so I suggest you prepare yourself for later since it could get cold this afternoon." With that he shut the door behind him and Salena took the chance to jump onto her new bed in her new room with Naomi. After bouncing a few times on it she looked over at Naomi who was now about to curl up in her new little bed in the corner, which was very comfortable.

"Oh Naomi…I just know we're gonna love it here." She smiled before falling back to sleep on the fluffy pillow.

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