It was Friday evening, the end of his second day of lessons and Harry was already bored. He had read all the books for his classes as well as some extras, including several NEWT books in all his subjects. Without the fog he could remember learning all this before, in more detail than he ever had in his previous run through. Even with runes and arithmancy he knew the basics from his time on the run when they had nothing else to do, so Granger would try teaching him. It had been surprisingly easy, now however he was struggling to make it look difficult in classes, even with a fake wand. He was currently in the library finishing his homework and hiding from Granger and Weasley; they were making it rather easy for him with all their fighting at the moment.

He was just finishing his essay for transfiguration when a shadow fell over his table. looking up, he saw Malfoy Nott and Zabini standing there and he scowled at them. There were people all around him who were not being discreet with their sudden attention. He couldn't have a single crack in his mask with this many eyes on him. Why they approached him right now he didn't know. "What do you want, Malfoy?" the blond recoiled slightly at the venom in his voice and Zabini winced.

"Could we sit?" He could hear a wave of whispers spread among the people around him and knew that even being civil would cause rumors he didn't want Dumbles hearing. He didn't know what they were doing but he knew they shouldn't be doing it so publicly.

"Go ahead." Harry's smirk was vicious, and they hesitated for a second. As soon as they sat down, Harry made a sweeping gesture with his hand. all his belongings packed themselves and Harry left without a word. He didn't want to antagonize them but no one could see him even being civil to the 'evil slimy snakes,' he didn't want to know what would happen if Dumbles found out.

Not wanting to risk seeing his 'friends' he decided to make his way to a passageway and go to Slytherins quarters. Coming to the receiving room he paused, something was different. He looked around until he noticed, there were now five doors. There was still one opposite the fireplace, but where there had been one door either side, there were now two. One the same large door as before and a new smaller door next to the first either side. He walked over to one of the new smaller doors, putting his hand on it, he felt his Lord ring heat up as the lock clicked open. He guessed he had to have a house ring before being granted access to these areas. Pushing the door open he found what looked like a medical wing with four beds and a large cabinet filled with vials of potions. He walked back out and went to the other new door. It was a potions lab, a very well equipped potions lab. There was every kind of cauldron, stirrer, and chopping board you could think of including diamond and gold. He knew Snape would kill for this space and decided if he could ever trust him, he would show him this place. Walking back out again he realized he hadn't really looked in the office and there was probably some important stuff in there so he went in.

"Finally you return. You walk in for two seconds then leave for months. Not even a greeting." he turned to the speaker, and was struck speechless. On the same wall as the door was a life size portrait of Salazar Slytherin. He remembered how he was just looking into the rooms so barely made it past the threshold before leaving. Harry was mortified.

"I am so sorry. I didn't realize you were here. I am Hadrian Potter-Black, it's an honor to formally meet you Lord Slytherin"Salazar took a minute to scrutinize him, then narrowed his eyes.

"Remove that which conceals you." Harry blinked and was about to ask what he meant when he realized. he removed the ring, his body filled out, and his hair lengthened. He quickly removed his glasses and tied his hair back. It felt nice to be him again and he let out a sigh. Salazar nodded once. "Better. Though your attire could do with a change." Hadrian looked down, feeling his cheeks flush and grimaced. He stood in front of Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts in scruffy muggle attire.

"Give me a minute." He left the room and flooed to his trunk, returning ten minutes later dressed in smart black slacks, a deep green dress shirt and basilisk hide boots. Salazar gave an approving nod.

"I assume the concealment and the form of dress is a part of the mask you must wear?" Hadrian nodded. "I see. I am glad you activated the house stone. When all the founder's quarters were locked down we feared our lines had died. But with me connected to Hogwarts again I can sense the other founders' family magic. There are heirs in the castle, but I can only pinpoint you." Hadrian stiffened slightly; he didn't know about the other founders quarters and he didn't know how they would take the fact that technically all their names had died out.

"I am Lord of houses Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor." Salazar looked at him in surprise.

"Well then I would appreciate it if you would go activate the other house stones. They are currently cut off from Hogwarts and by extension me. Unfortunately we kept where we placed the stones a secret. The only thing I know about any of them is that Row put hers on the seventh floor, then proceeded to tell us we would never find it. Rick and Helga took that as a personal challenge but as far as I'm aware they never did find it." Hadrian had a pretty good guess where it might be.

"I think I might know where it is." Salazar actually looked excited. "Would you like me to go now?" Salazar nodded and Hadrian pulled the shadows towards himself. Walking in front of the wall three times he thought about Ravenclaws' chambers and an ornate gold door appeared. Stepping through it he was met with a similar site as last time. A single plinth in the center holding a chunk of charoite. He walked forward and placed his hand on the stone, a pain went through his hand and he watched vines of red travel through the stone.

Just like before the walls melted away and he was left in another receiving room smaller than the slytherin one. He startled at the sound of giggling and turned to see another life size portrait hanging over the fireplace. "I see the curse is still going strong." she giggled again. "You must be one of Rick's descendants, and apparently mine." Rowina sat elegantly with a massive smile on her face. But Hadrian was a little concerned about the part about a curse.

"Um yes. How did you know I was a descendant of Godrick Griffindore, and what did you mean about a curse?" she giggled again.

"The answer is one and the same. Helga invited us by order of Queen Lamara one year to celebrate a nymph holiday called Colhara. It celebrated the turning of the seasons. It was the first, and last time the rest of us were invited. Rick insulted the Queen by saying something about how one of her garments was messy. Queen Lamara did not take kindly to it, and cursed his entire lineage to have untameable hair. Though I must say you have done the best I have seen so far." Hadrian was speechless; the potter hair was actually the Gryffindor hair, and was a legitimate curse.

"Ha. Um my name is Hadrian I am actually the Lord of all the founder's houses." Rowina raised an eyebrow.

"I see. You will return." Before he could say anything she raised from her seat, walked out the side of the frame, and Hadrian was left alone. Blinking at where Lady Ravenclaw had been sitting he decided to explore. like the slytherin chambers there was a large bedroom but decorated in purple silver and bronze. What looked like a room for divination, a study and another door that led to a spiral staircase. There was one more door after this but he decided to see what was up here first. The stairs led to the top of an astronomy tower which was definitely not the one the students used. The roof and walls were entirely made of spotless glass that looked out over Hogwarts. It was taller than any of the other towers and the view was breathtaking. Hadrian would probably bring a sofa up here at some point so he could read here. He was taking a minute to appreciate the view when he realized this tower didn't exist; he could see all the other towers from here. It must have some impressive concealing wards on it.

He made his way back down to the last door and opened it. No surprise it was a very large library. There were floors above and below the one he was on. About three went up and another three went down. At the bottom was another door and he made his way to it. Walking through he found himself in a very familiar receiving room and made his way to Salazar's office. He was currently having tea with Rowina.

"There you are. I wondered what was keeping you." Harry just blinked at her

"When you said return you meant for me to return to Salazar?"

"Of course. We need to speak with you and my portrait was poorly placed. Being above a head high mantle means I'm looking down on everything. It is aesthetically pleasing, but not comfortable for anyone. Now back to our original topic, firstly what year is it?"

She put her cup to her lips. "Um 1993." And promptly choked.

"IT'S BEEN OVER FOUR HUNDRED YEARS"