I'd have updated faster, but my computer had to go away and get fixed. And
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Dragon Snake ~ I always thought Siri was a bit of a fleabag...*snigger*
Noratav ~ I have no idea where the ideas come from. There may be a small place in my brain labelled 'genius plot ideas' but I've never seen it.
Mistress Cresacre ~ Glad to see you like it!
LoMaRiBa ~ Well, aren't we all smart? You'll see.
AllAboutMe ~ Continued as soon as I could!
Anja ~ You'll find out where Harry was as soon as you read this chapter.
Fair Lady Ravenclaw ~ You asked a question. The answer is yes. Glad you like!
a reader ~ why his behaviour is changed? You'll see!
Jordan ~ He did do a little trip through time, when to?
reader431563 ~ hey, I'M still in the dark about half of what I'm writing about! *grin*
Tui ~ No, it's not a sequel, it's just beginning part way through, or something. I dunno.
Jewelclaw Lady of Wind ~ Oh yes well done! I'm glad that you like it so much!
Catherine ~ Oh yes, the killer forshadowing, it shall get us all one of these days!
Naomi SilverWolf ~ Oh dear, I'm sorry for confusing you. But if you weren't confused I think I'd be disappointed.
Katy999 ~ Thanks!
CatatonicReaction ~ glad you like it, and no it wont be graphic.
HUGE thanks to all of you!!!
DISCLAIMER: I own the plot, my dog, my cat, and not a single Harry Potter character.
The Founder's Diary
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Two
Just as Harry and Draco had parted from Hermione and were headed towards the Slytherin Table, Professor McGonagall walked over to them.
"Mr Potter, the Headmaster would like to see you in his office immediately."
Harry nodded. "I'll be right there, Professor."
She left.
Harry turned to Draco. "Are you coming?" he asked.
"Uh, Harry? Dumbledore asked to see YOU, not me."
He rolled his eyes. "So? I'd like you and Hermione to be there as well. We'll invite her on the way past the Gryffindor Table, and probably my dear godfather and his partner in crime."
"Any crime in particular?" Draco asked dryly, standing up beside Harry and following him to Hermione.
"Oh, you know, the usual teaching."
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Ten minutes later Harry was seated in a chair in Dumbledore's office, as were Draco, Hermione, Sirius and Remus.
"Harry, I asked you here so you could inform us of where you have been," Dumbledore began. "I suspect that your friends are here because you want them to know as well?"
Harry shrugged. "That's why Draco, Hermione and Sirius are here. Remus is here because he's involved in the whole mess."
Sirius turned to his best friend. "And how are you involved??? Did you know where he was the whole time and didn't tell us?" he demanded.
Remus sighed. "Sirius, I knew where he was, but I couldn't tell you."
Harry nodded. "If he had told you, Siri, he'd have probably screwed up all our chances for survival."
"Were you training to fight Voldemort then?" Hermione asked eagerly.
"No, Hermi. It's more complicated than that, and although Voldie has a bit to do with it, he's not all that important."
"What do you mean, not important?!" Sirius exploded. "The man killed your parents, and is probably about to take over the world, and you're saying he's NOT IMPORTANT??"
Harry's eyes narrowed. "That's not what I said, Sirius. Where I was, Voldemort wasn't a threat to me. And it had nothing to do with him." Remus snorted. "Okay, a lot to do with him. But really Remus; who's telling this story?"
The werewolf smiled. "Oh, you are of course, Harry, I'd never even dream of denying you the chance," he said airily.
"So Harry?" Dumbledore said, bringing the conversation back to its original subject. "Where were you?"
Harry laughed then. "I was never far away distance wise, but time wise? Further than you'd imagine."
"You were in the past?" Draco demanded sharply.
"In a manner of speaking."
"And what does Moony have to do with this?" Sirius asked. He turned back to his friend. "How are you involved, Remus?"
"Me? I was with him."
Sirius blinked. "Remus, you were here. You were here for the last two months of term at least, Harry was missing far longer than that."
The werewolf looked unfazed. "But can you honestly say that you had any contact with me before I came here a few months ago? Padfoot, had you all not been so busy searching for Harry, you'd have noticed my absence as well."
"But Harry, when were you?" Hermione asked.
"I was in several times. The Founder's time, as you already knew Hermi, the time my parents attended Hogwarts."
"And?" the witch said impatiently.
"And the time Tom Riddle attended Hogwarts," Harry finished.
"Tom Riddle?" Sirius said in shock. "As in Voldemort?"
Remus rolled his eyes. "How many other Tom Riddle's do you know of, Padfoot?"
"And you were with him each and every time, Remus?" Dumbledore asked.
He nodded. "I was. We met on the train here twice. The first time, of course, we met through my brother at the time."
"Who was?" Sirius demanded.
"Godric Gryffindor. He introduced me to Salazar Slytherin."
Draco was the first to get the meaning of that statement, and he stared at Harry in shock. "Oh my god. You're kidding me!"
Harry shook his head, smiling. "No Draco, he's quite serious. I am, or was, Salazar Slytherin."
****************Back in Time*****************
Allan Gryffindor followed his brother reluctantly into the partially built school. Godric had decided to give him a tour, whether he consented to it or not. Allan had felt certain that the only good thing about the whole idea was seeing Rowena and Helga again.
He wasn't quite so sure about meeting Salazar Slytherin though. Godric complained about the man non-stop. On the other hand, Rowena and Helga had nothing bad to say about him at all.
According to the two women, Salazar was powerful, charming, kind, good- looking, and an all-round gentleman.
Suddenly Godric stopped, and Allan looked up to see a man with black hair and brilliant green eyes standing between Helga and Rowena.
His blond brother spoke. "Allan, this is Salazar Slytherin. Slytherin, this is Allan Gryffindor, my brother."
The two shook hands. "Salazar, I do hope you aren't as bad as Godric made you out to be."
He laughed. "I daresay he has never had anything good to say about me."
"I'm afraid not," Allan replied with a smile. "However I have rarely listened to my brother's judgement on people, as he is usually wrong."
"I believe you and I shall get along quite well, Allan."
"I certainly hope so."
****************Back to the Future*****************
"My godson Founded Hogwarts," Sirius said blankly. "I don't believe it." Suddenly his eyes widened. "You knew me in school???"
Harry laughed. "I did, Siri, and I daresay you're still as annoyingly Gryffindor as you were then."
Remus began to laugh as well. "Now really Harry, Gryffindors aren't all that bad! Take me for example."
Harry sighed. "Remy, I've always held to the idea that you're a Slytherin at heart."
Hermione looked at Harry curiously. "You were Tom Harris, weren't you?"
Harry nodded. "I was. I spent a shortish lifetime in three different timelines, but I never remembered my other lives until now. As Tom Harris, I didn't know that I was Salazar Slytherin, I just thought I was descended from him."
Hermione glanced at her watch. "Headmaster, can we resume this meeting after dinner, perhaps? We've got classes now, and I don't want to miss them. Not to mention that Sirius and Remus need to teach."
Dumbledore nodded, smiling at her. "Of course. I'll see you all then?" They all nodded. "Before you go, would anyone like a Lemon Drop?"
Harry, Draco and Remus accepted, Hermione politely declined and Sirius glared at the sweets as though they were the embodiment of evil.
"Sirius, what IS your problem?" Remus asked exasperatedly as they left. "They're sweets, they aren't going to join Voldemort and try to take over the world!"
"Wanna bet?" the Animagus said darkly.
Harry sniggered. "You're still bitter about that Padfoot?"
"About what?" Draco asked.
His friend smiled innocently. "An unknown person of Slytherin House, wrongly believed to be Severus Snape, hexed a packet of Lemon Drops that belonged to a certain Lily Evans. Sirius stole them, and he ate some."
"Oh dear," Hermione said, suppressing a smile. "What had you done to them?"
"It wasn't me! I swear it on her grave that it was Lily herself. She thought that James was going to steal them, because he'd done it before. Anyway, the curse made you kiss your enemy. Lily had wanted to see James kissing Snape."
"That was you and Lily?" Remus said incredulously. "I never knew you had a sadistic streak."
"Who was his enemy?" Draco asked.
Harry laughed. "That was the beauty of it. Sirius had a few. There was Snape. There was me, although I managed to avoid him until it wore off. And there was the infamous Lucius Malfoy."
Draco blinked. "EW! That's disgusting, Harry! Kissing my father? I feel sorry for Sirius."
"And then James got his hands on a few, not knowing they were cursed," Remus continued. "He kissed Lily, because they'd been in the middle of a prank war and therefore enemies, and they began dating the next day."
"Speaking of Snape, you three are going to be late for Potions if you don't hurry," Sirius warned.
The three teenagers bolted down the corridor, hoping no one would catch them running.
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Remus poked his head into the last compartment, hoping to find it empty. He sighed in disappointment, but stepped inside anyway.
"May I sit here? There's nowhere else," he said politely.
The boy turned and smiled at him. "Of course. I'd like the company. The name's Tom Harris, and you are?" He held out his hand.
"Remus Lupin," he answered, shaking the other's hand.
Tom and Remus hit it off right away, and were deep into a discussion about Quidditch (Seeker versus Keeper) when the door to their compartment flew open and a boy their age stepped in.
He closed the door and turned to the others. "Hi, I'm Severus, can I join you in here? I'm sick of the losers I was sitting with."
Remus smiled. "This is Tom, I'm Remus. Take a seat."
Severus joined them, and Tom took the chance to resolve their argument. "So Severus, which is better? Seeker or Keeper?"
The dark-haired boy laughed. "Keeper of course."
Tom shook his head in defeat. "All right, I give up! I still think Seeker's better though."
The three spent the rest of the journey to Hogwarts discussing everything from Quidditch to family to pets and back to Quidditch again.
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"Evans, Lily!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Figg, Arabella!"
Remus sighed. "How long do you reckon we're going to be waiting?" he whispered to Tom.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"No idea," the other boy whispered back.
"Harris, Tom!" McGonagall called.
Remus watched as his newfound friend sat on the stool and waited for it to sort him.
"SLYTHERIN!"
Tom grinned and walked over to his new table, sitting beside Lily Evans.
"Lupin, Remus!"
Remus approached the stool warily, sat down and allowed the professor to drop the hat on his head, and therefore over his eyes.
#Well, it's been years since I've sorted a werewolf,# a voice said in his ear.
Remus was glad he hadn't been able to hear the hat speaking to anyone else, as that probably meant no one could hear it now.
#I know you want to be with your friend, but Slytherin simply wouldn't do. Certainly not Hufflepuff, and yet Ravenclaw doesn't seem right either. GRYFFINDOR!#
He stood up and headed to the Gryffindor Table, sitting beside a dark- haired boy that he couldn't remember the name of.
"I'm Sirius Black," the boy said. "You're Remus, right?"
Remus nodded. "Yeah. So Sirius, do you like Quidditch?"
"But of course," he answered with a grin. "I play Keeper, what about you?"
"Either Keeper or Seeker, but don't let Tom Harris know I said that, I spent an hour trying to convince him that Keeper's best, but I like Seeker better!"
Sirius laughed. "Maybe we'll both get onto the house team next year."
"I hope so." He didn't say any more, as another boy, who wore glasses and had rather messy hair, joined them.
"Hi, I'm James Potter," he said. "And you are?"
"I'm Remus Lupin, and that's Sirius Black."
"Remus, Sirius, I have a very important question to ask you; do you like Quidditch?"
The three of them talked about Quidditch, and another boy called Peter Pettigrew was drawn into the discussion.
Remus stopped paying attention when he heard another familiar name called.
"Snape, Severus!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
Remus sighed. At least he had friends in Gryffindor too.
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Wheee. Another chapter over and done with. It was fun.
Please review, I really appreciate it!
~SW
And now I'd like to thank you people who reviewed.
Dragon Snake ~ I always thought Siri was a bit of a fleabag...*snigger*
Noratav ~ I have no idea where the ideas come from. There may be a small place in my brain labelled 'genius plot ideas' but I've never seen it.
Mistress Cresacre ~ Glad to see you like it!
LoMaRiBa ~ Well, aren't we all smart? You'll see.
AllAboutMe ~ Continued as soon as I could!
Anja ~ You'll find out where Harry was as soon as you read this chapter.
Fair Lady Ravenclaw ~ You asked a question. The answer is yes. Glad you like!
a reader ~ why his behaviour is changed? You'll see!
Jordan ~ He did do a little trip through time, when to?
reader431563 ~ hey, I'M still in the dark about half of what I'm writing about! *grin*
Tui ~ No, it's not a sequel, it's just beginning part way through, or something. I dunno.
Jewelclaw Lady of Wind ~ Oh yes well done! I'm glad that you like it so much!
Catherine ~ Oh yes, the killer forshadowing, it shall get us all one of these days!
Naomi SilverWolf ~ Oh dear, I'm sorry for confusing you. But if you weren't confused I think I'd be disappointed.
Katy999 ~ Thanks!
CatatonicReaction ~ glad you like it, and no it wont be graphic.
HUGE thanks to all of you!!!
DISCLAIMER: I own the plot, my dog, my cat, and not a single Harry Potter character.
The Founder's Diary
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Two
Just as Harry and Draco had parted from Hermione and were headed towards the Slytherin Table, Professor McGonagall walked over to them.
"Mr Potter, the Headmaster would like to see you in his office immediately."
Harry nodded. "I'll be right there, Professor."
She left.
Harry turned to Draco. "Are you coming?" he asked.
"Uh, Harry? Dumbledore asked to see YOU, not me."
He rolled his eyes. "So? I'd like you and Hermione to be there as well. We'll invite her on the way past the Gryffindor Table, and probably my dear godfather and his partner in crime."
"Any crime in particular?" Draco asked dryly, standing up beside Harry and following him to Hermione.
"Oh, you know, the usual teaching."
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Ten minutes later Harry was seated in a chair in Dumbledore's office, as were Draco, Hermione, Sirius and Remus.
"Harry, I asked you here so you could inform us of where you have been," Dumbledore began. "I suspect that your friends are here because you want them to know as well?"
Harry shrugged. "That's why Draco, Hermione and Sirius are here. Remus is here because he's involved in the whole mess."
Sirius turned to his best friend. "And how are you involved??? Did you know where he was the whole time and didn't tell us?" he demanded.
Remus sighed. "Sirius, I knew where he was, but I couldn't tell you."
Harry nodded. "If he had told you, Siri, he'd have probably screwed up all our chances for survival."
"Were you training to fight Voldemort then?" Hermione asked eagerly.
"No, Hermi. It's more complicated than that, and although Voldie has a bit to do with it, he's not all that important."
"What do you mean, not important?!" Sirius exploded. "The man killed your parents, and is probably about to take over the world, and you're saying he's NOT IMPORTANT??"
Harry's eyes narrowed. "That's not what I said, Sirius. Where I was, Voldemort wasn't a threat to me. And it had nothing to do with him." Remus snorted. "Okay, a lot to do with him. But really Remus; who's telling this story?"
The werewolf smiled. "Oh, you are of course, Harry, I'd never even dream of denying you the chance," he said airily.
"So Harry?" Dumbledore said, bringing the conversation back to its original subject. "Where were you?"
Harry laughed then. "I was never far away distance wise, but time wise? Further than you'd imagine."
"You were in the past?" Draco demanded sharply.
"In a manner of speaking."
"And what does Moony have to do with this?" Sirius asked. He turned back to his friend. "How are you involved, Remus?"
"Me? I was with him."
Sirius blinked. "Remus, you were here. You were here for the last two months of term at least, Harry was missing far longer than that."
The werewolf looked unfazed. "But can you honestly say that you had any contact with me before I came here a few months ago? Padfoot, had you all not been so busy searching for Harry, you'd have noticed my absence as well."
"But Harry, when were you?" Hermione asked.
"I was in several times. The Founder's time, as you already knew Hermi, the time my parents attended Hogwarts."
"And?" the witch said impatiently.
"And the time Tom Riddle attended Hogwarts," Harry finished.
"Tom Riddle?" Sirius said in shock. "As in Voldemort?"
Remus rolled his eyes. "How many other Tom Riddle's do you know of, Padfoot?"
"And you were with him each and every time, Remus?" Dumbledore asked.
He nodded. "I was. We met on the train here twice. The first time, of course, we met through my brother at the time."
"Who was?" Sirius demanded.
"Godric Gryffindor. He introduced me to Salazar Slytherin."
Draco was the first to get the meaning of that statement, and he stared at Harry in shock. "Oh my god. You're kidding me!"
Harry shook his head, smiling. "No Draco, he's quite serious. I am, or was, Salazar Slytherin."
****************Back in Time*****************
Allan Gryffindor followed his brother reluctantly into the partially built school. Godric had decided to give him a tour, whether he consented to it or not. Allan had felt certain that the only good thing about the whole idea was seeing Rowena and Helga again.
He wasn't quite so sure about meeting Salazar Slytherin though. Godric complained about the man non-stop. On the other hand, Rowena and Helga had nothing bad to say about him at all.
According to the two women, Salazar was powerful, charming, kind, good- looking, and an all-round gentleman.
Suddenly Godric stopped, and Allan looked up to see a man with black hair and brilliant green eyes standing between Helga and Rowena.
His blond brother spoke. "Allan, this is Salazar Slytherin. Slytherin, this is Allan Gryffindor, my brother."
The two shook hands. "Salazar, I do hope you aren't as bad as Godric made you out to be."
He laughed. "I daresay he has never had anything good to say about me."
"I'm afraid not," Allan replied with a smile. "However I have rarely listened to my brother's judgement on people, as he is usually wrong."
"I believe you and I shall get along quite well, Allan."
"I certainly hope so."
****************Back to the Future*****************
"My godson Founded Hogwarts," Sirius said blankly. "I don't believe it." Suddenly his eyes widened. "You knew me in school???"
Harry laughed. "I did, Siri, and I daresay you're still as annoyingly Gryffindor as you were then."
Remus began to laugh as well. "Now really Harry, Gryffindors aren't all that bad! Take me for example."
Harry sighed. "Remy, I've always held to the idea that you're a Slytherin at heart."
Hermione looked at Harry curiously. "You were Tom Harris, weren't you?"
Harry nodded. "I was. I spent a shortish lifetime in three different timelines, but I never remembered my other lives until now. As Tom Harris, I didn't know that I was Salazar Slytherin, I just thought I was descended from him."
Hermione glanced at her watch. "Headmaster, can we resume this meeting after dinner, perhaps? We've got classes now, and I don't want to miss them. Not to mention that Sirius and Remus need to teach."
Dumbledore nodded, smiling at her. "Of course. I'll see you all then?" They all nodded. "Before you go, would anyone like a Lemon Drop?"
Harry, Draco and Remus accepted, Hermione politely declined and Sirius glared at the sweets as though they were the embodiment of evil.
"Sirius, what IS your problem?" Remus asked exasperatedly as they left. "They're sweets, they aren't going to join Voldemort and try to take over the world!"
"Wanna bet?" the Animagus said darkly.
Harry sniggered. "You're still bitter about that Padfoot?"
"About what?" Draco asked.
His friend smiled innocently. "An unknown person of Slytherin House, wrongly believed to be Severus Snape, hexed a packet of Lemon Drops that belonged to a certain Lily Evans. Sirius stole them, and he ate some."
"Oh dear," Hermione said, suppressing a smile. "What had you done to them?"
"It wasn't me! I swear it on her grave that it was Lily herself. She thought that James was going to steal them, because he'd done it before. Anyway, the curse made you kiss your enemy. Lily had wanted to see James kissing Snape."
"That was you and Lily?" Remus said incredulously. "I never knew you had a sadistic streak."
"Who was his enemy?" Draco asked.
Harry laughed. "That was the beauty of it. Sirius had a few. There was Snape. There was me, although I managed to avoid him until it wore off. And there was the infamous Lucius Malfoy."
Draco blinked. "EW! That's disgusting, Harry! Kissing my father? I feel sorry for Sirius."
"And then James got his hands on a few, not knowing they were cursed," Remus continued. "He kissed Lily, because they'd been in the middle of a prank war and therefore enemies, and they began dating the next day."
"Speaking of Snape, you three are going to be late for Potions if you don't hurry," Sirius warned.
The three teenagers bolted down the corridor, hoping no one would catch them running.
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Remus poked his head into the last compartment, hoping to find it empty. He sighed in disappointment, but stepped inside anyway.
"May I sit here? There's nowhere else," he said politely.
The boy turned and smiled at him. "Of course. I'd like the company. The name's Tom Harris, and you are?" He held out his hand.
"Remus Lupin," he answered, shaking the other's hand.
Tom and Remus hit it off right away, and were deep into a discussion about Quidditch (Seeker versus Keeper) when the door to their compartment flew open and a boy their age stepped in.
He closed the door and turned to the others. "Hi, I'm Severus, can I join you in here? I'm sick of the losers I was sitting with."
Remus smiled. "This is Tom, I'm Remus. Take a seat."
Severus joined them, and Tom took the chance to resolve their argument. "So Severus, which is better? Seeker or Keeper?"
The dark-haired boy laughed. "Keeper of course."
Tom shook his head in defeat. "All right, I give up! I still think Seeker's better though."
The three spent the rest of the journey to Hogwarts discussing everything from Quidditch to family to pets and back to Quidditch again.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Evans, Lily!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Figg, Arabella!"
Remus sighed. "How long do you reckon we're going to be waiting?" he whispered to Tom.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"No idea," the other boy whispered back.
"Harris, Tom!" McGonagall called.
Remus watched as his newfound friend sat on the stool and waited for it to sort him.
"SLYTHERIN!"
Tom grinned and walked over to his new table, sitting beside Lily Evans.
"Lupin, Remus!"
Remus approached the stool warily, sat down and allowed the professor to drop the hat on his head, and therefore over his eyes.
#Well, it's been years since I've sorted a werewolf,# a voice said in his ear.
Remus was glad he hadn't been able to hear the hat speaking to anyone else, as that probably meant no one could hear it now.
#I know you want to be with your friend, but Slytherin simply wouldn't do. Certainly not Hufflepuff, and yet Ravenclaw doesn't seem right either. GRYFFINDOR!#
He stood up and headed to the Gryffindor Table, sitting beside a dark- haired boy that he couldn't remember the name of.
"I'm Sirius Black," the boy said. "You're Remus, right?"
Remus nodded. "Yeah. So Sirius, do you like Quidditch?"
"But of course," he answered with a grin. "I play Keeper, what about you?"
"Either Keeper or Seeker, but don't let Tom Harris know I said that, I spent an hour trying to convince him that Keeper's best, but I like Seeker better!"
Sirius laughed. "Maybe we'll both get onto the house team next year."
"I hope so." He didn't say any more, as another boy, who wore glasses and had rather messy hair, joined them.
"Hi, I'm James Potter," he said. "And you are?"
"I'm Remus Lupin, and that's Sirius Black."
"Remus, Sirius, I have a very important question to ask you; do you like Quidditch?"
The three of them talked about Quidditch, and another boy called Peter Pettigrew was drawn into the discussion.
Remus stopped paying attention when he heard another familiar name called.
"Snape, Severus!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
Remus sighed. At least he had friends in Gryffindor too.
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Wheee. Another chapter over and done with. It was fun.
Please review, I really appreciate it!
~SW