Founders Through Time

Summary: What if there was a different reason for Salazar leaving? Hermione and Severus are swept up in a story of love, betrayal and mistakes. Can the two of them correct a mistake that Helga and Godric made or are they doomed to suffer the same fate as Rowena and Salazar? R/R

Chapter 1

Hermione sat at the edge of the black lake. She had been back at Hogwarts to finish her final year for a week when it began. She had started having bizarre dreams. Dreams of her living a different life in a different time.

‘I wish I knew what my dreams are trying to tell me. Especially why I keep seeing myself as Rowena Ravenclaw, Harry as Godric Gryffindor, Susan Bones as Helga Hufflepuff and Professor Snape as Salazar Slytherin,’ she thought with a heavy sigh.

“Hello Hermione,” Susan greeted.

“Hey Susan,” Hermione smiled.

“Since Harry is at Quidditch try outs I decided to go for a walk. Then I spotted you. You looked worried,” Susan said.

“More like confused. I’ve been having these weird dreams for over a week now. I’m just trying to figure out what they are telling me,” Hermione replied.

“Do you need to talk?” Susan asked.

“Not at the moment. Thanks for the offer, but I need to sort this out for myself first before I start talking about it,” Hermione answered.

Last year, Harry had surprised everyone by dating Susan. Everyone figured he would have hooked up with Ginny. Back in May, Harry had completed his task and defeated Voldemort once and for all. It was at the celebration ball that followed the end of the war that Harry and Susan hooked up.

However, Hogwarts was still strongly divided. Albus was trying his best to come up with different activities to somehow unite the school. His plans, however good the intentions, weren’t working. The aging Headmaster was quickly running out of ideas.

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Albus sat at his desk sipping his tea with Minerva. He had felt a shift in the magic surrounding Hogwarts. At first, he was concerned, then he did a bit of research. His research had led him to find the explanation behind the shift.

“Albus, something has been bothering you lately. What is it?” Minerva asked.

“Well, a few weeks ago I felt a magical shift here at Hogwarts. I did some research and now everything makes sense,” Albus answered.

“What are you referring to?”

“Remember when I made you my Deputy Head Mistress and I told you about that journal of Rowena Ravenclaw’s that I had found?”

“Yes I remember. Something about Rowena being reunited with her soul mate or some such nonsense,”

“Correct and it’s not nonsense. It seems the soothsayer she saw had a vision. That vision has begun to happen,”

“But Rowena Ravenclaw has been dead for nearly a thousand years. She never married and left no heirs,”

“True. I believe the soothsayer foresaw the spirit of Rowena and her soul mate being reincarnated in our present day. I think there is more to the story of the founders of Hogwarts than we know,”

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Salazar put away his wand and surveyed his work. He only hoped his beloved would like it. He turned and exited the room. After closing the door, he entered the outer chamber of the Chamber of Secrets, as the chamber had been nicknamed by Rowena. He left the underground room and headed to meet her in the gardens.

He stopped a few feet away and just admired her. She was sitting on a stone bench reading. The soft spring breeze toying with her unbound chestnut hair. She was a vision dressed in robes of royal blue. He felt the colors of Ravenclaw house, blue, suited her perfectly.

“Hello my love,” he smiled as he approached her.

“Oh Salazar,” she sighed as she got to her feet.

He laughed as she rushed into his arms. With her in his arms, he felt the world was at peace. The petty squabbling between him and Godric no longer existed. Only him and Rowena mattered.

“Where have you been all morning?” she asked.

“I was finishing something in the chamber,” he answered.

“When are you going to tell me what you’re doing in there?”

“Now. That’s why I came here. It’s time to see your surprise,”

Rowena’s face lit up. For the past month, Salazar had been busy working on the Chamber. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t get him to tell her what he was working on except that it was a surprise for her.

Salazar led her back inside the castle and down to the Chamber of Secrets. Once they reached the outer chamber, he pulled out a black blindfold. She closed her eyes as he slid the blindfold over her eyes and led her into the chamber.

“Okay love, you can remove the blindfold,” he whispered.

She removed the blindfold and gasped. Before her was a beautiful suite of rooms. The sitting room was a perfect blend of her and Salazar. A large fire was roaring in the fireplace, giving the room a welcoming feel. The walls were covered with bookshelves and portraits. Above the fireplace was a portrait of herself and Salazar.

“Oh darling! This is…I can’t even describe it,” she gushed.

“There’s more to see,” he smiled as he took her hand and led her through an open door.

She found herself in a luxurious bedroom. A King size bed rested on a raised daises against the far wall. Sheer silver bed curtains surrounded the four poster bed. A mahogany vanity sat against the right wall, while a white marbled fireplace rested across from the bed.

“Do you like it?” he asked.

“Like it? I love it!” she beamed.

“I’m glad, because I want this suite to be our home. If you’ll become my wife,”

“Do you mean it?” He nodded. “Yes! Oh Salazar yes I’ll be your wife!”

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Severus sat up in bed gasping. He ran his hand over his face. He threw back his sheets and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He grabbed his robe and entered his sitting room.

“What the hell is happening to me?” he asked out loud as he dropped into his favorite arm chair.

“Something wrong?” The Bloody Baron asked as he floated into the room.

“Just that dream again,” Severus answered.

“Have you spoken to Dumbledore?”

“No Baron. Besides, I’m not sure he can help me on this one,”

“Well, just a thought. Farewell,” the Baron replied then floated off.

‘I can’t got to Albus. Especially since I’m dreaming of the Head Girl. Why am I dreaming of Hermione anyway?’ he thought.

With a heavy sigh, Severus summoned a cup of hot tea from the kitchens and tried to sort through the dreams he had been having as of late.

T.B.C