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Title: Sudden Changes (re-write)
Author: Darkalli
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Warnings: Slash, violence, mentions of child abuse and language. Alcohol consumption.
Pairings: HP/SS, DM/BZ, LM/RL, FW/AJ, GW/OW, HG/CW

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Chapter Nine: Salazar Slytherin

Harry would later deny it but he jumped when he noted that the occupant of the portrait was none other than Salazar Slytherin himself. The Hogwarts founder had a stern look in his eye as he stared at Harry who was still standing in the middle of the room staring at the portrait.

“Well, are you going to answer my question?”

“Sorry, I was just a bit shocked that you’re here. Guess I don’t need to search for your office anymore.” Harry added as an afterthought as he moved closer to the portrait.

“That still doesn’t answer my question.”

“I’m Harry Potter and I’ve been trying to find your office with the hope it contained your portrait.” Harry explained.

How did you gain access? Only a parseltongue can get into my quarters.” Salazar asked the young wizard.

“I am a parseltongue, I accessed your office from the Chamber of Secrets.” Harry explained.

“So, you’re my heir then?”

“Not that I know, I’m pretty sure I got my parseltongue abilities when Voldemort tried to kill me.” Harry said as he sat down in a chair.

“Who is Voldemort?”

“Only the most psychotic megalomaniac Dark Lord to haunt the wizarding world since Gellert Grindelwald.” Harry told him.

“I’ve never heard of Gellert Grindelwald.” Salazar informed the boy.

“Right, okay. Think of Morgan le Fay but much worse. Voldemort is following through on your last wishes and wants to eradicate the world of all muggles and Muggleborns.” Harry explained further.

“I never wanted to eradicate the Muggles or Muggleborns. Where did you get that from?” Salazar asked, he looked genuinely shocked at the words coming from the younger wizard.

Before Harry could respond, Draco and Severus entered the room.

“What’s taking you so long?” Draco asked his friend.

“I found out whose quarters these are.” Harry told them as he pointed to the portrait behind his two fellow Slytherin’s.

“Whoa, didn’t expect that.” Draco said as he tried not to gawp at the portrait of his houses founder.

“Who said that I wanted to eradicate the Muggles?” Salazar asked Harry again.

“Almost everyone, Slytherin house is now associated with hatred towards Muggles because of the stories told about you. History states that you got into a huge argument with the other founders of Hogwarts because you wanted to prevent Muggleborns from entering the school and that you created the Chamber of Secrets to house a monster to kill all Muggleborn students.” Harry explained as Draco and Severus sat down as well.

“It was said that before you could release the beast on the school you had disappeared, the house of Slytherin has been treated with fear and hate ever since.” Harry finished.

“That’s all lies, I never wanted to eradicate Muggles or Muggleborns. Without Muggleborns the Pureblood lines would be diluted due to inbreeding to keep the lines pure. I had plans to find and then early educate Muggleborns so they wouldn’t be coming into our world unknowing of our ways. Purebloods and Half Bloods were educated from a young age and spent their whole lives around magic, Muggleborns were thrust into our world and didn’t know how to act which resulted in the witch hunts.” Salazar explained to them.

“Godric, Rowena, Helga and I came up with the Muggleborn integration act but it never went through. I was driven out of Hogwarts by several of the Pureblood families that didn’t agree with the act, Godric was the only one who knew where I went. The witch hunts got worse and the wizarding world ended up segregating itself from the rest of the world and then the ministry was formed. I didn’t believe that my plans for the Muggleborns would ever be received considering that most of the ministry officials were part of the Pureblood families that threw me out of Hogwarts. I stayed in hiding and spent the rest of my days with my lover before dying and ending up back here in my office as a portrait”

“How come no one has ever seen you in any of the other portraits?” Draco asked.

“I don’t know, ever since my portrait was activated I have been unable to move out of it. I don’t even know what year it is.” He told them.

“It’s nineteen ninety-seven, school has not long started for the year.” Harry informed him.

“None of the other founder’s portraits have ever said anything about the Muggleborns act, in fact, they haven’t really said anything about you that didn’t prove the stories about why you left the school.” Severus added.

“I don’t know what is going on with the founding portraits but the fact that Salazar isn’t able to even leave his is a bit of a red flag. It’s definitely something that needs to be looked into.” Harry said to the others.

“For now we need to discuss what we originally needed to find out.” Severus told the ex-Gryffindor.

The three wizards then proceeded to spend the next hour discussing the plans Harry had for the DA and what the best way to enter the Chamber would be. Salazar answered what questions were asked concerning the Chamber and revealed another room in the Chamber that held a rather vast library that held more obscure books than even the Black family vault contained.

During the conversation, Salazar let slip that the lover he lived with in the years after he left Hogwarts was Godric Gryffindor. The new piece of information made Harry even more curious about why the portrait of Godric Gryffindor had never voiced any of the information they were receiving. It did sort of explain part of the reason behind Salazar not being able to leave his portrait.

Harry would have to find a way to talk to Godric’s portrait considering he was positioned in the Grand Staircase as a shortcut to the side room in the Great Hall. Finding a way to talk to the portrait without the other ones listening in would be the hard part, maybe he would be able to determine why the other founding portraits have no recollection of what went on in the past.

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“Uncle Sev is really happy with his collection of Basilisk ingredients. He’s already started planning what potions he’s going to experiment on with them.” Draco informed Harry the next day at breakfast.

“Did he banish the rest of the carcass once he finished stripping it?” Harry asked him.

“Yeah, once he had stripped it of every usable piece he banished it and cleaned the mess that was left behind. Before we start the lessons in the Chamber we’ll need to go back down there and clean up all the moss and slime that has congealed on the surfaces in there.” Draco replied.

“Hmm, a thousand years of dirt and grime is going to need a pretty strong cleaning charm. Maybe a trip to the library is in order after all.” Harry said as he poured himself another goblet of orange juice.

“I need to find a way to talk to the portrait of Godric Gryffindor, his portrait just had to be put on the Grand Staircase. It’s going to make talking to him more difficult, unless we can get him to move to another portrait for some privacy.” Harry mused.

“Maybe if we can break the spell on Salazar’s portrait then maybe we can lure Gryffindor into it and talk to him there. Salazar may be able to help us figure out why the other founder never mentioned anything about what we learned last night.” Draco replied.

Before the conversation could go any further, the first bell for the first lesson of the day. As Harry stood from his seat he bent down to pick up his bag he ended up looking over at the Gryffindor table. Ginny Weasley was throwing him a hopeful look as his eyes met hers, unsure why she was giving him such a bizarre look he shook his head and then proceeded to follow Draco out of the hall. He was so caught up in the continuing conversation between he and Draco that he completely missed the furious look aimed at him by the youngest Weasley.

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Dumbledore sat in his office contemplating the series of events that had played out since Harry Potter turned seventeen that summer. His control over the boy was broken, he no longer knew what he was up to because the young wizard had cut all ties with his old friend.

He’d had plans for the boy this school year but they were now all out the window with the rest of his plans. He was still unsure how the boy had yet to be affected by the potion he had given to Ginny Weasley, the girl had assured him that she had given the potion to a house elf and that she had watched as the potion was put into Harry’s food and drink but for some reason the boy was not getting it. Dumbledore never once thought of Dobby being employed at the school.

He would need to call another meeting, more drastic measures towards the Potter boy were now needed if he expected his plans to go back on track.

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That night found Harry hiding in the shadows, under his cloak, on the Grand Staircase waiting for the Ravenclaw prefect to head back down the stairs. He had been making his way up to the seventh floor landing where Godric Gryffindor’s portrait was displayed when he had almost run into the fifth year prefect. Years of sneaking around under the cloak helped Harry to avoid the other boy without even making a sound.

Draco and Severus were currently in Salazar’s office waiting for Harry to get Godric to go into a blank frame they had set up so that they could talk with the founder about what Salazar had told them the previous night. Severus would be able to cast a diagnostic spell on the founder’s portrait to see if any spells had been cast upon it, it was a rather viable option considering someone had put a spell on Salazar’s portrait to prevent him from leaving it. Someone wanted to keep him quiet, even in death.

Another five minutes passed before Harry felt it was safe enough for him to move from his hiding place, he looked over the rail and saw the prefect was down on the second floor landing. With the cloak still wrapped tightly around him, Harry continued up the staircase towards his final destination. Thankfully the stairs were still linked to the path he needed after the prefect had used them, he wasn’t looking forward to being caught now if the stairs started to move to create his path.

Godric Gryffindor was asleep in his portrait when Harry reached the top, so were all the other portraits in the immediate vicinity. That would make things a little easier.

“Excuse me?” Harry called as he lightly tapped on the picture frame.

“Wh – what? Doesn’t anyone have any respect anymore?” The occupant of the portrait grumbled as he sat up straighter in his seat and squinted in the dim light to try and see Harry better.

“I’m sorry, sir but this was the only time that I have a chance to speak with you.” Harry apologised.

“What could possibly be so important that you had to wake me in the middle of the night?” Godric asked the young wizard.

“I need to speak with you about a rather important matter that cannot be over heard by any of the other portraits. It involves the future of this school and the wizarding world itself.” Harry informed the man.

“And where do you suggest we talk? There isn’t a portrait in this school secure enough that will enable a private conversation.”

“There is a blank portrait set up in the office of Salazar Slytherin, do you think you can get to it?” Harry explained

Even though he gave a dubious look in Harry’s direction, Godric Gryffindor agreed to meet the boy in his fellow founder’s old quarters. Once the man had left his portrait, Harry put his cloak back on and scanned the surrounding area looking for the prefect from before. Upon not seeing the fifth year boy, Harry pulled his map out of his jacket pocket and spoke the password to reveal the map, not seeing anyone within his immediate area he headed back down the stairs towards the dungeons.

With how long it had taken him to get to Godric’s portrait, Draco was most likely getting impatient. The young Malfoy heir wasn’t known for his patience, having proven said lack of personality trait many times over in the past. The potion professor, on the other hand, had more patience than Harry thought was possible considering the amount of inept students he dealt with on a daily basis.

Harry came out of his musings just in time to duck into a nearby alcove when he noticed the little icon on his map letting him know that the school’s caretaker was about to come around the next corner. Thankfully the man didn’t have his cat with him, that damn thing was able to sense him every time he was under his cloak. He could already picture the glee on the weasel of man’s face if he ever managed to catch him out of his common room after curfew.

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“What is taking him so long?” An irritated Draco asked as he paced in the office of Salazar Slytherin.

“Have patience, Draco. He will be here soon.” Severus admonished his irate student.

“Gryffindor showed up half an hour ago, it doesn’t take that long to get down here from the Grand Staircase.” Draco added as he continued to pace.

“Yes but what you need to understand is that he can’t exactly come running down here. There are prefects to avoid as well as Filch, not to mention there is a possibility that Dumbledore is out and about.” Severus explained as he pulled the boy into a seat as he passed in front of him.

“No Dumbledore, just the fifth year Ravenclaw prefect and Filch.” Harry explained as he entered the room.

“Finally!” Draco exclaimed as he sat more comfortably in his seat.

“I managed to run a diagnostic spell on Godric, I had to silence him as well as lock him in that frame when he realised that Salazar was here. I’m quite certain that some of his colourful words were picked up from students over the years.” Severus informed the young man as he placed his cloak onto the desk.

“What was the result?” Harry asked.

“Someone put a memory charm on him, didn’t even know it was possible to put one on a portrait but apparently it is.” Draco explained.

“I wanted to wait till you returned before I removed it, thankfully whoever put it on him did so quite a while ago so the spell has weakened enough for me to break it.” Severus explained further as he stood from his seat and headed towards the frame that contained a rather irate looking founder.

Harry sat down in the seat that Severus had vacated and watched as the man moved his wand in an intricate pattern, muttering Latin under his breath. It seemed easier to break the memory charm whilst the portrait’s occupant was still silenced, Severus didn’t need to be distracted by the words coming from the man’s mouth.

Salazar watched on in silence, still shocked at the hateful words that had been slung at him by his lover. He had never been more thankful then he was when the head of his house had announced that a memory charm had been cast on the portrait of his old lover. Hopefully the man would be able to remember who it was that had cast the charm. If his lover could be returned to him then he would promise to help the three young wizards to complete their goals

When Severus had completed the incantation to remove the spell, a bright white light illuminated the portrait. The light only lasted for a few seconds and when it finally dissipated the occupant looked around him in confusion, his eyes lit up once they landed on the portrait of Salazar and a bright smile spread over his face making him look younger.

“Sal? Where have you been?”

“I’ve been right here, ever since I died. Someone had cast a spell on my portrait to prevent me from leaving it, I guess it worked both ways because I haven’t had a visitor since.” Salazar explained as his body visibly relaxed at the recognition in the other man’s eyes.

“I wondered where you had gotten too, when my portrait was activated after my death I went through all the portraits in the school searching for yours but I never found it. I did ask one of the professors, the potions master at the time, I think his name was Ailwin, Ailwin Southwark. I don’t remember much after that conversation.” Godric explained to the occupants of the room.

“Well, whatever he did, he was most likely the one to lock Salazar into his portrait. Nothing can be done about it now so we might as well move on to more pressing matters.” Harry said.

“We cannot stay out much longer; it is two in the morning already. Now that we have solved the mystery of why Godric had no recollection of Salazar we can advance onto the original reason for needing to find you in the first place.” Severus added as he looked at the portraits.

“Yes, the Chamber. These quarters are the only other way in or out, the entrance you have been using was created for my familiar so she could go out into the forest to feed without running across any of the students.” Salazar explained.

“But it opens up into the school.” Harry told him.

“That’s not right, I had it set specifically so that the tunnels within the walls led to the outside. It was never meant to lead into the school or it would have put the students at risk.” Salazar explained further.

“The school was altered to allow for modern plumbing during the eighteenth century, the original tunnels must have been connected to the bathroom on the second floor to allow access into the Chamber because no one knows where your office is. Any descendants of yours would know of the Chamber and, with the rumours of you creating it to destroy the Muggleborns, they would be able to access it.” Harry said as he tried to remember what he had learned about the Chamber when it was discovered in his second year.

“We’ll have to seal that entrance up.” Draco added to the conversation.

Salazar had already been told what had happened to his familiar, he was not happy that his descendent had used her to wreak havoc on the school. Nor was he happy to learn that said descendent had managed to control a first year long enough to petrify several students before being stopped. He was grateful that no student was killed, at least this time around.

“I’ll start handing out the parchments for the DA members during classes tomorrow, they’ll have the directions to here and the time to meet on Saturday. Once all the members are there we’ll be able to determine how many times a week we can meet, quidditch tryouts start soon so that will put a wrinkle in our plans until they are over.” Harry told them.

“Each house has a different night for their training and I know that at least two teams train over the weekend as well. Once we determine which members are in their house team, we’ll be able to work around them to organise the days for the DA.” Harry said as he pulled out a piece of parchment and his self-inking quill.

“Why don’t we just have the meetings at night time?” Draco asked.

“Because the house heads check the dorms at ten o’clock to make sure that all the students are in their dorms. It’s easier to do it in the afternoons after classes and after dinner. Depending on how many members are in the DA this year, we may need to split the group up so there will be less suspicion than there will be with a large group of students not being accounted for.” Harry told the blonde as he wrote down the possible times to meet.

“Well that makes sense.”

“Come on, we need to go and leave those two to get reacquainted with each other. Can portraits even do that?” Harry asked as he rushed to pack his things away in his bag once he noticed the two founders making out like teenagers.

“I don’t know and I don’t want to know. Guess they couldn’t wait for us to leave.” Draco replied with a look of disgust on his face as he quickly followed Harry out of the office.

Severus just casually strolled out the door with a smirk on his face, sometimes his godson could be rather juvenile. He followed the two young wizards out of Slytherin’s quarters and then proceeded to escort them to the entrance to their common room and watched as they entered before heading back down the hall towards his own rooms. This year was definitely going to be interesting.

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A/N: Not really happy with this chapter but it was the best I could do at the moment, I may come back to it and fix it. It’s hard to really concentrate with a squealing one-year-old in the background. Next chapter will have more of Remus and Lucius and will also have the first DA meeting. We may even be hearing from old Voldy too. I hope you guys enjoy.
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