Chapter V

A/N: This is a chapter I've been waiting to write for a very long time. The talking over of who the other instructors at Hogwarts will be. Some familiar surnames are going to be popping up. Italics indicate Parseltongue. Sorry about the long wait. Certain things may start to get hinted at... ;)

Salazar was starting to get bored out of his mind. Even though the castle was finished, and the school named (Where *had* Rowena gotten the name Hogwarts from?) She had not been exactly clear where it had come from.

He and the others were getting the list together for other instructors at the school, other than themselves. He and Godric would be teaching dueling, he would teaching Astronomy as well. Helga would be teaching Charms, and Rowena would be teaching Transfiguration.

He looked at the list for the other instructors that would be teaching the other subjects.

Conri Alphard Black- Potions Master

Alcaeus Peverell- History of Greek and Roman Wizards

Branwen Fletcher- Healing and Magical Plants

Tertius Apollo Malfoy- Latin based spells

Salazar then noticed that there was not yet anyone for Magical Creatures or Gaelic based spells.

Well, Salazar had a perfect person in mind for the Magical Creatures class. She would not be too shabby as Gaelic based spells instructor either.

"Rowena, have you thought of anyone for the Magical Creatures class or the Gaelic runes class?"

Rowena looked up from the list, then asked, "Do you have someone in mind, Salazar?"

"As a matter of fact I do. The only person I can think of, who knows more about magical creatures than any of us put together, is my sister Selene," Salazar waited for his three other companions to object to the matter.

Rowena remembered Selene when she first arrived as a small child, younger than Helena. She had always been getting into the stables of the winged horses that the Blackwoods had bred. She found Kneazle litters and snuck them into her rooms and fed them. Then there had been the Thestrals. Her mother had mentioned Selene's excursions with the beasts, often found to have been riding them.

That being said, Selene was rather knowledgeable on all sort of magical and non magical creatures.

"Salazar, I cannot find any objections to Selene teaching about magical creatures. She knows more about them then any of us do," Rowena said with a small smile.

Godric was a bit more surprised, "You want your sister teaching about magical creatures?"

Before either of the women could reply, Salazar said with a, "She's grown up a lot since you last saw her Godric, not that you will need to notice." To Rowena he continued on with, "She could also teach Gaelic based spells, if needed."

Rowena nodded. Selene would be sufficient for that purpose as well.

"Well then Salazar, since you want her here, you could go get her."

Salazar was back on his family estate. Though there was a muggle village nearby, he had put up Repelling charms.

Unfortunately, those did not always work as well as liked, so there had been times where he and Selene had hexed then modified the memories of Muggles so that they could not tell their comrades about the magical nature of their neighbors to the northwest.

Salazar saw a silvery thestral canter off. It seemed as if Selene had set up a variant of the Patronus charm as a warning system for visitors.

Following it, he eventually found his sister meditating in a clearing, with her back to him, her wand was holstered on her arm.

"Hello brother. How was your trip?" Selene asked without turning around.

"It was good. My business is mostly finished. There is something I wish to discuss with you back at the house. Are you done here?"

"I am. The house elves can get a meal together."

The two siblings walked back up to the manor house. Turning towards her brother, Selene said, "Go bathe brother, you smell like you've been rolling around horse manure.

"You are lucky that you're my sister. If anyone else said that to me, it would not end well for them!" Salazar growled. Selene just smiled sweetly as they entered.

About an hour later, after they were finished eating, Salazar had just finished giving his sister the pitch for teaching at Hogwarts.

"You want me to teach at that school of yours?" Selene did not quite believe her ears.

"None of us could think of anyone who knows more about magical creatures than you do, little sister," Salazar mentioned laying it on a little thicker than he usually would. But for once, when he was laying it on thick, he was speaking the truth.

"You're a charmer you know that?" Selene replied with a smile.

"I am aware. So will you do it?"

"Of course I will brother," Selene replied, "As if I could ever say no to you!"

The next morning Selene had gotten most of her belongings together. The house elves would be bringing some of her knick-knacks at a later time.

"There's going to be a small party tonight involving some of the school governors, along with the rest of the staff. Dressing up a little more would be a very good idea," her brother mentioned. Something in his voice did sound a fair bit strained.

"What is the problem with the School Governors, Salazar," Selene asked.

"Some of them had a problem with you teaching at the school," Salazar began before his sister interrupted with, "What was their problem?"

Knowing that it would be better to just say it than drag it out, he muttered, "They think you might try to seduce the older male students, since you are unmarried."

"WHAT? Why would I do that?" Selene's face was red with rage.

"It took a fair bit of persuading and the fact that no one else they recommended was acceptable to the other half of the school governors, really left them with no other option."

Salazar noticed that there was a gleam in Selene's eyes shortly before they Apparated to outside the grounds.

"Why couldn't we Apparate inside the castle," she asked.

"It was for safety purposes. There are also Muggle Repelling charms, it looks like a ruin to a Muggle, and we've made it Unplottable. Any kind of safety measure we could make we used, for both ourselves, and all our students."

Selene sensed a bitterness in her brother's voice.

"What is the problem the students, Salazar," she asked.

"Against my wishes, there will be Muggle-born students here. I was overruled by the others."

Like her brother, Selene was less than thrilled by that news. She did not trust Muggles (with good reason) or Muggle-borns.

The gathering was in full swing. Selene had noticed that some of the Governors were giving her filthy looks.

Selene looked at herself. She was wearing a perfectly respectable green and silver dress (family colors this night were a must) along with the family locket.

She had not been able to get a chance to talk to her brother or even Conri.

As some time wore on, Selene found herself getting bored, and filled with desire to cause some harmless mischief.

She knew that Godric had not seen her in over a decade, and would likely be surprised to see her.

Salazar saw Selene's smirk and knew immediately that she was up to mischief. Likely involving Godric not recognizing her.

Unfortunately, Aetius Malfoy (one of the loudest opponents to Selene teaching) caught his attention, ergo he became distracted by the older man's suggestions.

"Nice evening, is it not?"

Godric turned around. A very attractive younger woman in a green and silver dress had come up next to him, unseen.

"A bit dull though. Aetius Malfoy has been giving me dirty looks all evening," the young woman continued.

"And why has he been doing that," Godric asked.

"He does not want me here. He thinks I'd be a distraction to the students," the young woman replied with an eye roll.

"She wouldn't just distract the students," Godric thought, eying the young woman up and down. She had curves in all the right places.

Before he could ask who she was, Salazar was walking up with, "There you are Selene, I've been looking for you."

"THIS is Salazar's little sister? She was just a kid the last time I saw her..." had been Godric's first thoughts before he realized that it had been nearly ten years since he'd first met Selene after her unsuccessful attempt at sneaking up on her brother.

He'd been so deep in his thoughts, that Godric missed most of the siblings greeting each other.

"You haven't caused any mischief have you, little sister," Salazar asked with a grin.

"Not yet. Though I can think of some prime candidates for it," she replied with a similar grin before leaving with a "Nice seeing you again, Godric."

Godric was silent for a few moments before saying, "Your sister has changed a lot since the last time I saw her."

"What did you expect, for her to be 11 years old all her life? Though that would make my life a bit easier," Salazar chuckled.

Soon, both were swept away with the business of the school.

Selene was bored. There was no other word for it.

"Too many bloody speeches," she mentally groaned.

When the dancing started up again, Selene took a look around. Everyone was fairly busy. There would be no harm in exploring the grounds of the castle.

Slipping out of the party was too easy. She'd caught a glimpse of the lake, and wanted to take a closer look at it.

As she took a look at the lake, Selene shivered. Calling it the Black Lake was no understatement. She didn't even want to consider how deep it might be.

Taking a look around, she made sure she was alone before heading to a small area with some shrubs.

"I'm going for a swim," Selene thought as she jumped into the cold water with a whoop.

Godric needed to be outside for a bit. The business end was not what he needed a break from. He needed a break from the married women who kept on flirting with him in full view of their husbands.

He knew he went through a lot of women, but one of his few rules was "No married women."

Salazar on the other hand, had no such rule. He was still discreet.

Even though Godric liked action, even he liked his peace and quiet from time to time.

And a stroll around the Black Lake was the perfect thing.

Selene was loving the swim. Swimming was something that relaxed her.

After spending nearly an hour in the lake, she started to swim for shore.

It was a good thing she had her wand on her as she began to get out of the lake, because she saw someone nearby.

Selene shouted, "Ave Ignis Draco!" And little dragons emerged from her wand and started diving at the man who'd happened upon her. She ran to get her clothes on.

"Come on call them off! I did not see anything," a very familiar voice called out.

"Godric, what are you doing out here," Selene asked from behind the copse of trees.

"I went out for a walk. I am well within my rights to go for a walk by the lake," Godric shot back before asking "What were you doing out here?"

Selene finished getting her clothes on before answering, "I was bored, so I decided to take a stroll around the grounds. The water on the lake didn't look too cold, so I decided to take a dip."

As she walked back up, Selene stumbled. Ever the gentleman, Godric reached out to help her up.

Something happened that neither of them expected: As he touched her hand, a blue light encased their hands.

Selene's eyes went wide. She pulled her hand out of Godric's like she'd been burnt and bolted up to the castle.

"Why me, why me," Selene thought once she got to her rooms.

The Blue Spark was a fairy tale, even for the magical community. It was a story told to young children, girls in particular.

So she had to be mistaken. And Selene would be going out of her way to avoid Godric. He would likely be asking her why she acted so strange.

There was work to be done at the school still. And the students would be arriving in two weeks.

A/N 2: I apologize for the long wait. I had to move to a new city, among other things. Some of the scenes were kicking me in the teeth. The Blue Spark is from the movie Seventh Son. Enjoy, and please tell me what you think. SSD