Beginning of a Legend Chapter 13

They all felt a rush of air and the next thing they knew they were thrown into the street of Hogsmeade. Several passerby glanced at them when walking by, but it seemed for the most part they went unnoticed.

"Bit of a bumpy ride," said Godric standing up and brushing himself off.

"Where have you been?" came an angry voice behind them. The four of them turned around to see a very angry Mr. and Mrs. Gryffindor. "We have been waiting for hours, and we come to find that you are no where in Hogsmeade. We have told you about this several times. Do not wander off."

"We were just. . ." Godric started.

"Don't make up excuses Godric Heraldo Gryffindor," snapped Mrs. Gryffindor. "We have told you about this many times, sooner or later you are going to get yourself into serious trouble and I fear it will be sooner rather than later."

"Of course we're not mad at you three," Mr. Gryffindor explained. "Godric seems to have developed the ability to get people to follow him wherever he wants to go."

"We're really sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Gryffindor," said Helga, sweetly. "It was something kind of unexpected."

"What kind of thing?" Mrs. Gryffindor asked. "Another adventure no doubt."

"Yeah," said Salazar simply. "We kinda lost track of time."

"I suppose we should just be happy that you are okay," said Mrs. Gryffindor, sighing. "Helga your mother had to hurry back home to help your father with something so I told her that you could stay at our house for tonight."

"Okay," said Helga.

"I had better head back home," said Rowena. "I am already way behind on my studying. I'll talk to all of you later."

"Bye, Rowena," said Helga as the others waved.

"Well, I think it is about time we all headed home as well. I don't wanna give you three any other opportunities to run off and get into trouble," said Mrs. Gryffindor.

The three of them didn't speak at all on the way to the Gryffindor house. They didn't know exactly how Godric's parents would react if they knew what had happened to them. So they decided they would keep their mouths shut until they were able to be alone. It wasn't easy since they were bombarded with questions about where they had disappeared to, they had just made the excuse that they were helping Salazar with some things in his house. It was a lie, but they thought it was best at the time. Salazar and Helga let Godric do the talking. Salazar had gotten the impression that Helga was not particularly good at lying that that Godric had, had plenty of practice.

"Grafton's Hollow," Salazar read as they entered a small muggle town.

"My grandfather," Godric clarified. "He was well known for creating a way to seal wizard families within muggle communities without them drawing attention to themselves. Several spells and charms keep muggles from noticing us. They named this place after him twenty years ago. He was also well known in the muggle community for trying to get others involved in the politics."

"Wow," said Salazar. "My family is just well known for keeping to themselves in woods and bogs."

"Sometimes it takes just the right person to make the family well known," said Helga. "My family isn't so well known either."

"Well, you three had best get ready for bed," said Mrs. Gryffindor, leading them all inside. "I will set out a place for you three to sleep in the living room."

With a flick of her wand three small cots appeared out of nowhere, along with three glasses of milk and cookies.

"I don't see why you shouldn't have some fun while you two stay here," said Mrs. Gryffindor smiling. "But do try to keep yourselves out of trouble. I don't want to wake up to find the three of you missing."

"No need to worry about us, Mom," said Godric. "We won't leave the room."

Godric's parents stared at him as if trying to figure out whether he was up to something or not. They left the room after a few minutes deciding that he couldn't possibly get into any more trouble that night.

"That man was strange wasn't he?" Godric asked after his parents went back to their room. "Sweet house, but I'm not sure I could live alone is a place like that without any company."

"He was rather strange," Helga agreed. "Clearly he was a wizard otherwise he wouldn't have had floo powder or be able to put a spell on us so we wouldn't find his house."

"But why would he want to isolate himself from everyone else in the world?" Salazar asked. "I know my family has been doing it for centuries, but they were never actually alone."

"Who knows," said Godric. "I'm sure he had his reasons. It's not like it matters. He can wait in the middle of the arctic and save some wandering adventurers as much as he wants."

"I'm thinking thats not something he does very often," Salazar stated. "Can we just possibly go through the rest of my little vacation from home without getting into too much trouble?"

Godric was silent as if he was deep in though. He appeared to be seriously considering the question for a minute. He then gave his usual toothy grin.

"I guarantee nothing."