Dressed as a Hogwarts portrait

Hogwarts, take your existence as a contract.Only the owner of this office can see the following text - Godric Gryffindor

I didn't walk away disappointed in this school, I didn't give up half my life's work because of any friend's unhappiness, but I realized that my best friend might be in danger.The more I think about it, the more I can't sleep peacefully, and even my consciousness is in a trance.

Last Halloween morning - Salazar disappeared.

Rowena, Helga, everyone was silent, including the children.

Salazar decided to leave us anyway, even my hat said so - I couldn't sleep all night, when did he leave?Hogwarts fell into silence, and even the creatures in the forest and the black lake seemed to have fallen asleep, because no pair of eyes could see how he walked.

What was he thinking when he left?Ever look back at the castle?

He didn't leave a word, and there was no sign. I even remember that on the dinner table the night before Halloween, he impatiently picked the thin spines in the cod steak, and tired of flipping through my previous day after eating a few bites. Preoccupied with his wizarding travelogue, the parting in the hallway that night was as usual, no superfluous words, no sign of leaving Hogwarts... I would never have guessed that this was the last time I would see him, no!Merlin, I'll find him, I don't believe a word or guesswork they say.Salazar didn't leave us because of differences, there must be some reason.

But what is that.

50 years, 50 years, I don't want to recall the past, but I have to say, I never really knew what Salazar was thinking, he was always the same, or he always let others see him elegant and calm— The same demeanor, expression and attitude as every nobleman.It's like the thing that Muggle nobles wear on their faces in operas that Muggle nobles are fond of. It will always be like that, and always remind yourself to be that way.

I know what Salazar likes, what kind of life he likes, even what he likes to eat and what he hates. I don't need to look at the habitual movements of Salazar sitting next to me. I try my best—— Trying to shorten the distance that should not exist between friends, but even though everyone was laughing and talking at the tea party the day before, he occasionally forgot his black magic, researched his potions, and his thoughts that no one knew were in my cup Pouring potions with ridiculous effects, stealing my things secretly just to look for them to see me burnt out, we all know, we all like this kind of time, but when the next day comes, Salazar is still the same, proud and indifferent, follow All the etiquette brought the distance back to us and we could only look at it from a distance, and even a question of concern seemed impolite and we couldn't say it.

Rowena is obviously more proud than Salazar, and Helga smiled and said she didn't mind, and the next few decades seemed to be only my constant hope and effort to change this distance.He's a powerful wizard who can be trusted and relied upon in times of crisis, but he doesn't trust us as much.

Salazar seldom ate food made by house elves, he would rather do it himself - it was very strange for a noble wizard of his origin, Helena cried and screamed when she was a child, Salazar, She often gave her small snacks, and the little girl was right. Salazar's character of liking comfort and wanting everything to satisfy him was obviously reflected in his own craftsmanship.This in itself was an unfortunate event, with Salazar the only one left in the Slytherin family.This family has many enemies but it will not be destroyed, curse and poison are the most terrible reasons.

Helga didn't like these habits of Salazar very much. He didn't eat any fresh-picked fruit, he didn't drink alcohol, and he didn't drink anything from the same plate and silver jug ​​until we had eaten it. Swallow it down, caution is indeed what we should have in this age, but it annoys Helga who holds a tea party every time.

"Does he think I'm going to hurt him?"

I understand Helga. Every time I handed Salazar a glass of water, I got a cold and polite refusal, and there was almost mad anger. We argued many times. Where did Salazar’s insecurity come from? I can't figure it out.

Salazar has killed many Muggles, and sometimes he won't hold back against wizards, but those who died at his hands and we can see him in another way, restless and moody, Rowena once said This is very wrong, but there is nothing we can do about it, because he always controls it very well, at least he has never been in that state when teaching students, that kind of crack that occasionally seems to float on the water, just for a moment, It quickly disappeared again.

I have some regrets. Over the years, we have not done what friends should do.

Admonition, comfort, advice, guidance... These are extremely difficult things between us and Salazar. We all know that Salazar is obsessed with black magic and studies it carefully. No matter how dangerous the attempt is, he will not stop , so that over the years, his health has been getting worse and worse. In the past few years, he has been coughing uncontrollably every night, and he is always so tired that he doesn’t seem to have slept much. I once suspected that he drank recovery potions instead of rest. , the more time passed, the farther we were from him, unable to speak out these dissatisfaction - we knew that he would not listen.

The Muggle wars did not stop for a year, and children were always missing from nearby villages.I don't know when, Salazar's horror reputation was spread to this school. The places he walked always attracted suspicion and fear. We can't change these, and Salazar doesn't care about them at all.Until one day, Helga said that he saw a very young girl in his office, she was definitely not a student and she didn't know her.The girl looked very wrong, she seemed to have no hands, and could only crawl on the ground... I don't know how this story got out, I couldn't believe it, but soon Helga told me that Hogwarts is used for There's something wrong with the expenditure on food, too, and Salazar's erratic habits make it impossible to know for sure if there's a second person in his room.

I have questioned disagreements and doubts, but Salazar has always been indifferent and does not answer at all.

After Salazar disappeared, the only thing I could think of in my resentment was Helena's death—

Rowena has only one daughter, we all love this little angel, and Salazar pampers her within his emotional range, but Helena is a little afraid of Salazar, she likes those snacks but dare not knock open that door.

It's easy to understand a girl's mind, but we all ignore it, because a child will always be a child, no matter how old she is, in the eyes of mothers and us, she is a child who has no worries.

Salazar has never painted a portrait of any wizard in his life. A few years ago, he suddenly started to paint his appearance at the age of 15-we signed a blood contract with Hogwarts, for our lifelong ideals and the protection of it Existence, we cannot exist in the portrait after death, nor can we become ghosts to stay anywhere.Salazar's self-portrait is a meaningless thing. We never know what he thinks, and it is not easy to interfere. Salazar draws very carefully, and we can see it occasionally, so recalling that this thing seriously interferes We, especially me, drawing Salazar who was only 15 years old made me think a lot, maybe it was Merlin who gave me the last chance of regret and redemption, and I missed it again.

When exactly did Helena change, none of us noticed, sad, silent... She had a sign, she asked each of us, who is the person in that painting, the black hair and green eyes smiling I didn't tell her who the teenager who couldn't move or speak in the painting was just a child's joke.

For a long time after Helena stole Rowena's diadem I didn't understand why the child became like this.

She didn't know where she went, extreme, and refused to answer our letters. Rowena was looking for her everywhere, and that child in Barrow also went. Racha disappeared, and Rowena fell ill after seeing Helena's ghost. Her eyes no longer had the wisdom and firmness I was familiar with, but were covered with a terrible gray. Merlin knew how all this happened. occurring.

Helena would fall in love with Salazar in that painting, which none of us would have imagined. Helga told me in pain that she told Helena that was what Salazar looked like when he was young. I don't know what this poor girl was thinking, whether she turned her awe and fear into love or she was completely desperate. We only guess that Helena fell into a deep inferiority complex. She stole Rowena's crown to make herself Becoming a powerful wizard not inferior to her mother, the stubbornness and extremes almost drove the child crazy, but how could this be blamed on Salazar?He doesn't know, he must not know this.Like me, when the dead Helena still returned to this castle and still wanted to look at the painting, he knew from the shock and pain how uncomfortable it must be.

Salazar is gone, left us.

Children from the nearby villages still often disappeared, which is very common in this day and age, werewolves, vampires and even Muggles themselves, and it pained me to have even the slightest suspicion of Salazar.

Rowena is getting sicker and sicker, I don't want to look at her eyes that are gradually losing their luster, she is dying slowly - what a terrible fact, Helga is always crying silently, I can't stop Wondering where Salazar is, is he also very sick, our owl can't find him at all, he is proficient in black magic, there must be some way to leave something in this castle, but we can't find it, I can't even find that painting.

I saw Salazar come back countless times in my dreams, and when I woke up, I saw Rowena's completely gray pupils, and the almost suffocating grief was suppressed. Merlin knew that we were always suffering after the irreparable, and I had to do something.

Hogwarts, I left you only to go back in time.