【Chapter Seven: Finishing Touch】
Over thenext two months, the reconstruction of the castle is due to an end, Rowena hadfound the real reason to why the castle refuses to be mended by magic(apparently it is a strong protection spell) and sorted it. Helga startedtraining her army of house elves into cooks, they are now capable of hundredsof delicious recipes which apparently is originally from Helga's mother.Salazar and Godric stopped their messing about (well, most of the time) andstarted lending a hand and setting up the whole thing.
AroundJanuary, all of them thought that the castle needed just a finishing touch andthey're good to add some pupils in.
"Arewe still making an orphanage?"
"Yes,what do you think?"
"WellI say, a school is better."
"Actually,I've been thinking about the same question lately, and I think so too."
"Whateverit is, we need some children in here." Nagged Helga impatiently.
"ButI'm stil worried that we haven't done enough…" Rowena said, concerned.
"Wearen't gonna know if we don't get people in!"
"Butthere's still corridors we haven't cleared and everything… "
"Rowie,this can't WAIT! We've kinda got our whole world out there to risk!"
"Howabout this," Rowena finally gave in, "We send a person to go and getthe pupils, and the rest of us continue to work on it?"
"Isuggest Ricky go, he knew a lot of people."
In fact,Godric knew TOO MANY people, and by the end of the week, ten pupils came andmore flooded in over the next two weeks. At that point, Hogwarts is reallystarting to kick off.
Well…Maybenot.
Now withreal residents in the castle, they discovered another bunch of problem again.For one, the floor isn't strong enough for a group of students, for another,there turned out to be strong protecting charms all over the corridor and wheninnocent little children walk into it, they stick their feet together, or maketheir tongue stiff and swollen…
Therewas one day, where Rowena was nowhere to be seen for the whole afternoon,turning up right before dinner in their meeting hall, collapsing as soon as shetouches the chair.
"HeyRowie where have you been! We have been so worried!"
"D-Don't…E….ven met-tion…it!" Rowena replied between big gasps for air, therewasn't the usual coldness and elegance in her voice either. Salazar suggestedthat they let Rowena catch her breath first, when she did, Rowena explained thewhole situation.
"Anttiwandered off into the forbidden corridors, that's what happened."
"Antti?Antigony?"
"Yeah.Apparently we haven't cleared the protection over there yet."
"Ohno!" Helga said with her hand over her mouth, "Is she alright?"
"YesHelga she is alright, no problem… But I'M not! I had to sort our the reason shewas dancing like she's been bitten by a TARANTELLA and to make everythingworse, I had to stop her sister Iseme from REALLY laughing her head off. Not tomention Issy's laughters are making Antti angry and refuse to let me doanything to her."
"Ifwe don't do something, Ricky is going to laugh his head off and Miss Ravenclawis going to get angry and she'll probably blow this whole place apart!"Salazar teased, and that made everyone burst with thunderous laughters.
"Comeon now let's go and join the dinner with the students! Helga what's for dinnertonight?"
"Roastbeef with mashed cheesy potato and gravy."
"Yum…"Salazar murmured as he walked down the stairs.