【Prologue: The Hope of Our Kind】
"Hi." A cold, stiff voice echoed in a dark alley, the spooky greenish light from the lanterns lit up a shadowed figure. This man was obviously not affected by the freezing-ness of the snowflakes drifting down as he only wore a simple emerald cloak over his dark green woollen cardigan and trousers. However it matches up quite well with the look of the alley.
"It is obvious to me that you are not in a great mood, am I right?" A second voice said. This one was more warming than the last, more penetrating as well, and with a purer old English accent.
"My cousin was killed last Friday, thanks to those Muggles." the emerald person said bitterly.
"Never heard of him." The second person said as he shivered with cold. He wasn't wearing an awful lot either.
"Her." The first corrected.
"I don't suppose that's why you've called me, to cry about your sister?"
"Ricky we've got to act!"
"Oh, Sally, when are we not acting?"
"I! AM! NOT! CALLED! SALLY!" The other one hollered under his breath, it was clear from the quietness of the conversation that none of them wanted to be heard.
"Oh please chill, don't be so pathetic" Ricky teased with a laugh.
"Godric Gryffindor, will you please start to take this seriously! We've got too much to loose, we are the hope of our kind!"
"I know, Salazar," Ricky said, losing the jolliness at the mention of his full name, "How can I not? I've seen too much to be innocent again."
"Oh Godric!" Salazar sighed.
"It'll be OK, Sally, it'll be OK.." He paused and looked at his friend, as if waiting for him to fight back, but this time Salazar did not react at all to being called Sally.
Godric went on, "Nice chat we've had tonight, I'll see you around." and without waiting for an answer, he turned around and swished his cloak. He was gone. Salazar did the same thing with a sigh.
The snow continued to fall in the dark alley, covering up the footprints of the two cloaked men. The flame in the green lanterns burnt silently and still, giving a flicker from time to time. Nothing in this alley suggested that anyone came near it. Miles away, Godric Gryffindor lay in his bed at home, it was a simple wooden one, he turned over what Salazar said. "Salazar was right," he murmured, "We got to get acting… We got to save our kind… "
But, how?

【第一章：处决】
“女巫！”“杀死她！”广场上人声鼎沸，人们呈半圆形围着两根绑着人的柱子。柱子上各有一名女子，左边的很漂亮，有着黑色的长发，黑色的眼睛，显得冷静，机智，非常严厉。靠右边的非常可爱，有一头金色的波浪短发，她正在顽皮的向人群眨着眼睛。
“哎呀呀，真可惜。”戈德里克说，他和萨拉扎五分钟前刚挤到人群前面看热闹。“要不是她们被处决了，我还能勾搭到其中一个呢！”戈德里克笑着说，好像他一分钟不开玩笑就会死似的。的确，他能把生活中任何事情变成一个玩笑。“你更中意谁，左边还是右边啊，萨拉扎？”
“别闹，瑞奇！” 萨拉扎呵斥。
人群们继续起哄，侩子手“唰”的一下点燃两个木桩。两个女子瞬间被大火吞噬，连尖叫的声音都没有。火渐渐灭下来，当最后一点被火浇灭的时候，烧焦的木桩上已经没有任何人的踪影了。
“就这样完了？”
“真没意思。”
处决完毕，人群哄哄的走了，留下两名女子，左边的很漂亮，有着黑色的长发，黑色的眼睛，显得冷静，机智，非常严厉。靠右边的非常可爱，有一头金色的波浪短发，她正在顽皮的向戈德里克和萨拉扎眨着眼睛。
“你们也太不小心了吧！”萨拉扎愤怒的走过去，打算训斥她们一顿。“我们干什么用不着你管，毛头！” 长发女子说，她朋友笑了一下。萨拉着的脸没有涨得通红，只是泛起了淡淡的红晕。“用不着我管！用不着我管！”他挤眉弄眼的说“用不着我管我也得管，你们太大意了！暴露我们的种族！简直没有教养！简直－”
“去我那里喝杯茶吧，你们三个？”戈德里克插嘴说。
“好啊！”金发女子的眼睛闪闪的发着光。
“你住哪？”黑发女子冷冷的回答。
“艾文山谷，来么？”
“来嘛，罗伊！”金发女子祈求道，黑发女子无奈地摇了摇头，第一个挥舞她深蓝色的斗篷，不见了。金发女子小声嘀咕了一句“艾文山谷”，也消失了。
“萨拉扎。。。”
“好吧好吧，我来。”
他们一起消失在了空气中。

【第二章：孤儿院】
几百英里以外，艾文山谷的宁静被打破了。萨拉扎和戈德里克出现在了从这里。
走进屋子里，戈德里克做了热红茶，他们交谈起来。
“两位贵姓？”戈德里克问起。
黑发女孩怀疑的瞪了他们一眼，回答“罗伊娜 拉文克劳”
“赫尔加 赫奇帕奇” 金发女子激动地回答。
接下来是一片尴尬的死寂，只有赫奇帕奇抿着红茶的声音。罗伊娜继续用冰冷嫌弃的眼神在戈德里克和萨拉扎之间来回看。
“你是打算一辈子瞪着我么，拉文克劳女士？”戈德里克终于打开了话闸子。
“如果你不打算告诉我你们的名字的话，是的。”罗伊娜傲慢的回答
“扑哧！”赫尔加笑了，嘴里的红茶也喷了出来。
“我的天啊！赫尔加！”罗伊娜叫到，赫尔加向她吐了吐舌头。
“我是萨拉扎 斯莱特林，如果你非要知道的话，这位是戈德里克 格兰芬多。”
"噢。"
“你们几时搬到英国来的？”
“很早了。” 戈德里克说。
“我也是。”萨拉扎漫不经心的附和。
“你呢，赫奇帕奇女士？”
“叫我赫尔加就行。我妈妈以前住在苏格兰，前年来的。有一次我生病了，她熬魔药被麻瓜发现了。。。”
“我很抱歉。”戈德里克沉重地说，赫尔加点了点头，“打那以后，我最大的愿望就是能解决麻瓜的问题，我想创造个地方，让巫师能无忧无虑的生活。。。直到罗伊打消了这个念头。”赫尔加厌恶的看了一眼罗伊娜
“赫尔加，这是不可能的！”
“我觉的这个主意很好啊！”戈德里克突然高声叫道，“我和萨拉扎也有同样的想法呢～”
萨拉扎配合的“哼”了一声。
“真的真的？那我们为什么不行动呢？”赫尔加激动地叫道。
“说说你呢具体想法吧。”萨拉扎无趣地说“不要告诉我你只是圈一块地，把巫师扔进去，就不管了？”
“当然不是，”赫尔加气急败坏地反驳“嗯。。。建一个孤儿院吧！”
“好极了的注意！”戈德里克突然拍手大叫，赫尔加的脸“噌”的涨红了。“我们可以建给那些父母被麻瓜杀害了的人，你们说呢？”
“试试看吧。”萨拉扎毫无表情地说，罗伊娜只是微微的点点头。
“叫什么名字呢？”
“就叫霍格沃特吧！”赫尔加坚定地回答

【第三章：霍格巫茨】
“霍格沃特？”
“是我小时候，很喜欢的一种花。”赫奇帕奇悲伤地回忆。
“有点。。。嗯。。。”萨拉扎很不满。
“叫霍格巫茨好了？”
“霍格巫茨是什么？”戈德里克质问，却得到罗伊娜，“一定得是一个东西吗？”的反驳。
“挺好的。”萨拉扎懒洋洋地说，却被罗伊娜瞪了一眼。
“就这么定了！”
“那么。。。就只有一个问题了！”
“什么？”赫尔加歪着脑袋，迷惑不解的思考，样子可爱极了
“在哪建。”萨拉扎这句话听起来不像是一个问题，而是一个陈述。
“我觉得，”戈德里克严肃的宣布，“这是我们每个人的作业，我们都分头去找找，谁找到了，就给其他人发猫头鹰！”
“好吧。。。”罗伊娜皱着眉头，勉强同意。
“那会议结束咯！”
“嗯。。。结束了。。。别忘了啊！”
“好。”
当戈德里克看着他的朋友们说说笑笑的走出自己的房子时，艾文山谷的天色渐渐黯淡下来。天空上的火烧云，似乎也在似乎也为他们而变得跟平常不一样，格外热烈，格外壮观。
赫尔加也注意到了这一点，而且她觉得这一定预示着什么。。。是好事？还是坏事？她并不知道，也不想知道。

【第四章：那封信】
一个星期以后，罗伊娜在她的小房子里收到了一封猫头鹰寄来的，用羊皮纸写的信。天蓝色的墨水，可爱的字体，皱皱巴巴的羊皮纸，还有那欢快的小褐枭，这是赫尔加写的没错。
“赫尔加啊。。。”罗伊娜叹了口气，望着信封上的地址：
罗伊娜 拉文克劳 收。
她最喜欢的书房，
简朴的蓝色小屋，
悲痛幽谷【注】，
赫特福德郡【注2】，
英格兰。
打开信，赫尔加的可爱字体立刻冒了出来，信里写道：
亲爱的罗伊，
我已经找到了合适的地点！
它是一个位于苏格兰的城堡，是我舅舅的。
我已经跟戈德里克讨论过了，我们决定于下星期三上午十点去他家会合，然后一起去看看那个城堡。罗伊，我知道你不喜欢这个主意，但是总是可以试一试的嘛！说实话，我也不确定会很成功，但是不去做，又怎能改进，怎能脱离困境呢？戈德里克和萨拉扎，他们都在努力，难道你不想帮帮他们吗？你有这个能力，罗伊，有你我们会干得更好！
你的朋友，
赫尔加 赫奇帕奇
P. S. 你是不是喜欢萨拉扎？
“赫尔加啊。。。”罗伊娜又叹了口气，把信折好，塞进信封里，并且把信封放进一个小铁盒子里。
罗伊娜并没有马上关那个铁盒子，而是拿着它，坐在木头板凳上，慢慢地翻起了里面的东西。那个铁盒子是赫尔加给他的所有东西，从五岁，到上个星期。
罗伊娜慢慢翻着，五岁时，赫尔加给她画的画，画上她们两个人正在快乐的笑着。十岁时，赫尔加给她写的诗，诗里描述着未来，巫师们脱离了躲躲藏藏，简朴节俭的日子。十五岁时，赫尔加送给她的故事，故事里的巫师都很快乐，光荣，无忧无虑。前年，赫尔加给他写的一封信，同样的笔记，同样的墨水，Rowena的R的弯度跟今天的一样，信里寄托的希望也一样。
那封信，罗伊娜看了多少遍？那封信，向罗伊娜叙述了多少事情？那封信，告诉了罗伊娜，赫尔加的梦想是伟大的，是意味深长的。罗伊娜明白了，赫尔加没有异想天开，她在尝试的，是完成他母亲的遗愿，改善巫师的处境。
那一刹那，罗伊娜的心从来没有过这么强烈的渴望，她要帮助赫尔加，她，也要尽心尽力的，建造这个家园。因为这对赫尔加来说，是幸福的。这是赫尔加梦想了一辈子的愿望。
＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝【注】英文：Glen of Woe
【注2】Hertfordshire，英国地名，位于英国东南部，比伦敦往北一些。

【第六章：白手起家】
接下来几天可够他们忙活的了，赫尔加在外面不停地奔波，寻找城堡可用的各种东西，摆设，课本，装饰，魔法物件。。。等等。
罗伊娜这边则是忙着施各种保护咒，还要查书，看看有没有漏掉的隐患，特别认真。
戈德里克和萨拉扎却只顾在城堡里打闹，探险，做游戏，像极了两个小孩子。每当他们不小心打破了罗伊娜好不容易才施好的麻瓜驱逐咒，或者弄乱了赫尔加的蔬菜园，他们就会被臭骂一顿。
“你们两个就不能像个人样？！”罗伊娜经常冲他们吼叫，
“你让我们干什么？你从来没有说过，我和萨拉扎就只能自娱自乐咯！”
“我不是让你们把城堡弄成新的吗？”
“没办法，”戈德里克摊摊手，装作很无奈的样子“我们试过了，没办法。”
这倒是真的，无论四人如何努力，都无法修复城堡。戈德里克试了“清理一新”，萨拉扎试了“复始如初”，罗伊娜试了一个古老的复原咒语，都失败了。最后，是赫尔加发动了一大堆家养小精灵，把城堡勉强修复到不会倒塌。
“赫尔加，哪来的这么多家养小精灵？”罗伊娜开会的时候，微微皱着眉头问她，
“我以前在农场生活，记得吗？”赫尔加欢快地回答，“那里有挺多家养小精灵的。”
“要管住他们，有点难度吧？”
“不会！”赫尔加拍拍胸脯，抬着下巴保证，“都包在我身上！”
下面就是他们每天早起贪黑的各种策划，当然这是免不了争执的。戈德里克坚持说要把大厅作为寝室，而罗伊娜却认为放在高塔比较好。萨拉扎觉得最高的塔楼学习天文在合适不过了，而赫尔加确认为那是学变形术的好地方。
光是定课程就花费了他们不少精力，最终他们决定了教五门课：天文，魔法理论，魔药，基本魔咒和神奇生物。
“赫尔加，你教魔法理论。”
“不要！我要神奇生物！”
“不管怎么说，基本魔咒我要定了！”
“就你？第二天城堡就不存在了！”
“你呢，萨拉扎？”
“魔药无误啊！”
“够了！我来。萨拉扎，你教天文。”
“我都说了我要魔药！”
“你听我把话讲完！戈德里克，你教神奇生物。”
“罗伊！我要神奇生物！”
“赫尔加！别像个小孩子！”
“你才是小孩子，拉文克劳女士！”
“哎哎算了你们定，把魔法理论留给我就行。”
到了星期天，他们都已经精疲力尽，也真正意识到他们伟大的梦想是多么的难执行。

【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.