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"Well, they don't believe in magic anymore for starters and with the International Statue of Secrecy signed in 1689 that basically made the entire wizarding world invisible, the Muggles have pretty much forgotten about us."
Harry came with the first year Ravenclaws. Although he was Severus' son; he had not visited Slytherin House. Draco, Teddy, and Millie generally came to Ravenclaw to study. As with all the other first years, he was mesmerized by the huge picture window in the common room. He nudged Anthony Gold and Morag McDougal. "Look, there's one of the Merpeople."
"They do swim by occasionally," Severus said coming up behind them. "But they live very deep in the lake and we very rarely see them."
Severus was amused to see when the Gryffindors visited they looked as if they expected the entirety of Slytherin House to jump out and hex them. Minerva had made sure their wands were left behind so there would be no problems and Severus was planning to do the same when his house visited Gryffindor.
When the week and the visits concluded, Severus hoped the other houses had a better view of Slytherin other than just a bunch of Death Eaters-in-training.
"Professor Snape," Salazar spoke up one evening when Severus was checking the common room for errant students. "I have not thanked you for finding and returning my ring and pendant. I thank you and I owe you a debt."
"You do know it was your descendent that stole them and eventually turned them into horcruxes?"
He sighed. "Yes, Tom Riddle introduced himself to me after he was sorted into Slytherin House. The Gaunt's never were seated quite rightly on their pots as we used to say and despite marrying my elder daughter, their fortune and family's reputation went into an eventual decline."
"It is sad. He was very talented and could have done a lot of good had he so chosen."
"Yes, but instead he chose to blacken the name and honor of Slytherin House for generations to come!" Salazar spat angrily.
"I am working to restore Slytherin's name and honor," Severus said. "I think I have made some progress in that direction already."
"Be that as it may, as long as Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster Slytherin will be nothing more than a nest of dark wizards." Salazar warned.
The house visits the rest of May went without any incidents or problem. Severus' snakes loved the hominess and friendliness of Hufflepuff House and were awed by the views from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor Towers.
At the next meeting of the heads of house; all four toasted the success of the venture with a glass of Minerva's finest whiskey and vowed to do it again next year.
"I don't suppose Albus will be any more cheerful about it next year than he was this year," Filius said taking a sip of his whiskey.
"I would assume not," Severus replied. "In fact I suspect he is expecting and even hoping there will be another dark wizard coming out of Slytherin House."
"That foolish old man!" Pomona snapped. "I think it's long past the time for his retirement. We need a younger headmaster or headmistress with no entrenched prejudices."
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The next two weeks were taken up with OWLs and NEWTs as well as final exams for the rest of the years. The third week was the final week and the Hogwarts Express would be leaving to take the children back to Platform 9¾ on Friday morning.
In between all this, Lily received her mastery in Charms. Severus took her and Harry to a new restaurant in Diagon Alley that Reg had recommended.
Severus offered a toast. "To Lily Evans, still the brightest witch in the class of 1978."
Harry packed his trunk after the Leaving Feast in which Hufflepuff had won the House Cup, making sure he had everything. He said goodbye to all his friends and congratulated his Hufflepuff friends on their win. He would be seeing them again in two weeks when they came to Witches Moon. Everybody's parents had given their permission.
Nev was only going to come for a couple of days due to his parents now being home. They were improving slowly. He had mentioned that the Squib physical therapist friend of Healer Duvall came to the manor house to work with them every day. Great-Uncle Algie had been exiled to the guest house where Alice and Frank had been living when they were attacked after Alice and Frank found out what he had done to Neville. He was only allowed in the manor for meals. Augusta too was in the dog house with them, but they did not insist that she leave the manor.
Severus as head of house was required to make sure everyone got on the train safely. He stood with the other heads and watched as the conductor at the Hogsmeade station and Hagrid checked the doors to make sure they were all secure and then waved at the engineer. The train slowly began to move with the students sticking their heads out of the windows, yelling and waving at the people of Hogsmeade who had come to watch the train leave. Soon it was out of sight aside from the black smoke coming out of the stack.
Severus climbed back into the carriage and relaxed.
"Another year concluded and another generation to look forward to educating," Filius said. "By the way, Severus, Lily will be permanently teaching the first through the third year. I convinced Albus to hire her."
"That's great, Filius. I'm sure she's very pleased."
They arrived back at Hogwarts and Severus went to find Remus and invited him to visit them at Witches Moon. He checked his quarters to make sure Matius had taken Keb and Isis to the manor house already. He had packed the night before, but took a turn around his quarters to check that he had not forgotten anything. He went up to the fourth floor to see if Lily and Harry were ready to leave. He heard loud voices arguing before he was halfway there and sped up to see what was happening.
Lily was standing arguing loudly with James while Harry was standing off to the side with an angry look on his face.
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