Under the watchful eye of the four, Evan told them everything he knew.
They were very interested in the status of Hogwarts, the students, school curriculum, and etc. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff frequently interrupted Evan to ask questions.
Only Slytherin didn't say a word, he quietly listens to Evan, his face became darker.
It was obvious that he was amazed that wizards and muggles were at peace. But the most difficult thing for him to accept is that more and more pureblood families began to marry muggles, purebloods seemed to be a joke, not an honour of supremacy.
It wasn't until Evan said something about Slytherins' family that he stood up.
"Enough, mudblood, you say my descendants will become dark wizards, you are insulting the great Slytherin family."
Evan felt a strong sense of oppression coming from Salazar, it was crushing him to the point where he could barely breath but the feeling of oppression quickly faded, Gryffindor stood up.
"Evan is not insulting the Slytherin family he is just stating the facts, obviously your descendant, the dark wizard called Voldemort has a few ideas that resemble yours and I have already told you your mindset is dangerous," said Godric.
"Blood, strength, and power, Salazar this is what you and purebloods want, in your opinion, it isn't wrong to do whatever it takes to get there but you should be more principled sometimes," said Helga.
"To indulge in excessive power will blind a person! Only the brightest can avoid such a fate," said Rowena softly, "Wizards should control magic, magic shouldn't control the wizard."
After the three finished, Slytherin didn't retort, he sat down, his face was pale, you couldn't see the slightest colour.
Gryffindor motioned for Evan to go on, Evan decided to leave out that Slytherin left the school after a dispute with the other three. By the look on Slytherin's face, it was likely he would try to kill Evan if he said anything like that.
He hesitated for a while before he told the story about the chamber.
"God, Salazar, you built a secret room inside the school and left a basilisk in it? I would have never imagined you would do something like that," said Godric.
"Well it is my castle; I have the right to make the necessary modifications to it and give my descendants something to help them. And don't think I don't know about the secret rooms you all built."
"Ok, but I'd never thought you would leave a basilisk…."
"That's not the point, gentlemen! The point is the diary that Evan mentioned if I'm not mistaken, it is most likely a Horcrux," said Rowena softly.
"Horcrux?"
The other three seemed stunned for a moment, and after a while, Godric murmured, "You mean that vile spell that Herpo the Foul made?"
Ravenclaw nodded lightly, the room became silent, no one made as much as a murmur.
"What crazy idiot would actually split his soul? Unless you want to turn yourself into a monster, I see no other use."
"You can live forever, but when you divide your soul, you will be trapped forever in an illusion, you can neither die nor can you become a ghost."
"It's not a matter of ideals anymore!" Godric stood up, "Salazar, the Horcrux needs to be destroyed, this evil goes against the laws of nature, will you let your offspring gradually go crazy, and ultimately destroy everything he touches, including Hogwarts."
"If you say that, then I will personally deal with him, the honour of the Slytherin family can't be tainted?" said Salazar, "But my opinions stays the same, the mud bloods of the future still make me uncomfortable."
"Well, well, you may choose what you leave your heirs but we must also leave something for the future of Hogwarts, I don't want the school to be destroyed by a man like that," said Godric while pacing back and forth.
"Your secret room, Salazar!" whispered Rowena, "we can build a real chamber of secrets and leave something inside. A true heir will only be able to open it at the most critical moment when Hogwarts is endangered."
"This idea is genius we can leave a few test and secrets treasures to ensure the future of Hogwarts. We can use our own personal philosophy and ensure the destruction of the dark wizards." said Godric excitedly, "I agree with Rowena's proposal, what do you think?"
"I have no opinion!" said Helga while smiling and nodding.
"Whatever you want but I'll do it my way," said Salazar with a gloomy hum.
Evan looked at the four excited people, the Hogwarts founders left secrets treasures, 'What is this a treasure hunt?' thought Evan.
"In that case let's take a look at the secret room first." said Rowena, she then turned towards Evan, "As for you, I just finished looking at the time turner, it was started in the wrong way so it took you to a time you didn't exist."
"Then what should I do now, can I go back?" asked Evan, worried.
"Don't worry, but we do have to hurry when the magic runs out you will be sent back to your previous time." said Rowena, "Before that you have to go back where you were before so there won't be any surprises."
When they heard her words, Gryffindor thought about visiting Evan and Hufflepuff regretted that Evan could not have tasted the food she had made. The five of them went directly to the chamber with Slytherin's key.
The Chamber of Secrets, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff looked around in satisfaction, it was indeed the best place to store treasure.
"Here, mud blood, you fell from this place."
Slytherin led Evan to the place that he was at on the statue, Evan then felt time warp around him.
"Intelligence is man's greatest treasure!" said Rowena with a peculiar Huskey, ethereal voice, "Goodbye, Evan Masson, in the future when Hogwarts faces its most perilous moment, I hope you can pass the tests and find the treasures we left behind."
"Evan!" said Helga cheerfully, "I'll leave my recipes here so if you find them, they'll be yours."
"Listen, boy!" said Godric loudly while clenching his fists, "I'll leave a few powerful Gryffindor exclusive weapons so kick that dark wizard's ass. Don't let me down if you fail, I will beat you up."
Salazar had not spoken, he looked very unhappy, he stared at Evan's face but right before Evan disappeared, he stepped forward and put something into Evan's hand.
"This potion is…, I'm sorry my descendant hurt your people."
Before Evan could reply he was sent spinning, he was back to the spot he originally was.
He was lying in the statue of Slytherin, it was like everything that had just happened was a dream.
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Evan struggled to sit up, his body ached all over.
He should be inside the Slytherin's statues mouth now, he was in a large space, just above him was a hole where the basilisk comes in and out.
"Strange, very strange, I went back a thousand years, was it a dream?" Evan shook his head and gripped his wand.
While he gripped his wand, he turned his attention to something in his hand.
"Lumos" whispered Evan, with the faint light from his wand he saw that it is a small potion with a darkish gold colour.
"This....is Salazar's potion."
Evan paused for a moment, he was now certain that what had transpired was not a dream but reality, he used the time turner to go back a thousand years and meet the founders.
As Hufflepuff said, Slytherins wasn't as mean as he looked, and at the end of the day, Salazar gave him a potion which is unbelievable!
Evan then remembered a potion that was introduced in a magic book, the potion that he held matched its description, the recipe has been lost for ages.
He carefully put the potion in his pocket, if others knew he had it they will most likely try to take it for themselves, even the Ministry of Magic might take it from him.
He was prepared to take the potion when no was around, then Evan thought of something when he was about to leave, the school's founders said they were going to leave a few secret treasures in the Chamber of Secrets to help him protect Hogwarts from Voldemort.
If he is right the treasures should be somewhere in this statue.
He hurriedly looked around.
As the lair of the Basilisk, the inner part of the statue was larger than the outside, it was filled with bodes of small animals.
After searching a little he found a hidden door.
He opened the dark door, dust flew everywhere.
When the dust settled, Evan was standing in the doorway of a round room.
The room was exactly the same as the room he had visited a thousand years ago, it was beautifully decorated, it contained statues of the four founders in the four corners.
Unlike the old Slytherin statue outside, the four statues here where the four giants of the Age: Power hungry Salazar Slytherin, Benevolent Helga Hufflepuff, Fair Rowena Ravenclaw, and Bold Godric Gryffindor.
They looked exactly the same as the people he had just met.
In front of the four stone statues where four stone alters with rounded grooves.
This should be the real chamber of secrets of the founders with the secret treasures they left behind but I must pass the tests first.
Evan took a step forward and saw different words on the walls.
It was like a gigantic sorting hat, on Gryffindor's wall in golden paint was: Bold Gryffindor from wild moor he gives the most courageous people the highest reward, the key to open the treasure is the courage buried in one's heart, you need your proud follower's recognition.
Hufflepuff was written in black: The benevolent Hufflepuff comes from valley broad. She treats everyone equally; everyone has a chance to get her treasure. The key to open the treasure is integrity and loyalty, all you need is to trust in your most humble friend.
Ravenclaw was written in blue paint: Fair Ravenclaw, from glen. The brightest of minds deserves a reward. The key to unlocking my treasure is an extraordinary intellect which you will inherit forever from your equally intelligent alley!
The last one was Slytherin's wall, it was written in silver: Power hungry Slytherin, from fen. He only believed in the most pureblood wizards; mudblood's can't get anything from me. The key to unlocking this treasure is a mighty power, it is kept in the depths of the earth by his cunning servant.
Evan finally finished reading, he didn't see any more words, these four guys had really bad taste, the whole room seemed to be a riddle.
He couldn't understand these hints.
Evan didn't have the slightest clue where the keys to the secret treasures were, who are the followers, friends, allies, and servants mentioned above?
He had to remember all these words, he had to find clues when he gets out of the chamber.
By the time Evan remember everything he heard a terrible scream from outside the statue.
He finally remembered about Tom and the basilisk, he hurried out of the room.
Just as he came out of Slytherin's mouth, Evan heard Harry shout his name, he hurriedly responded, Fawkes flew down to carry him away.
Harry seemed to be successful in settling everything.
The scream must have been Tom, in the middle of the chamber was the basilisk's lifeless body, it was pierced by the sword of Gryffindor. Beside it was Tom's diary, which was penetrated by the fangs of the basilisk, the venom had burnt a hole in the diary.
"Evan, we won, I defeated Tom, I destroyed the diary like you told me to!" said Harry when he saw Fawkes bring Evan down, Harry hurriedly asked with a concerned look, "How are you, are you okay? I saw you get hit by Tom's spell."
"I'm all right, it's a long story, I'll tell you later."
Evan shook his head, he saw Ron, who was still beneath the statue, he hurriedly said, "Let's check on Ron's condition."
By the time Evan and Harry made it to Ron he was already upright.
He had a vacant gaze when he saw the basilisk corpse, he fell on the bloodstained robes of Harry and the equally tattered robe of Evan's, when he saw the diary at his feet.
He shivered and gasped, tears streamed out.
"Evan, Harry, it was all me, I shouldn't have believed in Tom, I wanted to tell everyone, but I was afraid. Riddle said if I do it you would never think of me as a friend again."
"Yeah, you are a real jerk. If I wasn't dead tired now, I would beat you up Ron!" said Evan angrily, "you believed in Voldemort, not in your friends."
"It's all my fault, I should be expelled!" said Ron, "After the first attack, I felt abnormal, I was naive enough to think everything would be fine if I got rid of the diary but everything just kept getting worse and worse."
"Its over now Ron," Harry comforted him and said, "We all believe in you, you were just under Riddle's control, you didn't do it with your own free will."
"But…"
"I forgive you since you saved Ginny in the common Ron," said Evan, he dragged Ron to his feet, "But in the future, tell us the first time and don't try to solve it yourself."