by DrT - Sahits

why he and the Lestranges had been torturing the Longbottoms when they had been caught. "Do
you know it? When did you learn it?"
"My father told Sirius, and Sirius decided that he had to tell me, even though the Headmaster had
forbidden him to. It said that I had the power to destroy Voldemort, but that I couldn't until I
decided my path. That if I chose Darkness, I would indeed be the Dark Lord who enslaved the
world, which explains why Dumbledore doesn't trust me, although I still think he went about things
in a very odd way. Since I didn't go Dark, however, I am now the Champion of Hogwarts."
"The what?"
"That's what I asked the Phoenix Song in my vision," Harry agreed. "I was told that it had nothing
to do with being a Triwizard Champion. It seems, well, I suppose you know that it's not a big deal
to be descended from Helga Hufflepuff."
"About ten percent of the older families are," Moody agreed. "Dumbledore, old Barty Crouch,
Sprout, and McGonagall are, too."
"However, I am the senior Heir of Gryffindor."
"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at that," Moody agreed.
"And when Voldemort killed the last direct heir of Ravenclaw, my mother became the closest blood
heir who was magical, as she was the closest descendent through a Squib line."
Moody looked really surprised at that. "Interesting," he allowed.
"Now, when Voldemort Marked me, he accidentally imbued me with some of his magic," Harry
said.
"Like Parseltongue," Moody agreed.
"Exactly. That made me a magical heir to Slytherin. And even if Voldemort's spirit is still around,
his actual body was destroyed the night he murdered my parents. Even if he somehow regains a
body, he won't be a blood heir to Slytherin. I am now the senior heir of Slytherin. So, I'm the senior
heir of three of the four Founders, and a blood heir to the fourth." Harry smiled grimly. "Hogwarts
has adopted me. If I confront Voldemort in the castle, or even on the grounds, I can't lose." Harry
grinned, "That also gives you a clue on how I was able to 'spank' Snape, sort of." Harry sent out a
mental apology to the castle, which actually answered him. Harry was not exaggerating his power
for the most part, or his connections to Hogwarts, just the connections between his power and his
connection to Hogwarts.
"Really?"
Harry nodded. "When I killed the basilisk, it also broke Slytherin's magic on the Chamber of
Secrets. That in turn wiped away most of the bitter, older memories that Slytherin left in Hogwarts.
He was actually the most pro-Muggle-born of the Founders, although he was pushing for a more
complete severing with the Muggle world, much like we have today, except for kidnapping the
Muggle-born and raising them as . . . . what was the term Hermione used?" Harry looked at Moody.
"The Muggle Ottoman Empire took Christian boys and raised them to be their shock troops in the
wars against Christian Europe."
"I have to say I don't know that one, Potter," Moody admitted.
"Anyway, you get the idea," Harry said. "You kidnap the Muggle- born around the age of three or
so and raise them to loath the Muggle world and use the wizards as your main guards against
Muggles and the witches to breed with them and as extra consorts for the leadership. If any of the
wizards die, you haven't lost any of your own. If they survive, they've earned a place in the magical
community."
"Sounds like Slytherin, except for that last part," Moody agreed.