Chapter 57 - 58

While the Phoenix was fighting the basilisk, Evan ran to the statue. Tom seemed to realize what he was going for so Tom cast a few spells towards Evan, the few spells that Tom cast barely missed him.

"Kill the mud blood, don't let him get near the statue, he is on your right," shouted Tom.

The basilisk ignored the Phoenix and pounced towards Evan.

Evan looked back and saw two gigantic, bloody eyes, come closer and closer.

Just as he thought he was going to be swallowed by a basilisk, Harry appeared between him and the basilisk, he threw his wand to the ground, gripped the sword in his hands tightly, his face was pale but it also showed he had the courage to face the basilisk.

The basilisk didn't notice Harry, and Riddle wanted to tell him but he was a moment too late.

Harry mercilessly stabbed the basilisk, leaving a deep wound where you could see bone, it was more damaging than all the previous spells combined.

The basilisk jumped back, a loud hissing sound filled the chamber, it twisted its body wildly, and it coiled around the pillars causing the whole chamber to shake.

Harry was flung and hit a wall causing him to lose conciseness.

The basilisk pounced towards Harry; it then went for the kill.

Fortunately, Fawkes flew up and stopped the basilisk and continued its assault on the basilisk.

Evan didn't have time to focus on the fighting, he quickly climbed up the statue while struggling to escape the spells that Tom cast.

These spells were powerful, each spell that Tom cast caused stone to fly everywhere, the statue of Slytherin statue has become unrecognizable. But him casting and controlling the spells with a broken wand takes a lot of energy.

"Damn it, damn it!" Riddle threw Ron's wand down.

Evan saw him go to where Harry had thrown down his wand and pick it up.

Evan climbed faster, he was so close to the diary, but Tom then cast a green coloured spell, it was a lot thicker than before, 'Run!' thought Evan as he gritted his teeth and jumped up and grabbed the diary, he then threw his self towards Harry.

In the very next second, the green light struck him.

"Evan!"

An excruciating pain spread throughout his entire body, Evan heard Harry shout his name, he wanted to respond but he could feel his life fading, he only had a little strength left.

He fell down into the opened mouth of the Slytherin statue.

It was a dark, bottomless cavern, it devoured Evan mercilessly.

With the little light that was left, Evan saw the object that looked like a pocket watch fly out from his pocket, the pointer turned counter clockwise and whirled.

Evan didn't know how many times it had spun, when the last glimmer of light disappeared, the luster in Evan's eyes soon followed.

He didn't know how much time had passed; Evan gently opened his eyes.

'Is this the feeling of death,' The chamber of secrets had not only become dark but it also became gradually clear.

'No, this isn't the chamber of secrets!'

Although the room was similar in size to the Chamber of secrets, it lacked the dreaded snake carvings on the pillars and the statue of Slytherin was non-existent.

It was very messy, it looked like an enlarged version of Snape's office, there were a variety of herbs and magical potions, which were filled with colourful liquids and stuffed animals, it would make anyone feel happy.

"Who are you to enter my room without permission?"

Evan saw a young man with black hair wearing dark green retro style wizard robes, he was unusually handsome and looked like a noble. The young wizard eyed Evan with suspicion and wonder, he then pulled out a silver wand.

"Hello my name is Evan Masson, where is this...."

Evan was puzzled, he was in the Chamber of secrets, fighting Voldemort and the basilisk but now he was lying in a room with a wizard that he had never seen before.

Evan is positive that the other person isn't a Hogwarts student or professor, no matter who, they always have a certain temperament.

"It used to be my father's castle but now it's a magical school called Hogwarts," said the man slowly, "My name is Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of this school."

Hearing his words left Evan speechless.

Salazar Slytherin.

One of the four founders of Hogwarts, this young man, how can he be over a thousand years old while looking so young.

"This chamber is my secret chamber so no one should know about it." said Salazar while carefully looking at Evan with his eyes narrowed, "and you just said your name is Evan Masson, I have never heard of a wizarding family called Mason, are you a mud blood?"

Under the icy gaze of the other, Evan cautiously nodded, he saw the apparent disgust on Slytherin's face.

For a moment Evan felt a sense of danger from the other.

He was able to sense that this young man was powerful, he wasn't much different from Dumbledore or Voldemort. Evan noticed that the room was decorated in a rugged medieval style.

This can't be Hogwarts a thousand years ago; this unusually handsome young man can't be Salazar Slytherin himself.

Evan felt his brain fry, he suddenly thought of the magical item that looked like a pocket watch, he touched his chest and it was still there.

"Sir, I am a student at Hogwarts, I am from Gryffindor," said Evan before Slytherin made him disappear.

"Godric's student?" Salazar looked at Evan, "You're lying, I've never seen you!"

"I, I did not lie to you, you haven't seen me before because I came from Hogwarts a thousand years in the future. I don't know what's going on myself but I may have been brought here by this thing," said Evan while showing the item that looked like a pocket watch.

"A time turner, that's fascinating!" said Salazar as he carefully looked at the pocket watch, "It doesn't look like a typical time turner, there is strange magic on it, this has a very sophisticated design, it looks a bit like Rowena's work."

Seeing Slytherin's expression, Evan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the other side finally believed him. Otherwise, he would have met a miserable fate, after a thousand years, Salazar was still feared, who knows how Salazar would have disposed of him.

"Come with me, I will take you to see Godric and Rowena." said Salazar with a glimmer in his eyes and a sneer on his face, "If I learn that you lied to me, you will regret doing so."

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Salazar Slytherin grabbed Evan's shoulder, though there was thick clothing separating them Evan still felt cold, the others hands were as cold as ice. In a moment they apparated.

Evan felt a strong stretching force, it was as if he was being pulled through a hole as small as a pea. He was stretched in all directions, his chest felt like a thousand pounds was on it.

His eyeballs were stretched into the back of his head, his eardrums were pressed deep into his skull.

Evan was spinning, it was dark, he couldn't breathe, and it was like every part of his body was being stretched to its limit. Just as he thought he was going to suffocate they arrived in a room, he breathed in the fresh air.

This should be the headmaster's office, the decorations were very elegant, thick draperies hung by two sets of silver Armor, exquisite murals were painted on the walls, the floor had a decorative pattern carved into it, in the centre of the room was four tables.

"Salazar, I'm glad to see you, I thought you would be shut in the basement for a week so you could brew your new potion." said a young woman with short brown hair.

She seemed to be full of vigour, she was surrounded by papers and a glittering gold cup in front of her, the glass contained a bluish black drink.

"I was but this mud blood appeared, Helga!"

Salazar grunted while pushing Evan forward, "Keep an eye on him while I go find Godric and Rowena."

Salazar soon disappeared, only Evan and Helga were left.

Evan seemed overly formal while Helga was looking at him.

"Take it easy, kid!" said Helga as she smiled, "Don't let it get to you, Salazar may seem fierce on the outside but he is a good person at heart, he is just bad at expressing himself."

She snapped her fingers and a house elf soon appeared in the room.

"Toto, give this gentleman some of my homemade snacks." whispered Helga, she then turned her head and looked at Evan, "Right, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Helga Hufflepuff, What's your name?"

"Hello, my name is Evan Mason." Evan tasted the cake the House-elf brought over; he didn't know what it was but it tasted sweet.

"A muggle-born wizard, that a rarity. You know Muggles have a deep prejudice against wizards, they seem more interested in tying us to a stake and burning us." said Helga, "I haven't seen a young muggle-born wizard for many years, Evan can you tell me who your teacher is?"

"In fact, I am also a student at Hogwarts…." Evan quickly summarized what had happened.

"So you came from Hogwarts a thousand years in the future?" said Helga, the expression on her face was a shocked one, Evan gave her the time turner and she studied it for a while before sitting it on the table, "I'm not proficient in time magic, this is more of Rowena's field but it looks like it can take you back to a period where you didn't exist, the power of this time turner must be immense."

It can be seen that Hufflepuff is interested in the Hogwarts that he came from.

She asked Evan quite a few questions about her house and from the look on her face, she seemed to be very satisfied with its performance.

"The sorting hat is doing well, it is sorting people into my house with similar philosophies," said Helga, "The other three are all the same, they ignore the innate qualities, they don't nurture those qualities so the young wizards can't grow in the right way which is a very dangerous thing,"

"I think aptitude is the wisest choice!" said a hoarse, ethereal female voice.

Her voice had just fallen and three figures appeared before Evan.

Standing on the left side was Slytherin and next to him was Rowena Ravenclaw, she had a slender figure, with waist long hair and pale blue eyes full of wisdom, wearing a crown with a glittering gem, which made her seem mysterious.

On the right was Godric Gryffindor, he was tall, handsome, his hair was fiery red, with a thin scar on his left eye which made him look a bit rugged.

Rowena apparently heard what Helga said just now, Rowena continued with a hoarse voice, "You are too kind we have to be cautious when we select a young wizard to teach, we have to carefully choose the student."

She then noticed the time turner on the table, she looked interested when she looked down.

But the topic is still going.

"Look at what Hogwarts has fallen to after a millennium, they let mud bloods into the school," said Salazar while scornfully glancing at Evan.

"Choose your words wisely, Salazar, this child is from my house." said Godric, "Face reality, many muggle-born children have excellent magical talent and their heart is good. In contrast, those who inherit their pureblood status for a long time often turn to dark wizards, they bully muggles and kill muggles for joy. If this situation continues, the wizarding world will struggle to survive."

"I have told you countless times, Godric!" Salazar slowly said, "I am writing a letter to the Ministry of magic to set up a prison for dark wizards! But we must maintain, the purity of the wizarding bloodlines, those muggles aren't reliable, they just want to burn us at the stake and you still want to accept such people as students."

"That's because they don't have the knowledge that wizards have so the wizarding world creates fear. We need to guide the young wizards that have magical gifts so we can give them the right ideals."

"That is an idiotic idea, you want to help them destroy us," Said Salazar in a cold voice.

"You and your stubborn prejudices, the times are different and if you continue to think like this Hogwarts will sooner or later become the school to cultivate dark wizards." Godric put his hand on his sword.

"As long as I'm here, the dark wizards will never step into Hogwarts!" said Salazar as he pulled out his wand, the temperature in the room dropped, "But I will only choose the most pureblood wizards because they are the most trustworthy."

"Helga and Rowena have decided to enrol Muggle-born students this year," said Godric, "We have made a magical object that can pinpoint all children who are eleven years of age and have magical abilities,"

"To enrol Muggle students in the school without my consent, do you dare to do so?" Salazar looked shocked and snapped, "This is my father's castle!"

"This is also the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry," shouted Godric loudly, "Go back to your basement with your stubbornness and prejudice."

Godric then drew his sword.

"Do you want it to be a real man's duel to determine the future of Hogwarts?"

"That is my intention, let me see…."

"Enough, you two!" Helga stopped the both of them, "You discuss these things in front of a guest, that is very impolite. Especially since our little guest came from the future, perhaps you should listen to what he has to say about Hogwarts after a thousand years."

After Rowena finished talking, the room calmed, Gryffindor and Slytherin turned their heads and looked at Evan.

Ravenclaw who has been looking at the time turner also raised her head and stared silently at him.