See If I Care

~6~

When it had reached half an hour since their lesson was meant to finish, all of them were worried and on edge. It was then that Rowena and Helga finally relented and agreed with Godric that they should go check on them. After all, they still had their Samhain celebrations and ritual to complete that night, and Alex still had lessons the next day, so they couldn't stay up too late; Alex was only eleven, after all.

Rowena, Helga, and Godric headed down to the dungeons, where the lesson was taking place, while Merlin headed out into the courtyard to set up the area for the celebration and ritual. Rowena led the way through the dungeons, being the one who went down there most often and knew which labs Salazar preferred. Once they reached the last lab, which was the lab that Rowena knew both Salazar and Alex preferred, Helga reached past her and knocked on the door before Godric could just barge in.

"Think Ric. If you go barging in while they are brewing, you could cause an accident," Helga reminded him. Godric crossed his arms but nodded, knowing that she was telling the truth. Especially since they knew that Alex worked with some very volatile ingredients. Rowena stopped Helga from knocking a second time, opening the door slightly as she heard faint hissing.

"Can you hear hissing?" she asked. Helga and Godric both stepped closer, listening intently, before nodding.

"What do you think the hissing is coming from?" Godric asked.

"Probably from a snake Ric. This is Sal we're talking about," Helga replied, rolling her eyes. "We should go get them." The three of them entered the lab and found it completely clean but noticed that the door on the other side of the lab was slightly open and that that was where the hissing was coming from.

"That's leads to Sal's personal quarters. He had a door in each lab that leads there," Rowena said.

"But he doesn't let anyone in his personal chambers," Godric said.

"Clearly he lets our hatchling in there," Rowena replied. Helga approached the door and knocked, even though the door was already slightly open. The hissing stopped and a few seconds later Salazar was standing at the door, Alex just behind him.

"Yes?" Salazar asked, not at all happy that their lesson had been interrupted; Alex had just been getting the hang of using Parselmagic for defensive spells. They had found that, while it took them longer to get the hang of Parselmagic, once they got the hang of it, it was much stronger for them than using normal spells; for example, one of Alex's normal shields could hold for about five strong hexes at the moment, while one of Alex's Parsel shields could hold for nine or ten strong spells at the moment. Even though there was normally a slight increase in power between Parsel spells and regular spells, the difference for Alex's was much larger, but they also found it much harder to get the hang of.

"We came to get you. Your lesson was meant to finish half an hour ago. We still have the Samhain celebrations and ritual tonight and Emerald can't go to bed to late tonight since they still have lessons in the morning," Godric said.

"Is it that late already?" Alex asked. They had been so absorbed in their lesson that they had totally lost track of time.

"It is. Merlin is already setting up for the celebrations," Helga agreed.

"Honestly? We must have really lost track of time. It felt like we had barely started," Alex said.

"Indeed. If you are done, fledgling, we will head up now and get ready for our celebrations," Rowena said.

"Alright Row," Alex replied.

"Yes, we have done as much as we can for the time being," Salazar agreed.