Hogwarts Fifth House Established

The new watch was filled with amethysts, had a purple and gold flag depicting the Occamy and the Niffler in a ying-yang pattern. And at the top you could read: Galegold!

(I challenge you to design and show the new Galegold house flag)

The Great Hall trembled again, and to everyone's surprise, it expanded enough to add a fifth table that popped up from somewhere, between the Gryffindor table and the Hufflepuff table, exactly like the rest of the four present and to the left. same distance as the rest.

The calm night sky on the roof was punctuated by purple and gold fireworks that assume the forms of the creatures from the new house, dancing all over the place.

And while all this was going on, Soisen took off his hat and put it on the stool, while he calmly walked to the new table under everyone's gaze. In the few steps he took to reach her, his tie and tunic had changed to represent the insignia and colors of the Galegold house. As he faced the gaping gaze of everyone sitting at the table, he asked:

"Is now when we eat?" He—he was very curious to see if the food prepared by the house elves was comparable to his mother's.

Even Dumbledore, who was as stunned as the rest, came to his senses when he heard the question.

"Indeed, I can say that we could all use a sumptuous meal." Let's get started! —forgetting to even say the usual nonsense words of each year.

Food appeared on the tables and at the enticing smell of hot food, they all came to the unanimous decision that they could be wowed later.

Now is the time to fill your stomach!

Soisen enjoyed roast beef with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, accompanied by a cucumber, tomato and carrot salad. The honey buckwheat bread went a long way in cleaning up any leftover sauce. But he didn't touch the pumpkin juice, that stuff was disgusting and he never liked anything made with pumpkin.

In fact, no one in the family liked it, even though they had a fairly wide and varied diet.

They didn't even buy them to decorate for Halloween!

"Change my pumpkin juice to apple juice, thanks," he tapped on the table and ordered. The change happened almost instantly and he was able to enjoy a wonderful meal.

At the end of dinner, the prefects ushered the excited newcomers into their common rooms and Soisen rose to do the same, but he was intercepted by the gentle and manipulative Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore and his entourage.

"Mr. Galegold, I must say that you left us a lasting surprise at our first meeting," he commented with a friendly old man's laugh. "Do you mind if we accompany you?" We are curious about some details.

"Of course Headmaster." Soisen smiled politely and left the Great Hall followed by Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Pomona and Flitwick.

—Tell me, Mr. Galegold, how come the school now has five houses? McGonagall asked the question that was on the minds of the teachers and the headmaster.

There were so many things to do now because of it. Discover a new part of the school's history, organize the class schedule, find a home tutor, etc.

"Because my biological mother is one of the five founders of the school: Cyrah Galegold," Soisen explained, "The world only knows of four founders because my mother was in search of something more important to her and for the reason that Outside, it seems the other founders found it unnecessary to reveal their merit. Something that I intend to correct with my time.

-How is that possible? If the founder was her biological mother, then your age should be…" Pomona questioned.

"Old, very old magic. To be precise, that magic was already ancient even before Hogwarts opened its doors for the first time —she explained as she began to climb the stairs— You can understand that I was… asleep, until someone woke me up and took me to the current world. However, due to an incident, I was sent to live with my current family. But during my sleep, I inherited the necessary knowledge of who I am along with everything else.

The only pity was the special family spells that would only be revealed once she came of age.

—And what has caused the change around us? asked Flitwick trying to match everyone's pace. "I feel like Hogwarts has changed, but it's still the same."

"Hogwarts was never complete, Professor. The magic within its walls would only become complete when the five founders established their houses, a condition unfulfilled to this day. More taking into account that the castle will be my property when I reach adulthood.

-Impossible! Severus intervened at that moment. "The castle was donated by Salazar Slytherin. Even if there was a title deed, it should go to his descendants.

"Correction, it belonged to Salazar Slytherin's father," Soisen pointed out, not seeming bothered by the interruption. "The Salazar family owed debts to the Galegolds, so they transferred ownership of the castle to my family to pay them off." Although it is true that it was Salazar who suggested to my mother to use the castle for school.

"Should we be concerned about the closure of the school, Mr. Galegold?" asked Dumbledore sharply.

Soisen was sure that if he answered in the affirmative, perhaps Dumbledore would have to take steps to prevent it. And such measures might not be from the path of light.

For the greater good, of course.

"No, a magical pact was made at the time, Rowena Ravenclaw's suggestion to avoid that possible scenario and I have no intention of doing so either. We arrived. Here it is, Galegold's common room." Soisen stopped in front of the statue of a half-moon bespectacled Niffler holding a scroll and quill.

"I've always wondered why this statue wasn't moving," Pomona said. "How does access to the common room work?" He asked curiously, "Passwords?" Questions? A dance, perhaps?

What kind of obsession do magicians these days have with dancing?

"No, it's much simpler than that." He looked at the statue and said, "He declared, today I have established a new house at Hogwarts."

The statue came to life and pretended to carefully write down Soisen's statement, nodded in satisfaction, and spread his arms wide. From his stomach pocket, a tiny Occamy peeked out and grew to gape, revealing the entrance to the common room.

—A member of the Galegold house who wants to enter the common room must declare a change, which can be in the form of a gain or a loss. He can declare that he has lost points, gained knowledge, learned a cooking recipe, anything goes as long as he doesn't come back the same way he left. And each statement is only valid once.

"And can those who don't belong to the house come in?"

—Of course, but unlike the previous example, they must donate something of value. It can be money, spell books, jokes, wool socks, dragon dung, etc. Anything suitable with "value" is welcome. However, it also has its limits. For example, he won't accept spell notes if he's already accepted them in the past, unless they are more detailed and useful.

"What is the motto of House Galegold?" asked Dumbledore. "We have the house of courage, intelligence, loyalty, and cunning." What ideals are here?

—Change, innovation, wealth and adaptation. Those selected for this house are the inventors, the curious, the merchants, the explorers and those who are capable of seeing beyond —he explained as he invited them into the common room— In other words, the people who are content with the status quo, that they are too rigid or do not want anything to change and everything to remain stagnant, they will never come to this house.

The style of the common room was something none of the teachers expected, as it had a strong mechanical steampunk atmosphere with vats of bubbling fluorescent purple liquid, pipes, futuristic gold metal designs, and a marketplace setting.

(If anyone has seen Wakfu, you may think Sufokia Steampunk style)

In the central part, there was a fountain with a silver egg.

"What is this egg?"

"An Occamy egg, or an imitation to be more precise," Soisen explained. "Each year, the egg will hatch when the house gets its first points, and the occamy golem that hatches from the egg will grow and shrink as the number of points increases. of the house change. The largest size reached will even be noted below to try to beat it another year.

"Fascinating method of reflecting the growth of the house," Flitwick commented, marveling at the idea.

—The bedrooms are individual, but up to four of them can be combined in case you want to share the space with friends. By the way, each dormitory is limited to its residents. Just like boys can't go into the female dormitory, girls can't go into the male one. At the Galegold house we believe in equality, whether in rights or restrictions —he remarked— Lastly, we have the warehouse, the potions laboratories, the alchemy workshops, the indoor pool, the den of the Nifflers, the quidditch field, the library, the kitchens, the bathrooms, the orchards, the gym, the practice room...

"One second, Mr. Galegold," Professor McGonagall interrupted. "Did you say Quidditch pitch?"

"Labs?" Snape asked raising an eyebrow.

"Orchards?" Pomona asked, her eyes lighting up.

-Library? asked Flitwick, puzzled.

-Indoor pool? Dumbledore asked, rubbing his beard with interest.

"Sure, after all, there's no reason not to apply various Undetectable Extension Spells, right?" The Galegold house is the largest of all, as there is literally no common room more complete and larger than ours," Soisen proclaimed proudly.