Tom glared at her before sighing as he patted her hand in an apology before turning his attention back to the students, :your too old to be corrupted. you have to get them when their young and gullible." Tom admitted with a slow smirk before he hesitated. "well, normally i'd leave it up to your history to tell you that but... since he's a ghost. and i had him for MY teacher, i know he'll never, ever delve into this so!" he grinned and moved into his private rooms, pulled out a key, put a drop of blood on it, slipped it into a locked safe and hissed a password as he turned the key and slipped out an old, ratty looking notebook. "this, gentleman... is my rarest treasure." Tom explained, gently setting it onto the desk. "it took me three years to translate it." he admitted, smirking, his eyes lighting up with passion. "this is THE, Salazar Slytherins Journal." he explained, gently stroking the cover.
"Salazar was born to a pure bred, noble family. a light family. he was kicked out of his home when he turned sixteen, for refusing to marry a woman he had never met. disowned he wandered the lands in search of glory, riches, and freinds. he found Godric Gryffindor, another nobleman's son, and they traveled together, finding glory, fighting monsters, seeking lost treasures. they learned a great deal on their travels, picking up Rowena Ravenclaw from a pauper village. if you can beleive it, Salazar actually taught Rowena how to read and write. Helga was a nurse, she had unimaginable power, but would never amount to anything, because of her line. she was the... what do you kids call them these days? we called them 'Dirty Lined.' terribly rude." he admitted, Sirius piping up with 'Mud-Blood' Tom grimacing. "my... the sadistic and creative are always the most popular aren't they?" Tom asked, shaking his head.
"anyway, because of their different pasts, they decided to stick together and protect one another. Godric with strong, pure light magic. Salazar with his strong Dark Magic. Rowena with her Mind and Soul Magics. and Helga with her Healing and her Natural, or Wild Magics." Tom admitted. "they wandered the world, eagerly learning everything they could, before they finally decided to build a school, where all could be welcomed, no matter their money, or their bloodline. back then the only people who could afford teachers where the noblemen. so the four had a hell of a time finding teachers. finally, Salazar went back to his family and appealed to their sense of right and wrong. and they donated half their coffers to the school, Godric doing the same. and so the school was built. and children came from all over to learn and laugh in times of peace and prosperity." here Tom paused, hesitating as he studied the four. "there was a muggle village, down the way, which was named Hogsmead, for the goods they sold there. Hogs... and mead. it was there that Salazar found his wife. a beautiful woman with 'a horses mane and eyes the color of Acorns'... he was a weird one, i have to tell you." this drew a small chuckle from Remus, who was listening intently.
"they lived happily. she bore him a son, little Erus Slytherin, who bore a son, Tamwyn, who bore a son, Salazar." he shook his head. "Salazar Jr. was different from his great great grandfather. he grew up int he castle along side the other Founders heirs, and when he was older he ruled the castle, as did the other heirs. it was Salazar Jr. who set up the defenses of the castle. the Giant squid in the lake, the Centaurs and the Magic of the forest. he gave the Castle herself a mind as they had done tot he hat... and he built the Chamber of Secretes and placed inside a monster, that he does not name." Tom explained, studying them. "you see, the muggles of the village where all being stirred up by the muggle King at the time, who was going on and on about som God and something called a Bible. they where determined to kill all wizards and witches, because we're Evil after all."
he rolled his eyes and then closed them. "they came to the castle, and Salazar Jr found his wife, unborn baby, and mother, slain by the muggles, who had not burned them, but stoned them to death. he went on a rampage. he killed every muggle he could find using his lineage to get away with it. in turn, Hogwarts herself banished him from the castle, but it was too late, his house had already been poisoned by his words and his ways, and overtime it only grew worse. he rallied every pureblood who would listen, and turned them against the school and anything with muggle or mundane blood..." he swallowed thickly. "and thus, the name of Slytherin, cursed by time, and Fate themselves, was slandered forever. though, it is said that a Seer foretold a Son of Slytherin, would fix the wrongs done by Salazar, and would restore the good name. but said child doesn't seam to have come about yet." SO! that was it! Tom WAS ambitious! he was trying to fix Salazars good name! he wasn't evil yet because whatever had driven him to be the dark lord hadn't happened yet... what could have caused that? was it Dumbledore refusing Tom a job? or something worse?
