Summary: A founders pairing story written in response to the prompt: Rowena and Salazar. It is written completely from Rowena?s perspective as she reflects on the initial 30 years of the school?s operation. From the personality components of the 4 elements, air, water, fire, and earth, the basic characteristics of the founders presented in the Sorting Hat Songs, and the characteristics of known house members, Rowena?s predominating element is Air and Earth as the predominating element for Salazar. These two elements are essential to the personality and relationship aspects between Rowena and Salazar built within this pairing. At this time, Rowena remains the Headmistress of Ravenclaw but is considering the possibility of retiring. The story utilizes a memory flashback technique to bridge time sequences between the present and the early years, a time of passionate intimacy, between she and Salazar. The memory sequences all reflect the time before Salazar left the school.