"Professor McGonagall." "Professor Dumbledore." "Albus?" "professor." "The good and the bad." " And the boy?" " Hagrid is bringing him." "Is it wise to trust Hagrid with something so important?" "I would trust Hagrid with my life." "sir." "Professor McGonagall." "sir." "Little tyke fell asleep as we were flying over Bristol." "Try not to wake him." "There you go." "leaving him with these people?" "I've watched them all day." "They're the worst sort of Muggles." " They really are..." " The only family he has." "He'll be famous." "Every child in our world will know his name." "Exactly." "He's far better off growing up away from all of that." "Until he's ready." "after all." "Good luck Harry Potter." "Up." "Get up!" "Now!" "cousin!" "We're going to the zoo!" "son." "Cook breakfast." "And try not to burn anything." "Aunt Petunia." " I want everything to be perfect for my Dudley's special day!" "Uncle Vernon." "darling?" " How many are there?" " 36." "Counted them myself." "36?" "!" "But last year I had 37!" " But some are bigger than last year's." " I don't care!" "This is what we're going to do." "pumpkin?" "It should be a lovely day at the zoo." "I'm really looking forward to it." "boy." "any at all and you won't have any meals for a week." "Get in." "Make it move." "Move!" " Move!" " He's asleep!" "He's boring." "Sorry about him." "lying there watching people press their ugly faces in on you." "Can you hear me?" "I've never talked to a snake before." "Do you?" "Do you talk to people often?" "aren't you?" "Was it nice there?" "Do you miss your family?" "I see." "That's me as well." "I never knew my parents either." "you won't believe what this snake is doing!" "Thanks." "Anytime." "Snake!" "Mum!" "Mummy!" "Help me!" "My darling boy!" "How did you get in there?" "Who did this?" "How did you get in there?" "Is there a snake?" "sweetheart." "We'll get you out of these cold clothes." "I don't know!" "like magic." "There's no such thing as magic." "Marge is ill." "Ate a funny whelk." "look!" "Harry's got a letter!" " It's mine!" "Yours?" "Who'd be writing to you?" "No more mail through this letterbox." "dear." "Shoo!" "Go on." "Sunday." "Dudley?" "Harry!" "No post on Sunday." "sir." "Not one single bloody letter." "Not one!" "miserable... please!" "Stop it!" "what's happening?" "Give me that!" "Give me that letter!" "Get off!" "They're my letters!" "Let go of me!" "That's it!" "We're going away!" "where they can't find us!" "hasn't he?" "Harry." "Who's there?" "Sorry about that." "I demand that you leave at once." "You are breaking and entering." "you great prune." "Harry." "You're a bit more along than I expected." "Particularly in the middle." "I'm not Harry." "of course you are." "Got something for you." "but I imagine it'll taste fine just the same." "words and all." "Thank you." "is it?" "but who are you?" "Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts." "no." "Didn't you ever wonder where your mum and dad learned it all?" "Learned what?" "Harry." " I'm a what?" " A wizard." "once you're trained up." "you've made a mistake." "I mean I can't be a wizard." "I'm just Harry." "Just Harry." "did you ever make anything happen?" "when you were angry or scared?" "We are pleased to accept you at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." "He will not be going!" "We swore we'd put a stop to all this rubbish." "You knew?" "You knew all along and you never told me?" "Of course we knew." "How could you not be?" "My perfect sister being who she was." "My mother and father were so proud the day she got her letter." "We have a witch in the family." "Isn't it wonderful?" "I was the only one to see her for what she was." "A freak!" "and then she had you... just as abnormal." "and we got landed with you." "Blown up?" "You told me my parents died in a car crash." "A car crash?" "A car crash killed Lily and James Potter?" " We had to say something." " It's an outrage!" "A scandal!" "He'll not be going." "A great Muggle like you is going to stop him?" "Muggle?" "Non-magic folk." "This boy's had his name down since he were born." "He's going to the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry." "Albus Dumbledore." "I will not pay to have a crackpot old fool teach him magic tricks." "Never insult Albus Dumbledore in front of me." "I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone at Hogwarts about that." " I'm not allowed to do magic." " Okay." "We're a bit behind schedule." "Best be off." "of course." "All students must be equipped with one standard size 2 pewter cauldron... a cat or a toad." "Can we find all this in London?" "If you know where to go." "I presume?" "Tom." "I'm on official Hogwarts business." "Just helping Harry buy his school supplies." "Bless my soul." "It's Harry Potter!" "Mr. Potter." "Welcome back." "Doris Crockford." "I can't believe I'm meeting you at last." "Harry Potter." "Can't tell you how pleased I am to meet you." "professor." "I didn't see you." "Professor Quirrell will be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." "nice to meet you." "Fearfully fascinating subject." "Potter?" "must be going now." "Lots to buy." "Goodbye." "Harry?" "You're famous." " But why am I famous?" "how is it they know who I am?" "I'm not sure I'm the right person to tell you that." "to Diagon Alley." "you get your quills and ink." "all your bits and bobs for doing wizardry." "It's a world-class racing broom." "Look at it!" "The new Nimbus 2000!" "It's the fastest model yet." "But how am I to pay for all this?" "I haven't any money." "the wizard bank." "not one." "Except perhaps Hogwarts." "what exactly are these things?" "but not the most friendly of beasts." "Best stay close." "Mr. Harry Potter wishes to make a withdrawal." "And does Mr. Harry Potter have his key?" "Wait a minute." "Got it here somewhere." "Ha!" "There's the little devil." "And there's something else as well." "Professor Dumbledore gave me this." "It's about You-Know-What in vault you-know-which." "Very well." "Vault 687." "please." "please." "Did you think your parents would leave you with nothing?" "Hagrid?" "Can't tell you." "Hogwarts business." "Very secret." "Stand back." "Best not to mention this to anyone." "I still need a wand." "You want Ollivanders." "There ain't no place better." "Run along there and wait." "I got one more thing to do." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Mr. Potter." "It seems only yesterday that your mother and father were in here buying their first wands." "Here we are." "Give it a wave." "Apparently not." "Perhaps this." "definitely not." "No matter." "I wonder..." "Curious." "Very curious." "but what's curious?" "Mr. Potter." "It so happens that the phoenix... gave another feather." "Just one other." "It is curious that you should be destined for this wand when its brother gave you that scar." "And who owned that wand?" "We do not speak his name." "Mr. Potter." "It's not always clear why." "But I think it is clear that we can expect great things from you." "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things." "Terrible... but great." "Harry!" "Harry!" "Happy birthday." "Harry?" "You seem very quiet." "didn't he?" "The one who gave me this." "Hagrid." "I know you do." "and understand this because it's very important:" "Not all wizards are good." "Some of them go bad." "A few years ago there was a wizard who went as bad as you can go." "His name was V..." " His name was V..." " Maybe if you wrote it down?" "I can't spell it." "Voldemort." " Voldemort?" "Harry." "Voldemort started to gather some followers." "Brought them over to the Dark Side." "Anyone that stood up to him ended up dead." "Your parents fought against him." "But nobody lived once he decided to kill them." "not one." "Except you." "Me?" "Voldemort tried to kill me?" "Harry." "an evil curse." "What happened to V?" "To You-Know-Who?" "some say he died." "in my opinion." "I reckon he's out there still too tired to carry on." "But one thing's certain." "Something about you stumped him that night." "That's why you're famous." "That's why everybody knows your name." "You're the boy who lived." "What are you looking at?" "is that the time?" "I'm gonna have to leave you." "Dumbledore will be wanting his... he'll be wanting to see me." "Your train leaves in 10 minutes." "that's very important." "Platform 93/4"?" "there must be a mistake." "This says platform 93/4." "is there?" "Sorry." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "On your left." "Can you tell me where I might find platform 93/4?" "do you?" "packed with Muggles." "this way." "you first." "you next." "I am." " You call yourself our mother?" "George." "I'm only joking." "I am Fred." "Excuse me." "Could you tell me how to?" "dear." "It's Ron's first time to Hogwarts as well." "All you do is walk straight at the wall between platforms 9 and 10." " Best to run if you're nervous." " Good luck." "Excuse me." "Do you mind?" "Everywhere else is full." "Not at all." "by the way." "Ron Weasley." "I'm Harry." "Harry Potter." "So it's true!" "do you really have the?" " The what?" " The scar?" "Wicked!" "thanks." "I'm all set." "We'll take the lot." " Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans?" " They mean every flavor." "There's chocolate and peppermint and also... liver and tripe." "George sweared he got a booger-flavored one once." " Are they real frogs?" " It's a spell." "You want the cards." "Each pack's got a famous witch or wizard." "I've got about 500 meself." "Watch it!" "That's rotten luck." "They've only got one good jump in them." " I've got Dumbledore!" " I got about six of him." "he's gone!" "can you?" "isn't he?" "A little." "Fred gave me a spell to turn him yellow." "Want to see?" "Yeah." "Has anyone seen a toad?" " A boy named Neville's lost one." " No." "then." "butter mellow fat rat yellow" "is it?" "I've only tried a few simple ones myself but they've all worked for me." "For example:" "Oculus Reparo." "isn't it?" "you're Harry Potter!" "I'm Hermione Granger." "And you are?" " I'm Ron Weasley." " Pleasure." "You two better change into robes." "I expect we'll be arriving soon." "You've got dirt on your nose." "Did you know?" "Just there." "please!" "hurry up." "Hagrid." "follow me." "Wicked." "Welcome to Hogwarts." "you'll pass through these doors and join your classmates." "you must be sorted into your houses." "Hufflepuff Ravenclaw and Slytherin." "your house will be like your family." "Your triumphs will earn you points." "Any rule-breaking and you will lose points." "the house with the most points wins the house cup." "Trevor!" "Sorry." "The Sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily." "what they're saying on the train." "Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." "Harry Potter?" "This is Crabbe and Goyle." "And I'm Malfoy." "Draco Malfoy." "do you?" "I've no need to ask yours." "Red hair and a hand-me-down robe?" "You must be a Weasley." "You'll find out some wizarding families are better than others." "You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort." "I can help you there." "thanks." "We're ready for you now." "Follow me." "The ceiling isn't real." "It's bewitched to look like the night sky." "A History." "please?" "before we begin Professor Dumbledore would like to say a few words." "I have a few start-of-term notices I wish to announce." "please note that the Dark Forest is strictly forbidden to all students." "has asked me to remind you that the third-floor corridor is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death." "Thank you." "you will come forth." "I shall place the Sorting Hat on your head and you will be sorted into your houses." "Hermione Granger." "relax." "I'm telling you." "then." "Right." "Okay." "Gryffindor!" "Draco Malfoy." "Slytherin!" "Every wizard who went bad was in Slytherin." "Susan Bones." "what is it?" "I'm fine." "Let's see..." "I know!" "Hufflepuff!" "Ronald Weasley." "Another Weasley!" "I know just what to do with you." "Gryffindor!" "Harry Potter." "very difficult." "either." "yes." "And a thirst to prove yourself." "But where to put you?" "not Slytherin!" "eh?" "Are you sure?" "in your head." "no doubt about that." "if you're sure." "Better be Gryffindor!" "please." "Let the feast begin." "I'm half and half." "Me dad's a Muggle." "Mum's a witch." "Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out." "who's that teacher talking to Professor Quirrell?" "head of Slytherin house." " What's he teach?" " Potions." "But he fancies the Dark Arts." "He's been after Quirrell's job for years." "Hello!" "How are you?" "Welcome to Gryffindor." "It's the Bloody Baron!" "Sir Nicholas." "Have a nice summer?" "my request to join the Headless Hunt has been denied." "I know you." "You're Nearly Headless Nick." "if you don't mind." "Nearly" headless?" "How can you be nearly headless?" "Like this." "please." "Keep up." "Thank you." "follow me." "This way." "This is the most direct path to the dormitories." "Keep an eye on the staircases." "They like to change." "come on." "Come on." "That picture's moving." " Look at that one." " I think she fancies you." " Look!" " Who's that girl?" "Welcome to Hogwarts." "Password?" "Caput Draconis." "come on." "Gather around here." "Welcome to the Gryffindor common room." "the same on your right." "Your belongings have already been brought up." "Made it!" "Can you imagine the look on old McGonagall's face if we were late?" " That was bloody brilliant!" " Thank you for that assessment." "It'd be better if I transfigured Mr. Potter and you into a watch." " Then one of you might be on time." " We got lost." "Then perhaps a map?" "I trust you don't need one to find your seats." "There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class." "I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making." "for those select few who possess the predisposition I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses." "I can tell you how to bottle fame brew glory and even put a stopper in death." "maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts with abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not pay attention." "Mr. Potter." "Our new celebrity." "What would I get if I added root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" "You don't know?" "Let's try again." "Where would you look if I asked you to find a bezoar?" "sir." "What is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?" "sir." "Pity." "fame isn't everything..." "Mr. Potter?" "harp string hum Turn this water into rum" "Eye of rabbit..." "What's Seamus trying to do to the water?" "before..." "Mail's here." "Can I borrow this?" "Thanks." "Neville's got a Remembrall." "I've read about those." "The smoke turns red when you've forgotten something." "I can't remember what I've forgotten." "Somebody broke into Gringotts." "Listen." "Believed to be the work of Dark wizards or witches Gringotts goblins acknowledge the breach but insist nothing was taken." "had been emptied earlier that same day." "That's odd." "That's the vault Hagrid and I went to." "Madam Hooch." "Amanda." "Good afternoon." "Welcome to your first flying lesson." "What are you waiting for?" "Step up to your broomstick." "Up." "Up!" "Up." "Up." "Up." "Up!" "With feeling." "Harry." "I want you to mount it." "Grip it tight." "You don't wanna be sliding off the end." "hard." "hover for a moment then lean forward slightly and touch back down." "two..." "Mr. Longbottom." "down!" "Neville!" "Come back down this instant!" "Everyone out of the way!" "Is he all right?" "up you get." "Keep your feet on the ground while I take him to the hospital wing." "Understand?" "If I see a single broom in the air the one riding it will be expelled before they can say Quidditch." "Did you see his face?" "he'd have remembered to fall on his arse." "Malfoy." "No." "I'll leave it somewhere for Longbottom to find." "How about on the roof?" "Potter?" "Bit beyond your reach?" "no way!" "You heard what Madam Hooch said." "you don't know how to fly." "What an idiot." "Give it here or I'll knock you off your broom!" "Is that so?" "then." "Harry!" "Harry Potter!" "Follow me." "You wait here." "excuse me." "Could I borrow Wood for a moment?" "of course." "I have found you a Seeker." "Have you heard?" "Harry Potter's the new Gryffindor Seeker." "I always knew he'd do well." "Seeker?" "But first years never make the house teams." "McGonagall says." "Harry." "Wood's just told us." "Fred and George are on the team." "Beaters." "Our job is to make sure you don't get bloodied up too bad." "Quidditch." "But no one's died in years." "Someone vanishes occasionally." "But they'll turn up in a month or two." "and you'll be great too." "I've never played." "What if I make a fool of myself?" "You won't make a fool of yourself." "It's in your blood." "You never told me your father was a Seeker too." "I didn't know." "it's spooky." "She knows more about you than you do." "Who doesn't?" "What's happening?" "remember?" " Let's go this way." " Before the staircase moves again." "Does anybody feel like we shouldn't be here?" "We're not supposed to be here." "This is the third floor." "It's forbidden." "Let's go." " It's Filch's cat!" " Run!" "let's hide through that door!" " It's locked!" " We're done for!" "Move over!" "Alohomora." "Get in." "Alohomora?" "chapter seven." "my sweet?" "Come on." " Filch is gone." " He thinks this door's locked." " It was locked." " And for good reason." "keeping a thing like that locked up in a school?" "Didn't you see what it was standing on?" "I wasn't looking at its feet!" "I was preoccupied with its heads." "Or maybe you didn't notice." "There were three!" "It was standing on a trap door." "It wasn't there by accident." " It's guarding something." " Guarding something?" "I'm going to bed before you come up with another idea to get us killed." "expelled." "She needs to sort out her priorities." "Quidditch is easy to understand." "Each team has seven players." "one Keeper and a Seeker." "That's you." "There are three kinds of balls." "This one's called the Quaffle." "The Chasers handle the Quaffle and try to put it through one of those hoops." "defends the hoops." "With me so far?" "I think so." "What are those?" "You better take this." "it's coming back." "Potter." "You'd make a fair Beater." "What was that?" "Bludger." "Nasty little buggers." "But you are a Seeker." "The only thing I want you to worry about is this." "The Golden Snitch." " I like this ball." " You like it now." "Just wait." "It's wicked fast and damn near impossible to see." "What do I do with it?" "You catch it." "Before the other team's Seeker." "the game's over." "and we win." "One of a wizard's most rudimentary skills is levitation or the ability to make objects fly." "Do you have your feathers?" "Good." "don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing." "The swish and flick." "Everyone." "and enunciate." "then." "Wingardium Leviosa." "Wingardium Leviosa." "stop!" "You're going to take someone's eye out." "notLeviosar." "go on." "Wingardium Leviosa." "Miss Granger's done it!" "Splendid!" "dear." "I think we're going to need another feather over here." "notLeviosar."" "honestly!" "No wonder she hasn't got any friends." "I think she heard you." "Where's Hermione?" "Parvati said she wouldn't come out of the bathroom." "crying." "Troll in the dungeon!" "Troll in the dungeon!" "Thought you ought to know." "Silence!" "Everyone will please not panic!" "Now prefects will lead their house back to the dormitories." "Teachers will follow me to the dungeons." "and stay alert." "How could a troll get in?" "Not on its own." "Trolls are really stupid." "Probably people playing jokes." " What?" " Hermione!" "She doesn't know." "I think the troll's left the dungeon." "It's going into the girls' bathroom." "move!" "Help!" "Help!" "pea brain!" "Help!" "Do something!" " What?" " Anything!" " Hurry up!" " Swish and flick." "Wingardium Leviosa." "Cool." "Is it dead?" "I don't think so." "Just knocked out." "Troll boogers." "both of you!" "Professor McGonagall." "Miss Granger?" "I went looking for the troll." "I thought I could handle it." "But I was wrong." "I'd probably be dead." "it was an extremely foolish thing to do." "I expected more rational behavior and am very disappointed in you." "Five points will be taken from Gryffindor for your serious lack of judgment." "As for you two gentlemen I just hope you realize how fortunate you are." "Not many first-year students could take on a troll and live to tell the tale." "Five points will be awarded to each of you for sheer dumb luck." "Perhaps you ought to go." "It might wake up." "mate." "Go on." "Ron's right." "You'll need your strength today." "I'm not hungry." "Potter." "You've proven yourself against a troll." "A game of Quidditch should be easy work." "Even if it is against Slytherin." " That explains the blood." " Blood?" "I'm guessing Snape let the troll in as a diversion so he could get past that dog." "that's why he's limping." "But why would anyone go near that dog?" "Hagrid took something out of the vault." "very secret." "You're saying..." "That's what the dog's guarding." "That's what Snape wants." "isn't it?" " But I never get mail." "Let's open it." "It's a broomstick." "it's a Nimbus 2000!" "But who?" "Harry?" " A little." "It's all right." "I felt the same way before my first game." " What happened?" " I don't really remember." "I took a Bludger to the head two minutes in." "Woke up in hospital a week later." "Welcome to Hogwarts' first Quidditch game of the season." "Slytherin versus Gryffindor!" "The players take their positions as Madam Hooch steps onto the field to begin the game!" "clean game from all of you!" "followed by the Golden Snitch." "the Snitch is worth 150 points." "The Seeker who catches the Snitch ends the game." "The Quaffle is released and the game begins!" "Angelina Johnson scores!" "Ten points for Gryffindor!" "Well done!" "Slytherin takes the Quaffle." "Bletchley passes to Captain Marcus Flint." "Another 10 points to Gryffindor!" "Give me that!" "Take that side!" "What's going on with Harry's broomstick?" "It's Snape." "He's jinxing the broom!" " Jinxing the broom?" "What do we do?" " Leave it to me." "Hermione!" "Lacarnum Inflamarae." "Fire!" "You're on fire!" "go!" "Looks like he's gonna be sick." "He's got the Snitch!" "Harry Potter receives 150 points for catching the Snitch!" "Gryffindor wins!" "Nonsense!" "Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?" "Who knows?" "Why was he trying to get past that three-headed dog?" " Who told you about Fluffy?" " Fluffy?" " That thing has a name?" " Of course he has a name." "He's mine." "I bought him off an Irishman." "I lent him to Dumbledore to guard..." "Shouldn't have said that." "No more questions!" "That's top-secret." "Snape's trying to steal it." "Codswallop." "Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher." "I know a spell when I see one." "I've read all about them." "and Snape wasn't blinking." "Exactly." "all three of you." "You're meddling in things that ought not to be meddled in." "It's dangerous." "What that dog is guarding is between Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel." "Nicholas Flamel?" "I shouldn't have said that." "I should not have said that." "Nicholas Flamel." "Who's Nicholas Flamel?" "I don't know." "Merry Christmas Merry Christmas" "Ring the Hogwart bell" "Merry Christmas Merry Christmas" "Cast a Christmas spell" "Knight to e5." "Queen to e5." "That's totally barbaric!" "That's wizard's chess." "I see you've packed." "I see you haven't." "Change of plans." "My parents went to Romania to visit my brother Charlie." " He's studying dragons there." " Good." "You can help Harry." "He's going to the library to look up Nicholas Flamel." "We've looked a hundred times!" "Not in the restricted section." "Happy Christmas." "I think we've had a bad influence on her." "wake up!" "Ron." "What are you wearing?" "my mum made it." "Looks like you've got one too." " I've got presents?" " Yeah." "There they are." "Your father left this in my possession before he died." "It is time it was returned to you." "Use it well." " What is it?" " Some kind of cloak." "then." "Put it on." "My body's gone!" "I know what that is." "That's an invisibility cloak!" "I'm invisible?" "They're really rare." "I wonder who gave it to you." "Use it well." "Famous Fire-Eaters." "Fifteenth-Century Fiends." "Flamel." "Nicholas Flamel." "Where are you?" "Who's there?" "I know you're in there." "You can't hide." "Who is it?" "Show yourself." "I..." "Quirrell." " I don't know what you mean." " You know perfectly well what I mean." "We'll have another little chat soon." "When you've had time to decide where your loyalties lie." "Professors." "I found this in the restricted section." "It's still hot." "That means there's a student out of bed." "Mum?" "Dad?" "you've gotta see this!" "get out of bed!" " Why?" " There's something you've got to see!" "it's my parents!" "I only see us." "stand there." "don't you?" " That's me!" "Only I'm head boy." "And I'm holding the Quidditch Cup." "And bloody hell!" "I'm Quidditch captain too!" "I look good." "do you think this mirror shows the future?" "How can it?" "Both my parents are dead." "Harry?" "like many before you have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised." "I trust by now you realize what it does." "Let me give you a clue." "The happiest man on earth would look in the mirror and see only himself exactly as he is." "it shows us what we want." "Whatever we want." "Yes." "And no." "It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts." "who have never known your family you see them standing beside you." "Harry." "This mirror gives us neither knowledge or truth." "Men have wasted away in front of it." "Even gone mad." "That is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new home." "And I must ask you not to go looking for it again." "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." "I had you looking in the wrong section." "How could I be so stupid?" "I checked this out weeks ago for a bit of light reading." "This is light?" "Of course!" "Here it is!" "Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone." "The what?" "don't you two read?" "The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary substance with astonishing powers." "It'll transform any metal into pure gold and produces the Elixir of Life which will make the drinker immortal." " Immortal?" " It means you'll never die." "I know what it means!" "The only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicholas Flamel the noted alchemist who last year celebrated his 665th birthday." "That's what Fluffy's guarding." "That's what's under the trap door." "The Philosopher's Stone." "but I'm in no state to entertain." "We know about the Philosopher's Stone." " We think Snape's trying to steal it." " Are you still on about him?" "We know he's after it." "We don't know why." "Snape is one of the teachers protecting the Stone." "He won't steal it." "What?" "I'm a bit preoccupied today." "Wait a minute." ""One of the teachers"?" "aren't there?" "enchantments." " Right." "if you ask me." "Ain't no one gonna get past Fluffy." "except for me and Dumbledore." "I shouldn't have told you that." "I should not have told you that." "what exactly is that?" " That?" "It's..." "I know what that is!" "how did you get one?" "I won it." "Off a stranger I met down at the pub." "as a matter of fact." "Is that a dragon?" "That's not just a dragon." "That's a Norwegian Ridgeback." "My brother works with these in Romania." "he knows his mummy." "Norbert." "don't he?" "Norbert?" "of course." "Who's that?" "Malfoy." "dear." "Hagrid always wanted a dragon." "Told me so the first time I met him." "Malfoy knows." " I don't understand." "Is that bad?" " It's bad." "Good evening." "nothing gives a student the right to walk about at night." "50 points will be taken." " 50?" "!" " Each." "To ensure it doesn't happen again all four of you will receive detention." "perhaps I heard you wrong." "I thought you said the four of us." "you heard me correctly." "you too were out of bed after hours." "You will join your classmates in detention." "A pity they let the old punishments die." "Was a time detention found you hanging by your thumbs in the dungeons." "I miss the screaming." "You'll be serving detention with Hagrid tonight." "He's got a little job to do inside the Dark Forest." "Hagrid." "are you?" "Norbert's gone." "Dumbledore sent him off to Romania to live in a colony." "isn't it?" "He's with his own kind." "What if he don't like Romania?" "What if the other dragons are mean to him?" "He's only a baby." "pull yourself together." "You're going into the Forest." "Got to have your wits about you." "The Forest?" "I thought that was a joke." "We can't go in there." "Students aren't allowed." "And there are werewolves." "There's more than werewolves in those trees." "You can be sure of that." "Nighty-night." "Right." "Let's go." "what is that?" "What we're here for." "See that?" "that is." "I found one dead a few weeks ago." "this one's been hurt bad by something." "it's our job to go and find the poor beast." "come with me." "you'll go with Malfoy." "Okay." "Then I get Fang." "he's a bloody coward." "Wait till my father hears about this." "This is servant's stuff." "I'd say you were scared." "Potter." "Do you hear that?" "Fang." "Scared!" "Fang?" "you must leave." "You are known to many creatures here." "The Forest is not safe at this time." "Especially for you." "What was that thing you saved me from?" "A monstrous creature." "It is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn." "Drinking its blood will keep you alive even if you are an inch from death." "But at a terrible price." "For you have slain something so pure... you will have a half-life." "A cursed life." " Who would choose such a life?" " Can you think of no one?" "Do you mean to say that that thing that killed the unicorn... that was Voldemort?" "Do you know what is hidden in the school at this very moment?" "The Philosopher's Stone." "Harry!" "Firenze." "See you've met our young Mr. Potter." "Harry?" "this is where I leave you." "You're safe now." "Good luck." "You-Know-Who is out there right now in the Forest?" "But he's weak." "He's living off the unicorns." "Don't you see?" "We had it wrong." "Snape doesn't want the Stone for himself." "He wants it for Voldemort." "Voldemort will be strong again." "He'll come back." "But if he comes back... do you?" "he might have tried tonight." "And to think I've been worrying about my Potions final." "Hang on a minute." "We're forgetting one thing." "Who's the one wizard Voldemort always feared?" "you're safe." "you can't be touched." "but I found that enjoyable." "Harry?" " My scar." "It keeps burning." " It's happened before." " Not like this." " You should see the nurse." "I think it's a warning." "It means danger's coming." " Of course!" " What is it?" "Isn't it odd that what Hagrid wants more than anything is a dragon and a stranger just happens to have one?" "How many people wander around with dragon eggs?" "Why didn't I see it before?" "Who gave you the egg?" "What did he look like?" "I never saw his face." "He kept his hood up." "You and this stranger must have talked." "He wanted to know what sort of creatures I looked after." "a dragon's gonna be no problem." " Was he interested in Fluffy?" " Of course he was interested." "How often do you come across a three-headed dog?" "The trick with any beast is to know how to calm him." "for example." "Play him music and he falls straight to sleep." "I shouldn't have told you that." "Where are you going?" "We have to see Dumbledore." "Immediately!" "I'm afraid he's not here." "He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left." "He's gone?" "But this is important!" "This is about the Philosopher's Stone!" " How do you know?" " Someone's going to try and steal it." "but I assure you it is well protected." "Now would you go back to your dormitories?" "Quietly." "That was no stranger Hagrid met." "It was Snape." "Which means he knows how to get past Fluffy." " And with Dumbledore gone..." " Good afternoon." "What would three young Gryffindors be doing inside on a day like this?" " We were just..." " You ought to be careful." "People will think you're up to something." "Now what do we do?" "We go down the trap door." "Tonight." "Trevor." "go!" "You shouldn't be here!" "aren't you?" "I won't let you!" "You'll get Gryffindor into trouble again." "I'll fight you." "I'm really sorry about this." "Petrificus Totalus." "you know that?" "but scary." "Let's go." "you know." " You stood on my foot!" " Sorry." "Alohomora." "Wait a minute." "He's snoring." "Snape's already been here." "He's put a spell on the harp." "It's got horrible breath." " We have to move its paw." " What?" "Come on!" "Okay." "Push." "I'll go first." "Don't follow until I give you a sign." "get yourselves out." "Does it seem a bit quiet to you?" "The harp." "It's stopped playing." "Jump!" "really." "both of you." "This is Devil's Snare." "it will only kill you faster." "now I can relax!" "Hermione!" " Now what are we gonna do?" " Just relax!" "where are you?" " Do what I say!" "Trust me." "I'm fine." "is he?" " Apparently not." " We've gotta do something." " What?" "I remember reading something in Herbology." "Devil's Snare." "It's deadly fun but will sulk in the sun!" "That's it!" "It hates sunlight." "Lumus Solem." "you okay?" " Yeah." "Lucky we didn't panic." "Lucky Hermione pays attention in Herbology." "What is that?" "I don't know." "Sounds like wings." "Curious." "I've never seen birds like these." "They're not birds." "They're keys." "And I'll bet one of them fits that door." " What's this all about?" " I don't know." "Strange." "Alohomora!" "it was worth a try." "What will we do?" "There must be a thousand keys." "old-fashioned one." "Probably rusty." "I see it!" "The one with the broken wing." "What's wrong?" "It's too simple." "you can." "You're the youngest Seeker in a century." "This complicates things a bit." "Catch the key!" "Hurry up!" "I don't like this." "I don't like this at all." "Where are we?" "A graveyard." "This is no graveyard." "It's a chessboard." "There's the door." "Now what do we do?" "isn't it?" "We've got to play our way across the room." "you take the empty bishop's square." "you'll be the queen-side castle." "I'll be a knight." "What happens now?" "white moves first." "And then we play." "you don't suppose this is going to be like... do you?" "d5." "Hermione." "I think this is gonna be exactly like wizard's chess." "Castle to e4!" "Pawn to c3!" "Harry." "the queen will take me." "Then you're free to check the king." "no!" " What is it?" "there must be another way!" "Do you wanna stop Snape from getting that Stone or not?" "it's you that has to go on." "I know it." "Not me." "Not Hermione." "You." "Knight to h3." "Check." "Ron!" "we're still playing." "Checkmate." "Take care of Ron." "Then go to the owlery." "Send a message to Dumbledore." "Ron's right." "I have to go on." "Harry." "You're a great wizard." "You really are." "Not as good as you." "Me?" "Books and cleverness." "There are more important things." "just be careful." "You?" "he was the... doesn't he?" "who would suspect... stuttering Professor Quirrell?" "Snape tried to kill me." "dear boy." "I tried to kill you!" "If Snape's cloak hadn't caught fire and broken my eye contact I would have succeeded." "Even with Snape muttering his countercurse." "Snape was trying to save me?" "especially after Halloween." "yes." "wasn't fooled." "he went to the third floor to head me off." "never trusted me again." "He rarely left me alone." "But he doesn't understand." "I'm never alone." "Never." "what does this mirror do?" "I see what I desire." "I see myself holding the Stone." "But how do I get it?" "Use the boy." "Potter!" "Now!" "what do you see?" "What is it?" "What do you see?" "I'm shaking hands with Dumbledore." "I've won the house cup." "He lies." "Tell the truth!" "What do you see?" "you are not strong enough." "I have strength enough for this." "Harry Potter we meet again." "Voldemort." "Yes." "You see what I've become?" "See what I must do to survive?" "Live off another." "A mere parasite." "Unicorn blood can sustain me but it cannot give me a body of my own." "But there is something that can." "lies in your pocket." "Stop him!" "Don't be a fool." "Why suffer an horrific death when you can join me and live?" "Never!" "Bravery." "Your parents had it too." "Harry would you like to see your mother and father again?" "Together we can bring them back." "All I ask is for something in return." "Harry." "There is no good and evil." "There is only power and those too weak to seek it." "we'll do extraordinary things." "Just give me the Stone!" "You liar!" "Kill him!" "get the Stone!" "Harry." " Tokens from your admirers?" " Admirers?" "What happened in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a secret." "the whole school knows." "I see that your friend Ronald has saved you the trouble of opening your Chocolate Frogs." "Ron was here?" "Is he all right?" "What about Hermione?" "Fine." "They're both just fine." "dear boy." "The Stone has been destroyed." "My friend Nicholas and I have had a little chat and agreed it was best all around." "won't he?" "He has enough Elixir to set his affairs in order." "he will die." "sir?" "One minute I was staring in the mirror and... only a person... find it... would be able to get it." "That is one of my more brilliant ideas." "that is saying something." "that Voldemort can never come back?" "I'm afraid there are ways in which he can return." "do you know why Professor Quirrell couldn't bear to have you touch him?" "It was because of your mother." "She sacrificed herself for you." "And that kind of act leaves a mark." "this kind of mark cannot be seen." " It lives in your very skin." " What is it?" "Harry." "Love." "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans." "I was most unfortunate in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one." "I've lost my liking for them." "But I think I could be safe with a nice toffee." "Alas!" "Earwax." "Ron?" " All right." "You?" "All right." "Hermione?" "Never better." "Another year gone." "the house cup needs awarding." "And the points stand thus:" "Gryffindor with 312 points." "Hufflepuff with 352 points." "In second place Ravenclaw with 426 points." "And in first place..." "Slytherin house." "mate." "Slytherin." "Well done." "recent events must be taken into account." "And I have a few last-minute points to award." "for the cool use of intellect while others were in grave peril 50 points." "Good job." "for the best-played game of chess... 50 points." "And third to Mr. Harry Potter for pure nerve and outstanding courage I award Gryffindor house 60 points." "We're tied with Slytherin!" "it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies but a great deal more to stand up to your friends." "I award 10 points to Neville Longbottom." "Assuming that my calculations are correct I believe that a change of decoration is in order." "Gryffindor wins the house cup." "you'll be late." "hurry up." "Harry." " One minute." "did you?" "This is for you." "Hagrid." "Harry." "gives you any grief you could always threaten him with a nice pair of ears to go with his tail." "But we're not allowed to do magic away from Hogwarts." "You know that." "do he?" "doesn't it?" "I'm not going home." "Not really."