Nicolas Flamel
Later that day I went to the library. I took Harry's invisibility cloak that he got for christmas. I snuck into the library, and went into the restricted section. I needed to find out who Nicolas Flamel was. I set my lamp down on a table, and searched the shelves. About an hour passed when I heard someone run into the library. "STUDENT OUT OF BED" the voice yelled. I went to grab the lamp but my elbow hit it, knocking it off the table and shattering. I put the cloak back on and ran out of the library, I kept running down an empty corridor. I ran into this random room, I was planning on staying in there until it was clear to leave.
Except, I looked in the room, took the cloak off, and there was a giant mirror in the corner. I walked over to it, stood in front of it and looked at the top. It was really dusty so i couldn't really make out what it said. I jumped up and tried to wipe the dust off, but I was too short. I squinted my eyes to try and make out the writing. 'Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi'' what does that even mean? I looked back down and looked into the mirror. I smiled, It was dark but I could just make out myself in the mirror. I stared for a minute, something grabbed my hand in the mirror. I looked at my hand, nothing was there. I looked back at the mirror, the hand was back. Two tall figures walked up behind me, and a short figure walked out from beside them. It was..mom and dad...and- and harry? But how is that possible? Mom and dad are d-dead. Mother put her hand on my shoulder and smiled at me. Harry looked at me and smiled, so did father. I started to tear up, how is this possible? I have to tell Harry. I turned around and grabbed the cloak off the floor, put it on and ran back to the common room to see if Harry was still awake.
Damn it he's not.
The next day I woke up and went to the common room to find Harry. He was sitting on the couch next to Fred and George. "HARRY MY DORM NOW!" I ran over and grabbed his arm, he looked at me confused as I dragged him up the stairs, too the right, and into my dorm. Hermione was still in there. I pushed Harry onto my bed, called Hermione over and she sat beside Harry.
"What is it Lia?" Harry asked me. I started shaking, I was nervous to tell them. What if I was just dreaming last night? Oh well.
"Okay last night I went to the library, with Harry's cloak, and I almost got caught so I ran out. And I ran into this room, it had this mirror and I looked into it. HARRY I SAW MUM AND DAD!" They both looked at me like I was crazy. I'm not lying, at all.
"Hold on, you saw mum and dad? Lia i miss them to but-"
"I'M NOT LYING I PROMISE" I interrupted harry.
'Come on, i'll show you. Please ``I asked.
Harry stood up "fine" I smiled and grabbed his and hermiones hand, retraced my steps from last night bringing them to the room and the mirror.
Once we got there, I dragged them over to the mirror.
'Look in it' I said while smiling beside the mirror. Harry walked up to it first.
'Lia, there's nothing--oh my god, THERE RIGHT THERE!" he yelled while smiling. "LIA THERE-there here" he put his hand on his shoulder and started crying. Hermione looked at him and pulled him away from the mirror. She stood in front of it, waited a second and gasped.
"It's me, holding a...badge, it says 'SPEW'.im- im in a house with my mother and father. I'm also surrounded by a pile of books, I'm so tall. My hair looks different, and so do I" I looked at her, so did Harry. What on earth is she talking about? Me and Harry both saw mum and dad!
"Hermione, Harry do you- do you think this mirror shows the future?" I asked them, walking closer to Hermione.
"How could it? All of our family is dead Lia" Harry said back to me.
"Whatever this is, I'm sure we shouldn't be in here" Hermione interrupted while stepping back from the mirror.
" Let's go back to the common room" Harry said, going over to grab the cloak.
After we got back to our dorm Hermione looked at me and Harry and put her hand in the air. 'LIA, HARRY COME LOOK" she yelled, bloody hell this woman is going to give me a headache. I stood up off my bed and walked over to her, as did Harry.
"What is it, Hermione?" I asked her, sitting down in a chair next to her.
'Nicolas Flamel!, he's in this book!" Hermione pushed a big book she was looking at over to me and Harry. "Look" she said pointing to a paragraph.
"The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Sorcerer's Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers. The Stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal. There have been many reports of the Sorcerer's Stone over the centuries, but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera lover. Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight).'
"That must be what that dog hagrid told us about is hiding!" Hermione finished after reading the paragraph.
"That must be how Snape got his leg all scratched up, from trying to get past that dog" Harry replied. I looked at them both and nodded. I have no clue what they are talking about, but I'm going to pretend that I do.
"A stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying" said Hermione.
"No wonder Snape's after it! Anyone would want it." i interrupted
"And no wonder we couldn't find Flamel in any of those library books," said Harry.
"He's not exactly recent if he's six hundred and sixty-five, is he?"
Later that day we all went to the quidditch pitch, Gryffindor against hufflepuff. Me, Hermione, and Neville were up in the stands. Harry was getting changed. Me and Hermione were standing up when someone walked into me. I turned around, It was Malfoy.
"Oh, sorry, Potter, didn't see you there." Malfoy grinned at...Ron?
"I Wonder how long your brother is going to stay on his broom this time? Anyone want a bet? What about you, Granger?" Hermione didn't answer, she was focusing on the quidditch field instead. I looked over and saw Hermione staring at Harry, who was circling the game looking for the Snitch.
"You know how I think they choose people for the Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy
"It's people they feel sorry for. There's poor Potter, who's got no parents. You should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains." Neville turned around to face Malfoy.
"I'm worth twelve of you, Malfoy," he muttered. Malfoy, and Ron burst out laughing. I looked at Neville and spoke "You tell him, Neville."
"Longbottom, if brains were gold you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something." Ron smacked his shoulder and they both just laughed. What the bloody hell is wrong with ron! Why is he all of a sudden friends with Malfoy?
"I'm warning you, Malfoy, one more word"
"ophelia!" said Hermione, "Harry!'
I looked at the field, Harry was plumidging towards the ground.
"You're in luck,Long bottom, Potter's obviously spotted some brains on the ground!" said Malfoy. I turned around and saw Neville, right on top of Malfoy, wrestling him to the ground. Ron tried to pull Neville off him, while I tried to help.
After lifting and pulling I got Neville off Malfoy. Hermione screamed and started cheering. I looked over the ledge and saw Harry, with the golden snitch in his hand!
After Snape announced the ending of the game, i looked everywhere for Harry, but i couldnt find him.
Finally Harry showed up and dragged me and Hermione back to the castle, into an empty classroom, locked the door and started speaking
"we were right! it is the Sorcerer's Stone, and Snape's trying to force Quirrell to help him get it. He asked if he knew how to get past Fluffy and he said something about Quirrell's 'hocus-pocus' there's other things guarding the stone, loads of enchantments, and Quirrell would have done some anti-Dark Arts spell that Snape needs to break through "
"So in that case the Stone's only safe as long as Quirrell stands up to Snape?" said Hermione. "It'll be gone by Tuesday," I interrupted
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