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The Sorcerer's Stone

Ron stepped out of the fireplace, dusting off the ash he had collected on the trip home. It had been a fairly quiet day at the store, but it was still good to be home. But something seemed off. It was to quiet. Although Rose and Hugo were not loud and rowdy like some of his nieces and nephews, the house was hardly ever this quiet. He went to the kitchen and found his wife alone putting a roast in the oven.

"Where are the kids?" he inquired.

"They're upstairs. They were bugging me so I told them I did not want to see or hear them until you got home." She said in a matter of fact manner. Ron was surprised. Hermione was usually so patient with the kids.

"What were they doing?"

"Hugo kept asking me questions about trolls. I finally gave him a book to read about trolls, but then he started trying to figure out what type of troll we had fought. When he gave up on that he just started throwing out random facts about trolls. After hearing about trolls for two hours, I had had it with him." Ron smiled. Hugo was not as into books as Rose was, but when he was stuck on something, he would not give up until he knew every last thing about it.

"What about Rosie. What was she doing?"

"She wouldn't stop talking about Hogwarts. She was talking non stop about the things she needed to pick up at Diagon Alley, the things she wanted to do and learn about, the things her cousins have told her about Hogwarts and wanting to hear more stories about our time at Hogwarts." She gave out a long sigh "I suppose I might have over reacted, but it has been nice and quiet for an hour now." They smiled knowing how rare that was.

"By the way, Harry said they are going on Saturday. Albus is just as excited as Rose is. We can meet them there and get all the shopping done in one day. Maybe since we are going so early in the summer, there won't be that many reporters."

"Fat chance." They both knew the reporters would want to have a story about Rose and Albus starting Hogwarts. They had made a big deal about James starting two years ago.

"Can we come down now? Dad's home." Hugo shouted from the top of the stairs. Ron and Hermione chuckled.

"Come on down." As soon as the words were out of her mouth, the two kids ran down the stairs and ran to their dad. Ron laughed as his two children engulfed him and started to talk to him simultaneously.

"Dad! Dad! Mom gave me a book about trolls today."

"Are we going to Diagon Alley this weekend, because I really need to get my book."

"Did you know that there are three types of trolls? Mountain trolls are the largest of the three types."

"There are so many different books I need to read before school starts

"River trolls have horns on their head. And forest trolls are green."

"Could I get a few other books that are not on the list?"

"Alright you two. Let your father breath." She giggled seeing her husband struggling to keep up with the two of them. "We still have a bit of time before the roast will be done. Why don't you two go into the other room with your father."

"Can you tell us about the professor who let the troll into the castle?" Hugo begged. The two adults looked at each other, sighed, and sat down at the table.

"Lets see, where shall we begin. I suppose we will start with the fact that during our first year of Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore was protecting something special." Ron began.

"Professor Dumbledore is the one Albus is named after, right?" Rose asked.

"That is right. He was our headmaster, and some say he is one of the most powerful wizards." Hermione responded.

"What was he protecting?" Rose asked, always wanting to know all of the facts.

"He was protecting the Sorcerer's Stone." Hermione answered her daughter's inquiry. Her daughter's eyes grew wide in recognition.

"Why did you have to give it away?" Ron looked as if she had taken the air out of him.

"I'm sorry, but I don't think it ruins the story at all." She defended herself.

"You mean, the Sorcerer's Stone. The one that makes the elixir of life, and can turn any metal into pure gold? I thought it got destroyed." Rose could not believe it.

"Well it did, at the end of our first year." Hermione said.

"How do you know about the Sorcerer's Stone?" Ron asked his young daughter.

"I read about it." Rose said as if he should have known. Ron rolled his eyes. Like mother like daughter.

"Anyways, Professor Dumbledore was protecting the sorcerer's stone, however we did not know what it was at first. He had told the whole school that the third corridor was off limits. However one night we happened to stumble into the corridor, and we found a gigantic three headed dog. It was terrifying. Your mother, always the observant one, pointed out that Fluffy was guarding a trap door."

"Fluffy? Was that the dog's name? Who would name a giant three headed dog Fluffy?" The two kids started to laugh at the idea. Ron and Hermione looked at each other and laughed as well.

"Hagrid named the dog Fluffy. We found out later on that the dog belonged to him and that he had named it Fluffy. He also said that what he was protecting was between Professor Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel." Ron continued.

"The creator of the Sorcerer's Stone!" Rose put in.

"Exactly, but we did not know that. The three of us started to search every book we could find to discover what was hidden in the castle. Uncle Harry was convinced that Professor Snape was trying to steal it." Hermione continued as she got up to check on their dinner.

"Who is Professor Snape?" Rose asked yet another question.

"He was our potions professor. He did not like Uncle Harry. Uncle Harry thought Professor Snape was a dark wizard and was after him." Hermione stated.

"You have to admit, that it appeared as if he was after Harry." Ron remarked. "I mean everyone could see that he hated Harry. You even thought he was after Harry, especially when we thought he had tried to nock Harry off his broom."

"I do have to admit that for a time I did agree with you two. But you two made a much bigger deal out of everything."

"Can we get back to story." Hugo said.

"Yes, right. Well we searched and searched for any clue. Uncle Harry Finally found out who Nicolas Flamel was." Hermione continued. Ron started to laugh though at her last statement.

"He didn't really find out. He stumbled upon the information by accident." Seeing the kids' puzzled looks he explained. "Your Uncle Harry found Nicolas Flamel's name on the back of Professor Dumbledore's chocolate frog card. After he found that then your mother was able to find a book that actually had more information about Flamel."

"That may be true, but it was still because he found Flamel's name on the card that I was able to find more information. After that we assumed that it was the Sorcerer's Stone being guarded, and Hargrid confirmed it. We also found out that the three headed dog was not the only thing guarding the stone. Some of the Professors had helped to protect it as well."

"It seemed to us that Professor Snape was trying to get Professor Quirrell to give him information about what was protecting the stone. We figured that as long as Fluffy was guarding the stone, it would be safe." Ron continued

"So is that why he let the troll in?" Hugo asked wanting to know more about the troll.

"Well sort of. The troll was let in long before we knew what was guarded by Fluffy. But it was let in so the professor could try and get past Fluffy." Ron responded.

"So why did they decide to destroy the stone if it was safe at Hogwarts?" Rose asked, not sure where the story was going.

"That's not the end of the story. However dinner is almost ready, so you three need to go and wash up for dinner." Hermione said looking at her two children and sooty husband. "We will tell you about Norbert over dinner."