I think I last updated this last week, so enjoy the quick updating.

As it turned out, Pansy encountered something very weird in the forest during her detention, which she had with Hagrid.

She was helping Hagrid find something that was killing unicorns. What happened was this: they did. And it was weird. According to the stories that were being spread, it was a cloaked something, drinking the blood out of unicorns.

"That is odd," I said. "Drinking unicorn blood helps to keep someone close to death sustained, but they will be cursed. Who would want such a fate?"

"Maybe someone who is only here to figure out how to steal something that will restore them to life completely," Harry said.

"Yes, but who?"

"I can think of only one," Harry said. "Voldemort."

The evening after our last exam in the common room, the four of us were discussing Voldemort and how he might steal the Stone.

"Today I was passing Quirrell's office. I heard him whimpering and the he said 'okay, I'll do it,'" Harry said. "I think Voldemort is forcing him to steal the Stone."

"He still can't get past Fluffy," I said.

"About that. I was wondering who even would have had a dragon egg to give to Hagrid," Harry replied.

"You don't think..." Ron asked.

"I do think. I think Quirell talked to him. I think Quirell got him drunk. And I think Hagrid told him how to get past the dog," Harry said.

"We just need to figure out how," Draco said. "That way, we can stop Quirell."

"Okay, I'll see if I can get Hagrid to let it slip. You three wait here. We'll go down tonight."

As it turned out, all you needed to do was play music, and he goes to sleep.

That night, the four of us snuck to the corridor under the cloak. I used a spell to unlock the door. We snuck inside to find the dog already sleeping. We quickly snuck through a trapdoor I found by one of its feet. We dropped down and landed on a plant. I immediately jump up and hugged the wall.

"All of you, relax. This is Devil's Snare. You need to relax, otherwise it'll kill you faster. I need more time to remember how to fight it..." I thought for a bit, then I whipped out my wand and shouted, "Incendio!"

Fire streamed out of my wand tip. The plant shrank back against the walls, revealing a hidden door way that was already open.

The next room seemed to be full of... metal birds. No, keys. They must be to unlock the door, which seemed to have been closed when Quirell went through.

Harry walked over to one side of the room where a broom was waiting. "I think I know what to do. I have to catch it. It's that one up there. The one with the bent wing." He pointed to a cluster of keys.

He mounted the broom and sped towards it. He flew around the room, shoving keys out of the way until his hand closed around one key. He touched down on the ground and lept off the broom.

"Got it!"

"Quick, open the door!" Ron shouted.

Harry ran to the door and shoved the key in. The locked clicked and the door swung open. "Ladies first." He gestured to the dark doorway.

"What is this?" I asked, looking at the big stone things.

"Some sort of graveyard, maybe," Harry answered.

"Nope. Chessboard. We'll probably have to play to get through here," Ron corrected.

"D'you think we'll have to be chess pieces?" Draco asked nervously.

A bishop turned and nodded its head at him.

"****," Harry said.

"Harry! Language!" I shouted.

Ron cleared his throat. "Okay, so... Harry, you be the queenside castle. Draco, bishop same side. Hermione, kingside castle, I'll be knight on the same side."

All four of the mentioned pieces turned and jumped off the board. (Well, the knight got off of his horse).

We took their places. Ron directed the pieces and us amazingly, not only protecting the king, but all four of us without much problem.

Eventually, Ron was looking between Harry and the other queen.

"Harry, I'm going to check the king."

"Ron, no!" he shouted, realizing what he was going to do.

"Queen will attack, but it leaves you free to checkmate the king. Just do it." He directed his stone horse to the correct spot. The queen stepped towards him. She knocked him in the head, he fell off the side of the board and then the queen continued to brutalize the horse before pushing the pieces off the edge, hopefully not squishing Ron in the process.

Harry walked towards the spot where he would checkmate the king. The king tossed off his crown.

We all started to run towards where Ron was, but Draco stopped us.

"No, you two go ahead. I'll watch Ron."

We nodded and ran through the now open door at the other side of the room.

Immediately we had to cover our noses to protect against the smell.

"What is that?!" I asked pointing to the... thing on the floor.

Harry walked around it. "Troll, I think. Knocked out probably. By Quirell."

"You think he put the troll here. He probably did let that troll in at the beginning of the year."

"Must be him. Come on, next room."

When we walked into the next room, black flames appeared behind, purple at the next doorway. There were seven bottles, all different shapes and sizes lined up on a table with a paper beside them. Before I could see what it all was, Harry pointed to something in the corner of the room.

"What's that?" He asked.

I knelt down in front of it. "It's a note... from Professor Snape."

"Read it. This must be his test."

I unfolded it and read out loud: "Mr. Potter, if you are reading this, then you are as arrogant as your father. However, I suppose I should assist you in stopping whoever it is in the next room, extremely frustrated over whatever Dumbledore set up as the last line of defense. One of the bricks on the wall has the Hogwarts crest. It will dissolve when it senses your handprint. It will only respond to yours. Do not bother with the riddle I have left for others. A note with the correct answer is on the other side of it."

"Hermione, I think I found the brick." Harry said. I looked up as he ran his hand over it, causing it to turn into a pile of black dust. He reached into the hole and pulled out a rolled up piece of paper. He unrolled it. "If you wish to move forward, take the smallest bottle. To go back, take the one on the right end of the line."

We looked at the tiny bottle. "You go back, Hermione. I have to face him, you take Ron and Draco and get Dumbledore."

"Be careful. Please. You've been a great friend so far."

"I'll try. Now go."

I grabbed the potion and drank it. "That was cold." I turned and walked back to the chess room, my last sight being Harry downing his potion and walking towards Quirell.

I think I'll leave this here. So, next chapter is the second to last one for year one. And I might get that up today.