Weeks passed and the four first years had exams to prepare for. The girls had to boss the boys around so they would get studying
Finally after the exams were over everybody cheered but Harry. Harry was thinking about the sorcerer's stone and Brenda knew it, it's a twin thing the Potters picked up
" Sickle for your thoughts?" Brenda asked as she sat next to her brother
" I'm just wondering if the stone is really safe" Harry said
" Didn't Hagrid say that Hogwarts is like the safest place?" Brenda asked
" He also said that Gringgotts was" Harry pointed out
" Got me their" Brenda said
" Harry, if you're worried Snape will get the stone, don't be, as long as Dumbledore's here the stone is safe" Hermione said
" Plus mate, it's guarded by Fluffy, nobody can get past Fluffy, except for Hagrid" Ron said
" Yah and Hagrid would never betray Dumbledore" Brenda said
It was silent for a minute and then it was broken
" We need to go to Hagrid's right now" Harry said
" Why" Ron asked
" Because isn't it funny that all that Hagrid wants in the world is a dragon? And somebody just happens to have a dragon egg, it could be a coincidence, but I doubt it" Harry said
Everybody got on their feet and left the common room to go down to Hagrid's hut and see Hagrid who was playing a flute that looked like Hagrid made himself
" Well hello you four? How were your exams?" Hagrid asked
" Brutal" Ron said
" Hagrid we were wondering what the stranger who gave you the dragons egg looked like" Harry said
" I don't know, I didn't see his face, he had on a cloak" Hagrid said
" So he just trusted you with a dragon egg? He didn't care about it?" Brenda asked
" I told him about the creatures I looked after and I told him about Fluffy" Hagrid said
" Did he seem interested in Fluffy?" Harry asked
" Who wouldn't be interested in a fierce three headed dog? I told him that the only way to calm him down is to play some music and he'll go straight to sleep" Hagrid said
Everybody's eyes lifted up
" I shouldn't have told you that" Hagrid said finding out what he had done
The first years started running back to the castle hearing Hagrid call out, " Where're you going?"
The first years ran to Dumbledore's office and McGonagall was there
" We need to speak to Dumbledore right now" Harry said when they all got to the desk
" I'm afraid Dumbledore isn't here, he had an important call from the Ministry of Magic" McGonagall said, "He will be back tomorrow"
" But this is important," Brenda said
" More important then a meeting with the Ministry?" McGonagall asked lifting an eyebrow
" This is about the sorcerer's stone" Brenda said
" I don't know how you found out about that, but I assure you nobody is trying to steal it, if they are they are foolish, nobody can get past the traps" McGonagall said, " Now I suggest you all leave and stop worrying about the stone"
The first years nodded and left the office and were heading back to their common room when they bumped into Snape
" Good afternoon" Snape said, " Now tell me, what are four young Gryffindors like yourselves doing inside, on a day like this?"
Brenda tried coming up with something but she began to stutter and Snape gave her a look
" Careful, hanging around here on a day like this people might think you were all up to something" Snape said giving them all a look before he left and the four glared after him
" We're going down the trap door, tonight" Harry said
They all headed to the common room and planned out how they would get past Fluffy
" How are we going to sneak out without being spotted?" Hermione asked
The Potters smiled and went to their rooms and brought down their cloaks
" Where did you get those?" Hermione asked
" Christmas" They said together, " They were our parents'"
" They're really handy" Ron said
" I shudder at all the trouble you can get into with those" Hermione said
" Well it's going to get us past Fluffy" Brenda said
The rest of the day the girls researched spells that they might need when they go on their "adventure" and tried getting the boys to do the same thing, but they didn't
Finally after everybody went to bed the four of them crept down into the common room
" Ok are you guys ready?" Harry asked
All of a sudden there was a ribbit ribbit. The noise was coming from the armchair
" Trevor you shouldn't be here" Ron scolded
" Neither should you" Neville said turning around, " you're sneaking out again aren't you, you're going to get Gryffindor in trouble"
" Neville you don't understand" Brenda tried to talk to him
" I won't let you leave... I- I'll fight you" Neville said as he put his fists up
" Neville I'm really really sorry about this" Hermione took out her wand, " PERTRIFICUS TOTALUS"
Neville froze in place and fell on the floor
" What did you do to him?" Harry asked
" It's a body bind, if you guys would have helped with the research, you would have known what it was" Brenda said, " Now let's go
The four of them walked past him
" Sorry" Hermione said
" Sorry" Harry said
" Sorry" Brenda said
" It's for your own good you know" Ron said
The four of them put on the cloaks, Ron went with Harry and Hermione went with Brenda and they slowly headed towards the third floor corridor and opened the door, it was already unlocked and Fluffy was snoring
" Ok, it looks like Snape got here before we did" Ron said
Brenda rolled her eyes because it was very obvious
They took the cloaks off and headed towards the trap door and opened it
" Ok if anything goes wrong, do your best to get yourselves out" Harry said
" We will" Ron said
Brenda noticed that the music stopped playing
" It's too quiet" Brenda said
There was a low growl and everybody looked in back of them and Fluffy was awake and he was pissed
Everybody jumped in the trap door and landed on something soft
" Good thing we landed in this green stuff" Ron said
All of a sudden the green stuff started twisting around everybody's bodies and the boys were trying to fight it
" DON'T PANIC" The girls screamed together
" This is Devils Snare, don't panic" Brenda said
" If you do, it will only kill you faster" Hermione said
" Kill us faster, oh now I won't panic" Ron said as he was struggling
Hermione glared at him as she was pulled down from site and next was Brenda
The boys screamed
" You ok" Hermione asked
" Yah you?" Brenda asked
" Yah" Hermione said
" Boys stop panicking, it's safe, just don't panic" Brenda hollered
A minute later Harry fell down
" He's still panicking" Harry said
" Hermione, what was that poem we learned about Devil's Snare in Herbology? Devils snare is deadly fun but..." Brenda asked
" But it will wilt in the sun... Devils Snare hates sunlight" Hermione said
" LUMOS HUELEM" Brenda said
The plant let go of Ron and he fell to the ground and got up
" Good thing we didn't panic" Ron said
" Good thing the girls pay attention in Herbology and study" Harry said
They walked on and got into a room that had flying keys and two brooms floating
" Wow floating keys, what would they think of next" Brenda said
Ron went over to the other door but it was locked, " ALOHORMORA" It didn't work, " Well it was worth a try"
" Well by the looks of the lock, we are looking for an old fashioned key" Hermione said
" Wait a minute, there are two locks on the door" Brenda observed
" So you need to get both the keys" Ron said
" Why do I have to?" Brenda asked
" You and Harry both, face it, you guys are the youngest Quidditch players, you need to work together" Ron said
" Which one do we need to get?" Brenda asked
" We just need to try them all" Harry said, " Come on Brenda"
Harry mounted a broom and began flying and Brenda followed him
" There are too many of them" Brenda said
Harry looked around the room and found a key that was different then all the rest, " there's one" Harry hollered
Harry dove for it
" I don't see it" Brenda said
" Lets work together here, I'll get the keys and you grab them and pass it to Hermione and Ron, you guys put them in the locks at the same time"
That is what they did, Harry grabbed a key and Brenda took it away from him like she would a Quaffle and she got low enough to pass it to Hermione, she got back up and Harry got the other key and Brenda grabbed it again and gave it to Ron and Hermione and Ron put the keys in the right slots and turned at the same time
The Potters got off the brooms and went inside the room their friends were in. The four of them looked around and Ron knew exactly where they were
" It's a chess board" Ron said
" More like a grave yard" Brenda said
" Well lets go, we got to get to Snape" Harry said
The four of them ran to the other side but were stopped by the chess pieces
" Looks like we need to play the game" Ron said
They went back to the other side and Ron started giving orders about where everybody should go
" Ron you don't think this is like real wizards chess do you?" Hermione asked
Ron gave a command and watched his pawn be taken like in real wizards chess
" Yes Hermione, I'm afraid this is exactly like wizards chest" Ron said scared
Everybody gasped
After about a half hour playing chess, Ron figured out how to win and so did Harry
" Wait a minute" Harry began
" You know Harry, once I make my move we will be in check, The King will get me but you must check the the king... we will win this" Ron said
" What's he saying?" Brenda asked
" He's going to sacrifice himself" Harry said
" No you can't" Hermione said
" Do you want to stop Snape or not?" Ron asked in a snippy tone, " This is the only way, Harry and Brenda you guys must stop Snape
Brenda and Harry nodded
Ron did the play and said, " Check"
The King took Ron out of the game knocking him out
"RON!" Everybody screamed, Hermione almost moved
" DON'T MOVE, WE'RE STILL PLAYING" Harry Hollared
Harry moved and checkmated the King and the King bowed to him and that was the signal that the game was over and that they won
The three of them ran to Ron
" He'll be ok, Hermione you need to get to the owlery, write a letter to Dumbledore saying that we need him, we'll try to hold off Snape as long as possible" Harry commanded
Hermione nodded
" Brenda lets go" Harry said
" Good luck you two" Hermione said
The two of them left Hermione and Ron and headed towards the next room
" This is it Brenda" Harry said
Brenda nodded and then she touched her scar and saw that Harry was doing the same thing
They walked farther into the room ignoring the pain in their scars and saw that it wasn't Snape but Quirell
" YOU!" both Potters gasped
" ME" Quirell said
" But Snape" Harry started
" Yes you would think that, he does seem the type... who would suspect st-st-stuttering professor Quirell" Quirell said
" Snape tried to kill us during the Quidditch match" Brenda said
" No he didn't I did, he was saying the counter curse" Quirell said a little angry
" He was trying to save us" Brenda gasped, " Wow we were wrong about him" She said to Harry
" Why do you want to kill us" Harry asked
" Because what you did to you know who" Quirell said, he turned to the mirror he was looking at
" It's the mirror of Erised" Brenda whispered
" I see what I desire, but how do I get it" Quirell asked to himself
" Use the kids" a voice said
" Come here Potters" Quirell commanded
The Potters obeyed but they didn't want to
" Look into the mirror and tell me what you see" Quirell said
The two of them looked in the mirror and saw both of them with the stone, well both of them had half of a stone
They felt their pockets on accident and something bulky were in them
" Well" Quirell asked with a demanding tone
Harry looked at Brenda and through thought, thought, " Please let us have the gift, lets think house cup"
Brenda looked at him and through thought, thought "Yes"
" We just won the house cup and shaking hands with Dumbledore" The twins said together
" They're lying" the voice said
" Tell the truth" Quirell demanded
" Let me speak to them" the voice said
" Master you're too weak for this" Quirell said
" I'm strong enough for this" Voldemort said
The twins backed up as Quirell was taking off his turban and under it was a face
" That is so gross" Brenda said
" Brenda and Harry Potter, we meet at last, don't you want to meet your parents, all you have to do is give me the stone halves that lie in your pockets" Voldemort said
The twins started to run out of the room but Quirell ran to them and tried to touch them both but he got burned
" WHAT IS THIS MAGIC?" Quirell was scared
" Harry lets touch him" Brenda said
Harry nodded and they ran up to the man and touched his face and he burned to ash and Voldemort went through the Potters bodies and they screamed but they were holding the sorcerer's stone and it was connected so they didn't die
A week later the Potters woke up from unconsciousness and Dumbledore was by their beds
" Good day you two" Dumbledore said
" How long have we been out" Brenda asked
" A week" Dumbledore said
Just then the twins looked at all the candy
" Tokens from all of your admirers and fans, what happened down there was a total secret, there fore everybody knows about it" Dumbledore said
" So where's the stone now" Harry asked
" Destroyed, I talked with Nicolas and he says it's for the best, he lived a good long life" Dumbledore said
" How come Quirell couldn't touch us? He turned to ash" Brenda asked
" It's because when your mother died, she left a mark" Dumbledore started and both Potters put their hands up to their scars, " No not a scar, a mark that you can't see... love, she died for both of you and that is the strongest magic there is"
" Ok one more question, how did we get two halves of the stone? Why did it work with it broken down the middle?" Brenda asked
" That's one of my clever secrets, Somebody could get it if they didn't want to use it, but it takes two people to do so" Dumbledore said
The twins nodded
They were in the hospital wing for a week longer and then there was only a week of school left and they studied for their finals during that week. Finally it was the last day of school and it was time for the points to be totaled. In fourth place with 312 points is Gryffindor, in third place with 352 points is Hufflepuff, in second place with 426 points is Raven claw and our winners this year are the Slytherins with 472 points
"Congratulations Slytherins" Dumbledore said
The Gryffindors were mad that the Slytherins won again
" I have some last minute points to announce... to Mr. Ronald Weasley for being the best chess player the school has ever seen, I award him 50 points, to Miss Hermione Granger for her logic in class, I award her 50 points, to Mr. Harry Potter, for courage and nerve, I award him 60 points, to Miss Brenda Potter, for logic in class and courage throughout the year, I award her 60 points, and for Mr. Neville Longbottom, it takes courage to stand up to your enemies but more to stand up to your friends, I award him 10 points
" We won" Hermione said excitedly
" I believe a color change is in order" Dumbledore said
The colors were changed and the Gryffindors cheered
" Have a wonderful summer everybody" Dumbledore said
When the got to the train the four of them went to Hagrid and gave him hugs
" Thought you'd leave without saying goodbye did you" Hagrid asked playfully
They shook their heads no
" Oh Harry, Brenda, I made you two something" Hagrid said as he got in his pockets and pulled out two photo albums and on the front was a picture of the Potter family
" Thank you Hagrid" They said at the same time
" Your folks would be proud" Hagrid said
They gave him another hug and got on the train and waited for it to leave while waving to Hagrid. 40 minutes later it left
" Harry can I meet the Dursleys" Brenda asked
" Why would you want to?" Harry asked
" They're family, you're the only one of my family that I've met, I'd like to meet them" Brenda said
" I'm warning you, they don't like magic or magical people" Harry said
" I don't care" Brenda said
" Ok" Harry said
When the trolley came to ask if they wanted any sweets, Brenda bought a whole bunch, she was stocking up on food, she didn't let her friends know she snuck a bunch of food into her bag at the feast, she knew it wouldn't last, but she was hoping it would last long enough for her to come up with some other plan
After a while they made it to Kings Cross station
" There they are" Harry said a little down
The two of them walked up to the car
" Get in boy" Vernon said
" Uncle Vernon I'd like you to meet somebody" Harry said
" Why would I want to meet one of your kind?" Vernon asked
" Hi I'm Brenda, your niece" Brenda said with a smile
" What do you mean niece? Our niece died with the Potters when they were blown up" Petunia said
" No she didn't, why didn't you tell me I had a sister?" Harry asked
" We thought it wasn't important" Vernon said, " Wow you're alive, well good for you, we're not taking you in"
" I wasn't planning on it, I just wanted to meet you that's all, well it was nice meeting you, Harry I'll see you next term, I'll write to you often of course" Brenda said not liking the hostility coming from her family she just met
Harry and Brenda gave each other a hug and then they went their separate ways