Disclaimer: Not mine. J.K.R's. All of them.
A/N: I'm almost through the first book! I can't believe this! Really! It took me almost forever, but I'm almost there. Wow! OK, that's enough rumbling. As always, I'd like to say thanks to my wonderful beta Luinthoron. And now, enjoy reading.
--Altair
Dear Diary,
it's good to be back, unharmed, and without having to reveal my big secret (the Phantom-Secret) to anyone. But the big adventure didn't leave anyone unharmed. Harry is lying unconscious in the hospital wing after having faced You-Know-Who and his Minion alone. And, as much as we had hoped it to be, it was NOT Professor Snape. I still have trouble believing who it really was, but as he died in the encounter, there can be no mistake - it was Professor Quirrell, who was helping Y-K-W all along. There are still questions, but as Harry is in no shape to answer them, I can't tell, when we will know.
I still have to apologise to Neville. You see, as we were trying to get out of the common room, he was there to stop us. I had no choice. I had to put him in full Body-Bind. It was to stop Y-K-W. He has to see that, doesn't he? I don't want to lose his friendship. I will never forgive You-Know-Who, if Neville never speaks to me ever again. Never. I tried to get to sleep as soon as I got back to the dorm, but each time I closed my eyes, I saw Neville's face, looking at me in horror, the same look he gave us after I had used the spell. That's why I'm back in the common room, writing to you. It's already dawning outside, the first beams of the sun are lighting up the room, and I haven't got any sleep all night. It's good, that we don't have lessons anymore. I have to speak to Neville when he comes down here...
At least the Stone should be safe now. I hope I will never have to go through something like this again. On our way to the restricted corridor, Ron almost couldn't fight the urge to give Mrs. Norris a good kick and then we ran into Peeves, too. Thank God, Harry had the idea to pretend that he's the Bloody Baron (we were under his cloak). And then we got to the corridor. Someone had already passed the guardian, as the door was already ajar. Getting past Hagrid's overgrown Pet was a challenge itself. We had to keep playing Harry's flute without making a break in the melody, so the dog wouldn't wake up. And as we got through the trapdoor... There was Devil's Snare. And the boys, the stupid, stupid boys thought it was good that it was down there. They thought it was there to stop the fall... I got so panicked up, I forgot that I can do magic! I remembered, that Devil's Snare hates light, but I couldn't remember, that I can magic up a fire. Ron had to remind me of that! Then we came to a locked door. There were winged keys flying high under the ceiling. Thank Harry's Quidditch skills we got past that. And then, we came to a giant chessboard. Ron took the lead there, but then he had to let the white queen take him. I was really horrified when I saw him there, lying move-less. I really thought he was dead! And we couldn't make sure if he's dead or alive because we had to go forward because the Stone was in danger. The next thing guarding the Stone was a mountain troll. I couldn't have handled that. Thankfully it was already knocked out. And then we came to the puzzle. There were bottles and a letter. A rhyme. And I solved it. But I couldn't go with Harry. There wasn't enough potion that made you able to cross the black flames in our front in the bottle. And so Harry asked me to drink the potion which let me pass the purple flames behind us, instead. To get Ron, take brooms from the room with the winged keys and get out of the trapdoor and to send his owl to Professor Dumbledore. And all I could do was to give him a good luck hug and obey. And then come back here and wait. But Harry didn't come back for a very long time. And as I wasn't able to get sleep anyway, I went to the staff room about two hours ago and I found Professor Dumbledore there. He looked as if he had known that I'll come. I heard from him, that Harry's in the hospital wing. It's him I heard from that it was Professor Quirrell all along. How could we be so blind?!
I'll keep in touch!
Hermione
A/N: Just in case you wonder - this is NOT the end - yet...
A/N: I'm almost through the first book! I can't believe this! Really! It took me almost forever, but I'm almost there. Wow! OK, that's enough rumbling. As always, I'd like to say thanks to my wonderful beta Luinthoron. And now, enjoy reading.
--Altair
Dear Diary,
it's good to be back, unharmed, and without having to reveal my big secret (the Phantom-Secret) to anyone. But the big adventure didn't leave anyone unharmed. Harry is lying unconscious in the hospital wing after having faced You-Know-Who and his Minion alone. And, as much as we had hoped it to be, it was NOT Professor Snape. I still have trouble believing who it really was, but as he died in the encounter, there can be no mistake - it was Professor Quirrell, who was helping Y-K-W all along. There are still questions, but as Harry is in no shape to answer them, I can't tell, when we will know.
I still have to apologise to Neville. You see, as we were trying to get out of the common room, he was there to stop us. I had no choice. I had to put him in full Body-Bind. It was to stop Y-K-W. He has to see that, doesn't he? I don't want to lose his friendship. I will never forgive You-Know-Who, if Neville never speaks to me ever again. Never. I tried to get to sleep as soon as I got back to the dorm, but each time I closed my eyes, I saw Neville's face, looking at me in horror, the same look he gave us after I had used the spell. That's why I'm back in the common room, writing to you. It's already dawning outside, the first beams of the sun are lighting up the room, and I haven't got any sleep all night. It's good, that we don't have lessons anymore. I have to speak to Neville when he comes down here...
At least the Stone should be safe now. I hope I will never have to go through something like this again. On our way to the restricted corridor, Ron almost couldn't fight the urge to give Mrs. Norris a good kick and then we ran into Peeves, too. Thank God, Harry had the idea to pretend that he's the Bloody Baron (we were under his cloak). And then we got to the corridor. Someone had already passed the guardian, as the door was already ajar. Getting past Hagrid's overgrown Pet was a challenge itself. We had to keep playing Harry's flute without making a break in the melody, so the dog wouldn't wake up. And as we got through the trapdoor... There was Devil's Snare. And the boys, the stupid, stupid boys thought it was good that it was down there. They thought it was there to stop the fall... I got so panicked up, I forgot that I can do magic! I remembered, that Devil's Snare hates light, but I couldn't remember, that I can magic up a fire. Ron had to remind me of that! Then we came to a locked door. There were winged keys flying high under the ceiling. Thank Harry's Quidditch skills we got past that. And then, we came to a giant chessboard. Ron took the lead there, but then he had to let the white queen take him. I was really horrified when I saw him there, lying move-less. I really thought he was dead! And we couldn't make sure if he's dead or alive because we had to go forward because the Stone was in danger. The next thing guarding the Stone was a mountain troll. I couldn't have handled that. Thankfully it was already knocked out. And then we came to the puzzle. There were bottles and a letter. A rhyme. And I solved it. But I couldn't go with Harry. There wasn't enough potion that made you able to cross the black flames in our front in the bottle. And so Harry asked me to drink the potion which let me pass the purple flames behind us, instead. To get Ron, take brooms from the room with the winged keys and get out of the trapdoor and to send his owl to Professor Dumbledore. And all I could do was to give him a good luck hug and obey. And then come back here and wait. But Harry didn't come back for a very long time. And as I wasn't able to get sleep anyway, I went to the staff room about two hours ago and I found Professor Dumbledore there. He looked as if he had known that I'll come. I heard from him, that Harry's in the hospital wing. It's him I heard from that it was Professor Quirrell all along. How could we be so blind?!
I'll keep in touch!
Hermione
A/N: Just in case you wonder - this is NOT the end - yet...