Chapter 14: Nicholas Flamel and the Sorcerer's Stone
A week later the plan began to go into action: Operation drunk half-giant. Lexine and Kay pondered on the different ways to conjure up some liquor. "Ooh-wait! Kay-isn't wine basically made from grape juice?" Kay blinked. "Uh-I think so. Why?" "Whooo hooo!" Lexine made about three bushels of grapes and set them on the courtyard ground. "What the hell are you doing?" asked Kay as Lexine removed her shoes and socks. She tossed them aside and began jumping up and down on top of the grapes. The juice flew everywhere and Kay had to move over a few feet so she wouldn't get hit. "Lex! Lex! You DO realize that your feet will be stained purple, right?" The wild mage stopped jumping and looked down. "Oopsies." She stepped away from the grapes and realized that as she walked she made purple footprints on the cobblestone. "Ickies!" she giggled. Kay rolled her eyes and shook her head. "You're making a mess. Once again." Said Kay with disgust. Lexine shrugged. "And anyway," Kay continued, "You're a m age. You don't NEED to jump in grapes in order to get wine in case you've forgotten. Mmm?" she raised an eyebrow. The bell rang at that moment signaling the end of a particular class and they were soon joined by Erin who had just gotten out of her first Defense Against the Dark Arts class. "I'll tell you, that Quirrell is a quack," Erin grumbled as she set her bag down. "So I can tell you had fun." Kay remarked with dripping sarcasm. Erin rolled her eyes. "You guys have it made. You don't have to worry about spells and stuff like that. Do you know that it took me almost two weeks to get together a good healing potion together when Nate had that bad cold almost a month ago? He was almost fully recovered by the time I'd finished with it!" Erin put her wand into her bag and sighed, tapping her foot. It was then that she noticed the purple footprints and other purple stains on the ground. "What exactly where you two doing out here?" "Lexine was trying to make wine the hard way." Said Kay as Lexine used her water element to wash away the stains. Kay shook her head. "LITTLE sisters." She sighed. "You ALWAYS have to clean up after them." "She's NOT your sister," Erin pointed out. "I KNOW that!" Kay snapped annoyed. "Since I adopted her I call her my sister. So, remind me again. What's that DADA teacher?" "DADA?" asked Erin blinking. "Defense Against the Dark Arts," Lexine explained. "Oh. His name's Professor Quirrell. Kind of like Squirrel but without the S." Kay sniggered. "Squirrel. Haha." Eventually they stopped talking and Kay and Lexine began forming pails of wine. Altogether, they made. "Two?" asked Erin smirking. Kay glared at her. "I'll hear NOTHING from you." The psi-mage snarled. Then she swooned. "Oooh. I LOVE the smell of alcohol." she nearly fell backwards and Erin had to catch her. "For the love of Pete," she gasped once her world turned upright. It was Erin's turn to snigger as Lexine grinned. "We are soooooooooo evil." She said and began to wash off her feet. At that point Erin let out a loud yawn and then said randomly: "Fresh cut grass!" Both mages turned to her with wide eyes and soon all of them were laughing. "Oooookay." Said Lexine. Kay shook her head. "We have to get this crap down to Hagrid's. TODAY." "Right. We don't have a lot of time." "Tonight you mean." "Whatever." While Kay and Lexine were thinking of ways to sneak the wine into Hagrid's hut, Erin practiced the "Swish and flick" motion with her wand. Then, when Kay wasn't looking, she aimed the wand at the psi-mage and whispered "Wingardium Leviosa!" Kay raised an eyebrow as she began to float into the air. "ERIN!" she snapped. "LET ME DOWN!" Erin blinked and "OW!" Kay fell to the ground on her hands and knees. Lexine began laughing as Kay forced herself up and slowly began moving towards Erin. "RUN." "Oh crap!" the witch cried and began running. "I didn't think it would work!" Erin sobbed. "Like HELL you didn't!" Kay snapped. "Kay-chan. Leave Erin- chan alone," said Lexine. Erin tried very hard not to laugh and held up her wand. "It worked!" Kay rolled her eyes.
Later that afternoon Kay, Lexine, Erin, Harry, Ron and Hermione made their way down to the gamekeeper's hut. Lexine struggled with the bucket of wine until Kay ordered her to sit it down on the porch once they reached Hagrid's hut. They heard loud barking after Harry knocked on the door. "Ah! Hello!" Hagrid greeted after opening the door. "Come in. Don' mind Fang. Jus' a big baby. Bark's worse than his bite." He offered all of them chairs. "Hagrid. Did you hear about that troll that broke into Hogwarts two weeks ago?" asked Harry. Hagrid looked at him. "Of course I did!" "We think Snape let the troll in. He's trying to get past that three- headed dog on the third floor!" said Hermione." Hagrid looked from Harry to Hermione, one eyebrow cocked. "How d'yeh know about Fluffy?" he asked. Hermione looked at Lexine. "That THING has a name?" Hagrid nodded. "Of course he has a name! He's mine! Bought 'im off of a stranger I met down at the pub!" Ron looked at Harry. "Really?" "Why is he at Hogwarts?" asked Kay. "Isn't he a big dangerous?" Hagrid looked at the psi-mage cocking his eyebrow once more. "He's protectin' the-I shouldn't have said that. Yeh all are meddlin' with things that aren't the be meddled in!" Hermione leaned forward. "What's Fluffy guarding though? It must be really important." Hagrid glared at her. "Now you listen to me. What that dog's guarding is between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel." Harry gasped. "Nicholas Flamel!" "I shouldn't have said that. I should NOT have said that." Harry motioned the others to get up. "We have to go," he said. "Where are yeh." before Hagrid could finish his sentence they were already out of the hut and running back towards the school. "It was a success and we didn't even need the wine!" said Ron panting. "We didn't find out what Fluffy's guarding though Ron." Said Hermione as they headed for the Gryffindor tower. "Maybe Flamel has a connection to whatever the dog's guarding." "Oh don't you know ANYTHING?" asked Lexine. "Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone!" she suddenly realized what she'd said and slapped her hands over her mouth. "You know!" Hermione gasped. "You've been holding out on us!" "I didn't say anything." Lexine sobbed. "I really didn't." "The Sorcerer's Stone, huh?" asked Harry with a grin. "What is that?" asked Ron. "I can't tell you. I shouldn't have even told you that much!" "Well then. If you won't help us the library will," said Hermione and led Harry and Ron away. When they were out of earshot, Erin and Kay both turned their heads slowly towards Lexine who cowered. "I made an oopsies didn't I?" she squeaked. Kay and Erin looked at each other.
A week later the plan began to go into action: Operation drunk half-giant. Lexine and Kay pondered on the different ways to conjure up some liquor. "Ooh-wait! Kay-isn't wine basically made from grape juice?" Kay blinked. "Uh-I think so. Why?" "Whooo hooo!" Lexine made about three bushels of grapes and set them on the courtyard ground. "What the hell are you doing?" asked Kay as Lexine removed her shoes and socks. She tossed them aside and began jumping up and down on top of the grapes. The juice flew everywhere and Kay had to move over a few feet so she wouldn't get hit. "Lex! Lex! You DO realize that your feet will be stained purple, right?" The wild mage stopped jumping and looked down. "Oopsies." She stepped away from the grapes and realized that as she walked she made purple footprints on the cobblestone. "Ickies!" she giggled. Kay rolled her eyes and shook her head. "You're making a mess. Once again." Said Kay with disgust. Lexine shrugged. "And anyway," Kay continued, "You're a m age. You don't NEED to jump in grapes in order to get wine in case you've forgotten. Mmm?" she raised an eyebrow. The bell rang at that moment signaling the end of a particular class and they were soon joined by Erin who had just gotten out of her first Defense Against the Dark Arts class. "I'll tell you, that Quirrell is a quack," Erin grumbled as she set her bag down. "So I can tell you had fun." Kay remarked with dripping sarcasm. Erin rolled her eyes. "You guys have it made. You don't have to worry about spells and stuff like that. Do you know that it took me almost two weeks to get together a good healing potion together when Nate had that bad cold almost a month ago? He was almost fully recovered by the time I'd finished with it!" Erin put her wand into her bag and sighed, tapping her foot. It was then that she noticed the purple footprints and other purple stains on the ground. "What exactly where you two doing out here?" "Lexine was trying to make wine the hard way." Said Kay as Lexine used her water element to wash away the stains. Kay shook her head. "LITTLE sisters." She sighed. "You ALWAYS have to clean up after them." "She's NOT your sister," Erin pointed out. "I KNOW that!" Kay snapped annoyed. "Since I adopted her I call her my sister. So, remind me again. What's that DADA teacher?" "DADA?" asked Erin blinking. "Defense Against the Dark Arts," Lexine explained. "Oh. His name's Professor Quirrell. Kind of like Squirrel but without the S." Kay sniggered. "Squirrel. Haha." Eventually they stopped talking and Kay and Lexine began forming pails of wine. Altogether, they made. "Two?" asked Erin smirking. Kay glared at her. "I'll hear NOTHING from you." The psi-mage snarled. Then she swooned. "Oooh. I LOVE the smell of alcohol." she nearly fell backwards and Erin had to catch her. "For the love of Pete," she gasped once her world turned upright. It was Erin's turn to snigger as Lexine grinned. "We are soooooooooo evil." She said and began to wash off her feet. At that point Erin let out a loud yawn and then said randomly: "Fresh cut grass!" Both mages turned to her with wide eyes and soon all of them were laughing. "Oooookay." Said Lexine. Kay shook her head. "We have to get this crap down to Hagrid's. TODAY." "Right. We don't have a lot of time." "Tonight you mean." "Whatever." While Kay and Lexine were thinking of ways to sneak the wine into Hagrid's hut, Erin practiced the "Swish and flick" motion with her wand. Then, when Kay wasn't looking, she aimed the wand at the psi-mage and whispered "Wingardium Leviosa!" Kay raised an eyebrow as she began to float into the air. "ERIN!" she snapped. "LET ME DOWN!" Erin blinked and "OW!" Kay fell to the ground on her hands and knees. Lexine began laughing as Kay forced herself up and slowly began moving towards Erin. "RUN." "Oh crap!" the witch cried and began running. "I didn't think it would work!" Erin sobbed. "Like HELL you didn't!" Kay snapped. "Kay-chan. Leave Erin- chan alone," said Lexine. Erin tried very hard not to laugh and held up her wand. "It worked!" Kay rolled her eyes.
Later that afternoon Kay, Lexine, Erin, Harry, Ron and Hermione made their way down to the gamekeeper's hut. Lexine struggled with the bucket of wine until Kay ordered her to sit it down on the porch once they reached Hagrid's hut. They heard loud barking after Harry knocked on the door. "Ah! Hello!" Hagrid greeted after opening the door. "Come in. Don' mind Fang. Jus' a big baby. Bark's worse than his bite." He offered all of them chairs. "Hagrid. Did you hear about that troll that broke into Hogwarts two weeks ago?" asked Harry. Hagrid looked at him. "Of course I did!" "We think Snape let the troll in. He's trying to get past that three- headed dog on the third floor!" said Hermione." Hagrid looked from Harry to Hermione, one eyebrow cocked. "How d'yeh know about Fluffy?" he asked. Hermione looked at Lexine. "That THING has a name?" Hagrid nodded. "Of course he has a name! He's mine! Bought 'im off of a stranger I met down at the pub!" Ron looked at Harry. "Really?" "Why is he at Hogwarts?" asked Kay. "Isn't he a big dangerous?" Hagrid looked at the psi-mage cocking his eyebrow once more. "He's protectin' the-I shouldn't have said that. Yeh all are meddlin' with things that aren't the be meddled in!" Hermione leaned forward. "What's Fluffy guarding though? It must be really important." Hagrid glared at her. "Now you listen to me. What that dog's guarding is between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel." Harry gasped. "Nicholas Flamel!" "I shouldn't have said that. I should NOT have said that." Harry motioned the others to get up. "We have to go," he said. "Where are yeh." before Hagrid could finish his sentence they were already out of the hut and running back towards the school. "It was a success and we didn't even need the wine!" said Ron panting. "We didn't find out what Fluffy's guarding though Ron." Said Hermione as they headed for the Gryffindor tower. "Maybe Flamel has a connection to whatever the dog's guarding." "Oh don't you know ANYTHING?" asked Lexine. "Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone!" she suddenly realized what she'd said and slapped her hands over her mouth. "You know!" Hermione gasped. "You've been holding out on us!" "I didn't say anything." Lexine sobbed. "I really didn't." "The Sorcerer's Stone, huh?" asked Harry with a grin. "What is that?" asked Ron. "I can't tell you. I shouldn't have even told you that much!" "Well then. If you won't help us the library will," said Hermione and led Harry and Ron away. When they were out of earshot, Erin and Kay both turned their heads slowly towards Lexine who cowered. "I made an oopsies didn't I?" she squeaked. Kay and Erin looked at each other.