Chapter Seventeen

"I had you guys looking in the wrong place," stated Hermione as she nearly dropped the large heavy looking book on the table, stirring up enough dust to cause her three male friends to choke.

"What?" Damien asked, unsure what she meant.

"Well, when you guys asked me about Flammel, I thought the name sounded familiar, so I thought maybe I had read it in a book, I never thought that it was this book," she said opening the large dusty book. Ron looked at her as though she were crazy.

"Of course! Here it is! "Nicholas Flammel is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone

"The what?" asked Harry, Damien and Ron. Damien and Harry had told their two friends what they had seen, which is why they had gone to Hagrid's that day.

"Honestly don't you guys read? The Sorcerer's Stone is a legendary substance with astonishing powers. It will transform any metal into pure gold and produce the Elixir of Life which will make the drinker immortal," she said continuing to read.

"Immortal!" Ron said confused and excited.

"It means you'll never die."

"I know what it means!" Ron stated, however both Damien and Harry shushed him quickly.

"The only stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicholas Flammel, the noted alchemist who last year celebrated his 665th birthday. That's what Fluffy's guarding on the third floor. That's what's under the trap door. The Sorcerer's Stone," explained Hermione.

"Hagrid!" Called Damien as he and the other's pounded on the door.

"Oh, hello. I don't wish to be rude, but I'm in no fit state to entertain today," Hagrid bustled trying to close the door

"We know about the Sorcerer's Stone!" called the four friends. Freezing Hagrid in his place.

"Oh."

"We think Quarrel's trying to steal it."

"Quirrell? Blimey, you're still on about him, are you?"

"Hagrid! We know he's after the Stone we just don't know why!" stated Damien. Part of him knew that Ron and Hermione thought it might be Snape, but Damien knew it wasn't.

"Quirrell is one of the teachers protecting the Stone! He's not about to steal it," stated Hagrid with frustation.

"What?" Harry asked in confusion.

"You heard. Right, now, come on, I'm a bit preoccupied today…" however, they wouldn't let him stop.

"Wait a minute! "One of the teachers"?" Damien asked raising an eyebrow. Hagrid had to look twice at the look. The look on Damien's face was identical to a certain Potion's teacher. He had never noticed it before however.

"Of course! There are other things defending the Stone, aren't there? Spells, enchantments?" stated Hagrid as he quickly turned back towards the fire, "Right. Waste of bloody time if you ask me. Ain't no one gonna get past Fluffy. Ain't a soul knows how, except me and Dumbledore. I shouldn't have told you that. I should not have told you that," he said shaking his head angrily. He put on two mitts and lifted a small egg out of his pot. Setting it down on the table the four students gathered around it.

"Hagrid, what exactly is that?" asked Hermione nervously. A little worried about the egg.

"Oh, That? It's a…it's um…" however Ron cut him off before he could finish.

"I know what that is! But Hagrid how did you get one?" Ron asked as whatever was in the egg began to hatch.

"I won it! Off a stranger I met at the pub. Seemed quite glad to be rid of it, actually," explained Hagrid.

"Is that…a dragon?" asked Damien a little scared.

"That's not just a dragon! That's a Norwegian Ridgeback! My brother Charlie works with these in Romania."

"Isn't he beautiful? Oh bless him look, he knows his mummy! Hello Norbert!"

"Norbert?" Harry asked

"Well he's gotta have a name don't he? Don't you Norbert? Te de de de de! Oh! Woah!" Hagrid said as flames suddenly spit from the dragons mouth, catching his beard on fire. He quickly put it out with the mitt and smiled, "He'll have to be trained up a bit of course," he looked up suddenly to see a blond boy looking through the window with a look of terror in his eyes. "Who's that?" Hagrid asked.

"Malfoy," whispered Harry worriedly. He looked back at the tiny dragon. Realizing how bad this could be.

"Oh, dear," Hagrid whispered.

The four friends hurriedly made their way when I was little, it was like the first time I ever met him," explained Harry

"It's crazy! And worse Malfoy knows," stated Ron.

"I don't understand. Is that bad?" Hermione asked.

"It's bad. Really bad," whispered Damien, they didn't get much further when they suddenly came face to face with McGonagall. They all grimaced as she looked down at them.

"Good evening," she murmured. Moments later the four Gryffindors, and Malfoy stood in her class room, receiving when hell of a tongue lashing from the older woman, "Nothing I repeat nothing gives a student the right to walk about the school at night. Therefore as punishment for your actions, 50 points will be taken."

"50!" Damien stated.

"Each. And to ensure that it doesn't happen again all five of you will receive detention."

"Excuse me professor. Perhaps I heard you wrong. I thought you said the five of us," spoke Malfoy, suddenly becoming angry.

"No you heard me correctly Mr. Malfoy. You see, honorable as your intentions were you too were out of bed after hours. You will join you classmates in detention," the blonde boy scowled as Damien smiled slightly at Harry who also allowed a small grin.

"Don't be smiling Harry, you've got another person to deal with after you detention. Don't think he won't find out," that quickly wiped the smile off Harry's face.

A/N: Hey folks sorry this took so long, I've finished The Saviour Part One and I'll be moving on to part two shortly, hopefully during the summer I'll be able to finish some of my larger projects. Thanks for hanging in there with me everyone! Keep reviewing!

Tori