What could it possibly mean by the first stone? Harry asked himself as he paced, First of what?
Harry had not stopped thinking about the riddle for three days.
Ginny sat in a nearby chair, watching Harry intensely. She stood, "I think you need a break, Harry."
He shook his head, still pacing, "No time. Horcrux under first stone. Must find it."
Ginny took his hand and began pulling him toward the portrait hole, "Driving yourself crazy won't do you any good."
Harry let her pull him outside. She stopped at the lakeshore and pushed him into a sitting position.
"So. What do we know?"
"Something or Ravenclaw's, probably her quill, is underneath the first stone. We don't know what first it means."
"Well, where would you find stone at Hogwarts?"
Harry looked up, "The castle!"
"Right. Now we just need you now which first."
"Well, it could mean the first stone of the building. Maybe the foundations?"
"It could be the corner stone."
"Yeah, but where's that?"
Ginny took his hand, "I'm sure Hermione has found it in the Library by now."
Harry followed her back up to the castle and into the Library.
Hermione looked up over a huge stack of books, "I found the blueprints!"
Ginny wrinkled her forehead, "The what?"
"Blueprints are plans for a building," Harry said, "Does it say which stone went in first?"
"The base of the Ravenclaw tower."
Harry grabbed them both, "Let's go!"
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"Well that was a waste," Harry said, sitting in a Gryffindor armchair, "Nothing under over or inside that stone."
"That was a clever bit of magic though, Hermione. I didn't know you could hold up a tower!"
Hermione blushed, "It was nothing."
"No need to be modest Hermione," Ron emerged with a stack of books, "You are the brightest witch of your age."
Hermione blushed even deeper, "Thanks Ron," she said softly.
Harry looked from one to the other and then shot Ginny a quizzical look. She was trying very hard not to laugh, "So Ron," Ginny said hastily, "What's with the bedtime reading?"
Ron smirked, "Oh nothing…I just found the first stone."
"Really? Where is it?" Harry asked quickly.
"It's the…"
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Oh cliffie!
Sorry it's been so long, but I've been trying to write a novel.
If you can guess which stone Ron means, I'll give you a cookie.
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