Harry Weasley

Chapter Fourteen: A Talk with Hagrid

When Harry walked into Hagrid hut, Fang was jumping all over him, and licking his face all over. "Get down Fang, down now." Hagrid was yelling at his bore hound and pulling him off. Fang went to the corner and watched the two of them.

"Now Harry how may I help you? Tea, rock cakes."

Harry sighed and took the offered cup of tea, but refused politely the rock cakes. "Well Hagrid, we were wondering what do you know about the Sorcerer Stone? Is that what you were after in Gringotts oh those many months ago." Harry looked at Hagrid, and from the look the man had gotten when he asked that question, Harry knew no matter what Hagrid had told him, that he was right.

"No Harry, what makes you think that is what I was after. I mean the only person that had it was Nicolas Flammel, oops I shouldn't have said that. Never you mind what I just said, it's none of your bother in what's going on with the sorcerer stone, and with what is happening around here."

"So it is true then, you did go and get it. It was the stone that the burglars were after at gringotts the day I ran into you in the summer. You were bringing it out for safe keeping. But Hagrid, I think that there is someone out there looking for it, and if they find out that you are hiding it here on the school grounds, they will go to no ends to get it. Are you sure that you want to endanger the students with the possibility of a fight in the school?" Harry was really worried. "Wait, is that why the third floor corridor is off limits, it's being guarded there by something. That's it isn't it, you have something crazy guarding the stone in that passage. Well I wish you good luck with that Hagrid. I need to get back to my friends and Lightning. Thank you for the tea and for taking care of her so well when I am unable." Harry gave his friend a smile and left to go tell his friends what he had found out. As he was leaving, Harry didn't notice the big man going up to the castle to talk to the headmaster, and if he did, he wouldn't have thought anything about it.

When he got back, he found his friends all asleep, and decided to check on a few things back in the castle. He left quickly and went up to the castle grabbing his invisibility cloak on the way. He just started wandering around the castle, and soon found himself in a part of the castle that he had never been into before. He found himself up in the third floor corridor, and found Mrs. Norris prowling around and sniffing the hem of his cloak. He tried to shoo her away, for he didn't want to be caught up here. But before he could, he heard Filch, and ran into an adjacent classroom trying to avoid him. When he was sure that he couldn't be found, Harry decided to explore this new room, for he hadn't been here before. What he found was a mirror. When Harry looked into the mirror he found that there were two other people looking back at him besides himself. One was a tall man that looked kind of like a older version of himself, except he had blue eyes, and the women had kind emerald green eyes, and red hair. Hair like his adopted mom, and a caring smile for him. He sat there watching them and just being there with them.

He didn't here the person walking up behind him and was startled by the voice when it came. "I see you have found the mirror of Erised Harry. I was wondering when you would find it. Is there anything that you would like to know?" There wasn't any unkindness in the voice of Harry's headmaster as he spoke, so Harry was pretty sure he wasn't going to be in trouble this time.

"Who are these people in the mirror with me? Do you see them? Why do I feel so safe with them, when I don't know who they are?"

"Those are your parents Harry, and I don't see them. That also explains why you feel so safe when you see them. You see Harry, the mirror of erised shows your greatest desires. For a man that has gotten his greatest desires, it would show just him. Do you understand Harry?"

"Yes I think I do. Professor there is one other question I have. Why are you hiding the sorcerers stone here in the school? Wouldn't it be safer at Gringotts?"

To say that the headmaster was surprised that Harry knew about the stone, would be an understatement. His face only showed a flicker of interest in how Harry knew about it, but then his facade fell back across his face. "Don't you worry about it Harry, it is safe here. Why don't you go back to your friends and Lightning. Now go on, before Mr. Filch catches you out." The headmaster chuckled as he saw Harry run off towards the stables, and not get caught. Of course he wasn't going to get caught, for Dumbledore had sent Filch on an errand, but he wasn't going to tell Harry that.