Harry Weasley

Chapter Fifteen: Fluffy

After his talk with the headmaster at the mirror, Harry made his way down toward the front hall and out to the stables. On his way there, he was waylaid by the constantly shifting staircases, and found himself in the forbidden corridor. When he happened to find himself going into a room that he never previously noticed, what he found made his heart jump. He found himself running for his life down the stairs and out the front door and out to the stables. He wasn't sure what it was, but he was sure that it didn't look friendly. Harry was lucky that the beast didn't notice him before he got out of there. He had found what was protecting the stone, and he was sure that whatever it was, that the stone was safe. There was a three headed dog standing on a trapdoor, and guarding the room. Harry was very certain that this kind of dog was called a cerebus.

When he got back to the stable, he decided not to tell his friends before the morning. He went and stopped by to see how lightning was doing, and to make sure she was comfortable. As always she was able to calm Harry down whenever he was having problems, and he was the same with her. He stood there just stroking her head absently while thinking about what actually the cerebus was doing there, weren't they supposed to be dangerous or something. "Looks like I'm going to have to have another talk with Hagrid tomorrow girl." Harry smiled as he said this, and Lightning was looking at him like he was the one who had the extra heads. "Don't worry girl, I haven't gone crazy yet. I just saw something that had scared the living daylights out of me, and it has gotten me curious." Harry checked her water and hay before patting her head and heading over to his sleeping bag and sleeping for the rest of the night.

Harry had an interesting dream that night. He had found himself in a corridor with different puzzles that he and his friends had to get through before they could get to their goal. He found that there were four tasks that were set up for different people's expertise. He saw a plant, then a set of flying keys, then a giant chess board, and finally he found that he was in a room with a bunch of potions, and he knew immediately who would be helping him with what. He found that there was another room at the end of it, but that he didn't know what it was because he couldn't see it. He woke up with a start and found that the others were coming around, and that it was morning. He decided that he would tell them about the dog, and what he had dreamed that night.

When the four of them woke up that morning, they went about their different tasks in the stables, for they started to work there in the morning to help out with the other animals. As they were working, Harry brought up that he had a talk with the headmaster last night and that he had found a mirror called the mirror of erised. He also told them that after words on his way back down to the stables, he got stuck up in the third floor corridor that was forbidden to enter because of the stupid staircases, and found a three headed dog guarding a trap door. "I think that this is where the Sorcerer Stone is being kept."

They had all agreed that they would talk to Hagrid some time in the future about the dog, and what he knew about what it is. After getting done with their chores that morning, they all went to get cleaned up in their separate dorms, and go down to breakfast. At breakfast that morning, they found that they were going to be having some interesting classes coming up on the different things that they could find in the forest, it was more of a lecture than a class, but was still required for all the students to attend. The class was going to be that evening after regular classes, and the lecture was going to be given by Hagrid and Charley Weasley.

After breakfast the four of them were approached by Professor Dumbledore to ask them a question. "Harry, is lightning well enough to possibly bring her around tonight for the rest of the student body to meet her, and to help Hagrid and Charley with there talk tonight?"

Harry thought on it a minute and after having a quick conversation with his friends he said. "She should be all right with doing it, but not for a long amount of time. She is still young, and she doesn't know the school yet. Can we make it to be either the first or last thing that they talk about, so that she can be brought back to the stables without too much fuss?"

"That shouldn't be a problem. Why don't you and your friends go to class now, and then right before the lecture, you can get out of your last class a bit early to go and get her ready. Thank you Harry, you don't know how much that this means to me and the other teachers. It isn't often that you get a close up look at a young unicorn foal while also learning about them. I promise that it won't be too stressful for her, and it won't take to long." With that Dumbledore quickly dismissed the students and went off to his office while the students went to there first class of the day which happened to be double transfiguration with the Slytherin.

That whole day was about learning about different spells and stuff for there basic skills. None of the teachers gave homework that day, for they were wondering what was going to happen that night also. The day went by rather quickly and before they new it, the four friends were heading down to the stables to get Lightning ready for her debut in the castle. She could tell that her friends were excited about something, and she was going out somewhere. She was a little surprised to find that they were leading her to the Castle, and into a giant room. When she saw Hagrid, she calmed down some, and even more when her friends stayed with her.

"Now everyone I welcome you to the first annual creature lecture on what is out there in the forest. The first animal that we are going to be talking about is the unicorn. Now normally you wouldn't be able to see or approach one unless you were female and pure, but we are privileged to have a student here that has bonded with a baby one when he saved her when her mother was killed. Please everyone keep it down as Harry Weasley and his friends bring Lightning forward. Please remember that she is less than a year old, and might frighten easily, so no sudden movements please."

Harry and his friends led a young foal up to the front of the hall to the soft oohs and ahhs of their fellow students. Lightning for her part was doing ok, but was a bit skittish when a hufflepuff girl tried to pet her. She calmed down right away when Harry whispered something into her ear. They went up to the front of the hall and Hagrid and Charley gave a small speech on the unicorn, and the students were allowed to come up and pet her a little bit before Harry led her back to the stables, telling his friends to go ahead and enjoy the lecture, he would be right back.

After Harry made sure that Lightning was settled in, he went back up to the castle in time too here about the Werewolves, and saw that there happened to be one there. His name was Remus Lupin and it was told to everyone in the hall that he was a student here at Hogwart's back in the time of the Marauders. Nobody happened to notice a little smile come across the werewolves face at the mention of the Marauders.

The rest of the lecture went quite well and everyone seemed to enjoy it. When it was done the werewolf seemed to come up to Harry and his friends. "Excuse me, but would you happen to be Harry Weasley?"

"Yes that is me, why?"

"No reason really, I just wanted to introduce myself. I was a friend of your parents' James and Lily Potter before they were killed. Names Remus Lupin, and if you ever need anything Harry, please feel free to Owl me. Did you find that special place yet?" Lupin asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"If you mean the place with the boxes of stuff that my parents left for me for each year, then yes I have. Professor McGonagall showed it to me toward the first of the year. Yes I will definitely owl you Mr. Lupin, thank you for introducing yourself, it is nice to meet friends of my parents." Harry gave him a smile then went with his friends to there separate dorms.