In this chapter, Mary will obtain the Invisibility Cloak.

The heroes can use it to sneak their way to the Sorcerer's Stone. So they can save it.

Fluffy can still smell them though. So it probably won't work on him.

But not to worry, when there's a will, there's a way.

Chapter 12: The Invisibility Cloak

One day, Mary noticed that there was a box inside her dormitory room.

Well, not just any day.

It was the day after she went into the Forbidden Forest.

Before that, she had decided to look into the Mirror of Alternate Realities.

She discovered a world in which for some strange reason, everyone was made of LEGO. Dudley used to play with them with a kid. How ironic that he himself was a LEGO man in this reality.

But other than everything being made out of LEGO, it seemed a lot like her world. Maybe because it was silly?

"What's this? I seem to have gotten a gift." noted Mary.

She had in fact had gotten it on Christmas, but she had spent most her time over the holidays gazing at the Mirror of Erised. Surprising how addictive that was. Perhaps it was good that Dumbledore decided to hide it.

It seemed she had not noticed it before for that reason.

Well, better late than never.

It appeared to be a cloak of some kind.

"This is one fancy cloak." remarked the girl.

She decided to show it to Hermione.

Perhaps she would be impressed with her new fashion accessory.

They talked about more than just fashion though. That would get boring after a while.

However, Hermione seemed to have noticed something that Mary herself hadn't.

"I don't think that's just any cloak." pointed out the Muggle witch.

She could tell that it was magical.

"Really?" asked the girl with glasses.

"Why don't you give it a try?" questioned Hermione.

Mary decided to wear it…

…and her entire body disappeared.

"It must be an invisibility cloak!" exclaimed the brainy brunette.

If that was the case, Mary probably wouldn't be using it during Quidditch to hide from bludgers.

That would be considered cheating. And she did not cheat, whether in class or on the Quidditch field. Namely because Professor McGonagall would throw the spellbooks at her for that.

Besides, people wouldn't be able to see her catch the Golden Snitch.

"You seem surprised that somebody sent me that sort of cloak." remarked Mary.

"Whoever sent that to you must be wealthy." noted the girl who shared space with the girl who lived.

"Maybe instead of calling me the "Girl Who Lived" they should call me the "Girl Whose Luck Never Runs Out"." suggested the girl who had a lightning-shaped scar on her forehead.

"You think you'll have fun with that?" asked Hermione.

"Yeah. I don't think I'll use it to break the rules though." answered Mary.

Granger was happy to hear that.

She had another idea for it.

Suddenly, Neville showed up.

He saw Mary's seemingly disembodied head.

This was too much for him and he fainted on the floor.

"Oh no! Neville!" exclaimed Mary, her eyes widening in fear.

She clapped her hands to wake him up.

But not before taking off the cloak first.

She realized that was the problem.

Luckily, she was able to reawaken Neville from his sudden unexpected slumber.

"You alright?" asked Mary.

"Yeah. I was worried that somebody beheaded you." answered Neville. Though he had been wondering how Mary was still alive after that. He didn't know any magical creature that could survive decapitation. It could even kill Class V creatures.

"Don't worry. My head is still on my shoulders." explained the girl.

Neville sighed in relief. Looked like it was a false alarm.

Shortly after Mary obtained her very special cloak, she got a message from an owl.

Hagrid had decided to show her something that was very special.

Apparently, he had obtained a dragon egg.

So she decided to go back to Hagrid's hut in order to check it out.

"A dragon egg? Where did you get that?" asked Mary.

"A kind man gave it to me." explained Hagrid.

"Who was that man?" questioned Ron.

"I dunno. He never told me who he was." noted the half giant.

"Does that not seem suspicious to you?" asked Hermione.

"I've always wanted a dragon egg, yeh see." said Hagrid.

"Did you want a baby dragon as well?" asked Hermione.

"Yes, I did. Why do yeh ask?" questioned the half-giant.

"Because I think it's about to hatch." explained the wizard born from Muggles.

"Really? Tha' was fast." remarked Hagrid. He was expecting it to have to incubate a bit longer.

Still, he could see that Hermione was telling the truth. There was a crack in the egg.

More cracks appeared.

And eventually, the dragon infant popped out.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" asked Mary.

"Let's just assume it's a boy." answered Ron.

That's what his parents assumed when he was born along with his brothers and sister.

They were always right too, with one astonishing exception.

"What should we call him?" asked Hermione.

"I was thinkin' Norbert." answered Hagrid.

"Sounds good." nodded Harry.

"Um, are you sure you should have a dragon in your hut?" asked Granger.

"Why? What's wrong with it?" questioned Hagrid.

Once again, he seemed oblivious as to how dangerous a magical creature could be. The Ministry of Magic DRMCC probably weren't close friends with him.

"Because he might end up burning down your home." pointed out the brunette girl. She wasn't sure where Hagrid would live afterwards. That forest next to his hut didn't look particularly inviting.

She was pretty sure that the dragon could breathe fire.

"Yer right! I can't have him stay here!" exclaimed Hagrid.

He had neglected to include a fire extinguisher.

"Besides, he seems kind of mean." pointed out Mary.

Norbert hissed at her.

She wasn't sure whether she would like visiting the half giant with that dragon baby around.

Fortunately, Ron had an idea.

His older brother Charlie was familiar with dragons.

Chances are he would know what to do.

So they decided to arrange a meeting with him.

Luckily, Charlie was able to take the baby dragon off their hands.

However, he had questions he wished to ask them. His brother especially.

"How did you find a dragon?" asked the boy.

It wasn't like dragons to keep their young unattended.

And yes, stealing their young was a BAD idea. It'd be safer trying to swipe acromantula eggs of all things. Though acromantula eggs weren't worth too much.

People had tried stealing dragon eggs in the past. They ended up in the stupid section of the Daily Prophet obituaries. Much like the people that had tried to rob Gringotts. The goblins got a kick out of bank robbers. It made their jobs so much more entertaining.

At Gringotts, a goblin was sitting at a desk.

It made him feel so happy helping people with their money.

Of course, it also made him feel happy having coins in his fingertips.

Suddenly, a bank robber showed up.

"Give me all the Galleons you've got!" demanded the bank robber, pointing a wand at his face.

"Sure thing. Just let me reach for the keys." nodded the goblin.

However, instead of grabbing the keys, he instead pressed the button marked "SHARK TANK."

A trapdoor opened underneath the bank robber, and he fell in.

There was an audible splash.

"Isn't this a nice swimming po-aaaaaahhhh!" exclaimed the robber, right before being eaten alive.

The goblin smiled. This was the third bank robber he had killed this month.

However, though the goblins usually found bank robbers amusing, it had been genuinely frightful when somebody almost stole the Sorcerer's Stone. They were surprisingly good.

And they were probably still alive too.

"It's a long story." explained Ron.

Charlie just hoped that an adult dragon didn't show up at Hogwarts and start torching the place.

After all, was it not where he went to school? It was where his brother Bill went to school as well. And where the rest of his brothers were still going to school.

"Well, I'm glad you gave this to me. I know a place to keep him that's perfectly fireproof." said Ron's older brother.

One thing was for sure, Norbert wasn't going to a Muggle gas station.

Charlie was smarter than that.

"That takes care of that." remarked Hermione.

Suddenly, Hagrid approached them.

"Have the three of yeh seen my flute?" asked the half giant.

"Your flute?" questioned Mary.

"Yeh. I use it to help me dogs go ter sleep." explained Hagrid.

"You do? Wait a minute…" remarked the girl with glasses.

It then occurred to her what was going on.

"Hagrid, I think somebody stole it from you! They want to get past Fluffy!" exclaimed Mary.

"Oh no! Dumbledore isn't going ter be happy with me!" shouted Hagrid.

He really wanted his approval after everything he had done for him.

"It must be Snape! He's the most evil teacher at Hogwarts!" shouted Ron.

"Really?" asked Mary. She did recall him having dog bites on his leg.

Perhaps his first attempt to take the stone didn't work out so well. Oh wait. That would be his second. He had tried to take the Sorcerer's Stone earlier back at Gringotts.

"Well, he did mention something about a master." remarked Hagrid.

He assumed it was Dumbledore.

But apparently he was wrong.

"A master? He must be working for You-Know-Who!" exclaimed Ron.

"What are we going to do about the Sorcerer's Stone? If Voldemort gets his hands on that, it could mean the second wizarding war!" exclaimed Mary.

As if one wizarding war wasn't bad enough.

Ron and Hermione's faces turned white. Though Hermione's turned whiter on account of being a Muggle-born wizard.

"You're right! We have to stop him!" exclaimed Hermione.

Hopefully they could make it to the Sorcerer's Stone before it was too late.

"If yer going after the Sorcerer's Stone, be careful. There's a lot of dangers in there." noted Hagrid.

He could try to dissuade the kids from taking the stone…but that probably wouldn't work.

Luckily, it wasn't a long way to where the stone was being held.

Just in case, our heroes wore Mary's invisibility cloak.

But unfortunately, Neville ended up stepping on it, blowing their cover.

"Mary? Ron? Hermione? Why are you three sneaking around Hogwarts?" asked Neville.

"We're trying to stop something terrible from happening. We're trying to stop Voldemort from coming back." explained Mary.

"Voldemort?!" exclaimed Longbottom.

"Hey look! You said his name again!" shouted the girl with glasses.

Neville scratched his head.

However, he then remembered what Mary and her friends were trying to do.

"I can't let you do that! It's too dangerous!" exclaimed the Gryffindor boy who lived with his grandmother.

Hermione raised her wand, but Mary stopped her.

"Trust me Neville, I wouldn't be risking my life like this if I didn't feel like it was necessary." explained the girl who lived.

Neville wasn't sure what to do. Did he let Mary and her friends risk their lives to try to stop Voldemort?

Or did he report them to Professor McGonagall and risk causing the second wizarding war?

Both of them seemed like they would end badly.

However, he then decided on a third option.

He wouldn't like it, but he couldn't think of anything else.

"C-can I go with you?" asked Neville.

"I suppose if you really want to." answered Mary.

"You sure we should bring him?" questioned Ron.

"Well, I don't want him to worry about us." remarked the girl with glasses.

Worrying didn't solve problems, anyway.

Luckily, the rest of the trip was uneventful.

"Well, we're right outside the door. I think we can take off the invisibility cloak now." remarked Mary.

Which was good, because it was more difficult to walk when bunched together.

However, Weasley noticed something that alarmed him.

"Oh no, it's Mrs. Norris!" exclaimed Ron, his eyes widening in fear.

She was approaching them.

Perhaps they had put the invisibility cloak away a bit too soon.

It looked as if they were done for.

"Don't worry, I got this." answered Potter.

Neville wondered what she had planned.

He was about to find out.

"Hey, Mrs. Norris! You might want to not hang out around this corridor. There's this three-headed dog nearby, and he's huge!" exclaimed Mary.

And no, she was not making that up.

Mrs. Norris let out a terrified meow, and her hair stood on end.

She then ran away.

In the process, she completely forgot about the four heroes' trespassing.

It looked like Mr. Filch wouldn't be coming to pick them up.

"You sure have a knack for communicating with animals." remarked Hermione.

Was this part of the reason she and Hagrid were friends?

"Yeah. I think I should consider taking care for magical creatures." suggested Mary to herself.

She would probably get an O on it. Hagrid would be a fairer teacher than Snape was though, so she would still have to work on her studying.

Oddly enough, A was not the best grade you could get.

Things worked a bit differently than at a Muggle school, it seemed.

"How are we going to get past the dog?" asked Ron.

"What dog?" questioned Neville.

He decided to open the door…

…and was alarmed to see Fluffy.

In the process, he dropped his Remembrall…

…which was enough to distract Fluffy.

He immediately chased after the ball, which was exactly the distraction they needed.

The four entered the trapdoor, and found themselves in a room resembling a greenhouse.

One room down…but several more to go.

Well, our heroes got past the dog.

But there's more defenses than that.

Though you'd probably think that Fluffy would be enough, wouldn't you? I mean, really, how are people supposed to get past that big?

You probably noticed that Neville is going with our heroes this time.

I'm not J.K. Rowling or Warner Bros, so…

And yeah, Mary's getting the Invisibility Cloak later than Harry did.

It kind of slipped my mind.

But better late than never, right.