Chapter 20
Now to Flamel
Now that the Mystery of Lucinda Nightshade had been somewhat solved, all my concentration (that wasn't on my lessons) was on this Flamel that Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ivy had been telling me about.
It turns out, while I was taking Ivy to the hospital wing, after the time out, Harry's broom went funny. It started bucking him off. Hermione had caught Professor Snape muttering under his breath and stopped him. And after that, Harry's broom went right back to normal.
Anyways, after detention, the Gryffindors weren't big fans of Harry. Their hero of two Quidditch matches had put them in last place.
Harry filled me in on what they suspected of Flamel up until that point. He told me that Professor Snape was trying to steal whatever that three headed dog was guarding when we ran into it. And Flamel had something to do with what that dog was guarding.
Luck didn't seem to be with us until Hermione came to the rescue near the end of the term.
"GUYS! I found what Flamel has under that trapdoor!" she squealed in delight, plopping a book between us. I took the book into my arms and read it.
"Nicholas Flamel," I read "is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone, a stone used to turn any metal into gold, and produce the Elixir of Life, a potion that renders the drinker, immortal." I gaped "It could fit." I said to Hermione "Smart sleuthing Mione." I complemented, giving her a high five.
"I can see why Snape's trying to nick it." said Ron, taking another revision book (loaned oh so generously by Hermione) and starting to leaf through it "If it makes gold, and makes you live forever-"
"Then everybody would want it." Hermione, Ivy and Harry said together, beginning to revise notes for our first exams.
I had a vision. I saw someone, cloaked going down the trapdoor, and the dog asleep.
"Guys." I said afterwards.
"What'd you see, sis?" Harry asked.
"I saw someone. They were going down the trap door." I said simply.
"It's Snape! We got to get down that trapdoor!"
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Me, Harry, Ivy, Ron and Hermione went through the forbidden corridor to find the dog (who Harry told me was named 'Fluffy') sound asleep, with a harp at its feet.
"Snape probably used it. Come on, before he wakes up." Harry said, jumping down the trapdoor.
Ron followed with a strangled yell, then Hermione. Ivy and I clasped hands and jumped down together.
"Well, it's a soft landing." I said getting up.
"Ivy, get up!" Hermione yelled, pulling Ivy out of the padding by the arm "That's Venomous Tentacula!"
"HARRY!" I yelled, seeing that my brother and Ron were trapped in the plant's vines.
"Wait a second!" Hermione yelled "I think you can kill it with heat."
"THEN START A BLOODY FIRE!" Ron yelled.
"But-but there's no wood!" Hermione yelled, wringing her hands.
I turned to her, furious "HAVE YOU GONE MENTAL! ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT!" I roared.
There was a sudden flash of heat in my palm and a fireball appeared "Thanks, Mione." I said throwing it at the plant, watching as it dropped Harry and Ron.
"That must have been Professor Sprout's booby trap." Ron said "What's next?"
The five of us walked through a door and found keys flying over the place!
"This must be Flitwick's obstacle!" Ron said, walking over to the door. "It's locked."
I rolled my eyes and went to Ron "Ron," I said smacking him in the head "You honestly think that the reason the keys are here is just for show?"
"I think I found it!" Harry yelled, pointing upwards "It's the one with the broken wing."
My eyes roamed the room until they came to rest on a broom. "Harry!" I yelled pointing to it "Maybe we need to fly up to it!"
"I'll do it. You have a match tomorrow." Harry said, mounting the broom, and to my dismay, the flock of birds flew into his face.
Despite this, Harry flew into the air and located the key, and caught it.
"Way to go, Harry!" Hermione cheered.
Ivy and I smirked at each other as Harry dismounted and unlocked the door.
The next obstacle was a large chess board. Life sized to be exact.
"This is really creepy." Ivy said as I went through to the other side. I was blocked by two pawns.
"I guess we have to play through." Ron said, looking over the chess pieces carefully "Harry, you and Hannah take the castle place, Hermione you and Ivy take the bishops. I'm going to be a knight."
We all climbed up onto our pieces and began to play. With Ron's coaching, we were pretty good, you could say we were winning.
But now we were at a crossroads. We didn't know what to do. Ron looked the Black Queen right in the eyes, then back at us.
"I have to be taken." he said simply.
"WHAT!" Harry, Ron, Ivy, Hermione and I said together, our mouths agape.
"It's chess!" Ron pointed out "You have to make some sacrifices. I get taken, and that makes you free to checkmate the king, Harry!"
"But Ron!" I protested.
"Hannah, do you want to stop Snape or not?"
I bit my nails "I want to stop Snape."
Ron nodded "Trust me then!"
Then he moved. It all happened so fast. The Queen took him and he fell off the horse and blacked out.
"RON!" Ivy and Hermione yelled together.
Harry looked at Ron, then at the King and moved. The King took off his crown and threw it to Harry's feet.
"We won." I said, hopping off my castle.
"Let's go." Hermione said, walking through the door.
The next room was a line of bottles with a note. Hermione picked it up. At that moment, a black fire erupted at one end, from which we came, a purple one erupted where we wanted to go. We were trapped!
"It's Snape's obstacle." she said before reading the note.
Afterwards, she paced up and down pointing to the bottles and mumbling to herself.
"This one." she said, holding up a small bottle "Will get us through the black fire. This one." she added, holding up a smaller bottle "Will get us towards the Stone."
"That's barely enough for one swallow!" Harry and I protested.
"One of you guys have to take it then." Ivy said.
I looked to Harry, and Harry looked to me.
What are you thinking? I thought to him.
I'm thinking I'm going in there alone. You have the Quidditch championship tomorrow. Harry thought back.
BUT HARRY! I thought.
Trust me, go with Hermione and Ivy, get Ron and have Ivy and Hermione look for Dumbledore.
"Fine." I said "give me that bottle." I said, taking the bottle from Hermione's hand that would send us back and took a sip. It was like ice!
"Be careful, Harry!" I said before I walked through the flame.
Ivy followed right after me. Hermione ran quickly out of there some time later.
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Once we got Ron and were out of there, I told Ivy, Ron and Hermione to find Professor Dumbledore. I had a very bad feeling that something bad was going to happen.
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When I was in bed that night, my scar prickled unpleasantly. I gaped. Something bad happened to Harry. I just knew it.
