Chapter 8 - Caught!
It was a month after Hermione returned from the Christmas holidays before we found anything about Nicholas Flamel. We were sat in the library when Hermione dropped a huge book infront of us practically breaking our fingers.
"I can't believe it took me this long to look in here! I got this out of the library weeks ago for a little bit of light reading!" Hermione whispered excitedly.
"Light?" Ron asked but Hermione gave him a look saying be quiet.
"I knew it! Listen, Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone!" Hermione said.
"The what?" Harry and Ron both asked. I just sat there quietly looking confused.
"Honestly, don't any of you read?" Hermione sighed. "The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers. The stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal. There have been many reports of the Philosopher's Stone over the centuries, but the only stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicholas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera-lover. Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight)."
"Wow." I whispered.
"See? That's what Fluffy is guarding, that's what Snape wants." Hermione finished.
"We don't know if it is Snape. We should go see Hagrid tonight." I suggested. The three of them all agreed. At eleven o'clock that night the four of us were under the cloak walking to Hagrid's hut. We pulled off the cloak before Harry knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Hagrid called out but when we didn't respond he opened the door. "I'm sorry you four but I'm in no fit state to entertain."
"We know about the Philosopher's Stone!" The four of us said together when he started shutting the door.
"Oh." Hagrid said gruffly before he opened the door again. "You'd best be comin' in then." We climbed through the door and just when Harry was about to ask about Nick something in the pot started rattling.
"Hagrid what's that?" Harry asked peering over the stove just as Hagrid was pulling it out of the water and placing it on the table.
"Is that a dragon's egg?" Ron asked and Hagrid nodded just as a crack appeared.
"Hagrid! They're illegal." I yelped at him.
"You sound just like Hermione." Ron chuckled.
"I'm not bothered about doing stuff in school but I am bothered about you doing something illegal that you could get in serious trouble for." I said. Hermione snorted when I said about the illegal stuff because of the animagus training. "Shut up!" I hissed.
"What?" Ron and Harry asked at the same time.
"Okay. I can do something that is illegal if you're not registered and I'm not registered." I said quietly.
"What?" Ron and Harry asked at the same time again.
"I may show you one time." I grinned. Then the dragon clawed its way out of its shell.
"It's a Norwegian Ridgeback!" Ron said excitedly as it turned to Hagrid.
"Hello Norbert." Hagrid cooed. "Oh look, he knows who his mummy is." Then Norbert came towards me so I stroked his back.
"Aww, he's so cute!" I cooed.
"He's a dragon. Dragon's aren't cute." Ron argued.
"They are when they're babies!" I continued arguing.
"Hey, who's tha'?" Hagrid asked peering out of the window. That's when I saw the silvery blonde hair of Malfoy.
"Malfoy." I growled.
"Oh. This isn't good." Hermione whispered.
"You guys get under the cloak. I'll take the rap." I whispered.
"You and Hermione get under. I'll take it, too." Harry said.
"Are you sure?" Ron asked. We both nodded then Hermione and Ron got under the cloak and set off as we went back up to the castle.
"Walk straight up to the common room." I whispered to Ron and Hermione as we got up to Professor McGonagall and Malfoy.
"Miss Hyde, Mr. Potter." McGonagall said looking at both of us disappointedly. "Follow me to my office. You as well, Mr. Malfoy." We followed Professor McGonagall while I glared at Malfoy.
"Just you wait, Malfoy. You'll get what's coming to you for snitching." I hissed close to his ear. He looked quite scared then.
"Nothing I repeat nothing gives a student the right to walk about the school at night." She shouted as we got infront of her desk "Therefore as punishment for your actions, 50 points will be taken."
"50!" I said shocked.
"Each." she snapped. "And to ensure that it doesn't happen again the three of you will receive detention."
"Excuse me professor. Perhaps I heard you wrong. I thought you said the three of us." Malfoy said sharply. A small smirk began to stretch across my face as I caught on.
"No you heard me correctly Mr. Malfoy. You see, honourable as your intentions were, you too were out of bed after hours." she spoke very clearly and very dangerously, "You will join you classmates in detention."
I exchanged glances with the Harry. Detention with Malfoy. This was going to be fun, not. I sighed as me and Harry trudged back to the common room where Hermione and Ron were waiting for us.
"What happened?" They both asked immediately.
"50 points each are getting taken and we have detention with Malfoy tomorrow night." I sighed again sinking into the sofa.
"That sucks." Ron said falling down next to me.
"Yup. Well, I'm off to bed. Night, boys" I said before I climbed the stairs to my dorm for bed, closely followed by Hermione.