AN/ So this is a super short one, but I think it's nice and sweet, and this ends the Philosopher's Stone novel of Hogwarts Staff. Next to come is Chamber of Secrets.

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After the Stone Had Been Retrieved

Majority of the staff gathered together in the staff room, all sitting or standing quietly, trying to contemplate the situation. They had worked with Quirrel for so long, and to find out he was trying to get the stone…

He was the one who let the troll in.

He nearly killed Harry Potter.

More importantly, he drove them all crazy with the stutter, which apparently was not real the entire time.

Snape knew something was wrong with him, and everyone just thought he experienced something terrible. In the end, he had fallen pray to the idea of power and immortality and betrayed them all in the process.

Harry was still asleep and passed out in the hospital ward. Hermione and Ron had each been out for a few hours and have been pestering Madame Pomfrey about updates on Harry and when he might wake up.

Of course she would immediately kick them out and tell them he'll wake up when he wakes up.

But since she reassured everyone that Harry was going to be fine, they could focus on the one who did it to him.

Dumbledore would refuse to tell them what really happened and just skated over it, so now they were all left to wonder the full story.

"He was such a reserved, quiet guy," Sprout muttered from the corner. "What happened?"

Snape's lips pursed. "Dark, selfish thoughts?"

"We all have those, but we don't all…"

Snape closed his eyes, "Some do, though." He thought of himself and the thoughts he had when he became a Death Eater. He had someone to pull him out of it before he died, unlike Quirrel, and if not, him dying might have been inevitable, even if it was just in Azkaban.

There was one thing no one here knew though about the truth, and that was You-Know-Who's involvement. It was information that Dumbledore refused to tell any of the other staff members,

So none of them knew they worked with another Death Eater besides Snape.

"Well, I think we should do something to celebrate the Quirrel we first met, and who he was before those thoughts took over."

They made tea and passed it around, then raised their glasses into the air and called out, "To Quirrel."

AN/ So how was that? Hope you enjoyed it! Please review!