Chapter 5
"Happy Halloween!" spoke Beth as she sat down by Harry and Ron.
"What's so great about?" asked Ron grumpily.
"You get to dress up in cool costumes, while at least we did when we were younger: Beth retorted back.
"Did you get your essay done for Binns?" asked Harry to change the subject.
"Yes, I did. Did you?" replied Beth.
"Yeah. Ron and I both did," Harry replied back.
"Now please explain to me again how you got in trouble?" asked Beth. "Try to speak slower this time."
"We've explained it once we aren't explaining it again," retorted Harry.
Harry and Hermione had to go into the Forbidden Forest to take their detention. While they were in the forest they had to search for a wounded unicorn. Harry got paired up with Malfoy while Hermione got paired up with Neville. Harry and Malfoy found the wounded unicorn and a hooded figure drinking the blood. Harry's scar started to hurt and Malfoy runs away with Fang. The hooded figure began advancing towards Harry, but was stopped by a centaur. Hagrid then came and took the four of them back to the castle.
"The poor unicorn. Was Hagrid able to save it?" Beth asked the next morning.
"We don't know we haven't see Hagrid since last night," replied Hermione.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Beth traveled to the trap door that night because Dumbledore was gone and that was the night that they thought Snape was going to go through the trap door. When they got to the door they found the dog already asleep, so they jumped through the door. They landed in Devil's Snare and Hermione, Beth, and Harry got through it by relaxing, but Ron freaked out, so Hermione let a fire to get Ron loose.
They then entered a room with flying birds that were keys. They mounted the broom and caught the bird with the crumbled wing. They then enter the next room which was a giant chess board. Ron sacrificed himself, so they could win the game. Harry instructed Hermione to get Ron to Madame Promprey and Beth to send an owl to Dumbledore. Harry preceded to continue and met Quirrell instead of Snape. Quirrell tried to get the stone from Harry but could not touch him because of the fact that Harry's mother dies to save him creating a barrier that evil could not penetrate.
In the hospital, Dumbledore explained to Harry why Quirrell burned when he tried to touch Harry. He also explained what was going to happen to his friend who created the stone.
At the last feast Gryffindor was In last place but earned 170 points because of Hermione, Ron, and Harry's efforts to stop Quirrell. Neville earned 10 of those points because he stood up to Malfoy and then to the others.
They rode the Hogwarts Train home the next day. Ron, Fred, George, and Percy went to The Burrow, Cedric and Beth off to their summer home in France with their parents, and Harry was stuck at the Dursleys for a boring summer.