Chapter 13: Fight for the Stone
Hey everyone I'm back with the last chapter of Book 1. One down, 6 to go! Also I'm happy to say this story now has over 10,000 views! Thanks for all your support. I put a lot of time and thought into this and I'd like to thank masters123lfm for his idea. I also have a huge surprise at the end for Sam. I hope you like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.
After finally finishing exams for the year, Sam was leaving the Dungeons feeling pretty confident about his Potions Grade.
"I totally nailed that Forgetfulness Potion." Sam pumped as he, Penny and Barnaby walked out to meet Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Hey guys how did your last test go?" Penny asks.
"I personally don't see all the fuss is about. I didn't think those ends of the year exams were so hard." Hermione said.
"Speak for yourself." Ron said.
"Yeah I'm exhausted." Barnaby said when he noticed Harry was holding his head. "You okay Harry?"
"My scar hurts." Harry said.
"Didn't that thing act up when we were in the forest?" Sam asks.
"Yeah but never like this." Harry said.
"Maybe you should go see the nurse." Penny said.
"I think it's a warning, that danger is near." Harry said when they suddenly heard flute playing and saw Hagrid near his hut. "Of course."
"What is it?" Sam asks as Harry walks towards him.
"Don't you think it's a bit odd that Hagrid's always wanted a dragon and a stranger just happened to have one? How many people walk around with dragon eggs in their pockets? Why didn't I see this before?" Harry asks.
"Oh no." Sam said as they ran to him. "Hagrid, who gave you that dragon egg? What did he look like?"
"I don't know. I never saw his face he kept his hood up." Hagrid said.
"But did he at least talk? He must've said something." Harry said.
"Did he ever mention Hogwarts?" Penny asks.
"Mighta come up. I told him I was gamekeeper and he asked what sorta creatures I look after. At first he didn't think I could handle a dragon egg but then I told him about Fluffy and then he bought me a few drinks." Hagrid said.
"And was he interested in Fluffy?" Sam asks.
"Of course, he was, how many 3-headed dogs do you meet? But I told him the trick to any beast is to know how to calm it. Take Fluffy, play him a little music and he goes right to sleep." Hagrid said before realizing what he said and a look of shock appeared on all their faces. "I shouldn't have told you that."
Almost immediately the 6 of them ran off.
"Where you going?" Hagrid calls out but none of them heard him as they ran to Prof. McGonagall's class where she was writing at her desk.
"We need to see Prof. Dumbledore!" Sam said.
"It's an emergency!" Penny said.
"I'm sorry but Prof. Dumbledore left. He received an urgent letter from the Ministry of Magic and flew off to London at once." McGonagall said.
"He's gone?" Barnaby gasps.
"Yes Mr. Lee, Dumbledore is a very busy man." McGonagall said.
"But this is important. This is about the Philosopher's Stone." Harry said surprising her.
"How do you know about that?" She asks.
"Someone's going to steal it." Sam said.
"I don't know how you all know about the stone but it is perfectly safe. Now go back to your dorms." McGonagall orders as they walk out.
"It's tonight, Snape is going after the stone. With Dumbledore gone he has a clear shot at it." Harry said.
"Harry, do you think Snape sent the letter?" Barnaby asks.
"He had to." Harry said as they turned a corner and Snape walked right by them.
"Good afternoon." Snape said.
"Good afternoon Professor." Sam said.
"Now what would 6 students like yourselves be doing inside on a day like this?" Snape asks.
"Uh well we—" Hermione stutters.
"You better be careful. People might think you were up to something." Snape said before walking off.
"We have to stop him. If he's going to the Stone tonight then we have to beat him to it." Harry said.
"Harry this is insane. Snape's a professor and we're all first years. We can't beat him besides I still think Snape is innocent." Sam said.
"Whether he is or not we have to get the Stone before Voldemort gets his hands on it. I'll go by myself if I have to but I am not going to let that stone fall into the wrong hands." Harry said.
"Me neither." Ron said.
"Count me in." Hermione said.
"After all the work we've done you guys are gonna need some help." Penny said.
"I'm in too." Barnaby said as all of them turned to Sam.
"When we get that stone, you are gonna see I was right about him all along." Sam sighs joining in.
As Sam and Barnaby walked back to the Slytherin common room to prepare Sam heard a noise causing him to stop.
"Hey Sam everything okay?" Barnaby asks.
"Uh yeah. You go on ahead. I just need to…prepare myself for this." Sam said.
"Yeah I understand, this is gonna be nuts." Barnaby sighs walking ahead.
Slowly following the noise Sam peeked into a room and saw Quirrell pacing back and forth.
"Yes, Master I understand. By tomorrow morning you will have what you desire and in the end, Severus will be the one to blame." Quirrell said in a dark tone.
Narrowing his eyes Sam headed back to the common room. "Not if I have anything to say about it."
That night, Sam changed out of his robes into a green t-shirt with a white jacket and cargo pants. Looping his potion belt Penny around his waist Sam looked down at the Viper Fangs and strapped them to the belt. "Just in case." Sam mutters as he walks out to see Barnaby in a black shirt and pants.
"You ready for this?" Barnaby asks.
"Let's do this." Sam said as they snuck out.
Coming out of the Hufflepuff common room, Penny met up with them wearing a blue sweatshirt and white pants.
"We better head up to the third floor and meet up with the others." Penny said as they ran up the stairs to the third corridor only to see no one was there.
"I hope they didn't bail on us." Barnaby said when they were nudged by something.
Turning around they saw Harry take off his Invisibility cloak to reveal him, Ron and Hermione.
"Whoa, you didn't say you had one of those." Penny said impressed.
"Sorry we're a little late. Neville tried to stop us from sneaking out." Ron said.
"Neville? Wow, I'm impressed he tried but man he picked a bad time." Sam said as Hermione took out her wand.
"Alohamora." Hermione said as the door opened.
Sneaking in they saw Fluffy fast asleep with a harp being played.
"Someone's already here." Penny said.
"Snape must've put a spell on the harp." Harry said.
"Ron, Barnaby give me a hand here." Sam said they walked over to the trapdoor that had Fluffy's paw on it.
Slowly as they lifted the paw up Harry opened the trapdoor.
"Alright be careful, we don't know how far down that is." Harry said when suddenly the harp stopped playing and they heard a soft growling noise.
Gulping all of them looked to see Fluffy waking up.
"We'll take our chances." Hermione said as they all jumped in before the dog ripped them to pieces.
Falling through the hole all of them screamed until the landed on some sort of plant.
"Is everyone alright?" Harry asks.
"Yeah lucky this plant was here." Ron said.
"Wait a minute." Barnaby looks at the plant and gasps realizing what it was. "Sam!"
Sam looks down only to see the plant was Devil's Snare. "Oh no not again." Sam groans as the vines wrapped around them.
"What is this?!" Ron gasps.
"Ron don't struggle you'll only die faster!" Penny said.
"You have to relax." Hermione said.
"Relax? How can I relax?" Hermione asks.
Taking a deep breath Sam relaxed his body and he sunk through the Devil's Snare.
"Sam!" Harry gasps as he appeared at the bottom.
Following his example, Barnaby relaxed his body and landed next to him. "We're not falling for that twice." Barnaby said.
"Not a chance. Lumos!" Sam yells as both of them created a bright light under it causing everyone to fall through it and land next to him. "You guys alright?"
"Sam how did you know Devil's Snare don't like light?" Hermione asks.
"Earlier in the year Malfoy threw this plant, guess this is where it was going." Sam said looking at the plant. "I can't believe I'm saying this but I think owe Malfoy for this."
"No, you don't." Harry said getting up.
As they walked down the path, they saw two doors on opposite ends.
"Which one do we go through?" Ron asks.
"And which one leads to the stone?" Hermione asks.
"We'll have to split up. Ron, Hermione you guys come with me." Harry said as they walked to the one on the right.
"Guess we got this one." Sam said as he, Barnaby and Penny went to the one on the left. "If any of us find the stone we'll meet you guys back here."
"Good luck Sam." Harry said as they went through their door.
"You guys ready?" Sam asks.
"Let's do this." Barnaby nods.
"I got your back." Penny said as Sam opened the door and they walked through it.
Walking down a hall the three arrive in a large room.
"Do you think we got the wrong room? There's no magic." Barnaby asks when they suddenly heard a soft growling noise.
"No, not magic, they put something else in here." Sam said as out of the shadows a creature that had the body of a large lion but the head of a woman emerged.
"What is that?" Penny asks.
"A sphinx." Barnaby said.
"You seek what is behind me. If any of you answer my riddle correctly, I'll let you pass, but answer wrong and I attack. Remain silent and you can leave the way you came unscathed. You each have one guess. Do you accept?" The sphinx asks circling them like it was about to devour them.
"What's the riddle?" Sam asks.
"If you break me, I do not stop working. If you lose me nothing will matter." The Sphinx said as all of them pause to think.
"If your wand breaks you don't lose your magic, but if you lose it nothing matters. Is it magic?" Barnaby guesses.
"Incorrect." The sphinx said walking closer towards them.
"Good guess, but not right. What doesn't stop working even when it breaks? Uh is it knowledge?"
"Incorrect." The sphinx's claws grew as it bent down ready to pounce on them.
"Penny it's all up to you." Sam gulps as the sphinx slowly made its way towards him.
"I feel like my heart is about to stop." Barnaby gulps causing Penny's eyes to widen.
"That's it! The answer is your heart." Penny realized. "If someone breaks your heart it still works, but if you lose your heart nothing else matters because you're dead without it."
The sphinx pulls back her claws and nods her head. "Correct. You may pass." Walking out of the way the sphinx revealed a door.
Not wasting a second the three of them ran past the sphinx and through the door before closing it.
"Oh man that was way too close." Barnaby sighs.
"Quick thinking Penny." Sam sighs.
"If it wasn't for you guys, I don't think I would have got it." Penny pants.
"Thanks for saving me from being cat food." Sam said.
"Hey uh guys did it suddenly get cold in here?" Barnaby asks as a cold air went down their necks.
Slowly walking forward, they saw the room around them had ice everywhere with a frozen floor and giant ice pillars around them with an ice knight kneeling in the middle.
"That's a lot of ice." Sam said when they noticed the door atop a small staircase.
"There's the door." They made their way across when the Ice Knight stood up and raised its sword ready for battle.
"Look out!" Penny yells as it swings the sword forcing the three of them to run out of the way.
"An Ice Knight?! Maybe we should have gone down the other door!" Barnaby said as they took out their wands.
"Flipendo!" Sam said knocking the knight back a few inches but it picked itself up before swinging his sword at Sam forcing him to jump back only to be kicked to the ground knocking his wand out of his hand.
Groaning Sam looks up to see the knight raise its sword about to impale him.
"Hang on Sam!" Penny said. "Wingardium Leviosa!" Pulling off a decent chunk of ice she threw it at the knight only for it to turn around and slice the ice in half.
Sam scrambled to get up but saw his wand was too far away. As the knight turned to him Sam saw he only had one thing that he could use to defend himself.
The knight swings its sword at Sam but at the last second Sam vanished into the shadows surprising everyone.
"Penny did you see that?" Barnaby asks.
"Sam disappeared." Penny said as Sam stepped out of the shadows behind the knight with a Viper Fang in his hand.
"I am really glad I brought these along." Sam said pulling out the second one.
The Ice Knight turns to Sam and both of them raised their weapons.
"Penny, Barnaby figure out a way to bring this knight down. I'll keep it busy." Sam said.
As the knight swings its sword Sam raises his daggers to block the attacks as the knight moved in keeping up the attacks.
Sam swings the Viper Fangs but the knight blocks it with his sword with ease before pushing Sam back.
"Man, daggers can't stand up to the sword." Sam groans.
Quickly disappearing in the shadows Sam dodges the attack before coming up to the side. Turning around the knight tries again but Sam disappears before appearing behind it and slashes the leg making the knight flinch in pain.
"That's it." Sam grins getting an idea.
Disappearing into the shadows, the Ice Knight looks around for any sign of Sam when suddenly a Viper Fang flew in hitting it in the helmet.
Charging in Sam used this opening to slash its right arm before picking up his second Viper Fang and stabbing the knight in the chest with both daggers.
"How do you like that tin can?" Sam asks but the knight swung its arm knocking Sam back.
Barnaby looks around and noticed two large ice pillars right behind the knight.
"That's it." Barnaby gasps. "Penny get Sam!"
"What are you gonna do?" Penny asks.
"Just trust me!" Barnaby said raising his wand. "Flipendo!" The spell knocks the knight to the ground making it land right between the pillars.
Using this opening Penny ran in and helped Sam up.
"Incendio!" Barnaby yells as flames shot out of his wand and burned the bottom of the pillars causing the ice to crumble and fall on top of the knight crushing it under all that weight.
"Thanks for the save Barnaby." Sam said as Penny handed him back his wand.
"You're welcome but seriously. Where did you get those?" Barnaby asks pointing to the Viper Fangs.
"Would you guys believe me if I said these were Salazar Slytherin's?" Sam asks causing their eyes to widen as they opened the door and walked through it.
"One of the four founders? Sam how is that possible?" Penny asks.
"Look I bet you guys have a bunch of questions but we need to keep going." Sam said strapping the Viper Fangs to his belt when they heard a crashing noise at the end of the hall.
"RON!" Harry screams.
Gasping all of them ran as fast as they could to see they were at the end of a giant chessboard as Harry walked up to a king.
"Checkmate." Harry said as the King dropped its sword meaning they won.
"Harry!" Looking over they saw Sam, Barnaby and Penny running over.
"Are we glad to see you." Harry said as Hermione ran over to an unconscious Ron.
"What happened?" Penny asks.
"First we had to find the right key in a room full of flying keys and then we had to be pieces in a life-size game of Wizard Chess." Harry said.
"We were almost eaten by a Sphinx and then an Ice Knight tried to kill us." Barnaby said.
"So, both doors ended up at the same spot but each one had different dangers." Harry said.
"What do we do?" Penny asks looking at Ron.
"All of you get Ron and send a message to Dumbledore. I have to face Voldemort alone." Harry said.
"No, you don't." Sam said getting his attention. "I'm coming with you."
"Sam you can't." Harry said.
"I can and I will. Growing up I was always taught to stand by my friends and that's no different here. You and I are friends Harry and friends don't leave friends to die." Sam said.
Smiling Harry faces him. "Thanks Sam."
"You two will be okay." Penny said.
"You two are great wizards." Hermione said.
"Not as great as you." Harry said.
"Only books. You two are something else." Hermione said.
"You two are some of the bravest, kindest and toughest wizards we know. Together you guys can survive anything." Barnaby said helping Ron up.
"Good luck guys." Penny smiles.
Sam and Harry looked to each other and nodded as they made their way down the stairs.
As they got closer to the end Harry's scar burned before seeing the Mirror of Erised with a figure in front of it, but it wasn't Snape.
"Quirrell." Sam said confirming his suspicions as the turban wizard turned around.
"I don't believe it. Sam you were right. It wasn't Snape at all." Harry said shocked.
"Yes, Severus does seem like the type. Next to him no one would ever suspect p-p-poor stuttering P-Prof. Quirrell." Quirrell said.
"So, it was you who tried to kill Harry at the Quidditch Game." Sam said.
"Yes, it was, and if Granger hadn't broken my concentration I would have. Even with Snape muttering his counter curse." Quirrell said.
"Snape was trying to save me?" Harry said not believing it.
"I knew it." Sam grins.
"Yes, you knew. The sad little orphan Severus pulled out of the garbage and brought to Hogwarts. You could never bear the thought of the man who saved you be evil. I watched you, following him around like a lost puppy, hoping to earn his approval in any way." Quirrell chuckles. "I almost feel sorry that you have to die as well."
"So, this whole year you've been behind everything? You let the Troll in on Halloween, didn't you?" Harry asks.
"Yes, Snape however wasn't fooled. While everyone ran to the dungeon, he went to the third floor to cut me off. Never trusted me again." Quirrell said.
"So, on my birthday that's why we saw Snape threatening you. When you denied it my Sneakscope went wild. He never left you alone." Sam realized.
"Foolish really. I'm never alone, my Master is always with me." Quirrell said turning to the mirror. "Now what does this mirror do? I see what I desire. I see myself presenting it to my master."
"Use the boy." A voice said.
"Potter come here!" Quirrell orders.
"Don't listen to him Harry." Sam said.
"It's okay Sam." Harry said walking forward so he was in front of the mirror.
"What do you see?" Quirrell asks.
Harry looks into the mirror and in his reflection he sees himself but his reflection held up a glowing red stone and winks before putting it in his pocket.
Suddenly Harry felt his right pocket getting heavier.
"What do you see?" Quirrell asks.
"I see myself shaking hands with Dumbledore. I won the House Cup." Harry said quickly.
"He lies." The voice said.
"Tell me the truth! What do you see?" Quirrell orders when Sam pulled out his wand blasted the ground making Quirrel jump away from Harry.
"I see a man in bandages if he doesn't stay away from my friend." Sam glares.
Suddenly they heard a faint chuckle. "Let me speak."
"Master no, you are not strong enough." Quirrell said.
"I am strong enough for this." It said.
Harry steps back towards Sam as the two of them watched Quirrell undo his turban and in the reflection of the mirror they saw on the back of Quirrell's head was another face. The most terrible face they had ever saw. It was chalk white with glaring red eyes and slits for nostrils, like a snake.
"Harry Potter, we meet again." It said.
"Voldemort." Harry realized.
"Yes, see what I have become. Unicorn Blood sustains me, but it cannot give me a body of my own." Voldemort said.
"That was you, what we saw in the forest that night." Sam realized.
"Yes, you both saw Quirrell kill the beast for me. Though I must say when I expected to see Potter, I never expected another to stand against me." Voldemort said looking at Sam.
"You need the Stone so you can have a body to call your own." Sam said.
"Smart boy. Yes and I know where it is, in Potter's pocket!" Voldemort declared.
"Harry run!" Sam said as they tried to make a break for it but flames shot out blocking their escape.
"Don't be a fool. Why suffer when you can join me?" Voldemort asks.
"Never." They both said.
"Bravery, I admire that. Besides your parents Harry only one other had the bravery to stand up to me…the Parkers." Voldemort declared.
"Parkers?" Sam paused before remembering that was the name of the boy he saw in the memory.
"Last chance boys." Voldemort said.
"NEVER!" Harry said.
"KILL THEM!" Voldemort orders.
Quirrell lunged forward but Sam got in front of Harry. "Flipendo!" Sam yells knocking Quirrell back.
As Quirrell recovers Sam charges and leaps at Quirrell tackling him to the ground.
"I have come too far to be stopped by some brat!" Quirrell snaps punching Sam in the gut before throwing him to the ground making him crash at the base of the mirror.
"Sam!" Harry gasps when Quirrell charges at Harry knocking the stone out of his pocket.
Quirrell chokes Harry pressing him against the stairs trying to end his life.
As Sam slowly got up he looked to see both faces focused on Harry. Grabbing one of the Viper Fangs Sam threw it with all his might stabbing Quirrell in the leg making him scream in pain.
Suddenly Harry grabbed Quirrell making him scream as Harry's touch started to burn him.
"What magic is this?!" Quirrell asks.
"Get the stone!" Voldemort orders before he could Sam grabbed Quirrel from behind.
"Harry finish this!" Sam yells as Harry pressed both his hands to Quirrell's face making him burn in agony as he was reduced to ash.
Slowly Sam bent down and picked up his dagger while Harry picked up the stone.
"Cool dagger." Harry smirks.
"Cool stone." Sam smirks back when something rose from Quirrell's ashes.
Looking over Sam and Harry scream as it flew at them knocking them both to the ground and knocking Harry unconscious.
As Sam groaned in pain he saw two figures emerge from the flames.
"There they are." Dumbledore said as Snape ran out towards Sam and Dumbledore towards Harry.
"Are they alive?" Snape asks.
"Yes, thankfully." Dumbledore said as Sam looked up to Snape.
"Professor?" Sam groans.
"Hang on boy. I'm right here." Snape said.
"I always knew it wasn't you." Sam smiles weakly.
"Severus, what you do next is completely up to you, but I think it would be for the best that the two of you have a nice long talk." Dumbledore said getting Harry out and picking up the Philosopher's stone.
Snape looks down at Sam who was completely worn out.
"Very well." Snape said helping him out.
In the courtyard, Sam and Snape sat down by the fountain.
"That was very reckless what you did, joining Potter and going after the Stone." Snape said.
"Hey we stopped him, didn't we?" Sam asks.
"By pure luck. You could have died." Snape said.
"But I didn't." Sam said causing Snape to groan annoyed. "Uh Professor, who are the Parkers?"
Snape paused hearing this as he turned over. "What do you know?"
"On Christmas I got a gift, it allowed me to see Hogwarts but through someone else's eyes. It was like a memory and in it I saw someone named Leonard Parker and when I helped Harry that Voldemort guy said the only other people who were brave enough to face him were the Parkers. Who are they?" Sam asks.
"The Parkers…were your family." Snape declared shocking him.
"My family?" Sam asks.
"Lucy Smith and Leonard Parker were your birth parents, but when you were just a baby they were killed. Dumbledore had sent me to save them, but in the end the only one I could save was you. If you had kept the name Parker you would have been a target so in order to protect you I gave you my name." Snape explains. "Even though I had a duty to Hogwarts I always popped in at the orphanage to check on you. Even though you didn't know who I was or if I was there, I watched you and made sure you were safe from harm." Snape explains.
"So I'm not related to you in any way?" Sam asks.
"No." Snape shook his head. "That object you got on Christmas was your family Pensieve. It allows you to look into the memories of those who had it before."
"But that didn't stop you. You watched me grow up, you brought me to Hogwarts, you gave me that pensieve, you saved me back there." Sam said before reaching out and hugged Snape surprising him. "Thank you."
This time it was Snape's turn to be shocked as Sam let go.
"So now you know, your name is Samuel Parker." Snape said. "Dumbledore gave this to me a few days ago. I've been waiting for the right time to give it to you." Snape reached into his robes and pulled out a photo.
Looking at it he saw a photo of his parents sitting on a hill holding a baby Sam in their arms and smiling.
"Is this…me?" Sam asks as Snape nods.
"I'm sorry for leading you this whole year. You probably want to find a better wizard to look out for." Snape said standing up.
"How could I ever find a better wizard…when you've done all this just for me." Sam said standing up. "I'll admit Samuel Parker has a nice ring to it, but…I like Samuel Snape better. If I'm a Parker I don't have anything, but as a Snape I'll always remember that I have the best wizard in the world looking out for me." Sam smiles giving Snape one last hug before walking away.
As Snape watched him enter the hall a smile formed on his face. "Thank you Sam."
Soon Harry and Ron had woken up from their injuries and the whole school had heard about what the 6 of them did that night.
Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel had talked and realized the best course of action was to destroy the stone.
At the End of Year Feast, everyone was sitting down talking about all the excitement the year had.
"Another year has gone and I understand the house cup need awarding and the points stand thus. In fourth place Gryffindor with 312 points, Hufflepuff with 352 points, Slytherin with 372 points, and Ravenclaw with 426 points. However recent events must be taken into account and I have a few last-minute points to hand out." Dumbledore said getting their attention.
"First to Ms. Penny Haywood, whose clever thinking allowed her to solve the Sphinx's riddle. I award Hufflepuff 50 points!" Dumbledore said as Penny blushed at the praise.
"To Mr. Barnaby Lee for his fiery tactics in the face of a cold enemy. I award Slytherin 50 points!"
All of Slytherin cheered as Barnaby had just launched them into first place.
"To Mr. Ronald Weasley, for the best game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years I award Gryffindor 50 points!" Dumbledore declared causing Gryffindor to cheer. "To Ms Hermione Granger for cool use of logic while others were in danger 50 points."
"Way to go guys." Sam smiles.
"To Mr. Samuel Snape for amazing ambition and proving to all of us that who we are is not defined by our house but by who we choose to be 50 points." Dumbledore said as the entire hall cheered for him.
Hearing this Sam was beyond touched.
"Whoo! Go Sam!" Chiara cheered.
"You the man!" Tulip cheered.
As Liz and Barnaby laughed hugging him close Merula and Ismelda look at him and smirk softly clapping for him.
"To Mr. Harry Potter, for pure nerve and outstanding courage 60 points." Dumbledore said.
With this both Slytherin and Gryffindor were tied for first place with 472 points each.
"And finally, it takes a lot of bravery to stand up to your enemies but even more to stand up to your friends. I award 10 points to Neville Longbottom!" Dumbledore said as all the banners in the hall changed to Gryffindor colors.
As Gryffindor burst into cheers Sam looked to the table and saw Snape smiling at him. He didn't win the house cup but Sam got a much better prize.
At King's Cross Station, everyone was getting off the train.
"Well guys, I'll see you next summer." Barnaby said.
"Try not to be too bored without us." Ron said.
"You gonna be okay without me bailing you out of trouble?" Sam asks.
"I'll get by." Harry smiles.
As Sam and Penny walked out the two of them came to a stop outside of the platform.
"Quite a year huh Sam?" Penny asks.
"Tell me about it." Sam sighs.
"Be sure to write to me." Penny said.
"I will, thanks for all the help Penny." Sam smiles.
"Anytime Sam." Penny was about to walk away when she stopped in her tracks. "Hey Sam I wanted to do this before you and Harry went after the stone but was a little nervous."
"For what?" Sam looks over to see Penny run back and peck him on the cheeks causing him to blush.
"See you next school year." Penny smiles.
As Penny walks away Sam reached up and touched his cheek.
"Whoa Sam you got some explaining to do." Sam turns to see Eric, Cole and Martha waiting for him.
"There's my little wizard." Martha said hugging him.
"Dang Sam one year in Wizard school and you've already got a crush." Eric chuckles.
"Wait what?" Sam said as all of them laugh.
"It's good to have you back buddy. Was your new school interesting?" Cole asks.
"Oh you have no idea." Sam said.
"Sam you have got to show us all the things you learned." Eric said.
"With your magic imagine how much we could do for the orphanage." Cole said.
"If you can make desks float like that guy did with Martha we can actually make some money for the place, plus a little for ourselves." Eric said.
"Sorry guys, but until I'm 17 I legally can't use this outside of school." Sam said taking out his wand.
"Seriously?" Eric groans.
"How do you guys even know about that?" Sam asks.
"We may have spied on you when that Snape guy showed up on your birthday." Cole admits.
"Boys." Martha narrows her eyes.
"We couldn't help it Martha, Sam's a wizard and we don't want to be left out." Eric said.
"Come on guys, there's no way I would ever leave you out." Sam said.
"Even so we want to be a part of the Wizard world too." Cole said.
"We just don't know how." Eric said when Sam noticed something green on the ground pulling on his wand.
"Wait a minute." Sam bent down to see it was a small little green creature. "What are you doing here?"
The little creature points to the vending machine and Sam looks to see something trapped in the bottom part of it.
"Oh boy." Sam walks over and tries to pull but the thing was budged. "Hey guys give me a hand here."
Eric and Cole come over and together the three of them pull to reveal a Niffler was stuck in there.
"What the? Where did you come from?" Sam asks.
"Pickett! Pickett where are you?" A voice calls out as both creatures ran from Sam to an elderly man with messy hair. "Oh thank goodness. What happened?"
"We uh found your pet trapped in the vending machine." Eric said.
"No doubt he was trying to steal the coins inside." The man said glaring at the Niffler. "Thank you so much. I am in your debt."
"It was no trouble at all sir." Martha said when he noticed Sam's wand. "Ah a young wizard, did you just come back from Hogwarts."
"How do you know about Hogwarts?" Sam asks.
"Because I went there myself when I was younger. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Newt Scamander." He declared causing Sam's eyes to widen.
His first year of Hogwarts may be over, but his magical adventures were far from done.