We survived rewrite

Chapter 9

It had been a week since Harry was back in school and was in the great hall working on schoolwork. Then he heard something and looked up and saw Malfoy telling one of his friends something. While Malfoy sat there smirking Harry decided to use legilimency to try and see what he was doing.

Dumbledore noticed him staring at him. And was familiar with that kind of stare.

"Severus," Snape looked at him.

"Is Harry using legilimency on Mr. Malfoy?"

He turned his head and looked at him.

"Yes headmaster. He never uses legilimency though." Snape said surprised.

So they looked at each other and did the same thing. When they were done they were shocked.

"Why would he use a locking charm on Longbottom?" Snape asked.

Then they saw Harry running somewhere. Snape looked at Dumbledore.

"I'll take care of them. Gryffindor is getting some points, I'll tell you that. 10 points from Slytherin."

Meanwhile with Harry running to find Neville.

He took out the map to make it easier.

"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good." he said.

Then he opened the map and looked for Neville. When he found him he smiled.

"There you are, headed to the common room."

Snape used the spy in him and followed him.

When he got there he saw Neville on the ground.

"Neville! Are you OK?" he asked.

"I'm fine, um, can you unlock me? Malfoy did it on my way to the common room." Neville asked.

Harry took out his wand and used the counter curse. Then he helped him up.

"There you go, you OK?"

He nodded.

"Thanks."

"What is going on?" Snape asked when he decided to appear.

"Professor, Malfoy cursed Neville in a lock curse." Harry said. Then he went closer. "If you need proof I'll unlock my occlamency. I never stop using it."

"I already did. I saw you staring at him. I'm impressed, you use legilimency rarely. I got rid of Slytherin points earlier." Snape said.

But he used it anyway. "10 points to Gryffindor for helping a friend like you did Potter."

They smiled.

"Thank you Professor." Harry said then looked at Neville. "Come on, we can talk in the common room."

When they got there they sat down and Harry handed him his last chocolate frog.

"You have to stand up for yourself Neville. Use the Gryffindor in you. You put in Gryffindor for a reason. You can do it Nev, I know you can." he said.

"I'll try. You collect cards now, here you go." Neville said.

He looked at who he got.

"Dumbledore again."

Then he looked at it and found something.

"I have to go Neville, see you later."

Then he ran to the great hall.

"Guys," They looked at him. "I found something about Flamel!"

The other three looked at each other and then ran to the library.

"What is it?" Ron asked.

"I knew I'd read the name somewhere before, I read it on the train coming here - listen to this: 'Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the Dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel'!"

Hermione jumped to her feet. She hadn't looked so excited since they'd gotten back the marks for their very first piece of homework.

"Stay there!" she said, and she sprinted up the stairs to the girls' dormitories.

Harry and Ron barely had time to exchange mystified looks before she was dashing back, an enormous old book in her arms.

"I never thought to look in here!" she whispered excitedly. "I got this out of the library weeks ago for a bit of light reading."

"This is light?" said Ron, but Hermione told him to be quiet until she'd looked something up, and started flicking frantically through the pages, muttering to herself. At last she found what she was looking for.

"I knew it! I knew it! "Nicolas Flamel," she whispered dramatically, "is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone!"

This didn't have quite the effect she'd expected.

"The what?" said Harry, Tracey and Ron together.

"Honestly, don't you two read? The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Sorcerer's Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers. The Stone will transform any metal into a pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal."

"Immortal?" Ron said.

"It means you'll never die." she said.

"I know what it means!" he said.

"Shh!" Harry said waving his hand down.

"The only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas the noted alchemist. Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday. "That's what's in the third floor, that's what the dogs guarding, the sorcerer's stone." she said.