Anything For Her : Book 1

Norbert

The next week went by painfully slow, staying with the Malfoy's was fun but now we had exams. I sat with Harry, Ron and Hermione, studying for our exams. "Look at you, playing with your cards. Pathetic. We've got final exams coming up soon." Hermione scolded Ron. "Im ready. Ask me any question." He replied throwing down his cards. "All right. What's the three most crucial ingredients in a Forgetfulness Potion?" She questioned, "I forgot." Ron said looking down, Harry and I laughed, "And what do you plan to do if this comes up in the final exam?" Hermione continued, "Copy of you and Cel?" He retorted.

"No, you wont. Besides, according to Professor McGonagall, we're going to be given special quills bewitched with an anti-cheating spell." Hermione said, I nodded. "That's insulting! It's as if they dont trust us." I laughed while Harry just shrugged to Hermione acting insulted.

Neville hops into the great hall, his legs charmed together. "Leg-locker curse?" Ron questioned "Malfoy" Harry said, we all nodded. Neville hops over to us, "You have got to start standing up to people, Neville." Ron stated. "How? I can barely stand at all." He said as he tried his best to stand up straight, I pulled out my wand and was about to do the counter-curse but Seamus stood up, "Ill do the counter-curse!"

"No, that's all I need, you to set my bloody kneecaps on fire." Seamus slammed his wand down, "I dont appreciate the insinuation, Longbottom. Besides, if anyone cares to notice, my eyebrows have completely grown back!" He stormed away only for all of us to see a bald spot on the back of his head. Hermione and I giggled, "I found him!" Harry said handing Ron a card, "Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945 for his discovery of the 12 uses of dragon blood and his work on alchemy with his partner Nicolas Flamel!"

"I knew the name sounded familiar, I read it on the train that day." Harry said, Hermione started to pack her things up, "Follow me." She said as she stood up, we all followed her. "Hey, wait! Where are you going? What about the counter-curse?" Neville called out.

We sat in the library studying, while Hermione went to go look for a book. She had been gone for a while so we were deep into studying when she comes up with a huge book and thumps it onto the table making us jump. "I had you looking in the wrong section! How could I be so stupid? I checked this out weeks ago for a bit of light reading." She says as she sat down. "This is light?" Ron asks.

She glares at him, "Of course! Here it is!" She says, "Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher's stone!" She reads. "The what?" Ron and Harry ask. "Honestly dont you two read?" I chuckle. "The Philosophers stone is a legendary substance with astonishing power. It will turn any metal into pure gold and produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal." She continues, "Immortal?" Ron asks, "It means you'll never die." I tell him. "I know what it means!"

"Shh!" Harry whispered. "The only stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist, who last year celebrated his 665th birthday. That's what fluffy is guarding on the third floor. That's what's under the trap door. The philosophers stone." Hermione continued.

It was now night time, Hermione, Ron, Harry and I are running to Hagrid's Hut. I knock on the door. "Hagrid!" We exclaim. "Oh hello. Sorry don't wish to be rude but i'm in no fit state to entertain today." He chuckles and begins to close the door. "We know about the Philosophers stone!" We say.

He opens the door again, "Oh."
We all come into his hut. "We think Snape is trying to steal it." Harry says. "Snape? Blimey. You're not still on about him are yer?"
"Hagrid we know he's after it, we just don't know why." Harry continues. "Snape is one of the teachers protecting the Stone. He's not about to steal it."

"What?"
"You heard. Right. Come on now, i'm a bit preoccupied today."
"Wait a minute one of the teachers?" Harry questions. "Of course! There are other things defending the stone. Aren't there? Spells, enchantments!" Hermione says. "That's right. Waste of bloody time if you ask me. Ain't no one gonna get past fluffy. Ain't a soul knows how, except for me and Dumbledore.I shouldn't have told you that. I should not have told you that." He says. A cauldron over a fire begins to rattle. Hagrid hurries over and grabs something.

He places it in the table, it was an egg. We all crowd around it. "Uh hagrid, what exactly is that?" I asks, "Uh that it's, uh...it's um.."
"I know what that is! But Hagrid, how did you get one?" Ron asks. "I won it! Off a stranger down the pub, seemed quite glad to be rid of it, as a matter of fact."
The egg begins to rattle and cracks open as pieces fly off, a small baby dragon emerges. "Is that...a dragon?" Hermione questions, "That's not just a dragon. That's a Norwegian Ridgeback. My brother Charlie works with these in Romania." Ron says admiring the Dragon. The dragon turns to Hagrid, "Isn't he beautiful. Oh, bless him. Look, he knows his mummy. Hello Norbert."

"Norbert?" Harry asks, "He's gotta have a name, don't he? Don't you Norbert." Hagrid raises his finger and drags it back and forth across Norbert's chin. Norbert hiccups and blast a small fire into Hagrids beard. He quickly pats out the smolder, "Ooh well.. he'll have to be trained up a bit, of course."
"Hagrid how are you gonna keep this on school grounds?" I ask, "Well...who's that?" We all turn to the window and it was Draco, who then runs off once we see him. "Malfoy." Harry states.

We walk back into the castle, "Hagrids always wanted a dragon. He told us the first time we met him." I smile. "It's crazy and worse, Malfoy knows." Ron says, "I don't understand. Is that bad?" Harry questioned. "It's bad." We stop as McGonagall appears, "Good evening." She says sternly. Draco appears right behind here.

"Nothing. I repeat, nothing. Gives a student the right to walk about at night. Therefore as punishment for your actions, fifty points will be taken."
"Fifty?" I exclaim, "Each. And to ensure it doesn't happen again. All five of you will receive detention." She says, i groan. Draco nods, then the smirk he had falls.

"Excuse me professor, perhaps i heard you wrong. I thought you said the five of us."

"No you heard me correctly Mr. Malfoy. Honorable as your intentions were, you too were out of bed after hours. You will join your classmates in detention." We smirk as he glares at us.

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