The Mudblood

Chapter Five

"How could I be so stupid" I mutter as I pull out a book.

"What is this" Ron asks, pointing at my book.

"Well I was doing a bit of light reading-" I begin.

"Light" Ron interrupts.

"As I was saying, Nicolas Flamel. Here, Nicolas Flamel was the last known owner of the Philosopher stone" I smile and they nod at me.

"Now, we know what fluffy is guarding" Harry exclaims.

"We have to tell Dumbledore" I rush and I run to McGonagall. She sits in her classroom, grading papers.

"Proffesor McGonagall, where is Professor Dumbledore" Harry asks.

"He isn't here" she answers.

"This is urgent" Ron, nearly, pleads.

"Well I'm sorry but"

"We know about the philosopher stone" I interrupt her.

"How did you find out" she asks.

"Unimportant, we know that someone is trying to steal it" I tell her.

"Whom might that be" she questions.

"We don't know, Snape is protecting it, and that was our only lead. We just know that it will be taken" I answer.

"This is nothing for you to mess with, now off with you" she excuses us. We run and go to check on the dog.

When we walk in, there is a harp playing music. Fluffy, is asleep. His paw covers the trapdoor.

"Here, on the count if three, push" we all push his paw off and look down. There is a void of emptiness, below us.

"I'll go first! If anything happens, you two run" I say and look down.

"Hermione, did you notice that the harp stopped playing" Harry asks. Drool suddenly falls on Ron's shoulder.

"Uck" Ron exclaims. We looked up and saw the dog, looking quite angry. Before we could think, we jumped.

We fell onto a bunch of roots. The room was dark and damp. I knew there would be more to protect it!

"What is this stuff" Ron exclaims.

"It's devil's snare. Can kill you in an instant. Relax, if you struggle, it will only kill you faster" I explain to him. I relax my body.

"Kill me faster" he yells. I sink underneath the snare and I'm safe.

"Are you ok, Hermione" Harry calls.

"I'm fine, just relax" I yell back. I hear Ron screaming for Harry. Suddenly, Harry drops next to me and looks at me.

"Hermione" he hugs me and I hug back.

"He's not relaxing is he" I ask.

"No" Harry responds.

"There has to be some way. I read somewhere. Devil's snare, devil's snare, it's deadly fun, but will sulk in the sun! That's it sunlight. Bluebell flames" I cast a spell and the snare flinches away. Ron falls to the ground then rushes to me.

He gives me a big hug. How can he just hug me after being an idiot?! He could have just ruined this mission!

We walk along a path until we can hear a lot of buzzing. The further we walk, the louder the buzz grows. What the heck is this stupid buzzing?!?!

We arrive at the source of the buzzing, and see a lot of keys. The keys zoom through the air, making a buzz. One of the keys must unlock that door!