We did it. Well, Harry did it.... or maybe Neville--
It doesn't matter. What matters is that we now know who Nicolas Flamel is. Meaning we also know exactly what Fluffy the guard dog(s?) are guarding. And we know even the Most Likely reason WHY Snape wants what it is!
I know, I know, I'm being vague. But this... item is so powerful and amazing and... if it falls into the wrong hands, the whole world is basically toast. Even now the world isn't in the best state of things seeing as how all the staff, even Dumbledore trusts Snape. I think Harry, Ron, and I are the only ones who are pretty sure of what Snape is up to.
The real question is: HOW did we find out who he is?
Through a Chocolate Frog. I'd given Harry a whole box of them for Christmas, and poor Neville was feeling miserable (Again) because Malfoy (the turd) jinxed him with a specific spell that locks legs together and he had to hobble all the way back to the Common room by himself. I undid the curse on him and Harry offered him a chocolate frog as Ron offered his unnecessary advice (no tact, really), and when Neville gave Harry the card back (since Harry likes to collect them), the card was Dumbledore. And under the description, it said explicitly that Dumbledore had worked with Nicolas Flamel on Alchemy!
This, of course, reminded me that I'd checked out a book on just that subject from the library for some light reading (I really need to brush up on my notes after that Holiday) and we found him. His whole biography on that one page.
To think that after months of searching, what we were searching for was LITERALLY in a chocolate frog.
With this information on our minds, we actually decided to lay low for a while, especially since Harry had another Quidditch match coming up at that point, and Snape was also the referee. He was awful. He kept coming up with excuses to give the other team more points than Gryffindor, but he couldn't do too much, Dumbledore had actually come to watch.
Gryffindor won, of course, and Harry caught the snitch (without swallowing it this time), but Ron got into a bit of a tussle with Malfoy. I was a bit too absorbed in the game to really pay attention, but apparently Neville took Ron's advice and was attempting to stand up to Malfoy only to get shot back down. So Ron jumped him. Idiot. But Malfoy deserved what he got. So... Ron is a Great Idiot. 👍
Ron and I were waiting for Harry after the match, and we noticed that he was a little late coming to the party. As soon as I saw him, I knew something happened. Apparently Harry saw Snape (who was flaming maaaad) and Quirrell in the forest and Snape was trying to get Quirrell to help him get his hands on what Fluffy is guarding.
Apparently Fluffy is not the only form of security there, and Snape is trying to get Quirrell to help him, by force if necessary.
This means that the three of us have to come up with a plan. And soon. 😩
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Information based on the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rowling, J. K., and Mary GrandPre. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Ch. 13. New York, NY: Scholastic, 1999. Print.
