𝑵𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒂 - 𝑾𝑻𝑴

1.21 No Help

Hermione: [she, Juniper, Harry, and Ron are meeting in the common room] You mean You-Know-Who's out there right now in the Forest?

Harry: But he's weak. He's living off the unicorns. Don't you see? We had it wrong. Snape doesn't want the Stone for himself. He wants the Stone for Voldemort. With the Elixir of Life, Voldemort will be strong again. He'll... he'll come back.

Ron: But if he comes back, you don't think he'll try to kill you, do you?

Juniper: I think if he'd had the chance, he might have tried to kill us tonight.

Ron: [gulps] And to think, I've been worrying about my Potions final.

Hermione: Hang on a minute. [Harry and Ron both glance at her] We're forgetting one thing. Who's the one wizard Voldemort always feared? Dumbledore. As long as Dumbledore is around, Harry, you're safe. As long as Dumbledore is around, you can't be touched. [gives him a reassuring smile; he nods]

Juniper: I have to tell you guys something.

[Later all the students are rushing out as they finish their exams.]

"BOOOOOO CLIFF HANGER" Theodore Nott yells

Hermione: I'd always heard Hogwarts' end-of-the-year exams were frightful, but I've found that rather enjoyable.

Ron: Speak for yourself. All right there, Harry?

[We see Harry walking next to the three rubbing his forehead right where the scar is.]

Harry: My scar. It keeps burning.

Hermione: It's happened before.

Harry: Not like this.

Hermione: June, has yours been hurting?

Juniper: No, not since my thing started

Ron: Perhaps you should see the nurse.

Harry: I think it's a warning. It means danger's coming. [A look of realization] Ah. Oh! Of course!

[Harry starts walking faster making Juniper, Hermione and Ron speed up to catch him]

Hermione: What is it?

Harry: Don't you think it's a bit odd that what Hagrid wants more than anything is a dragon, and a stranger turns up who just happens to have one? I mean, how many people wander around with dragon eggs in their pocket? Why didn't I see it before?

[They approach Hagrid's hut who is playing a flute.]

Harry: Hagrid, [Hagrid stops playing] who gave you the dragon egg? What did he look like?

Hagrid: I dunno. I never saw his face. He kept his hood up.

Juniper: This stranger, though, you and he must have talked.

Hagrid: Well, he wanted to know what sort of creatures I looked after. I told 'im. I said, "After Fluffy, a dragon's gonna be no problem."

Harry: Did he seem interested in Fluffy?

Hagrid: Well, o' course he was interested in Fluffy. How often do yeh come across a three-headed dog, even if yer in the trade? But I told 'im. I said... I said, "The trick with any beast is to know how to calm 'im. Take Fluffy, for example. Jus' play him a bit o' music and he falls straight to sleep." I shouldn't have told you that. [The quartet runs off] Where're you goin'? Wait?

[Harry, Juniper, Hermione, and Ron run into the Transfiguration classroom to talk to McGonagall.]

Harry: We have to see Professor Dumbledore, immediately!

McGonagall: I'm afraid Professor Dumbledore is not here. He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left immediately for London.

Juniper: He's gone? Now? But this is important! This is about the Philosopher's Stone!

McGonagall: [Looking shocked] How do you know...?

Harry: Someone's going to try to steal it!

McGonagall: I don't know how you three found out about the Stone, but I assure you it is perfectly well protected. Now would you go back to your dormitories? Quietly.

[The four of them leave the classroom talking to each other.]

Harry: That was no stranger Hagrid met in the village. It was Snape. Which means he knows how to get past Fluffy.

[Snape sneaks up behind them]

Hermione: And with Dumbledore gone...

Snape: Good afternoon. Now, what would four young Gryffindors such as yourselves be doing inside on a day like this?

[The four of them jump and quickly turn around.]

Hermione: Uh, w-w-w... we-we were just-

Snape: You ought to be careful. People will think you're... up to something. [Walks away]

Hermione: Now what do we do?

Juniper: [With a determined look] We go down the trapdoor. Tonight.

'And that's why we don't go to teachers" Juniper said loudly

A/N: Can't believe year 1 is almost done. I'm so happy.