Chapter 14: The sorcerer's stone #1
Ashlynn was walking to her next class when she noticed that her notebook, where she had taken notes in classes, were gone. Since she had been in the DADA class she started heading back to the classroom just in case she left it there. Someone might have stolen it as well but Ashlynn hoped it wasn't that. It was lunchtime and the classroom would be empty and she would search it.
However, when she reached the classroom, she found her professor. And he was strange. SHe had noticed that he was trying to kill Harry and was trying not to get his attention. So she hid herself behind the opened door.
But Ahlynn was startled to hear a voice. A cold raspy one.
"All your plans have failed! You know I'm running out of patience you idiot!"
"I'm sorry my lord… But I promise you that I will succeed this time. I got the information to get the sorcerer's stone on the third floor."
"You know well that all the teachers in this dam school have set a trap! Don't you Quirrell?"
"But I have figured out what it is, my lord. A dog that falls asleep once hearing music, a flying key, a Devil's snare, some chess and a mirror my lord. We can handle these things."
"When are you planning to get this servant?!"
"Just after the exams master, when all the teachers are busy with checking and when Dumbledor is gone from Hogwarts."
"You'd better hope this works, Quirrell! Or else…"
Ashlynn peeked a look. She saw another face on the back of professor Quirel's head! She then ran silently towards the great hall.
So Quirrell was a villain. He was trying to get the sorcerer's stone on the third floor. Where they were hiding it. He had figured out what the teachers' traps were. He was going to get it in a few days exactly after the exams! But why? Why did he need the stone? What was this stone and who was he working for?
That day, Ashlynn went to the library to research. SHe found that the sorcerer's stone was made by a man called Nicolas Flamel. The stone could make gold and make the holder live forever. Ashlynn gaussed that he wanted the latter since he did drink the unicorn's blood. He wanted his boss or whoever that was mortal.
Should she stop him? Should she warn the others? No. She wouldn't. Why would she? It wasn't her business. The self calle goody two shoes could mind their own business.
Suddenly she heard three, very annoying voices. The Golden-Trio. Ashlynn hid herself next to the bookshelf and listened.
"Snape!! He's trying to get that stone! I know it!" Harry said.
So Harry knew about this stone. But I thought that it was professor Snape.
"What should we do?" Ron stammered.
"We have to stop him! We have to get it before him!" Harry said.
"No way. You don't know when Snap- I mean professor Snape is going to get the stone. Besides, it's almost exams! We've got to study."
Now here comes Hermione.
"Lives are more important Hermione! We have to stop him!"
"Fine. But ONLY AFTER the exams when we know when he's going to get it. It won't be before the exams anyway. They are way too busy and professorDumbledor is here."
"Fine… You win…"
Ashlynn was about to leave when she noticed her note book! Harry was holding it. Furious, she walked out and demanded it.
"Give me my notebook!"
"When did you get here, Snake?!"
"I said give it back if you ever want to see tomorrow…"
"How? Going to kill me? You know you can't."
"Well, to be frank I can and I will if you don't give it back. It's just that the punishment will be heavy but if it makes you give me my notebook back, I will gladly handle it."
Ron and Hermione chimed in.
"You can't kill him! It's illegal!"
"Yah… And we won't just watch! You have to get past us first!!!"
"How touching Ron… That's So sweet. But I don't think a couple of idiots will be a problem…" Ashlynn said laughing.
Then a voice she didn't expect called out.
"Three against one? Not very Griffindorish of you POTTAH!!"
Draco Malfoy and his two body guards came into sight. Harry glared at him as he stood next to Ashlynn. What was Malfoy doing? He than snatched the notebook from Harry and said
"Is your family that poor Potter? That you have to steal a notebook?! Or are you too lazy to study and stole your sister's notebook so that you could at least get one question right?"
Harry's face turned bright red and he ran out of the library. His friends followed behind him.
Draco tossed her her notebook and he said
"I didn't do it for you. I just wanted to harass him… So don't imagine anything stupid…"
"Okay…? Still… Thank you for helping me Draco. It was…. nice."
Draco flushed and hurried away. What was wrong with the boy? Did she say something insulting?
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That night, Ashlynn sat in her room thinking.
'So in short, Quirrell is working for some dark lord and that guy is somehow on the back of his head. He wants the stone inthe third floor to get immortality. He plans to get it after exams and so is the golden trio. She knew most of the challenges and all of them sounded easy. She could first do nothing. She could also tell a professor or she could go get the stone before the golden trio and Quirrell. She wouldn't tell a professor. They would never believe her. Not even professor Snape. If she did nothing, Hogwarts might get into trouble. And if that happened, she would be sent back to the Dursleys. She decided that she would get the stone before any of them and keep it safe. She also wanted to see the Golden trio's face when they realized that they came there for nothing. She wouldn't warn them. She didn't really care. If they want to go in, they can go in.
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Hours later, Ashlynn stood in front of the door on the third floor. It was already midnight and she had a few hours. She opened the door and went in. There was a huge three headed dog. It started barking and tried to bite her. She quickly started humming. Even Though she hated singing, she didn't have a choice. She sang softly and quietly like a lullaby.
She slid past the sleeping dogs and went into the trap door. She fell into the Devil's snare. The feeling of the vines swirmming around her was very strange. Still, she relaxed and let her body sink in. She fell on the floor. She brushed herself and went on.
In the next chamber, she found a broom and keys flying across it. REALLY? She hated flying. And who would make flying a challenge. WHo knows? Quirrell might be a good flier.
Ashlynn sighed. She was a Slytherin SHe could cheat her way in. She pointed her wand at the air and shouted, "Immobulus!" It slowed the keys. And with the levitation charm, she got all the keys. After she got the correct key, she set the other keys free and just for caution, she took the broom. Good luck, people!!!
Ashlynn went through the unlocked door and found herself in a large room with a huge chess board. The chess board was just in front of her. She was about to take a step when she felt something. The board was a trap or something. When she touches the board, she will have to complete a challenge which she guessed was chess. She didn't know how to play one. She had no one to play it with!
She decided to cheat again. She sat on the broom and swiftly glided to the other side of the room. She was quite good at flying this time.. Even Though she didn't like being so high above.
After crossing the room, she was in a room with potions. This was professor Snape's challenge. She winced when she thought about her favorite professor. He would be furious. But she couldn't help the little Gryffindor's part of her.
Anyways in this room, she had to differentiate the poison, the potion to send you back, wine and the potion that would allow her to pass. She had a clue on a parchment. But she didn't need those. She was excellent at potions. She especially knew a poison when she saw one. She had studied them carefully during the vacation *Wink Wink*
She got the correct potion in a matter of minutes and she was standing in the biggest chamber so far. And there was the mirror that she wanted to avoid.
SHe looked at the mirror half expecting to see herself withher friends and family when she saw.. HERSELF. Just herself. SHe was smiling. SHe winked at Ashlynn and Ashlynn felt something in her pocket. She found the stone. She grinned. She had gotten the stone and it had only taken her about 30 minutes. She went back to her room while she was under the disillusionment charm. And she fell asleep feeling tired and proud.
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