9 Stop Snape

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We ran towards the hut finding Hagrid outside playing his flute.

    "Hagrid, who gave you the Dragon egg?" Harry asked.

    "What did he look like?" I ask.

     "I don't know, I never saw his face. He kept his hood up." Hagrid said.

    "This stranger thought you and he must have talked." Harry said.

    "Well, he wanted to know what sort of creatures I looked after. I told him, I said, after Fluffy. A Dragon's gonna be no problem." Hagrid said.

    "Did he seem interested in Fluffy?" Harry wondered.

    "Well, of course he was interested in Fluffy. How often do you come across a 3-headed-dog? Even if you're in the trade? But I told him, I said— I said, The trick with any beast is to know how to calm em. Take Fluffy, for example, just play him a a bit of music and he falls straight to sleep. I shouldn't have told you that." Hagrid instantly regretted.

We turn around and run.

    "Thank you Hagrid." I call after him.

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We run to Professors McGonagall. She was sitting at her desk in her empty classroom.

   "We have to see Professor Dumbledore, immediately." Harry demanded.

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

   "He's gone? Now? But this is important!" Harry stressed. "This is about the Philosopher's Stone."

    "How do you know-"

    "Someone's going to try and steal it." Harry intrupted.

   "I don't know how you four found out about the stone, but I assure you, it is perfectly well-protected. Now would you go back to your dormitories?" Professor McGonagall told us.

We walked through the hall. Back to our dorm. We were convinced it was Snape. Tonight we were going to stop him.

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We crept out of our rooms and into the Common Room.

   "Trevor." Harry said as we spotted the small toad on the arm of a chair.

    "Trevor. You shouldn't be here!" Ron whispered.

    "Neither should you. You're sneaking out again, aren't you?" Neville accused sitting forward so we could see him.

    "No Neville, listen. We were—" Harry tried as Neville walked in front of us.

    "No, I won't let you!" Neville said. "You'll get Gryffindor into trouble again. I'll-I'll fight you."

    "Neville I'm sorry about this." Hermione took out her wand. "Petrificus Totalus."
Neville instantly froze and fell to the floor.

    "You're a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant, but scary." Ron said.

    "I never want to be on your bad side." I say.

    "Let's go." We followed Harry out.

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We all got under Harry's Invisibility Cloak. Keeping close together we walked through the dark hills and to the third floor. Hermione unlocked the door.
There was a harp in the corner of the room playing a tune as the dog was fast asleep. Put the Cloak on the floor.

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