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I had you looking in the wrong section. How could I be so stupid?

I checked this out weeks ago for a bit of light reading.

This is light?

Of course! Here it is!

Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher’s Stone.

The what?

Honestly, don’t you two read?

“The Philosopher’s Stone is a legendary substance with astonishing powers.

It’ll transform any metal into pure gold…

…and produces the Elixir of Life which will make the drinker immortal.”

• Immortal? - It means you’ll never die.

I know what it means!

“The only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicholas Flamel…

…the noted alchemist who last year celebrated his 665th birthday.”

That’s what Fluffy’s guarding.

That’s what’s under the trap door. The Philosopher’s Stone.

Don’t wish to be rude, but I’m in no state to entertain.

We know about the Philosopher’s Stone.

• We think Snape’s trying to steal it. - Are you still on about him?

We know he’s after it. We don’t know why.

Snape is one of the teachers protecting the Stone. He won’t steal it.

What?

You heard. Come on, I’m a bit preoccupied today.

Wait a minute. “One of the teachers”?

There are other things defending the Stone, aren’t there?

• Spells, enchantments. - Right.

Waste of bloody time, if you ask me.

Ain’t no one gonna get past Fluffy.

Ain’t a soul knows how, except for me and Dumbledore.

I shouldn’t have told you that. I should not have told you that.

• Hagrid, what exactly is that? - That? It’s…

I know what that is!

But, Hagrid, how did you get one?

I won it. Off a stranger I met down at the pub.

Seemed quite glad to be rid of it, as a matter of fact.

Is that…

…a dragon?

That’s not just a dragon. That’s a Norwegian Ridgeback.

My brother works with these in Romania.

Isn’t he beautiful? Oh, bless him. Look, he knows his mummy.

Hello, Norbert.

• Norbert? - He’s gotta have a name, don’t he?

Don’t you, Norbert?

He’ll have to be trained up a bit, of course.

Who’s that?

Malfoy.

Oh, dear.

Hagrid always wanted a dragon. Told me so the first time I met him.

It’s crazy. And worse, Malfoy knows.

• I don’t understand. Is that bad? - It’s bad.

Good evening.

Nothing, I repeat, nothing…

…gives a student the right to walk about at night.

Therefore, as punishment for your actions, 50 points will be taken.

• 50?! - Each.

To ensure it doesn’t happen again…

…all four of you will receive detention.

Excuse me, professor, perhaps I heard you wrong.

I thought you said the four of us.

No, you heard me correctly.

Honorable as your intentions were, you too were out of bed after hours.

You will join your classmates in detention.

A pity they let the old punishments die.

Was a time detention found you hanging by your thumbs in the dungeons.

God, I miss the screaming.

You’ll be serving detention with Hagrid tonight.

He’s got a little job to do inside the Dark Forest.

A sorry lot, this, Hagrid.

Good God, you’re not still on about that bloody dragon, are you?

Norbert’s gone.

Dumbledore sent him off to Romania to live in a colony.

That’s good, isn’t it? He’s with his own kind.

What if he don’t like Romania?

What if the other dragons are mean to him? He’s only a baby.

For God’s sake, pull yourself together. You’re going into the Forest.

Got to have your wits about you.

The Forest? I thought that was a joke. We can’t go in there.

Students aren’t allowed. And there are…

…werewolves.

There’s more than werewolves in those trees.

You can be sure of that.

Nighty-night.

Right. Let’s go.