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There’s the door.

Now what do we do?

It’s obvious, isn’t it? We’ve got to play our way across the room.

Harry, you take the empty bishop’s square.

Hermione, you’ll be the queen-side castle.

As for me, I’ll be a knight.

What happens now?

Well, white moves first.

And then…

…we play.

Ron, you don’t suppose this is going to be like…

…real wizard’s chess, do you?

You there, d5.

Yes, Hermione.

I think this is gonna be exactly like wizard’s chess.

Castle to e4!

Pawn to c3!

• Wait a minute. - You understand right, Harry.

Once I make my move, the queen will take me.

Then you’re free to check the king.

• No. Ron, no! - What is it?

• He’s going to sacrifice himself. - No, there must be another way!

Do you wanna stop Snape from getting that Stone or not?

Harry, it’s you that has to go on. I know it.

Not me. Not Hermione. You.

Knight to h3.

Check.

Ron!

No, don’t move! Don’t forget, we’re still playing.

Checkmate.

Take care of Ron. Then go to the owlery.

Send a message to Dumbledore. Ron’s right.

I have to go on.

You’ll be okay, Harry. You’re a great wizard. You really are.

Not as good as you.

Me? Books and cleverness. There are more important things.

Friendship and bravery. And, Harry, just be careful.

You?

No, it can’t be. Snape, he was the…

Yes, he does seem the type, doesn’t he?

Next to him, who would suspect…

…poor, stuttering Professor Quirrell?

But that day, during the Quidditch match, Snape tried to kill me.

No, dear boy. I tried to kill you!

If Snape’s cloak hadn’t caught fire and broken my eye contact…

…I would have succeeded.

Even with Snape muttering his countercurse.

Snape was trying to save me?

I knew you were a danger to me, especially after Halloween.

• Then you let the troll in! - Very good, Potter, yes.

Snape, unfortunately, wasn’t fooled.

While everyone ran about, he went to the third floor to head me off.

He, of course, never trusted me again.

He rarely left me alone. But he doesn’t understand.

I’m never alone. Never.

Now, what does this mirror do?

I see what I desire.

I see myself holding the Stone. But how do I get it?

Use the boy.

Come here, Potter! Now!

Tell me, what do you see?