Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor

Chapter 16, has Fluffy, Devil’s Snare, flying keys, troll, and life-sized wizard’s chess! Featured bands include: the Nifflers, Muggle Snuggle, Marked as His Equal, Roonil Wazlib, Riddle TM,  Ollivander, Harry and the Potters, Kirstyn Hippe, and The Cruciatus Curse

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After finishing their exams, Harry realises the suspicious coincidence in Hagrid wanting a dragon more than anything else, only to meet a stranger who had one to give him. He, Ron, and Hermione run to ask him about the man who gave Norbert to him, and he says he never saw his face because he kept his hood up. [All Together Now by The Nifflers] Hagrid also mentions that they talked about Hogwarts and Fluffy the three-headed dog. He also mentions that the stranger gave him drinks while getting information out of him. Hagrid lets slip how to get past Fluffy, which sends Harry, Ron and Hermione off. [Fluffy’s Lullaby by Muggle Snuggle]

They head for Dumbledore’s office, only to see McGonagall, who tells them he has left for London. After Harry reveals that they know about the Stone, McGonagall insists no one could steal the Stone. The trio realise that Dumbledore has been lured away and that Snape’s going after the Stone that night so they decide to head out that night to try to get it themselves. After Hermione curses Neville in a Full Body-Bind Curse for refusing to allow them to leave, they head up to the third-floor room and start their intense trip into the seven Philosopher’s Stone Chambers.[Hermione’s My Hero by Marked As His Equal] They find the door ajar, and a harp on the floor. Harry plays the flute Hagrid got him for Christmas, and Fluffy goes back to sleep. [Putting Fluffy to Sleep by Roonil Wazlib] They head down through the trapdoor. [Through The Trapdoor by RiddleTM] They land in Professor Sprout’s room, full of Devil’s Snare, which almost smothers them before Hermione lights a fire and drives it off. [Now Or Never by Ollivander]

The next room, Professor Flitwick’s, holds a bunch of flying keys and some broomsticks. Harry finds a silver one with a broken wing that is different from the others and catches it, unlocking the next door with it. [Problem Solving Skillz by Harry and the Potters] The next room is Professor McGonagall’s, and has a large chessboard, for a game of Wizard’s Chess that Ron helps them win, at the cost of having to sacrifice himself and getting knocked out. [Wizard’s Chess by Kirstyn Hippe] Harry and Hermione continue to the next room, Professor Quirrell’s, where they find an unconscious troll laying on the floor. Lastly, they enter Professor Snape’s room and find seven potions in bottles along with a roll of paper giving clues on which one to drink to continue, noting that three bottles have poison, two have nettle wine, one will send the drinker back, and the other will let the drinker move forward into the next room. Hermione tells Harry that it is a test of logic and not magic wherein most wizards fail. [Riddle of the Potions by The Cruciatus Curse] She solves the puzzle, and at Harry’s instruction, drinks the one that will allow her to head back through the purple flame, while Harry drinks the one to head into the black flame and into the final room, where he is surprised at whom he sees.

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