WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:13.400 USU Studios. Hello there, welcome back, Come in, Come in, 2 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:18.280 settle down, pull the covers up around you. Take a slow, 3 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:24.079 slow breath in and let it out gently. There you are, 4 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:28.239 You are safe, You are warm, and I am here 5 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:33.039 as always to read you softly to sleep. Welcome to 6 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:36.759 muggle Snuggle. I am Nigel, And this is a boring 7 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:41.200 Harry Potter podcast, maybe with love to help you drift 8 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:45.280 off to night, we continue our journey through Harry Potter 9 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:51.240 and the Philosopher's Stone. We are on chapter sixteen. It 10 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:56.039 is called through that trap door. Just close your eyes 11 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:01.640 and listen. There is no rush we have all night. 12 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:07.439 If you enjoy drifting after this, do it, subscribe, leave 13 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:10.239 a review, or share it with a friend who needs 14 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:13.879 help sleeping. It helped more than you know, and you 15 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:17.040 can always put this on in the background while you 16 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:21.359 drift off. Just let my voice be your companion through 17 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:27.159 the night. Now, before we begin, let us gently drift 18 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:32.239 back to where we left off. Harry, Ron and Hermione 19 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.840 have spent the year piecing together the mystery of the 20 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:40.920 Philosopher's Stone. They know it is hidden somewhere in the castle. 21 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:46.959 Protect it by enchantments. They believe Professor Snape is trying 22 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.000 to steal it for lort. But what they discovered that 23 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.359 Nicholas Flamel is the creator of the stone, and that 24 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.200 it produces the elixir of life. And to night they 25 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.599 have decided that they must act. Dumble Door has been 26 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:03.680 called away from the school on urgent business, and they 27 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:07.480 are convinced that the theft will happen to night while 28 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:12.000 the head master is gone. Let your mind wander to Hogwarts. Now, 29 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.759 the corridors are dark and quiet. The candles have burned 30 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:20.479 low in their brackets. The portraits on the walls are sleeping, 31 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.919 their painted eyes closed, their painted breaths soft, and even 32 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.840 the suits of armor stand silent and still along the walls. 33 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:34.960 And somewhere three young children are creeping down a staircase 34 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:40.000 into the unknown. Now let us begin. The entrance to 35 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:43.400 the trap Door was on the third floor, in a 36 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.919 corridor that had been forbidden since the very first day 37 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:51.719 of term. Dumbledore had warned the entire school, in his calm, 38 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:57.039 quiet way, that anyone found wandering in that corridor would 39 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:01.919 suffer a painful death. Most had taken him at his word. 40 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:08.879 Harry Ron and Hermione had been there once before, months 41 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:14.039 ago when they had accidentally stumbled upon Fluffy. Fluffy was 42 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:18.199 an enormous, three headed dog. Hagrid had brought him from 43 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.120 a stranger in a pub, which was the sort of 44 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.400 thing Hagrid did quite regularly, which caused a great deal 45 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.280 of worry for everyone who knew him. Fluffy was the 46 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.919 size of a small elephant. He had three heads, each 47 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:34.400 with a set of very large, very sharp teeth, and 48 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:38.919 he drooled an extraordinary amount the saliva pulled on the 49 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.879 floor in thick, sticky puddles that smelled of dark and 50 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:48.120 something worse. He was, by any reasonable measure, the most 51 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:53.520 terrifying creature in the castle, and Hagrid adored him. But 52 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.120 to night was different to night. They had a purpose, 53 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:01.520 and they had Hagrid's flute. Hagrid had lent it to 54 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:06.159 Harry weeks ago, just in case. It was a small 55 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:10.719 wooden flute, nothing special to look at. The wood was 56 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:14.599 rough and uneven, and one of the halls was slightly 57 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.720 too large, which made the notes come out a bit wobbly. 58 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:22.600 But when you played it, Fluffy would fall asleep, all 59 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:26.600 three heads at once. Hagrid had told them that quite casually, 60 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:29.040 as though it were the most normal thing in the 61 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.560 world to have a three headed dog that liked music. 62 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:36.439 They reached the door. It was locked, but Alloyimara, the 63 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.920 unlocking charm, took care of that. In a moment, Hermione 64 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.279 whispered the word, and the lock clicked open with a small, 65 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:47.879 satisfying sound, And then they were inside. The room was 66 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:51.000 dark and very large. The ceiling was high above them, 67 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:54.240 lost in shadow. The floor was cold stone, and the 68 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:57.600 air spelled a dog and damp and something metallic like 69 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.000 old blood. And there in the middle of the floor 70 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.199 was Fluffy. All three of his heads were awake, and 71 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:05.759 all six of his eyes were fixed on them. A 72 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:09.399 low growl rumbled through the room, deep and menacing, like 73 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:13.920 distant thunder rolling across the hills. The sound vibrated in 74 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.240 Harry's chest. Harry raised the flute to his lips and 75 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.399 began to play. He was not a good musician. The 76 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:24.360 notes were shaky and uncertain, like a bird learning to 77 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:28.079 sing for the first time. They wobbled and cracked and 78 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:32.360 occasionally squeaked. But it did not matter. Fluffy's eyelids began 79 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:36.160 to troop, all six of them. The growling softened to 80 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:39.839 a murmur, then to a gentle snore, and then the 81 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:44.800 great beast lay down, all three heads resting on the floor, 82 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:49.879 with a heavy bone shaking that and fell asleep. A 83 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:54.519 thin line of truel pulled beneath each mouth. They moved 84 00:05:54.639 --> 00:06:00.040 quickly but carefully, tiptoeing around the sleeping beast and the 85 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:04.040 middle of the floor. Beneath Fluffy's massive body was a 86 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:09.199 trap door. Ron lifted it with trembling hands, his face 87 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:13.399 pale in the torch light. They peered down into darkness, 88 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:19.759 a deep, dark hole with no bottom in sight. The 89 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:22.839 air that came up from below was cold and stale, 90 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:27.519 like the breath of something long dead. Hermione went first. 91 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:31.399 She lowered herself through the opening and dropped into the darkness. 92 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.759 Then Ron, who muttered something very rude under his breath 93 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:40.519 before letting go. Then Harry. As Harry released the edge 94 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.480 of the trap door, he fell through the darkness, and 95 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:47.720 the flute slipped from his fingers. It clattered away somewhere below, 96 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.399 lost in the black one. He landed on something soft 97 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:55.439 and springy, like a very thick mattress. But it was 98 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:59.759 not a mattress. It was a plant, a large, sprawling, 99 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.920 rubbery plant. With tendrils that reached out and wrapped gently 100 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:07.480 around his arms and legs. They were warm and damp, 101 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:12.040 and they moved with a slow, deliberate purpose, like the 102 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.519 fingers of someone who had been waiting a very long time. 103 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:21.279 Devil snare, Hermione recognized as at once. She had read 104 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.879 about it in Hogwarts a History, a book she had 105 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:26.920 read so many times that she could quote entire passages 106 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:30.560 from memory. The more you struggled, the tighter it held you. 107 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:35.720 That was its trick. The tendrils were warm and soft, 108 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:39.639 almost comforting, like being tucked into bed on a cold night, 109 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.839 which made it very difficult not to struggle. It felt 110 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.199 like being wrapped in a living blanket, a blanket that 111 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:52.319 was slowly, gently, patiently squeezing the breath out of you. 112 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:56.560 Ron panicked. He thrashed and kipped and cursed, his face 113 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.000 red with effort, which only made the plant hold him tight. 114 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:04.800 The tendrils wrapped around his chest, his arms, his legs, 115 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:08.160 pulling him deeper into the mass of dark green leaves. 116 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:12.839 Hermione told him very firmly to stop moving, to relax, 117 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.720 to go limb Ron looked at her as though she 118 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:20.319 had gone mad, but Hermione was right. She was almost 119 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:25.600 always right. The moment they stopped fighting, the plant loosened 120 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:31.439 its grip, The tendrils relaxed and withdrew, leaving their skin 121 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:37.200 warm and slightly tamp They wriggled free, one limb at 122 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:40.600 a time, and dropped through the bottom of the plant 123 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:45.399 unto cold stone below. The next chamber was beautiful. It 124 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:49.600 was a vast, high ceilinged room filled with hundreds and 125 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:54.799 hundreds of tiny, glittering, jewel bright birds. Except they were 126 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:59.759 not birds. They were keys, keeyse with delicate papery wings, 127 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.000 darting and swooping through the air like a flock of 128 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:06.759 enchanted swallows. They caught the light from the torches and 129 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:09.879 through tiny sparks of gold and silver across the walls. 130 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:12.639 And at the far end of the room was a door. 131 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:18.000 They tried to open it. It was locked. They tried allahormorer. 132 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:22.200 It did not work. They tried summoning charms, they tried 133 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:26.039 every spell they knew. Nothing worked. The door was sealed 134 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:30.559 shut by something stronger than ordinary magic. And then Harry 135 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.039 noticed the broomsticks, three of them, leaning against the wall, 136 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:38.600 as though some one had left them there on purpose, 137 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.840 and on the other side of the room, high up 138 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:45.879 near the ceiling, hanging from a single hook, was a battered, 139 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.840 old fashioned key with bright blue wings. It was larger 140 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:54.600 than the others, and it darted about with a nervous energy, 141 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:58.960 as though it knew it was being hunted. Harry understood 142 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:03.919 at once. They had to catch the key on broomsticks 143 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:09.000 in the middle of a room full of hundreds of enchanted, darting, 144 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:15.399 diving keys. It was essentially a seeker's task, and Harry 145 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:19.159 was the youngest seeker in a century. He mounted his 146 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:24.240 broom and launched himself into the air. The key scattered 147 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:31.000 in every direction, spinning and diving, forming chaotic patterns, trying 148 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:34.840 to confuse him. Some of them swooped at his face. 149 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.000 Others tried to hide behind each other, but Harry had 150 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.879 eyes only for the blue one. He chased it through 151 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:47.080 the room, twisting and turning, diving and climbing, his robes 152 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:52.080 streaming behind him. The key was fast and clever, but 153 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:56.279 Harry was faster. He cornered it near the ceiling, reached 154 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:59.879 out with cold, stiff fingers and caught it in his hair, 155 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:05.679 and the key struggled and fluttered, pressing its sharp edges 156 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:10.320 against his palm, but Harry held firm. He flew to 157 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:14.240 the door, thrust the key into the lock, turned it, 158 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:19.159 and the door swung open with a gentle click. The 159 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.080 next room was dark and very cold. It smelled of 160 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:28.279 stone and old wood and something else, something sharp and clean, 161 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:32.200 like frost on a winter morning. And in the middle 162 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:36.200 of the floor was a giant chest set. The pieces 163 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.639 were taller than Harry, carved from black and white stone, 164 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:43.720 and they were alive. They turned their carved heads to 165 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.159 watch the children enter. Their carved eyes followed them. The 166 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:51.639 black pieces stood on one side, the white on the other, 167 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:55.240 and they waited. There was only one way across the room. 168 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:58.840 They had to play. Ron, who was the best wizard 169 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:03.879 chess player Harry had ever known, took charge without hesitation. 170 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:09.759 He assigned Harry, Hermione, and himself two three of the 171 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:14.120 white pieces. Harry became a bishop, Hermione became a rooke, 172 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.039 and Ron himself took the place of a night. The 173 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:23.159 game was brutal. The pieces did not hesitate. They smashed 174 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:26.799 each other with terrible force, sending chips of stone flying 175 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:31.759 across the board. The sound of stone on stone echoed 176 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.519 through the chamber, like the cracking of ice on a 177 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:39.320 frozen lake. Ron directed the play, calling out moves with 178 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:42.279 the confidence that Harry had never seen in him before. 179 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:48.679 He was brilliant. He saw the board the way a 180 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:55.919 General Caesar battlefield, reading the positions, calculating the risks, knowing 181 00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:00.679 exactly when to advance and when to retreat. But as 182 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:05.679 the game wore on, Ron realized something. The only way 183 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:10.080 to win was to sacrifice himself. He told Harry and 184 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:14.799 Hermione what to do next, his voice steady and calm, 185 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:19.200 and then he stepped forward into the path of the 186 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:23.240 White Queen. The Queen's stone arms swept down and Run 187 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:27.399 was knocked flat on his back. He lay still. He 188 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:31.720 did not get up. Harry and Hermione rushed to his side, 189 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.799 but there was no time. The game was over. They 190 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.399 had won. The Black King tipped his crown in surrender, 191 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.759 and the remaining Black pieces stood aside. Run lay on 192 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:48.960 the cold stone floor, dazed but alive. His sacrifice had 193 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.440 opened the door to the next chain. The next room 194 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:55.320 was easy. A full grown mountain troll lay on the 195 00:13:55.399 --> 00:14:01.080 floor unconscious. It was enormous, the sign of a small truck, 196 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:06.200 and it smelled terrible. Someone had already dealt with it. 197 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.480 They stepped over it quickly, not wanting to be there 198 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:13.759 when it woke up, and moved on. The room after 199 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:19.559 that was small and quiet. It smelled of old parchment 200 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:23.679 and candle wax. A table stood in the center, and 201 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:27.480 on it were seven bottles of different shapes and sizes, 202 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:34.080 each containing a different colored liquid. One was deep red 203 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:40.240 like wine, another was bright blue, like the summer sky. 204 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:46.799 A third was clear like water. Behind the bottles, a 205 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:51.519 black fire blocked the way forward. The flames were dark 206 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:55.279 and cold and silent, and they gave off no heat. 207 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:01.320 And behind Harry and Hermione, a purple fire blocked the 208 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.080 way back. They were trapped. It was a logic puzzle, 209 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:08.240 a riddle. There was a scroll on the table, and 210 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:12.399 Hermione read it aloud, her voice soft and steady. The 211 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.279 riddle told them that one bottle would get them safely 212 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.799 back through the purple fire, one bottle would get them 213 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.480 forth through the black fire. Three of the bottles held poison, 214 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:26.600 and two of the bottles held plain water. There were 215 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:31.000 only enough instructions to tell them which was which. Hermione 216 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:34.879 worked it out. It took her a few minutes, her 217 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:39.200 brow furrowed in concentration, her lips moving silently as she 218 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:43.159 sought it through the logic. She was very clever, and 219 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.559 logic puzzles were her favorite thing in the world. After 220 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.440 reading and being right, she figured out which bottle was which, 221 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.000 and she gave Harry the smallest bottle, which would take 222 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.039 him forward through the black fire. She took the round one, 223 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:00.639 which would take her back through the purple fire, so 224 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:04.120 she could go and help run, But there was only 225 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:08.279 enough for one person to go forward. The bottle was 226 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:12.639 very small, barely a mouthful. Harry would have to face 227 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:17.399 whatever was behind the black fire alone. He drank the potion. 228 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:22.399 It was icy cold, as though he had swallowed liquid winter. 229 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:27.200 The cold spread through his body from his throat to 230 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:31.919 his chest to his finger tips, and then he stepped 231 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:36.960 through the black fire. The flames did not burn, They 232 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:41.320 felt like nothing at all, like walking through a curtain 233 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.399 of darkness. And on the other side was a room 234 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:50.519 he had seen before. It was the mirror of aarree, 235 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.799 the same mirror he had found at Christmas in an 236 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:58.720 unused class room, the same mirror that showed you the deepest, 237 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:03.480 most desperate disase of your heart. It was tore and ornate, 238 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.759 with a cold frame and clawed feet, and it stood 239 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.519 in the center of the room, glowing faintly in the darkness. 240 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:15.759 But to night it was different. Tonight, someone else was 241 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:20.680 in the room, someone who had been expecting him. Professor Quarrel, 242 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.240 the stuttering, nervous, turban wearing defense against the Dark Heart's teacher. 243 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:30.640 Except he was not stuttering. Now he was calm. He 244 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:35.640 was cold. His voice was different, harder, as though he 245 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:39.680 were speaking with someone else's mouth. He stood before the mirror, 246 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:43.680 his face pale and set, his eyes glittering in the 247 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:47.960 dim light. Quarrel stood before the mirror and asked it 248 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:51.000 to show him where the stone was, but the mirror 249 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.920 did not respond. It showed him only himself, standing alone 250 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.480 in the dark room, and he cursed in frustration. Then 251 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:01.880 he turned to Harry and forced him to stand before 252 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:05.680 the mirror. Harry looked into the mirror, and he saw himself, 253 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:10.039 but the mirror Harry was different. It smiled at him, 254 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:14.200 a gentle, encouraging smile. The mirror Harry reached into its 255 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:18.880 pocket and pulled out a small, blood red stone the 256 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.880 size of a walnut, glowing faintly in its palm. Then 257 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.400 it mine, dropping the stone into its other pocket, and 258 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:30.039 Harry felt something cool and heavy drop into his real pocket, 259 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.720 the Philosopher's Stone. He had it, He had it in 260 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:37.720 his pocket, warm and real and solid. But Quirrel did 261 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:42.599 not know. And then Quirrel did something terrible. He unwound 262 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:47.400 his turban, slowly, deliberately, and there on the back of 263 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:52.119 his head was another face, a face that was chalk white, 264 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:56.160 with red eyes that burned like embers, and slits for 265 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:00.559 nostrils like a snake, a face that Harry had seen 266 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:05.480 before in his nightmares, in the shadows of his dreams, 267 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.960 the face of Lord Voldemort. Voldemort spoke through Quarrel's mouth, 268 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.759 his voice a thin, cold whisper, like the rustle of 269 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:19.519 dead leaves. He told Harry that he had been living 270 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:22.599 like a parasite on the back of Quarrel's head all year, 271 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:29.359 feeding on him, directing him, keeping him alive. He told 272 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:33.960 Harry to give him the stone. Harry refused. Quarrel tried 273 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.119 to seize him, but the moment his hand touched Harry's skin, 274 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:42.319 his flesh blistered and burned, as though Harry were made 275 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:47.279 of something too hot to hold. Quarrel screamed. Harry grabbed 276 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:51.960 Quarrel's face, and wherever Harry touched him, the skin crumbled 277 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:55.960 and burned and turned to ash. It was agonizing for 278 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:00.440 both of them. Harry's scar was searing with pain, hot 279 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.599 line of fire across his forehead, and his head felt 280 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:06.240 as though it was splitting in two. But he held on. 281 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:09.599 He held on until the world went dark and quiet, 282 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:13.640 and still Harry woke in the hospital, wing white sheets, 283 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:17.599 right sunlight streaming through tall winter, a smell of medicine 284 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:21.559 and flowers. Dumbledore was sitting beside him, looking at him 285 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:25.319 over his half moon spectacles with a gentle, twinkling expression. 286 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:29.599 The old wizard smiled, and his blue eyes were kind. 287 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:34.039 Dumbledore explained everything. Quarrel had been unable to touch Harry 288 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:37.599 because of his mother's love. Lily Potter had died to 289 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:40.640 save her son, and that sacrifice had left a mark 290 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:44.720 on Harry, a protection so deep and so ancient that 291 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:48.359 no dark magic could penetrate it. It was in his skin, 292 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:52.279 in his very being, a shield that had been there 293 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:56.440 since the night his parents died. The stone had been destroyed. 294 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:00.319 Nicholas Flamel and his wife had agreed that it was 295 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:04.160 for the best. They had lived long enough, and for 296 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:08.480 them death was but the next great adventure. And Ron 297 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:11.559 and Hermione he were both fine. Harry asked the one 298 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:15.079 place and he had been carrying all year while Vardemont 299 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:18.640 had tried to kill him as a baby, and Dumbledore, 300 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:23.119 with the sadness that Harry did not quite understand, told 301 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:26.279 him that he would know one day when he was ready, 302 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.279 and that was that. The year was over. The adventure 303 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.960 was done. Gryffindor won the House Cup thanks to the 304 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:39.279 last minute points Dumbledore had awarded to Harry, Ron, Hermione, 305 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:43.359 and Neville. The Great Hall erupted in cheers, the banners 306 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:47.640 turned scarlet and gold, and the feast was magnificent. Hogwarts 307 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:50.640 went back to its usual rhythms. The sun shone on 308 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:55.960 the grounds, the lake sparkled in the light. The Forbidden 309 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:01.400 forest stood quiet and dark in the distance. Three very brave, 310 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:06.920 very tired children boarded the Hogwarts Express and went home. 311 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:10.039 And now, my dear listener, it is time for you 312 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:13.759 to rest as well. You have traveled with Harry through 313 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:19.279 the trap door, past Fluffy and the Devil's Snare, through 314 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:22.759 the flying keys and the chest set passed the troll 315 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:27.039 and the potion's riddle, and into the room with the mirror. 316 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:30.240 You have heard the story, and now it is time 317 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.839 to let it all go. Just close your eyes. Let 318 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:38.119 the sounds of Hogwarts fade away, the crackling fire in 319 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:41.680 the common room, the distant footsteps in the corridor, the 320 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:45.799 creak of old stone settling in the night. Let it 321 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:51.119 all dissolve into darkness and silence. There is no rush. 322 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:56.039 We have all night, and to morrow, when you are ready, 323 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:02.319 we will begin again. But for now, just sleep. Good night.