Ron-Weasly book 1. V2 part 11-2

"Ron! Ron! Where are you?! The game is over! Harry won! We won! Gryffindor came out on top!" Hermione yelled happily, jumping up and down in her seat. We continued to fight until the teachers separated us. Well, it's okay, even though my nose was smashed, Malfoy was hurt worse.

Hermione and I tried to make our way to Harry, but the crowd pushed us back. So we decided to wait for him at the entrance to the castle. Well, what about it? The weather is good, and it doesn't take long for a friend to wash up after Quidditch.

I took out a jug of pumpkin juice I'd grabbed from the great hall and handed it to Hermione, then reached for the chicken and cucumber sandwiches.

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"Hermione, look, Harry's coming!"

"Well, finally, we've been waiting for him for the second hour."

We've already eaten all the sandwiches and buns we took from the great hall and drunk the juice.

"Harry, where have you been?" Hermione screamed, who was waiting for him at the entrance to the castle with me.

"Victory! You won, we won!" I yelled, slapping Harry on the back. "I gave Malfoy a black eye. And Neville single-handedly attacked Crabbe and Goyle, can you imagine?! He's in the hospital right now, but Madam Pomfrey says he's fine and that he keeps saying he'll show Malfoy and his friends. All of our people are in the tower now, waiting for you to start the celebration. Fred and George snuck into the kitchen and stole several cakes and a bunch of all kinds of food. Well, you know how the elves are happy when the students come for food.

"Forget it," Harry whispered almost soundlessly. "Let's find an empty room, I need to tell you something..."

He led us into one of the rooms and, after making sure that Peeves wasn't there, closed the door tightly and began his story.

"I went to the broom shed when I saw Snape leaving the castle. I wondered where he was going, and I followed him into the woods. By the time I found where he was, I had already missed the beginning of his conversation with Quirrell. Snape was bullying him. And we were not mistaken when we decided that we were talking about the Philosopher's stone", after some time, he summed it up. "And now Snape is trying to get Quirrell to help him get the stone. He asked Quirrell if he knew how to get past Fluffy. He also said something to Quirrell about his magic tricks. I think that the stone protects not only the Fluffy, but also a variety of spells. Perhaps Quirrell has cast some of his spells against the Dark Forces, and Snape needs to find out how to dispel these spells..."

"So you're saying that the stone will be safe as long as Quirrell doesn't break under Snape's pressure?" Hermione asked anxiously.

"Then the stone will disappear in a week at most," I concluded gloomily.