Snowballs of Fury Sorcerer’s Stone Ch 12 & 13

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, The Mirror of Erised (12) & Nicolas Flamel (13)

The Mirror of Erised chapter begins with one of the greatest things in the entire series: Fred and George Weasley are pelting Professor Quirrell in the back of the head, and thus parasite baby Voldemort in the face with snowballs!

Harry also has his greatest Christmas in a decade of life with the Dursleys. Not only did he get an awesome Weasley jumper from Molly, he also received an invisibility cloak with a note from a mystery sender. The cloak had belonged to Harry's father James, and the sender was giving it to Harry. What this really means is that Albus Dumbledore planted a Deathly Hallow in the possession of an 11 year old child. And what do children who receive such a gift immediately do? They take a middle of the night time trip to... the library? Did he give this to Hermione???

After a riddikulusly close call, almost being caught by Filtch and Snape, Harry hides in a room and comes face to face with his family for the first time in his life. After a few more trips, he has a nice chat with Dumbledore and learns how the Mirror of Erised actually works. Later, he gets the brain blast of where he saw Nicolas Flamel's name before after receiving another Dumbledore chocolate frog card - thanks Neville! Hermione finds his name in her casual bedtime stories book and the Golden Trio learns about the Sorcerer's or Philosopher's Stone!

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