"its safe!" harry called out, ron and hermione also landing after us.

"what is this stuff?" ron asked

"dunno, some sort of plant thing" harry replied

"we must be miles under the school" hermione stated

"lucky we landed on this plant thing, really" ron said

"lucky, look at you both!" i pointed out at harry, hermione, ron and myself who were wrapped in vines. 

"stop moving" hermione ordered as the boys struggled "i know what that is, that's devil's snare. it likes the dark and damp" 

"lumos maxima!" i said, pulling out my wand carefully as we slowly slid down through the plants. 

we made our way in silence to the through the only passageway and as we neared the end we heard something.

"do you hear that?" hermione asked

"do you think its a ghost?" ron whispered

"no, it sounds more like wings" i replied

we reached the end of the passageway to a brightly lit chamber, full of jewel-bright birds fluttering around the room and on the opposite side of the chamber there was a heavy, wooden door.

"do you think they'll attack us if we cross the room?" ron asked

"probably" harry replied "they don't look very vicious, but i suppose if they all swooped down at once"

"now what?" ron wondered out loud

"these birds, they can't just be here for decoration" hermione said

"hold on" i said, speaking up "these aren't birds, they're winged keys! look carefully, so that must mean... we've got to catch the key to the door" 

"but there are hundreds of them" ron said

"we're looking for a big, old-fashioned one. probably silver, like the handle" harry stated

i walked over to the broomsticks, beckoning harry over.

"i'll be on a broomstick by the door, you catch the key and throw it to me?" i asked and harry nodded as we both mounted a broomstick

"stay by the door hermione and ron, be ready to go through" harry said as they nodded.

"harry look" i pointed out the key, to which he followed my glance and started chasing after it. 

he caught the key and threw it to me. 

i swerved left and grabbed the key and sped to the keyhole in the door as i handed the key to hermione who inserted it in the keyhole as me and harry quickly jumped off the brooms and ran through the door into a dark room. 

light suddenly flooded the room to reveal an astonishing sight.

we were standing on the edge of a huge chessboard

"we've got to play our way across the board" ron said, walking up to one of the black knights 

"do we have to join you to get across?" he asked, as the black knight nodded

we stayed quiet, watching ron think

"now, don't be offended or anything, but neither of you are that good at chess-" ron started, with a sheepish smile

"we're not offended" i interrupted, quickly "just tell us what to do"

"well, harry, you take the place of that bishop;  y/n, you be the queen's side castle and hermione, you be the king's side castle" ron replied

"what about you?"  hermione asked

"i'm going to be a knight" ron said, proudly

after playing for a while, "we're nearly, let me think" ron said 

the white queen turned his face towards him

"yes, its the only way. i've got to be taken" he said softly

"NO" harry, hermione and i screamed in unison

"thats chess" ron said

before we could interrupt he stepped forward and the white queen pounced. she stuck hard around the head with her stone arm and he crashed to the floor. hermione and i screamed but we stayed rooted to our spots. the white queen dragged ron to one side. harry shakily checkmated the king. 

we pondered for a minute, deciding what to do. with a desperate glance back over at ron.

we pushed open a door to see a huge troll, tackled and unconscious on the floor

"i'm glad we didn't have to fight that one" harry commented

we stepped into the next room and a purple fire immediately sprung up behind us and a black fire sprung up into the doorway leading to the next room

"what do we have to do?" hermione asked

"look!" i said, pointing to a roll of paper lying next to seven bottles lyng on a table.

it read:

' danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,

two of us will help you, whichever one you find,

one among us seven will let you move ahead,

another will transport the drinker back instead, 

two among our number hold only nettle wine,

three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.

choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore,

to help you in your choice, we gives you these clues four:

first, however slyly the poison tries to hide 

you will always find some on nettle wine's left side;

second, different as those who stand at either end,

but if you would move onwards, neither is your friend;

third, as you see clearly, all are different size,

neither dwarf nor giant holds death in their insides;

fourth, the second left and the second on the right,

are twins once you taste them, though different at first sigh

me and hermione smiled as harry was amazed, probably thinking this was the last thing to do right now.

"everything we need is here, on this paper." hermione said

"seven bottles: three are poison, two are wine, one will get us safely through the black fire and one through the purple." i continued

"but how do we know which one to drink?" harry asked

"give us a minute" hermione said

"got it" we chorused 

"the smallest bottle will get us through the black fire, towards the stone" i said

"there's hardly enough there for only two of us. thats hardly two swallows" harry said

we looked at each other worriedly

"which one will get you back through the purple flames?" he asked as hermione and i pointed at a rounded bottle at the right end of the line

"you drink that" harry said as hermione opened her mouth to speak

"no, listen- get back and get ron- grab brooms from the flying key room, they'll get you out of the trapdoor and past fluffy- go straight to the owlery and send hedwig or y/o/n (your owl's name) to dumbledore, we need him." i interrupted

"but-" she argued

"no, hermione" harry said

"you drink first" i said

"ok" she replied before taking a sip

"quick go, before it wears off" harry said

"good luck, be careful" she started

"GO!" harry and i chorused

hermione turned and walked through the purple fire

we took a deep breath before pouring out half of the potion in the cap and looking at each other.

we drank it in one sip before reaching out of each other's hand and walking through the flames to see someone standing in front of what looked like the mirror of erised.

...

it was quirrell

"you!" gasped harry

"i told you it wasn't snape" i nudged harry

"severus?" quirrell laughed, cold and sharp "yes, severus does seem like the type, doesn't he? next to him, who would suspect p-p-poor, st-stuttering p-professor q-q-quirrell?"

i zoned out, looking around the room as harry tried to distract quirrell from finding the stone, i tried to figure out how to get the stone.

i was brought back to the situation as quirrell snapped his fingers as ropes sprang out of thin air and wrapped themselves tightly around us.

"you're too nosy to live, both of you. scurrying around the school at halloween like that, for all i know you'd seen me coming to look at what was guarding the stone" he said

"you let the troll in?" harry and i asked in unison

"certainly, i have a special gift with trolls- you must have seen what i did to the one in the chamber back then? unfortunately, while everyone else was running around looking for it, snape, who already suspected me, went straight to the third floor to head me off- and not only did my troll fail to beat you to death, that three-headed dog didn't even manage to bite off snape's leg off properly" quirrell replied

"now, wait quietly. i need to examine this interesting mirror" he continued

as he turned to look at the mirror, our scars spiked with an intense, searing pain

"what does this mirror do? how does it work? help me master!" quirrell said

"use the kids... use the kids..." a whisper seemed to come from quirrell himself

"yes- potters- come here"

as he clapped his hands, the ropes fell off. we slowly got to our feet and walked over to the mirror

we saw an astonishing sight in the mirror

our reflections winked at us before harry's reached into his pocket, took out the stone and passed it to me who put it in my pocket.

i could feel the stone in my pocket and harry, whose hand was next to mine, also felt it.

"what is it? what do you see?" quirrell asked, impatiently

"we-we're shaking hands with dumbledore" harry said

"we've won the house cup" i added

"they lie.." the whisper came again

"tell the truth! what do you see?" quirrell demanded

"let me speak to them" the whisper ordered

"master, you are not strong enough" quirrell replied

"i have strength enough for thisss" the voice hissed

quirrell removed his turban, revealing a weak voldemort on the back of his head

"harry and y/n potter. we meet again" voldemort said

"voldemort" harry and i said in unison

"yes. you see what i've become? see what i must do to survive? live off another, a mere parasite. unicorn blood can sustain me, but it cannot give me a body of my own. there is something that can. something that, conveniently enough, lies in your pocket y/n." voldemort said as harry tried to run

"stop him!" voldemort continued

quirrell snapped his fingers as flames appeared, trapping us from all sides of the chamber.

i walked to my twin brother muttering "way to go" as i rolled my eyes

"don't be a fool" voldemort continued "why suffer a horrific death, when you can join me and live?"

"we will never join you" harry and i chorused

"bravery" voldemort laughed "your parents had it too. tell me, kids, would you like to see your mother and father again?" as we saw their faces in the mirror

"together, we can bring them back" he continued "all i ask is for something in return"

i took the stone out of my pocket.

"that's it. there is no good and evil. there is only power, and those too weak to seek it. together, we'll do extraordinary things, just give me the stone!"

"you want this" i said holding up the stone, with a smile, walking forward as harry looked at me confused and sad at the same time "sure, you can have it"

voldemort smiled

"over my dead body" i finished, the smile wiping off my face "catch"

i threw the stone to harry, who caught it before kicking quirrell as he fell to the ground, which seemed to burn where i kicked him

"kill them!" voldemort said, angrily

quirrell stood up and then went after harry, who dropped the stone, before choking him

i quickly grabbed the stone and put it back in my pocket while harry put his hands on quirrell's which also burned him

me and harry quickly exchanged glances before both of us placed our hands on quirrell's face, which burned and started to break into tiny pieces

as quirrell died on the floor reaching out to us, voldemort left quirrel's body before passing through harry and i and disappearing completely.

we layed on the ground, before our vision went black and we fainted.

...

i woke up, vision blurry, as i put on my glasses and looked around, what seemed to be the hospital wing.

i looked around to see harry in the bed next to me as we stared at different candies and cards around our beds

"good afternoon harry, y/n" dumbledore smiled, walking into the infirmary and taking a seat inbetween our beds 

"tokens from your admirers?" he asked, looking at the gifts

"admirers?" harry and i asked in unison

"what happened down in the dungeons between you both and professor quirrell is a secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows" dumbledore explained, smiling

"how are ron and hermione?" harry asked 

"fine just fine" dumbledore replied

"what happened to the stone?" i asked

"relax dear children" he said "the stone has been destroyed"

"but then flamel will die, won't he?" harry asked

"he has enough elixir to set his affairs in order, then yes, he will die"

"how is it i got the stone, professor?-" i started

"ah, you see, only a person who wanted to find the stone, find it and not use it, would be able to get the stone" he interrupted

"that is one of my more brilliant ideas, if i do say so myself" dumbledore added, smiling as a grin broke out onto mine and harry's faces

"do you know why professor quirrel couldn't bear to touch you y/n and harry?" he asked, as we shook our heads

"it was because of your mother, she sacrificed herself for you. and that kind of act leaves a mark" dumbledore continued

as we reached our hands toward our scars, dumbledore shook his head.  "no, no. this kind of mark cannot be seen. it lives in your very skin"

"what is it?" harry asked

"love, harry, love" dumbledore explained and patted our heads before smiling and walking out 

we got up and shared a tight hug before getting dressed 

"lucky we survived that" i said

"yeah" he replied, before we burst into laughter 

we walked out to see ron and hermione standing and talking 

"alright there guys?" harry asked

"alright" ron said 

"never better" hermione added "you?"

"perfectly fine" harry and i said in unison

...

we were having our last dinner of first year when dumbledore stood up.

"another year gone. and now as i understand it, the house cup needs awarding. the points are thus- in fourth place, gryffindor with 312 points; in third place, hufflepuff with 352 points; in second place, ravenclaw with 426 points and in first place, slytherin with 472 points" 

the slytherin house cheered loudly as we glumly clapped. 

"yes, yes, well done slytherin, well done. however, recent events must be taken into account and i have a few last-minute points to add" he continued as we sat up straight

"firstly, to miss hermione granger, for the cool use of intellect while others were in grave peril, i award 30 points" 

hermione beamed

"secondly, to mister ronald weasley, for the best game of wizard's chess that hogwarts has seen these many years, 30 points"

ron smiled 

"thirdly, to mister harry potter and miss y/n potter, for pure nerve and outstanding courage, i award gryffindor house 50 points each."

harry and i grinned at each other

"we're tied with slytherin!" hermione whispered

"and finally, it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies but a great deal more to stand up to your friends, i award 10 points, to neville longbottom" dumbledore finished, as the gryffindor table burst into cheers

"assuming that my calculations are correct, i believe that a change of decoration is in order" dumbledore said, as he clapped his hands, making the green and silver flags change to scarlet and gold

...

as me and harry handed hedwig and y/o/n we saw hagrid standing

"come on y/n and harry" hermione said

"one minute" we said, in unison, walking over to hagrid who we had developed a close bond with

"thought you were leaving without saying goodbye, did you?" he asked. reaching into his pocket and pulling out a picture album

"this is for you" hagrid said, handing it to us

we opened the cover to see a picture of our mom and dad holding me and baby harry as we smiled to ourselves.

"thanks hagrid" we chorused, before giving him a hug and running back to the train.

"we can have some fun this summer" harry said, as we climbed in the train compartment

"yeah, threaten dudley with a nice pair of years to match his tail" i added, with a smirk

"you can't do magic outside of school" ron stated

"we know that" harry started

"they don't" i finished, all of us now grinning

"time to go home" hermione said as the train pulled out of the station

"we're not going home" i said

"not really" harry added, both of us looking at the castle and smiling .