i had the invisibility cloak for the first week. it belonged to our dad. i couldn't sleep so i swung myself over the bed and got it out. use it well, the note said. i wrapped it around myself and left the girls dorm. i ran up into the boys dorms to wake up harry. we did everything together so i thought it would be fun to take him along with me.

"harry, get up!" i said

"who-whos there? oh" he said as he realised. 

he put on his glasses and slipped under the cloak with me. we quietly slipped down the stairs and climbed through the portrait hole.

"whos there?" the Fat Lady said drowsily 

we didn't reply as we made our way through the corridors, wide awake now, a burst of excitment rushing through us. 

"where do you want to go?" harry asked

"lets go to the restricted section in the library. we can read for as long as we like and dig up on flamel."

"ok" he said as we walked in silence to the library.

we lit a lamp, setting it down on a table as a black a silver book caught our eye. 

i pulled it out and harry balanced it on his knee, letting it fall open.

a piercing, blood-curling shriek split the silence. harry slammed it shut, but the scream went on. i quickly picked up the lamp and threw the cloak over us.

filch was getting closer, so we ran into a room that looked like a disused classroom. 

we saw a magnificent mirror, as high as the ceiling with an ornate gold frame and standing on two clawed feet. 

i looked into the mirror, and i saw my whole family, my mom, dad, two men that i didn't recognize and two blurred figures that i didn't recognize either 

"well, what do you see?" harry asked 

"i see mom, dad, two men that i don't recognize and two blurred figures that i don't recognize either" i replied "what do you see?"

"i see mom, dad, me and you" he replied

"thats weird" i said "shouldn't we be able to see the same thing?"

"yea, but we'll figure it out later" harry said, both of us suddenly tired.

*the next day at breakfast*

"ron last night-" harry started

"not now harry" i hissed

*that night* 

i walked into the boys dorm quietly, ready to go to the mirror again

(harry already explained to ron) 

"lets go, quick, chop chop" i whispered

they quickly got up and slipped under the cloak with me and we headed back to the classroom

"stand in front of the mirror ron, and tell us what you see" i said

"that's me! only, I'm head boy...and i'm holding the quidditch cup! and bloody hell, i'm quidditch captain too! i look good. do you think this mirror shows the future?" ron said

"how can it? our parents are dead" harry smiled sadly

"hmm, i think it might show the things we most want to happen but im not sure" i said

just then, we heard a noise

"lets go, now" harry said as they joined me, once again, under the cloak

"we're coming back tomorrow" i whispered to harry

*the next night*

"you ready?" harry asked me, as i nodded

i slipped under the blanket and we made our way, once again, to the mirror

as we entered the room, we heard a noise, us immediately whipping our heads round

"back again, harry and y/n?" dumbledore said "i see that you, like so many before you, have discovered the delights of the mirror of erised. i trust by now you realize what it does. let me give you a clue. the happiest man on earth would look into the mirror and see only himself, exactly as he is."

"so i was right. it shows us our deepest desires." i said

"yes, yes. very good" dumbledore said

"this mirror gives us neither knowledge or truth. men have wasted away in front of it, even gone mad. that is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new home, and i must ask you not to go looking for it again. it does not do to dwell on dreams, and forget to live." he continued

we nodded and made our way back to the common room, each one thinking about the events that just occured.

*the next day, library, nighttime (christmas break is over)*

we were looking for nicholas flamel.

"i had you looking in the wrong section, how could i be so stupid" hermione said as she walked up to our table, thumping a huge book on it. "i checked this out weeks ago for a bit of light reading

"this is light?" ron said
"of course! here it is! nicholas flamel is the only known maker of the philosopher's stone!"
"the what?" chorused ron and harry
"honestly, don't you two read?" i said
 "the philosopher's stone is a legendary substance with astonishing powers. it will turn any metal into pure gold and produces the elixir of life, which will make the drinker immortal." hermione continued
"immortal?" ron asked 

"it means you'll never die."

"i know what it means!" he retorted

"shh!" harry and i chorused 

"the only stone currently in existence belongs to mr. nicholas flamel, the noted alchemist, who last year celebrated his 665th birthday!" hermione said 

"that's what Fluffy's guarding on the 3rd floor. that's what's under the trapdoor...the philosopher's stone!" i concluded

in a few minutes we were running down to hagrid's hut and knocked

he opened the door "oh, hello. sorry, don't mean to be rude, but i'm in no fit state to entertain today" 

"we know about the philosophers stone" all four of us chorused 

we entered in the hut

"we think snape's trying to steal it." harry said

"snape? blimey, harry, you're not still on about him, are you?" hagrid asked 

"hagrid, we know he's after the stone. we just don't know why." i said

"snape is one of the teachers protecting the stone! he's not about to steal it!" hagrid retorted

"what?" we chorused

"you heard. right. come on, now, i'm a bit preoccupied today." he said

"wait a minute. one of the teachers?" ron asked

"of course! there are other things defending the stone, aren't there? spells, enchantments." hermione exclaimed

"that's right. waste of bloody time, if you ask me. ain't no one gonna get past fluffy. hehe, not a soul knows how. except for me and dumbledore. i shouldn't have told you that. i shouldn't have told you that." hagrid said "Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!" he said, placing an egg on the table off of the stove as we gathered around

"uh, hagrid, what exactly is that?" harry asked

"that? it's a ... its um..." hagrid stuttered

"i know what that is! but hagrid, how did you get one?" ron exclaimed

"i won it. off a stranger i met down at a pub. seemed quite glad to be rid off it, as a matter of fact." hagrid explained

it rattled as pieces of the egg shell flew off and a small baby dragon peeked his head out 

"is that...a dragon?" hermione asked
"that's not just a dragon. that's a norwegian ridgeback! my brother charlie works with these in romania." ron said
"isn't he beautiful? oh. bless him, look. he knows his mummy. hehe. hallo, norbert."

it squeaked as it looked at hagrid

"norbert?" i asked
"yeah, well, he's got to have a name, doesn't he? don't you, Norbert?  dededede." hagrid said as he rubbed his finger along his chin

he backed away, hiccuped and blast a small fireball into hagrid's beard

"Ohh! Oooh, ooh, ooh, well...he'll have to be trained up a bit, of course." we spotted someone out through the window
"who was that" ron asked
"malfoy." me and harry chorused as we saw him running away

"im going to kill that son of a-" i started
"not now y/n, first we have to get back to the castle" hermione said
"yeah, sorry hagrid. thanks, we had a great time" i said as we ran off
we were walking in castle
"hagrid always wanted a dragon. he told us so the first time we met him." harry said

"it's crazy. and worse, malfoy knows." i said
"i don't understand. is that bad?" ron asked
"it's bad." hermione said

we stopped as mcgonagall appeared in front of us, malfoy following, smirking

"good evening." she said, leading us to her classroom and in front of her desk

"nothing, i repeat, nothing gives a student the right to walk about the school at night. therefore, as punishment for your actions, 50 points will be taken." mcgonagall said sternly

"50?!" harry asked
"each." she said as we all gasped "and to ensure it doesn't happen again, all five of you will receive detention." she continued

malfoy nodded before realizing and the smirk from his face grew onto ours

"excuse me, professor. perhaps i heard you wrong. i thought you said... the five of us." he asked
"no, you heard me correctly, mr. malfoy. you see, as honorable as your intentions were, you too were out of bed after hours. you will serve detention with your classmates." she confirmed