Summary:
OK, you remember in the last chapter where Harry discovered the Mirror of Erised and much sneaking out after dark in his father's invisibility cloak ensued. (Major plot device set up there thanks J.K.) So, the mirror is set up as a major thing to come, Dumbledore tells Harry nothing useful, as per usual. Harry does find out however, that Snape is to be refereeing the next Gryffindor Quidditch match and he almost wants to back out, but that would mean that Gryffindor would forfeit the cup. Just then, another very important thing happens as Neville (Poor, poor Neville) falls (literally falls) into the common room. It turns out he fell victim to Malfoy's leg-locker curse, but it's kind of a good thing he did, as when Hermione frees him from it Harry gives him his last chocolate frog. Neville gives him back the card and he finally realizes where he's heard the name Nicolas Flamel before, on the way to Hogwarts, on the back of Dumbledore's chocolate frog card. So they finally know a little more about Flamel and realize why he wasn't in "Recent Developments in Wizardry" or anything they looked in about wizards of the 20th century (each of the Flamels are over 600 years old).
So, Nicolas Flamel's involvement is explained and they find out (through Hermione's "light reading") that he is the only known maker of the philosopher's stone (and the title of the book is explained!!) Although, something bothers me. When Hermione goes home for the holidays Ron says "maybe you can ask your parents about Flamel, that'd be safe" and she replies "very safe as they're both dentists". Nicolas Flamel is known in the muggle world as a philosopher and rumoured creator of the philosopher's stone, so they might have, in fact, known who he was. (Wizard's don't always use their heads)
So, they find out who Flamel is and they the item Fluffy is guarding is most likely the Philosopher's Stone and Snape referees the Quidditch match, really nothing else happens.
Review:
OK, the thing in this chapter that bugs me is that, Dumbledore set Harry up to face Voldemort at the end. By showing (and telling) him how the mirror works he basically set him up to die. I mean sure, Harry beat Voldemort once when he was a baby but there was no guarantee that what saved him the first time would save him again (unless Dumbledore already suspected/knew that he was a
He also sets Harry up from the beginning when Hagrid retrieves the stone from Gringotts because Harry, an inquisitive, basically abandoned by the Wizarding world, child, would be curious about that. So we have the set up with the stone, and now we have the set up with the mirror, because now Harry knows what the mirror does but now he's having nightmares about his parents dying which may be because of seeing them in the mirror. But he has no time to dwell on the nightmares because of the upcoming Quidditch match, refereed by none other than Professor Snape, which, can I just point out is a very bad idea from the start. The main reason that Madam Hooch is the flying teacher and referee is because, while she belonged to a house during her time at Hogwarts and remains loyal to it, she's not a a head of house. So that doesn't end well but Gryffindor wins the match regardless.
But then Harry sees something suspicious on his way to put his broom back in the broom shed. He sees a prowling figure headed toward the forbidden forest. So, being Harry, he follows said figure. Well, he sees a meeting between 2 figures
Once inside he tells Ron and Hermione of his suspicions (it doesn't help that he remembers seeing Snape with a dog bit on Halloween after the troll incident. Thus ends the chapter titled after noted alchemist Nicolas Flamel.
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