The story begins with a description of the Dursleys, an utterly
normal family in England, who are left with baby Harry
Potter on their
doorsteps. Aunt Petunia's sister Lily married James Potter and became a
powerful couple in the
wizard's world. They were killed by the evil
Voltemort, leaving Harry with a large scar on his forehead and legacy
as the only wizard to escape Voltemort alive. Head wizard Albus
Dumbledore decides to have Harry grow up with the Dursleys until he is
ready to attend Hogwarts, the premiere magic school in England. At age
11, Harry is wisped away to Hogwarts by the giant gamekeeper, Hagrid,
to find himself lost amongst a new world of magic and power.
Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley, where he retrieves some of his
inheritance from Gringotts, the wizard bank, and purchases his books,
wand, and robes
from the Leaky Cauldron and Ollivanders. On the train to Hogwarts at
platform Nine and Three Quarters, Harry meets his new friend
ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Everyone is amazed to meet the famous
Harry Potter. On the train Harry also meets Draco Malfoy, a boy with
whom he develops a distrust and hatred. At Hogwarts, the children meet
Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell, all professors and
wizards. At the opening banquet, the Sorting Hat
decides in which house the children live, sorting Hermione, Neville,
Ron, and Harry into Gryffindor, and Draco Malfoy into Slytherin, the
house run by Snape and known to have schooled Voltemort in years past.
Hermione busies herself with studies, Ron with chess,
and Harry with learning about his family and powers. He becomes an
expert flyer and is allowed to play Quidditch for Gryffindor's team.
Draco Malfoy continually tries to get the Gryffindor kids in trouble,
by setting them up and dragging them away from their beds at the wrong
time. One day, Ron and Harry come across a large troll and rescue
Hermione from death. From then on, the threesome spies on Snape and
Quirrell and seek to discover
the secrets at Hogwarts. They realize that the Sorceror's Stone is
hidden by a three-headed dog at Hogwarts and is the secret to eternal
life created by Nicholas Flamel. They believe Snape is the culprit
behind the evil and try to stop him from destroying Harry and Hogwarts.
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Meanwhile, Hagrid keeps an eye on Harry and looks out for him. They
visit Hagrid and meet his new pet dragon, Norbert. Norbert causes
problems for everyone, as dragons are illegal animals. The three send
the dragon away to Romania under Harry's Invisibility Cloak and are
discovered out of bed doing so. They are branded and punished with
detention and stricken of fifty points each. As detention the kids must
help clean up the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid. They find a unicorn
slaughtered, with its blood scattered across the ground, and are
frightened by an evil spirit. The good centaur Firenze flies Harry away
from danger in the forest as soon as he discovers who Harry is.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover that Voltemort tricked Hagrid into
revealing the method by which to get past the three-headed dog and to
the Sorcerer's Stone. They rush past the dog, and through the chambers
to stop Voltemort from killing Harry. Ron gets everyone past the life
sized Wizard's Chess board,
while Hermione breaks the riddle that allows Harry to proceed to the
ultimate chamber under ground. He sees the Mirror of Erised, the same
mirror that shows the hopes and dreams of the person who looks inside.
He finds Quirrell in the chamber without his stutter. He admits to hosting
Voltemort and trying to destan is
removed, Harry sees a double face on top of Quirrell's head - it is
Voltemort, and he wants to use Harry to get the Stone and then kill
him. Harry discovers the Stone in his pocket and tries to kill
Voltemort/Quirrel until he blacks out.
Harry awakens in the infirmary to Dumbledore congratulating him. He
saved the Stone, Hogwarts, and his own life. Because of his bravery and
that of Hermione, Ron, and Neville, Gryffindor wins the House Cup for
the year. Harry must go back to the Dursleys for the summer, but looks
forward to all the magic he will practice and learn in the future.