Scramble for the Philosopher's Stone

Strength| Harry Potter with logistics support from Blaise Zabini and Daphne Greengrass | * Charlus Potter
* Hermione Granger
* Ron Weasley

The Scramble for the Philosopher's Stone is caused by Charlus Potter and his friends rash decision to go and try to protect the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter's equally Gryffindorish choice of having the same lack of elemental logic.

## Background:

By the beginning of the 1991-1992 school year, the Philosopher's Stone is hidden at Hogwarts, at the end of the gauntlet located on the third floor corridor. At the beginning of the school year, Albus Dumbledore, during the announcements period of the feast, urges the students not to venture to the third floor corridor as they might be met with a very painful and horrifying death.

At some point during the year, Charlus Potter and his friends, find out that the Philosopher's Stone is at Hogwarts, and that Lady Voldemort might want to steal it.

## Conflict:

On the evening of June 4th, Charlus Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley decide to rush in the middle of the night to protect the Philosopher's Stone on their own. Shortly afterwards, Harry Potter receives a note from Neville Longbottom on the Magical Texting Parchment informing him that Charlus Potter is going on the third floor corridor. In an act of equal Gryffindorish rashness, he decides to go and save his brother. First, he gets Blaise Zabini to contact Professor Hurst and he tells Daphne Greengrass to contact Professor Snape.

After traversing the gauntlet, he ends up confronting Professor Hurst at the end of it, who is keeping Charlus Potter incapacitated. Thus, Harry finds out that Amelia Hurst, who is in actuality Lady Voldemort, was looking for a way to regain her body. Lady Voldemort explained that she intended to kill him as a baby, but was unable to, for reasons unknown, and that she was forced to fleet to Albania as a spirit. She recounted how she had slain an American witch and used her body as her own. After bemoaning the limitations to her body, she explains that she needed the stone to get a proper body. She also explains that she just wanted to kill Charlus, not Harry, and that she had nothing to do with the troll nor the death of Terrence Higgs. She then explains to Harry that it was a prophecy that had her pursue Harry and Charlus to kill them.

She then offers for Harry to join her, and together rebuild the world anew. Harry considers this, but ultimately decides against it. He tells her he wanted to, but that he wouldn't, then and frees Charlus. Voldemort tells him that she understands, that she would have made a similar choice at the age of eleven, and that they will continue this conversation at a later date. When Harry tries to curse her she ends up incapacitating him. She is about to kill Charlus with a killing curse when he puts his hands around her, that starts burning her body through nebulous, unknown means. Due to this, her body is burned up and dies, her spirit escaping.

## Aftermath:

Harry and Charlus both wake up in the hospital wing a couple of days later. A rift is created between the two due to Charlus mistrust towards Harry due to his conversation with Lady Voldemort in the gauntlet.

Lady Voldemort had fled and her attempt at gaining a body was ruined. Albus Dumbledore informs Harry that he needs to return to the Dursleys for the summer — thus revealing that he convinced James Potter to break his only promise ever made to Harry.

Harry Potter learns of the existence of the prophecy from Lady Voldemort, whilst Albus Dumbledore keeps this information to himself, only alluding to explaining the reason behind her attack when Harry is older.

Charlus and his friends are rewarded with a high number of points without any explanation whatsoever, thus winning the house cup for Gryffindor at the last possible moment. Harry Potter's contribution is ignored.