My Multiverse Trip 34 34. Conspiracy Theories

Gryffindor had won by one hundred and seventy points to sixty. Harry heard none of this, though. He was being made a cup of strong tea back in Hagrid's hut, with the group. After all near death experiences can all be forgotten with a little bit of tea in England am I right? "It was Snape," Daphne was explaining, "Hermione and I saw him. He was cursing your broomstick, muttering, he wouldn't take his eyes off you." Now you guys are probably thinking why I still set had Snape set on fire right? Even though that man is a hero in most stories he still a complete d.i.c.k and this will teach him to score my potions essay with an 87% saying something about s.p.a.cing and paragraphing I know I'm bad at it but you don't have to point it out (Internal Anime Tears).

"Rubbish," said Hagrid, who hadn't heard a word of what had gone on next to him in the stands. "Why would Snape do somethin' like that?" Ryan, Luna, and Hermione looked at one another, wondering what to tell him. Ryan decided on the truth. "Hagrid I know this may be hard to believe but Snape is jealous of Harry." everyone is wondering what the h.e.l.l he is talking about so he just continued on. "I mean look at it this way" he motions towards Harry's head. "Have you seen such flowing gentle locks of hair look at this softness this my good sir is the premier stuff and then look at Snape if he jumped in the lake we would have an oil slick the greasy git." Ryan spews some absolute bulls.h.i.t. But inwardly they are thinking about how Snape went up in flames super fast. Must be due to extra hair oil. Everyone just decided there might be a little validity and proceeds to ignore him as he pockets all the rock cakes.

Harry decided to tell Hagrid the truth.

"I found out something about him," he told Hagrid. "He tried to get past that three-headed dog on Halloween. It bit him. We think he was trying to steal whatever it's guarding."Hagrid dropped the teapot.

"How do you know about Fluffy?" he said.

"Fluffy!!!" Luna shouts in excitement

"Yeah -- he's mine -- bought him off a Greek chappie I met in the pub las' year -- I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the--"Yes?" said Harry eagerly.

"Now, don't ask me anymore," said Hagrid gruffly. "That's top secret, that is."

"But Snape's trying to steal it."

"Rubbish," said Hagrid again. "Snape's a Hogwarts teacher, he'd do nothin' of the sort."

Inwardly Ryan disagrees I mean a stone that gives elixir of life and makes gold yeah even if I was the teacher I'd steal that s.h.i.t and dissappear to the muggle world for like 100 years. Based on what he knows about the stone it keeps your body at the best most fit stage of your life around 22-25ish kind of like a youth potion you don't really age lookwise but once you reach the end of a normal human lifespan it needs to be drunk almost weekly to make sure you don't just kick the bucket and by all means your not immortal you could still be killed by a bad fall down some stairs and your mind goes a little bit wonky after a few hundred years human brains aren't really ment for that after all. I heard the gold production isn't too great it's basically like a pound of gold every 10 or so days. But to everyone else that's fantastic. I a pound of gold costs about $20k that's enough for a middle cla.s.s house for Half a year of work. you could get insanely rich. for me each gold brick would sell for 1500gp in the shop I got a few from the room of requirements. Ryan snapped out of his get rich quick schemes. "So why did he just try and kill Harry?" cried Hermione.

The afternoon's events certainly seemed to have changed her mind about Snape. Ryan was working on destroying her religious belief in books are always right and teachers can do no wrong. The world is often corrupt and there's a famous saying that's The victory in history are king and the losers are bandits as most winners just lie and write what they want written in the annals of history.

"I know a jinx when I see one, Hagrid, I've read all about them! You've got to keep eye contact, and Snape wasn't blinking at all, I saw him!" cried out Hermione.

"I'm tellin' yeh, yer wrong!" said Hagrid hotly. "I don' know why Harry's broom acted like that, but Snape wouldn' try an' kill a student! Now, listen to me, all of yeh -- yer meddlin' in things that don' concern yeh. It's dangerous. You forget that dog, an' you forget what it's guardin', that's between Professor Dumbledore an' Nicolas Flamel--"

"Aha!" said Harry, "so there's someone called Nicolas Flamel involved, is there?"

Hagrid looked furious with himself.

Ryan made sure to never tell Hagrid any secret ever as they marched back to the castle while Harry and Hermione were discussing going to the library to find out about Nicholas Flamel.

Weeks pa.s.sed by and before anyone knew it Christmas was on its was and Ryan had some major plans. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several s...o...b..a.l.l.s so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban. The few owls that managed to battle their way through the stormy sky to deliver mail had to be nursed back to health by Hagrid before they could fly off again.No one could wait for the holidays to start. While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the drafty corridors had become icy and a bitter wind rattled the windows in the cla.s.srooms. Worst of all were Professor Snape's cla.s.ses down in the dungeons, where their breath rose in a mist before them and they kept as close as possible to their hot cauldrons. Ryan and Harry were going to be the only 2 staying for Christmas besides the Weasleys all the girls had family plans and neville was going to see his parents in St Mungos he didn't say that but Ryan knew he did it every year in the books. so it would be the Weasleys, Harry and Ryan, left at the school. Ryan had told his parents he wanted to stay back and celebrate with Harry so he wouldn't be alone of course they bought it. The truth was Ryan had spent about 30kgp on a silver invisibility cloak looking like the one Harry would receive for Christmas. He wanted that deathly hallow it had more uses than a regular cloak he knew this he just didn't know what. and he was gunna swap put a kind of replica for the real one. since if he bought it in the store it would cost millions and he knows it can't be integrated into his kingdom. He can feel his right hand itch and knew at some point his [Sticky Fingers] t.i.tle would probably be his highest level t.i.tle. he was well on his way to being a thief king he sadly thought. [Shameless t.i.tle Activate] But no matter it's all for the greater good!

When they left the dungeons at the end of Potions, they found a large fir tree blocking the corridor ahead. Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud puffing sound told them that Hagrid was behind it.

"Hi, Hagrid, want any help?" Ryan asked, sticking his head through the branches."Nah, I'm all right, thanks, Ryan ."

"Would you mind moving out of the way?" came Malfoy's cold drawl from behind them. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle pushed roughly past the tree, scattering needles everywhere and smirking. "That kid is an a.s.s" Tonks said as she used he wand to push the needles outside."I hate them," said Harry "Come on, cheer up, it's nearly Christmas," said Hagrid. "Tell yeh what, come with me an' see the Great Hall, looks a treat."

So the group followed Hagrid and his tree off to the Great Hall, where Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were busy with the Christmas decorations. "Ah, Hagrid, the last tree -- put it in the far corner, would you?"

The hall looked spectacular. Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles."How many days you got left until yer holidays?" Hagrid asked.

"Just one," said Hermione. "And that reminds me -- Harry, Daphne, we've got half an hour before lunch, we should be in the library." Hermione had managed to talk Daphne into helping because she was also curious as to what fluffy was guarding. Luna Ryan and Tonks didn't bother Luna only had interest in fluffy and didn't really care unless it was guarding a stockpile of pudding which Ryan confirmed to her privately it was not. Ryan already knew what it was and gave some excuse about needing to do his history of magical essays, which Hermione happily agreed to glad that he finally was taking the cla.s.s seriously. what she didn't know what that what he meant by that was he had somehow turned it into a type of Battle Manga and professor Binns had become addicted to it. for some reason goblins punching each other and shouting "Ora Ora Ora!!!!" over and over was enthralling to read Ryans grades skyrocketed but he had a deadline to reach for the new volume or he would be fired (cough receive a zero for the week) and he can't have that. also for some reason anytime an student asked him a question he would shout "Nani?!?!?" Ryan had turned a ghost into a secret Otaku he was so proud. Back to Hagrid.

The library?" said Hagrid, following them out of the hall. "Just before the holidays? Bit keen, aren't yeh?"

"Oh, we're not working," Harry told him brightly. "Ever since you mentioned Nicolas Flamel we've been trying to find out who he is."

"You what ?" Hagrid looked shocked. "Listen here -- I've told yeh -- drop it. It's nothin' to you what that dog's guardin'."

"We just want to know who Nicolas Flamel is, that's all," said Hermione.

"Unless you'd like to tell us and save us the trouble?" Harry added. "We must've been through hundreds of books already and we can't find him anywhere -- just give us a hint -- I know I've read his name somewhere."

"I'm sayin' nothin', said Hagrid flatly.

"Just have to find out for ourselves, then," said Harry, and they left Hagrid looking disgruntled and hurried off to the library.