i should've known you would have been here professor mcgonagall.
i'm afraid so professor. the good and the bad.
hagrid is bringing him.
ah, prof. i would trust hagrid w.  my life
no problems i trust hagrid?
the only family he has.
exactly. he's far better off growing up away from all of that. until he is ready. there, there hagrid. it's not really goodbye after all. good luck, harry potter.
i have a few start-of-term notices i wish to announce. the first years please note, that the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students. also, our caretaker, mr. filch, has asked me to remind you that the third floor corridor on the right hand side is out of bounds to all who do not wish to die a most painful death. thank you.
let the feast begin!
silence! everyone will please not panic! now prefects please escort your house to the dormitories. teachers will follow me to the dungeons.
back again harry? i see that you, like many others before you have discovered the delights of the mirror of erised. i trust now, you realize what it what it does. let me give you a clue. the happiest man on earth would look in the mirror and only see himself exactly as he is.
yes, and no. it shows us nothing more or less then the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts. now you harry, who have never known your family you see them standing beside you. but remember this, harry. 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, harry, and forget to live.
good afternoon harry. tokens from your admirers.
what happened down in the dungeons between you and professor quirrell is a complete secret. so naturally the whole school knows. ah, i see that your friend ronald has saved you the trouble of opening your chocolate frogs.
fine. they're both just fine.
relax dear boy. the stone has been destroyed. my friend nicholas and i have had a little chat and agreed it was best all around.
he has enough elixir of life to set his affairs in order. but yes, he will die.
ah, you see only a person who wanted to find the stone, find it, but not use it would be able to get it. that is one of my more brilliant ideas. and between you and me that is saying something.
ah, i'm afraid there are ways in which he can return. harry do you know why professor quirrell couldn't bear to have you touch him? it was because of your mother. she sacrificed herself for you. and that kind of act leaves a mark. no, no this kind of mark cannot be seen. it lives in your very skin.
love harry. love. bertie bott's every flavor beans. i was most unfortunate in my youth to come across a vomit flavor one. since then i'm afraid i've lost my liking for them. but i think i could be safe with a nice toffee. alas! earwax!
another year gone. and now as i understand it, the house cup needs awarding. and the points stand as thus: in fourth place, gryffindor with 312 points. third place, hufflepuff with 352 points. in second place ravenclaw with 426 points. and in first place, with 472 points, slytherin house.
yes, yes. well-done slytherin. well-done slytherin. however recent events must be taken into account. and i have a few last-minute points to award. to miss. hermione granger, for the cool use of intellect when others were in grave peril. 50 points. second, to mr. ronald weasley, for the best-played game of chess hogwarts has seen these many years. 50 points. and third, to mr. harry potter, for pure nerve and outstanding courage. i award gryffindor house 60 points.
and finally, it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies. but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. i award 10 points to neville longbottom. assuming my calculations are correct i believe that a change of decoration is in order. gryffindor wins the house cup!