professor. dumbledore, sir. professor mcgonagall. no, sir. little tyke fell asleep as we were flying over bristol. try not to wake him. there you go. sorry 'bout that. dry up dursley you great prune. well, i haven't seen you since you was a baby harry. but you're a bit more along then i would have expected; particularly around the middle. well of course you are! got something for you. afraid i might have sat on it at some point but i imagine it'll taste fine just the same. baked it myself, words and all. it's not everyday your young man turns 11 now it is? rubeus hagrid, keeper of keys and grounds at hogwarts. of course you know all about hogwarts no? blimey harry didn't you ever wonder didn't you ever wonder how your mum and dad learned it all? you're a wizard harry. a wizard. and a thumpin' good one i'd wager once you've trained up a bit. well, "just harry" did you ever make anything happen? anything you couldn't explain, when you were angry or scared? um hum. a car crash? a car crash killed lily and james potter? it's an outrage. it's a scandal. oh and i suppose a great muggle like yourself is gonna stop him. non- magic folk. this boy's had his name down since he were born. he's going to the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world. and he'll be under the finest headmaster that hogwarts has ever seen, albus dumbledore. never insult albus dumbledore in front of me. i'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone at hogwarts about that. strictly speaking i'm not supposed to do magic. we're a bit behind schedule. best be off. unless you'd rather stay, of course. if you know where to go. no thanks tom, i'm on official hogwarts business. just helping young harry buy his school business. hello, professor i didn't see you there. harry professor quirrell will be your defense against the dark arts teacher. yes, well must be going now. lots to buy. see, harry? you're famous. i'm not exactly sure i'm the right person to tell you that, harry. welcome harry, to diagon alley. that's where you get your quills and ink. over there, all your bits and bobs for doing wizardry. well there's your money harry! gringotts, the wizard bank! ain't no safer place, not one! 'cept perhaps hogwarts. they're goblins harry. clever as they come the goblins, but not the most friendly of beasts. best stay close. mr. harry potter wishes to make a withdrawal wait a minute. got it here somewhere. ha! there's the little devil. oh, and there's something else as well. professor dumbledore gave me this. it's about you- know- what in vault you know which. didn't think your mum and dad would leave you with nothing now did you? can't tell you harry. hogwarts business. very secret. best not to mention this to anyone harry. a wand? well, you want ollivander's. there ain't no place better. why don't you run along and wait. i got one more thing to do. won't be long. harry! harry! happy birthday! you all right harry? you seem very quiet. first and understand this harry because it's very important. not all wizards are good. some of them go bad. a few years ago one of them went as bad as you can go. his name was v--. his name was v--. naw i can't spell it. all right, voldemort. shh. it was dark times harry, dark times. voldemort started to gather some followers. brought them over to the dark side. anyone who stood up to him ended up dead. your parents fought against him. nobody lived once he decided to kill them. nobody, not one. except you. yes. that ain't no ordinary cut on your forehead harry. a mark from that only comes from being touched by a curse, an evil curse at that. well some say he died. codswallop in my opinion. nope, i reckon he's out there still too tired to carry on. but one thing's absolutely certain. something about you stumped him that night. that's why you're famous. that's why everybody knows your name. you're the boy who lived. well some say he died. codswallop in my opinion. nope, i reckon he's out there still too tired to carry on. but one thing's absolutely certain. something about you stumped him that night. that's why you're famous. that's why everybody knows your name. you're the boy who lived. what are you looking at? blimey is that time? sorry harry, but i'm gonna have to leave you. dumbledore would be wanting his. well, he'd be wanting to see me. now, your train leaves in 10 minutes. here's your ticket. stick to it harry, that's very important. stick to you ticket. right then. first years this way, please! first years, don't be shy. come on now, hurry up! hello harry! right, then. this way to the boats. come on now, follow me. well done! what's going on with harry's broomstick? go, go, go, go! looks like he's gonna be sick! yes! nonsense! why would snape put a curse on harry's broom? who told you about fluffy? well, of course, he's got a name! he's mine! i brought him off an irish feller i met down at the pub last year. then i lent him to dumbledore to guard the--- i shouldn't have said that. no more questions! don't ask anymore question! that's top- secret that is. codswallop! professor snape is a hogwarts teacher! now listen to me, all three of you, you're meddling in things that ought not to be meddled in. it's dangerous! what that dog is guarding is strictly between professor dumbledore and nicholas flamel. i shouldn't have said that. i should not have said that. oh, hello. i don't wish to be rude, but i'm in no fit state to entertain today. snape? blimey, you're still on about him, are you? snape is one of the teachers protecting the stone! he's not about to steal it. you heard. right, now, come on, i'm a bit preoccupied today. right. waste of bloody time if you ask me. ain't no one gonna get past fluffy. ain't a soul knows how, except me and dumbledore. i shouldn't have told you that. i should not have told you that. oh, that? it's a. it's um. i won it! off a stranger i met at the pub. seemed quite glad to be rid of it, as a matter of fact. isn't he beautiful? oh bless him look, he knows his mummy! hello norbert! well he's gotta have a name don't he? don't you norbert? te de de de de! oh! woah! he'll have to be trained up a bit of course. who's that? oh, dear. norbert's gone. dumbledore sent him off to romania to live in a colony. yeah, but what if he don't like romania? what if the other dragons are mean to him? he's only a baby after all. right, let's go. what we're here for. see that? that's unicorn blood, that is. i found one dead a few weeks ago. now, this one's been hurt bad by something. so, it's our job to go and find the poor beast. ron, hermione, you'll come with me. and harry, you'll go with malfoy. fine. just so you know he's bloody coward. hello there firenze. see you've met our young mr. potter. all right there harry? i dunno. i never saw his face. he kept his hood up. well, he wanted to know what sort of creatures i looked after. and i told him, after fluffy a dragon's gonna be no problem. well of course he was interested in fluffy! how often do you come across three headed dogs do you come across even if you're in the trade? but i told him, i said, i said, "the trick with any beast is to know how to calm him." take fluffy for example, just play him a bit of music and he falls straight asleep. i shouldn't have told you that. where are you going? where are you---? yes! come on now. hurry up, you'll be late! train's leaving. go on. come on, hurry up. thought you were leaving without saying good-bye did you? this is for you. oh. go on. on with you. on with you now. on with you. oh, listen, harry. if that dolt of a cousin of yours dudley gives you any grief you can always um. threaten him, with a nice pair of ears to go with that tail of his. i know that. but your cousin don't do he?