Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Dumbledore had convinced Harry not to go looking for the Mirror of Erised again and for the rest of the Christmas holidays the Invisibility Cloak stayed folded at the bottom of his trunk.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
‘This,’ said Wood, ‘is the Golden Snitch, and it’s the most important ball of the lot. It’s very hard to catch because it’s so fast and difficult to see. It’s the Seeker’s job to catch it.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Filch owned a cat called Mrs Norris, a scrowny, dust-coloured creature with bulging, lamp-like eyes just like Filch’s. She patrolled the corridors alone. Break a rule in front of her, put just one toe out of line, and she’d whisk off for Filch, who’d appear, wheezing, two seconds later.