Harry Potter has lived with his Aunt, Uncle, and his cousin for twelve long years. His Aunt wants nothing to do with the Potters, so she pretends like Harry barely exists. One day, a letter falls down the chimney addressed to Harry. No one had ever written to him. Who could it be? But before reading it, Uncle Vernon ripped it to shreds. The next day, they get two letters, then five, then one hundred! Uncle Vernon decides to go to a broken down house near the sea, so they take a boat. In the middle of the night, a pounding on the door wakes everyone up. A giant man, almost two times the average height of a normal man comes bursting in. He tells Harry that he is a wizard and tells him to arrive at platform 9 ¾ at 11:00 on September the 1st. Then, he takes
Harry to Diagon Alley to get his wizard stuff. On September the 1st, the Dursleys leave Harry on platform 9. Harry asks a wizard family how to get into 9 ¾. They are the Weasleys. Ron, the Weasley in Harry’s Year, becomes his friend. They help Harry on the train and they leave for Hogwarts. When they get there, they are sorted into houses. Ron and Harry both end up in Gryffindor, but the hat considers Harry for Slytherin. Harry finds himself being stared at by everyone and has no idea why. He is famous for something he has no idea why. Dumbledore tells Harry maybe some day. Ron tells him because there is an evil wizard named Voldemort, and he killed many people including Harry’s parents. But Voldemort could not defeat Harry for the power of love was too strong and powerful in Harry. Voldemort’s killing curse rebounded, nearly killing Voldemort himself. Harry and Ron meet a Girl named Hermione Granger and also become her friend. But, they also make a quick enemy, Draco Malfoy, who is jealous of Harry. In their first broom lesson, Draco steals from a kid named Neville Longbottom. Harry mounts his broom and chases after Draco. Not too hard, thinks Harry. He corners Draco in a tree and Draco and chucks it away to save himself. Harry dives after it, catches it, and rolls onto the ground. Professor Mcgonagall comes out and takes Harry to a boy named Oliver Wood and tells him that he is Gryffindor’s new seeker. Draco is super mad. The school year goes on as usual, but Harry finds himself being chased by Filch, the squib (a wizard with no magic). He ends up in a room with a massive three headed dog and sees a trapdoor. He tells Ron and Hermione. They see Snape go into the room and exit. They are worried that Snape will get their first. So, they make a quest to go and get whatever is down there. They go to Hagrid and get him to tell them that it is the Sorcerer’s Stone because he is drunk a lot of the time. He is their other friend. Hagrid is Hogwarts Gamekeeper. The three friends (Harry, Ron, and Hermione) go into the room with the dog. Hermione plays the flute because she heard Hagrid say, “He calms down when he hears a nice lullaby.” They get past the traps until they run into a giant chess set. Ron sacrifices himself to let Harry and Hermione by. Hermione is the smartest kid in the whole school, so in the next challenge, (potions) she solves a riddle easily. It is telling them which bottles do which. Five kill or harm, one sends you back from the purple flames, and one sends you into the chamber with the stone. Hermione quickly drinks the one that sends her back. She goes to get Dumbledore. Harry goes forth to see… Professor Quirrell, the defence against the dark arts teacher. He takes off his wrap to show Harry. Voldemort's face is on the back of his head. He shares a body with Quirrell. Voldemort forces Harry to look into a mirror to tell him what he sees. Harry lies and feels the Sorcerer’s stone magically fall into his pocket. Voldemort knows, and attacks Harry. Harry sticks out his hands to defend himself and Voldemort screams and reels backwards. Harry realizes Voldemort cannot touch him without nasty burns, so he runs up and places his hands on his Voldemorts face. Voldemort disappears into dust, and Harry falls back unconscious. He wakes up in a hospital bed with tons of cards. He is famous. Dumbledore tells Harry why he is so famous. On the way home, Uncle Vernon is shocked to see everyone saying by to Harry. They are furious.