Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Part 1

Okay so I started reading Harry Potter and recently finished the first book which is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone.  So this is a summary/ my opinions on Harry Potter post.  So Harry, son of James and Lilly Potter, is a wizard.  He lives with the Dursley family who are not the biggest fans of wizards.  This is because on Halloween night, a powerful wizard named Voldemort came to Harry's house and killed his parents.  He also tried to kill Harry but for some reason couldn't, but left a scar on Harry's forehead shaped like a scar.  Then Voldemort suddenly disappeared.  So Harry lived with his uncle and aunt Petunia and Vernon and their son Dudley.  Harry had to live in a small space under the stairs for his whole life and kept being bullied by Dudley.  He had no idea that he was a famous wizard at all.  That is until the second he turned 11.  Hagrid (works at Hogwarts) basically broke into the house and told Harry everything that happened.  So basically Harry had been accepted into Hogwarts, a wizarding school.  And then Hagrid took Harry to all these shops and what not to buy school supplies.  They first went to Gringotts which is the only wizarding bank, and one of the safest place to keep something besides Hogwarts.  So they went their to get money, and turns out Harry is also rich.  Then Hagrid went into a vault to pick up a package, Harry asked what was inside and Hagrid said it was top secret and he couldn't tell Harry.  Anyways, Harry got a train ticket to Hogwarts that was in station 9 3/4ths.  The Dursleys left him at the train station laughing as they went home because there was no station 9 3/4ths.  So Harry was lost.  He then ran into the Weasleys who helped him.  The Weasleys are a wizarding family.  Molly Weasley married Arthur Weasley.  They had 7 kids.  Bill and Charlie being the 2 oldest and already live by themselves, Percy, the Weasley twins, Fred and George, Ron,  Harry's friend, and Ginny, who will start going to Hogwarts next year.  On that day Harry met Fred and George, (who are the two jokesters) Ron, (who he quickly became friends with) Mrs. Weasley, (she helped him get to the train station) and he heard Ginny obsessing over him but didn't really get to meet her, oh and then he met Percy, who was really REALLY exited because he was made Prefect that year.  Which basically means he babysat the Gryffindor first years and everyone else in his house.  So they all get on the train and Harry and Ron talk and get to know each other, Ron tells Harry about chocolate frogs and how you could collect cards of famous wizards from time, Harry's first card was Albus Dumbledore who did famous work and had a partner in crime named Nicholas Flamel. They also meet Hermione Granger who is a wizard that comes from a muggle family (muggle means human or non magical people) and knows about magic more then Harry and Ron.  They also met Neville Longbottom and his toad.  Neville also like Ron comes from a wizarding family, but his family didn't think that he could be a wizard because he never showed his ability.  And then they met Draco Malfoy who comes from a rich wizarding family who detest muggles and mudbloods (a name for a wizard that comes from a muggle family) and also gets rejected by Harry to become his friend.  Anyways, later on they arrive at Hogwarts.  Hagrid helps all the first years and leads them to Hogwarts.  Then they have a sorting hat ceremony.  Basically there is this old hat which you put on your head and it tells you which house you belong in.  There are 4 Hogwarts houses.  Hufflepuff, who are the nicest people in the world, (if only I where that nice) Ravenclaw, the house for the intelligent and smart, Gryffindor, the house of the Brave and Strong, and Slytherin, the house for the Cunning and Ambitious, also every member of Slytherin up to know has become evil, Voldemort himself was a Slytherin....is this a good time to mention that I am a Slytherin as well?  So Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and some other people got into Gryffindor.  Draco got into Slytherin with his hench men, Crabe and Goyle.  He also met nearly headless Nick, and The Bloody Baron.  Headless Nick is the Gryffindor ghost, and the Bloody Baron is the Slytherin ghost.  And then there is Peeves, a random mischief making Poltergeist.  So then Professor Dumbledore gave a little speech welcoming the 1st years and everything else, he also said that all Hogwarts students where not allowed to go in the forest or on this hall in the third floor.  Then they had a feast.  After, everybody went to their dormitories and went to sleep.  The next day they met Flinch, who everyone hated and Harry and Ron knew why now.  They also met Professor Snape who hates Harry.  Professor Quirrell, who always had garlic around because he's scared of vampires and some other weird stuff.  So then fast-forward about a weeks time, Harry gets a letter from Hagrid saying he wants Harry to come visit him at his hut.

To Be Continued...

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