Confrontation in the Forbidden Corridor

Harry exited the History of Magic classroom after his last exam. Things had gone well in all his exams. He didn't have any problems with the questions asked, the practical demonstrations were no problem at all for him and brewing the Forgetfulness Potion was easy as he had reviewed the methods for all potions the evening before. Now he and his fellow Ravenclaws just wanted to enjoy their well-earned free time until their results came out in one week. The only thing left was the last Quidditch match in three days and Harry was well-prepared to help his team win the cup for Ravenclaw. After all, Gryffindor would have to win with more than seven hundred thirty points lead. Very, very, very improbable.

The Ravenclaw first years spent the day playing games, playing at the lake, reading books that had nothing to do with studying and eating sweets. When Harry was back on his way to the common room from a meeting with his Gryffindor friends after dinner though, he was surprisingly grabbed from behind. His mouth was covered with a gloved hand. He struggled, but his attacker was much stronger than him. He was dragged away towards the forbidden corridor on the third floor.

"Stupid old man. But I know the perfect way to ensure I get the stone." Harry heard a voice that sounded suspiciously like Quirrell without stutter say.

"Yes, he may have thought up some nasty obstacles, but I'll get through them. And you, Potter, will be a great help. Yes, the old man quite underestimates me. But his little warding scheme will fail once a student is forced in there. And you are definitely a problem I need to take care of before you get too strong. You having made the unicorns hide where I can't find them forced me to rush this." The man said.

Harry was forced into the corridor, feeling like something broke forcefully.

"Yes, I knew it. While the wards keep students out and then the nastier wards come, if I force a student in here, they'll fall. Dumbledore was always too soft. Now, Potter, we will test if you really can sing that Cerberus to sleep." He was turned around and saw that it really was Quirrell, but without the stuttering.

"I won't help you." Harry said defiantly.

"Oh, but you don't have a choice. I'll just lock you in with the beast. If you don't sing, you'll get torn apart, so you better get that damned dog asleep." Quirrell said.

"Oh, and why don't you just charm an instrument? Kidnapping me won't help you at all. Dumbledore will soon be here." Harry replied.

"There you are wrong, Potter, Dumbledore currently is on his way to London. Too bad for him that nobody there wants to see him. And with the floo network being maintained today, he had to take another route. I'll long be gone before he returns. And do you really think I hadn't thought of something that simple? But Dumbledore was smart, smarter than I thought he would be. He charmed the room so no magic can be performed there after the Cerberus escaped on Halloween. So I have to improvise. Now in there and you better sing if you like to live." Harry saw the door being opened and he was pushed inside. Then the door was closed behind him.

He saw the threatening mouths of Fluffy growling at him and the six eyes concentrating on him.

'I need to calm Fluffy down without making him fall asleep. Then he can take care of Quirrell until Dumbledore returns.' Harry thought frightened and started humming.

Fluffy cocked one of his heads.

"Hey Fluffy, I'm a friend of Hagrid's, your master. I didn't intend to come in here and disturb you. Please help me against the man who pushed me in here." Harry said, keeping up humming between the words.

Fluffy obviously had understood the word Hagrid, as he was sniffing Harry. Harry, gathering all his courage hesitantly let Fluffy sniff and petted the middle head a bit.

"Good dog." He said, continuing to hum, but always stopping to not put Fluffy to sleep. Harry went to the back of the room, putting Fluffy between himself and the door. "Now when the door opens again, get him." Harry said, humming again.

Quirrell obviously wanted to be sure his plan worked this time, because it took full ten minutes for him to open the door again. Fluffy was ready and jumped as soon as Quirrell stepped over the threshold.

"Argh." Quirrell shouted out when Fluffy decided to bite his wand arm.

He had to let his wand drop and tried to get away from the dog, but he didn't manage. Fluffy held him. Harry meanwhile dived for the wand Quirrell had let fall down and then retreated into his corner again. There was no way he could defeat Quirrell, but Fluffy was doing a great job so far. Harry was hoping that help would soon come. He didn't know if Quirrell had some other kind of abilities to take Fluffy out. He definitely couldn't sing otherwise he wouldn't have kidnapped Harry. Finally Fluffy seemed to have finished with Quirrell. He let the bloody form of the man lie on the ground. Harry then saw a black cloud rise from the downed man. His eyes went wide when he saw the evil red eyes turning to him.

"Harry Potter. Again you foiled my plans. You will regret this. I will find a way to get my body back. You might have stopped me for now, but when I return, you'll feel the consequences of your actions." The cloud-like wraith said and then shot at Harry screeching in fury.

But before it could touch Harry, he held his hands over his head, trying to shield himself against the wraith. The wraith was stopped by some invisible barrier around Harry, which hurt the wraith. It decided the pain and loss of power wasn't worth it and disappeared through the still open door. Harry still sat in the corner of the room. Fluffy had traipsed over to him, putting one of his heads into Harry's lap. Harry mechanically started humming and petting Fluffy to have something to stop his hands from trembling over what he had just witnessed. Quirrell had been possessed by Voldemort. He had tried to get the stone and tried to use him to get past Fluffy. And he had tried to kill him again. Five minutes after Voldemort had disappeared, he heard running outside the door. But he didn't really register what was happening. He was in shock.

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