Hermione tried her door unlocking spell on it, but it proved useless.
"Figures. They'd use something a little stronger than what a First Year could get a hold of to protect the Stone." Harry said. He motioned for Hermione to move out of the way. "Haven't gotten around to making an Unlock spell, but let's see if it's protected again Lina's all-purpose skeleton key."
"FLARE ARROW!"
The arrows of fire hit the door, and though they badly damaged it, it was still enough to possibly stop them.
"Huh, must have put up a defensive spell of some kind. Ah well. FLARE LANCE!" Harry yelled, as he hurled a spear of flames against the door.
This time, the door, as well as a portion of the wall around it, was blown away. Hermione and Ron were wide eyed as they stared at the destruction their friend had so easily caused.
"Bloody HELL, Harry, I think you could take on an Auror with spells like that." Ron whispered in awe.
Harry walked to the door, and glanced at his friends.
"Come on! We've got to get to the Stone before Snape!"
Ron and Hermione gave a start and rushed after him.
The three quickly found themselves in a completely dark room. Before Harry could cast another Lighting spell, the lights came on, revealing that the room was a giant chessboard, with gigantic chessmen. The three were behind the black area, while behind the white pieces was the door.
"This is supposed to be a barrier?" Harry muttered.
"This is a wizards chess set, Harry." Ron said. "I bet that if we try and get across without beatting the game, the pieces will attack us. We have to win in order to cross."
"You mean these are all golems, and they're smart enough to play CHESS?"
"Golems?" Ron asked.
"A statue, magically animated." Hermione explained.
"Oh. Yeah." Ron nodded.
"And this is common in the Wizarding World?"
"Yeah."
"Remind me to pick up a wizards chess set when we get out of here." Harry said. "Unfortunately, we don't have time for this, so SHADOW WEB!"
Harry's shadow shot out several tentacles, spearing into the shadows of the chess pieces nearest them.
"And now, FREEZE BULLET! FREEZE BULLET!" Harry shot a pair of blue balls of light at the white pieces. When the two lights hit, they exploded, engulfing the pieces in a couple of small glaciers. There was just enough of a path left clear between the two glaciers for the three to reach the doorway.
As the three began to move towards the door, a single thought was rushing through the minds of both Hermione and Ron.
If Harry's this powerful, and he's still a student, what must the fully trained wizards be like?"
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