Wrock the Reread

A #wizardrock fan's reread of the #HarryPotter series, searching for the soundtrack on every page ⚡️

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Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel

Harry finds it hard to forget the image of his parents. Quidditch practise continues on even harder and it is revealed that Snape will referee the next match. Malfoy performs a leg-locker curse on Neville, and to cheer him up, Harry tells Neville he is "Worth twelve of Malfoy." [“Song for Neville [instrumental]” by The Sorting Hat] Harry suddenly remembers that he read the name Nicolas Flamel on a chocolate frog card, which reminds Hermione that she had seen the name in a book she picked up from the library, and the team discover that he was a famous alchemist who is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone, whose powers include turning any metal to gold and producing the Elixir of Life, a potion that can make the drinker immortal. [“665″ by Ollivander];  [“This Stone” by Sam]

The Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff Quidditch match arrives and Snape, who referees the match, is predictably biassed, while on the stands Ron and Neville get into a scuffle with Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle after Malfoy made some rude comments towards the players of their house's team as well as both of them. [“A Slytherin Point Of View” by RiddleTM] Harry catches the snitch and wins the match under five minutes, though Ron did not see this due to fighting Draco Malfoy, and Neville is sent to the hospital wing due to the injuries he sustained from fighting both Crabbe and Goyle. Later, Harry notices and follows Snape into the Forbidden Forest by broomstick where he meets Quirrell and they speak of the Philosopher's Stone. Harry thinks that Snape is trying to force Quirrell to help him get the stone so he can get rich, to the alarm of both Ron and Hermione who fear Quirrell will talk.[“Up to Something” by The Bandon Banshees]

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Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised

Christmas is approaching. Malfoy teases Harry about having to stay at Hogwarts for the holiday, as he does not have parents. [“Christmas at Hogwarts” by Hungry Hungry Hippogriffs] Harry, however, is looking forward to spending Christmas away from the Dursleys, especially because Ron is also staying at Hogwarts, as Mr and Mrs Weasley are going to visit Ron's older brother Charlie in Romania. [“Wizard Chess” by Harry and the Potters] The day before the holidays, Hermione tears Ron and Harry away from a conversation with Hagrid to look in the library for more information about Nicolas Flamel. The librarian, Madam Pince, catches Harry prowling around the restricted-books section of the library and kicks him out.

On Christmas Day, Harry and Ron awaken to presents, though Harry's are fewer. [“I’ve Got Presents!” by Heart of Black] Harry receives a flute from Hagrid, a 50 pence coin from the Dursleys, some fudge and Chocolate Frogs from Hermione, and a knitted jumper from Ron's mother. [“Christmas Rock Cake” by The Bandon Banshees]; [“Weasley Sweater” by Starfish and Stick]; [“Maroon” by Slytherin Soundtrack] He also receives an Invisibility cloak accompanied only by an anonymous note telling him that the cloak once belonged to Harry's father and to "use it well." [“Invisiblity Cloak” by DJK Rowling]; [”Use It Well” by Hannah Moroz] That night, after a satisfying Christmas dinner and after Ron has fallen asleep, Harry tries on his Invisibility Cloak. [“Ron’s Woeful Christmas (The Sweater Song)” by The 8th Horcrux]; [“Sweaters” by Gred and Forge]; [“Christmastime at School” by Gred and Forge] Unseen, he is able to go to the library’s restricted-books section. [“Restricted Section” by The Curse Breakers] But one of the books starts screaming when he opens it, so he quickly leaves. [“Books of Magic (Live)” by Diagon Alley] He passes Filch and hides in an old classroom as Filch is getting Snape to help him search the corridors. [“The Dark Flash Green” by Eyes Like Mine] Inside stands an old mirror in a gold frame with the inscription "Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi" ("I show not your face, but your heart's desire"). [“The Mirror” by Ollivander] Harry looks in the mirror and sees many people standing behind him, but when he turns around in the room, he sees no one. [“Family Portrait” by Sea Turtle Harmonic]; [“Erised” by Snidget] Suddenly, he recognises that two of the people in the mirror are his dead mother and father. [“Erised” by The Curse Breakers] He tries to speak to them, but they can only communicate by waving. Harry lingers there a while but eventually returns to his room.  [“Christmas Mirror” by The Butterbeer Experience]

The next night, Harry brings Ron with him to the mirror room. Ron does not see Harry’s parents in the mirror, but instead sees himself holding the Quidditch Cup. [“Sidekick” by How Airplanes Fly];  [“Mirror of Erised” by Stephanie and the Quaffles] Mrs Norris, Filch's prowling cat, notices them. On the third night, Ron is afraid of being caught and does not want to go back, as he does not trust the mirror, so Harry returns alone. [“Livin’ in a Mirror” by Harry and the Potters] There he finds Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore explains to Harry that the mirror, which is known as the Mirror of Erised, displays the deepest desires of whoever looks into it. [“Mirror of Erised” by Miranda Puffskein] Harry is relieved to find that Dumbledore is not angry. [“The Mirror” by Siriusly Hazza P] However, he warns Harry that men have wasted away and been driven mad before the mirror and informs Harry that the mirror will be moved to a new location and tells him not to go looking for it. [“Mirror of Erised” by Kirstyn Hippe]; [“Mirror Of Erised” by RiddleTM] When Harry asks what Dumbledore sees in the mirror, his answer is "himself holding a pair of socks." [“Socks!” by The 8th Horcrux]

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Chapter 11: Quidditch

As November begins, so does the Quidditch season, and Harry is about to play in his first match against Slytherin. To prepare, Harry borrows a book entitled Quidditch Through the Ages from Hermione. Professor Snape discovers Ron, Harry, and Hermione out with the book one evening and confiscates it from Harry on the feeble pretext that library books may not be taken outside of the school. Harry’s suspicions of Snape continue to grow. Harry starts to notice that Snape is limping. Going off to retrieve the book from Snape, Harry overhears Snape talking to Argus Filch about the fact that the three-headed dog has attacked him, leaving a cut on his leg, which makes Harry even more suspicious.

The next morning, the Quidditch match begins. [“Gryffindor Rocks” by Harry and the Potters] Harry spots the Golden Snitch early in the game, and is flying toward it when the Slytherin Captain pushes him out of the way and is penalised. [“Hit the Pitch (This is Quiddtich)” by Alex Boyd] Later in the game, Harry’s broom begins jerking uncontrollably. [“Your Broom Is Your Best Friend” by Szhom] Hagrid comments that only Dark magic could make a broomstick so hard to manage. Hermione notices that Snape is staring at Harry and muttering to himself, signs of casting a curse. As two of Harry's teammates, the Weasley twins, try to rescue Harry in the air, Hermione rushes over to Snape in such a hurry that she knocks Quirrell over, sneaks behind Snape, and sets his robe on fire. [“Fly, Harry, Fly” by Ollivander] Suddenly, the spell on Harry’s broom is broken and Harry is once again in control. He starts speeding toward the ground and lands, catching the Snitch in his mouth and nearly swallowing it. [“You Can't Take Me Down” by Eyes Like Mine]

Hagrid takes Harry back to his hut with Hermione and Ron, who tells Harry that Snape was putting a curse on his broomstick. Hagrid does not believe this, asking why Snape would try to kill Harry. Harry tells Hagrid about Snape getting injured by the dog in the third-floor corridor. Hagrid involuntarily reveals that the three-headed dog, Fluffy, is his, and that what the dog is guarding is a secret known only to Albus Dumbledore and a man named Nicolas Flamel.  [“Hagrid is My Name” by Lily and James]

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Chapter 10: Hallowe'en

The next morning, Harry and Ron are discussing what the dog could be guarding when the mail arrives. Harry receives a Nimbus 2000, along with a note from Professor McGonagall summoning him to Quidditch practise. [“Nimbus 2000″ by Sea Turtle Harmonic] Malfoy tells Harry that first-year students are not allowed broomsticks. Malfoy then tries to report Harry to Professor Flitwick who just expresses admiration for Harry’s talent having heard from McGonagall. Harry later meets Oliver Wood to learn the basics of Quidditch, including the various positions on a standard Quidditch team and the implements used in the game. [“Captain of Gryffindor” by The First Task Is Dragons] Oliver explains Harry's role as a Seeker: his job is to avoid other players and catch the Golden Snitch. [“Brighter Today” by Marked As His Equal] A Quidditch game cannot end until the Snitch is caught, making the Seeker the most important player on a team. On Hallowe'en, Flitwick begins teaching his students how to make things fly, using the Wingardium Leviosa spell. Only Hermione succeeds; Ron, offended by her air of superiority, utters a nasty comment that Hermione overhears. Harry notices her running off in tears. [“Meanwhile” by Seen and Unforeseen]

Harry and Ron arrive at the Hallowe'en feast to hear Professor Quirrell, the teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts, give a terrifying announcement about a twelve-foot troll in the building. [“Troll in the Dungeons” by Stephanie and the Quaffles]; [“Troll Hunter II” by Slytherin Soundtrack]  As the prefects lead the students back to their dorms, Harry realises that Hermione does not know about the troll. [“Troll In The Dungeons!” by Ollivander] They head off to warn her and come upon the troll. Unwittingly, they lock it in the girls' bathroom only to realise that Hermione is trapped in there with the troll. Using teamwork, magic, and a lot of luck, the two of them manage to knock out the troll. [“The Day I Learned the Swish and Flick” by Anvil and the Hints] Professor McGonagall finds them and begins to scold the boys. [“Trollin' for Lovin'” by Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills] Hermione interjects that Harry and Ron were looking for her. She then lies, saying that she went to face the troll herself and that Ron and Harry had been trying to save her from it. At this point, Hermione befriends them.

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Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel

Harry has been at Hogwarts for around two weeks when he finds out that the Gryffindors will have flying lessons with the Slytherins, much to his disliking. Harry does not want to spend more time with Malfoy than he has to. [“Quidditch Anthem” by The Sweetwater All Stars];  [“Quidditch is My Favorite Sport” by The Parselmouths] However, Harry finds that he is quite a natural at flying. [“Don't Go Pushin My Friends Around” by Eyes Like Mine] Madam Hooch leads the class, gently sending the new fliers off the ground. Neville has an accident when his broom runs amok and breaks his wrist. [“Neville Longbottom” by Slytherin Soundtrack] Madam Hooch takes him to the hospital, telling everyone to stay on the ground while she is away. Malfoy notices a Remembrall belonging to Neville, picks it up, and begins to fly around with it. [“Scrape the Sun” by Draco and the Malfoys] Harry goes after Malfoy, who throws the ball in the air. Harry catches it spectacularly and lands safely back on ground. Just then, Professor McGonagall arrives, reprimanding Harry and ordering him to follow her. [“Quidditch Stuff” by Defense Against the Dark Marks] But instead of punishing him, McGonagall introduces him to Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and makes him the Gryffindor team's new Seeker. [“Oliver Wood” by The Basilisk In Your Pasta]

At dinner, Harry excitedly tells Ron about joining the Quidditch team but tells him that Wood wants it to be a secret. Malfoy comes over with his cronies Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle and teases Harry about getting in trouble earlier. The tension grows and Malfoy challenges Harry to a wizard’s duel. [“Midnight Duel” by Ollivander] Harry accepts, in spite of Hermione’s attempt to dissuade them from breaking the school rules. As Harry and Ron sneak out later that night, Hermione tries to stop them but gets locked out of the dorm (the Fat Lady has gone for an evening stroll) and must tag along. Neville also joins them, as he has forgotten the password to the common room and ended up sleeping on the floor outside. They arrive at the Trophy Room, the site of the duel, but Malfoy is nowhere to be found. Suddenly, they hear Argus Filch and his cat, Mrs Norris, enter the room. [“Ms. Norris” by Harry and the Potters] With it obvious that Malfoy tricked them, they begin to hide and then run away. [“Alohomora” by Harry and the Potters] Not sure where they are going, they accidentally end up in the forbidden area on the third floor, staring at a large and scary three-headed dog. [“Fluffy” by Harry and the Potters] The children manage to get back to their dorm safely, though they are terrified. Hermione reprimands Harry, but stirs his curiosity by pointing out that the dog was standing on a trapdoor. [“Up on the Third Floor” by Slytherin Soundtrack]

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Chapter 8: The Potions Master

Harry finds life at Hogwarts unfamiliar and strange. Everyone talks about him, and an adult always seems to be around when he is doing something wrong. It is hard to find his way to classes due to the one hundred and forty-two changing staircases and tricky doorways. [“142 Staircases” by The Pumpkin Pasties] The people in the Hogwarts portraits have been no help to him, for they ignore some students and visit each other, nor have the ghosts, whom always scare Harry when they glide through a door he is trying to open. [“Portraits” by Hollow Godric] Only Nearly-Headless Nick points new Gryffindors in the right direction, but Peeves is worth two locked doors and a tricky staircase whenever Harry runs into him when late for class. Even worse than Peeves if anyhow possible is the school caretaker Argus Filch, who both Harry and Ron get on the bad side of on their very first morning, when he finds them trying to force their way through a door which turns out to be entrance of the out-of-bounds third floor corridor. [“Cradle of Filch” by Voldemort] He threatens to lock them in the dungeons, but the two boys are luckily rescued by Quirrel, who is passing by.

All the classes become very interesting to Harry, with the only exception being History of Magic, and he learns that there is a lot more to magic other than waving his wand and saying a few funny words. [“History of Magic” by Gred and Forge] In his first Transfiguration class on Thursday, Professor McGonagall transfigures her desk into a pig and then back again while explaining how Transfiguration itself is some of the most complex and dangerous magic to be learned, and anyone who will get caught messing around with it will have to banned from the class. [“Wizarding Skillz” by the 8th Horcrux] The entire class is very impressed, but soon realise that they are not gonna be changing furniture into animals. Only Hermione is able to make any progress at turning a match into a needle, for which MacGonagall gives her a rare smile, but Harry is relieved to see that his peers are just as lost as he is. When time comes to transition to Defence Against the Dark Arts class (the class everyone is looking forward to) every morning, the lesson turns into more of a joke, as Quirrell keeps going on with stories about his travels in the year prior, such as when he had ward off a vampire in Romania (whom he is afraid will come back and get him), and when he had earned his turban from an African prince for saving him from a troublesome zombie. [“My New School” by Harry and the Potters]

During breakfast the first Friday, Hedwig arrives with a tea invitation from Hagrid. [“The Lonely Half-Giant” by Hollow Godric] Later, in his Potions class, Harry discovers that Professor Snape hates him, mocking Harry as "our new celebrity" and then humiliating Harry for his ignorance of potion-making materials.[“I Didn't Ask To Be No Celebrity” by Eyes Like Mine]; [“Potions Is My Worst Class” by Ollivander]; [“Pick Me! In the Classroom” by The Hermione Crookshanks Experience]; [“Potions With Neville” by Seamus and the Finnigans] Harry brings Ron with him to Hagrid’s shack for tea. Harry and Ron are disconcerted by Hagrid’s huge and fierce-looking dog, Fang, but discover that he is gentle. [“Fang” by Siriusly Hazza P] Hagrid tells Harry that he is overreacting to Snape’s treatment, asserting that Snape would have no reason to hate him. Harry happens to notice an article from the wizard newspaper, the Daily Prophet, detailing a break-in that occurred at Gringotts bank in a vault that had been emptied earlier in the day.[“Wizard Rock Cake” by The Bandon Banshees] He realises that it happened on his birthday, the day he and Hagrid went to Gringotts. Furthermore, he remembers that Hagrid emptied vault seven hundred and thirteen, taking a small package with him as he left. Harry leaves Hagrid’s, his mind filled with questions. [“Gringotts Banksters” Polka by Muggle Snuggle]

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Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat

The new students are greeted at the castle door by Professor Minerva McGonagall, who tells them they will soon be sorted into their houses. [“1984 (Welcome)” by Tonks & the Aurors] All Hogwarts students live in one of four residences: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin, with each house having its own team for Quidditch. [“Sort Me” by Tonks & the Aurors] The houses are in a yearlong competition with one another to acquire the most points, which are earned by success in Quidditch games and given by teachers for academic achievement, and lost for student infractions, in order to win the House Cup awarded at the end of the year. As the students enter Hogwarts, ghosts appear in the hallway. [“Ghosts” by Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons] The students are led to the Great Hall, where the entire school waits for them. [“Enchanted Ceiling” by Harry and the Potters] They see an old pointy hat on a stool. [“Sorting Song” by Ravenrock] When the students try on the Sorting Hat, it announces the house in which they are placed. [“Sorting Hat” by RiddleTM] Harry becomes very nervous. He has learned that he does not care for Slytherin house, as the students in it are unpleasant and Voldemort once belonged to Slytherin. The annoying girl Hermione from the train is Sorted into Gryffindor, much to Ron's displeasure. Finally, it is Harry’s turn to wear the hat. He quietly says to himself "not Slytherin, not Slytherin!". [“Not Slytherin” by Ollivander] After a brief mental discussion with the hat in which it tries to suggest Slytherin to him, the hat places Harry in Gryffindor. Harry is pleased to find that Ron joins in Gryffindor with him. Draco Malfoy is placed in Slytherin.

Everyone sits down to a grand feast to begin the year. Harry is overwhelmed by the variety of luscious food served. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, the resident ghost of Gryffindor (popularly known as Nearly Headless Nick because of a botched decapitation), introduces himself to the first-year students and tells them he hopes they will win the house championship this year. [“Nearly Headless Nick” by Harry and the Potters] Over dessert, the discussion turns to the students' upbringings. A student named Neville Longbottom tells how his family thought he was a Squib until he survived a fall from a window. Another student, Seamus Finnigan, talks about how his father, a Muggle, was shocked when he found out his wife (Seamus' mother) was a witch. [“Muggle-Witch” by Seamus and the Finnigans]; [“Muggleborn (The Grass Ain't Always Greener)” by MuggleBorn]  Harry glances around the room and notices a few of the teachers talking to one another. One of them, while speaking to Quirrell, stares malevolently at Harry, who immediately feels a sharp pain in his forehead scar. Harry asks Percy the prefect who he is, and finds out that this man is Professor Severus Snape, who teaches Potions. After dessert, Dumbledore gets up to make his welcome speech. [“Intro” by Hawthorn & Holly] He adds a few warnings about staying away from the Forbidden Forest and avoiding the 3rd-floor corridor on the right side of the school before sending everyone off to bed in their Common rooms. On the way, the Gryffindors run into Peeves the Poltergeist and upon arriving, meet the Fat Lady who lets them into Gryffindor Tower after Percy gives her the password. [“The Phat Lady” by The Gryffindor Common Room Rejects] Harry has trouble sleeping due to dream he has. In it, he is wearing Professor Quirrell's turban, which is demanding him to transfer to Slytherin. He refuses, and the headwear becomes more heavier on his head. Malfoy and Snape appear laughing at him, then the dream ends with a flash of green light that causes Harry to wake up at midnight and fall asleep again, forgetting about it immediately afterwards. [“Harry’s Lament” by The Mudbloods]

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Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

Harry’s last month with the Dursleys is unpleasant. Despite how furious his aunt and uncle are after he found out about his wizard heritage, they hardly speak to him and instead pretend that Harry isn't even were they see he is. At first it was an upgrade, but then becomes depressing for Harry after a while, and Dudley has become so scared of his cousin that he refuses to be anywhere near him. Above all that, Harry is allowed to keep the smallest bedroom with only Hedwig and his new school books as company. He would lay on is bed and read through the interesting books late at night with Hedwig swooping in and out of the window as she pleases, bringing back dead mice that she leaves lying around the room to make them the main reason Aunt Petunia avoids coming in to vacuum. The day before he is due to leave, Harry asks Uncle Vernon to take him to the King's Cross station. [“Leaving for Hogwarts” by Roonil Wazlib] Uncle Vernon agrees to take him but ridicules him for saying he is to leave from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, as is marked on the ticket Hagrid gave him.  [“Platform 9 and 3/4″ by Harry and the Potters] The following day, Harry arrives at the station and stands between platforms nine and ten, wondering how to find platform nine and three quarters. The Dursleys leave him, and as they pulled away in their car, started laughing, leaving Harry quite stumped. [“This is Goodbye” by Riddle™] Finally, he overhears some people mention Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; it is a family of red-haired children who seem to be bound for the school. [“Too Young (to Go to Hogwarts)” by Ginny and the Weasleys];  [“F.Y.I.” by Gred and Forge] He asks the mother for help, and she tells him to run through the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Harry does so, and he is astonished to find the train to Hogwarts on the other side of the station. [“Turn It Up (To 9 & 3/4)” by Ollivander] Harry, then, boards the Hogwarts Express. [“Hogwarts Express” by Draco and the Malfoys]

On the train, Harry is introduced to Fred and George Weasley, twins who are returning to school for their third year, and to their younger brother Ron, another student who will be starting at Hogwarts. [“What Mama Don’t Know” by Gred and Forge]; [“Going to Hogwarts” by Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons];  [“The Boy Who Lived” by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls] They have another brother, Percy, who is returning for his fifth year as a Prefect, and there are two elder Weasley brothers who have already left school. [“Weasley Brothers” by Tonks and the Aurors] The Weasley family is poor, and Ron cannot afford the pastries sold on the train, so Harry buys a lot with his newfound wealth and shares them with Ron. Ron introduces Harry to such details of wizard life as Quidditch, Famous Witches and Wizards cards, and Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. [“Bertie Botts” by Harry and the Potters] One of the cards bears the picture of Albus Dumbledore. [“Chocolate Frog Card” by How Airplanes Fly];  [“Treavor the Toad” by Roonil Wazlib] Harry also meets a somewhat annoying, overachieving girl named Hermione Granger [“Bookworm” by Roonil Wazlib] and sees again the unpleasant boy from the uniform shop, whose name is Draco Malfoy, this time with his buddies, Crabbe and Goyle. [“Crabbe and Goyle” by Solitary Snape] After Draco makes some rude comments about Ron, Harry rejects Draco's offer to advise him about associating with the right kind of wizards. [“Your Family Is Poor” by Draco and the Malfoys]; [“Why Won't You Shake My Hand?” by Draco and the Malfoys]  All the students have heard of Harry, and Harry is not sure how to respond to his fame. Arriving at the station, the newcomers are led by Hagrid onto boats which they sail to the castle of Hogwarts. [“I’m Going to Hogwarts” by Lauren Fairweather]

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Chapter 5: Diagon Alley

When Harry wakes the next morning, he tries to tell himself that what happened the previous night had all been a dream and that Hagrid taking him to a school for Wizards called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has never happened. [“Under the Stairs” by The Wargs] But when he opens his eyes, Hagrid had fallen asleep on the couch and he finds that it has all happened. He hears a tapping noise coming from the window and lets in an Owl. The owl drops a newspaper on Hagrid's lap and begins to claw Hagrid's coat. Hagrid tells Harry to pay the owl so Harry does what he says and the owl leaves. [“Prime Numbers” by Gringotts Grrls] Hagrid tells him they have to go and buy his things, but Harry worries because he hasn't got any money. Hagrid tells him his parents didn't leave him without money and that their first stop is Gringotts, the wizard's bank. [“Gingotts” by Diagon Alley] He explains that it is run by Goblins and that "you'd be mad to try and rob it". Hagrid says Dumbledore also needs something from Gringotts, so Hagrid has to go get it.

They step outside the hut and step into their boat. [“Duex Tickets Now” by Eyes Like Mine] Hagrid uses a bit of magic to speed things up for them. Hagrid says there are Enchantments guarding the vaults in Gringotts. Gringotts is all under London, and you would die of starvation trying to get out. Hagrid begins to read the Daily Prophet and mutters that the Ministry of Magic is messing things up as usual. Harry wonders what the Ministry of Magic does, and Hagrid explains that they handle everything to do with magic. He says they wanted Dumbledore for Minister, but Cornelius Fudge got the job. As they pass through London, people stared at Hagrid a lot, due to his size and that he is pointing out things that Muggles are brilliant for inventing. [“Quiet Night” by Diagon Alley]  Harry asks if there are Dragons guarding Gringotts. Hagrid says yes and mutters that he would like a dragon. Harry takes out his list and reads it out. It says he needs a set of robes, a pointed hat, Dragon hide gloves, and a winter coat. There is a list of his books and stationary equipment. Hagrid leads them both into a pub called the Leaky Cauldron that Harry did not notice was there. [“The Leaky Cauldron” by Diagon Alley] It is dark and shabby and everyone greets Hagrid as he enters. When people see Harry, many get up and shake his hand, including Doris Crockford and Dedalus Diggle. A man with a turban approaches them and Hagrid introduces Harry to Quirinus Quirrell, the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. They talk for a bit then Hagrid steers them out a back door into a small enclosed area with a few barrels. Hagrid takes out his umbrella and taps bricks with it, counting an order. Once he is done, a hole appears in the brick wall, slowly getting bigger, until the wall disappears fully, revealing a crowded street with people wearing robes everywhere with shops left and right. Hagrid tells Harry the street is called Diagon Alley. [“Diagon Alley” by PigWidgeon]

When they are walking down the street, Harry is trying to look everywhere around him, taking in as much as possible. At the end of Diagon Alley, there is a snowy white building, huge in size: Gringotts. [“Gringotts” by The 8th Horcrux]  As they enter, a warning echoes through telling them rob at your own risk. Harry and Hagrid go up to a Goblin and explain they need to take some money out of Harry's vault. The Goblin asks for Harry's key and Hagrid presents it, after sorting through many other keys. The Goblin calls upon another Goblin named Griphook to take them down to the vault. [“Gringotts Goblin Rollercoaster” by Harry and the Potters]  Hagrid also states they need to be taken down to remove the You-Know-What in Vault 713. Griphook takes them to Vault in question, and Hagrid removes the grubby little package there but can't tell Harry what it is. Griphook then takes them to Harry's vault, where there is a large amount of money piled up there that Harry owns. There are Bronze Knuts, Silver Sickles, and Gold Galleons. [“The Economics of the Wizarding World Don't Make Sense” by Harry and the Potters]  Harry and Hagrid take a bit of the money for Harry's list, then leave Gringotts. Hagrid has to stand for a bit as the cart rides that takes them to the vaults make him sick.

Hagrid decides they get Harry's uniform first so they enter Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions. Madam Malkin measures him then he sits on a chair next to a pale-faced boy getting his robes. The boy starts to talk about smuggling a Broomstick into Hogwarts somehow, then about something called Quidditch. Harry feels very out of place with him, as he is talking about houses called Slytherin and Hufflepuff. The boy points out Hagrid, then says the other kind shouldn't be allowed in. [“My Dad Is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys]  When Harry leaves, he tells Hagrid and Hagrid says there are four houses at Hogwarts, Quidditch is a game played on Broomsticks and then leave to buy Harry the rest of his things. [“Quidditch” by Salsa Commodity]   All Harry has left is his wand, so he and Hagrid enter Ollivanders, a Wand shop.  [“Hey Mr. Ollivander” by RiddleTM] Mr Ollivander comes round, scaring them both, and greeting Harry and Hagrid. Ollivander begins to talk about Harry's parents' wands, and how he remembers selling them. Ollivander touches Harry's scar and apologises for the fact that he sold the wand that caused it. Ollivander gives Harry a wand and tells him to give it a wave. Harry did so, but it isn't suitable for him, so Ollivander takes it back. Harry tries many wands, but none of them seem to work well enough for him. Eventually, he picks up a wand and he feels warmth in his fingers. Ollivander states that it is very curious that Harry should be destined for that wand when its brother gave Harry his scar. [“A Very Curious Thing” by Ollivander] Hagrid takes Harry to get something to eat in the Muggle world but Harry is worried that he isn't going to fit in at Hogwarts as everyone expects great things from him. [“I Got A Wand” by Alex Boyd] For Harry's birthday, Hagrid buys Harry an snowy owl named Hedwig. [“Hedwigs Theme” by The Wargs] Hagrid provides Harry with a train ticket, giving him the date, time, and location to catch the Hogwarts Express and tells Harry that if he ever needs anything, he is to write a letter, and Hedwig will know where to find him. Harry then catches a train back to the Dursleys.

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Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys

There is another loud boom on the door and Dudley wakes up, thinking it is a cannon. Uncle Vernon comes through with a rifle, with Aunt Petunia cowering behind him. The door is blasted off its hinges and hits the floor. A giant enters and fixes the door into its frame. [“Enter Hagrid” by Ollivander] The giant asks for a cup of coffee then sits on the couch next to Dudley, scaring him away to hide behind Aunt Petunia. The giant turns his eyes to Harry and greets him, saying he hasn't seen him since he was a baby. He says Harry looks like his father but has his mother's eyes. Uncle Vernon tells him to leave but the giant merely grabs the gun, ties into a knot and throws it away. The giant presents Harry with a birthday cake. Harry asks the giant who he is and he says he is Rubeus Hagrid, the Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. [“Accio Hagrid” by Harry and the Potters] Hagrid makes a fire and cooks some sausages, but is shocked that Harry knows nothing about Hogwarts. He gets angry at the Dursleys for not telling him anything about his parents' world, his world. Harry has no idea what's going on. Hagrid tells Harry his parents are famous and that he's a wizard, despite Uncle Vernon forbidding him to. [“Where I Belong” by Kwikspell] Hagrid gives Harry the letter that he has been craving for. [“I Am a Wizard” by Harry and the Potters] It tells him that he has been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and that term begins on 1st September.  [“Harry the Wizard” by Sam]

Hagrid takes out parchment and a quill and writes a letter to Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, explaining he has given Harry the letter. Uncle Vernon tells Hagrid that Harry won't be going, but the giant knows that a great Muggle like him wouldn't be able to stop Harry from going to Hogwarts. [“Muggles” by Jonathan Mann] Uncle Vernon reveals he knew that Harry's a wizard, and Aunt Petunia tells Harry that her sister, Harry's mother, was a witch.  [“I Wanna Be A Muggle” by Mudblud] Petunia said they were killed by another wizard and Harry screams that Petunia said they got killed in a car crash. Hagrid is as outraged as Harry is that the Dursleys have lied that much. He sits down and tells Harry that a Dark Wizard named Lord Voldemort killed Harry's parents and tried to kill Harry too.  [“Voldemort, Peace Off by The Basilisk in Your Pasta] But the spell he used backfired, only leaving Harry his scar. Hagrid tells him that he brought Harry from the ruins of the house and brought him to the Dursleys' house on 4 Privet Drive. Uncle Vernon says it's a load of rubbish and tries to persuade Harry that whatever happened to his parents was deserved anyway, but Hagrid pulls an umbrella out of his coat and threatens Uncle Vernon. [One Last Goodbye by Let’s Lumos] Harry asks what happened to Voldemort and Hagrid tells him he vanished and hasn't been seen since.

Harry doubts that he is a wizard until Hagrid asks him if he ever made anything happen he couldn't explain when he was angry or scared. Uncle Vernon makes the mistake of mocking Dumbledore [“Free Tuition” by The Bandon Banshees] and Hagrid swishes the umbrella, in Dudley's direction, and Dudley sprouts a curly pig's tail. [“Accio Hagrid [reprise]” by Harry and the Potters] Hagrid asks Harry not to mention it at Hogwarts because Hagrid isn't allowed to do magic, as he had been expelled. Hagrid takes off his coat and Harry sleeps under that for the night, for the day ahead. [“Yer a Wizard by Tonks and the Aurors]

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Chapter 3: Letters From No One

Ever since the boa constrictor escaped from the zoo, and Uncle Vernon blamed it on Harry, he was locked in his cupboard for the longest time ever. [”Under the Stairs by Mopey Merope] When Harry is finally allowed out, it's the beginning of the summer holidays. Even though he is not at school, Harry still can't escape Dudley and his gang, who regularly visit the house. To keep out of their way, Harry usually wanders around Privet Drive. He is glad, however, that Dudley and Piers are going to Smeltings Academy, while Harry is going to attend Stonewall High. [“Wake Up Harry” by Catchlove] One day during the summer, Harry is told to get the post for Uncle Vernon. When Harry goes to get the mail, there are three letters: a postcard from Uncle Vernon's sister, who is on holiday in the Isle of Wight, a letter that looks like a bill, and a letter for Harry. Harry takes the letter, studies the yellow parchment it is made of, then reads the address:

Mr H. Potter The Cupboard Under the Stairs 4, Privet Drive Little Whinging Surrey

Harry can't believe it. He has never had a letter in his life. [“Letters from No One” by Stephanie and the Quaffles]  On the back there is a wax seal with a Lion, Snake, Badger and Eagle surrounding an H. Harry returns to the kitchen and gives Uncle Vernon the other two letters as he sits down and starts to open the letter. Dudley soon sees that Harry has a letter and Uncle Vernon snatches it from him to read with Aunt Petunia. Uncle Vernon tells Harry and Dudley to get out of the kitchen, so they both go and stand in the hall. The two fight over who gets to look through the keyhole. Dudley wins, so Harry resorts to looking through the gap between the floor and the door. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia are discussing the seal on the back. Uncle Vernon says that they should just ignore it. Later, when Harry is in his cupboard, Uncle Vernon comes in and says that he has burned the letter, and that they are moving him up to Dudley's second bedroom. Slightly surprised, Harry moves all of his things up to the bedroom, wishing he had his letter. The next morning at breakfast, Dudley is asked to get the post by Uncle Vernon. After banging things all the way down the hall with his Smeltings stick, Dudley calls out that there is another letter addressed to Harry, this time in '''The Smallest Bedroom''', rather than '''The Cupboard Under the Stairs'''. [“Letters From No One (Cupboard Under the Stairs Mix” by Witherwings] Both Harry and Uncle Vernon rush to the hallway in an attempt to get the letter. After a minute of confused fighting, Uncle Vernon emerges clutching the letter in his hand.

Determined to see what his letter says, Harry creeps down the stairs early the next morning and approaches the door. He is going to camp there until the post arrives, then he will finally get to read his letter. When he reaches the door, however, he stands on Uncle Vernon - who had the very same idea. Every day, letters appear addressed to Harry, and they are doubling in number. Eventually, there are so many letters arriving that Uncle Vernon resorts to nailing shut the letter box. But they begin to appear in the strangest of places: under the door, squeezed through the window, and Aunt Petunia even finds some while cracking open eggs. Finally, they get attacked by thirty or forty letters being fired out of the fireplace. Despite the sender's efforts, Harry still does not manage to get his hands on one of the letters for long enough to read it and a furious Uncle Vernon states that they are leaving the house. They get into their car and leave ten minutes later. They travel for miles until they eventually stop in front of a gloomy hotel on the brink of the city. Vernon's attempt to shake the sender off are not successful, however, as more letters come for Harry to the hotel the very next morning. Again, they get back in the car and finally stop get on a boat that takes them to an island with a small hut on it. [“Those Darn Letters! The Storm” by Ollivander] Harry remembers that the next day will be his eleventh birthday. When they get there, Harry can't sleep with the raging storm outside, so he counts down the time until his birthday. When his watch turns to the next day, there is a loud knocking at the door - something wants to get in...

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Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass

Ten years pass since the Dursleys have awoken to find Harry Potter lying on their doorstep, and Privet Drive and the Dursleys' house has not changed since that day. The only difference is the vast number of pictures of Dudley Dursley throughout his life. There is no sign that Harry Potter lives there, however, in the Cupboard Under the Stairs, Harry sleeps. [“Out Through the Cupboard” by Kwikspell] Petunia comes to his door and wakes him with a shrill voice. Harry is trying to think about the dream he had been having. It was about a flying motorbike, and he thinks he has had the same dream before. Aunt Petunia tells him to make some bacon, as she wants everything perfect for Dudley's 11th birthday. Harry dresses into a pair of Dudley's old clothes, and goes into the kitchen, where the table is covered in Dudley's presents.

Harry has jet-black hair and green eyes.  His glasses are held together by tape because Dudley has smashed them so many times. The thing that distinguishes Harry from others the most is the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. He often wonders how he got it and the Dursleys have told him that he got it from the car crash that killed Harry's parents. Harry doesn't know much more about the accident though because the Dursleys' first rule is to not ask questions. Dudley comes in to the kitchen and begins to count his presents, only to find 37, which he angrily recalls is one fewer than the year before. Aunt Petunia states that they are going to buy him two new presents while they are out. Vernon tells Petunia that Arabella Figg, their next-door neighbour, has broken her leg and cannot take care of Harry while they are at the Zoo. They can't think of anyone else who can take care of him, so Harry has to go with them.

Dudley is allowed to take a friend to the Zoo and chooses his friend Piers Polkiss. Piers comes to the house with his mother. A half-hour later, Harry sits in the car with Dudley, Piers, Vernon and Petunia. On the way, a motorbike overtakes them and Vernon complains about them. Harry explains that he had a dream about a flying motorbike once and Vernon snappily reminds him that motorbikes do not fly. Harry thinks about all the strange things that have happened to him: He once turned his teacher's wig blue, jumped onto the school chimney, and grew all of his hair back the morning after a haircut. [“Haircut” by Harry and the Potters] At the zoo, Dudley and Piers find the animals boring. [“Knickerbocker Glory” by Hawthorn & Holly] Harry is left to watch a Boa constrictor as it sleeps and, when Dudley tries to make it move, it wakes up but still doesn't move. The snake begins to move after Dudley and Piers slink away. Moments later, Harry speaks to the snake and finds that it miraculously understands him. [“Parseltongue 101″ by Wrackspurts!] Piers calls Dudley and Vernon back to the snake's exhibit upon realising that it is now moving. Dudley pushes Harry out of the way and presses his face against the glass. Harry becomes angry and somehow the glass vanishes and the snake gets out scaring Dudley and Piers. As the snake slithers away, Harry thinks that he hears it speak back to him. Uncle Vernon blames Harry for what happened and sends him to his cupboard –with no meals for a week as punishment. [“Under the Stairs” by Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons /  “Not a Wizard” by Slytherin Soundtrack]

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Chapter 1:  The Boy Who Lived

[The first song to start out your reread should be the first song that starts out a @harryandthepotters​ show - "When I Was A Baby" by Harry & the Potters]

Vernon and Petunia Dursley, with their one-year-old son Dudley, are proud to say that they are the most normal people possible. They happily occupy 4 Privet Drive, located in the Surrey County town of Little Whinging. Vernon is the director of a drill company called Grunnings, while Petunia does housework and looks after Dudley, yet she always spends so much time craning over garden fence to spy on the neighbours. Despite all this, the Dursley family are the least people anyone expects to be involved in anything funny or disturbing, for they don't hold with such nonsense in their daily lives. [“The Boy Who Lived” by The Moaning Myrtles] The story begins on a Tuesday 1 November, 1981, where many absurd things happen. When all three Dursleys are gossiping happily at breakfast trying to wrestle Dudley in his high chair, none of them even notice a large tawny owl flutter pass their window. It eventually comes to Vernon's attention when he is heading to work shortly afterwards, and sees a silver tabby cat reading a map and later a street sign. He attempts to convince himself that these are merely coincidences. [”Vernon Durlsey” by Harry & the Potters] Next, he sees people in cloaks talking in hushed voices, and while he is sitting in his office, a flock of owls fly past his window. On his break, Vernon goes to a bakery to get a bun and sees another group of extravagantly-cloaked figures. Even though they are speaking in hushed voices, he eavesdrops on some of their conversation, which includes a mention of "the Potters and their son Harry."  [”Harry Potter’s Alive by Tonks and the Aurors] Vernon finds this horrifying, because the Potters are the family of Petunia's sister Lily. He and Petunia will be embarrassed if people find out that they are related to them, as the Potter family are very strange, in their opinion. When he leaves his workplace at the end of the day, he bumps into a very small, cloaked man, who tells him that someone named "You-Know-Who" has been defeated, and that even Muggles like Vernon should be celebrating. Vernon doesn't know what a Muggle is, but is offended that the man called him one.  [”The Boy Who Lived” by RiddleTM]

That night, when Vernon arrives at home, he turns on the news and becomes suspicious when the newsman states that owls have been seen everywhere earlier in the day, and that fireworks have been spotted in Kent. Vernon asks Petunia if she and her sister have been in touch, but she becomes angry and denies it as she does not like to talk about her. [”Flying Motorbike” by Weasel King] When the Dursleys go to bed, a long bearded old man in a purple cloak appears out of nowhere outside of their home. The man, Albus Dumbledore, syphons all of the light from the street lamps with his Deluminator, then meets with the cat that Vernon had seen earlier that morning, who transforms into a whisky old woman named Minerva McGonagall. They quietly speak about the deaths of James and Lily Potter at the hands of someone called "Voldemort" at the Potter cottage in the West Country village of Godric's Hollow, and how their son Harry has miraculously survived the attack. A few moments later, a motorbike with a gigantic man, Rubeus Hagrid, riding it lands right in front of them, carrying baby Harry. He hands him over to Dumbledore, who leaves the sleeping baby and a letter to the Dursleys on the doorstep of 4 Privet Drive. Hagrid himself leaves to bring the motorbike back to its actual owner, but not before giving Harry a kiss goodbye on the scarred forehead (which burns his lips). [”After the War” (album) by The Secret Broom Cupboard of Salazar Slytherin] McGonagall reverts back into the cat and slinks around the corner at the other end of the street, but Dumbledore stays to unsyphon the the light from the street lamps and bid Harry farewell before vanishing without a trace. Harry rolls over inside his bundle of blankets with his small hand closing on the letter as he sleeps on, not knowing he is special and famous, nor that he will be woken up the next morning by his Aunt Petunia's scream when she opens the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he will be spending the next few weeks being prodded and pinch by his cousin Dudley. And he will never know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country are holding up glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter -- the boy who lived!" [”The Boy Who Lived” by Ollivander]

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Introduction!

Hello! If you encountered this page then maybe you follow my twitter or found us on tumblr, but I guess I should explain what I'm doing!

After three years of Wizard Rock show attendance and almost eighteen years of Harry Potter obsession, I wanted to give some different context to my next reread of the series. 

I want to reread the series and give myself, as well as anyone following this account a soundtrack. A soundtrack specifically created by the wonderful community in the Harry Potter fandom and the Wizard Rock community.

I'm aware this has been done in some form on other platforms, but I know for a fact that certain chapters in the series can give you twenty songs that were created by people inspired by that arc, line, or plot point - and I want to share that.

So starting January 1, I'll be starting my reread and getting ready to wrock. I hope you join in