Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall meet on Privet Drive the night after Voldemort's defeat and discuss leaving Harry with the Dursleys.

Hagrid arrives on a flying motorcycle and delivers infant Harry to the Dursleys' doorstep.

Hagrid breaks into the island shack on Harry's eleventh birthday and tells him he is a wizard.

Harry visits Gringotts Bank with Hagrid and discovers the fortune his parents left him in their vault.

Harry boards the Hogwarts Express for the first time and quickly befriends Ron Weasley.

The Sorting Hat places Harry in Gryffindor after Harry silently begs it not to put him in Slytherin.

Professor McGonagall witnesses Harry's flying talent and makes him Gryffindor's Quidditch Seeker.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville stumble into the forbidden third-floor corridor and find a giant three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor.

Harry and Ron rescue Hermione from a mountain troll on Halloween, and the three become close friends.

The trio identifies Nicolas Flamel and concludes that the Sorcerer's Stone is hidden beneath Hogwarts.

Hermione frees Harry and Ron from the strangling Devil's Snare by blasting it with fire.

Ron sacrifices himself during the life-size Wizard's Chess game so Harry can advance to the next chamber.

Harry enters the final chamber expecting Snape but finds Professor Quirrell standing before the Mirror of Erised.

Quirrell removes his turban and reveals Voldemort's face grafted to the back of his head.

Dumbledore explains to Harry in the infirmary that his mother's sacrificial love left a protection Voldemort cannot touch.

This pool follows the spine of Harry Potter's story, from the night Voldemort's attack on his family sets his destiny in motion to the moment Harry defeats Quirrell and learns the truth about his survival. It traces Harry's arrival in the wizarding world, his introduction to Hogwarts, and the formation of the friendships that will define the rest of the series. Along the way, Harry discovers a dangerous secret hidden beneath the school and realizes he cannot stand aside while Voldemort tries to reclaim his power. The climax brings Harry face to face with an enemy he has only known through nightmares and scars. The resolution reveals that love, not magic, is the force that has protected Harry all along.

The headline events of Harry's first year at Hogwarts.

Harry speaks to a boa constrictor at the zoo, and the glass front of its enclosure mysteriously vanishes.

Dozens, then hundreds, of Hogwarts acceptance letters flood the Dursley household until Uncle Vernon flees with the family.

Hagrid gives Dudley a curly pig's tail after Uncle Vernon insults Dumbledore.

Hagrid buys Harry a snow-white owl named Hedwig, the first birthday present Harry has ever received.

Harry meets Draco Malfoy while being fitted for robes and is immediately reminded of his cousin Dudley.

Harry follows the Weasley family through the barrier between platforms nine and ten and reaches platform nine and three-quarters.

Malfoy offers Harry his hand in friendship aboard the Hogwarts Express, and Harry refuses to shake it.

Professor Snape singles out Harry in front of the class and mocks him during their very first Potions lesson.

Malfoy steals Neville's Remembrall during flying lessons and taunts Harry into chasing him on a broomstick.

Harry's broomstick bucks and jerks violently out of control during his very first Quidditch match.

Hermione sprints across the stands and sets Snape's cloak on fire, believing he is jinxing Harry's broom.

Hagrid accidentally lets slip the name Nicolas Flamel while insisting the children stop investigating the Stone.

Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Malfoy serve detention in the Forbidden Forest searching for an injured unicorn with Hagrid.

Hermione solves the potions logic puzzle and sends Harry forward alone while she turns back to help Ron and alert Dumbledore.

Hagrid presents Harry with a leather album filled with moving photographs of his mother and father.

This pool covers the significant scenes that surround and enrich the main story without being its central turning points. It begins with Harry's first accidental display of magic and follows him through the chaos of the Dursleys trying to suppress his letters, his first steps into the wizarding world, and the early social landscape of Hogwarts. These events establish Harry's character, his rivals, and the friendships that develop around him before the threat of the Stone becomes urgent. They include the moments that reveal who these characters are under pressure, such as Hermione's quick thinking during a Quidditch crisis and Harry's stubborn refusal to bow to Malfoy. The pool closes with the resolution of Harry's longest unspoken wish, as Hagrid quietly fills in the face of the family Harry never knew.

The supporting moments that shaped Harry's journey to Hogwarts and through his first year.

Petunia Dursley opens the front door in the morning and discovers infant Harry left on the doorstep.

Hagrid tells Harry the truth about his parents' deaths and reveals that Voldemort tried and failed to kill him as a baby.

Hagrid retrieves a small, tightly wrapped package from the high-security vault 713 at Gringotts on Dumbledore's behalf.

Ollivander reveals that Harry's wand and Voldemort's wand each contain a feather from the very same phoenix.

Harry unwraps an anonymous Christmas gift and finds his father's invisibility cloak with a note saying to use it well.

Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised for the first time and sees himself surrounded by his parents and extended family.

Dumbledore finds Harry alone at the Mirror of Erised, explains that it shows the viewer's deepest desire, and tells him not to seek it again.

Harry hides in the Forbidden Forest and overhears Snape threatening Quirrell about loyalty and whether Quirrell has made up his mind.

Harry realizes the stranger who gave Hagrid the dragon egg was no coincidence and had deliberately tricked him into revealing how to get past Fluffy.

Neville plants himself in front of the portrait hole to stop the trio from leaving, and Hermione freezes him with a full Body-Bind curse.

The trio plays music to lull Fluffy to sleep and drops through the trapdoor beneath the dog.

Quirrell confesses he was the one who cursed Harry's broom during the Quidditch match and released the troll into the castle.

Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised and sees his own reflection secretly slipping the Sorcerer's Stone into his pocket, then feels the Stone appear in his hand.

Dumbledore admits in the infirmary that he was the one who sent Harry the invisibility cloak anonymously at Christmas.

Dumbledore awards last-minute points to Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville for their bravery, overturning Slytherin's lead and giving Gryffindor the House Cup.

This pool focuses on the moments of revelation and choice that shift the story's direction, beginning with the night Harry's hidden past is first glimpsed and continuing through the discoveries that gradually expose the true threat at Hogwarts. Harry learns who he really is, what his parents were, and what connection he shares with the dark wizard who tried to kill him. The Mirror of Erised becomes a pivotal symbol, first showing Harry what he desires most and later becoming the instrument that defeats Voldemort's plan. Each event in this pool marks a point where new information changes what Harry understands about his world or forces him to make a decision that cannot be undone. The pool closes with the final reversal of the House Cup standings, a small but meaningful sign that courage and loyalty have consequences.

The key discoveries and decisions that changed the course of Harry's first year.