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Harry Potter and the Philosopher′s Stone

Chapter 1 - The Boy Who Lived

Chapter 1 - The Boy Who Lived

Vernon and Petunia Dursley live with their one year old son Dudley in Privet Drive number four. They are very proud of being perfectly normal.
It is a Tuesday morning and everything seems to be like always, until Mr. Dursley sees a cat, which is reading a map, on his way to work. He also notices people dressed in strange clothes, who are talking about someone named Harry Potter. Back at home he finds out, that this is also the name of Petunia′s nephew, her detested sister′s son. He goes to bed being unsettled. The cat is still sitting outside on the street. Suddenly a man appears out of nowhere, it is Albus Dumbledore. The same moment the cat transforms into a woman, Minerva McGonagall. They have a discussion about Lord Voldemort a powerful dark magician who just killed the Potters and died while trying to kill their one year old child Harry Potter as well.
Everybody is celebrating the disappearance of You-Know-Who (Lord Voldemort) which real name everybody is still afraid to mention. Hagrid a huge, giant like man brings Harry to Privet Drive number four on a flying motorbike. Dumbledore places Harry upon the Dursleys′ threshold, along with a letter. Harry grows up with his relatives.