"I wasn't going to tell you, but in recent events I need you to be on your guard and for that you need more information" Tom said gravely. "Dumbledore is hiding the Philosopher's Stone in the school, Severus told me as soon as Dumbledore asked him to help place protections in place" he explained, all 8 children looked beyond excited at the idea that such a famous object was hiding there at Hogwarts, their very school. "Help? So there must be more than the cerberus?" Hermione mused, her Father nodded a proud smile on his face, he already knew that they had figured out about the dog and that he was protecting something. "Yes, Fluffy belongs to Hagrid" Severus said sneering at the name"He called a cerberus, a classified XXXX creature Fluffy?" Hermione exclaimed as Draco, Blaise and Theo laughed uproariously.