Snape's Riddle

written by Louisa S R W

7 bottles: Wine, Poison, Forwards, Back.

Last Updated

05/31/21

Chapters

2

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518

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Chapter 1
What I have always known about my uncle is his passion for riddles, or at least the thrill he gets from solving a mystery or conundrum that passes his way. Every year, instead of Christmas presents we offered each other midwinter gifts and his were always in the form of a game or puzzle, something that I have passed down to my children. I would like to offer up a famous riddle that he came up with as part of the challenge to stop people getting through to the Philosophers Stone. It was a riddle that was placed along with seven potion bottles of various sizes, all containing different things. It read:

DANGER LIES BEFORE YOU, WHILE SAFETY LIES BEHIND,
TWO OF US WILL HELP YOU, WHICHEVER YOU WOULD FIND,
ONE AMONG US SEVEN WILL LET YOU MOVE AHEAD,
ANOTHER WILL TRANSPORT THE DRINKER BACK INSTEAD,
TWO AMONG OUR NUMBER HOLD ONLY NETTLE WINE,
THREE OF US ARE KILLERS, WAITING HIDDEN IN THE LINE,
CHOOSE, UNLESS YOU WISH TO STAY HERE FOR EVERMORE,
TO HELP YOU IN YOUR CHOICE, WE GIVE YOU THESE CLUES FOUR:
FIRST, HOWEVER SLYLY THE POISON TRIES TO HIDE
YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND SOME ON NETTLE WINE’S LEFT SIDE;
SECOND, DIFFERENT ARE THOSE WHO STAND AT EITHER END,
BUT IF YOU WOULD MOVE ONWARDS, NEITHER IS YOU FRIEND;
THIRD, AS YOU SEE CLEARLY, ALL ARE DIFFERENT SIZE,
NEITHER DWARF NOR GIANT HOLDS DEATH IN THEIR INSIDES;
FOURTH, THE SECOND LEFT AND THE SECOND ON THE RIGHT
ARE TWINS ONCE YOU TASTE THEM, THOUGH DIFFERENT AT FIRST SIGHT.



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