"I... I followed my master's instructions and prepared to steal the Philosopher's Stone after Dumbledore left."
"First, I sneaked into Dumbledore's Headmaster's Office to look for clues. The portraits were a nuisance, but my master had taught me a spell, and I put them all to sleep. I went through Dumbledore's letters, but unfortunately, I found no clues about how he had set up the traps. I did discover that he was corresponding with Nicolas Flamel, though, and that gave me Nicolas Flamel's current address."
"After that, I went to the Third Floor Corridor, where I found two young wizards, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, tied up. I made myself invisible and hid, waiting to see what was going on."
"After a while, Severus Snape came out from beyond the traps with two other students. He was furious. Apparently, the students had broken through the traps, and he had caught them. But I noticed that Tom was holding the Philosopher's Stone, and Harry was there too. It was a perfect opportunity. Tom had indeed done what he'd promised, so I stunned Severus Snape and took the two of them away..."
"Wait," Rasim interrupted. "What do you mean, Tom had done what he'd promised?"
"Lucas Brightson isn't... isn't an ordinary student..." Quirrell said. "He seems to have been controlled, controlled by my master... I don't know much about it. My master never explained it to me, but he had also been ordered to get the Philosopher's Stone..."
"No! He isn't!" Harry suddenly said. "He was forced into it. He would die if he didn't get the Philosopher's Stone."
"Lucas Brightson wanted freedom. My master promised to free him if he brought him both the Philosopher's Stone and Harry. I don't know how he did it, but the opportunity was there, so