Continuity question for Harry Potter 7 readers.

Remember how in the Chamber of Secrets with the basilisk, Harry pulled the sword out of the Sorting Hat too and used it to kill the snake? Then later he learned that "only a true Gryffindor" could have pulled Gryffindor's sword out of the hat? I think that's what happened with Neville too. So the goblin did take it, but the Sorting Hat magicked the sword back so Neville could use it to kill the snake. (Interesting that both times the sword came out of the hat it was used to kill a snake!)

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that when Neville pulled the sword out of thin air, it was right after Voldemort summoned the Sorting Hat from Dumbledore's office and made it light itself on fire on Neville's head. So he actually pulled it out of the hat, not out of thin air.

Related question: how are the resurrection "stone" and "ring" related? It seems like they're used interchangeably in the book. Is this some Britishism I'm missing?

i agree with sarah that neville probably pulled the sword out of the sorting hat and the sorting hat was able to summon the sword since hogwarts was the rightful owner

on a side note, is there any hidden meaning to the fact that harry,ron and herm make a narrow escape everytime voldemort comes after them?

@ andrew: The ring was a horcrux and the stone was one of the deathly hallows. I don't remember them being interchangeable though, and it isn't a Britishism.

The ring and the stone did seem to be used interchangeably because they were the same thing; the ressurection stone was the stone in the ring that was turned into the horcrux. And I guess that make sense that Neville got the sword from the sorting hat, I guess while it was burning on his head, lol. Thanks.

Remember also that Gryfflndor was the original owner of the Sorting Hat, so the hat has a special connection to the sword.

The stone was SET INTO the ring. Like a diamond would be.

Only a true Gryffindor can pull out the sword.