Chapter 16 Forbidden Forest
The next morning, Harry, Ron and Neville received notes at the breakfast table. The contents of the three notes were exactly the same.
Your lockdown starts at eleven o'clock tonight. Look for Mr. Felch in the foyer.
——Professor McGonagall
Since Harry lost his score, he has been rolling his eyes and despised by people. He almost forgot that he would be imprisoned. Ron's situation is not much better. Although everyone knows Harry Potter but not Ron Weasley, Ron's life is not much better - he has a senior brother Percy. Percy was very angry about Ron's deduction of so many points for Gryffindor this time. "He spends fifty minutes every day to educate poor Ron's little Ron" - the Weasley twins said.
At eleven o'clock that night, they went downstairs with Neville to the foyer. Felch was already waiting there—and Malfoy and Silver?
"Why are you in jail, Silver?" said Harry.
"Oh, I accidentally broke a few flying brooms while taking flight class. You know, those brooms can be regarded as "antique"-level things. So Mrs. Huo Qi gave me a confinement just now. It was a disaster!" Silver sighed.
"Shut up, boys! Now is not the time to communicate with you." Felch said, lighting a lamp and leading them out. "I think if you want to break the school rules again in the future, you have to think twice, right?" He looked at them with a slanted eyes and continued, "Oh, yes... If you ask me, I will say that working and suffering are the best teachers. I'm sorry they abolished the old-fashioned punishment method in the past... Hanging your wrists and hanging you from the ceiling, hanging them for several days. My office still has those chains, and often putting oil on them, maybe it will come in handy one day... Okay, let's go, don't think about running away. If you run away, you won't have any good results."
They strided through the dark field, and Neville kept twitching his nose.
The moonlight was bright, but clouds kept floating over and covering the moon, causing them to fall into darkness. Harry could see the windows of the Hagrid's hut. Then they heard a shout from afar.
"Is it you, Felch? Hurry up, I'm going to set off."
Harry's heart was thrilled; if they were to work with Hagrid, it wouldn't be too bad. He must have shown this kind of comfort on his face, and Shin Felch said: "You probably thought you would have fun with that idiot? Think about it carefully, boy-you are going to the Forbidden Forest! If you can come out safely, even if I guess I was wrong."
After hearing this, Neville couldn't help but snorted, and Malfoy stopped suddenly.
"Forbidden forest?" he said, his voice far less calm than usual, "We can't go in in the middle of the night - everything there is - I heard of werewolf."
Neville grabbed Harry's sleeve tightly and choked.
"Don't worry so much. There are indeed many unusual creatures in the Forbidden Forest in Hogwarts, but the most dangerous creatures are all in the depths of the Forbidden Forest. We will not go deep into the Forbidden Forest, so relax." Silver seemed relaxed and relaxed.
"Boy, I hope you can laugh later." Felch was obviously dissatisfied with Silver's intimidation that had destroyed him.
Hagrid strided towards them from the darkness, with teeth following behind. Hagrid carried his huge stone bow and hung a full quiver on his shoulders.
"It's almost time," he said, "I've been waiting for half an hour. How about it, Harry, Ron?" "You shouldn't be so polite to them, Hagrid," Felch said coldly, "after all, they come here to be punished."
"That's why you're late, aren't you?" Hager said with a frown at Felch, "I've been teaching them a lesson, huh? This is not the place for you to teach people. Your mission is completed, and I'm responsible from now on."
"I'll come back at dawn," said Felch, "to pack up their wrecks." He said viciously, then turned toward the castle, and the lamp swayed and disappeared into the darkness. At this time, Malfoy turned to Hager. "I won't go into that forbidden forest." He said happily. Harry heard a hint of horror in his voice. "If you still want to stay in Hogwarts, you must go." Hager said mercilessly, "You have done something wrong and you have to pay now." "When you go here, you are a man, not a student. I thought we could write and check at most. If my father knew I was doing this, he would--"
"—Tell you that's what Hogwarts is." Hagrid said rudely, "Write and check! What's the benefit of this? You have to do something useful, or you have to get out. If you think your father would rather let you get fired, just go back to the castle to pack your luggage. Let's go!"
Malfoy did not move. He looked at Hagrid in anger, but then lowered his eyes again. "Okay," Hagrid said, "Now listen carefully. What we Ding is going to do tonight is very dangerous. I don't want anyone to be in danger. Come here with me first." He led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, raised the light high, and pointed to a path gradually hidden deep in the black forest. They looked into the Forbidden Forest, and a breeze blew their hair.
"Look over there," said Hagrid, "Did you see the shining thing on the ground? Silver white? That's the blood of the unicorn. A unicorn in the Forbidden Forest was injured by something and was seriously injured. This was the second time in a week. Last Wednesday I found one dead. We want to find the poor unicorn and free it from its suffering."
"What if the thing that hurts the unicorn finds us first?" Malfoy asked, his voice filled with irrepressible fear.
"As long as you are with me or Yaya, no creature in the forbidden forest will harm you." Hager said, "Don't leave the path. Well, now we will divide the troops into two groups and search for the blood. There are blood everywhere. Obviously, it has been stumbled and lingering everywhere since last night."
"I want teeth," Malfoy said hurriedly, looking at the long teeth.
"Well, but I remind you, it's a coward." Hager said, "Then, I, Harry and Silver, and Malfoy, Neville, Ron and Yaya go the other way. If anyone finds a unicorn, fire the green spark, understand? Take out your wand and practice—by-by--If anyone is in trouble, fire the red spark, we'll come to you—Okay, be careful—Let's go."
The forbidden forest was dark and silent. They walked a little while inside and reached the fork, and Harry, Silver and Hager took the left road, Malfoy, Neville, Ron and Yaya took the right road.
They walked silently, staring at the ground. From time to time, a moonlight shone down from the branches above, illuminating a piece of silver-blue blood on the fallen leaves.
Haeger seemed very anxious.
"Can we be the werewolf kill the unicorn?" Harry asked.
"It won't be so fast," Hager said. "It's not easy to catch a unicorn, which has a strong magic. I've never heard of unicorns getting hurt before."
"Yes, unicorns are quite powerful creatures. Their personality is very different from their gentle appearance. The most powerful unicorns can even fight fire dragons without falling behind. Those who can harm unicorns are either powerful wizards or dangerous magical creatures. We must be careful." Silver intercepted.
They walked past a moss-covered tree stump. They could hear the sound of gurgling water, and obviously, there was a stream nearby. On the winding path, there were still spots of unicorn blood.
"Hagir! Look! Red sparks, everyone else is in trouble!" "You two are waiting here!" Hager shouted, "Stay on the path and don't move. I'll go." They heard him crackling through the low bushes. Gradually, Hager walked away, and they could only hear the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.
"Look-" Silver whispered, raising his arm and patting Harry.
A white thing shone on the ground. They approached it little by little.
Yes, it was the unicorn, it was dead. Its slender legs kept the posture it fell, stretching out unnaturally; its mane was spread on the dark leaves, as white as pearls.
Silver had just stepped closer to it, and suddenly a rustling sound made him stop and stood there blankly. A bush on the edge of the clearing ground was shaking... Then, a hooded figure flashed out from the shadow, and it slowly crawled on the ground like a gradually approaching beast. The cloaked figure came to the unicorn, lowered his head, aimed at the wound on one side of the corpse, and began to drink its blood.
The hooded figure raised his head and saw Harry, the unicorn's blood dripping on his chest. It stood up and walked towards Harry quickly-Harry was so scared that he could not move.
"Go away, I'll stop him." Silver pushed Harry hard, and Harry came to his senses and ran for no reason.
"This kid didn't even politely with me." Silver muttered, and raised his wand to aim at the figure with a hood. "Ms. Roy, you must bless me, there are many obstacles!" The figure with a hood staggered, but immediately rushed over. "The flames are beating! Breaking into pieces! Bone!" A spell erupted from the top of Silver's wand, but the figure with a hood seemed to be covered with a layer of magical exemption, and the effect of these spells was minimal.
"Isn't ordinary magic useful? Then try this, Royna Ravenclaw's unique secret technique, a spell compressed by 72 ancient magical texts, killing solar eclipse!" A strong white light erupted from the wand. The light was so strong that it was like the sun falling in the forbidden forest. The figure wearing a hood screamed shrillly, gliding away like a bat.
Chapter completed!