Chapter 66: Into the Forbidden Forest

Harry and Hermione heard Hagrid's voice, and their steps suddenly became energetic. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Filch sensitively noticed this, and warned viciously, "You probably think you're going to have a good time with that idiot?! Think again, little cubs—you're going to the Forbidden Forest! If you get out of the Forbidden Forest unharmed, even if I'm wrong." ”

Hearing this, Neville staggered under his feet and couldn't help but snort. Draco stopped abruptly.

"The Forbidden Forest?" he asked vigilantly, his voice finally not as calm and arrogant as usual, "how could the school allow him to take me into the Forbidden Forest? We can't go in in the middle of the night - there's everything in there - I heard there are werewolves!"

Neville grabbed Harry's sleeve tightly and covered his face.

"You're only to blame, aren't you?" said Filch, cheerfully, "You shouldn't have forgotten about those werewolves before you get into trouble, right?" ”

Hagrid strode towards them from the darkness, followed by the huge black hound, which Hagrid called Toothtooth. Hagrid also brought with him a large stone bow - similar in style to the horned bow of Ferenze that Vio had seen that day, but several times larger than that.

He had a full quiver on his shoulder, and it seemed that Hagrid was taking the trip to the Forbidden Forest very seriously.

"It's almost time. "I've been waiting for half an hour." How's it going, Harry, Hermione, vio?"

"Don't be polite to them!" Hagrid," Filch complained, "and they're here to be punished." ”

"That's why you're late, aren't you?" Hagrid frowned at Filch, "I've been teaching them, huh? Your task is accomplished, and from now on I am responsible. ”

"I'll come back after dawn," Filch said, "to clean up their wreckage." He deliberately abruptly stretched his neck at Neville, who fell to the ground in terror. Filch turned and walked towards the castle satisfied, and the lamp staggered into the darkness.

"Don't be intimidated, Forbidden Forest······ Who are you?" Hagrid reached out and pulled Neville up.

"Neville Longbottom. Neville replied tremblingly, "Thank you." ”

"Well, it's all right, Longbottom boy. Hagrid muttered, "Well, now listen carefully, what we're going to do tonight is very dangerous, and I don't want to put any of us in danger (Draco stares at him distrustfully). Come with me first. ”

He led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, held the lamp high, and pointed to a long path that gradually disappeared into the depths of the black forest.

A faint wind blew towards them, and everyone shivered involuntarily.

Especially when they saw the silver glow on the ground. Vio's heart swelled with an unusually sad emotion, pouring into his internal organs like air.

"Look over there," said Hagrid, "do you see that glittering thing on the ground? Silvery? That's the blood of a unicorn." One of the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest was injured by something, and it was very badly wounded. This is the second time in a week. Last Wednesday I found out that the other one was dying when it was taken away by something strange. This time, we are going to try to find the injured unicorn and free it from its pain. ”

"Get rid of the pain?how?kill it?" Vio asked in a suppressed voice, the sadness in her chest growing heavier.

Hagrid didn't answer, acquiescing.

"What if the thing that hurt the unicorn finds us first?" Draco asked, his voice filled with irrepressible fear.

"As long as you're with me or Toothtooth, no creature in the Forbidden Forest will hurt you. "Don't leave the path. Alright, now we're going to split up and follow the bloodstains. There was too much blood, and it was everywhere. Apparently, it has been stumbling and struggling here and there, at least since last night. ”

"I want teeth. Draco looked at the long teeth and said decisively.

"Well," Hagrid nodded, "but I'll warn you, it's a coward. Well, me, Neville, Harry, and Hermione went one way, and Vio, Malfoy, and Toothtooth went the other way. If anyone finds a unicorn, shoot a green spark, you know? Take out your wand and practice - by the way, if you get in trouble, shoot a red spark and we'll all come to you - okay, be careful, let's go. ”

The moonlight was pale, but the Forbidden Forest was dark, and he couldn't see his fingers. They walked a little further and came to a fork in the road.

According to the assignment just now, they went separately. Before parting ways, Hagrid came over to take care of Vio: "I told Yaya that if it's in danger, it will take you with it when it runs." Then he apologized, "I'm sorry, I should have let you be with Harry and them, but Neville's kid doesn't seem shrewd, I'm afraid he won't be able to handle Malfoy······"

He seemed to think that Vio should be in the same league as Harry and Hermione.

Vio nodded absentmindedly, indicating that it was okay.

She was now thinking about why I reacted so much to the unicorn's death? When she saw the bloodstain before, she had guessed that it was a unicorn, and she had known that Voldemort possessed by Quirrell was weak only with a soul, and that he had to suck the unicorn's blood to regain some power.

In other words, she had known for a long time that the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest would be shrouded in death.

But how did she not feel it before? until now?

She and Draco walked down the road to the right.

Time passed slowly, and because of the silence in the Forbidden Forest, the feeling of each gust of wind blowing through the pores was clearer, and the sound of the wind breaking the branches and the "rustling" of various insects jumping between the blades of grass in the grass could be clearly heard.

Tooth walked ahead of them, leaving his mark in front of each slightly thicker tree, and then looked back at them. Draco looked around as well, looking wary. On several occasions, several black shadows scurried past them, accompanied by a rustling sound in the grass.

Vio had an uncomfortable feeling, as if someone was spying on them.

She walked a little faster, and put her arms around the neck of the tooth, who was a little shorter than her—but even then she didn't feel any more grounded, on the contrary, something seemed to lead her towards the middle of the woods, and the closer she got there, the more she felt the sadness in her heart overflowing beyond her bearing.

Draco seemed to observe her anomaly, but he didn't say a word, just followed closely.

After walking for nearly half an hour, the trees behind me became more and more dense, and the path was almost impassable. But at the same time, the blood on the ground was getting denser, and Vio let go of the teeth, which were always cowering and refused to move forward, and quickened her pace, which she felt, was just ahead······