Chapter 274: Moonlight Raid

"Let's go, Buckbeak, here's your favorite ferret meat!"

Hermione and Harry each took some ferrets and shook them at Buckbeak as their bodies retreated into the woods. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Where is the brute?" McNeill asked in a grim voice. "Outside...... Outside. Hagrid said in a hoarse voice. Hagrid's window showed McNeil's face, and he glared out at Buckbeak, and Harry hid his head. Then they heard Fudge's voice. "We ...... Oh...... The official announcement of the execution must be read to you, Hagrid. I'll read it quickly. Then you and McNeil are going to sign it. McNeil, you should also listen, here's the program. ”

"Hurry up, Buckbeak, obedient......" Van Lin said with some anxiety, and the damned crows flew back again, constantly circling in the sky, as if waiting for the arrival of the food, and they would not hesitate to pounce on Buckbeak's corpse and gnaw on it whenever the executioner's axe fell.

"I'm here. Fudge's voice rang out again, Buckbeak had already eaten the first ferret, "The Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures has decided that Buckbeak, the Hippogriff, is hereafter referred to as the Convicted. ...... should be executed at sunset on June 6"

"Hurry up, Buckbeak......" Hermione also urged anxiously, and the girl kept shaking the food in her hand with her hand, but Buckbeak did not move forward. He stood still, as if intending to digest it.

β€œ...... Walton McNeill, the executioner appointed by the commission, ...... beheaded, "Come, Buckbeak," Van Lin murmured, "Come on, we're going to help you." Quietly...... Quietly ......"

β€œ...... The following are witnesses. Hagrid, you're signing here...... "Van Lin used all his body weight to pull the rope, but Buckbeak was already firmly on his front foot.

"Alright, let's get this done. The shrill voices of the committee members could be heard from Hagrid's hut. "Hagrid, you call to the house and don't come out, it may be better to do this......"

"No, I...... I'm going to be with it...... I don't want it to be alone,......" echoed footsteps from the hut. "Buckbeak, get out!" Harry hissed.

Van Lin tugged harder at the rope around Buckbeak's neck. Buckbeak began to move again, flapping his wings in exasperation. They were ten feet from the Forbidden Forest, and they had full visibility of the back door of Hagrid's hut. "Please wait a minute, McNeil," Dumbledore's voice said, "You want to sign too." The footsteps stopped.

Van Lin pulled the rope hard. Buckbeak's beak snapped and he walked faster.

"Hurry up, Buckbeak, good baby, obedient ......" Hermione's face turned pale, her gaze wandering between Buckbeak and Hagrid's cabin.

However, by this time everything in the house was ready, the door of the cabin was half-opened, and Dumbledore's figure squeezed out of Hagrid's cabin.

The figures of the three men froze in place, and they were already less than ten feet away from the Forbidden Forest......

"Oh, Minister, look ......over there," Dumbledore turned his back to them, and he pointed to Hogwarts Castle with his hand, which radiated a strange beauty in the sunlight.

"Oh, that's amazing......" Fudge complimented, and the people behind him couldn't get out of the door of the cabin now.

"Quick, Buckbeak......" Van Lin did not hesitate, he pulled the rope harder, Buckbeak trotted very reluctantly, finally, Buckbeak entered the Forbidden Forest before Dumbledore finished his nonsense, bypassing a few tree trunks, and the darkness of the Forbidden Forest perfectly completely covered Buckbeak's figure.

Finally, Hagrid's figure squeezed out, and the door to the cabin slammed aside. Van Lin, Hermione, Harry, and Buckbeak stood there listening, and even the Hippogriff seemed to be listening nervously.

Quiescence...... And then-"where did it go?" it was the high-pitched voice of a committee member, "where did the beast?"

"It was tethered here!" said the executioner, furiously, "I just saw it!"

"It's weird. Dumbledore said, his voice amused. There was a rustle, followed by the dull sound of an axe swing. The executioner appears to have chopped his axe into the giant pumpkins to vent his anger. Then there was a howl, and this time they could hear Hagrid sobbing as he spoke. "It's gone! God bless it, it's gone! It must have broken free on its own! Vic, how smart you are!"

Buckbeak began to break free of the rope and return to Hagrid. The three men gripped the rope harder, holding their heels as firm as they could, in order to stop Buckbeak.

"Someone has untied the rope!" roared the executioner, "we should search the field, and the woods......"

"McNeil, if Buckbeak was indeed stolen, do you really think the thieves would take it on foot?" Dumbledore said, still sounding funny. "Search the sky, if you will...... Hagrid. I'd like a cup of tea, or a big glass of brandy. ”

"Whenβ€”of course, Professor," Hagrid said, his voice sounding happy and weak, "come in, come in......"

Van Lin, Hermione, and Harry listened carefully. They heard footsteps, the low curse of the executioner, a slam on the door, and then all was silent again.

"What now?" Harry whispered, looking around.

"We have to hide here," Hermione said, looking frightened, "and we need to wait until they get back to the castle." Then, when it was safe to do so, let Buckbeak fly into Sirius's window. He would be there in another four hours...... Oh, it's going to be hard ......"

"Maybe we can take Buckbeak with us," said Vanlin, "for the sake ......of insurance, but I don't think we can't catch Peter......"

"Alright...... Hermione nodded in agreement, "I hope Buckbeak is obedient enough, but I prefer not to need it......"

Hermione gently stroked Buckbeak's head with her hand, and the Hippogriff rubbed Hermione, then took the dead ferret in Hermione's hand in one bite.

"Oh, damn it......" said Van Lin, a little distressed, "Buckbeak can't change the food......"

"What's wrong?" Hermione looked at Van Lin with some confusion.

"His Animagus is always a ferret, much like the one you have, Hermione. Harry said dumbfounded, watching Buckbeak chew the ferret in his mouth, and the corners of Vanlin's mouth twitched.

"Hug ...... I'm sorry......" Hermione said with an embarrassed look on her face, her hand already outstretched, and then stiffened in mid-air.

"It's okay......" Fan Lin grinned, and a thousand words were finally only merged into two words, although his heart was still very awkward......

"We have to go," said Van Lin as he pondered, "and we must be able to see the beating willow, or we won't know where things have got." ”

"Okay," Hermione nodded, she said quickly, and then Hermione tightened her grip on Buckbeak's rope, "but we must not, Harry, remember......"

They moved along the edge of the woods, and the twilight grew thicker and thicker, until at last they hid behind a clump of trees, where the willow tree could be seen.

They waited for about a few minutes, and in the distance, they could still see their past selves walking towards the beating willow under the leadership of Fan Lin.

"You can't mean it, Van Lin?" asked Harry suddenly, watching Ron stop not far from Beater Willow as Peter Pettigrew realized something was wrong.

"Actually, that's ......," Van Lin said, looking intently at them, "I communicated with Sirius beforehand, and at Hogsmeade, Hermione and I met him, and he attacked us on his own initiative, and I subdued him. ”

"Good...... Okay......" Harry said, having a hard time accepting the fact that Van Lin was able to defeat an adult wizard, but the situation in front of him didn't allow him to think too much, and he saw Ron's small movements.

Ron paused, his left hand in the pocket containing Peter, while the other hand seemed to draw his wand.

"You're over!" Hermione nervoused, she grabbed Vanlin's arm with her hand, "Peter Pettigrew is controlling Ron and trying to attack you......"

"Don't be nervous, there's Sirius, and I don't think Ron can handle that. Van Lin said confidently.

The self of a few hours ago walked towards Ron as if he was unsuspecting, and he swept his peripheral vision to Sirius, who was crawling on the grass, and soon circled behind Ron.

"That's!" Harry held his breath, and he saw that he was as nervous as Sirius.

Then, a black dog pounced on Ron's back, just as it had been, and Sirius subdued Ron before he could draw his wand.

"That's Sirius!" said Harry. "It's even worse from here, isn't it?" said Harry, watching as the dog dragged Ron under the tree. "Wow - look, I just got beaten by that tree - so do you - this is weird......" The beating willow was creaking and rattling with its lower branches, and they could see themselves rushing back and forth, trying to get close to the trunk. Then the tree remained motionless.

"Anyway, when we came out, we didn't attack us......"

"That's when Van Lin and I came out early and pressed the knots on the beating willows, Sirius said!" Hermione said.

"I'm sorry, I forgot!" Harry scratched his head a little embarrassed, he didn't think he should have asked such a stupid question.

However, in the second grade, they need to know the weakness of the beating willow, and they will not be allowed to destroy Mr. Weasley's car by the beating willow.