Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 124 Forbidden Forest
McGuffin's words finally dispelled their (mainly Ron's) thoughts about exploring the Philosopher's Stone.

"Hurry up and review, there's only one week until the exam..." Hermione complained about the wasted time.

For a period of time afterwards, several people were reviewing in the Room of Requirement with their own worries.

After Hermione finished working through a thick Transfiguration 'reference book' borrowed from the library, she went into a sort of manic phase.

"Ah! (Annoying!) It's really not as convenient as the library here...Harry, why don't we go back, anyway, most people's attention is on McGuffin now...As long as you put up with those gossips, the various books in the library are more efficient for review..." Hermione said.

Ron was having a great time - he had a tall stack of books between himself and Hermione, completely blocking him, and underneath was an old storybook.

Harry buried himself in a Jupiter astronomical map and began to review the names of Jupiter's satellites.

"Don't worry...Hermione!" Just as Hermione was about to leave, McGuffin snapped his fingers and said to the Room of Requirement, "Make a copy of the Hogwarts exam questions and written test papers from the past ten years..."

Before McGuffin finished speaking, parchment test papers began to swish down from above their heads, hitting their foreheads straight.

--Egg!

McGuffin thought he could pretend to be handsome, but unexpectedly...

They fled out in a panic, and before leaving, Hermione even walked away with some test papers.

When a few people left, they saw the test papers surging as if they were going to fill the whole room.

"It's true... that's great! We have to go in again..." Hermione looked at the test paper in her hand, and her expression immediately became very happy.

"Ah!?" Ron opened his mouth wide, expressing complete incomprehension (⊙o⊙).

She dragged McGuffin and others back to the [Room of Response-Review Room] that was overwhelmed by piles of sheepskin exam papers.

In this room, which was roughly the size of McGuffin's dormitory, the wooden floor was full of parchment papers, almost everywhere.

On the long table they used to review, the test papers were piled up like a hill, reaching the ceiling.

Hermione's tone was very happy, she bent over and held a lot of test papers, "McGuffin, why didn't you tell us about this place earlier... There is only one week before the exam. Time is running out...Harry, McGuffin, Ron, let's take a mock exam tonight!"

Hermione's excited words were mixed with Ron's desperate moans.

"McGuffin, why are you telling us about this place... w(Д)w!"

……

The inertia of things is so strong that even if some things at Hogwarts are shattered beyond recognition by the McGuffins, something else always comes, one step after another, like Harry and Voldemort's 'first meeting and date'!
When having breakfast the next day, Harry, Hermione, and Neville all received the note "notifying them of confinement" just like the original plot.

— at eleven o'clock at night, in the hall to find Filch.

Harry and Hermione didn't have any ideas, they both thought that they deserved such punishment.

But Ron was very sad, he kept talking on the sidelines, - if he and McGuffin didn't go to the hospital for those two days, but went with them, it is very likely that they would not forget to wear the invisibility cloak, and they would not have to be deducted 150 points and be punished.

Instead, Hermione comforted Ron, "...But the result is very likely that you will also be caught, and Gryffindor points will be deducted even more...Don't think of Ron that way, this is the punishment we deserve..."

"Speaking of MacGuffin, why is he gone..." Ron has always found that McGuffin has been mysterious and disappeared since that day.

At the same time, McGuffin was called to Professor McGonagall's office.

"This is wrong...these two magics"

"This magical reaction... is actually ancient magic..."

As Professor McGonagall talked to himself, McGuffin was sweating like being put on a barbecue grill.

He could only concentrate on making that 'rocket magic thruster'.

When McGuffin used the transfiguration technique to transform some materials into viscous liquids without daring to change their properties, mixed them and applied them on the inner wall of the device, Professor McGonagall's eyes were extremely strange.

——She didn't expect this little wizard's Transfiguration to reach such a level, unexpectedly... Most wizards who have passed OWL can't do this kind of skill. Now it seems that it is reasonable for Albert to make this 'new thing'.

It was not until the whole device was finally formed in the hands of McGonagall that Professor McGonagall put a book he was familiar with, "The Alchemy Book of Alchemy", in front of him.

"Professor Dumbledore asked me to give this to you... It will help your research, but in the future, any research on rocket brooms that you want to conduct must be under the supervision of at least one professor... Mrs. Pangrad has already told me that she doesn't want to see you in the school hospital anymore..."

Professor McGonagall instructed some precautions for reading "Alchemy Alchemy Book", and then she asked McGuffin, "Are you interested in joining a club called "Transfiguration Club" to further improve and delve into the mysteries of transfiguration...Of course Hermione Granger is also involved, but you can only tell her after she goes to the closed punishment tonight..."

"Of course you are only reserve members. Only young wizards who have reached the level of OWL (Ordinary Wizard Level Examination) in Transfiguration before the third grade can be formally invited (after being tested by all members of the Transfiguration Club) to become members..."

"If you agree, sign your name on this magic contract... Remember that once you sign the contract, you can't say anything about this magic club..."

As he spoke, Professor McGonagall took out a thick, old parchment and flipped through it.

The pages of the book were covered in blood-red handwriting, which looked like names of people.

She let McGuffin touch the [List Contract].

A piece of information was quickly implanted into McGuffin's mind as the palm of his hand came into contact with the parchment.

——It was as if he read an instruction manual in an instant.

……

【Transfiguration Club】has always existed in Gryffindor. It is hosted and mentored by the dean and professor of Gryffindor in each period, helping young wizards and witches with the most outstanding talents in transfiguration to discover their talents, and even teaching ancient transfiguration magic that is not allowed in some schools with a high risk factor.

In contrast, Slytherin has the Potions Club, Hufflepuff has the Fantastic Beasts and Herbs Club, and Ravenclaw naturally has the Charms Club... (This kind of club in each college does not mean that students from the college must be recruited, but each club represents the magic that the students of their respective colleges are good at, and it is easy to produce such talents who are good at this type of magic)

Of course, each club has its own unique name under the auspices of the dean of each college. For example, there was a Slytherin potion club a few decades ago that was very famous [Slug Club].

And the full name of the [Transformation Club] under the leadership of Professor McGonagall is—huh? (⊙o⊙)? ? ?

McGuffin recalled the name incredulously.

Yes:
——[Gryffindor Quidditch Transfiguration Club]

This……

After seeing McGuffin's strange eyes, Professor McGonagall immediately reacted, her face was flushed, and she felt a little possessed by Quirrell for a moment.

"This... This is the name I gave when I first became the head of Gryffindor... The loss in the Gryffindor Quidditch match was terrible...Although, although I knew it, I couldn't change it...Once I want to change it, the whole club can only be disbanded once..."

"Okay, MacGuffin, I've bothered you for too long, you haven't had breakfast yet! Hurry up, or you'll be late for a while... Remember to tell Hermione Granger about this after Granger's Forbidden Forest closes tomorrow. After discussing with her, try to answer me after the exam...I don't want her to think that this is a reward for violating school rules..."

Professor McGonagall explained a few sentences, and found that the more he said, the more he seemed to deliberately cover up his dark history, and he accidentally leaked some news about the tight closure to McGuffin.

She didn't say any more, and hurriedly drove McGuffin out of her office.

……

"McGuffin, I really don't need this..." Harry grimaced. Compared with the Forbidden Forest at night, he was more afraid of the gadget that McGuffin handed him in his arms. He had personally witnessed the power of these gadgets that day.

Albert, who had just returned from Professor McGonagall's office, immediately called him and Hermione into a hidden room, and handed the newly 'released' 'rocket magic booster' to Harry.

And told them an unfortunate news - the place where they are closed tonight is the Forbidden Forest.

"This is your defensive measure... Hermione! Don't underestimate the sense of smell of the huge dangerous creatures in this forbidden forest. This thing can allow you to expel those beasts..." McGuffin was handing a few powerful dung eggs to Hermione, which made her look a little ugly. "I heard this personally from Professor McGonagall, you two, don't take it seriously... Based on my experience in the Forbidden Forest, the Forbidden Forest will become more dangerous at night..."

According to the plot, this is the first time Harry meets Voldemort tonight. McGuffin doesn't know how much the plot of the original book will be affected by his butterfly... In short, now he must try his best to improve the survival rate of Harry and Hermione so that they can survive this meeting.

Before finishing speaking, Ron suddenly became nervous, "Is this true? The Forbidden Forest at night is very different from the daytime...I heard that there are very huge spiders infesting there..."

"...a spider the size of a car..." McGuffin added, making Ron's face pale even more.

"What's more, if you think about Hagrid's little hobbies...Think about Norbert, think about Lu Wei...Over the years, no one knows how many 'cute' and 'little dolls' he has put in the Forbidden Forest... If I found out that there was a fight between a dragon and a giant in the Forbidden Forest that day...I wouldn't be surprised at all!"

Harry wanted to retort that McGuffin shouldn't have said that about Hagrid.

But he thought about it carefully—he really had nothing to say, it was indeed possible for Hagrid to do it.

He who didn't care about it before became nervous.

"This thing of yours won't explode halfway like that time!"

"...It's okay!...Remember not to cast spells like [Levitation Charm] or [Stopping Charm] on these things, and just don't use Ronsky feints on the broomstick..." McGuffin found a brand new magic broom under his suitcase and handed it to Harry.

Harry played with this thing, and finally installed it on the broomstick, "But I can't take it with me tonight..."

"There is a way... someone will definitely lead you to the Forbidden Forest tonight... You can't let you little wizards go to the Forbidden Forest alone!... Who else do you think..." McGuffin said.

"Hagrid?!" This was the only exciting news Harry heard today,

The last few people asked Hagrid to give this thing to Harry in the Forbidden Forest at night.

……

At around eleven o'clock at night, the four of Harry, led by Filch, came out of the hall and came to Hagrid's hut. At this time, he told the destination of several people's confinement - the Forbidden Forest.

"Forbidden Forest?" Malfoy stopped abruptly.

"We can't go in at night, there's everything in there... I heard there are werewolves..."

Neville almost fell on top of Harry when he heard this.

Filch taunted a few words, handed them over to Hagrid, then dangled his old oil lamp, humming and disappeared into the night.

Hagrid led the crowd to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, toward a narrow path in the depths of darkness.

At this moment, Harry finally understood why McGuffin described the Forbidden Forest at night as a monster full of fangs waiting for its prey to bite.

A gust of majestic wind blew their robes head-on, and the uneven trees and leaves in the entire forest rubbed against each other and made noises when they collided. Various insects, strange sounds from the depths, and the sound of gurgling water all came and went in the darkness.

Passing through the crescent of thin clouds, the pale moonlight falls on the forest.

It was okay at the beginning, the trees were not too dense, there were mostly low bushes, and the moonlight allowed a few people to see the surrounding situation clearly.

Some small animals were frightened by the crowd, and quickly jumped into the small hole hidden in the dark corner.

——This made several people feel less frightened.

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But as it progressed, the woods became denser and darker, and the branches grew more and more grotesquely. Various branches twisted and stretched in all directions, and the silhouette in the darkness became more and more strange and frightening.

There was silence around them, and some invisible things walked around them in the darkness, making small sounds... Coupled with the silver-blue blood stains that Hagrid pointed out from the injured unicorn along the way, several people became depressed, and only the sound of their heavy breathing could be heard.

What's worse-they walked a little further inside and encountered a fork in the road.

"Remember to run away if you are in trouble, and shoot red flames, and find green flames when you hunt for unicorns..." Hagrid told all the little wizards, especially Neville.

In the end Malfoy took Fang and Neville to the right, while Hagrid took Harry and Hermione to the right.

While chatting while searching for the unicorn, Hagrid took the broomstick out of his pocket and handed it to Harry.

"This is not what I should have said... Harry... this thing is too dangerous... I also learned about the details of the agreement between the professors and the McGuffin that day... Although McGuffin is also thinking about you, I always feel that this product is still very immature... Don't use it unless you have to... Of course, you don't have to worry if I am here..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hagrid grabbed Harry and Hermione and hid under a tall fir tree. He pulled the huge crossbow and took out an arrow and placed it on it. Harry clearly saw the metal arrow flashing fiery red light, as if possessed by some kind of magic.

For a long time, all they heard was a sound like a cloak dragging and sliding, brushing against leaves.

Swish, around them for a long time, a long time.

—Very scary.

But for some unknown reason, the voice suddenly disappeared again.

(End of this chapter)