All things are three at Hogwarts

Chapter 58 Forbidden Forest (Revised)

The days slipped away inadvertently. On the morning of a week before the exam, Harry Potter's determination not to meddle in other people's business was unexpectedly tested. After Harry came out of the library, he heard Professor Quirrell speaking. Everyone in the classroom was sobbing and crying, as if they had finally compromised after being threatened by someone.

The threesome began to discuss countermeasures - finally Harry and Hermione persuaded Ron to give up his decision to continue the night reconnaissance, and instead pulled an astronomical map of Jupiter in front of them and began to review the names of Jupiter's moons.

Afterwards, the five Harrys at the Gryffindor table received five identical notes: Your confinement starts at eleven o'clock tonight. Find Mr. Filch in the foyer. Harry and the others didn't complain at all. They had been feeling guilty since they lost the points. The punishment didn't come until now, which made them feel relieved. They felt that they deserved such punishment.

Even Hermione, who was scrambling to review her homework, didn't complain at all. From her point of view, it was natural and natural that people who made mistakes should be punished - Ron was full of hope that after the confinement, they might receive less glares.

At this time, Allen was tasting cream of mushroom soup. This rare French milk soup was salty and delicious, which suited his appetite. Suddenly, a familiar system sound sounded in his mind, "Limited time mission: rescue people shrouded in evil." Unicorn, get the gratitude of a unicorn. The time limit is 24 hours. If the mission is successful, the reward will be randomly drawn once."

Allen suppressed his excitement and put down the spoon in his hand. He turned his head and glanced at the five Gryffindors who were loudly discussing the confinement. Although he didn't know what reward he would win, it meant that he needed to secretly violate the rules. According to school rules, he followed the punished people deep into the Forbidden Forest - thinking of this, Allen immediately got up and returned to his dormitory to make preparations. He took out a scarf and began to change its color, which was used to contact potion skills before. I selected some of the products and life-saving potions I spent money to order as my own operational supplies.

At eleven o'clock at night, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Flagg, and Neville went downstairs to the entrance hall, where Argus Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts, was already waiting there— —There is also Draco Malfoy, who is threatening Filch with his father's identity as the director of the school, Lucius Malfoy. He went to Professor McGonagall to report Harry and the others for violating curfew, but he was also punished, although Neither Filch nor his cat Lady Norris took Malfoy's threats seriously.

"Follow me." Filch said, lighting a lamp and leading them out. "I think you should think twice about breaking school rules in the future, right?" He squinted. Looking at them, he continued: "Oh, yes... If you ask me, I have to say that work and hardship are the best teachers... It's a pity that they abolished the old-fashioned punishment method in the past... Hang you up I hung you from the ceiling by my wrists for several days. I still have those chains in my office, and I oil them frequently. Maybe they will come in handy one day... Okay, let's go. , but don’t even think about escaping. If you run away, you won’t have any good fruits to eat.”

They endured Filch's chatter and strode across the dark field. Neville kept sniffing as he remembered the horrific legends in the Forbidden Forest. Flegg comforted him for no apparent reason - Ron and Hermione were also involved. Some bad emotions arose, and Harry didn't know what kind of punishment they would receive. He thought it must be very terrible, otherwise Filch's tone would not be so cheerful.

Until Rubeus Hagrid, the keykeeper and gamekeeper of Hogwarts, rescued several young wizards. He argued angrily with Filch and then drove him away on the grounds that it was no longer his mission. , Filch could only say a few harsh words, like he would come to clean up the wreckage for the little wizards after dawn, and then he held up his own oil lamp and staggered away into the darkness.

After Filch left, Draco Malfoy immediately began to try to use his father's status as school governor to threaten Hagrid, trying to prevent himself from being punished and walking into the Forbidden Forest - Hagrid did not have a good impression of Slytherin. He slapped him back rudely, telling him to either obey and accept the punishment and do something useful, or else give in to the threat of getting out.

And just when Hagrid irresponsibly began to group the five people, trying to separate them so that they could search and face the murderer who attacked the unicorn, he left the Ravenclaw common room and used the magic weapon to attack the unicorn. Allen, who was cursed, had already started running towards the Forbidden Forest - in his invisible state, he had already changed the color of his school uniform, turning it into the color and logo of Gryffindor House, and wrapped his head with a scarf .

The cold moonlight shines on the path leading to the Forbidden Forest. The dark Forbidden Forest seems to have a big mouth open, trying to swallow up anyone who dares to violate it. A winding path that gradually disappeared into the depths of the black forest appeared in front of Allen, and a breeze blew their hair. Looking from the entrance, the scenery of the dense forest is hazy and blurry, and the strange-shaped branches are like devils with teeth and claws, waiting for the arrival of prey. The moonlight shines through the gaps between the leaves and onto the aperture on the ground. Instead of letting people feel the warmth of the light, it gives people a strange and misty feeling of dizziness.

After entering the Forbidden Forest, Allen repeatedly placed the handle of his wand downward on the ground under the prompts of the system, and then selected the target direction based on the direction of the wand tip after it fell down as the divination result - Allen believed that if This is an elective divination course that begins in the third grade. Professor Sybill Trelawney said that if students without an 'aura' cast it, they might end up walking into the Acromantula's lair in the Forbidden Forest. …

Allen, who had no experience of walking in the forest at night, strode forward in the direction pointed by the tip of the wand. As he went deeper, he couldn't help but feel a little scared of the gloomy environment around him, not that he was afraid of the magical animals and monsters hidden in the Forbidden Forest. What kind of fear is it? It’s just the fear of darkness and the unknown that is human instinct. In his mind, some plots like those in the movie "Blair Witch" were combined with the scenes in front of him - until he started to use the words whether the other party was a witch or a human being. The wizard convinced himself of his reasons and relaxed a little.

Soon, some crackling branches and a series of messy footprints attracted Alan's attention.

Looking in the direction of the footprints, a silvery-white trace appeared in Allen's eyes. Allen could confirm that it was definitely not an illusion caused by the moonlight. It happened that the unicorn's blood was silvery-white.

Following these traces, Allen followed. Every now and then, a ray of moonlight shines down from the branches above, illuminating a silver-blue bloodstain on the fallen leaf. Alan hopes to save the unicorn in time, but it looks like it's seriously injured.

As Alan walked past a moss-covered tree stump, the sound of gurgling water reached Alan's ears. Apparently there was a stream somewhere nearby. On the winding path, there are still specks of unicorn blood scattered, which looks shocking.

The deeper he went into the Forbidden Forest, the denser the blood stains became. Allen was worried and almost used his fastest foot strength. However, the trees in the Forbidden Forest were too lush, and the huge tree roots were intertwined. Be careful so you don't stumble. So no matter how agile Allen was, he still walked cautiously as he didn't dare to use fluorescent flashes.

Soon, there was a huge noise in the distance, and Allen followed the sound. Through the tangled branches of an ancient oak tree, he could see an open space in front of him. In the open space, there was a silver-white horse in the shape of a horse. A hairy horse and a unicorn with a spiral horn on its forehead are fighting to the death with a masked wizard wearing a black cloak.

Instead of taking action rashly, Allen waited for the right moment from a distance - the mysterious man had to ensure that the unicorn drank it while it was alive to gain power from the other party's blood, and Allen didn't intend to go too far just for a reward. adventure.

The unicorn gradually became scarred and scratched with its long horn. Its movements are no longer very flexible, but it still stubbornly resists the wizard's attack, but its personality and docile appearance are very different. They can fight with elephants and fire dragons, but they quickly lose control when facing Quirrell, who is actually possessed by a mysterious man. At a disadvantage - although the black-robed masked wizard's movements seemed much weaker than at the beginning, he had tried to reduce the use of magic as much as possible.

The mysterious man allowed Quirrell to bear most of the curse of the unicorn's blood, and used it to extend his life, which at that time had no complete soul, no body, and was worse than a ghost.

Just when the unicorn was hit by the wizard's petrification spell and paralyzed to the ground, and collected the wand to possess it and began to drink, Allen pulled out the wand and read from a distance to the black cloak who was relaxed because of success. He cast a spell skillfully: "Eintestinal Curse!" - His voice sounded a little loud because of the red scarf.

However, the black-robed masked wizard with rich combat experience and very proficient in black magic was not fooled as Allen expected. He was shocked when he heard the sound of the curse behind him, but he didn't even have time to turn around to look. He gave up on the unicorn that was within reach, raised his wand and cast an armor protection behind him. He seemed worried and rolled to the side to avoid this vicious spell.

Allen, who only cast one spell, was well prepared for the opponent to dodge. As the spells were cast one after another, the light of the fainting spell and the petrification spell were emitted from Allen's wand - this time Allen's spell did hit the opponent, but the opponent just shook it and it didn't seem to have the actual effect that the magic was supposed to have.

Only then did he see that the masked wizard attacking him in the distance behind him seemed to be a junior Gryffindor wizard, and the other party had already begun to raise his wand toward the sky as if he was planning to call for reinforcements.

He was already very weak after having fought with the unicorn for a while, and he had no intention of risking his identity being exposed, so instead of fighting Ai again, he turned into a black shadow and quickly ran away into the distance.

"Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

A scream came from the other side of the woods. It turned out that Harry, who was being punished, and Malfoy, who was with him, met Quirrell who was running away. The scream was made by Draco Malfoy - he was in After being stunned for a short time and motionless, he realized what he had done, let out the terrifying scream, staggered and ran away holding the oil lamp in his hand.

Hagrid's pet Fang escaped without his life. It even came from behind and overtook Malfoy, who was originally in front. This stupid hound also had its brain opened up at this critical moment. It thought that as long as it could outrun Malfoy, it would be on its own. It’s safe…

The fleeing masked wizard raised his head and saw Harry at a glance. He floated towards Harry greedily, and as the other party approached, a sharp pain penetrated Harry's head. This was what he had done before. It felt like he had never felt before, as if his scar was suddenly on fire... His vision was blurred, he staggered back and finally fell to his knees on the ground.

"Stay away from him!"

Flagg, who had been a few steps behind when Harry and Draco were arguing, raised his wand and stood in front of Harry who was unconscious on the ground - even though he was not very talented in magic and was not confident that he could release it. What spells can hurt the opponent.

Under the cloak, Quirrell and Mystery saw more and more Gryffindors, and had no time to continue to entangle in this situation. He changed directions and ran away without looking back.

Allen, who rushed over after hearing the scream, couldn't help but nodded when he saw this situation outside the bushes in the distance, and immediately turned around and ran back - Flag Brown is indeed a qualified Gran. Fendo, and speaking of Draco, this little coward immediately took Hagrid and the others to rescue his Harry Potter after successfully escaping.

Allen, who still had some bottom line in his heart, did not deal with the unicorn situation first in order to complete the task. He first ensured that his classmates did not have any business due to the changes in the plot. When he returned, Allen also began to have a negative attitude toward himself. The disguise and curse made me look like a Ravenclaw again. If I meet some Gryffindors later and they find out that the color of my school uniform is that of their college, it will be hard to explain...

However, when Allen returned to the unicorn, its condition looked very bad and it was groaning in pain on the ground.

"Healing as ever."

As long as he learned the magic spell, Allen could cast it easily and it was very easy to use. However, this time the healing spell actually failed on the unicorn and had only a drop in the bucket. You must know that as a mother and sister, both He is a therapist at St. Mungo's Hospital, and he has special skills for this kind of healing magic passed down from his family.

This surprised Allen, but this was not the time to be entangled. Allen tried the magic spell again, but it still didn't work. He judged that the magic of the mysterious man probably contained a curse, and the higher-level healing spell quickly Healing quickly, this kind of advanced healing magic that sounds like singing can be effective on cursed wounds. However, as a first-year student, he has not yet mastered it, so he made a prompt decision and used physical means to heal the unicorn. treat.

He took out the healing potion and curse-breaking potion he had prepared before and poured them into the unicorn's mouth as if they were free of charge. Then he applied the hemostatic ointment to the unicorn's body. The silver-white blood finally stopped flowing out. Then he poured a few tonics into it without worry. In fact, if he hadn't known that taking some potions at the same time in a short period of time would produce some terrible reactions, he wouldn't have planned to stop.

However, it seemed that the unicorn's life was safe due to the luxurious style of some rich people - and the sound of some horse hooves came from behind Allen.

"You saved this unicorn's life." A very powerful voice rang in Allen's ears. Allen turned around and saw that it was a centaur. Its hair was platinum blond, and his upper body was shaped like a centaur. A handsome male figure with a cream-colored horse body from the waist down.

In fact, Allen, who had already recognized the other person's identity from the color of his fur, pretended to be surprised and asked: "Who are you?"

"My name is Firenze. The Mars is very bright tonight. The stars indicate my destiny. I must appear here tonight. There are things important to our destiny here." Firenze said very seriously.

Allen thought he was talking about Harry. Knowing the other person's character, he nodded, bowed politely and said, "Great, I wonder if you can ask two of my classmates to take them out of the Forbidden Forest? They are right here. On the other hand, I think he is the person you are looking for...he is the famous Boy Who Lived..."

Although Firenze knew that the little wizard in front of him might have misunderstood, he, who was relatively friendly to humans, was very happy to help. He made a long series of horse-like sounds to the unicorn who was still on the ground taking a breath: "Gai Ya, this human wizard should be reliable, fate tells me that you can trust him, and I will come back to you later."

After speaking, Firenze turned around and ran to the side. He came to Harry, who had already woken up. After explaining a few words, without waiting for their reaction, he bent his front legs, lowered his body, and used his human part to With his two hands, he picked up the two little boys and put them on his back, then he opened his hooves and started running.

Later, the sound of horse hooves came from the other side of the clearing in front of them.

Ronan the Centaur and Baine rushed out of the bushes, their abdomens heaving violently and beads of sweat dripping from their faces.

"Firenz!" Bain roared, "What are you doing? You let two people ride on your back! Don't you feel ashamed? Are you an ordinary mule?"

"Have you seen clearly who this is?" Firenze stopped so that his companions could see clearly who was on his back. "This is the boy from the Potter family. He must leave this area quickly. Forest, the faster the better.”

"Not the other one!" Bain looked at Flegg and muttered angrily, "Remember, Firenze, we swore an oath and would never disobey God's will. Don't we see what the movement of the planets shows? A sign?"

"I believe Firenze thinks he does this out of the goodness of his heart," Ronan said in his melancholy voice, pawing uneasily at the dirt with his hooves.

"Out of good intentions! What does that matter have to do with us? What the centaurs care about is the prophecies of the stars! There is no need for us to be like donkeys, following the humans who are lost in our forest!" Bain directed at Firenze. roar.

Firenze was so angry that he suddenly stood up on his hind legs. Flagg hugged Harry tightly, and Harry had to hold Firenze's shoulders tightly to prevent him from being thrown down.

"Go over and see for yourselves. Gaia has been saved and her destiny has changed. We centaurs will get clearer instructions and get closer to our destiny." After speaking, Firenze turned around lightly. He rushed away, taking Harry and Flagg towards the depths of the woods, leaving Ronan and Bain behind.

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