Parents of Hogwarts

"What happened"

On the second floor of Hogwarts Castle, after there was a knock on the door of the Gryffindor Dean's office, Professor McGonagall walked out.

She didn't get angry at Andromeda just because it was break time, and she wore her witch robe very neatly. It looked like she hadn't officially finished her work for the day yet.

"It's those Slytherin students who are causing trouble for you again," Professor McGonagall asked with a frown.

The love affair between Andromeda and Ted had been exposed during the day. As a professor who specialized in handling the fight, McGonagall certainly knew the cause of the incident. Even Andromeda lived in Hogsmeade. The village regulations were specially approved by her.

As the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, she had this right when Principal Dumbledore was not at school.

"It's not about this, Professor."

Andromeda quickly told about the abnormality that happened in the Forbidden Forest and the injury to the unicorn Larry.

"Hagrid asked me to inform you specifically." She finally said breathlessly.

Professor McGonagall's frown deepened.

"let's go."

She spoke simply, without wasting any more time.

When passing by the abandoned bathroom also located on the second floor, Professor Meadows suddenly walked out alone.

"where are you going"

Before the two of them could say anything, after seeing something was wrong with Professor McGonagall's expression, she walked forward directly with a determined look in her eyes.

"I'll go with you"

Professor McGonagall did not refuse. At the same time, Andromeda noticed that the abandoned bathroom seemed much neater than before, but now she was no longer in the mood to care about it. Larry's safety was more important than anything else. .

The three of them walked hurriedly in the silent castle. The portraits hanging in the corridors made many people wake up from their sleep. They gathered together to whisper and speculate on what happened.

During this period, Filch also noticed them during patrol, but Professor McGonagall did not explain anything more to him. He just asked him to be careful not to let the students run around at night.

"There is some movement in the trophy display room on the fourth floor." Filch whispered bitterly: "It's hard for me to catch them all by myself, these cunning students."

"You can consider raising a cat or civet. They are very smart animals and will help you." Meadows suggested to him.

After finishing speaking, the three of them left Filch who was lost in thought, walked outside the castle, and finally arrived at Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Ted and Professor Kettleburn had arrived early.Larry was lying on his side on the grass at the door of the cabin. He still looked weak and could not tell whether he was alive or dead.

"What's wrong with you?" Meadows asked in surprise the moment he saw Hagrid.

Now Hagrid looked really bad. His body was covered with mud and his hair was covered with grass clippings. He looked very embarrassed, as if he had been attacked.

Meadows even took out her wand, and she looked warily towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

"It's those centaurs." Meadows frowned and asked, "It's their rhetoric again: the Forbidden Forest belongs to them, and wizards are not allowed to step in."

"No, no..." Hagrid shook his head in embarrassment, but he couldn't say anything substantial.

Now not only Meadows, but also Professor McGonagall looked at him suspiciously.

Ted on the side knew that this was because Hagrid did not want Lu Wei to be exposed.Andromeda was running very fast at that time, and she didn't know what happened in the Forbidden Forest.Only because Professor Kettleburn's residence was relatively close, Ted was able to get here in advance with him.

The only people present who knew about the existence of the three-headed dog, Lu Wei, were Ted and Hagrid.

After struggling in his heart for a while, Ted decided to take the initiative to help Hagrid out.When he and Andromeda secretly dated in the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid helped them a lot.

"It's the Thestrals." Ted explained bravely: "I couldn't see the Thestrals and accidentally angered them. Hagrid became like this because he wanted to save me."

Andromeda was stunned for a moment, of course she knew this had never happened.But in the end she said nothing, just waiting to ask Ted later.

The atmosphere of suspicion did not dissipate because of this poor excuse.Especially Hagrid's appearance. He was completely stunned and looked unconvincing.

Fortunately, Professor Kettleburn spoke in time and broke the silence around him.

"Larry's life force is very weak."

After a long examination, he made a judgment: "If it were not a unicorn, it would probably be dead, or at least it would not be discovered by anyone."

"What about now?" Andromeda asked anxiously, "Can Larry still be saved?"

"Larry" Professor Kettleburn noticed Andromeda's title and looked up at her in confusion.However, he did not dwell too much on this: "Don't worry, Larry is fine and can be saved."

"It's a unicorn. It has more vitality than an old man like me. It will definitely be fine."

Perhaps because he was too anxious, Professor Kettleburn didn't have time to wear his set of magical prostheses. All his limbs were left with only one arm and half a leg, and there were scars from the fire dragon burns on his face.

While saying these words, he looked much more convincing than Hagrid just now.

Andromeda nodded to him gratefully.

"You two go back first."

Seeing that Larry was fine, Professor McGonagall directly issued the order.Ted and Andromeda knew that this was something they could not disobey, especially under the stern gaze of Professor McGonagall, so they had no choice but to walk away.

"Thank you for your hard work, Silvanus."

Professor McGonagall expressed her gratitude to Professor Kettleburn, and he waved his hand and said it was nothing.However, he still asked Hagrid to send him a ride, as his current mobility was not very convenient.

"I have to find Pomona and Horace now," he said before leaving: "They may have a way to make Larry recover early."

In the end, only Meadows and Mag were left near the hut.

"Hagrid is still so messy." Meadows complained with some dissatisfaction: "He must have raised some weird magical animals in the Forbidden Forest again, and never considered the danger to the students."

"Hagrid didn't mean any harm." Professor McGonagall shook her head and said, but she still rubbed her eyebrows with her fingers helplessly.

"He was just born like this. In a kind soul, his judgment on magical animals has been somewhat biased."

"kind soul"

Meadows suddenly laughed: "Professor, you are talking more and more like a principal now."

Professor McGonagall also laughed rarely.

"Teachers unintentionally influence their own students, just like you and me, and Albus Dumbledore."

The conversation between the two stopped there, and they did not continue the conversation, nor did they show any intention to enter the Forbidden Forest first.

Instead, it seemed like he was silently waiting for someone.

Gradually, in the dark sky in the distance, a darker shadow floated slowly.

That's a Thestral.

The person sitting on the back was their former common teacher and the current principal of Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore.