Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

It was no secret that Toby knew that Headmaster Dumbledore had lived in Godric's Hollow.

He just didn't expect the principal's office to look like this.

The old lion opened its mouth and yawned. It lay down on the floor again, apparently intending to continue resting.

But Toby kept asking: "Hey, principal, do you know where the founders are? Are they in the castle?"

"Where's your treasury? Where do you hide your treasures?"

The lion roared impatiently, and it glared at Toby angrily.

"Alright alright."

Toby had no choice but to say: "I'm here for House, the centaur ancestor House in the Forbidden Forest, you must figure out the secret of the fifth founder. Do you have anything to tell me?"

The lion finally stood up, stretched his thick paws under the carpet, and fumbled for a long sword as if by magic - the sword of Gryffindor.

"Uh......"

Toby watched the lion push the sword in front of him, and he said hesitantly: "Are you going to let me use this sword to protect myself? But I don't have hands."

He flapped his tail twice, showing off his snake body. It was very difficult for Toby to even hold the sword, let alone fight with the sword.

However, the lion seemed to have expected this scene. It gently tapped the ruby ​​on the hilt of the sword twice with its head, then motioned for Toby to lower his head and rested his forehead on the ruby.

There was originally an emerald on the forehead of the horned water snake, and the moment Toby's head touched the ruby, the two gems were lit up at the same time.

At the same time, Toby finally possessed the abilities that the horned water snake should have-flying and invisibility, which are the powers given to him by gems.

"Wow."

Toby exclaimed as he watched his body lift off the ground little by little, float, and become transparent again.

"This is really unbelievable... Well, it seems to be some kind of magical unknown magic. Unfortunately, I haven't heard of any wizards who can turn into magical animals, Animagus. Otherwise, I would really Find a way to become a horned water snake."

In all the records in the magic world, there has never been a situation where a wizard turns into a magical animal Animagus, all of them are ordinary animals.

The Lion put the sword back in the rug, and lay down again on it, and it seemed that this was all the help he could do Toby.

"Well, goodbye, principal."

said Toby, gradually disappearing into mid-air.

The invisible long-horned water snake flew across the long corridor. On the way, he saw Peeves wearing a sorting hat walking around on a carriage, and saw many strange-looking things, some of which looked bigger than the auditorium. The gate is even bigger, like some kind of protective magic device, with a precise and magical structure.

"Could it be related to the goblin rebellion?"

Toby thought suspiciously.

He remembered that the Goblin Rebellion in 1612 occurred near Hogsmeade Village, and it was difficult to say whether it had affected Hogwarts.

The hidden history of nearly a thousand years is presented to Toby in an incomprehensible way. The giant alone is enough for him to study. Unfortunately, these clues are incomplete and he does not have enough time——

After Toby finally flew out of the range of the castle, he looked up at the sky—there was no sun in the sky, but only a pair of clocks shining with dazzling light, and the hands of stars were swimming around.

Toby needs to rush back to the castle and return through Mason Gate before the pointer points to the moon, otherwise he may never return.

On the other side of the castle is the deep Forbidden Forest, but the Forbidden Forest behind the Mason Gate is much sparser than the outside world, but it is filled with all kinds of magical animals. The fire dragon Toby alone has seen a lot - there are ordinary Welsh green forests. The dragon, the Norwegian Ridgeback, and the largest Ukrainian iron belly, and these fire dragons are not as honest as staying in the castle, and they all guard their territory with great force and will not be violated.

"So many magical animals have appeared in the Forbidden Forest..."

Toby carefully avoided a horned camel. He suspected that all these animals had appeared in real history. They might have been done by students who violated the rules, and maybe some professors.

"Hagrid will love it here."

Great changes have also taken place in the Forbidden Forest. Toby couldn't find too many familiar reference objects, so he could only fly silently in the direction he remembered—that is, the place where the base of the Pensieve was buried.

The ability to fly greatly reduces the time Toby spends and the risks he may encounter along the way - with the decline of ancient magic, many magical animals have become extinct, which means that ordinary experience cannot be applied to today's In the Forbidden Forest.

Toby watched from a distance several white bears with two horns fighting together, spitting out cold white flames from their mouths, overwhelming a large forest, and the destructive power was astonishing.

After passing a bunch of trees basking in the sun, a large hedgehog rolling around in a ball, and an unknown number of birds and insects of different sizes, Toby finally saw from a distance the bulge in his memory. Hill bun.

That hill was the only place where no magical animals lived, as if it had been cleaned up, and there stood a huge statue on the hill, which was exactly the same as the one Mundungus collected and gave to Toby, which even Toby couldn't help but wonder if the magnification spell was not used enough, which caused the statue to become much smaller.

It wasn't until Toby slowly landed at the feet of the statue that he finally realized the difference between the two statues.

The statue seems to be alive.

"Oh my God......"

Toby looked up blankly, and the centaur in front of him was bigger than any giant he had ever seen. It was obviously impossible for such a huge centaur to exist in the outside world.

The breath of life came from House's body. He also raised his head, but what he was looking at was the dazzling clock in the sky.

Toby flew to a position parallel to the centaur's head, and heard the other party whispering a sentence repeatedly——

"Mars is bright tonight. It will stay bright for the foreseeable future."

Mars?

Toby simply shouted: "House! House! Why did you take the centaur to hide in the Forbidden Forest and refused to go out?"

House acted as if he couldn't hear Toby's shouts at all, and Toby inevitably became anxious. He continued to shout loudly: "I know you are friends, and you are all friends with the four founders of Hogwarts. But why were you the first to leave?"

The words in House's mouth finally changed.

"Because war is inevitable." He said: "The war between wizards and other races will eventually come, and I have no choice."

Now, Toby was finally able to confirm.

House really foresaw the emergence of wizard supremacy, even a thousand years ago.

Next, no matter what inquiries Toby made, House stopped answering.He didn't seem to be answering Toby's question in the first place, and Toby suspected that House had said the same thing to the other four founders, only repeating it now.

Toby had to go back to the castle before the clock went out. Along the way, the animals in the Forbidden Forest became more and more restless, and even the wizards in the castle began to quarrel.

He hurried back to the ancient magic office, grabbed the three small animals that were frightened and slumped in the coffin, and wrapped their tails around them.

At the same time, the noise outside the office became louder and louder, and the roars of animals were also heard outside the castle.

Behind Mason's door is a strange world, related to emotions.When the light is there, everything remains normal until the light goes out, like werewolves on a full moon, all losing all sanity.

Toby opened the Mason door in the corner, and the light inside was no longer brilliant, but dark and deep.

With three disobedient students, Toby dives into the endless darkness.