[HP] The Curse of Harry Potter and Slytherin

"Quietly," said Hagrid softly, "slower..."

As they tiptoed forward, Harry first saw a large, smooth mound, like a knoll, that seemed to be the lair of some kind of monster.The trees around the mound were all uprooted and piled up in a circle, like a fence, blocking them in front of them.

Looking at the empty nests on some tree branches, Harry suddenly understood what happened to the birds he saw the day Hagrid came back.

"Asleep," Hagrid lip-synced to them.

Sure enough, Harry could hear rhythmic rumbles that sounded like distant thunder.

"Hagrid, what's that?"

"Hagrid, who is he?"

Ron and Hermione asked at the same time, and Harry looked at Hermione strangely.

He thinks Ron is asking the right way, doesn't he?Where is anyone else here?

"Hagrid, you brought back... you brought back a..."

Hermione was pale, her wand was shaking in her hand, and she was pointing at the mound in panic, looking like she was about to pass out.

Harry looked at her, then at Hagrid, then carefully at the mound, and suddenly came to himself.He slowly opened his mouth wide in horror, feeling like he could hardly breathe.

This mound... No, what kind of mound is this, it is clearly lying on the ground with its back bent——

"Giant!" Hermione screamed tremblingly, but lowered her voice in fear, "Hagrid! Why did you—"

"He doesn't want to come—" said Hagrid desperately, "but I must, Hermione, I must!"

"But why?" Hermione was on the verge of tears, "you-why...for-what-"

"They all bullied him," said Hagrid anxiously, "because he's so short!"

The "hill" in front of them grunted deafeningly in their sleep and moved slightly.

"Short?" said Ron, startled. "'Short'??"

"But even so, you don't need to bring him—well, he—back!" They saw that the giant's hands and feet were tied with thick ropes, binding him to the surrounding trees, " He doesn't even want to be here!"

Hagrid twisted his hands, "Oh...he's much better now, although he still punches me a few times from time to time, but he's slowly getting used to—"

"We now know how you got your injuries!" Hermione pleaded, "Hagrid...you can't do anything with him, let him go!"

"I—I can't leave him," cried Hagrid sadly. "He—he's my brother! He's my half brother!"

They were staring at Hagrid, their mouths open.

They were too optimistic to underestimate the seriousness of the matter, Harry thought dazedly, this can't be hung in a wooden crate under a broomstick, can it?

"I'm trying to teach him English..." Hagrid calmed down, "If he can slowly integrate into this place like me... Anyway, other giants don't like him, and my mother doesn't like me at all. Don't want to admit he's her son, he's only sixteen feet tall—"

"Oh, yes, it's too short!" Hermione was a little hysterical, "It's so short!"

Hagrid insisted on introducing them to Gropp, but the rampaging giant was a completely different creature from his brother.He couldn't understand English at all, and he didn't understand what Hagrid had to do with him, let alone know them.He almost swallowed Hermione, and punched Hagrid in the nose, and they all fell back in embarrassment, fleeing.

Hagrid strode ahead dejectedly, clutching his nose, and they followed in shock, Hermione shaking and looking terrified—yes, who wouldn't be?That's a giant!Hagrid actually wanted to raise him into a harmless good baby!They'd rather he had a dragon now.

"I can't believe it... can't - believe it -" Hermione said in a trembling voice, exasperated, as they walked, "he should... he should..."

"Calm down." Ron patted her shoulder reassuringly.

"Calm down? Calm down?!" Hermione became even more excited, "What he's doing will kill us all! Maybe even Dumbledore will be implicated! Fudge is now eyeing him and trying to catch him, since the last trial —” She glanced at Harry, who understood which trial she was referring to, “they've kicked him out of the Wizengamot! Hagrid brought back a giant at a time like this! No wonder Faerun Ze said he wouldn't succeed teaching such a giant to speak English!"

There was a sudden noise ahead, and they heard Hagrid asking loudly, "Who's there? Ah-oo...Professor Umbridge! What are you doing here?"

Startled, Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked left and right, quickly hid behind a tall and dense bush of nettles, and quietly looked out through the gap.

The pink Umbridge stood in front of Hagrid. Hagrid stretched out one hand behind his back, shaking slightly twice, reminding them to quickly find a place to hide.

"The Ministry of Magic has the power to supervise all magical creatures," Umbridge said in a high-pitched voice, looking proudly at Hagrid with an uncomfortable smile, "to ensure that there are no dangerous ones that violate the relevant Ministry of Magic regulations." things that hurt us...lovely students."

Hagrid was a little dazed, "Dangerous? There are no dangerous animals, and all the people living here are gentle..."

"It's not up to you whether you're gentle or not, big man," Umbridge warned, "just like you can't take responsibility for anything."

She looked Hagrid up and down, then turned and walked away quickly with a look of disgust.

"Quick! Quick! This way!"

It wasn't until it was confirmed that Umbridge had entered the castle gate that Hagrid waved his hands vigorously, calling them to come out quickly.

Finally back in Hagrid's hut, they slumped around the round table exhausted, and they didn't even have the energy to speak.

"What did Umbridge mean?" said Harry thoughtfully on the way back to the castle.

"Ah, then there's no need to say, Umbridge is looking for Hagrid's trick! She hates orcs, if she finds out that Glop... oh, how could he not find out, he's so big... ..." Hermione said desperately, "I say, he shouldn't have brought Glop back, as you can see, he doesn't want to stay here at all! Hagrid even wants us to teach him how to speak! He even asked He called me—" She snorted, "Hermi!"

"But...that's Hagrid's brother, he can't leave him alone, can he?" Ron said something fair.

Harry couldn't help heaving a long sigh, wondering why they couldn't have a peaceful semester life?