Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Hermione!" Harry ran wildly, and the werewolf bowed and quickly chased after him, "Go and see how Black is, let me hold him first!" He cleverly used the clumsy decorations around the castle and The wall was an obstacle, and his heart was pounding. Whenever he heard the loud noise of the werewolf crashing into the obstacle, he felt horrified, as if death was chasing after him.

Fortunately, in the past three years, he has become familiar enough with the entire castle to allow him to quickly construct a route in his mind.And these are things that Lupine, who has lost his mind, cannot do.In the previous fierce battle with Black, it was not unscathed, and its right leg was bitten by Black, which seriously affected its running speed, and it was also the biggest guarantee that Harry could escape with two legs so far.

But even if the escape continued like this, Harry must be the one who exhausted his energy first. If the situation dragged on until then, he would have to wait to die.Alas, if only he had a Firebolt in his hand, the sigh in Harry's mind flickered, and then he began to concentrate on avoiding the werewolf's pursuit.He had to come up with an idea as soon as possible, the sooner the better.

At this time, a ginger-yellow shadow suddenly flashed across the corner, and Harry saw it clearly with his genius Seeker's eyesight: it was Hermione's pet Crookshanks, a ginger with a particularly eccentric temper. Big yellow cat.He thought of what happened earlier today, and an idea formed in his mind.

"Crookshanks!" he yelled forward, "I know you're smart enough to understand! Can you please help me press the scab on the Whomping Willow?! I won't be able to hold on if this goes on. !"

That small but unmistakable meow was almost salvation for Harry.With a resolution in his heart, he turned over the handguard of the stairs and jumped straight up the lower stairs. The werewolves continued to chase him under the pressure of the wind and the sound of heavy footsteps. The torches on the two walls of the castle reflected their shadows. shadow.

Closer, closer.The moment he rushed out of the gate of the castle, the cool night wind blew in his face. Harry's cheeks were already covered with sweat, which almost covered his eyes. Being blown by the wind, he squinted his eyes comfortably. Lying on the grass and stretching his limbs like this, he felt that his legs were starting to go weak.But the strong desire to survive and the pressure behind him forced him to stop.

Since he was on unobstructed flat ground, Harry's situation became even more dangerous. The werewolf's panting was approaching bit by bit, and he could already smell the faint smell of the werewolf's foul beast fur, haha Li closed his eyes and ran with all his strength.The Whooping Willow was clearly defined, and he prayed that if Crookshanks hadn't been around, he would be overtaken by the werewolves and torn to pieces.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Fear turned into words and roared out of his throat.But Harry was determined to rush into the narrow tree hole even if he was attacked by the Whomping Willow. He looked at the branches of the Whomping Willow that were about to move, and dropped his body weight.

Closer, closer!Just when Harry was ready to be whipped by the Whomping Willow, the branches of the Whomping Willow seemed to freeze above his head, "Crookshanks, you are the best man in the world!" cat!" Harry almost burst into tears, and he was willing to pay even a bag of Galleons after that to treat Hermione's cat well and never yell at it.

As soon as Harry jumped into the tree hole, Crookshanks loosened his claws from the scab on the tree trunk, and the werewolf jumped back nimbly. When it was a step too late, it roared angrily, and Zoe in its mouth fell to the ground .The werewolf probed around the edge of the Whomping Willow for a while, but it found that it could not break through the defensive range of the Whomping Willow, so it could only make an annoyed grunting sound from its throat.

Harry looked out from the tree hole, and through the gaps in the dense branches, he saw the werewolf wandering around reluctantly, and it took a while before finally giving up.But Harry suddenly found out in despair that he was just trying to escape, but he forgot that Zoe was still in the hands of the werewolf. He could only watch helplessly as the werewolf picked up Zoe, who was still unconscious, and ran away towards the Forbidden Forest .

*****

"No! Zoe!"

Hermione rushed out of the castle panting. Halfway through the run, she also witnessed the scene of the werewolf running towards the Forbidden Forest with Zoe in her mouth, so she couldn't help yelling in despair.She was sobbing, with a cloud of fear and despair hanging over her heart, she thought it would be great if everything that happened before her was a dream, everything was still under control, Blake could recover his reputation, and Pettigrew was about to... Being imprisoned in Azkaban, justice has been done. Even though the dead will never come back, at least the trajectories of those who are still alive have been corrected.

But now she could only watch Zoe being taken into the Forbidden Forest.She asked Fudge to help take care of Sirius, and she must let Professor Dumbledore (or other powerful professors) know about it.The previous attack happened too suddenly, and no one could recover from such a suddenness, but when they reacted, the good momentum that had been going on all along was suddenly destroyed.

At that time, she was so anxious that she just wanted to run out to find Zoe and Harry.Fudge stopped him. Although this man was frightened by a series of developments in the previous sudden incident, and had been in a daze until just now, he finally calmed down now.He wished Hermione could stay here and wait for the adults to sort this out, instead of putting her in danger as a third year student.

"Miss Granger? What you have to know is that this matter is beyond your ability to solve. The best job you can do is to stay here and take care of Sirius—God, I think he's at least thinking about it this time." Shocked—and let me inform the adults, we will definitely put Miss Siegel..." advised Fudge.

"No..." Hermione trembled all over, and she unconsciously leaked words of rejection from her mouth, "It will be too late if this goes on, someone must follow, Zoe will be bitten by a werewolf!" she shouted, her brain The knowledge about werewolves recorded in the book kept echoing in her heart. She knew that as long as a werewolf bit a human being, that human would be irreversibly turned into a werewolf, and could only be discriminated against by people and live in shadows and rumors for the rest of her life.

At this time, even Zoe's bitten incident may have a good ending, at least she can survive as a werewolf.If he was torn apart as food by Lupine who lost his mind, everything would be over.Not to mention that Harry was also involved in this turmoil. At that time, he bravely stood up to protect Hermione, but Hermione found that she had no strength at that time. How could she be regarded as a real Gryffindor like this? Woolen cloth?

"I must go... If I don't go, I will lose..." She couldn't bear it any longer, she never wanted to lose anyone. "Calm down, Granger..." Hermione shook off Fudge's hand, and said coldly, "Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Minister, if you could have exerted even half of your ability as a wizard..." She clenched her teeth Lower lip, restraining myself from uttering more embarrassing words, "I'm sorry, sir, I'm a little out of control. Please also inform the professors as soon as possible."

She nodded to Fudge, and ran away without looking back.She didn't dare to think about anything while running, and her mind was blank. This was not entirely because she was not good at strenuous exercise, but also because she was afraid that even if she just imagined some bad pictures in her mind, those would come true. Once she started imagining, it was impossible to stop.

But when she really followed the dilapidated long corridors and stairs along the way, jumped over the broken stone statues and armors, one after another screamed and discussed with each other what happened to pass by them just now. To their advantage, they were woken up late at night, and they were still a little angry and panicked, but there were also some portraits who liked to make trouble, and they talked about it with great interest.

She ran out of the gate of the castle, and the full moon in the sky was sometimes covered by clouds, and sometimes revealed its flawless figure.But when Hermione first came out, the clouds drifted away as if sensing her anxiety. She heard howls in the distance, and then saw the werewolf pick up Zoe and run away deep into the Forbidden Forest.

what to do?What can be done?Students should never easily enter such a dangerous place as the Forbidden Forest, but what choice does she have?The werewolf took her friend, the one she never wanted to lose!Hermione shuddered just imagining the danger Zoe might encounter in places she couldn't see.

Knowing that Harry was safe for the time being, she no longer hesitated, and ran towards the Forbidden Forest alone.