Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 293
No one spoke except for the crackling of the burning torches, and silence fell for a while.

"Are they really planning to start a war against wizards?"

From some books, Hermione has seen that the centaurs have an unfriendly attitude towards wizards, and they reject contact with wizards.

The centaurs didn't answer Hagrid's question, and Hermione's whispered question made Harry's heart twitch, and he looked at Firenze - he liked the centaur because he didn't treat wizards like His brethren, Bane, were as rough as that, and he had saved himself.

Compared with the serious topic of war, even the matter of Black became less important, and Harry looked up into Firenze's eyes, expecting a reply.

"Same as then, Harry Potter"

Firenze looked up at the moon, and then said in a slow tone,
"You chose a bright night of Mars to enter the Forbidden Forest again. It is unwise. We don't want wizards to intervene in the war of the centaurs."

"war?!"

The three of Harry exclaimed in unison, and Hagrid immediately rolled up his sleeves. He was a head taller than the strong Bane and Ronan, and he stood in front of the two centaur leaders aggressively. , glared at them viciously, and this move also aroused strong dissatisfaction from Bain,
"We have nothing against the ponies at school, Hagrid!"

"Since this is the case, who exactly are you gathering your hands in the middle of the night to deal with, oh, it shouldn't be" Hagrid narrowed his eyes, "Did the sons of Aragog cause you trouble again, but I've already talked to it Talked about it!"

"Who is Aragog?" Ron asked Harry in a low voice, and after Harry shook his head, Ron threw the same question to Hermione,

"Is there a book with that name in it, Hermione?"

The world of the Forbidden Forest is isolated from the world of wizards. The big names who are well-known outside have no right to speak here, and some overlords in the Forbidden Forest are unknown to the outside world. At present, Hagrid is the world of these two The only bridge of communication.

"Take it easy, Hagrid."

Firenze turned his head and said calmly,
"We just want to punish those despicable dark creatures living in the depths of the Forbidden Forest. They have been a little too active these days and have been haunting our territory. But this evening, they had the audacity to kidnap us. one of its kind."

"you mean"

Hagrid frowned. He was just about to say the names of those creatures, but suddenly caught sight of Harry and the other three who were extremely concerned about this issue, so after a short hesitation, he said firmly,
"If this is the case, then your performance is not surprising, but Dumbledore hopes that the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest can have a harmonious and peaceful living environment. If they really do this, I will report it, Fei Lenzer, Professor Dumbledore will go for you, but for now."

"The centaurs don't need the protection of wizards!"

Bane seemed to think that Hagrid had said something rude, and he flew into a rage, "Even if that's Dumbledore!"

Seeing that the conflict was about to happen, Ronan dug the dirt with his hooves uneasily, took two steps forward and stopped between Baine and Hagrid,

"Hagrid only meant well, Bane."

But Ronan said to Hagrid, "We can figure things out ourselves."

"You should respect the rights of the centaurs, Hagrid"

Firenze patted the back of Baine's horse, and said to Hagrid after returning to the front of his group, and then he looked at the confused Harry again,

"I think we all have important things to do, Harry Potter, and now, it's time to part."

The torches quickly disappeared among the trees, and the darkness took the opportunity to envelop Harry and the others heavily. The cold air coming from all directions swayed again, and Hagrid walked up to the motorcycle. After groping for a while, after turning on the headlights, they stood in the cylindrical light.

"If the same kind were taken away, then I don't wonder why Ronan and the others mobilize their troops."

Hagrid frowned and fiddled with his beard and said,
"The number of centaurs is very small, and every one of their kind is very precious to them."

Harry nodded with sympathy. He suddenly remembered that during last summer vacation, Professor Brian took him to the underground world deep in Knockturn Alley. It was a place that subverted his understanding of the magical world. There, Harry saw a group of black wizards illegally buying and selling magical creatures, and among them was a centaur. Maybe that centaur belonged to Firenze's group.

"Hagrid, what on earth has kidnapped the centaurs?"

Hermione also frowned her delicate eyebrows, and said thoughtfully,

"And it's too coincidental. Tonight, the centaur's tribe was attacked. Malfoy somehow broke into the Forbidden Forest, that dog."

"Yeah, it's really lively tonight."

Hagrid said distraughtly,
"I should report these things to Professor Dumbledore and Professor Bryan immediately, but they are not in the school!"

Hagrid's words caused the three of Harry to show puzzled expressions.

"It might be a conspiracy, Harry!"

While Hagrid was struggling to get on the motorcycle, Ron said with a pale face, "Someone must be playing tricks, and I have never figured out how Scabbers would be willing to follow Malfoy."

"I think we should go back to school and tell Professor McGonagall all this, Harry."

Hermione also said seriously.

Harry didn't speak, but he expressed his opinion with actions. When the motorcycle roared again, he turned over and got on the sidecar directly. Under the eyelashes hung with crushed ice, there was a pair of unshakable eyes.

Now, they have returned to the original path. Compared with the extension of the Forbidden Forest, the terrain here is more complicated. It is no longer a flat ground full of fallen leaves. Puddles, mud puddles, and strange rocks emerge endlessly, making it very difficult to find footprints , As a result, their speed also becomes slow.

The three little guys all lit up their wands and helped Hagrid to find it together.

So far, they haven't heard the slightest human voice, which may be a good thing. Malfoy is definitely not Black's opponent, but Harry thinks that he can still do it with a few screams before dying.

Riding the motorcycle this time, Hagrid's expression became much more serious, and his whole body showed a bit of urgency, because originally his mission was to find a whimsical little wizard who went to the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night to practice flying skills, but now , he had to hurry up to see what was going on with those horsemen.

There are werewolves in the Forbidden Forest next to Hogwarts. This is just a school legend among young wizards, but both Dumbledore and he know that there are indeed werewolves in the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

There was a war between the centaurs and werewolves, if Hogwarts was involved.

Just thinking about it made Hagrid's guts groan.

They flew for another 10 minutes. Because of the dense vegetation in the forest, Hagrid had to stop the motorcycle. Now, the four of them could only move forward on foot.

After walking forward for a while, the dog's paw prints on the ground became messy. Probably, the dog had consumed most of his energy by running here. Moreover, Hagrid found the cursed man on the trunk of a tree. Crushed marks.

"Malfoy did it, right?"

Ron said tremblingly.

No one answered his question, not even Harry and Hermione.

Because of the late night, the wet ground was gradually frozen hard. When one stepped on it, the frost-covered branches and leaves would make a crackling sound. This sound was extremely piercing in the quiet forest and made people panic.

"Harry."

In order not to miss any clues, they spread out in a fan shape in the woods. Just as Harry, who was standing on the far left, was struggling with the marks on the ground, Hermione, who was on the far right, suddenly spoke, and, in her voice, Full of panic and helplessness.

Harry immediately sensed something was wrong, he raised his head suddenly, pointed his wand at the direction Hermione was facing, and with just one glance, he felt as if a big cold hand was clenching his stomach, and the pain and nausea were tormenting at the same time his nerves.

Ron looked like he was about to faint, and Hagrid, like a wooden statue, stood beside Hermione, unable to move.

The cold moonlight shone on an open space that rarely appeared in the forest. The liquid in the depressions on the ground reflected the moonlight and appeared silvery. The liquid may be mixed with ice slag water, or blood?

A man with a broom fell into a pothole, and beside him a man with disheveled hair was groping his body.
Malfoy has always been the one that Harry hates the most among the little wizards, but when he really saw his body lying on the ground weakly, Harry didn't know how to describe his mood, but he knew that his eyes now That look at the squatting wizard must not be thanks


(End of this chapter)