The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

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The two proudly proclaimed their kingly status in mischief, as if they were giving an acceptance speech.

Ferenze gestured for the other two centaurs to put down their bows and arrows, then said to the four young wizards, “Go, leave the Forbidden Forest. You are not safe there tonight.”

Eddie blurted out, "Has a dark wizard infiltrated?"

“Stop wasting your breath on them,” Bain said to Ferenc. “If they won’t listen, let them be. If something happens to them, it’s not our responsibility.”

Another centaur, who did not reveal his name, chimed in, “Bane is right, Ferenze. While we cannot harm them, we have no obligation to protect their safety.”

Ferenze frowned upon hearing this. "They are not yet adults."

"This is none of our business!" Bain said unhappily. "We've already advised them!"

Scott found things getting increasingly strange.

Could something big happen in the Forbidden Forest tonight?

"You really don't want to leave?" Ferenze looked at Scott and his group again.

Scott looked around and saw that Eddie and the twins were all looking at him, clearly waiting for him to come up with a solution.

“Let’s leave.” Scott changed his mind.

He's not the kind of person who would get involved in trouble even if he knew it was going to cause problems.

“Then let’s go,” Ferenz said. “I will escort you out of the forbidden forest.”

Scott nodded and raised his wand. "Flock of birds."

"Gah...gagga..."

Accompanied by a harsh cawing, a flock of black crows emerged from the tip of his wand, scattering and circling around him, dropping black feathers one by one.

“Then I’ll leave it to you, Mr. Ferenczer,” Scott said. “These crows will be on the lookout.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the flock of crows dispersed again and disappeared into the night, with only one crow remaining beside Scott.

Scott and his group followed the centaurs' directions toward the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Scott raised his hand, letting the raven that had stayed beside him land on his arm.

He casually plucked a leaf, tapped it with his wand, and left a message on the leaf.

There was nothing he could do but entrust the task of waiting for the seven eagles to return and retrieving the panoramic telescope to Rimbaud.

"Give it to Rimbaud."

He said something softly, and the crow picked up the leaf and flew away.

Although the crows couldn't understand his words, they could understand Rimbaud's name.

From then until they left the Forbidden Forest, Scott and his team encountered nothing unusual.

The horsemen took them to the edge of the forbidden forest and then hurriedly turned back.

Scott and his three companions stood at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, gazing into the dark interior of the forest under the cover of night.

"What do we do?" Eddie asked, distressed. "Have all our preparations been for nothing?"

“Not necessarily,” George said.

Eddie turned to look at him.

Fred said, "He means that those panoramic telescopes may not be brought back, and even if they are, they may not be damaged."

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements."

Scott waved his wand again.

Splash...

With a flapping of wings, a flock of black crows flew out of the woods, then turned and flew deeper into the forbidden forest.

He said, "If those eagles come back, they will help keep watch."

"I hope so," Eddie said, looking up at the crows flying away.

Clearly, he didn't have much faith in the crows' fighting ability.

"Let's go."

Scott turned and walked towards the castle first.

"Aren't you curious about what will happen in the Forbidden Forest tonight?" Fred asked excitedly.

At the mention of this topic, Eddie immediately perked up, and he excitedly speculated, "There must be some dark wizards who have infiltrated the Forbidden Forest, and the centaurs have discovered them and are preparing to fight them."

“I’m afraid it’s not that simple.” George disagreed with his guess. “The centaurs we encountered tonight all seemed rather impatient.”

"Want to know what's going to happen?" Scott asked.

He stopped and pulled a panoramic telescope from the deformed lizard skin pouch at his waist.

"Don't forget, we can use this."

“Give it a try,” George said excitedly. “I’m very interested in this.”

Fred and Eddie both nodded.

"Then let's give it a try."

Scott then pulled out a block of ebony wood, waved his wand, and turned the wood into an owl.

He then turned on the panoramic telescope and handed it to the owl.

The owl hooted a few times, grabbed the panoramic binoculars, and flew towards the forbidden forest.

“It will patrol the Forbidden Forest,” Scott said. “When it hears a noise, it will fly nearby and let the panoramic telescope record the scene.”

Back at the castle, Scott and Eddie parted ways with the Weasley twins and headed toward Ravenclaw Tower.

“I thought Fred and George would have wanted to stay in the Forbidden Forest and watch the show,” Eddie said. “They always have an excessive amount of curiosity.”

“They’re not stupid,” Scott said dismissively.

Fred and George are very clever.

Eddie laughed and said, "Let's hope they don't get caught by Mrs. Pomfrey."

The two returned to the Ravenclaw common room, where Eddie met up with several members of the Quidditch team's tactical advisory staff.

Scott stretched and decided to take a bath in the prefectural bathroom.

When he returned to the Ravenclaw common room after a refreshing shower, it was almost curfew time, and there weren't many people left.

"Scott."

Luna, who was sitting on the sofa by the fireplace, called out to him.

"What's wrong."

Scott walked over, put the bath basket on the floor, and sat down on the sofa opposite Luna.

“Something has happened.” Luna’s eyes widened, and her voice wavered.

She was still squatting, her bare feet peeking out from under her nightgown.

"What?" Scott didn't understand what she meant.

“In the Forbidden Forest.” Luna turned to look out the window. “I just saw it. There was a battle in the Forbidden Forest.”

"You can see from this far away?" Scott asked in surprise.

“Of course, I didn’t see much.” Luna seemed to have no idea about her abilities. “I only know that a battle took place there.”

She jumped off the sofa, stepped barefoot onto the carpet, and walked to the window.

After she stepped out of the carpet and touched the floor tiles, she hopped around a bit, then ran back to the sofa and put on her slippers.

Scott got up and stood with her at the window.

“It’s right there, but it’s over now.” Luna pointed to a certain area in the Forbidden Forest.

Scott stared at the dark Forbidden Forest for a while, roughly determining the direction Luna was pointing to.

That place... is probably the place where they encountered those three centaurs before.

He asked softly, "Do you know who was involved in the battle?"

Luna shook her head.

“I don’t know,” she said. “I can’t see who is fighting whom.”

"How did you determine that there was a fight going on there?" Scott asked curiously.

“I saw it.” Luna looked up at Scott. “I saw the battle.”

Scott was stunned for several seconds before he reacted.

"So, what you're seeing isn't who's fighting whom, nor is it magic or magical power, but rather the concept of 'battle'?" He said, gesturing as he spoke.

It took Luna a while to understand what he meant.

She nodded. "The brainfly residing in my eyes has matured, and I can see more now."

Scott looked down into her silver-gray eyes, still filled with astonishment.

Is this Luna's special magic, or... does she really have a magic eye?

"Should I tell Professor Flitwick about this?" Luna asked.

Scott smiled. "I think Professor Flitwick would love to hear your story."

Luna nodded, then suddenly turned and ran towards the door.

"I'll go right away."

Her slippers clattered as she quickly went out the door.

After watching her leave, Scott turned to look out the window at the Forbidden Forest again.

What exactly happened...?

He sat back down on the sofa by the fireplace and waited quietly.