Chapter 43 Scared
In Charms class on Monday morning, seeing Draco's pale face, Solim knew that he hadn't recovered from the shock he had received last night.
After class, Draco took Solim to the back of the crowd, and their next class was herbal medicine. Draco felt like he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if he didn't figure out what that shadow was.
After Solim's warning, Draco was mentally prepared for the confinement. But he still didn't expect that the school would make such an arrangement: At eleven o'clock in the evening, freshmen like them were required to enter the Forbidden Forest to search for an injured unicorn. Draco wasn't Harry and Ronald, he knew how powerful a creature or wizard could be to maim or even kill a unicorn. He even protested violently like Hagrid, using his father's name, but ultimately failed to prevent them from entering the Forbidden Forest.
The Forbidden Forest is dark enough during the day, let alone at night. If it weren't for the occasional faint moonlight, if it weren't for the dim light in your hand, you wouldn't even be able to see anything here. Draco couldn't remember how many times he'd knocked against a tree in the Forbidden Forest, how many times his robe had been cut by branches and undergrowth. The Forbidden Forest is not flat land. The terrain here is high and low. It is easy to sprain your feet when you can't see the road clearly.
Draco had been paired with Harry and Fang by Hagrid, and Hagrid had been paired with Ronald, and the two of them and a dog scoured the trails in the Forbidden Forest. When it comes to searching, they stumble along the road, most of the time they stare at the road under their feet, and they have no time to look around.
But even if they walked so cautiously, trouble still found them. They found a dead unicorn in a clearing in the Forbidden Forest. The unicorn's unique silver-white blood was all over the place. Just when he and Harry were about to shoot green sparks with their wands, a black shadow came from It got out of the bushes, stuck to the ground and covered the unicorn's body, and then began to drink its blood. Draco, who had never seen such a horrible scene, immediately ran away screaming, leaving Harry alone. Although several people reunited intact afterwards and the confinement was over, that terrifying shadow has always been lingering in Draco's mind.
"Solim, what the hell is that black shadow? I've never heard of such a thing." Draco raised his doubts to Solim after telling what happened last night.
"You saw that dark figure drinking unicorn blood, right?" Solim asked. "And do you know what happens if you take untreated unicorn blood directly?"
"You mean...that black figure I saw was a wizard?"
Obviously, only wizards would drink unicorn blood. Any magical creature, they might kill a unicorn, but they would never use a unicorn for food. Only wizards can use the blood of unicorns, and as long as you know this, you can figure out that the shadow is definitely a wizard.
"But... wouldn't it be possible to take the blood of a unicorn directly..." Draco was a little hesitant, would there really be such a wizard? Draco is clear about the consequences of taking unicorn blood directly, after all, this is common sense in the wizarding world. Would anyone really rather be cursed like that than drink unicorn blood?
"That's right, a short extension of life, but in the end you will die in cruel torture." Solim added Draco's unfinished words, "Only those wizards who have nothing and nothing to lose will use this method. Extreme ways to prolong your own life."
"But why in the Forbidden Forest?" Draco asked a good question.
Unicorns are not magical creatures unique to the Forbidden Forest. If you really want to get unicorn blood, there are also some on the black market, as long as you pay the starting price. Even if you choose to hunt unicorns yourself just to be on the safe side, there is absolutely no need to come to the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts. Although there are not many unicorn habitats in the UK, it is better than Hogwarts. Much safer on Dumbledore's grounds.
"Why? Of course because the unicorn here is the closest to the wizard." Solim replied.
After thinking about it carefully, Draco's face changed: "You mean... that wizard is near Hogwarts? Even in the school?"
"It's not too stupid, isn't this an obvious thing?"
Voldemort's current situation must be very bad, so bad that he would risk his life by hunting unicorns in the Forbidden Forest. Voldemort possesses Quirrell and can control his body to a certain extent, which means that Voldemort and Quirrell's souls are somehow connected, and the vitality provided by the unicorn blood will replenish Voldemort's soul through Quirrell's body , but cursing Voldemort certainly wasn't going to be at all.
"What a poor man." Solim sighed.
"What?" Draco didn't understand what Solim was saying.
"Remember the end-of-semester event I told you a few days ago? It will open your eyes then." Solim was going to call Neville and Draco to watch the scene, and by the way, Evans Calling—this is also one of his jobs.
If Draco was frightened, Harry felt fear.
Firenze, the unusual centaur, told some facts that made Harry's scalp tingle: Voldemort, the murderer of Harry's parents, is still alive and ready to make a comeback, and the Philosopher's Stone is the key item that can bring him back.
Harry no longer had time to think about final exams, school rules, Quidditch, house cups and other trivial matters. The only thing he had to do now was to prevent Snape from stealing the Philosopher's Stone, otherwise once Voldemort was resurrected... Harry didn't dare to think about the horrible consequences.
He didn't study anymore now, and spent all his spare time every day monitoring Snape's whereabouts. He told Ronald and Hermione of his plan, once Professor Dumbledore left Hogwarts, it was probably the time for Snape to do something, so they had to keep an eye on Snape, otherwise once he stole the Philosopher's Stone, everything would be over.
Although Ronald was a little... not a little, he should be very scared. But he still promised his good buddy at the first time that he would do everything possible to help Harry. Hermione hesitated for a moment. For Hermione, the exam was about to come, and it was really difficult for her to give up her review time to follow Snape's stalking. But Hermione also knew that if what Harry said was true, then the exams really didn't matter anymore. If Voldemort really came back to life, then the wizarding world would definitely be full of blood and blood. The last time Voldemort and his men wreaked havoc on the wizarding world, Hermione had already learned a lot from the books. What's more, she was a Muggle-born wizard herself, which was within Voldemort's strike range. So no matter for her own sake or the sense of justice in her heart, Hermione would not allow Hermione to refuse.
Hermione decided to help Harry protect the Philosopher's Stone, but the method was debatable. After all, judging from the past deeds of Harry and Ronald, they have a high probability of messing things up. The protection of the Philosopher's Stone is absolutely unacceptable, otherwise the consequences will be extremely serious.
And even if Snape was really going to steal the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione didn't think that the three little wizards alone would be able to stop him. In the conversation with Solim... Hermione had heard Solim's praise of Snape more than once. The three of them had almost no chance of success against an ordinary adult wizard, let alone an elite wizard like Snape who could be a professor at Hogwarts.
Hermione had seen Snape's Transfiguration firsthand in the small classroom they frequented, and she couldn't figure out how to resist that magic.
So Hermione thinks they need to ask for some help.
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