harry potter book of crimes

"Helen, don't stop, keep running!" On the way to the lawn path from the Forbidden Forest to Hogwarts Castle, Ron stopped and shouted to Helen in front of him.

"Ronald?" Helen slowed down her pace and turned back.

"Don't come over here, I have to help Hermione -" Ron waved his hand and said, "Go back to the castle and call other professors for help!"

"But...Ronald?" Helen looked hesitant.

"You are right to listen to me! Hurry up, what you have to do is also very important!"

After Ron said that, he immediately turned around and started running along the way he came.

"...Yes, I am 'Ronald'!" He murmured to himself as he ran, "Although you are the only one named me by this name, but that's enough!"

However, before he could run very far, a magic curse suddenly shot out and accurately hit him in the back of the heart. A strong force coupled with the inertia of running made him fall heavily to the ground in front of him.

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"...Oops, Helen...I failed to protect her..." The moment before he passed out, what he suddenly realized was Helen's safety.

"...Look back...I'm going to get scolded by Hermione again."

Just as Ron fell to the ground, a black shadow suddenly flashed across the sky, flying towards the castle very quickly. That was Maka's owl Mafa. When it caught this scene in the air, it landed quickly

At the top of the west tower.

"Click——"

Mafa's hard and sharp beak cracked the anklet on her feet in just a few strokes.

…

"Stop! Don't try to escape!"

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Sokas held a tree trunk with one hand and climbed smoothly over the bushes, chasing Hermione and Luna who were running on the lawn.

They did not choose to return to Hogwarts Castle. Although the distance there was not far, the view on the lawn was wide, which was definitely not advantageous for the escaping party.

Therefore, these two girls, who were both very smart, came up with the idea of ​​going back to the forbidden forest.

"You saved me just now...Thank you..." Hermione, who was running behind Luna, said as she ran, "...Now, I want to return to the original position."

"Agreed." Luna nodded.

"Shattered to pieces!"

When another curse struck behind them, the two people who were running along the edge of the Forbidden Forest immediately ran aside and rushed into the Forbidden Forest again without saying a word.

Sokas's spell hit a tree, and sawdust flew for a while, but it did not hurt Luna and Hermione.

"Damn it," Sokas said angrily as he ran, "You know how to be clever. Do you think you can run away in the woods?"

His movements were very fast, and his running speed and body agility were far beyond what Luna and Hermione could match. The distance between the two parties had been much shorter than at the beginning.

The trees in the Forbidden Forest grow very densely, and it is very easy for unauthorized trespassers to get lost if they run around randomly.

This rather wide woodland is rarely visited by people. With the exception of Hagrid, most other visitors would probably lose their way in it.

To be honest, Luna and Hermione are actually regular visitors to the Forbidden Forest, but even if they come in on weekdays, they are just operating on the periphery.

Now that they have returned to the Forbidden Forest, they will naturally not choose to run away as they please, because they have a purpose.

"...Luna, are you okay?"

Although these two little witches are not very good at sports, compared to Hermione who has a little exercise, Luna, who usually enjoys being in a daze, seems to be struggling even more.

This fierce running caused Luna's physical strength to drop sharply, and she even felt that her legs were a little out of control.

"We can't stop here, that guy is catching up." Hermione said anxiously, holding Luna's arm.

"I...understand." Luna took heavy steps and struggled to move forward.

The two of them ran along the edge of the Devil's Net in the Forbidden Forest, and from time to time they would turn back and cast a magic spell to stop Sokas, who continued to approach.

After almost running around the area full of devil's nets, they finally saw the flame again - it was ignited by Luna with a fire-making spell. The fire at this time was obviously bigger than before.

"Can't you run away?"

Just as Luna and Hermione were standing still in front of the sea of ​​fire, the trees behind them shook, and then Sokas suddenly appeared there.

"Why didn't you run away? Huh?" Sokas held the wand in his hand and walked towards this side step by step. "It's so stupid to be blocked by the fire you set!"

"I don't know...who is stupid?" Hermione gasped.

"Tough talk!" Sokas glared and shouted angrily, "Go to the heart and gouge out the bones——"

"Bang!"

A bright fire exploded in front of Hermione, and Sokas's spell was blocked.

"The Cruciatus Curse!" A sonorous and powerful voice came from the forest next to Hermione, with a hint of disbelief, "How dare you?"

"Professor McGonagall!" Hermione shouted immediately, "You are here!"

"Damn, that's it..." Sokas's face changed slightly when he heard the voice, "It's all that stinky girl's fault, my plan was completely messed up!"

After Professor McGonagall suddenly appeared, he finally understood Hermione and Luna's intention of returning here. In fact, if he hadn't been bent on catching them just now, Socas would not have thought of this.

"Hermione? Luna?"

When Mag walked out of the woods, another figure followed closely.

"Harry?" Hermione said happily, "It's great that you're okay!"

"Everyone get out of here!"

Professor McGonagall frowned slightly and said, then stretched out the wand in her hand. In an instant, a silent spell flew out quickly, so fast that Sokas was shocked.

"Can't force it!"

After just a little judgment, he threw himself to the side without hesitation, and was about to run back into the bushes.

When Professor McGonagall saw this, she did not show any surprised expression. She just waved her wand calmly, and the bush in front of Sokas suddenly twisted, and she hit his waist very timely.

Sookas, who was blocked by Professor McGonagall's transformation technique, immediately stood up and jumped nimbly in the opposite direction, as if he wanted to leave McGonagall's sight.

But at this moment, a cloud of black-gray powder suddenly sprayed towards him, and he was caught off guard and was immediately sprinkled all over him.

Before he could react, he saw several black vines suddenly flying up from the ground, wrapping Sokas tightly in mid-air before he even landed.

"...Pomona." Professor McGonagall put away the wand that was about to reach out, and called in that direction.

"Minerva, take the children back first!" Professor Sprout slowly walked out of the woods over there. She put the cork in her hand back into the mouth of the bottle and said, "Rupert

The three-headed dog is being comforted - it seems to be a little quieter. I will keep an eye on it while you take them away first."

"Okay." Professor McGonagall did not insist. She nodded, and then greeted, "You guys, all come back with me! Immediately!"

"...Don't think it's over like this!" Sokas, who was tightly entangled in the devil's net, was still shouting, "The Dark Lord will not give up just like this! This has just begun - the bones have reappeared!"

He struggled desperately, and a green light lit up from his wand, suddenly breaking through the dense canopy of trees and flying high into the sky above the Forbidden Forest, turning into a huge Dark Mark.

Professor Sprout waved his hand casually, and his wand immediately jumped up and left his hand.

"Huh? What sound?"

Sprout, who was about to knock him out, suddenly paused in his hand, while Professor McGonagall, who was taking the children on the other side and about to return to the castle, also turned around suddenly.

The people present heard a rustling sound almost at the same time, and the source of the strange movement seemed to be deeper in the Forbidden Forest.

"Hahaha -" Sokas, who was also listening with his ears pricked up, suddenly laughed loudly, "Damn it, it's finally here! It's finally here! None of you can escape! None of you can escape -"

Before he could finish his words, a pale green beam of light interrupted his words with unusual decisiveness. His head immediately tilted and he became silent.

A death curse! A death curse! But who cast this death curse?

Professor McGonagall reacted very quickly. She quickly waved her wand and cast a spell in the direction of the green light. However, what flew up was just a bunch of broken branches and leaves.

After she cast the spell, she immediately ran over there and quickly disappeared into the woods.

"It's really scary..." Professor Sprout said heartbrokenly, "Someone actually cast the killing curse in Hogwarts again. This is really scary!"

Naturally, what she was afraid of was not herself, but the safety of her students. She had always been kind to every little wizard like a grandmother, but her heart trembled when she thought that they would suffer misfortune.

"Go back, hurry up! You can't stay here any longer!" Sprout opened his arms and pushed Hermione and others hard to run out.

…

On the other side, next to the huge body of the three-headed dog Luwei...

"...Three stupid big dogs! They all look ugly! They look like Muggle bell towers, and they eat meat every day! You have never seen such stupid dogs in your life,

Three heads but one belly..."

Hagrid was leaning on Lu Wei's lap, howling his own nursery rhymes in a tone-deaf voice. Not only was the tune weird, but the content was also inexplicably funny.

The centaurs not far away looked here expressionlessly, looking at each other from time to time, and then invariably stepped back again, trying to keep a sufficient distance from Hagrid.

But Lu Wei seemed to be very satisfied with his singing voice. He lay on the ground, his eyelids gradually drooping.

However, the strange sound coming from the depths of the Forbidden Forest woke it up again!