After a long and thrilling night, when Harry Potter woke up the next morning, he saw the exchange students from Durmstrong in the hall. They were sitting beside Gryffindor's table. When the three of them were having their meal, they could even hear their conversation from the other side.
"Hey! Did you know? There's an interesting forest behind this school, "a big wizard said in a low voice.
"What do you mean by this school? It's Hogwarts! "Hermione said to the three of them in a low voice." They're so rude! "
Harry turned around and saw the little guy (Yakov) on the duel stage that day. He said to the big guy with a solemn expression, "That's the Forbidden Forest, the forbidden area of this school. It's said to have a long history, and there are many kinds of magical creatures living there … There are many strange things there — werewolves, I heard."
"Werewolves!" The exchange students from Durmstrong exclaimed in a low voice.
This reminded Harry of the first night he came into contact with the Forbidden Forest. At that time, Neville had said the same thing, but Neville had said it in a sobbing and terrified tone. His voice sounded as if it was choked in his throat. And these exchange students from Durmstrong were excitedly talking about the legend of the werewolves in the Forbidden Forest with anticipation.
Harry Potter heard a very familiar tone, one that Gryffindor was most familiar with — a sign of trouble.
"Cool!" Yakov said loudly. "Are they trying to protect the werewolves? We Russians don't know how to protect the werewolves. I heard from my dad that werewolves were very common in Siberia and Ukraine during his time, but they gradually disappeared! "
"They were all killed by Muggles!" his big companion added.
"Muggles are really scary … Back then, those Muggles would carry guns and enter the forest during the winter to hunt bears and werewolves. They would find werewolves that had nowhere to feed during the winter, usually in a pack led by an alpha wolf. They would then kill them all and pluck the werewolf's skin to make a coat," the big guy added.
"It's said that there are many other magical creatures protected in the Forbidden Forest, such as centaurs and unicorns, eight-eyed spiders and hippogriffs … That's great! Raising these little animals at the back of the school, not far from the school … Wouldn't it be great if our Durmstrand could do the same! "Yakov praised sincerely.
Hermione finally couldn't help but interrupt, "You know about the Forbidden Forest, but you don't know how dangerous it is … Those dangerous magical animals …"
"Danger?" Yakov nodded, "It is indeed very dangerous … We must not be caught by the professor and the Ministry of Magic. You know, the magical animals here are in great danger … Many of them are about to go extinct! Those tall and strong centaurs, werewolves that go berserk during the night of the full moon, and trolls, the largest troll among the trolls! "
"My God! My dream is to kill a mountain troll! " A burly Slavic exclaimed in joy, "I've had enough of these stinky and slimy Deep Ones! A troll … I could put its head on the wall next to the fireplace in my house. "
"Hunting troll is illegal!" Yakov warned him.
"That's why I just want to play with it!"
Hermione's warning did not have any effect. It seemed like the exchange students from Durmstrand only got more excited. Even after breakfast, they were still chattering about the magical animals, discussing their fangs, claws, venom and lethality. Harry felt like there were five or six Haggs gathered together, all with glowing eyes.
"They will definitely go on a night swim to the Forbidden Forest tonight!" Hermione concluded.
Harry and Ron agreed with her judgment, but Hermione continued, "That's why we have to tell Professor Mag!"
"How can we do that?" Ron almost jumped up. "I don't want to be a traitor. Think about it, if someone tells the professor when we go on a night swim … I will cut off all ties with him!"
"But you don't have any ties with them," Hermione pointed out calmly.
"Then it's not our place to tell!" Ron said angrily. "There are too many people like you … who will only tell and report to the professor. Gryffindor is never afraid … "
"If we don't tell the professor … then they might die!" Hermione said solemnly.
"I think …" Ron said eagerly, "we should follow behind them and protect their safety. We went to the Forbidden Forest the last time. We can stop them in time this time too!"
Hermione understood Harry's gaze. She nervously said, "Harry, you won't agree with what he's doing, right?"
When night fell, Gryffindor's lounge gradually quietened down. The door to Harry's dormitory opened silently. At the door of the lounge, the fat lady was sleeping. She was woken up by the noise and exclaimed, "Who is it? Who's there? " But there was no one behind the opened door. The faint rustling sound of feet rubbing against the ground extended to the corridor. There, Hermione suddenly came out from the side, and said to the empty air, "I knew you guys wouldn't give up."
A head suddenly popped out from the air. Ron said in a low voice, "Hermione? How did you find us? "
Hermione sneered. "You stepped on the salt on the ground!" Only then did Ron notice that there was a line of salt sprinkled on the ground. Hermione led the way as she explained, "In Muggle culture, salt has an indissoluble bond with wizards. They believe that salt is sacred, and can exorcise evil and stop demons … This should be the reason."
"It can be used to make invisible things visible … Muggles use it to protect themselves."
When Harry and the rest arrived at Hagrid's wooden house in front of the Forbidden Forest, they did not have any trouble finding the students of Durmstrong. There were four of them, and they quickly escaped from Hogwarts' castle. Hermione was the first to greet them.
"Hey! Look what I found! A group of like-minded people! "Yakov was overjoyed.
The big guy opened his arms. "Welcome to our Forbidden Forest Exploration Team!"
"I'm not here to join you," Hermione said angrily. "Do you know how dangerous it is here? The werewolves will bite your throats, and the eight-eyed spiders will inject venom into your body. "
"Eight-eyed spiders?" Ron screamed.
Harry hurriedly covered his mouth and whispered, "Don't wake Hagrid!" The Durmstrong students also whispered, "It's not safe here. Let's go in and talk."
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