The blind spider was, of course, Aragok, who had just been woken up by Jon.
"What's going on?" It said. Kacha, kacha, its two large pincers moved quickly.
"People," said the spider that had caught Harry.
"Is it Hagrid?"
Aragok said, coming closer, his eight milky eyes looking around blankly.
"Strangers."
The spider with Ron clicked its tongue.
"Kill them," Aragok said irritably. "I'm sleeping …"
However, an even stronger will was transmitted to Aragoc. Chown asked Aragoc not to kill these people, and asked him to talk to them.
Just then, Harry also shouted.
"We're Hagrid's friends."
Jon's voice rang in his ears. "Don't say too much. Just say something to send them back."
Aragok had a sense of propriety in these things, and Jon said nothing more.
"Hagrid never sent anyone to our hollow before."
"Hagrid is in trouble," said Harry, breathing very fast. "That's why we're here."
"Trouble? But why did he send you? "
"At school, they think Hagrid has recently released a — a — something to harm the students. They took him to Azkaban. "
Aragok waved his pincers angrily, and the sound was echoed by the large group of spiders in the hollow.
"But that was many years ago," said Aragok angrily. "Many, many years ago. I remember it very well. It was because of this that they let him leave school. They believe I am the monster who lives in what they call the Secret Room. They think Hagrid opened the Secret Room and let me out. "
"Then you … you didn't come from the Secret Room?"
"Me?"
Aragok said, obviously angry.
"I wasn't born in the castle. I come from a distant country.
Before I hatched from my egg, a traveler gave me to Hagrid. Hagrid was only a child then, but he took care of me, hid me in a cupboard in the castle, and fed me crumbs from the table.
Hagrid is a good friend of mine. He is a good man.
When people found me and called me to account for the death of a girl, he protected me.
I have been living in the woods ever since, and Hagrid often visits me.
He even found me a wife, Mosag.
You can see how prosperous our family is now. It's all thanks to Hagrid … "
Harry asked again, "So you've never — never attacked anyone?"
"No," said the Old Spider resentfully. "I have the instinct, but out of respect for Hagrid, I have never harmed anyone. The body of the murdered girl was found in a washroom.
And I had never seen any part of the castle except the cupboard in which I had grown up.
We spiders like darkness and silence … "
"But at that time … do you know what killed that girl?" Said Harry. 'Because whatever it is, it's back to attack people -'
Suddenly, there was a clatter, a clatter, a clatter of long legs shuffling about, and huge shadows swayed around him.
It was clear that they were a little confused.
"The creature that lives in the castle," said Aragok, "is an ancient creature that we spiders fear most. I remember very well that I begged Hagrid to let me go when I felt the beast moving all over the school. "
"What is it?"
Harry asked urgently, for the clatter around them grew thicker, and the spiders seemed to be closing in.
"We won't say!" said Aragok vehemently. "We won't say its name! I didn't even tell Hagrid the name of the terrible creature, though he asked me, many times. "
Harry did not want to press the subject further, especially when the spiders were closing in on them from all sides.
Aragok seemed to have no desire to speak. He slowly retreated into his hemispherical web, but his spider children were still moving slowly, inch by inch, towards Harry and Ron.
"Then we'll go."
Harry shouted desperately to Araghok, and heard the leaves rustle behind him.
"Go?" said Aragok slowly. "I don't think so …"
"But — but —"
"My children obeyed my orders and did not hurt Hagrid. But fresh human flesh came to me, and I could not stop them from enjoying it. Farewell, friend of Hagrid … "
Aragok returned to his nest to sleep, and Jon did not stop the spiders.
If something really happened, he would naturally lend a helping hand. Lohat, who was waiting in the shadows, and Snape, who was late, would not stand aside and watch. He just wanted to see what the two children were going to do.
After all, he was the savior, he could not let others save him from everything, right?
But the accident happened again.
A loud and long voice suddenly rang out from the car that Jon had thought was broken, and a dazzling light lit up the whole hollow.
The car rumbled down the slope, its headlights flashing, its horn screaming, and it knocked the spiders aside. A few spiders fell on their backs, their countless long legs flailing in the air.
With a screeching sound, the car stopped in front of Harry and Ron, and the door flew open.
They quickly got into the car, took the dog with them, and then the door slammed shut.
No one touched the accelerator, but the magic car did not need them to do anything. The engine roared, and they set off, knocking down more spiders.
They sped up the slope and left the hollow. Soon, they were barreling through the woods. The car followed a route that it clearly knew, turning left and right cleverly, looking for the widest gap.
Harry turned to look at Ron, and saw that his mouth was still open, as if he was making a silent scream, but his eyeballs were no longer bulging.
"Are you okay?"
Ron stared straight ahead, unable to say a word.
They rushed through the low bushes, and Fang growled loudly in the back seat.
Harry saw that when they squeezed through a large oak tree, the mirrors on the wings were knocked off. After ten minutes of noisy, bumpy racing, the trees thinned, and Harry could see small pieces of the night sky again.
The car soon came to a stop. Harry got out of the car and patted it gratefully, and then it turned back into the woods, disappearing.
And deep in the forest, Jon had already started his finishing work.
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