Dark Light

Augustus and his party were at the entrance to the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid strode toward them from the darkness, with Fang following behind. Hagrid carried his huge crossbow, and a full quiver slung over his shoulders.

"It's almost time," he said. "I've been waiting for half an hour. How about it, Harry, Hermione?" "You shouldn't be so polite to them, Hagrid," said Filch dryly, "after all, they come here to be punished. "

"That's why you're late, aren't you?" said Hagrid, frowning at Filch. "You've been teaching them, eh? This is not your place to teach people. Your mission is accomplished, and from now on I am in charge."

"I'll be back at dawn," Filch said. "I hope you can come out of the Forbidden Forest intact under the protection of Mr. Augustus, and don't let me pick up your wreckage." He said viciously. , then turned and walked towards the castle, the lamp wobbly disappearing into the darkness.

"Okay," Hagrid looked around the crowd as Filch walked away, "listen now, what we're going to do tonight is very dangerous, and I don't want to put anyone in danger. Follow me first. Come this way." He led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, raised the lamp high, and pointed to a small intestine path that gradually disappeared into the depths of the dark jungle. They looked into the Forbidden Forest, and a breeze was blowing in their hair.

"Look over there," said Hagrid, "see that shiny thing on the ground? Silvery? That's unicorn blood. A unicorn in the Forbidden Forest was wounded by something. Heavy. This is the second time in a week. I found one dead last Wednesday. We're fighting to find that poor unicorn and put it out of pain."

"Unicorn? Hagrid, an adult unicorn has the magic power of three or four adult wizards. You think the existence of killing it alone will be something these first-year students can deal with. A hint of surprise flashed across Augustus' calm face, did not expect that the school would arrange such a dangerous task for Malfoy and the others, facing an unknown creature who killed a unicorn alone? This group of little wizards who live in a peaceful world and have never even experienced a duel a few times will not have any resistance at all.

"Of course, I know this is a very dangerous thing for them, but the point is that I didn't ask you to deal with the unicorn killer, you just need to look for clues in the Forbidden Forest." Hagrid waved his hand and explained, "Okay, now we're going to split our troops into two separate ways, and we'll search for it along the blood trail. There are blood trails everywhere. It has been stumbling around since at least last night."

"No matter how you assign it, of course, I want to be with Augustus." Hearing that the troops were going to be divided into two groups, Malfoy shuddered inexplicably, and hurriedly stated his request to Hagrid in a righteous manner. . Hell, there's a unicorn-killing being lurking in the Forbidden Forest. If you don't act with Lord Augustus, even if you're with Hagrid, Filch might come to collect his wreck tomorrow.

Hagrid thought for a moment, then nodded, "Harry, you're on the way with Malfoy and Augustus, I'll take Hermione and Neville to the other side, and if anyone finds the unicorn, fire green sparks, understand Right? By the way - if anyone is in trouble, fire red sparks and we'll all come to you - all right, everyone is careful - let's go."

It was dark and silent in the Forbidden Forest. They walked in for a while until they came to a fork in the road. Harry, Augustus, and Malfoy took the road to the left, while Hagrid and Neville took Hermione to the road to the right.

They walked silently, their eyes fixed on the ground. Now and then, a ray of moonlight shone down from among the branches above, illuminating a silvery-blue bloodstain on the fallen leaves.

Harry looked at Augustus who was walking beside him.

"Could it be the werewolf that killed the unicorn?" Harry asked.

"At the speed of a werewolf, you can't catch up with unicorns. As an existence that is almost at the top of the biological chain, very few creatures can kill unicorns alone." Augustus briefly explained to Harry, that unicorns and Horned beasts are auspicious things that represent light and holiness, and are generally not attacked by other creatures. To a certain extent, every unicorn has the meaning of the righteous path, and daring to kill such a creature is tantamount to challenging the righteous path in the dark.

"Who cares what killed the unicorn, didn't you hear what Hagrid told us before? Just looking for clues, clues." Malfoy sneered at Harry carelessly, this kind of murderous and dangerous No matter what the creature is, it's hard to deal with it. It's still a matter of duty to search for clues, and search is the main thing!

The three of them strode into the depths of the forbidden forest. They had walked for nearly half an hour, and they went deeper and deeper into the forest. Later, the trees became extremely dense, and the path was almost impossible to walk. Harry felt the blood on the ground getting denser. A tree root was spattered with blood as if the poor animal had wriggled and struggled in pain nearby. Harry could see a clearing ahead through the tangled branches of an old oak tree.

"Stop!" Augustus stretched out his hand to block Harry Malfoy, and his indifferent and calm face suddenly showed an unprecedented awe-inspiring expression. Harry's eyes flashed with surprise since he knew Augustus, I had never seen such a stern look on Augustus's face. Standing in place and looking forward, a pure white thing shone on the ground. Yep, that's the unicorn, it's dead. Harry had never seen something so beautiful, so miserable. Its slender legs remained unnaturally straight in the way it had fallen; its bristles spread like pearls on the dark leaves.

Augustus didn't pay much attention to the unicorn lying on the ground. His eyes were now completely focused on a place in the darkness that was out of sight. Malfoy looked in that direction strangely, and there was only deep darkness in his eyes.

"Come out. This kind of meaningless hiding has no effect." A dignified flash flashed in Augustus' silver pupils, and under the action of the eye of exploration, it was still just a blur of thick black, which only explained one thing Things, at least have reached quasi-legendary.

A clump of bushes on the edge of the clearing trembled, and a hooded figure slowly walked out of the shadows. The air suddenly became a little sticky, and the forest clearing under the faint moonlight became inexplicably dark. The unicorn corpse exuding light was of no use to the sudden darkness. An unpleasant dark aura enveloped the surroundings. The man stopped in the darkness and stood quietly looking at the three of them. The figure that is not tall seems to be the only existence in this world. Under that person's gaze, Malfoy suddenly felt a sense of suffocation, an inexplicable panic appeared on his pale face, his body gradually became numb as if he was in an ice cellar, and a great fear of life and death suddenly hit his heart. . A sharp pain pierced through Harry's head, something he had never felt before, and his scars were suddenly on fire. Augustus stood silently in this boundless darkness. A fiery wave slowly flowed around Augustus. A few beautiful and dazzling sparks suddenly appeared in the air, and the crimson star fire flickered in the thick darkness. The curtain, became the only light in the world.