Hogwarts from another world

Sylvanus Kettleburn is getting a little unbelievable.

His two prosthetic legs helped him gallop across the snow at high speeds... Even those four-legged centaurs were nowhere near as fast as him.

This makes him look like a "Humanoid Gundam"!

In addition, the prosthetic arm on his right arm held a wand and waved it at an extremely fast speed... The spell that just cut down a large oak tree that three or four people could not hug was the one he used. ...This old professor with an unattractive appearance suddenly "showed off his power" in the face of these centaurs!

"Run!" At the same time, Professor Kettleburn waved towards Matthew and the others with his only sound hand.

The wand in the prosthesis was still waving desperately, blocking the centaurs trying to rush over.

A mere wizard was almost the enemy of dozens or even hundreds of centaurs.

Matthew and the others didn't dare to look back and ran towards the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest desperately... Fortunately, the footprints on the ground gradually became more orderly, preventing them from getting lost in the Forbidden Forest.

The roaring, neighing, howling... began to become more and more distant!

Only Professor Kettleburn's voice vaguely sounded in their ears: "Tell Professor Rozier all this quickly!"

……

Heavy rubber boots in the snow.

Every time they pull up from the snow, almost all their strength is consumed...

It's been a long and tiring escape!

Five Slytherin second-year students, they have different speeds... Matthew ran in front, then Malfoy, then Nott, and finally Crabbe and Goyle...

The two little fat guys looked out of breath and couldn't keep up.

I don’t know how far I have run, but the edge of the Forbidden Forest is getting closer and closer!

"Horse hoofbeats!" Draco Malfoy suddenly screamed, although it sounded feeble.

Indeed, the sound of horse hooves on the snow sounded again from behind them.

Maybe Professor Kettleburn has been solved by the centaurs; or maybe there are too many centaurs, and even with the help of the three prosthetics, he cannot completely stop them in a short time...

All in all, the crisis for his fellow escapees seems to be approaching step by step.

"Don't use magic!" Matthew loudly warned his companions again, "Don't attack them!"

At the same time, he took a deep breath and used all his strength to continue running in the direction of the footprints...

The scene ahead seems to be becoming more and more familiar. They are already very close, from the edge of the Forbidden Forest...

Perhaps if we persist for another two or three minutes, we can reach Professor Kettleburn's cabin. Once we get there, it should, probably, probably be safe...

In fact, Matthew was unsure because he didn't know whether the centaurs had the courage to break out of the Forbidden Forest...

At the same time, the sound of those horse hooves became very, very close——

A loud neigh!

"Ah——" Vincent Crabbe screamed.

He seemed to have been captured by something... no doubt a centaur.

The centaurs have caught up!

There is no doubt that the centaurs don't want these children to run away... they don't want them to "spread the news" in the castle.

Crabbe's screams were getting farther and farther away from them.

He was taken away by the centaurs.

Draco Malfoy was hesitant, considering whether to turn back and save Crabbe and his friends...

However, Matthew did not look back, and continued to run very firmly in the direction of the footprints... For a moment, he opened a little distance from his companions behind him.

Suddenly there was another "bang" sound, as if someone had fallen.

It was Gregory Gower. His foot accidentally kicked a wooden stake, and then his whole body fell hard to the ground.

After this fall, he was so tired that he could no longer get up... With Crabbe and Goyle's stature, it was really difficult for them to escape such a long distance.

As the sound of horse hooves approached again, another centaur caught up!

Gall was also captured by them.

……

There are only three people left in the remaining team.

But they also saw the dawn of victory... The end of the Forbidden Forest was close at hand.

The mixed colors of withered yellow, dark green and snow-white disappeared from their eyes, replaced by a pure white snow scene.

They escaped from the Forbidden Forest!

But more and more centaurs were chasing after them.

The sound of the centaurs' hooves suddenly stopped, as if they didn't dare to leave the Forbidden Forest!

However, Matthew had a bad feeling in his heart——

With trembling hands, he reached into his waist and took out his wand.

"Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh..."

A series of crisp sounds sounded from behind them.

"Protego!" Matthew shouted without thinking.

"Bang...bang..." It seemed as if something hit Matthew hard behind him.

It's a centaur's arrow...

This was what Matthew expected. He didn't think that the centaurs had all chased them here and had to watch them leave.

Arrows are the most powerful means of attack for horse people. Of course, using the Iron Armor Curse is the most reasonable choice at this time.

On the other side, Theodore Nott and Draco Malfoy were not so lucky.

Malfoy's wand had long been dropped deep in the Forbidden Forest. As for Nott, Matthew felt that he didn't have the courage to pick up the wand at all...

The arrows fired at Matthew were blocked by Matthew's armor spell... However, the arrows fired at them hit the target accurately.

Of course, the centaurs did not attack their vital points... but both Malfoy and Nott were already lying in a pool of blood.

Several centaurs stopped, picked up Malfoy and Nott, and took them away.

As for the rest, the pursuit of their final target began.

……

Matthew Wakefield successfully escaped from the Forbidden Forest!

After losing four of his companions to being captured by the centaurs.

Moreover, the centaurs had no intention of letting him go——

Several majestic centaurs jumped out of the forbidden forest without any fear.

In the next flat ground, their speed advantage will be even more obvious!

Matthew didn't run in the direction of the castle at all, because he knew very well that on the one hand, he didn't have much strength left; on the other hand, if he galloped on this flat land, no more than a hundred yards at most, he would be captured alive... …

Without hesitation, he ran towards Professor Kettleburn's cabin.

Out of the corner of his eye, he once again saw the horseman aiming his bow and arrow at him.

"Armor for protection!" Matthew shouted again, but this time his voice was a little weak.

"Dang..." There was a clear voice, and Matthew felt that his left hand holding the wand was so painful from the shock; the wand in his hand almost fell out of his hand.

Matthew could be sure that once the centaur tried to attack him with a bow and arrow again, his next iron armor spell would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Fortunately, Professor Kettleburn's cabin was close at hand.

And luckily, the Professor of Care of Magical Creatures doesn't seem to have the habit of locking the door...

Matthew rushed in quickly——

With a "swish" sound, an arrow hit the door frame.

Judging from the footsteps, the number of centaurs leaving the Forbidden Forest is increasing, at least seven or eight... maybe a dozen...

The centaur closest to him had arrived at the door of Professor Kettleburn's hut, and he was trying to get in.

Matthew had found what he was looking for...a delicate, antique little teapot on Professor Kettleburn's round table.

Almost a year ago, before entering the Forbidden Forest for the first time, Professor Silvanus Kettleburn taught Matthew how to use this thing——

And now, it's time to use it.

Without hesitation, he threw the entire teapot towards the door of the cabin.

Fortunately, Professor Kettleburn cleared the snow from the area near the door...

Only a crisp sound was heard, and the teapot was smashed to pieces by Matthew.

"Ah!" The centaurs surrounding the hut exclaimed.

Because something like a snake suddenly emerged from the broken teapot.

The thing grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then revealed its true face——

Measuring almost 15 feet in length, it is a two-legged, snake-like creature with feathers and wings.

And it was very ferocious. With a flick of its tail, the centaur who tried to break into the hut was sent flying to a dozen yards away.

The snake-like creature made a "hissing" sound, and then began to fight with the surrounding centaurs... The centaurs in the distance took out their crossbows and began to shoot arrows at it, but these arrows did not seem to hit it. Cause too much damage...

Even though Matthew has not yet been exposed to the Care of Magical Creatures class, he already knows what this creature is based on some extracurricular materials:

Bird-snake...a creature that can expand and contract its size at will, so that it can be large enough to fill any space, or shrink to fit the space available. So they can usually live in the teapot.

Additionally, they can be extremely aggressive when provoked…

There was no doubt that the centaurs had thoroughly pissed him off.

"He's saved..." Matthew finally managed to breathe.

But he won't put all his hopes on that bird and snake...

In fact, he had another motive for breaking into Professor Kettleburn's cabin.

After only resting for a moment, he quickly walked to the fireplace where the flame was still burning...

Then, he reached out and grabbed a handful of shiny green powder from the flower pot on the side.

"Principal Vita Rozier's office!" He threw the powder into the flames in the fireplace and spoke clearly.

Then, he walked straight into the flames and disappeared.

……

It felt like my body was being sucked into a huge washing machine, spinning around and very painful!

The fireplaces in the offices of special professors at Hogwarts are all the same, but they generally do not visit in this way... because it is rude!

Of course, Matthew had no time to care about this.

After almost ten seconds, his body finally calmed down, and then he rolled out of another fireplace——

"Who is it?" Professor Vita Rozier, the vice-president, was sitting on her desk correcting something... She raised her head in surprise and looked at the boy who "rolled" out of the fireplace.

"Wakefield?" she said in surprise.

"Professor Rosier...in the Forbidden Forest...the centaurs are rioting...Professor Kettleburn is trapped in the Forbidden Forest..." Matthew said weakly.

In fact, the long period of escape had completely consumed all of his physical strength... He relied entirely on his perseverance to survive to get here.

Professor Rozier's expression changed slightly: "What is the specific situation?"

However, Matthew could no longer answer her.

Because he had lost consciousness due to excessive exhaustion, and then fainted in Professor Rosier's arms.

……

I don't know how long I fell asleep.

"Matthew...Matthew...Matthew..." In his sleep, he faintly heard someone whispering his name.

There was a pair of brown things flashing above his head. Matthew wanted to reach out and grab it, but found that his arms were too heavy to lift.

He blinked and everything became clear.

Hermione Granger's face appeared in front of him... The brown things just now were actually Miss Granger's bright brown eyes.

"Matthew!" Hermione exclaimed, with a happy smile on her face, "Neville, come here...Matthew is awake!"

Matthew glanced at Hermione blankly, then looked around again.

Soon, he saw the familiar face of Neville Longbottom again.

In addition, he realized that he was in the hospital, because he was lying on a bed covered with white linen sheets, and there were many bottles and jars of medicine on the bedside table next to him...

"What day of the week is it now?" Matthew asked without thinking.

"It's Sunday noon now, Matthew." Hermione replied hurriedly:

"Would you like some chocolate... or some recovery potion?"

"Don't worry yet..." Matthew shook his head.

It was Saturday morning when I followed Professor Kettleburn into the Forbidden Forest... In other words, I had been unconscious for a day and a night.

"What's going on at Hogwarts...what's going on with the centaurs' rebellion...where are we now..." He threw out a series of questions.

"Calm down first, Matthew!" Neville quickly held Matthew's shoulders and comforted him softly.

"We are in St. Mungo's now..." Hermione replied on the side, "Yesterday morning, Professor Rosier suddenly sent people to evacuate us. She was originally planning to send us all to Diagon Alley... but it turned out Neville and I heard that you were sent to St. Mungo's to be hospitalized, so we took the initiative to apply here... You're all in London anyway!"

"Evacuate..." Matthew frowned.

"Because of the centaurs' rebellion..." Hermione continued, "all the teachers and students in Hogwarts were safely transferred...except for Professor Kettleburn and a few boys in your grade, whose whereabouts are still unknown... "

"How's Hogwarts going?" Matthew asked softly.

"Hogwarts has fallen!" Hermione's voice was slightly heavy:

"Occupied by centaurs and dark wizards..."