Magical Studies at Hogwarts

"Forbidden Forest! Dumbledore asked you to hide your weapons in the Forbidden Forest! Take me there, now!"

Umbridge was extremely excited, even a little impatient. As long as she thought about the possible reward after actually finding Dumbledore's weapon against the Ministry of Magic and handing it to the Minister, she felt that every cell in her body was excited. Jump with joy.

"Come on, everyone follow me and see what Dumbledore has prepared!"

"He... they can't go..." Hermione's words immediately poured cold water on Umbridge, "That was prepared by Dumbledore. You don't want too many people to know, after all..."

As she said that, Hermione glanced at the Slytherin students next to her, her eyes wandering and indicating something.Seeing this, Umbridge calmed down, ran through several thoughts in her mind, and figured out the key.

He took the wand in his hand again, pulled Harry up from the ground, pointed at Hermione and said, "Then you two take me there! Now, immediately!"

She gave Harry a hard push, causing him to stumble, and walked out first.Hermione struggled for a while and finally broke free from Burst's restraints.

She glanced at him with cold eyes, stretched out her hand, and the wand flew back from Malfoy's hand.He put it into his pocket, covered it with his clothes, chased after Harry and Umbridge, and closed the office door.Just the moment the door closed, a ray of white light quietly slipped in along the crack of the door.

"Hurry up, follow me!" Umbridge was still urging, and Hermione responded and ran over.She didn't think much about it. When Hermione came over, she pushed her on the back and urged the two of them towards the Forbidden Forest with a wand in hand.

Hermione walked in front, and Harry took a half step back. Although he didn't know what Hermione's plan was, he knew very well that it would definitely not work if he showed that he had no idea where he was going.He didn't speak to Hermione either, for fear of ruining Hermione's plan.

They walked through the corridors and stairs, exited the hall and walked directly towards Hagrid's cabin.But he didn't stop and crossed the hut and entered the forbidden forest.

Hermione strode very fast, and Harry was not slow either. He already vaguely knew where Hermione was going.It was a bit difficult for Umbridge to follow, especially when they went deeper and deeper, there were more and more trees around them, and the light became darker and darker, she couldn't help but feel worried.

"Isn't it here yet? Where is it?" Umbridge asked.

Hermione's voice was a little erratic as she replied: "It's still inside. After all, it's a weapon. We can't let the students discover it, right?"

"Yeah, yeah..." Umbridge responded casually. In her opinion, what Hermione said made sense.

As they walked deeper, there were gradually more shrubs around them.Hermione, who was walking at the front, kept her pace, making the bushes rustle.

The sound was very loud, and in the current dim environment, it added a bit of a terrifying atmosphere out of thin air.

Suddenly, Harry noticed that the ground beneath his feet was shaking, and the deafening sound of footsteps could be heard in his ears.When he was stunned, he heard Hermione in front of him curse "Damn" in a low voice. Before he could ask a question, a wooden arrow suddenly shot from his side and nailed the tree next to him. superior.

"Stop! This is not the place you should come!"

A voice rang out, and Harry recognized it as Magray's voice. They had met Grawp when they followed Hagrid before and he was a centaur who hated wizards very much.

Umbridge grabbed Harry and held him in front of her, holding her wand tightly in her hand and staring at the centaurs warily.In contrast, although Harry was nervous, when he saw that Hermione was not panicked, he felt more at ease and did not struggle too much.

"Who are you!" A dozen centaurs surrounded them in the center, all holding bows and arrows. Magaret was at the front, staring closely at Umbridge.

"I am Dolores Umbridge!" Umbridge's voice trembled a little as she shouted back, "I am the Deputy Minister of Magic, the Headmaster and Senior Investigator of Hogwarts!"

"Ministry of Magic?" Magery hesitated for a moment, and the centaurs next to him also made some commotion.

Perhaps the strange movements of the centaurs gave Umbridge some information, and she said loudly: "That's right! So you should pay more attention! You know, according to the laws of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic, any hybrid like you Attack humans..."

"What did you call us!" Magery roared angrily, and the other centaurs no longer hesitated and drew their bows, all aiming at Umbridge.

"What are you doing here! Come to our forest..."

"Your woods?" Umbridge showed no sign of weakness, "The reason why you are here is because the Ministry of Magic allows you to be here, you stupid people..."

"Snapped!"

An arrow suddenly shot out, and Umbridge lowered her head subconsciously. The arrow just flew over her head and penetrated into the tree trunk behind her.

"Whose forest? Whose forest?" Magery shouted. He was so angry that he took out another arrow and put it on his bow.But before he could attack again, Umbridge pointed her wand at him and shouted: "Bind quickly!"

A thick and long rope suddenly appeared and tied Magare's arms tightly, leaving a long section to tightly wrap around his neck.

He struggled vigorously, but couldn't break free at all.The other centaurs immediately became anxious when they saw it, and rushed over angrily, grabbing Umbridge before she could react, and dragging her quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

"Untie him quickly!" Hermione waved her wand, and the rope tied to Magaret disappeared.In just a short moment, his face turned red. After the rope was gone, he coughed violently for a while before getting up from the ground.

"I don't need your help, you are not welcome here!" Magery glared at the two of them and cursed loudly.

Hermione was not angry at all. Instead, she pointed behind him and said, "Before you say something even worse, I think you need to take a look behind you..."

Magare turned his head subconsciously, only to see a huge and ugly face appear behind him. He was so frightened that he couldn't care about anything else and ran away.

Only then did Harry notice Grawp, who had come over at some point. He looked at Hermione stupidly and asked, "How did you do that?"

"What?" Hermione was patting Grawp's big face, and turned around in confusion when she heard this.

"I mean he..." Harry pointed at Grawp, and then pointed at the direction in which Magaret fled, "When did he come here, and why didn't he make any sound?"

"Silencing Charm." Hermione replied casually, then ignored Harry and whispered a few words to Grawp.After patting his big face again, Grawp left under Harry's shocked eyes.

As before, there was no sound.

"Come on, it's time for us to leave." Hermione waved her hand in front of Harry's eyes to get his attention back, "They should be here too."

"Who are they? Ron?" Harry was stunned and saw Hermione walking out, and quickly followed her.

"Yes, I helped them before leaving, and they should have come in now." Hermione said, "Hurry up, it's still not safe here."

Harry felt that his brain was a little insufficient. The Hermione just now made him feel a little strange. Although she was as reliable as ever, she was very different from her in previous years.

Following Hermione out, she went back faster. When she reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest, she finally saw Ron and others.

They were all a little embarrassed, holding wands in their hands, and strangely they were all a little excited, even Neville.

"Where are we going next?" Ron asked.

"Where?" Harry repeated subconsciously, and then remembered, "Sirius! We have to save him! He is in the Department of Mysteries!"

"Department of Mysteries?" Ginny frowned, "Now? How are we going to get there?"

"Broom! Let's fly there!" Harry was about to run. "We have to get the broom!"

"But, not all of us have brooms..." Hermione grabbed the anxious Harry. Harry was stunned when he heard this, looked at Hermione and Neville next to him, and scratched his hair angrily.

"Then I'll go by myself..."

"You're going to die!" Hermione said coldly, tightening her grip on Harry's arm.

"Then..." Before Harry could finish, he heard Luna say, "We can ride them. Hagrid said they are very good at finding roads."

Harry looked in the direction Luna pointed, but saw nothing. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "There's nothing there, Luna! Now is not the time for jokes!"

"No, they are right there, smelling the blood on your body." Luna's voice was still erratic, but firm, "It's just that you can't see it..."

"We can't see..." Hermione muttered, then realized, "Thestrals? It's thestrals! Luna, how many are there?"

"Two," Luna replied.

"But we need six," Ginny interjected.

"It doesn't matter, they are coming..."

Luna stretched out her hand and pointed again. In her eyes, there were six or seven tall Thestrals walking out of the woods.Their huge wings are tucked at their sides, and their eyes glow in the dark.