Time flies so fast, and the final exam is coming soon. The students at Hogwarts have become extremely busy. People studying can be seen everywhere in the library, and no one is joking in the Gryffindor common room. , the students were all trying their best to review their homework. Only Orlando was looking at his books leisurely as always. He had never done any homework before.

This made Harry and Ron extremely envious. Ever since they experienced the point deduction incident together, the three of them had a very good relationship. It was often seen that he, Ron and Hermione were always alone together. Reviewing late into the night every day, trying to memorize complex potion recipes, remember those magic spells and spells, remember the dates of major magical inventions and goblin rebellions...

"Orlando, why don't you review? Aren't you afraid of failing the exam?" Ron couldn't help but ask.

"Review? It's not necessary at all." Orlando said extremely confidently.

Hermione was a little worried, so she took out the book where she recorded the key points of the exam, handed it to Orlando, and said kindly: "Orlando, these are the key points of the exam that I recorded. Please make a copy for you."

"Thank you, Hermione, I won't have to."

It’s a joke. Orlando, who has a photographic memory, still needs to memorize test points. Isn’t that a joke?

"How partial, Hermione. We asked you for it several times and you didn't give it." Ron said sourly.

"That's right, it's too biased." Harry also said.

"That's because you are lazy. Even though I told you the key points, you didn't write it down." Hermione said angrily.

"Orlando didn't write it either?" Harry muttered.

"That's right." Ron replied not to be outdone.

"How do you compare with Orlando? Others insist on exercising in the morning, while you are still sleeping; others study potions by themselves and have published several papers; others never doze off in class, concentrate on reading, and even the professors praise their questions. , and earned more points for Gryffindor than the entire class combined." Hermione retorted plausibly.

"Others, others, know they would say that." Ron muttered quietly.

Seeing that they were here and they were not in the mood to review their lessons, Orlando simply made an excuse and went back to the dormitory.I don’t know what the teacher has been doing in the past few days. It must be that the exam is approaching, so he can review well in school without having to run in both directions.

Forget it, it’s the same as practicing in the dormitory.

The next morning, as the students were sitting around eating, Harry, Ron, and Hermione all received the note.Three identical notes: Your confinement begins at eleven o'clock tonight. See Mr. Filch in the hall.

Originally, she thought that Hermione had earned 150 points for Gryffindor and that the incident would be over. Unexpectedly, she still failed to escape punishment.

Orlando leaned over and took a look, couldn't help but laughed.

Harry kept a dark face and said nothing, and Ron was trembling with fear for a long time. He had never been in solitary confinement before, and this was his first time, but he had heard Fred talk about the horror of solitary confinement, so he was frightened.

Only Hermione was calmer. She felt that this was the punishment they deserved for violating school rules.

"Okay, you don't have to be so scared. You must know that no student in Hogwarts has been injured due to confinement, so it is at most a punishment."

"How about you come with us, Orlando?" Harry said anxiously.

"Yes, Orlando, you are so powerful, you can come with us." Ron suddenly felt confident.

"You really want to ask me to accompany you to suffer. Is this human talk?" Orlando was speechless. Who are these people?

"Orlando, are we friends? Don't friends have to face hardships together?" Ron seemed to grasp a life-saving straw.

Hermione was also a little moved. Ever since she experienced the troll incident, Orlando had unknowingly become taller and more mysterious in her heart. She looked at him with hope.

"If I really can't do anything to you, then I'll go with you. I've agreed in advance that I will put an invisibility charm on you, and I won't take action unless I can. After all, this is your confinement."

"Okay." Harry and Ron clapped their hands and hugged each other happily. Hermione also had a happy face, as if the confinement suddenly became less scary.

Originally, Orlando thought that after he sent Norbert away, the solitary confinement would not happen again, but who knew that the power of the plot was so powerful that it happened anyway, and it also implicated Hermione.

This should be regarded as the first attack in the post-Voldemort period. Orlando was somewhat frightened by this guy who stole the Philosopher's Stone.You know, in the heyday of the Dark Lord, he almost unified the British Isles. The Ministry of Magic at that time was beaten by him and even Dumbledore did not dare to face him. This shows how powerful he is.

But now, the Dark Lord is no longer what he used to be. He is a remnant soul who is not worthy of Orlando's concession and let him show his strength.

At eleven o'clock at night, they said goodbye to the Weasley brothers in the common room, and then went downstairs to the foyer with Orlando, where Filch was already waiting, and Orlando was invisible at this time.

"Come with me," said Filch, lighting a lamp, and leading them out.

"I think you should think twice if you want to violate school rules in the future, right?" He looked at them sideways and continued: "Oh, yeah... If you ask me, I have to say Work and hardship are the best teachers... It's a pity that they abolished the old-fashioned punishment of the past... Hanging you by your wrists and hanging you from the ceiling for days. I still have it in my office Keep those chains, oil them frequently, maybe they will come in handy one day...Okay, let's go, don't even think about escaping. If you run away, you won't get any good fruits."

Hermione's face turned pale with fright. She held the hem of her clothes and walked carefully behind her, as if she wanted to stay away from Filch. Orlando patted her shoulder discreetly to let her relax.

However, Harry and Ron were not afraid at all when they knew that Orlando was following behind them. Instead, they started laughing and joking. This made Filch very angry. There was no student in solitary confinement who did not tremble, which made him very embarrassed. , the tone of his talk became more and more sinister and terrifying.

They strode across the dark field. The moonlight was bright, but clouds kept coming over to cover the moon, plunging them into darkness.Harry could see the lighted windows in Hagrid's cabin.Then they heard a shout in the distance.

"Is that you, Filch? Come on, I'm leaving."

Harry and Ron's hearts swelled when they heard it was Hagrid's voice, and Hermione was no longer so scared.If they were going to labor with Hagrid, that wouldn't be so bad.

It seemed that Hagrid's appearance made Filch's already unhappy mood even worse. Filch said: "You probably thought you would have a good time with that idiot, right? Think about it again, kid—— You are going to the Forbidden Forest! The Forbidden Forest! If you can come out safe and sound, I will be wrong."

Filch's words made Harry and the three of them feel anxious again. Orlando hid behind him and curled his lips silently. To be honest, in this difficult experience arranged by Dumbledore, he did nothing but intimidate and embolden him from beginning to end. I don't think it made any difference.

Of course, this might be a good challenge for a novice like Harry, let’s just call it a challenge.

"Forbidden Forest?" Ron repeated, his voice trembling and he could hear the sound of teeth chattering, "We can't go in in the middle of the night - there is everything in there - I heard Charlie say there are werewolves."

Hermione was also so frightened that she kept tugging on Harry's clothes. Harry didn't know much about werewolves, but he was not as scared as Ron.

"You only have yourself to blame, right?" Filch said, his voice cheerful, "You should have thought of these werewolves before you got into trouble, right?"

Hagrid strode toward them out of the darkness, Fang following behind.Hagrid carried his huge stone bow and a full quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder.

Fang crossed the crowd and barked into the darkness, where Orlando was hiding.

"Damn it, forget about Hagrid's dog. My invisibility charm can only hide my body, but it can't block the smell."

"What's going on with Yaya?" Ron asked in surprise.

Harry looked behind him, suddenly came to his senses, and went over to protect Fang's big head. Then Ron also reacted and hurried over to help.

"There is a situation." Hagrid reflexively drew the bow and pointed the arrow in the direction of Orlando. "Who is there? If you don't come out, I will shoot."

Hermione screamed when she saw this and hurriedly hugged Hagrid's arm.

"What's going on? Hagrid." Filch also became nervous.

It took a lot of effort for Harry and Ron to pull Fang back.

Orlando, who was hiding in the dark, was also shocked and broke into a cold sweat. Hagrid's arrow actually made him feel like he was being targeted. Although it did not pose a threat to him, it felt very bad to be targeted by someone with a bow and arrow.

Orlando used the light body technique, climbed up the ladder, and retreated lightly to the big tree 30 meters away. Out of the distance, Fang stopped roaring and allowed Harry and Ron to pull him.

After being vigilant for a while, when no one showed up and Yaya no longer behaved abnormally, Hagrid relaxed his vigilance. Maybe it was the ghost wolf in the Forbidden Forest or something else, but he should have been scared away.

"Maybe a ghost wolf?"

"Ghost wolf?" Filch shuddered. "Why are they here?"

"How do I know this? I won't say anymore. It's almost time. We should set off. I've been waiting for half an hour. How about Harry, Hermione and Ron."

"You shouldn't be so polite to them, Hagrid," Filch said coldly. "After all, they are here to be punished."

"That's why you're late, isn't it?" Hagrid waved his big arm and frowned at Filch and said, "You've been lecturing them, huh? This is not the place for you to lecture people. Your mission accomplished. It’s up to me to take charge from now on.”

Hagrid didn't want to talk to Filch very much, which made Filch very angry. Although he was a squib and was not welcomed by the wizarding world, his strong self-esteem did not allow anyone to look down on him.

He gritted his teeth and said: "I will come back at dawn and clean up their remains." He said viciously, then turned and walked towards the castle, and the lamp swayed and disappeared into the darkness.

"Bah, this bad pus-oozing guy." Ron said angrily.

"That's right." Hermione didn't like this guy at all. Although she had sympathy for the weak, she couldn't sympathize with someone like Filch.

"Hagrid, that's Orlando, please make it quiet." Harry whispered while pulling his teeth.

"Orlando, where is it? Why can't I see it?"

"He's invisible, Hagrid. Fang almost exposed him," Hermione complained.

"Let him come out quickly. The Forbidden Forest is not an ordinary place. Orlando, come out quickly."

Hagrid's voice spread far and wide, startling a crowd of birds. Orlando, who was hiding in the tree, broke out in a cold sweat. What kind of teammates were these? They were simply a scam.

Harry hurriedly let go of his teeth, hugged Hagrid's arm and slapped it hard, shouting at the top of his voice, "Hagrid, stop shouting. Orlando sneaked out. Do you want us to be punished again?"

Hagrid looked embarrassed and grabbed his disheveled hair. "Okay, I won't shout anymore. You tell him to be careful and follow us not too far away. Then I can rescue him in time if anything happens."

"Orlando doesn't need rescue. With his ability, he can walk sideways in the Forbidden Forest without any problem." Ron sneered at Hagrid's words. Ever since he saw Orlando fight a troll with his bare hands, he had no doubts about Orlando's ability.

Hagrid rubbed his palms and said coquettishly: "That's true. This kid is like a giant dragon in human form. I have never seen such a student before, really."

"Okay, okay, stop talking. Let's hurry up. It's so dark here that I'm scared." Hermione hurriedly urged after seeing a few people chatting endlessly.

"Hermione is right. We need to hurry up. Now listen carefully. What we are going to do tonight is very dangerous. I don't want anyone to be in danger. Come here with me first."

Hagrid led everyone to the edge of the Forbidden Forest. In order to prevent Orlando who was hiding in the dark from not knowing, he raised the oil lamp high and pointed at a narrow path that gradually disappeared into the depths of the black forest. They followed the path towards As they walked into the Forbidden Forest, a breeze blew, ruffling their hair and giving them a slight chill.

Orlando followed behind him without making the slightest sound. After being exposed by Yaya, he began to hold his breath and slow down his heartbeat to prevent his breath from leaking out, in order to make up for his lack of invisibility.

"Look over there," Hagrid said. "Do you see that shiny thing on the ground? Silvery-white? That's the blood of a unicorn. A unicorn in the Forbidden Forest was injured by something. It's very heavy. This is the second time in a week. I found one dead last Wednesday. We have to try to find that poor unicorn and put it out of its misery."

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