[Soccer+HP] Mario and the Vanishing King

They walked along the path according to Firenze's instructions.However, due to the dense growth of the canopy, the moon cannot be seen at any time, so they had to stop and go, trying to find the right direction.

"How long have we been out of the castle?" Mario asked, ever since he met the centaurs, he had been faintly worried.It made him feel bad not being able to keep track of the exact time, especially since they now had a task with a definite time limit to complete.

"There should still be time," Andre said, pointing to the sky, "The moon has only risen not long ago, so it is so difficult for us to see it."

"At this time we should still be playing Quidditch on the playground, and David and Mateo were arguing for a long time about a goal I scored, remember?" Marko said.

Mario nodded, he remembered.At that time, he passed the ball to Marco, and Marco used a beautiful throw to directly penetrate the goal guarded by David. Mateo was very dissatisfied with this, and David argued that they could not play as they had been since childhood. He was required to meet the standard of Quidditch. After all, he was brought up in a Muggle family and had never heard of a broomstick before entering school, let alone Quidditch.Later, it was Julian who came forward to persuade them for a long time before both parties calmed down.They stayed on the playground until very late, and didn't go back to the castle until they felt a little cold, and if according to Andrei-they went back five hours when they returned to three o'clock in the afternoon-then he and Marco It was at least eight o'clock in the evening when the game of chess was played.

Andre is right, they still have time.

But time is still a little tight.

Maybe it was because Mario was too absorbed in his thoughts, he felt that he had bumped into something, and was immediately bounced off, falling to the ground.

"What's going on?" He sat up, but he didn't see anything blocking the way ahead.

"What happened?" Marco's terrified voice came from the side, "You kept going forward, and then suddenly fell backwards - as if you hit something!"

"I did hit something!" Mario immediately got up and looked forward carefully again.But the path ahead is still the path and the forest on both sides, nothing is there, nothing.

"It's thestrals." Andre said calmly.

"Night... what?"

"Thestrals." Andre looked at the two of them and explained, "A horse-like creature with a pair of large wings, it is a very good pilot."

"But I can't see anything." Mario looked at the place where he fell just now, and said honestly.

Andre stepped forward and stretched out a hand in the air, as if he was stroking something. The whole scene looked a little weird. "Superstitious people believe that thestrals bring bad omens and disasters, but in fact they are very intelligent animals, but generally people can't see them-except those who have witnessed death."

Neither Mario nor Marco spoke for a long time.They knew that Andre's parents were dead, but they could think of no words of consolation.Although being able to see thestrals is undoubtedly a good aspect under the current circumstances, Mario knows that, even though it is unlikely, he would rather not see them in his life, and I believe that Andre is the same.

Compared with them, Andre had already shouldered too much at a young age, but he never showed dissatisfaction or willfulness.As if looking at a long-lost old friend, he reached out to caress the creature they couldn't see, without any sadness in his eyes.

"It feels like it won't deceive you, come and touch it." Andre issued an invitation.

Mario walked over cautiously, imitating Andre and raising his hands in the air, and Andre helped him put his hands in the correct position.Then he felt it, it was a very strange touch, the part he touched was like a back, but the thing was terribly thin, except for the skin, only the bones could be touched.Mario felt that even if he starved a person for half a month, he would not be so thin as this thing.

"It's kind of scary." Marco said aside, "It's too thin, terribly thin..."

"You're right, the Thestral has no flesh at all. You can think of it as a skinny black pegasus."

"When you say that, I can kind of imagine what it looks like," Mario grinned at Andre, "It doesn't seem so scary now."

"They're not scary in the first place," Andre said. "Thestrals are very useful because they have an amazing sense of direction, and they can take you wherever you want to go."

Mario felt his hands suddenly empty. "What's wrong, did it leave?"

Andre nodded, then turned to the left, following the Thestral with his gaze. "It looked a little disturbed." He said, frowning. "It doesn't look like they smell food, but rather... feel some kind of danger."

"Dangerous? There are dangers everywhere in the Forbidden Forest..." Marko said.

"But if they live in the Forbidden Forest, they should be familiar with the creatures here." Mario was also a little puzzled, "Is it really like what Firenze said—there are invaders in the Forbidden Forest?"

"But the question is...who?"

"Maybe the question is not who, but what!" Andre suddenly shouted, "Run!"

They didn't even have time to think about it, they turned around and ran immediately, because they all heard the sound - four powerful claws stepped on the decayed leaves and were rushing towards them!Mario took the risk to look back, just in time to see a huge black shadow approaching him.The thing was as tall as two people and as wide as four of them. It looked tall and terrifying, not to mention it was making a huge roar while running.And that thing—Merlin!How is that possible!

"It has three heads!" Mario yelled as he ran, "I don't know what it is! But I can swear I see three heads!"

"Don't look back, run!" Marco grabbed Mario's hand and pulled him forward.

"It's coming!"

"Run into the woods, where the trees are very dense!" Andre shouted, "That thing is big, it will be entangled!" They turned to the right under the leadership of Andre, and quickly got into the woods inside.But that thing followed keenly, and despite being limited by its size, it closed the distance with them as quickly as possible.

Now they see what it is—

A big dog with three heads!Three pairs of vicious eyes that rolled around, three noses—twitching in different directions, sniffing their scents, and three mouths drooling like sticky strings, from yellowing His dog teeth hang down.

"My God..." Marco whispered tremblingly.

They haven't been discovered yet, but sooner or later they will.They must find some way to subdue the dog.

"Is there a special spell against this monster?" Mario asked Andre in a low voice.

"I don't know if the stun spell is effective against it." Andre said uncertainly, "This huge creature itself is immune to ordinary spells..."

"Where did it go?" Marco poked his head out from behind the hiding tree and asked suspiciously.Mario also looked over there, and the dog was gone! "Is it gone?" "Maybe it couldn't find us and gave up?"

"It won't give up so easily, otherwise it won't follow us all the time." Andre said, and then he wrinkled his nose, "Did you smell anything?"

"It smells like a toilet that hasn't been cleaned in months." Marco frowned in disgust.

"Marco, there's something on your robe." Mario pointed to his shoulder, where there was a puddle of yellow goo.

"Oh—that's disgusting!" Marco tore off the mess with his hands, and quickly threw it on the ground, "It looks like a troll's booger or something—" But before he could finish speaking, tick, Another drop fell.Marco froze in place. "Do you... feel... that smell is getting closer? I mean... very... close..."

Mario looked up slowly, and saw that one of the three heads was glaring at him, and the other bared its teeth, dripping yellow drool right onto Marco's robes.

"run--!"

There was no need to remind them any more, they started to run forward desperately, but the exposed tree roots greatly reduced their running speed. "Damn!" Andre shouted loudly, pulling out his wand, and the tip of his wand emitted a red light, which directly hit the big dog's thick-skinned chest.But the monster didn't stop at all, didn't even stop, and continued to rush towards them. "Damn!" Andre cursed under his breath, "I should practice this more!"

"Fire!" Marco turned around quickly, pointing at a pile of fallen leaves at his feet with his wand.The leaves quickly burned under the spell, leaving a thin barrier of flame behind them. "Marco, you are amazing!" Mario praised sincerely, "Animals should be afraid of fire—"

However, before they were happy for two seconds, the big dog immediately jumped high and jumped over the burning leaves.At the same time its tail stirred up a gust of wind, which quickly extinguished the newly lit flames.

The three of them gasped at the same time, turned around quickly and continued to run forward.

"Mario, hurry up!" Marco shouted behind him.

"You guys go first, I'll come!" Mario said as he pulled out his wand, pointing to a thick broken branch on the ground.He had just had a flashback to the time he had met Thomas and Manu just before Christmas, when they had levitated a Christmas tree with the Levitation Charm, maybe he could try that too. "Yingadim-Leviosa!" He yelled the spell, and the branch quickly rose into the air. "Come on, come closer..." He watched as he controlled the branch with his wand, "Good dog, come a little closer! Come on, dog—" The big dog was close enough, and Mario would With a flick of the wand in his hand, the spell was broken, and the broken branch paused in the air for a second before slamming down on one of the dogs' heads as he wished.

The monster howled in pain, but was stopped temporarily, and Mario immediately turned and chased Marko and Andre.But just after he ran a few steps, he found that the hem of his robe was trampled.He didn't have time to look back, he could only push forward desperately, trying to break free from the shackles of the robe.

tear-

The robe was torn, and both he and the big dog were thrown out by inertia.Mario's whole body was shot on the ground, and he felt like his ribs were about to break.

"Mario!" Marco exclaimed from the front, and it sounded like he and Andre were running back.

Mario looked up, trying to tell them not to come, but there was something bright in front of him that dazzled his eyes.After a few seconds he realized what it was - the two-way mirror!Now the mirror was no longer foggy, just like when he first found it in the corridor on the eighth floor, it was shining brightly!

"Help!" Mario didn't know why he did this, but before he realized it, he had already whispered into the mirror, "Whoever it is—help us! Please!"

"Mario, are you okay?" Marco arrived, and Andre stepped behind him, and they quickly helped him up. "Where's that dog?" "It fell out like me just now, maybe it will come over soon!" Mario gasped.

Sure enough, they soon heard the heavy breathing of the beast. The three heads of the big dog were staring at them angrily, and the three bloody mouths were all open. It seemed that they would swallow them alive in the next second!

At this moment, a pleasant singing sound suddenly came from the ear.

The big dog suddenly stopped in place, just two steps away from them.The three of them were also stunned, looking around for the source of the singing, which sounded like singing in their ears, but there was no living thing around them except the big scary dog.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but Mario felt that since he heard the song, he felt warm all over his body, as if a warm current was flowing all over his body, which made people feel very comfortable.And just when he realized it, he suddenly found that his breathing calmed down, he no longer felt tired, and his whole body was full of strength.

What's even more amazing is that amidst this strange singing, the big dog's eyes began to droop, and the three heads also lowered.Slowly, the barking of the big dog stopped—it swayed a few times, its knees gave way, and then it fell to the ground with a plop, and fell into a deep sleep.

The three of them stood there looking at each other.

The strange singing still didn't stop, and then a flame-like figure suddenly broke into their sight.It was a fiery red bird as big as a swan, singing a wonderful melody in its mouth. It had red tail feathers as long as a peacock, and its pair of golden claws were shining gorgeously and brilliantly.

"My God, that's a—"

"Phoenix!"

Mario never thought he would meet a real phoenix.

Of course he knew that his wand contained a phoenix tail feather as a core, but he had never seen a living, singing, shining phoenix before!

The phoenix sang the behemoth into a deep sleep, and then guided them all the way back down the path, not stopping until it thought they were safe enough.

"Where do you come from?" Mario asked with his head tilted. The big fiery red bird was resting on his shoulder, blinking his beautiful eyes at him. "You were sent to rescue us?" Mario continued to ask, and the bird nodded. "But, who is it? Who will own a phoenix?" Mario felt very puzzled, and the bird rubbed his face with its head.

"Oh, it's so itchy!" Mario laughed, "I guess you can't tell, can you? Your master doesn't want us to know?" Phoenix nodded to him again.

"Mario...can you understand Phoenix?" Marco's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yeah, I think I can... Actually, it's not the first time I can understand birds..." Mario explained, "Remember when you asked me about the admission letter? The only people who came to my house were An owl, no Ministry of Magic staff... So, I understand the meaning of the owl, please write back to Daddy..."

"This is indeed a rare talent." Andre stroked his chin and said, "Not everyone can communicate with creatures that can't speak. What I'm curious about is-you can only communicate with birds. Is that the case, or can it be done on other animals as well?"

"There are only birds so far." Mario said with a sigh. "If only I could understand cats, we wouldn't have to go so hard to find that cat."

"So, where the hell did that cat go?" Marco asked.

Phoenix raised his head and let out a cry.

"You mean...you know?" Mario asked in surprise, and the big red bird nodded and called again. "I guess it wants us to follow it," said Mario.The phoenix left his shoulder immediately, spread its wings and flew into the air.

"Then—shall we go?"

Both Marco and Andre nodded, and walked forward behind them.

As they walked deeper and deeper along the path, the trees grew thicker and thicker, and then even the path slowly disappeared.They had never been so deep in the Forbidden Forest.Although Firenze had reminded them not to stay away from the path, as far as the current situation was concerned, they couldn't find the path at all. There were only trees around, and the ground was covered with fallen leaves, and they couldn't even see their footprints.

But Mario didn't feel scared at all, it seemed that as long as this phoenix was around, he felt at ease for no reason.And this bird just saved their lives!

They walked for a few more minutes, or ten minutes, or longer?Mario couldn't estimate the time accurately, so he decided that he must bring a watch when he starts school next year.In short, they finally stopped in front of a tall tree that could not see the top.The phoenix did not land on Mario's shoulder, but flew around the tree trunk twice, screaming non-stop.Just when they thought there was nothing there, a figure appeared from behind the tree - a woman.

Mario thought he had never seen such a beautiful woman.Even though he loved his mother so much, he had to admit that this woman was the most beautiful he had ever seen, or that she was beauty itself.

She had shiny blond hair that reached almost to her waist, and large dark blue eyes.When those eyes are fixed on you, almost no one can refuse any request hidden in them.What can I do for her?Mario thought fascinatedly, how can we make her happy?Be a good kid?No, that's definitely not cool enough, he doesn't want her kind of motherly pampering, he wants to prove that although he is still a child at his age, he can act like a real man!How about cutting down this tree?Sounds good, but he needs a saw—

Suddenly, the phoenix chirped in his ear, and its wings slapped him in the face unceremoniously.Mario turned his head and stared at the big bird angrily, and then he suddenly realized that he had taken a few steps forward and was holding his wand in a strange position. It seemed that he thought it was a chainsaw Prepare to take it and saw off the big tree on the side.

Andre kept calling him from behind, but the strange thing was that he didn't hear it at all just now. It seemed that his mind was already occupied by sawing trees. "Don't look her in the eyes, Mario!" Andrea yelled urgently, "She's a veela! And you Marco—" He froze, because Marco was frozen in place and couldn't move , with his eyes wide open, looking forward almost desperately.

"Marco?" Andre yelled again, but Marco still didn't respond, just staring blankly at the woman.Just when Andre thought he was also confused and was about to push him, Marco suddenly spoke.

"mom, Mom, Mom?"

Mario turned his head sharply, staring at Marco with Andrea.

What was he shouting just now?Mother?Who are you calling?Is that woman?

He turned back to look at the woman.She no longer looks glamorous now, and her long hair no longer glistens, but is back to being human.Those eyes are no longer like two fascinating lakes, but full of sadness.

"Marco, my child." The woman sighed, "I didn't expect to meet you."

"Mom, what are you... doing here?" Marco took two steps forward and said hesitantly.

The woman holds out a hand. "For this chess piece." She opened her hand, and it was indeed the white king lying inside. "You...you're an Animagus?" Marco asked in shock, "but you never said you were—"

"Unregistered," said Marko's mother. "I learned to be an Animagus when I was in school, but I didn't register with the Ministry of Magic. That was before I met your father, so Sinan didn't know about it." thing."

"No wonder I think I've seen that cat somewhere! It turns out...it's you!" Marco still couldn't recover from the shock, "But why? Why did you come to the school in that way? ?”

"Hogwarts Castle has a lot of magic, it can't be plotted on a map, it can't be apparated around it, and it's also spelled with invisibility and expulsion... Alien wizards are absolutely It is impossible to find and enter here." She patiently explained, her tone was clearly like an ordinary mother answering a child's question, "You mentioned the approximate location of Hogwarts in your letter to your family. , and I can follow the owl, as long as I write you a reply... And I also found that these spells can't tell a normal animal from a deformed Animagus, and these defense mechanisms are very difficult for animals. Tolerance. So I transformed and slipped in the forest where the guards were weakest. Of course, there are always dangers in the forest, some of which I can't deal with myself, and I think the horsemen are already suspicious of me...

"Fortunately, your friend Thomas found me later and took me back to the castle. That way I could be closer to what I was looking for... They put me in that magical house, and most of the time I couldn't Do as you please...but then I got the hang of how to use that room, and I used to sneak out and look for that thing...but for a long time I couldn't find anything...

"Then one time, Thomas and Manu were playing chess in that room. They happened to be out of pieces, and they asked for a set from the room—and I suddenly found myself finding it," she held up the white king, " The relics of the Beauxbaton sisters, after disappearing for a whole century, actually reappeared in Hogwarts!"

"Sister Beauxbatons' relic?"

Mrs Royce nodded. "France's Beauxbaton School of Magic, its founders are the four Beauxbaton sisters, who named the four colleges after themselves - Abt, Edra, Adair, and Agatha. Each of them They all have a magic ring, which stores some of their precious memories. When they realize that their life is approaching, they will take off the ring, store their most precious or most valuable memory in it, and put the ring on In a room in Beauxbatons. So that if someone wants to ask for help, they can use these rings to find answers in their precious memories."

"But Mom, you keep telling us that you went to school in Sweden...how can you be so clear about Beauxbatons?" Marco couldn't help asking.

"Don't worry, it's almost here." Mrs. Royce comforted her son, "Aggesha Beauxbaton, the youngest of the four sisters. After her sisters passed away one after another, she felt disheartened. After choosing The person who took over as headmaster left the school. Although not dying, she still left her ring in Beauxbatons. After traveling around the world, she finally stopped in Sweden, where she taught people magic, so A new school was born. It wasn't even a school because it didn't have a name, so its students couldn't tell anyone about it.

"Probably a few years after Agatha left, Beauxbaton was stolen. Three of the four rings were missing, and only Agatha's own one survived. Agatha worried that the relics of her sisters were stolen. People with ulterior motives took advantage of it and began to search for the whereabouts of these rings. Later she found two of them, but she passed away before she found the last one. Before she died, she sealed all her memories in her own ring. one ring, and then hid it in the school in Sweden, where she left a message about the last ring - the man who took Edra's ring was named Salazar Slytherin .”

"So, the pawn you are looking for...is..."

Mrs Royce nodded. "The ring is inside this pawn."

"Hmm... Excuse me, Roy, Mrs. Royce?" Mario said cautiously, "How can you be sure—"

"Where's the ring in?" Mrs. Royce asked, and Mario nodded. "Because I can read the memories there," she said. "The students of Beauxbatons and the wizards who have studied in the 'school' all know how to use this spell."

"Then did you know that this pawn is also a part of the Time-Turner?" Andre asked seriously.

"Time-Turner?" Mrs. Royce looked very puzzled, "What's going on here?"

"Mom, actually—" Marko sighed, "you're seeing me a few hours from now."

The author has something to say: *The four sisters of Beauxbatons is the second setting I thought of, based on the setting of the four colleges on Baidu Encyclopedia.The original book does not mention the founder of Beauxbatons, nor does it mention that Beauxbatons has a branch system, so the encyclopedia may also be a fan setting.

*Swedish school of magic is also my own second design, this school has no name, and it has a special spell so that it cannot be mentioned by the students to others.

*Informative chapter!One more chapter will be over~