The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

Stark stared at the mighty creature standing in front of him and seemed very hesitant. Is this a man or a horse, or another kind of man-eating monster, or the perverted terrorist named Voldemort?A series of questions made him couldn't help but want to retreat, Stark turned his head, only to find that the escape route was completely blocked.

It would be much more useful if Mark 45 could be summoned from England at this time, Stark thought unrealistically.

"Go up." Ma Linglong said to Stark. Although centaurs are not friendly to wizards, they are not malicious. They are definitely kinder than giant spiders. Anyway, Ma Linglong has never heard of centaurs eating wizard meat. The news and textbooks did not specifically state that they survived by hunting humans, "Listen to me, escape."

The centaur in front of him looks very young. His upper body is extremely aggressive, but his facial features are more inclined to human appearance, and he looks very friendly.Its hair is pale blond, and its figure is quite burly, with a silvery white shiny horse body below the waist, and a white tail like a horse dragging behind its buttocks.Its tail was powerful, and its white pony tail swept a magnificent arc through the night as the spider swooped toward them.

"Have you ever ridden a horse?" asked the other, his voice booming, as powerful as his tail.

Stark shook his head, this was probably the most ridiculous question he had ever heard.

The centaur bent its front legs, and lowered its body as much as possible: "Okay, come up first, let Lilian sit in front, hold her by the waist while you hug her tightly, as long as you don't fall."

Stark opened his mouth wide in surprise, his eyes stared at the creature in front of him without blinking, and the other party called Ma Linglong's name, which was simply too terrifying.

"You know me?" Ma Linglong asked weakly, she had the same idea as Stark, "Who are you? Only then did Ma Linglong realize that her entire arm had been completely numb, and the back of her hand appeared very It was a big piece of black and purple. It was the nerve paralysis caused by the spread of toxin. After a while, she would definitely not be able to speak clearly. Even so, Ma Linglong still forced herself to keep a clear head.

The centaur didn't answer immediately, it added another sentence: "Okay, hurry up, wait until we find a safe place."

Stark quickly climbed onto the horseman's back. The fluff on the horse's back was a bit rough, and each hair was very short, even a little bit thorny.Stark held Ma Linglong between his two arms, and he thought about whether the opponent's waist was the part where they were sitting or the part where they were standing in front, until the centaur lifted his front legs and rushed out of the spider At the moment of the group, when Stark had to hug the opponent's shoulders so as not to fall, he was sure that the waist mentioned by the centaur was referring to the human part.

Ma Linglong stared at the centaur's mane. In her impression, the centaur tribe is a very proud animal. Their IQs vary, as do their behaviors. Some are very elegant, while others are close to primitive and even rude. They all have the ability to observe the stars at night, and they rely on the stars for divination, and the results are often almost the same as the predictions, which are very effective.

Centaurs usually don't associate with wizards, and they don't allow wizards to set foot in their territory. Ma Linglong knew that there was indeed a centaur tribe deep in the Forbidden Forest, but she didn't expect a centaur to offer a helping hand.But certainly not all the centaurs are as warm-hearted as it is, most of the time they ignore human affairs, especially in the situation just now.

"My name is Firenze." When they got rid of the spider swarm, the centaur said, he gradually slowed down and reminded Stark not to raise his neck so high, a cold branch fell on Stark His face was scratched, and he quickly lowered his head in fright. "We have met before, but I think you must have forgotten." The centaur said to the girl.

Ma Linglong felt groggy, and she wanted to vomit a little, but it definitely wasn't because she had taken too much alcohol.Her consciousness gradually became a little fuzzy, and she wanted to sleep for a while.

"Sir." Stark said, staring at Firenze's hair, under the moonlight, it looked like unicorn hair, "I hope you can take us back to school, Linglong was bitten by a spider, I think She needs to be treated quickly."

Firenze looked back, his eyes were very beautiful, as beautiful as sapphires, "Don't worry." Firenze obviously had a crush on Stark, because he called him Mr., "The poison of giant spiders will not bring wizards Come on, life is in danger, I will take you to another place now, and I will send you back after dawn. Very few humans have gone to that position just now, and those spiders will not easily miss the meat that has reached their mouths, they must still stay where they are waiting for their prey Appear."

A snowflake touched the tip of Stark's nose. He raised his head and saw snow-white flowers falling from the dark night sky.He took off his coat and put it on Ma Linglong's body, then hugged her tightly: "How do you feel?" Stark whispered softly in the girl's ear, "Is what he said true?"

Stark has a hard time seeing the centaur as an animal, it looks human, and he speaks English with a bit of an Italian accent.

"Yes." Ma Linglong said weakly. Even so, it was still very uncomfortable after being bitten by a spider, especially since she drank alcohol just now, which accelerated her blood circulation.

"Do you know him?" Stark breathed a sigh of relief, starting to feel a little cold.

Ma Linglong shook her head. She wasn't sure, but she definitely didn't know there was a centaur named Firenze, but she did have brief contact with the centaur.That was more than ten years ago, and Ma Linglong couldn't remember whether it was in the second or third grade. She met the injured centaur alone in the Forbidden Forest.There is no doubt that Ma Linglong used magic to heal his wound, but the other party ran away quickly without saying thank you or anything like that.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and Stark couldn't help shaking. He should wear thicker clothes, Stark thought, but he came too fast.Steve's shirt wasn't warm and didn't fit well. Although Stark and Steve were about the same height, they were not the same size. After all, it was a perfect gym trainer's body. The shirt was more than one size too large , loose and baggy, this is really an unpleasant discovery.

The point is that the room temperature of the Avengers Building is constantly controlled, and Jarvis will automatically adjust to the most suitable temperature regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter.Stark didn't even think about the outside temperature before leaving the mansion, he even forgot about Christmas.

"It's almost there." Firenze said, he could feel Stark's body temperature dropping, and of course Ma Linglong did too.

"I don't intend to be disrespectful." Stark said, "You said it half an hour ago." He was very grateful to Sirius for giving him his wizard robe, otherwise he would not have survived now, "I hope this time it's true .”

Firenze had great patience, he was not angry at Stark's complaints, but the number of times he turned around increased, and Firenze showed some concern to Ma Linglong.

"What's the matter?" Stark asked vigilantly, "You don't mean to take us to some secret place to eat us?"

"Eat it?" Firenze turned his head in surprise, "Aren't you a wizard?"

Many wizards who are prejudiced against centaurs think they are barbaric and rude, and centaurs also look down on wizards, so the two sides do not interfere with each other, but no wizard will regard a centaur as a monster that eats people.Especially when this Sagittarian offers kindness.

"What?" Stark said hastily, "I, I'm not a local wizard." He said awkwardly.

"Are you a Muggle?" Firenze quickly made a precise judgment.

"No, I'm not." Stark tried his best to conceal his identity, "Do you think I look like a Muggle?"

"Maybe you're just a special Muggle." Stark didn't make a fuss at Firenze, which is obviously something only Muggles would do, but Stark acted calmly, "How could a Muggle Appearing in the Forbidden Forest, what is your relationship with Lilian?"

"And you, big man," Stark said, "what's your relationship with her?"

"Lillian helped me."

"What a coincidence." Stark said, "Me too."

They passed through a dense bush, the bushes on both sides were thicker than before, and the branches opened strangely, like the fingers of some dark creatures.Stark looked at the surrounding scenery and couldn't help thinking of some bad things. He even suspected that these branches would stretch out evil claws towards him at any time.Stark couldn't help shivering, but he insisted on attributing the shivering to the low temperature, even though no one cared that he just shivered.

Firenze dragged them along a frozen stream for another long distance, and Ma Linglong was already completely asleep, snuggling into Stark's arms and breathing evenly. "Here we are." Firenze said, pointing to the front, where something silvery seemed to be moving, "Please allow me to give you a piece of advice, Muggle."

"My name is Tony." Stark said.

"Tony?" Firenze paused, "Tony Stark?"

"I hope my name has not had a negative impact on you." Stark said, "Yes, Tony Stark, but my wizard friends like to call me Anthony."

It's funny, Stark thought, a half-man, half-horse creature who knew Marinlon (which wasn't too surprising) and Stark's name.But given that most of the time, Stark always has a not very positive reputation in his own world, he can't guarantee what the creatures of the magical world think of him.

"Your name is loud," said Firenze. "Even the stars know of your existence."

Stark didn't understand, and he didn't intend to understand, he just needed to make sure that the other party wasn't going to kick him with those two powerful hind legs.

"The stars said, you will come here." Firenze looked up at the sky, with an unresolved tone, as if reciting poetry, "You will bring new hope to this land."

It was a prophecy, but Stark couldn't understand it at all.

"Oh." Stark responded casually. "That sounds like a line from a traditional play, well, sir." He said, "If I read correctly, are those in front of it unicorns?"

"Yes." Firenze said, "But please don't try to touch them unless they approach you actively."

"Because they'll bite me?" Stark said. "Maybe I should bring carrots."

Firenze probably thought he heard a funny pre-Christmas joke, but he didn't laugh or look contemptuous, for a Muggle to ask such a question should not be laughed at: "Unicorns don't bite People don’t eat carrots either.”

They came to the bank of a river, where the water was completely frozen, and the unicorn walked up and down on it with a calm expression.Soon, they saw Firenze, and they didn't hide or show vigilance. A few more courageous ones came forward and sniffed the stranger brought by Firenze.

"Baby, wake up." Stark shook Ma Linglong's soft body excitedly, "Look at these beautiful little guys, they are unicorns, don't you like them? There are at least ten unicorns The horned beasts are having fun in this place, and you can pluck them one by one."

Stark slid off Firenze, and he carefully lifted Ma Linglong from the horse's back.The girl is still lethargic, her whole body is burning hot, and she has a little fever. If nothing is done, the high fever will last for about two days.

Stark suddenly found a man standing among a group of unicorns, wearing wizard robes, and he was feeding the unicorns something.Stark couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but he was sure there was someone there, but the color of the clothes was too close to the surrounding environment, so that Stark didn't pay attention at first.

"Newt," Firenze called softly to the man, "I think you should come and see, a Hogwarts witch was bitten by a giant spider."

A man, to be exact, an old man with gray hair raised his head and looked towards this side. Stark noticed that the old man called Newt by the centaur was holding two red fruits in his hand. It is defined as an apple, and the old man gave the fruits to the two unicorns beside him and walked over quickly, his light golden hair showing wavy curls.

He looked very old, the wrinkles on his face showed signs of age, and Stark assumed that he was about Dumbledore's age, just without the long beard.The old man has a slender figure, but his footsteps are quite steady. His back is slightly curved, but he is not hunchbacked.

"I think I know this child." The old man said, "put her down, young man." He smiled kindly and said gently, "I happen to have the antidote here."

The old man quickly built a fire, and of course pointed at a random place with his wand. The unicorns all walked away, but they didn't go too far. This open space seemed to be their territory.

"May I ask who you are?" Stark gathered around the fire to keep warm. He still wore metal gauntlets on his hands, and the light on the positioning electronic watch was also on. These things should not have appeared in this place.

"Newt Scamander (Sder)," said the old man, "you can call me Newt."

Stark was no stranger to this name, he remembered that Ma Linglong had mentioned it to him several times, and he even got a wizard card related to this name when he was eating chocolate frogs: "I know who you are. Stark recalled, the portrait on the wizard card was obviously left by Newt when he was young, "You study creatures, I mean, you are a wizard who studies magical creatures."

"I'm surprised," said Newt, who smiled a little sheepishly. "You know my name, and you're a Muggle."

"Why can you all see that I'm a Muggle?" said Stark, who couldn't help feeling a little frustrated. "I'm no different from you, except I'm not magical."

"You know, sir." Newt said, he took out a brown glass bottle with a pure gold lid, he untied the lid, and poured a few drops of transparent liquid from it onto the wound on the back of Ma Linglong's hand, "You're famous."

"I really didn't know that my name in the wizarding world was so famous. I didn't do anything." Stark's mood was a bit complicated, and of course he was more proud.

"Not here," Newt said. "If I remember correctly, you are Iron Man."

Stark couldn't believe it: "Okay." He calmed down and said, "I may understand why you were surprised just now, after all, I am also surprised now."

"Don't be surprised," Newt said, waving at a unicorn. "I live in Dorset, England. For a long time, the headlines of the major newspapers were all about you. It's really easy to figure out who you are."

Newt Scamander, a famous zoologist in the wizarding world, he is the author of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and a student of Hogwarts.He is from Hufflepuff, and even though he is 96 years old, he is still used to carrying Hufflepuff-related items with him. For example, at this moment, he is wearing a yellow and black knitted scarf around his neck.

Newt is a humble wizard, even if he is facing a Muggle, he has absolutely no intention of looking down on him.On the contrary, he was very interested in Stark himself. After all, for him, Iron Man is also a wonderful existence, and he boldly touched the metal armor on Stark's hand.

Of course, he was more interested in the unicorns around him, including the centaur Firenze, so when Newt found out that Stark didn't dislike magical creatures at all (very bad for Muggles), easy to do), and even gets excited when he takes a liking to them.

Newt told Stark that the reason why unicorns don't like to approach wizards is because they prefer cold objects, and the temperature of men is often much higher than that of women.But if it's winter, when the man's body temperature is lower than normal, there is still a chance to come into contact with these beautiful, elf-like animals.

However, Stark failed to touch them after 10 attempts, and he wondered if Newt was lying to him.

Newt was her first teacher for a week when Ma Linglong was not yet 11 years old.

Newt spends a day or two every year going back to Hogwarts to visit Dumbledore, or to see the hidden animals in the Forbidden Forest. It just so happens that Ma Linglong always likes to stay in the depths of the Forbidden Forest alone when he was a student. When Te first saw her, he thought that Ma Linglong had lost his way, until he realized the troubles of girls being unable to get close to animals, he decided to personally help Ma Linglong to know the magical animals in the textbooks.

At the same time, Newt also knew a lot of ancient Chinese mythical beasts from Ma Linglong, and he expressed his admiration (or envy) for Ma Linglong's ability to communicate with the mythical beasts at such a young age.

The old and the young get together in the Forbidden Forest for about an hour a day, and it took Newt about a week to pass on as much of his knowledge as possible to her.Soon after Newt left Hogwarts, he couldn't wait to take his wife (Tina Goldstein) to China to search for the legendary ancient beasts.

The Scamanders stayed in China for a full ten years. He found many clues to the ancient mythical beasts, but he has not been able to see their real appearance for a long time.Just when he was about to give up, luck came and Newt received an invitation letter from the Juxian Club before returning home.

Newt later wrote the real Chinese dragon into the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find It". He was surprised to find that all European wizards had almost ignorant misunderstandings about Chinese dragons, including himself.

Stark listened with relish, he ate three red fruits, and determined that they were not apples.

He was too focused on the miraculous story that Newt said, he didn't notice that Ma Linglong had woken up.

A unicorn licked the girl's face: "Merlin's beard!" Ma Linglong sat up suddenly, "Mr. Scamander!"

"Yes, nice to see you again in the Forbidden Forest," Newt said, smiling. "I remember the last time, you were a little girl under 11."

A month later-

Christmas is coming soon, this year's Weasley's house is very lively, it can be said to be crowded, they have prepared a grand party in the kitchen to celebrate the holiday.No one minded the discomfort of having more than a dozen people squeezed into the narrow kitchen at the same time, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

Although Harry still couldn't stop feeling sorry for himself, under the influence of his friends, he was much better than he was a month ago.

Stark got a gift made by Mrs. Weasley himself, a cashmere sweater. Although the color was old-fashioned, he was still so moved that he almost couldn't hold back his tears.

The kids (including Mr. Weasley) were looking forward to presents from the Muggle world, and Stark didn't disappoint this year, with gifts that were perfectly in tune with each of them.In fact, every year Stark has a headache for choosing gifts, but this year there is the Avengers, a huge intelligent group, they make suggestions for Stark, carefully selected, after all, according to Stark's style, he would rather give gifts directly money.

Fred and George also prepared a special Christmas gift for Stark alone. They quietly introduced the purpose of the gift, a kind of abscess chocolate. The twins suggested that Stark put the chocolate in the most conspicuous place of the Avengers Building. There will always be a glutton who puts it in his mouth.

Stark was really moved. He imagined Captain America or Natasha with sores on his face. It must be very exciting. The reason why Stark finally dismissed the idea was that he thought that offending the entire Avengers at once was actually wrong. Smart move.

After dinner, the adults and children played their own games.

"Merry Christmas." Sirius patted Stark on the shoulder.

"Hey, Merry Christmas," said Stark, who was helping Mr. Weasley repair the Beetle car that was old enough to go into a museum, but you must never say it in front of the Beetle if you despise it. After all, it is the property of the wizard, and it can be very emotional, "I was just thinking about changing this old car to a brand new transmission."

Sirius shrugged, even if he couldn't understand what Stark was talking about, it didn't affect the interest of this sentence: "I heard that you met Scamander?"

"Yes." Stark said, "I think this is a good thing. Linglong has been in a much better mood since seeing her idol, and she also got a lot of unicorn hair. Do you know what is the use of that thing?"

"A lot of advanced potions are needed." Sirius leaned against the warehouse door, holding a bottle of beer in his hand: "This is good." He said, "I've been worried about her for several days."

"Don't worry about her." Stark got under the car and checked the fuel tank of the Beetle, his voice came muffled from below, "Seriously, Sirius, why don't you think about putting a handsome and outstanding person like you Focus on other girls."

"I swear I don't have any superfluous thoughts about Linglong." Sirius knelt down and said eagerly, "I did pursue her before, but it didn't work, and she didn't know about it..."

"Man, take it easy, I don't mean that." Stark explained hastily, "And I don't mind the little tacit understanding between you, she deserves a lot of people, I'm just the luckiest one. I mean, You don't hate children, do you? You almost think of Harry as your own, but he is not, and you are not gay. Maybe you will never find a girl as perfect as Linglong, but you can still Try something else."

"Are you comforting me or mocking me, Anthony?" Sirius said a little bit dumbfounded.

"Oh, my God." Stark rolled over under the car, "When did you end up here?"

Sirius turned his head, and he was stunned.

Ma Linglong was standing at the door, there was a cloud of snow on her head, Ma Linglong should have been outside the house for a while just now.

She glanced at Stark, then said to Sirius, "Have you pursued me?"

The author has something to say:

In fact, in the third part of the HP movie, Newt's name appeared on the Marauder's map~