[HP] The Curse of Harry Potter and Slytherin

They left the castle and followed the path to a meadow away from the crowd, each with their broomsticks under their arms.

Ron had also borrowed a football from Seamus, planning to use it as a Quaffle to practice intercepting later.

The afternoon sun was warm but not glaring, warming their shoulders.

It was already very close to Hagrid's hut, and Harry looked hopefully, but there was no smoke rising from the roof - which meant that Hagrid hadn't returned yet.Harry was a little worried, wondering what Dumbledore had sent him to do.

He shook his head, stopped thinking about Hagrid, and began to concentrate on being the Chaser, stepping on the broom and flying into the sky, throwing the football into the imaginary hoop from all angles.

Surprisingly, Ron's level seems to be further improved than in the summer vacation. No matter which angle Harry tries to break through, he can defend impeccably.

They played all afternoon and had a great time.

"Great, Ron!" Harry said sincerely, "You will definitely be chosen!"

But Ron's spirits began to tense after dinner, and Harry's repeated attempts to persuade him to relax were ineffective.

Seeing that they had already reached the Quidditch pitch, and the Gryffindor team members had already arrived, Harry could only comfort Ron with a few words in vain, and walked towards his teammates resignedly.

The Weasley twins were batsmen. As soon as they saw Ron standing on the side waiting for the assessment with a broom, they immediately jumped over happily and said a lot of witty words around Ron, which made Ron even more embarrassed.

Ron's performance in Gryffindor's Quidditch keeper trials was actually pretty good, although he missed two balls, but Harry felt that he was much better than Eric Chad in the fourth year - he was another Most likely to be selected.

But Ron was upset, and Angelina announced that there would be a final winner between the two of them.The rematch will be held tomorrow.

It was getting dark, and the others began to return to the castle in twos and threes.

Harry looked up as a flock of gray birds flew across the sky and landed in the Forbidden Forest.

The Forbidden Forest in the twilight looks particularly gloomy, as if there are some ghosts and legends hidden.Harry knew that there were indeed many magical creatures living in the Forbidden Forest, such as spiders, centaurs and unicorns.

Harry was taken aback for a moment, and the flock of birds that had just landed flew up again with a whirr, circling over the Forbidden Forest, as if they had been disturbed by something.Harry stared at the Forbidden Forest strangely, seeing a tall, dark figure waddling out of the woods, his hair frizzy, about twice the height and three times the width of a normal human being.That is--

Harry's heart jumped for joy - that's Hagrid!

He happily called Ron, and hurried over. Hagrid looked up and saw them, and laughed loudly: "Ah, it's you."

Harry and Ron stepped forward to hug Hagrid one by one, and Hagrid's huge palm almost knocked all the air out of Harry's lungs.

"I've got to go back...to clean it up," he said vaguely, and Harry and Ron were taken aback by the time Harry and Ron took a closer look at him.

Hagrid looked miserable in appearance.His hair was messy, with blood clots on it, his left eye was swollen and bruised, his face and hands were bruised, some places were still bleeding, and his walking posture was very strange.

"What's going on here? You—"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Hagrid interrupted their questions with a wave of his hand.

They went back to the hut, and Hagrid lit the fire and put a copper kettle on it.

"What happened to you?" Harry asked, Fang resting his head on his lap, drool soaking his robes.

"Nothing, really," said Hagrid stubbornly. "A cup of tea?"

They stayed in Hagrid's house for a long time, trying to figure out what happened to Hagrid's summer vacation, but he refused to say anything.

Harry wondered if Hagrid would not need to do Professor Graplan's homework when Hagrid came back, but Hagrid said that he had other things to do, and this semester might be a little busy, so the Protection of Magical Creatures class was still taught by Graplan. The professor brings it.

Intellectually, Harry felt that this was actually a good thing, at least Professor Graplan wouldn't just make some Blast-tailed snails for them to raise.But neither he nor Ron wisely showed it.

It wasn't until the castle was about to close that they reluctantly said goodbye to Hagrid, and were going back to the comfortable bedroom in the Gryffindor tower for a good night's sleep.

Ron had just opened the door when Harry pulled him back suddenly.

"Harry? What—"

"Shh-"

Harry took Ron back into the house, and closed the door softly, leaving only a gap to look out.

The night was as black as ink, but the outline of the Forbidden Forest could still be seen through the moonlight.They saw a man slipping out of the Forbidden Forest, looked left and right, and walked towards the castle with his head held high and chest out.

"Who is that?"

Hagrid saw their movement, and leaned over to look out - but it was difficult, his figure squeezed Ron and Harry severely, forcing them to stick against the door panel.

"That's the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, surnamed Umbridge, and she's sent by the Ministry of Magic."

Harry answered, rubbing his ribs, recognizing Umbridge's diminutive figure and her huge bow.

"Ministry of Magic?" Hagrid wondered.

"How did Dumbledore agree to let someone from the Ministry of Magic come to the school as a teacher—"

"What did Umbridge go to the Forbidden Forest? You went to the Forbidden Forest first when you came back," Harry asked suspiciously, "Hagrid, what's in the Forbidden Forest?"

Hagrid cleared his throat loudly, "Okay, you guys, go back to sleep. Remember to say hello to Hermione for me."

"Hagrid—"

"Go back quickly!"

They hurried back to the castle and returned to the Gryffindor common room. Hermione was sitting on the sofa near the fire reading a book, and two wooden needles in front of her were automatically knitting a weird "hat".They told Hermione the news of Hagrid's return, and Hermione was very happy.

But when it comes to Hagrid's abnormality, Hermione is also very confused.As for Umbridge, Hermione thinks that she preached in class that all non-wizard magical creatures need to be controlled and closely monitored. Now that she knows that there are many magical creatures living in the Forbidden Forest, she will definitely try to catch Dumbledore. of.They discussed for a long time, yawned, and finally agreed to see Hagrid together tomorrow, and then went back to the dormitory.

Harry lay on the bed, thinking that he must take time to draw a sketch of the Bowtruckle tomorrow, thinking about Hagrid's anomaly, and somehow thinking of Snape again, unable to clear his mind no matter what, he fell asleep tiredly.