The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

In less than a few minutes, the small wooden house that was originally packed with people became empty. The goose snow fell softly from the sky, and the biting cold wind blew the door of the wooden house gently shaking, making a harsh creaking sound.

Yaya burst out of the hut. It could smell the scent but couldn't see anyone. It ran back and forth around the steps and screamed uneasily.

Loren and the others showed their figures with complicated expressions. Harry's mind went blank, still digesting the fact that Hagrid had been captured.

"Hagrid, Hagrid was obviously unjust! He was not in the castle when several attacks occurred!" Harry was furious and growled through gritted teeth, "Those Acromantulas also stayed in the Forbidden Forest. The people from the Ministry of Magic clearly had no evidence, so they just took Hagrid away!"

Ron leaned against the wall of the wooden house blankly: "The normal procedure is not like this. Hagrid should have received the owl summons first... How could it be, the Minister of Magic personally led the team..."

Hermione's brows knitted together as she thought about Hagrid's words before leaving and the message Dumbledore left.

From the moment he saw the note, Loren understood that the matter was not beyond Dumbledore's control. So he was not worried about Hagrid, but more concerned about the meaning of Hagrid and Dumbledore's words.

Yaya grinned, making a "lu-lu--" sound from his throat, and his short and powerful tail swayed rapidly.

"Calm down, now is not the time to worry about procedures."

Loren knelt down and rubbed Fang's head to calm down the restless hound, "Hagrid and Dumbledore must have discovered us, and they are passing on information to us. If we can find out the real heir to the Chamber of Secrets, or solve the snake Weird threat, Hagrid will be fine."

Hermione nodded in agreement: "I think Hagrid means to ask us to go to the Forbidden Forest to find Aragog. The Acromantula may have clues to the basilisk."

Harry's eyes lit up. They had always ignored that Aragog, like Hagrid, was also a witness to the Chamber of Secrets incident.

"Hagrid and Dumbledore left Fang here because they wanted him to take us to the Acromantula's lair." Loren scratched the hound's chin, "Isn't that right, Fang?"

As if Yaya understood their conversation, he immediately jumped out and wandered on the path leading to the depths of the Forbidden Forest, making bursts of urging calls.

"Let's go, Hagrid is still waiting for us to save him." Loren followed first, followed closely by Hermione and Harry.

In just a few words, they had already set off to find the Acromantula's nest. Ron stared at their backs dumbfounded, gritted his teeth, and followed suit.

The group of people followed Yaya and walked quickly through the Forbidden Forest, with the chilling wind and snow blowing on their faces. The cool feeling penetrated people's brains and stimulated Ron to get goosebumps all over his body: "It's winter now, Acromantula." All the tribes are probably hibernating, is there any use for us to find Aragog?"

Only then did Loren remember that Ron had arachnophobia. He chuckled and comforted: "Don't worry, Acromantulas are magical animals. They hibernate only to save energy and will not sleep to death like ordinary animals. Don't forget , we saw the awakened Acromantula last year.”

In other words, they might see an entire nest of Acromantulas, still alive and crawling around. Ron looked sad.

Listening to the sound of breaking branches and the rustling of leaves, Yaya skipped and ran not far ahead of them, occasionally stopping to dig through the snow on the ground and smell the roots and leaves to identify the direction.

After running for who knows how long, no one spoke. Harry wanted to say something to break the atmosphere: "Why didn't Dumbledore take the Aurors to find Aragog to prove Hagrid's innocence and get the basilisk?" Clues? I mean, they adults are much faster than us, aren't they?"

Because Mr. Weasley works in the Ministry of Magic, Ron knows something about this matter: "Acromantula is a magical animal, and what it says cannot be used as evidence."

"There are other reasons. Do you remember that the Minister of Magic mentioned the school board?"

This level of running was easy for Hermione. She was thinking about the details of the words she just heard. "The school board is very dissatisfied with the reforms initiated by Professor McGonagall. They believe that these actions have damaged the school board." They have the right to manage the school, so they jointly put pressure on the Ministry of Magic and took away Hagrid. Student safety is just an excuse. They want to use Hagrid to drag Dumbledore down and regain control of the school."

Hermione said angrily: "I dare say that Dumbledore's every move is under their surveillance, and he can't get any useful clues. This is why Dumbledore entrusted us to investigate the Chamber of Secrets. That group of school board members People wish there were more attacks so they would have a reason to replace Dumbledore!"

Harry and Ron opened their mouths in shock and took a mouthful of snow.

They think a basilisk is a basilisk, a secret room is a secret room, and student safety is the root of all problems.

It was completely unexpected that the incident in the Chamber of Secrets would be mixed with the power struggle between the school board and Dumbledore. In order to compete for power, he even hesitated to hold back Dumbledore and hinder the progress of the investigation.

"That Cornelius Fudge is not a good person at first glance!" Harry said angrily.

Ron echoed: "Indeed! It's so abominable, he is in the same group as Malfoy and the others!"

Loren followed Fang wordlessly, remembering what Snape had mentioned about financial independence.

After the incident with Grindelwald, Dumbledore feared power like a vicious curse and avoided it. He has not thought about expanding his power for decades, nor has he made any changes to the Hogwarts system.

The recent changes were proposed by Professor McGonagall. A group of deans, led by Professor McGonagall, are working to promote the independence of Hogwarts, not only to get rid of the control of the School Board, but even to get rid of the control of the Ministry of Magic. Intend.

Dumbledore's energy is mainly spent on Harry's savior training plan...

Low branches and thorn vines often catch their robes, and the soil stained on them sticks to the magic robes, leaving yellow mud marks after the snow melts. After running for about half an hour, they noticed that the road turned downhill and the ground seemed to be pouring down.

Yaya suddenly let out a loud bark that echoed in the forest.

Noticing the abnormality of Yaya, the four people behind stopped and began to be alert to the surrounding environment.

"Did Fang find something?" Ron asked loudly in panic. He grabbed Harry's arm with one hand and couldn't help but look into the forest, fearing that an Acromantula would suddenly jump out of nowhere.

Shadows floated in Loren's eyes. He looked around for a week and took out his wand with a heavy expression: "Friends, we have arrived at our destination."

Hermione, Harry and Ron also took out their wands and looked around.

Click click click…

Click click click…

Click click click…

The sound of carapace collisions was heard in a steady stream, coming from all directions. Under the roots of various trees, clumps of snow suddenly rose and arched, and then were shaken off, revealing a cocoon made of spider webs underneath, or it might be more suitable to become a sleeping bag. Among the many hemispherical spider webs, Acromantulas that had just woken up from their slumber emerged very slowly.

Each one was as big as a cart horse, dark and hairy. It has eight eyes, six bizarrely long, hairy legs, and the front two are a pair of large, shiny black claws.

Ron felt like his feet were filled with lead and they were stuck in the snow, making it difficult to move.

They took some time to wake up, and after realizing that four new flesh and blood had arrived in the nest, they roared excitedly:

"Aragog!"

"Aragog!"

A spider as big as a small elephant crawled out from behind the tree. Its body and legs were black mixed with gray. On its ugly head, its eight eyes were covered with a layer of white. It is blind.

Aragog communicated with an Acromantula next to him a little irritably:

"what happened?"

"people."

"Is it Hagrid?"

"It's a stranger."

"Kill them! We should sleep!"

I broke out in a thin sweat while running, and when I stopped here, I felt a little cold when the wind blew. But after hearing Aragog's words, Loren felt the blood in his body warm up again, and his wand slowly moved its direction, pointing at the old and blind Acromantula.

Hermione was beside him, wary of the direction where his sight was blind. She asked in a low voice: "Are you sure?"

"Don't worry, you can still run away if you can't fight."

The Acromantula, which was pointed at by the wand, suddenly felt a biting coldness, and the hair on its body stood up straight, as if it was being targeted by some kind of terrifying beast. It froze in place for a while, not daring to attack.

Loren turned his wand and fired a piercing curse: "[Thunderbolt Pierce]"

Red light shot out from the tip of the wand, hitting a thick beech tree, and a roar exploded into a burst of black smoke. When the smoke cleared, a huge hole was revealed.

The Acromantulas all around retreated a distance.

Loren shouted loudly: "We are Hagrid's friends."

The spider next to Aragog whispered something. It turned its large claws towards their direction and said slowly: "Hagrid has never sent anyone to our depression before."

Harry took a deep breath and stood up, the cold air flowing down his trachea straight to his chest: "Hagrid is in trouble, that's why we came."

"trouble?"

"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again, and the Ministry of Magic has taken away Hagrid. We need clues about the Chamber of Secrets," Harry paused, "about the basilisk."

"Basilisk!"

"No wonder there seem to be more spiders escaping to the Forbidden Forest."

Hearing the word basilisk, many Acromantulas shook their large claws uneasily, and countless long legs moved rustlingly, making rapid clicking sounds.

"The basilisk has been found..." Aragog was also a little frightened, but soon the fear turned into annoyance: "You shouldn't provoke it! I didn't even tell Hagrid the name of that terrible creature, although he asked me Many times. If it enters the Forbidden Forest, it will be a terrible disaster for all living things!"

It knows about the basilisk!

Harry looked surprised: "What other clues do you know? Tell us quickly. We need clues to save Hagrid!"

"You shouldn't provoke it. It's a good thing for it to stay in the castle." Aragog said quietly, "Since fresh human flesh is automatically delivered to your door, then we will accept it..."

Spiders gathered from all directions, slowly approaching them inch by inch.

"[Repulse with all your strength]"

Dazzling magic light burst out from the tip of Loren's wand, and several enhanced versions of the repel spells overturned the few Acromantulas closest to them. The magic wrapped the spiders until they hit the tree trunk behind them. When I came down, the snow on the branches fell, burying the spiders under the tree in the snow again.

Loren did not kill him immediately because Aragog was Hagrid's friend. He was also worried about arousing the ferocity of the Acromantula. The two sides would fight to the death, and several people around him might be injured.

But the warning spell not only failed to calm them down, but the spiders' actions became more ferocious. The Acromantula standing next to Aragog loudly commanded: "Surround an iron wall! Catch them!"

The spiders moved their jointed limbs and stacked them together, raising their large claws to form a solid, towering wall, hiding their fragile bodies behind it. The wall of spiders slowly closed in on them.

Yaya, who was standing in front, was very clever. He sensed something was wrong and quickly jumped out from the gap in the encirclement without being held back by others.

Loren tried firing a few more rounds of repelling spells. The spell hit the spider wall and caused some fluctuations, but it failed to knock the target away.

Hermione's fire spell burned the big black claws, only burning some black hairs into ashes, and it couldn't ignite anything in the ice and snow.

Harry's disarming spell had no effect either. Ron endured his fear, gritted his teeth and issued a few spells, but the power was not as powerful as his usual practice.

"What should I do?" Ron panicked.

"Witness me, if Hagrid is to be held accountable, they were the ones who made the first move." Loren turned his head and said leisurely.

"[Thunderbolt Piercing]"

The magic power is accumulated at the tip of the wand, emitting a blazing red light. The magic beam, which is thicker than the tree trunk, hits the wall made of spiders like an aurora.

boom!

Hermione and others felt the entire depression shake, and a wave of heat hit their faces.

A small mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and the air expansion caused by the explosion instantly formed a wave of air visible to the naked eye that swept across, covering a radius of more than ten meters, and all the snow hanging on the treetops was shaken off.

After the smoke cleared, the snow on the floor in the center of the depression melted away. However, the plants lying below did not come to life and were all burned to ashes.

It seems that there is a lot of momentum, but the Acromantula's casualties are not bad. Except for a few Acromantulas in the center of the wall that were facing the curse and could no longer put themselves together, more of them were lying on the ground in pieces, with only some limbs missing, but their heads and bodies were still intact.

Hermione, Harry and Ron saw Merlin's expression on their faces, and looked at the Acromantulas all over the place with twitching eyes. There were even ashes of Acromantulas scattered in the air, and they began to look at themselves and Hogwart. Some doubts arose.

Is this a second-year wizard? Am I a second-year wizard?

We obviously learned together, so why is there such a big gap?

Seeing the power of the piercing spell, Loren also took a breath.

The night he regained his memory, he felt pain all over his body and thought it was just another ordinary magic riot. I didn't expect it to be so powerful.