Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 223 It's time to go
"Forbidden Forest! Dumbledore told you to hide your weapons in the Forbidden Forest! Take me there, now!"

Umbridge was so excited that she couldn't wait any longer. As soon as she thought of the rewards she might get after finding Dumbledore's weapon against the Ministry of Magic and handing it over to the Minister, she felt that every cell in her body was throbbing. Jump for joy.

"Come on, follow me and see what Dumbledore has prepared!"

"He...they can't go..." Hermione's words immediately poured cold water on Umbridge, "That was prepared by Dumbledore, and you don't want too many people to know, after all..."

As she spoke, Hermione glanced at the Slytherin students next to her, with erratic eyes and meaning.Seeing this, Umbridge calmed down, and had several thoughts in his mind, and he had already figured out the key point.

Holding the wand in his hand again, he pulled Harry up from the ground, pointed at Hermione and said, "Then you two take me there! Now, immediately!"

She gave Harry a sharp shove, sending him staggering and walking out first.Hermione struggled, and finally broke free from Burst's restraint.

He gave him a cold look, stretched out his hand, and the wand flew back from Malfoy's hand.Putting his hands in his pockets and covering them with his clothes, he chased after Harry and Umbridge, and closed the office door behind him.But the moment the door closed, a white light quietly slipped in through the crack of the door.

"Hurry up and follow!" Umbridge was still urging, but Hermione ran over in response.She didn't think much about it, and when Hermione came over, she also pushed her on the back, holding a wand in her hand and urging the two of them to walk towards the Forbidden Forest.

Hermione walked in the front, and Harry took a half step back. Although he didn't know what Hermione's plan was, he knew very well that it would definitely not work if he acted like he didn't know where he was going.He didn't talk to Hermione either, for fear of ruining Hermione's plan.

They walked through the corridors, the stairs, out of the hall and directly in the direction of Hagrid's cabin.But he didn't stop, he crossed the hut and got into the Forbidden Forest.

Hermione strode fast, walking very fast, and Harry was not slow, he already vaguely knew where Hermione was going.Umbridge, on the other hand, had a bit of a hard time following them, especially when they went deeper and there were more and more trees around them, and the light became darker and darker, so he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"Hasn't it arrived yet? Where the hell is it?" Umbridge asked.

Hermione's voice was a little erratic, and she replied: "It still needs to be inside, after all, it's a weapon, so you can't let the students find out, can you?"

"Yeah, yeah..." Umbridge replied casually, and Hermione made sense to her.

As they went deeper, more and more bushes grew around them.Hermione, who was walking in the front, did not slow down, scraping the bushes.

The sound was very loud, and in the current dim environment, it added a somewhat terrifying atmosphere out of thin air.

Suddenly, Harry noticed that the ground under his feet trembled, followed by the deafening sound of footsteps.When he was stunned, he heard Hermione in front of him cursing in a low voice, "Damn it". Before he could ask, a wooden arrow suddenly shot from his side and directly nailed to the tree next to him. superior.

"Stop! This is not where you should be!"

A voice sounded, and Harry recognized that it was Muggy's voice. They met him when they followed Hagrid and saw Grapp back. He was a centaur who hated wizards very much.

Umbridge grabbed Harry and stood in front of him, staring at the centaurs vigilantly with his wand tightly in his hand.In contrast, although Harry was nervous, when he saw that Hermione was not flustered, he felt a lot more at ease, and he didn't struggle too much.

"Who are you!" A dozen or so centaur surrounded them in the center, all holding their bows and arrows, with Muggery at the front, staring at Umbridge closely.

"I am Dolores Umbridge!" Umbridge's voice trembled, and she replied loudly, "I am the Deputy Minister of Magic, Headmaster and Senior Inquisitor of Hogwarts!"

"Ministry of Magic?" Margery hesitated for a while, and the centaurs beside him also had some commotion.

Perhaps it was the actions of the centaurs that gave Umbridge some details, and she said loudly: "That's right! So you should pay more attention! You know, according to the laws of the Department of Magical Creatures Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Magic, any bastards like you attack humans..."

"What did you call us!" Margery roared angrily, and the other centaurs didn't hesitate any longer, they all drew their bows and aimed at Umbridge.

"What are you doing here! Come to our woods..."

"Your woods?" Umbridge didn't show any weakness. "You are here because the Ministry of Magic allowed you to be here, you stupid people..."

"Snapped!"

An arrow shot out suddenly, and Umbridge subconsciously lowered her head. The arrow just flew over her head and burrowed into the tree trunk behind her.

"Whose wood? Whose wood?" cried Margaret, in a panic, and took another arrow and put it on his bow.But before he could attack again, Umbridge pointed his wand at him and shouted, "Bind up, fast!"

A thick and long rope suddenly appeared, tightly bound Margaret's arm, and left a long section tightly wrapped around his neck.

He struggled vigorously, but couldn't break free at all.The other centaurs became anxious when they saw it, and rushed over angrily, directly grabbed Umbridge who hadn't reacted yet, dragged her and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

"Quickly untie!" Hermione waved her wand, and the rope tied to Margory disappeared immediately.In just a short while, his face turned red, and after losing the rope, he coughed violently for a long time before getting up from the ground.

"I don't need your help, you are not welcome here!" Margaret glared at the two of them and cursed loudly.

Hermione was not angry at all, but pointed behind him, and said, "Before you swear something worse, I think you need to take a look behind you..."

Ma Ge Rui turned his head subconsciously, but just saw a huge and ugly face appearing behind him, he was scared out of his wits immediately, and ran away without thinking about anything else.

Only then did Harry notice Gropp who had come over at some point, looked at Hermione stupidly, and asked, "How did you do it?"

"What?" Hermione was patting Glop's big face, and turned her head in doubt.

"I mean he..." Harry pointed at Gropp, and then pointed at the direction where Margaret escaped, "When did he come here, and why didn't he make any sound at all?"

"Suppressing Charm," Hermione replied casually, and then ignored Harry and whispered something to Grapp instead.Patting his big face again, Gropp left under Harry's shocked gaze.

As before, there was no sound at all.

"Come on, it's time for us to leave." Hermione waved her hand in front of Harry's eyes to get his attention back, "They should be here too."

"Who are they? Ron?" Harry was taken aback, seeing that Hermione had gone out, and hurriedly followed.

"Yes, I helped them before leaving, and they should be in by now," said Hermione, "Hurry up, it's still not safe in here."

Harry felt that his brain was not enough. The Hermione just now made him feel a little strange. Although she was as reliable as ever, she was very different from her in previous years.

He followed Hermione out, and went back faster. When he reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest, he finally saw Ron and the others.

They were all in a daze, wands clutched in their hands, and strangely excited, even Neville.

"Where are we going next?" Ron asked.

"Where?" Harry subconsciously repeated, and then remembered, "Sirius! We have to save him! He's in the Department of Mysteries!"

"Department of Mysteries?" Ginny frowned. "Now? How do we get there?"

"The broom! Let's fly over there!" Harry was about to run, "We have to get the broom!"

"But, not all of us have brooms..." Hermione grabbed Harry who was anxious. Harry was taken aback when he heard this, looked at Hermione and Neville next to him, and scratched his hair angrily.

"Then I'll go by myself..."

"You're going to die!" Hermione said coldly, holding Harry's arm tightly again.

"Then..." Before Harry could finish, he heard Luna say, "We can ride them, Hagrid said, they are very good at finding their way."

Harry looked in the direction Luna was pointing at, but saw nothing, and couldn't help being a little annoyed: "There's nothing there, Luna! Now is not the time to joke!"

"No, they are there, smelling the blood on your body." Luna's voice was still erratic, but firm, "It's just that you can't see it..."

"We can't see..." Hermione muttered, and then realized, "Thestrals? It's thestrals! Luna, how many horses are there?"

"Two." Luna replied.

"But we need six," Ginny interrupted.

"It's okay, they're here..."

Luna stretched out her hand and pointed again. In her eyes, there were six or seven tall thestrals coming out of the woods.Their huge wings are tucked in at their sides, and their eyes glow in the dark.

(End of this chapter)