HP: Let professors walk towards the light

"Now, listen carefully. What we are about to do is very dangerous, but I don't want anything to go wrong. Come with me."

Hagrid came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, raised the lamp and pointed to a path. The path was winding and very narrow, extending into the darkness of the jungle. Gusts of cold wind blew, lifting their robes and hair, causing people to shiver.

"Look over there, do you see that flashing thing on the ground? It has a silver luster, that's unicorn blood. A unicorn was hurt by something. I also found one last week. Now we need to find that poor injured guy, and help him get rid of pain if necessary." Hagrid said to the little ones.

"What if we encounter the thing that hurt the unicorn first!" Malfoy did not hide his fear at all.

"It's okay, Draco, nothing dangerous should happen." Lena comforted him.

"Yes, as long as you and I or Fang don't get separated, nothing here can snatch you," Hagrid said. "Okay, now we have to split into two groups and go in different directions. Look! There are bloodstains over there, at least it must have been there."

"I want Fangya! Lena, you come with me!" Draco was the first to grab people.

“Okay, but I have to warn you, Fang is a coward.

How about this, we'll form a group of three, with Harry, Hermione and I in one group, and Neville, Malfoy and Tallos in another. You take Fang with you, at least it won't get you lost. Whoever finds the unicorn will set off a green firework as a signal - just like this, you try it." Hagrid demonstrated.

"Well done. Also, if you get into any trouble, set off the red fireworks, and others will come to rescue you. Remember, be careful. Let's go!"

So, everyone walked into the dark and quiet forest, and split into two teams at the fork in the road. Draco, Neville and Lena walked towards the right road.

"Reina, what if we get into trouble with just the few of us? I know you are very capable, but now we still have the burden of Longbottom, and he will drag us down." Draco walked beside Reina, holding Yaya's hand.

Reina turned to look at Neville who was lagging behind.

Neville had been looking extremely terrified ever since he left the castle, and now being sorted with two Slytherins made him even more frightened. He tightly grasped the fireworks in his hand, as if any disturbance would destroy his current psychological defenses.

Lena held up the magic lantern she had received from Hagrid and said, "Don't be such a pessimist, Draco. Longbottom, come forward and walk with us. Don't be left behind. If you get lost, we won't have fireworks to signal you."

"Okay, okay... Thank you... Talros..."

This road was large enough for three children to walk side by side. Reina walked in the middle with a light on, separating Draco and Neville. The two boys walked on Reina's left and right.

"Longbottom, are you scared? I didn't expect there would be a coward like you in Gryffindor." Draco taunted Neville over Lena.

Neville didn't say anything either, he just sobbed again and again.

They came to an open space on the side of the road.

"Come and see, Lena, this is also unicorn blood!" Draco pointed at the silver traces on the grass.

"It looks like it, but judging by the luster, it should have been a long time ago. Didn't Hagrid encounter one last week? Could it be from then? Anyway, it doesn't look like it was left today." Lena squatted down and touched the blood stuck to the grass with her hand.

"That one from last week was a little too old. It doesn't seem possible. It hasn't lost its luster yet, has it? Does this really look like a week-old bloodstain?"

"Is it possible...is it possible...that this was left behind by a unicorn...that was injured not long ago? I mean..." Neville also expressed his opinion.

"That's right, Longbottom. Perhaps we can imagine it this way: that thing also came to hurt the unicorn yesterday or the day before yesterday, but the unicorn luckily escaped, but it was still injured and left blood on the road. Hagrid didn't find the body of the second unicorn, and there wasn't much blood here. It seems that the unicorn's injury is not very serious. I hope it can be healthy."

Lena stood up and said, "Let's go and look somewhere else."

"Smart! What you said makes sense, Lena." Draco gave a thumbs up.

"Okay, Draco, Longbottom, it's your idea, and you're great." Reina encouraged Neville.

"Thank...thank you." Neville blushed and lowered his head.

"Hmph!" Draco snorted coldly╯^╰

The three of them plus Yaya walked back to the path and continued walking forward.

"Swish!" Suddenly, Neville heard a strange sound coming from above his head, as if something was flying past quickly.

"Ah! Something passed by!" Neville held his head.

"Longbottom - there's something coming behind you!" Draco shouted, pointing behind Neville.

"Ahhh! Don't come over here." Nawei jumped up suddenly and left the spot.

"Wait..." Before Reina could react and stop him, she saw that Neville had already pulled the fireworks in his hand...

"Hahaha! Look at you, it's just a wild bat, and you're so scared, hahaha..." Draco laughed so hard that he covered his stomach.

"Okay Draco, at least I know we're going to be scolded later." Lena sighed and said helplessly.

"It's okay, Longbottom, Draco did it on purpose." Reina whispered to Neville.

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On the other side, Hagrid, Harry and Hermione had just said goodbye to the centaurs Bane and Ronan. Not long after they left, Hermione suddenly grabbed Hagrid's arm.

"Hagrid! Look, red fireworks, they're in trouble!"

"Stay here and don't leave the path. I'll come back for you!" Hagrid shouted, grabbing his crossbow and rushing straight through the jungle.

Harry and his friend watched Hagrid walk further and further away. They both stood there in a daze, too frightened to move. The sounds around them were amplified countless times the moment they could no longer see Hagrid.

"Do you think they'll be hurt?" Hermione whispered to Harry.

"I don't care about Malfoy, I just hope Neville is okay. It's us who got him into trouble..."

"I'm also worried about Reina. Reina is also over there..." Hermione clutched the corner of her clothes tightly, "I hope nothing happens..."

Harry nodded. It was the first time he felt that his hearing was so sharp. He had a feeling that he was being watched. Would Neville and Hermione get into trouble? Where were they? What if danger came to him and Hermione while Hagrid was away? And what did the centaur Bain mean by "Mars is so bright"?

Time passed too slowly. He wished he could fly directly to Hagrid...