Struggling to survive at Hogwarts

Unicorns are 4X level magical creatures, and only extremely evil black magic or curses can harm them.

The unicorn's horn, blood, and fur all possess powerful magical properties. The unicorn is a symbol of holiness; drinking its blood can preserve life, but it also inflicts a cursed fate. Because a pure, vulnerable life was slaughtered, a terrible price must be paid.

"The moment its blood touches your lips, you are a half-dead, cursed life."

So, my dear father, have you reached a dead end?

Thea's attention wandered for only a short while; even Draco, gripped by fear, didn't pay attention to her. Soon, Hagrid spoke again:

“We need to split into two groups,” Hagrid said. “Harry, Thea, Draco, the three of you will go with Axe.”

“Me, Ron, and Hermione all the way.”

"Remember: if anyone finds a unicorn, fire a green spark, understand? If any of you run into trouble, fire a red spark, and we'll all come looking for you."

Please be careful, everyone. Let's go.

Draco watched Hagrid's tall figure and the other two young wizards gradually disappear into the distance, still feeling fear in his heart, but his gaze shifted to Thea's somewhat thin frame.

"I must protect Thea!" Draco thought.

"Alright, it's time for us to get started!" Thea reminded them.

The group and Yaya started walking down another path. The rugged path, along with the various rustling sounds coming from the forest, made Harry and Draco a little scared.

But Thea was there too, and the two of them tacitly put on an expression of fearlessness.

“…Draco, you can relax a little,” Thea said helplessly.

"Huh? I...I'm not nervous!"

"...Why don't you look down? You've almost ripped my clothes off."

"Ah? I'm...I'm sorry, Thea, I..." The young master's face flushed again.

"Hahahaha!" Harry burst into laughter at Draco's actions.

"Shut up! Bort! You dare to mock Malfoy again! I will definitely..." Draco was furious.

“I’m going to tell my dad!” Harry added in a sarcastic tone. “Draco, what else can you do besides tattle?”

"Bott!" Draco exclaimed in anger and embarrassment.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. We still have a mission to carry out," Thea once again skillfully smoothed things over.

However, since the two started arguing, the atmosphere among the three people and the dog has improved considerably.

"Ah! Look!" Harry suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Thea and Draco also witnessed a sight that made Harry gasp in surprise:

Not far in front of them, a pure white unicorn, as holy as moonlight, lay sprawled on the ground, its body curled up somewhat unnaturally, surrounded by the silvery bloodstains that Hagrid had just pointed out to them.

"It's dead?" Draco's voice trembled slightly.

Thea patted Draco on the shoulder and reassured him, "You two take out your wands and stay alert. I'll go check on him. Don't move yet."

Thea's fingers twitched slightly, and the wand hidden in her sleeve slid into her palm. She tentatively approached the unicorn.

Thea reached out and checked the unicorn's breath. After a moment, she shook her head at the two people over there.

Harry and Draco were a little sad, but they still went to Thea's side. Harry asked hesitantly, "Do we need to send a signal?"

“…Thea, what’s that over there…” Draco asked, trembling.

Thea was startled and immediately grabbed Draco and Harry, spinning them around to lean against a nearby tree trunk.

Then, peeking out cautiously, they saw a tall, dark figure lying on the back of a silver-white unicorn, seemingly sucking something.

Even more frightening was that the unicorn seemed to be trembling from time to time, and its condition looked very bad.

The tall, dark figure seemed so engrossed in feeding on the unicorn's blood that it didn't notice the three young wizards approaching.

Thea released her hand from Harry's mouth, then pulled Draco aside and whispered, "Let's walk back slowly and try not to make any noise..."

Before Thea could finish speaking, Harry cried out in alarm as the intense pain from the scar on his forehead caused him to fall violently to the ground.

Until this moment, Harry gripped Thea's hand tightly, like a drowning person grasping at a straw.

Thea was also taken aback by this sudden turn of events. She turned her head sharply, only to see a scene that terrified her:

The tall, dark figure noticed the commotion and began to drift towards them in a bizarre, twisting motion!

"Obstacles are numerous!"

"They've all turned to stone!"

"Flames are raging!"

"Draco! Send the signal!" Thea gritted her teeth and cast a series of spells, trying to stop the enemy's advance.

"Oh...oh!" Draco hurriedly emitted red sparks.

"Harry, are you alright?" Actually, Thea wanted to ask more, "Can you let go of my hand? Do you know how hard it is for me to carry one person?"

I'm not sure if the person on the other end will recognize me!

But he'll definitely recognize you!

Harry didn't reply; it seemed the scar was still hurting.

With no other option, Draco joined the fray, unleashing bursts of fiery energy from his wand.

As the dark figure drew closer, Thea couldn't help but mentally summon Dumbledore and the others. Wasn't Hogwarts supposed to be the safest place in the world?

Come and save us!

"Oh!"

"call out!"

The centaur's hooves and Hagrid's arrows struck the shadowy figure almost simultaneously. The shadowy figure, realizing the difference in power between them, retreated unwillingly.

"Are you all alright?" x2.

“Thank you for your concern.” Thea politely thanked the centaur first, then turned to Hagrid with some anxiety, “Hagrid, Harry’s scar suddenly started hurting…”

Upon hearing that Harry's scar hurt, Hagrid disregarded everything else and immediately picked up Harry, who was leaning against Thea, and carried him away.

Somewhat awkwardly, because Harry had been holding Thea's hand tightly the whole time, even now that Hagrid was about to carry him away, Harry didn't let go.

Thea, seeing this, coughed awkwardly, waved her hand and turned a fallen tree branch into a stretcher, then used a levitation spell to make the stretcher float forward steadily.

"What an amazing levitation spell!" Hermione exclaimed as she followed Hagrid.

Without saying much, the group began to walk towards the castle.

Thea walked beside Harry's stretcher, trying to free her hands, while Draco scoffed dismissively beside her.

Thea suppressed a laugh and asked, "Draco, what's wrong?"

"I'm fine!" Draco drawled, casting a sharp, murderous glare at Harry.

Hermione couldn't help but laugh at Draco's dark expression, and Ron taunted, "Draco, are you jealous of Harry? Hahaha!"

Draco's expression darkened further.