Struggling to survive at Hogwarts

Zabini looked at his disappointing childhood friend across from him and wanted nothing more than to grab him and yell, "He was just saying it casually, look at how worthless you are!"

Daphne looked at Theodore's blushing face, then at the oblivious Thea, and then at Zabini who wanted to turn his head away, and burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Thea asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt like laughing," Daphne said, suppressing a laugh. "It's just that the confinement was lifted, is there any need to be so surprised?"

“It’s not surprising that the confinement was lifted, but he didn’t assign me any homework!” Thea pondered, stroking her chin.

"Something's not right. Why would he let me go so easily?"

"Maybe he'll have a change of heart and want to give you a break?" Zabini guessed.

“Impossible! If he were that kind, why would he have assigned so many papers to Thea before?” Theodore immediately refuted Zabini’s guess, looking at Thea with a pained expression.

Zabini was heartbroken by his childhood friend's betrayal and decided to never get involved in this heartless affair again!

Daphne watched their expressions with great interest, grinning from ear to ear, which earned her an angry glare from Zabini.

"Yes, how could Dumbledore be so kind?" Thea murmured to herself.

"Unless he has a conspiracy!"

"He definitely has ill intentions!"

As they uttered the two sentences simultaneously, Draco and Thea exchanged a glance, both seeing disdain for the old bee in each other's eyes!

"Speaking of which, I heard someone else has been petrified?" When it came to business, everyone sat up straight.

"I heard from Fane that Granger has been petrified." Daphne's feelings were complicated. Although she had looked down on him before, they had spent so much time together after all...

Moreover, the other party's knowledge base and reaction speed...

Thea didn't speak, but seeing that the others looked a little unwell, she was very satisfied. Her efforts to bring them together hadn't been in vain...

"Hermione was petrified, I was released from confinement, and I still have no homework..." Thea's fingers tapped unconsciously on the table, trying to figure out what the connection was between the two events.

"Granger was petrified, but what about Potter and Weasley?" Draco asked casually.

"Yes!"

"Dumbledore is trying to trick me again!"

Thea immediately realized, "I knew the old bee had ill intentions; it turns out she wanted to use me as a bodyguard!"

The moment Thea uttered the word "bodyguard," and considering the question Draco had asked, the others, not being fools, immediately knew what Dumbledore was up to.

“Granger has been petrified. Potter and Weasley will not sit idly by. They must be doing something…” Daphne murmured to herself.

"They will go look for someone, but the dorm..."

"Forbidden Forest!"

"Hagrid!"

The group blurted out, then clutched their heads in pain. "Gryffindor's audacity is just too much!"

There's also an unknown monster inside the castle, and they even dare to venture into the Forbidden Forest!

The group cursed under their breath, but their actions were swift, as if they wanted to dig out the other's brain to study it. Were all Gryffindors' thought processes this amazing?

Draco immediately went to ingratiate himself with the prefect, attempting to leave the dormitory so that if the others did not return in time, the prefect could notify the dean and the principal.

Sure enough, as soon as Dumbledore raised his banner, Farne immediately agreed.

If several people succeed, then naturally they deserve credit.

If it doesn't work...

A calculating glint flashed in Fane's eyes, which Draco clearly saw, but he didn't point it out, remaining as respectful as ever.

"Wear all the defensive rings you made before; they can be used as bombs if necessary!" Thea reminded them.

The group readily agreed. They were all qualified Slytherins, and naturally wouldn't be like Gryffindors who rushed headlong into the Forbidden Forest without any preparation!

Meanwhile, in a certain place in the forest.

"Ron! Why do you keep pulling me along?"

"...Look up?"

Seeing Ron's terrified expression, Harry's impatience vanished, replaced by confusion, and he slowly raised his head...

Merlin's beard!

Why are there so many spiders?

Harry was startled by the spiders around him. He swallowed hard and forced himself to remain calm, saying, "...Well then, Aragog, we'll be going now..."

"Go?" Aragog's voice suddenly turned low, making the hairs on the back of Harry's neck stand on end!

"...We are Hagrid's friends! Didn't you promise him you wouldn't eat people?"

Harry's voice carried a hint of anger, much like that of an innocent young girl deceived by a scumbag.

“I did promise Hagrid I wouldn’t eat people, but my descendants didn’t. It’s not good to turn away food that’s offered to you, is it?” Aragog said, then immediately curled up in his den, demonstrating his promise to Hagrid that he wouldn’t eat people.

Only two trembling little wizards remained in the open space.

As Aragog entered the lair, the surrounding spiders grew bolder and began to cautiously approach Harry and Aragog.

Ron suppressed his fear of spiders, his face still contorted in pain, but his grip on his wand tightened.

War is imminent!

"Whoosh!"

One of the spiders couldn't resist any longer and launched the first attack on Harry!

"Oh!"

Harry kicked the spider away!

More and more spiders began to swarm around the two of them.

"Flames are raging!"

Harry's wand shot out a brilliant flame!

The spider took a step back for the moment.

"They've all turned to stone!"

Driven by immense fear, Ron unleashed his full power, striking a spider with pinpoint accuracy.

But there were too many spiders, and the two young wizards gradually became exhausted.

"Boom!"

The sound of a car approaching made the two turn around in surprise, and sure enough, it was Mr. Weasley's car.

Without a second to think, the two jumped into the car. A spider followed Harry closely, but was stopped by the car door closing just as it was about to enter!

The two people who got on the bus had just breathed a sigh of relief when, in the next second, more and more spiders jumped onto the bus!

Some of them clung to the handlebars, some jumped onto the hood, and some even jumped onto the roof!

Before they could react, the two immediately drove recklessly through the forbidden forest, trying to shake off the spiders!

After a chase, the car arrived at another open space.

"Finally, we've shaken them off!" Ron breathed a sigh of relief.

Harry relaxed a little.

However, the spiders that kept appearing put the two in dire straits once again.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Bang!"

"Flames are raging!"

"They've all turned to stone!"

Even though Harry and Ron tried their best to cast spells, the spider's attack remained fierce.

"Oh!"

"Crack!"

With a powerful strike from a spider, the long-suffering car window shattered!

"Ron!"

Seeing Ron's neck locked by a spider's leg, Harry was frantic with worry!

"Flames are raging!"