Chapter 20 - The Forbidden forest part 3 (2/2)

Hermoine screamed, ”What? What do you mean by he made them run away in fear?”. Hagrid slapped his forehead, ”oops, I shouldn't have said that. Anyway, you just return to your dormitory. I'm sure he'll return safely”.

While Hermoine was confused about it, Neal was whistling while carrying the dead Unicorn body and a lot of trees with Floating charm.

Upon seeing him, Hagrid waved his hand while Fang barked as he's running towards him. ”Hey, Neal. What are those small trees?”. Neal replied, ”Wiggentrees. For potions and this Unicorn dead body is for you. You deal with the procedures with it”.

Hagrid became sad while looking at it, ”who was cruel enough to kill such a pure and defenseless creature?”. Hermoine asked, ”should we report it to Prof. McGonagall?”. Neal replied, ”well, I'm going to report it after delivering these to Prof. Snape. You can report it if you wish”.

After saying it, he went towards the dungeons while leaving her there alone without asking what she was doing there alone. Then, Hagrid spoke, ”didn't I told you he would return without any issues?”.

Hermoine mumbled while looking at his back, ”I guess I was worried for nothing, then”. Then, she said goodbye to Hagrid and start to walk back to her dormitory with a determination, ”hmm, there are only less than 10 weeks for the finals.

I need to revise the notes again. How about going to the library no? But I'm really sleepy right now. Let's go back to the room and sleep for a couple of hours”.

Meanwhile, somewhere far north in Europe, inside the Drumstrang institute, which is one of the three largest wizarding schools in Europe, a middle-aged man stood before and reported some news to Igor Karkaroff, the headmaster of the school.

Karkaroff frowned, ”so, the Dumbledore caught the true heir, eh? That old man beat me to it again. But it doesn't matter. I have my plans. Vern, stay in the muggle world for a while. Your task is to locate the place where the boy will be staying during his summer vacation”.

After Vern left, Karkaroff mumbled, ”I'm already hearing the whispers of Dark Lord's return. No matter what I need to delay his return without getting any suspicion on me. I don't want to become a slave again.

Not to mention, I'm not even sure the Dark Lord will leave me alive after knowing that I betrayed him. I guess I need to persuade those in reviving the Tournament once again after 200 years. But it will take a while. Until then...”.

After the weekend is over, inside the Great Hall at Hogwarts, Dumbledore announced, ”there are only 10 weeks left till the term is over. Just like every year, the Hogwarts Annual festival is going to be held on the weekends.

So, no classes for the next five days. First years, Your Prefects will explain the details to you. Give the names to your head of the house by the end of Friday. I need to remind you once again that lots of personal points and house points will be awarded in this event. Good luck”.