In the quiet and deep forbidden forest, the sharp whistle of an arrow suddenly sounded, startling a group of beasts.
Hagrid held the bow in one hand and put the other hand in front of his forehead to look. After a while, he turned to Sean and spread his hands: "Those guys haven't shown up much recently. My relationship with them is
Originally, they could only be regarded as familiar with each other. Once the arrow is fired, whether they come to see me or not depends on their own mood."
"It's okay, I still have a way." Sean smiled.
They followed Hagrid to the Forbidden Forest to call out the centaurs. According to Hagrid, the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts covers a huge area, and unicorns tend to only move in the deepest parts. Except for the centaurs,
Unicorns are creatures that have the deepest connection with nature and are powerful enough. It is impossible for other magical animals to know where unicorns live.
Originally, Hagrid wanted to call the centaurs to save time, but now that the centaurs didn't show up, Sean had to go find them on his own.
As it happened, he knew where to find the centaurs.
After bidding farewell to Hagrid, Sean, Hermione and Daisy, the three of them hurried towards Hogsmeade. Their destination was of course the Pig's Head Bar.
Arriving at the alley, the Pig Head Bar appeared at the end of the road.
"Aberforth has changed the decoration?" Hermione, who was dressed in a black hood, raised some hoods in surprise. It was a mixed bag of people here, so it would be better to conceal her identity.
Hearing this, Sean and Daisy, both dressed in black, looked up at the Pig Head Bar sign.
Indeed, just as Hermione said, the Hog's Head pub looks very different after a while.
Originally, a tattered wooden sign hung on a rusty bracket on the door, with a severed pig's head painted on it, and blood stains soaked through the white cloth wrapping it.
Now, the slightly scary bar sign is gone, replaced by a wooden sign that is not brand new, but neat. The characteristics of the pig's head are still retained, but the blood-stained white cloth has been removed.
It still looks weird, but now it has a bit of a silly and funny feel compared to the original weirdness and horror.
Pushing open the wooden door, the creaking sound was obviously much quieter. The three of them walked in and subconsciously covered their noses. However, they were surprised to find that the strong smell of mutton disappeared, and the smell of wine and food filled the small room.
Inside.
This place was originally nicknamed the Mud Floor Tavern by Harry and his friends because the stone floor had accumulated centuries of dirt and looked pitch black. Not only that, the rough wooden tables and protruding windows here looked dark.
It also accumulates frowning dirt.
However, everything has changed now. The dirt has been cleaned away, revealing the blue slate underneath. The windows and tables have also become clean, although the sunlight shining into the room through the windows is still not bright enough.
There is still a mixed bag here, but perhaps because of the change in environment, the gloomy guests seem to get along much better.
It seemed that Aberforth had made quite a change... Sean smiled slightly.
He walked to the bar and said hello to the beautiful woman who was busy: "Hey, Nagini, long time no see."
Nagini, who was bending to take the cup, raised her head in surprise: "Hey, Sean! Long time no see - oh, and you, Hermione and Daisy."
"Good afternoon, Miss Nagini."
Sean took a look at it with emotion: "The changes here are really big. It just changed not long ago?"
Nagini smiled and nodded: "Aberforth asked for it. God, it took Orrick and I a long time to clean it up - but it was all worth it."
Sean smiled and agreed, then leaned over and whispered: "How's it going?"
Of course he was asking about Ariana's situation. For some reason, the little sister of the Dumbledore family had only half her soul back in her body, and her whole person became manic. Grindelwald could solve this problem, but it would take
time, so Sean had only come to visit once before, when Ariana was still lying in bed.
Now it seems that Ariana should be much better if Aberforth can make such a big change.
Sure enough, Nagini nodded invisibly, and the expression on his face was obviously much happier.
"Yes, she's much better - Aberforth and her are right behind, so go ahead."
After walking up to the second floor, Sean walked into a corridor with ease and soon arrived at the back room of the Pig's Head Bar, where Aberforth and the others lived.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard a clear girl's voice coming from inside: "I want that!"
Aberforth's originally irritable and reckless voice became extremely gentle: "That's it - do you want another flavor?"
Sean knocked on the door and the door was opened. When he saw the visitor, Aberforth excitedly stepped forward and gave Sean a big hug: "Hey, kid, I'm so happy to see you."
"Good afternoon, Aberforth - it seems that Ariana is recovering well?" Sean said with a smile.
Aberforth gave up his seat and signaled a few people to come in, and Sean saw the girl at the table.
She is somewhat similar to her two brothers. Her facial features are gentle and beautiful, with a peaceful and gentle flavor. However, at this time, she is holding a lollipop in her mouth and looking curiously at Sean and the others who walked in.
"Hey, Ariana." Sean greeted with a smile.
Ariana blinked in confusion, licked the lollipop and asked curiously: "Do you know me?"
"Yes, Aberforth and I are good friends."
Ariana heard Sean's words and immediately looked at Aberforth behind her. After the latter nodded in confirmation, she immediately became happy.
Three lollipops were handed to Sean's hands respectively: "Aberforth bought these for me and for you too!"
"Oh, thanks."
Seeing Sean's slightly confused look, Daisy and Hermione immediately walked to Ariana and chatted with her.
Aberforth came to the corner and spread his hands to Sean who was following him: "As you can see, Ariana is almost like a six or seven-year-old child now."
"I remember?" Sean was a little confused.
"Well, she was fourteen years old when the accident happened. Alas -" Aberforth sighed, but soon showed a satisfied expression. He looked at his sister dotingly, "She should still be different from her soul.
It’s completely related, but at least she remembers me and this family.”
"It will get better and better." Sean patted Aberforth on the shoulder.
Aberforth smiled calmly: "I believe so, although I have been explaining to her these days why I am like this, hahaha. By the way, looking like you, there must be some trouble, right?"
Sean nodded honestly: "It's not a big trouble, but I need to find the centaur tribe. They haven't been active in the Forbidden Forest recently."
Aberforth thought for a moment after hearing this, and said: "When you said that, I also remembered that the centaurs have really not been active recently. Last time I saw Ronan, he told me not to get too close to the forbidden area recently.
Lin, I wanted to ask why, but he ignored me and ran away."
Sean was also a little confused. The unicorn tribe was in a special period, so what were the centaurs doing? Although they had the habit of protecting ponies, they shouldn't all go out to protect the unicorns, right?
At this time, Aberforth handed over a whistle: "Go to the last place, if you blow this whistle, centaurs will appear. This is for emergency contact, so there will definitely be centaurs coming - but,
If you have to go to the Forbidden Forest for something, remember to be careful, the centaurs won't do it without aim."
Sean took the whistle and nodded: "I understand."
After chatting for a while in the tavern, Sean and the others said goodbye and left.
Arriving at the bushes outside Hogsmeade, Sean searched and found the trail at that time.
While walking through the dense forest, Daisy kept her head down, wondering what she was thinking.
Sean, who noticed this, came closer and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"
Daisy pouted and raised something in her hand: "Ariana gave it to me."
Sean looked over and immediately frowned. It was a very ordinary silver ring. It didn't look like anything out of the ordinary, but it had a floral letter "P" engraved on it.
Isn't this the ring that Ariana was wearing when she was found? Sean remembers clearly that Aberforth said that this ring did not belong to Ariana before, but was brought by her when she disappeared and reappeared in the cellar.
.
"Ariana gave it to you? What did she say?"
Daisy wrinkled her lovely nose in distress and muttered: "She said she thought this suited me very well, so she gave it to me - I originally thought it was a small gift, but I tried to wear it just now and it was very...
It's strange, when I put it on, I felt like this thing originally belonged to me..."
"Belongs to you?" Hermione also came over. She looked at the ring, trying to find something unique.
"Yes, it feels like this when you put it on. I can't describe it." Daisy said distressedly.
"Can you show it to me?" Sean took the ring and felt it, "I don't feel anything strange about it, and there doesn't seem to be any magic on it."
Daisy nodded immediately: "Really? There is obviously no magic on it - do you think this was passed down by one of my ancestors?"
Hermione thought thoughtfully and said: "It's possible that some magic can only be felt by people with the same bloodline. This may have been a magic prop originally, but the magic lost its effectiveness over time, leaving only some traces of bloodline, so
You can feel that this thing belongs to you."
Sean agreed with Hermione's statement, but to be on the safe side, he asked Daisy to keep the ring with him temporarily. After all, Ariana had brought it back. It might have come from the Black Lake, or it might have come from the trance.
Several people walked around the foot of the mountain to the other direction of the Forbidden Forest. Sean took out his whistle and blew it hard.
After a while, the sound of horse hooves became louder, and a centaur ran out of the dense forest.
It's still the same Ronan I saw last time. His expression is as melancholy as ever. After seeing Sean, he obviously showed a happy expression: "Oh, it's you, Sean, the stars in your eyes are still so bright."
"It's nice to see you again, Ronan. These two are my friends, Hermione Granger, and Daisy Potter." Sean shook hands with the other person.
Ronan's attitude towards Hermione and Hermione was not so enthusiastic, but he still greeted politely, and then looked at Sean: "So, friend, you borrowed Aberforth's whistle because you wanted to find us.
What do centaurs do?"
Sean nodded: "I want to find the unicorn tribe deep in the Forbidden Forest."
"Unicorns?" Ronan's sad tone was slightly raised, "What do you want from them? They are at a critical moment now and may not be suitable for receiving guests."
With the trust provided by his high magical animal affinity, Ronan was not worried that Sean would be harmful to the unicorn, he was just a little confused.
As expected, the centaur knew... Sean showed a somewhat embarrassed look: "I just want to find the unicorns because I know what they are doing. To be honest, I need some fresh blood from the unicorns."
"I see..." Ronan nodded calmly, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "I can take you to see the unicorn guard, but the communication is up to you."
"Grateful."
Ronan fired a bow and arrow deep into the Forbidden Forest, and then led Sean and the three of them in another direction.
Sean trotted next to him and asked about other things: "Hagrid and Aberforth haven't seen you much recently. Has something happened in the Forbidden Forest?"
Ronan raised his head sadly, because he had always been like this, and Sean couldn't figure out his emotions and thoughts.
"It hasn't happened yet, but the stars have given us hints that something is ready to move in the Forbidden Forest. We must protect ourselves to prevent the foals from being harmed."
Sean frowned: "Ready to make a move? Are there any particularly dangerous magical animals in the Forbidden Forest?"
Ronan shook his head: "I don't know. The Forbidden Forest is very big, and the deepest places have never been explored by centaurs. The stars gave us hints, so we will follow them."
"This way... Well, if you have any trouble, you can come to me. I am willing to help my friends, just like you are helping me now." Sean said sincerely.
Ronan nodded lightly: "Thank you, friend. However, although there are unknown existences ready to move, the danger is not great, otherwise Mars will become very dazzling - the patriarch said that some kind of existence may have awakened and is very powerful.
, but I don’t have much ill will towards the Forbidden Forest or the horse people.”
Sean nodded silently. The Forbidden Forest was actually similar to the outside world. It seemed peaceful, but there was something ready to move in the shadows. However, in terms of malicious intent, the greed from Haierbo outside the world was much more evil.
Having made an agreement with Ronan that he could come to him if there was any trouble, Sean quickly followed him to an open space.
"The unicorn territory is ahead. There is unicorn magic there. You can touch it gently and guards will appear."
"Okay, thank you Ronan."
Ronan nodded to the three of them and then trotted away.
Sean looked at the empty ground and then walked slowly over.
Sure enough, as he got closer, extremely slight fluctuations in magic power spread out.
Sean stopped and stretched out a hand to gently tap the air in front of him, and a wave of transparent ripples slowly spread.