217 Stone and Tree Hole

217 Stone and Tree Hole

On the grass outside Hogwarts Castle, James and the three of them were staring at the Whomping Willow with its branches dancing crazily and worrying.

They had taken off the invisibility cloak they were wearing, and even boldly tried to get close to the Whomping Willow many times, but they failed without exception. Peter was almost seriously injured, but fortunately James pulled him back in time. .

Now all three of them were covered in grass clippings and dirt, and they had obviously suffered a lot.

"Damn Regulus!"

Sirius rubbed his still aching shoulder, where he had received a hard slap from the Whomping Willow not long ago.

"How dare he tease us with such a thing!"

"Don't let me catch him!"

Sirius had completely regarded Regulus's words as an annoying joke. How could Madam Pomfrey bring Remus to a place like this?He didn't even expect that he would be tricked by his always cowardly brother, and even mistakenly thought it was true!

Even in the darkness, it was clearly visible that his face was turning red.

I don’t know if this is out of pure anger, or annoyance at being easily fooled.

The Whomping Willow was still waving its branches vigorously, Sirius already had the intention to leave, and Peter wanted to give up even earlier.

The short and rotund man clutched an aching arm, which he suspected had turned into a bruise.

James was not much better either. His originally disobedient hair became a mess, and there was constant burning pain in his back. This was caused by a sudden blow he received when he rescued Peter.

"hateful!"

Compared to his embarrassed appearance, his temper became even worse.

If the three of them were injured to this extent, they would definitely have to go to the school hospital.By then, he would have been laughed at by many people.This was only one day after he officially became a Quidditch player. This would even interfere with his first training, and it was not impossible to even miss it completely.

He stared at the Whomping Willow that seemed to be provoking him. He suddenly pulled out his wand and pointed at a stone on the ground. After casting a few spells, the stone suddenly flew up and hit the Whomping Willow hard. .

Unfortunately, this blow did not work. The waving willow whipped the stone away in advance, without even touching its branches.

After seeing this, Sirius immediately understood James' intention.

"Want revenge?" he asked, taking out his red oak wand.

"That's right!" James angrily threw another stone away.

"It's just a damn willow tree. It dares to make us suffer so much, so don't blame me for finding fun in it!"

"I want to see how long it can last before it stops!"

Sirius sneered. He imitated James's actions and also used his wand to cast magic, controlling the rocks to hit the Whomping Willow.

"This kind of thing is indispensable for me!"

"I have to say, Sangster's trick is pretty easy to use. We should really find opportunities to practice it more in the future, and come to trouble this damn willow tree when nothing happens!"

While talking, the two of them had already controlled many rocks to hit the Whomping Willow, some of which even crossed the dense branches and successfully hit the branches.

Now, the two of them fought even more vigorously.

Peter soon forgot the pain in his body, and he eagerly joined the two of them.

It's a pity that his level of magic is not very high, and the slowly floating stones are not as powerful as throwing them directly with his hands.

After blushing and watching James and Sirius burst into laughter, Peter simply put away his wand and instead grabbed a stone with his hand and threw it at the Whomping Willow.

The quiet night suddenly became a little lively. Fortunately, this place was far enough away from the castle.In addition, the professor and students had already fallen asleep, so the three of them didn't have to worry about being discovered by others.

When the stone successfully crossed the branch and hit the branch, they would shout the score from time to time.

"Another ten! Well done, Peter!"

James turned around and gave Peter a hard slap.

After the crisp sound, Peter immediately retracted his palm in pain. James used a lot of force this time.

"Oh, sorry."

James grinned, but he found that Peter suddenly froze.At the same time, the surroundings became inexplicably quiet.

"James, look..."

Stunned, Peter stretched out a finger and pointed in the direction of the Whomping Willow.

James quickly turned around, and he immediately noticed that the Whomping Willow had inexplicably stopped all movements and stood there motionless.

His throat suddenly rolled hard.

After seeing this, Sirius was also stunned, and several stones that had just flown down fell to the ground.

"Regulus... didn't lie to us?"

After saying this, he and James looked at each other tacitly, and they both thought of the same thing at the same time.

"quick!"

James suddenly said: "While the Whomping Willow has not yet resumed action, let's go over and have a look!"

Apparently, there are real secrets in the Whomping Willow.

Then the fact that Madam Pomfrey brought Remus here may also be true.

The three of them hurriedly ran to the root of the tree.

This time, the Whomping Willow did not continue to attack them.

And it didn't take them long to find a big hole between the roots of the tree.

James looked into the tree hole, but all he could see was pitch black.Apart from that, nothing can be seen clearly.

"I plan to go in and take a look!" He turned to look at the two of them and suggested.

"That goes without saying." Sirius expressed his intention in a matter-of-fact tone.

They finally discovered the secret of the Whomping Willow, and neither of them had any reason to give up here.

But Peter was a little flinched. This dark hole reminded him of his experience in the Forbidden Forest. There might be a group of terrifying Acromantulas waiting for them inside.

"What's scary."

James said in an indifferent tone: "This is not the Forbidden Forest, there is only one Whomping Willow at most."

"And don't forget, Remus is probably here. We have no reason to leave him alone. He is our friend."

When he said this, James smiled broadly.But Peter still noticed the slight twitching movement on his face as he twisted.

That was the injury James suffered to save him.

In the end, Peter reluctantly nodded.

"By the way, there's also an invisibility cloak."

Before entering the tree hole, James suddenly shouted.He looked back and saw that the invisibility cloak was still placed on the ground where the three of them had been.

"I'll go get it."

Inexplicably, before Peter was about to leave as usual, Sirius ran over quickly and picked up the invisibility cloak.

Sirius handed the Invisibility Cloak back to James' hand, patted Peter on the shoulder, and said to him in a rare moment: "You did a good job just now."

It was precisely because of the stone Peter threw that the Whomping Willow was completely quiet.

Peter suddenly became a little frightened, his mouth opened wide and he was trembling slightly.

But before he could think of what to say, James grabbed him and jumped into the tree hole.

"Quick! Keep up!"

As always, he said.