428 Weird Forbidden Forest, Prongs and Padfoot
The three of them stood blankly on top of the dilapidated altar. They looked at the towering trees around them in panic, feeling as if they were surrounded, or as if they were trapped in some dark cell.
Steve looked up, trying to see how tall these trees were, but he still couldn't see through the top of the tree crowns - it seemed to be late at night here, so he couldn't see the scene that was too far away.
Moreover, Steve couldn't help but have an extremely weird feeling in his heart, until Regulus lowered his voice and said——
"Look, there are no stars or moon in the sky...it seems like there is nothing..."
Karan raised his neck and stared at the black curtain-like sky for a while, feeling increasingly depressed.
"It's more than just that..."
Karan frowned and murmured in a low voice. He raised a finger, then lifted the back of the witch robe and let it fall slowly.
"There is no wind around, and there is no movement yet..."
"Is this... still the Forbidden Forest?"
Facing such a weird "forbidden forest", the three of them almost lost all judgment and had no idea what to do.
Especially Karan.
He had just experienced a thrilling adventure in the world of Seven Hundred Horcruxes a few months ago. He didn't expect to have such a thrilling adventure again today... But he clearly remembered that he had not seen the time turner. , there are no taboos, right?
From beginning to end, there was only one weird centaur altar——
But speaking of altars…
Karan looked down at the pile of rocks at his feet - they were standing on this altar, but they did not return to the original Forbidden Forest...
Steve also opened the suitcase, and he let Wolf run out.But after lowering his head and sniffing for a while, Wolf's eyes were full of confusion. He suddenly couldn't smell anyone's scent, including James and Sirius's, including William's.
"Maybe it's because there's no wind."
Karan tried to speculate as to why.
At this time, Regulus, who had walked around the altar, came back and said with a depressed expression: "The footprints of the stag and the big black dog have disappeared, as if they have never been here... But why is this happening? They obviously disappeared on the altar..."
"What the hell is this place?"
Regulus repeated Steve's original question, which was also a deep doubt in Karan's heart.
After thinking for a while, Karan felt that he could not wait here any longer.
"Regulus, you..."
After Karan thought about it, he added Steve: "You and Steve stay here to see if you can wait for James, Sirius, and that guy William."
"As for me...Wolf and I are in a group. We will try to search around. It would be better if we can find other people in advance. Then I will send you a signal - just use Spark Spell, you also respond with Spark Spell, lest we find our way back."
This seems to be the most appropriate method - although staying at the altar is definitely not as dangerous as going out to search, Karan is not worried about leaving Regulus alone here, who knows what terrible things he will encounter - —Group in pairs so that Regulus and Steve can keep an eye on each other.
But Steve didn't agree with this idea. Karan thought he was worried about his and Wolf's safety, but he heard him say:
"Why not cast the spark spell now? It's so dark around here, no matter how dense the woods are, others should be able to spot it, right?"
"Oh?" Karan was stunned.
Regulus couldn't wait to take out his wand. He had already learned how to cast the spark spell. He pointed the wand at the sky and whispered in the eyes of the two: "Vomelius."
One second, two seconds, three seconds passed... Regulus was still maintaining the posture of casting the spell, and the expression on his face gradually became frightened.
Nothing happened, and the spark spell failed to be cast.
"how come?!"
Regulus panicked and repeated several times: "Vomelius! Vomelius!"
After seeing this, Steve also took out his wand and kept chanting: "Flash fluorescent! All petrified!"
Their wands were completely useless, and Karan also found that his own ash wand was also useless, making it impossible to cast any spells.
"No way......"
Callan suddenly thought of his experience at Potter Manor, and he took out another wand in his pocket.
It's an elder wand.
"Fluorescent flashes."
This time, the spell finally succeeded.
The three of them stared blankly at the ball of light at the top of the elder wand, which was bright but frightening.
In a silent silence, they ran out of the altar quickly under the leadership of Karan, and then hurried to a thick tree.
Under the reflection of the light group, Karan carefully observed the tree.
After a few seconds, he ran to the second big tree, then the third, the fourth...
Karan finally understood.
It's elderberry.
All the big trees in the "Forbidden Forest" have turned into elder trees!
After slowly calming down the shock in his heart, Karan looked at the two of them and said, "Now, you can't stay here any longer. We must act together!"
Without their wands, Steve and Regulus couldn't cast any magic at all, let alone the spark spell, or even any self-protection spell.
Regulus nodded numbly, and then he suddenly murmured in fear: "Oops... Then James and Sirius can't cast any spells?"
Bad news came one after another, and Regulus couldn't imagine what kind of situation these two people would be in.
"Vomelius!"
Karan, who also thought of this, first cast a spark spell towards the sky. He didn't know whether others could detect the light here, but he quickly looked at the two of them and said: "If I weren't here, you The wands of two people have failed again, so where do you want to go first?"
Regulus and Steve were stunned for a moment at the same time.
Yes, why did James and Sirius leave the altar? Their wands were obviously ineffective. Isn't waiting where they are the safest option?Why take risks again——
"Hogwarts!"
Regulus finally thought of the answer, and he said excitedly: "James and Sirius must have gone to Hogwarts!"
Their location should be another inexplicable "Forbidden Forest". In this way, Hogwarts Castle is not too far away from them, and it only takes a few hours to walk to it at most.
By then, it will surely be much easier to find someone to ask for help.
Karan cast a spark spell towards the sky again. He stared solemnly at the branches near the red sparks in the sky. It seemed that even the spark spell could not break through the surrounding elder trees, let alone penetrate the sky at the top of the tree crown. .
"Let's go."
Karan lowered his head again, took one last look at the rough and dilapidated altar, and silently remembered this location.
"We're going to Hogwarts too!"
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On the other side, in a dense forest a few kilometers away from the three of them, a girl wearing Gryffindor uniform was staying alone on the ground.
She looked up at the dark sky and the trees so tall that she couldn't see the end, as if she was silently waiting for something.
After a while, a burst of black mist slowly floated down, surrounding the girl, and transformed into another blond girl.
"How's it going?" the first girl asked anxiously, "What's in the sky?"
Ariana shook her head, she sighed and said: "I'm sorry, Lily. After flying halfway, I couldn't continue flying up, and I couldn't even fly higher than these trees - —There is a protective magic in the sky. It is simply the strongest protective magic I have ever seen. It cannot be broken away, and it is everywhere."
These two girls are Ariana and Lily.
After hearing Ariana's answer, Lily sighed softly.
Ariana said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, Lily. I originally thought it would just be an ordinary adventure, so I thought of calling you along, but unexpectedly, you couldn't even use the wand. , and why he ended up living in such a dangerous... ghost place..."
"alright."
Seeing Ariana's appearance, Lily suppressed her worries and quickly comforted her: "We'd better find Hogwarts quickly. If I guessed correctly, we should be in the Forbidden Forest..." ..It’s just that this Forbidden Forest looks a little strange - but that’s nothing, compared to my previous experience in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, at least we are still...alive?”
Lily finally said with some doubts, and she was not sure whether these words could be a comfort.
But judging from the expression on Ariana's face, the effect seems to be pretty good?
Lily silently breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She didn't expect that her first adventure would become so bizarre.
It all started from the last experience in the Room of Requirement. Ariana revealed her secret to Lily, her only girl friend. Even after the separation, Percival became the love between the two. The tool for secret communication helped them deliver letters and deepened the friendship between the two.
Originally Lily thought that this was just helping Ariana's brothers eliminate threats in the Forbidden Forest. This inexplicable sense of honor made Lily yearn for it - after all, this was somewhat different from the reasons for sneaking into the Forbidden Forest several times before. Ariana also I have said that I have been doing this for a long time.
So Lily agreed to Ariana's proposal.
After that, Ariana discovered something was wrong around the altar - just like Karan's discovery, there were no centaurs around.
Then the two of them had the same experience as Karan. They inexplicably broke into this even more inexplicable world. They traveled throughout the Forbidden Forest and found the same type of trees. Lily's wand also suddenly lost its function. .
"OK then."
With Lily's comfort, Ariana quickly cheered up. She was not the kind of child who only complained and was cautious all day long.
Otherwise, she would not be able to continue to live in the torture of Obscurus.
"Then let's find a way to find Hogwarts first."
Ariana thought of another way to escape: "My brother might be there - no, he'll be at Hogwarts for sure!"
"What a great idea!" Lily immediately agreed: "If we don't go in the wrong direction at the beginning, we shouldn't have to go too far and we can successfully find Hogwarts!"
The two girls cheered each other up, and they showed even more confidence and hope than Karan - and this is what they are good at.
Whether facing Principal Dumbledore and Aberforth, or facing Callan and Snape, their performance has never disappointed.
Nothing can defeat them - especially when hope is combined.
The two men set off soon.
Along the way, they saw almost the same scene—incomparable darkness and a forest with no end in sight.
Ariana was also always protecting Lily who was unable to use magic. Her only regret was not taking Percival with her. Otherwise, the journey would have been much easier and they would have been able to leave this strange place faster. of the forbidden forest.
After a while, Ariana lifted the branches in front of her and suddenly heard a movement in the distance.
Lily also heard it. She immediately stopped and squinted her green eyes in the darkness, trying to see clearly what was causing the noise.
"How about... take a closer look?"
Ariana suggested in a low voice that she could not trust Lily to be left alone in such a horrible place again.
Lily nodded slightly.
The two of them walked forward quietly.
Soon, they noticed that the movement in the distance suddenly became more urgent. Ariana subconsciously blocked Lily behind her - the movement seemed to be footsteps, but what exactly were the footsteps?
Immediately afterwards, a short and shrill cry suddenly sounded.
Lily was startled. She had heard a similar sound - the barking of a dog in danger!
Danger?Where could the danger be?
Lily subconsciously looked around - behind her, a sharp branch hung down inexplicably, with the end aimed at her back -
Lily's eyes finally turned frightened. She was about to shout a warning to Ariana, but a strange branch suddenly stabbed towards her, and the needle-like sharpness was reflected in her green eyes——
"boom!"
A huge object suddenly appeared behind Lily, and the sound of sharp spikes piercing flesh was heard. Lily could only vaguely see the beautiful forked horns in the darkness——
The stag hissed in pain, and the big black dog finally arrived. It bit the dry branch violently with its sharp teeth, and refused to let go until its tongue and tongue were pierced!
"Save them quickly!"
Lily shouted loudly, and Ariana finally realized what had happened. She transformed into a thick black fog and crushed the strange branches in an instant.
"What the hell is going on here?"
Ariana, who returned to her human form, murmured with careful eyes.
Lily was only concerned about the two animals that had just saved her - the big black dog and the stag, whimpering in pain.
Especially the stag, which had deep wounds on its body and was bleeding continuously.
It saved Lily, but its own life was in danger.
But even so, the stag still saved Lily.
No matter what.
Just like, the glory symbolized by cypress.