Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"It's okay, so be it." Zoe said, "I have something to do recently. Maybe I won't finish my homework so seriously."

"If I need to do something..."

"Of course, I will ask you for help when that happens."

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There is a dense forest in front of me. Layers of leaves cover the sky. The twisted tree trunk looks like a monster. It is quiet and deep. The light and warmth are all swallowed. As soon as I step into the forest, the surroundings immediately become chilly, from time to time. There will also be animal screams from deep in the forest, and the rotting leaves on the ground are covered with a thick layer, which looks very desolate.

Zoe clenched the wand in his hand and entered the forbidden forest.This place Dumbledore had always forbidden her to enter.

She avoided the crowd and moved quietly by herself.She first checked Filch's behavior, and then acted while everyone was attending the Halloween dinner in the auditorium, without telling everyone.The happy holiday atmosphere is a sufficiently effective anesthetic. People who are addicted to pumpkin pudding can't pay attention to every student. They are busy letting the delicate delicacy into their stomachs.

She retrieved the lost memories, and among the massive fragments, she saw the forbidden forest and some residents living here.

Hermione mentioned to her that the horsemen here are very hostile, especially a horseman named Bain, who will forcefully attack every human being seen.The destination of her trip was the gathering place of horse people. She could not tell anyone that they could not allow her to take risks.

She shouldn’t be alone. She knows that Draco and Hermione will try their best to help her as long as she speaks. It’s just that she can’t speak to them. Should she speak "Hey, I want to prove I have killed people...or something else, can you help me?" This will only make her lose her precious friendship.

Moreover, this is my own business and can only be faced by myself.Zoe told himself this over and over again.

She had never been to the Forbidden Forest before, but her legs naturally led her. She didn't even need to stop and analyze the road, she could walk through these thick roots calmly, as if she had visited here. Countless times.

Then she saw a giant tree reaching the sky.Because the trees in the forbidden forest have not been damaged by humans, and the caretakers of previous guards can grow unscrupulously.But there is no tree thicker and taller than it. It is hundreds of feet tall and twelve people can't hug it.The surrounding trees seemed to be guarding it by its side. Its roots were deeply buried in the ground, and the exposed parts were twisted in knots.

"She" once said proudly to Zoe that this tree is a totem of the horse tribe. The tribe is built around the giant tree. "As long as we see this tree, we should know that we are home."

She continued to move forward, and through the bushes in front of her, she could see a large clearing area, with smoke rising in the sky.

"Please go back, human, you don't belong here."

A full-length silver horse stood in front of her, without much hostility, apparently treating her as a lost student.

Chapter 8 Unintentional Learning, I Just Want to Learn More

"Excuse me, you are Firenze?" Zoe spoke first.

"You know me?"

"I know Harry, Harry Potter."

"Ah, are you Harry Potter's friend." Firenze's tone was obviously more gentle, and Zoe decided to hold back first, she needed a horseman as her breakthrough.

"But even if you are a friend of the Son of Destiny, you should not trespass into someone else's territory. I will show you the way before my staid companions find you."

Firenze raised his front hoof to take Zoe away, but Zoe took a step back.

"I am here to be entrusted. Albus Dumbledore wants me to confirm the details of the year with you about the murder." She always felt that the word "murder" was empty in her chest when she spoke. Spin around.

"We have nothing to say about that. It has been a long time, but it does not mean that we will forget. I fully support my people." Firenze showed anger on his face, "How dare the prisoner attack a young boy? !"

"Of course, your anger is justified. It's just that Dumbledore found the suspect. It is impossible for us humans to throw him into Azkaban, the prison of human wizards because of this. I need to confirm what you are holding again. Evidence, some...details."

"If it's for the truth, I can ask my companion, but..." Firenze looked at Zoe deeply. "Why did Dumbledore suddenly start investigating this matter again? Memories of the pain can arouse the horse. People’s dissatisfaction with mankind was he who stopped our revenge in the first place."

Success or failure is one thing, Zoe said firmly: "If you are now, you can sanction crimes instead of angering human beings. The opportunity is rare, isn't it?" Sweat oozes from her palm.

Firenze looked at her for a full minute: "How do you prove it, Dumbledore's messenger?"

Zoe took out a fiery red feather: "We all know that only Dumbledore can subdue the phoenix." Firenze took it and observed carefully: "The fresh phoenix tail feathers are rich in fire elements."

"Phoenix feathers will only be given to people close enough, and the only living phoenix in the past few hundred years belongs to Dumbledore-this is enough to show my sincerity." Zoe remained silent, she held her other hand. Reached into the pocket of the robe, which contained the trigger amulet given to her by Dumbledore before. As long as the horseman in front of her showed hostility, she would use this disposable door key to transfer to the castle.

Horses are far away from the world and have their own set of rules, but this does not mean that they are stupid. On the contrary, they are clever and insightful. They are very good at celestial bodies and divination. You can't expect a stranger to suddenly appear in them. Only a few words in front of you can gain their trust.

Zoe was betting, for Dumbledore's face, they could at least give her a chance to talk.

"Well, come with me."

"What do you want, human?"

A few horsemen stood scattered around the clearing, carrying hard bows and quiveres, pacing back and forth on alert.Every horseman has his own job, and they perform their own duties.Firenze took her to meet with the elders. The elders are highly respected. What they say has a great impact on the ethnic group. However, the horse people do not have a strict hierarchy. Their affairs are usually decided by all horse people in the ethnic group.

This horseman is no different from other horsemen, except for its twilight age and bright eyes, its fur is no longer shiny, the upper body of the human being is thin and the silver hair is drooping on the scalp.The syllables it speaks are gentle and rhythmic, like chanting poetry.

"Dear elder, I hope to witness the fallen stars with my own eyes. I am sorry for your misfortune."

Zoe is very nervous, she can feel the angry, suspicious, or hateful sight behind her, and the pressure follows her.Once her identity is revealed, she may not be able to wait to trigger the door key. The horseman's bow and arrows are unparalleled in the world, and she will only die alone in the forbidden forest and become the nourishment of the forest.

"Human, you can't empathize with our pain, and now you want to reopen the scars we healed." The elder shook his head, "We gave Dumbledore a chance, and he promised that nothing like that would happen again."

Zoe noticed that the ill-looking horseman was planning to come up.

"Get out of here, human. We won't talk to you."

"Her chest was broken by the tearing curse, and the depth of the wound could be seen even in the lungs, and the amount of bleeding was huge, but she did not die. The real fatal injury was a dagger. The dagger was directly inserted into her (HX) With a beating heart, she was already on the ground and unable to move at that time. The prisoner didn’t want to simply kill her, because it only needed an Avada’s life, the prisoner just wanted to torture—to play with her, that’s a devil , To induce her to attack, and then let her watch her chest open in a sober state, and then solve her cleanly after getting tired of playing..."

Bain was furious, and it saw the human figure that brought back his painful memories violently fluctuating.

"Grab her!" It rushed towards Zoe with a flick of its horseshoe.

The horses were shocked by the details that Zoe knew, and only Firenze noticed the girl's hollow and desperate expression.

Baine jumped into the air, and the human who broke into the horse settlement disappeared in front of them.

In the next second, the warmth of Dumbledore's office replaced the gloom of the Forbidden Forest, the stove was burning quietly, and the noisy painting was startled by her sudden visit.

"I've inquired! Dumbledore is in Lockhart's office, and they are talking about the petrified cat!" Armando ran back to his place, "They talked about the secret room... Oh, what's wrong with you little guy? "

Zoe lay on the floor for a long time before breathing slowly. She wiped the sweat off her face and tried to make herself more calm.

"Secret room? Petrified cat? What happened tonight?"

"In fact, when you sneaked into the forbidden forest despite the advice, and thought you were cleverly attracting the attention of the horsemen, the castle did have some trouble—"

Dumbledore's voice sounded behind him, and he frowned, not smiling at Zoe, but showing a disappointed expression at her.

"I'm not smart-I mean I'm ready and planning!" Zoe retorted.

"Zoe, you still can't understand the difference between bravery and recklessness. You may be torn to pieces by horsemen. If there is a problem with the door key, how do you get out of the angry horsemen settlement?"

"But it can't be a problem! You gave it to me!"

"Anyone makes mistakes, Zoe, anyone. I am not an exception." Dumbledore's deep gaze seemed to enter Zoe's heart. "I can no longer get your trust, Zoe? I should have said that if there is a problem, come to me first."

Zoe avoided his gaze and whispered: "...No, you are still the person I trust the most."

"Then you should follow my advice. I told you countless times,'Don't go to the forbidden forest', but you still sneak in."