Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"These are official articles, Hermione. You can't even convince yourself." They are almost at the gate, and Cedric's next class is herbal medicine. "You still have to keep it secret. Umbridge will stop all dark magic defenses. If she knows your idea...you must be very clear about what you are doing."

"If you want to do this after you think about it, you can go to Qiu, and she can give you some help. You can probably handle three of the four academies. Only the Slytherin people must be careful. , I’m not saying that they are all bad guys, but the kind of coldness, self-interest and admiration they admire will often cause devastating disasters to the organization.”

"I don't want to go to Slytherin, even if the Sorting Hat wants us to unite, even if there was a possibility in front of me..." Hermione noticed that Cedric didn't understand the meaning of the second half. Well, thank you."

"Calmness and restraint." Cedric said seriously, "I know Siegel's condition is not very good, but you, as a supporter of her, can't put yourself in first. We can definitely find Siegel free Methods……"

"Well, I know." Hermione sighed as she watched Cedric's figure disappear to the other side with a smile.

If it was a Muggle school, her parents would be in a panic after receiving a notice of punishment from the school.Even Hogwarts would definitely send a letter to the student's family after a bad incident, but Hermione had never suffered such treatment once.

She has always been a rule-abiding student in the eyes of teachers and classmates since before, and her rigidity is even annoying.I am doing the right thing.Even if I use this reason to convince myself, telling myself that I did it because Umbridge's teaching method is too ridiculous, but I can't convince the voice in my heart.

She did partly in order not to waste this year's Defence Against the Dark Arts, but more simply because she wanted to resist.She just deliberately wanted Umbridge’s face to be distorted and deformed, just like the kind of prank she hadn't looked at in the past, but she was unwilling to just make insignificant little moves, shouldn't Um be subverted from the root cause Rich's plan, telling Umbridge in this way that no one would succumb to the unreasonable policies of the Ministry of Magic and let that fat face burn with anger?

If you go to order some prank props from George and Fred... Hermione shook her head. She was still hesitating. It seemed that even if the object was Umbridge, this method would not be good, even if she really wanted to. do.She also set aside two people this morning because they actually recruited students on the bulletin board to experiment with their pranks, just because they wanted to collect data (according to the two, they are the first and second Test items).

If I take this matter and ask them to give me a little more...Hermione hastened to take back the scattered thoughts.She patted her face. She couldn't believe that one day she wanted to take the initiative to attack someone. Knowing that she really did this, she would involve George and the others. As the manufacturer who provided the props, both of them People will definitely be targeted by Umbridge, confinement and punishment are probably easy.

Chapter 50 The Dead Horseman (Part 1)

"Modern spells usually need to follow certain guidelines after they are improved-that is, they cannot effectively kill people, or the damage caused by those spells can be repaired." Max's words last night echoed in his mind, "Of course, This rule is not omnipotent. As long as a person really wants to hurt others, even just a laugh and hiccup, it can harm the person being casted. But there are always some spells that are made to hurt others, or The original intention is distorted. Those spells are usually called black magic."

"Your complexion doesn't look good, Professor Umbridge." Professor McGonagall glanced coldly at Umbridge, who was sitting on the same table with her, who frowned and felt sick. ."It's not a big deal, it's just that I have had a headache since last night. I don't know if I'm sick. Thank you for your concern, Professor McGonagall."

Umbridge smiled hypocritically, and Professor McGonagall heard her say so, only squeezed a little noise from his nose, and then began to eat his own breakfast.Since Umbridge said it was no big deal, she didn't want to be nosy, just a moral question based on colleagues.

"I'll go to the infirmary later. Anyone who has studied Madam Pomfrey's technique at Hogwarts knows how good she is." Umbridge wiped off his face. Cold sweat.This disease is very strange, it comes suddenly, and there are no other symptoms. The body just produces a sense of weakness and weakness, accompanied by a strong headache.

"Zoe!" Luna was not with her, and Zoe slowly finished breakfast when Hermione's shout was heard from the other side.Keeping his spirits up, Zoe greeted Hermione, "Are you really not going to Hogsmeade today, that guy won't give you a chance?" Hermione ran over and asked nervously.

Zoe shook her head: "Can you bring me something? I wrote everything on paper." She stuffed Hermione a small note and a small bag of coins.

"It's a pity, I originally wanted you to see it in person—the first memorable gathering!" Hermione carefully packed her things away."Assembly?" Zoe repeated."By the way, I forgot to tell you... If we have gathered some people to fight Umbridge's decree, would you join?" Although Hermione thought Zoe was unlikely to refuse, she was still a little nervous.

"You guys don't mess around." Zoe said sternly, but she noticed that there were students nearby looking curiously, and then she lowered her voice, "You can't make them so obvious. If Umbridge catches her, she There will be a legitimate reason to solve you."

"Although I was so strange just now, it is actually a learning mutual aid group. Please, we are already in the fifth grade, and we have to start the exam in less than half a year. No one is willing to give in to this kind of hope that we will experience theoretical study, but Under the professor who refused to let us carry out all the practice! Even if theory is important, practice is equally important, but the old witch is not going to let us hold a magic wand!"

Hermione spoke, but did not get Zoe's response.She stopped and looked at it suspiciously.

"Is it because of me?" Zoe frowned. "You don't have to do this. Umbridge just wants to torture me, and the premise of torture won't let me die. On the contrary, she won't until she has fun Want to kick off the stool under my feet and watch me hang."

"Do you have to say it so annoying, Zoe? When did you start talking to me so mean?" Hermione was a little angry, "Yes, it's because of you, you think I'll just watch My girlfriend was humiliated but didn’t do anything? But I didn’t do it just for you. We really need a place to gather and learn so that we can better protect ourselves and our importance in the coming war. People!"

Zoe looked at her disappointed eyes: "I thought you would support me." Hermione took a deep breath, "Well, just treat it as if I was passionate. Would you like to join?"

"I..." Zoe really wanted to tell her that participating in this group is more a waste of time than being able to learn.What she needs now is not the skills to deal with exams, but a deeper understanding of Max and even Voldemort. She even started to learn something she used to hate, just want to feel more empathetic.

"...But I may not be able to come every time." Faced with Hermione's expectant eyes, she still couldn't say anything to refuse directly, "Because Umbridge is likely to trouble me, call me anytime Go to her office. And I have nearly half of the time every week to go to Professor Snape to study. I think you may not be a good decision to invite me..."

"As far as the members we have gathered now, they will definitely have their own affairs. We will try our best to choose a time that satisfies everyone, and at the same time hold occasional gatherings-this will also help conceal our whereabouts." He held his chin and said seriously, "So, don't make any more excuses. Will you give me a conclusion? Even if you can't come to the first assembly."

Zoe sighed: "Of course, I will participate."

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"If you don't put away the screaming strange snake, I will put it away." Zoe patted the group of lower grade students who were screaming and scattered. , One of them was holding a snake-shaped prank prop in his hand, "That's a contraband, remember not to let Filch see it next time." Those people saw that she didn't mean to punish, and they relaxed after looking at each other. Tone.

Zoe walked out of the castle after the students had left.Whenever it is a holiday to play in Hogsmeade, the castle will enter an empty state for most of the day.Not only students in the third grade or above, many professors also take advantage of the holiday to go out for shopping or have a drink in the three broomsticks.

Without so many people staring, Zoe used the shortest route to come to the edge of the Forbidden Forest. From time to time, she would be rushed to the vicinity by Snape to collect some potion materials, and she didn't know everything about the Forbidden Forest.The hut on the edge of the forbidden forest seemed to have been unoccupied for a while, and there was a layer of dust on the windows, and there was no trace of people moving inside.

Ranger Hagrid is also not there, which means that no one will disturb her on the way.Of course, this also means that you can only solve the danger alone.

Max asked her to go deeper and go to a certain cave. She even made a simple map that roughly marked the location of the target.Taking care not to attract attention that shouldn't be caused, Zoe moved in that direction.The surrounding environment gradually became deeper, which also showed that she did go deeper.

Even in the daytime, the depths of the forbidden forest always have a gloomy feeling. Few rays of light can penetrate the dense leaves above the head. The soil under the feet is mixed with thick rotting leaves, and the smell is also very mixed.It is very quiet, even quiet, and there are not only no traces of beasts, but also almost no birdsong.

Along the way, a gust of wind blew up, and a strange smell floated from a certain direction, looming but at the same time very clear.After distinguishing carefully for a while, Zoe turned and walked carefully in a certain direction.

She chose the right direction.Every time she advances a certain distance, the taste gets thicker.Zoe's face was so ugly, she drew out her magic wand and stopped.

Still going forward?Zoe hesitated.After all, it is such a strong smell of blood, doesn't it mean that some unusual accidents have happened there?There are many weird creatures in the Forbidden Forest, and many of them are extremely dangerous. Should she move forward without being ready?

Why not?A voice persuades her. You are holding a scepter of power in your hand. You have enough power, no matter what the danger, just knock it down.Do you want to abandon this discovery and be a sad turtle?

The sound did come from her own brain, but Zoe fell into confusion for a moment. Her sanity didn't think she should just move forward, but her body seemed to be ready to fight, and she passively shuffled her steps. Walk forward with your waist.

The smell is getting heavier and heavier, she frowns and casts a bubble head curse on herself, and the air is much fresher now.Zoe squeezed the magic wand, carefully opened the bush in front of him with the other hand, and then jumped out, fully guarded against the beasts that might suddenly appear around her, as long as there is a sign, she will quickly chant.

But there was nothing around, except the dead who had died.Zoe's blood seemed to be solidified, and her brain was filled with painful dizziness, because similar scenes in front of her always reminded her of painful scenes in the past.It's just that it's not her friend who died this time.

An adult horse fell to the ground, probably dead for a long time, and Zoe couldn't find any breath of survival in it.Its bow was still stained with blood, and it was thrown on one side, while the other was a quiver, and nearly half of its arrows had been lost.It was full of scars, but there was nothing more terrifying than the scars on its horse. Something tore its body with a big opening, and there were obvious bite marks. A large piece of meat disappeared. The whiteness of the bones is all revealed.

Chapter 51 The Dead Horseman (Part 2)

Zoe tried to calm herself down. She felt the cold sweat was about to wet her robes. Zoe heard her breathing, loudly as if she was listening directly to the vocal part.Zoe covered her eyes with her hands. She didn't want to take a deep breath. Now the strong smell of blood in front of her would remind her of those memories that could not bear to look back.

"This is not her...not her..." Zoe resisted the desire to vomit and turn around and run away.She kept telling herself that the horseman in front of her was not the one she knew, but that it was a stranger.Although she couldn't get rid of the pain completely by doing this, she was finally able to continue thinking.

She put down her hand, squinted her eyes (this would make her vision worse) and looked around. It was obvious that the horseman was fighting with something huge, because the surrounding trees all collapsed abnormally, and most of them were directly taken from Half of the waist broke and fell miserably everywhere. The horseman did not have this weird power, and it was mostly caused by its opponent.

Judging from the horsemen’s quiver that lost more than half of them, it should have lasted a long time. The horsemen are the permanent residents of the forbidden forest. They are very familiar with the environment here. Zoe thinks it should pass through the surroundings. The narrow environment of the big tree entangled with the enemy, but the opponent's brute force must have exceeded the horseman's prediction, and the surrounding trees also restricted the horseman's mobility, and finally he was caught.

"Looking at it this way, it's just like primitive predation." Zoe said to himself.She avoided the horseman's corpse (dizzy just seeing it), and walked carefully towards the broken tree.She noticed some long claw marks on those tree trunks. She could not recognize the claw marks of any creature, but it should be a fierce creature with strong limbs.

Not only the trees, but the nearby soil was scattered everywhere in a mess. Traces slightly shorter than those claw marks were carved on the soil, but not many, because most of the marks on the ground had been destroyed during the battle.

"Huh?" Something darker appeared around the soil. Zoe moved the glowing wand forward and found that it was a shallow pool of blood. She raised her arm and found that it was a series of blood stains. , Starting from this vicinity, has been extending deeper into the Forbidden Forest.

"It's hurt." Zoe breathed a sigh of relief. The horseman didn't seem to have died in vain, at least it must have done damage to the big guy, so that the guy couldn't even bear the pain and take the food (Zoe's stomach felt a while. (Rolling) and left after eating.

But to what extent has it been hurt?If the injury is serious, will he have died in the front?If the injury is not serious, will it... come back?

A cold chill suddenly flowed into Zoe's body. She was startled: "Armored body!" "There are many obstacles!" Two spells were issued in succession, but the feeling of being peeped at by something did not disappear.Zoe looked around, there were huge trees with exactly the same shape everywhere, and the dark background melted into the forbidden forest. Even if the big guy was really hiding nearby, he didn't know where he would rush out.

"Want to hunt?" Zoe gritted his teeth.The original killing intent has its own scary place. Zoe can judge that it is probably a mixed feeling of killing intent and appetite, which stimulates Zoe's body and mind all pervasively.She let herself lean against a tree, at least so that she wouldn't be killed by the enemy who rushed out from behind.

But the breath suddenly disappeared.As if he had never appeared before, the atmosphere quickly returned to calm.Zoe didn't dare to relax his vigilance, who knows if it wants to wait for her to relax and attack?

But the killing intent completely disappeared, replaced by the unique sound of horseshoes stepping on the soil.Zoe heard this voice soon, and the doubts in his heart were answered.Since that guy is willing to give up the attack, at least it shows that it has no confidence in defeating more horsemen.

"The stars are up!" She heard a grieving roar, followed by the rush of horseshoes getting closer, she vaguely saw at least a dozen horsemen gathered, all with a frightened and angry expression on their faces.

"Prola! Prola! I will find out which bastard committed the sin!" The horseman roared, and the other horsemen responded to it. Zoe noticed that the leading horseman was Lisa's brother. She still remembered its grumpy temper, but she could see that it was very prestigious in the group.

She cannot be found by the horses, it is not a pleasant choice.These horsemen are now immersed in deep grief, and they have always been indifferent to humans, and they can be said to have brought a little hostility.Zoe didn't want to think deeply about what kind of ominous associations they would have if they found her hiding near the body of their companion.