Snakes in Hogwarts

In the dark dense forest, Harry couldn't help looking around, and he had been in this panic after Hagrid found the dazzling red mark in the sky and left.

Looking at the dark dense forest, this thin little boy involuntarily swallowed his saliva. He only felt that the tangled branches under the shroud of night looked like monsters with teeth and claws.

They surround themselves, as if they would attack at any time, tearing themselves to pieces.

Fortunately, he is not alone.

"They'll be fine, right?" Harry couldn't help asking, his gaze turned to one side involuntarily. On the edge of the dense forest, there were two strange humanoids standing.

Their torso, arms, and head are human-like, but below the waist is a contrasting horse body!

Harry had never seen such a magical creature before. Hearing from Hagrid, this creature was called a horseman, and it seemed to be an intelligent race with a long history like humans.

"Mars is very bright tonight, but it doesn't obscure Mercury's brilliance."

One of the horsemen with red hair and red beard looked up at the sky, and then replied solemnly.

The horseman's fur color seems to correspond to their hair. He has a bright reddish-brown horse body and a long red tail. At this moment, he is drooping on the ground and flapping casually.

???

what?what?

What Mercury Mars?

Although he couldn't see his expression, Harry knew that his face must now be full of capitalized awkwardness.

Mars is extremely bright, but does not obscure Mercury's brilliance?

Who will tell me what this means?

Although Hogwarts also opened an astronomy class for the first-year wizards to learn about the stars that are constantly circulating in the sky.

But, to be honest, most of the little wizards, including Harry, lacked interest in this seemingly unmagical course.

Children at this age always like those novel and fun things. In contrast, they prefer courses like magic spells or transfiguration that can swish and wave the wand and feel the charm of magic intuitively.

Although Professor McGonagall is very strict and often gives them a lot of homework.

However, observing the starry sky with a telescope from the astronomical tower in the cold wind at night is obviously not very interesting.

Not to mention, they are only in the first grade right now, and even those planets have not yet been fully recognized, so it is naturally impossible to know what each planet is proclaiming.

Thinking of this, Ha looked at the scarlet horseman with a help-seeking gaze. There stood the horseman's companion, a horseman with black hair and a black body, who looked stronger.

Maybe he can explain it kindly?

Harry thought.

"Well, he was right." After saying this, the black-haired horseman stopped talking to Harry.

He looked up at the sky to himself, as if what kind of treasure was hidden behind the fast-black curtain.

This concise answer made Harry completely dead, until this time, Harry finally understood Hagrid's sentence, "There is always no straightforward answer from the horseman."

Also, "These horsemen know many things, but they are always tight-lipped." What does it mean?

It is really difficult to communicate normally with these gods and creatures.

...

Unlike the Andros team, which was attacked by the trolls, under Hagrid's leadership, Harry did not encounter any dangerous creatures.

Don't talk about Voldemort, the path on the left is quiet and there isn't even a bigger fox.

On the way, apart from the two horsemen who had met Hagrid suddenly emerged from the forest, they had not met anything.

If Andros, who was already in a coma, knew what happened to them, he wouldn't know if he would cheat the corpse from Hagrid's arms angrily.

Why can only and Ron be so unlucky!

Shouldn't Harry be a human-shaped Voldemort attractor?

...

They had just talked a few words with the horseman who appeared suddenly, and then Hagrid noticed the distress signal that was still shining in the sky.

At the same time, the roar of the troll also came.

Of course, Harry didn't recognize what kind of creature it was, but regarded it as a very dangerous unknown monster.

After all, the roar was not friendly anyway, and Hagrid's bearded face suddenly became tense.

After entrusting Harry to take care of the two horsemen temporarily, Hagrid crackled through the low bushes and has not returned until now.

Without even thinking about it, Lobach and Ron must be in trouble.

Harry suddenly became nervous. He was very worried about Ron's accident. After all, that was the first friend the savior made.

Harry leaned on his side, paying close attention to the movement in the forbidden forest. He felt that his hearing must be sharper than usual now. The monster's roar was still going on. It seemed a good thing?

At least it means that Ron and the others are probably still alive?

Harry thought wildly.

Almost five minutes later, he finally heard Hagrid's voice again, and the voice gradually became clearer from far to near.

Accompanied by the crackling sound, Hagrid emerged from the woods again, his face full of panic, and he was holding a person in his arms.

Merlin, is that Andros?

Harry had never thought that this little wizard, who was far better than them, would become like this. The latter fell limp in Hagrid's arms and seemed to have completely lost consciousness.

"Bain! Ronan! Come and help me!" Hagrid yelled at the two horsemen.

"Hagrid, what happened?" Ronan, the horseman with red hair, asked, his voice low and sad and recognizable.

It seemed that this reddish-brown horseman was more talkative or less hostile towards wizards than his companions around him.

Yes, most horsemen are quite hostile to wizards, because arrogant wizards often treat horsemen as a kind of talking beast with intelligence similar to humans.

This is something that no horseman can accept.

This creature has extremely strong self-esteem, and is very proud of its race. When encountering any creature that dares to slander or vilify them, the horsemen will attack at any cost.

Although they don't use magic wands, it doesn't mean that horsemen can't do magic. They have a magic system that is very different from wizards. In addition, horsemen are also very good at using bows and arrows. They seem to be born archers.

However, they generally do not choose to attack the little wizard unless their endurance reaches the limit.

According to horseman tradition, these cubs, or foals, should be properly protected.

This may be why Hagrid chose to rescue like a horseman.

"The two of them encountered the troll. This little guy dragged the troll alone and exhausted all his magic power for this."

Placing Andros lightly on a comfortable grass, Hagrid explained in a low voice, he took a few steps back to make room for the two horsemen.

Hagrid knew that although these horsemen talked divinely all day long, they were very good at magic healing.

"Yes, this kid has exhausted all the magic in his body." Ronan lay on the grass, checking Andros who was unconscious.

"Now his body is like a completely dry well. The magic power has been exhausted and there is no new output. He should have overdrawn too much magic power at once. Now there are tiny wounds all over the body."

"Hagrid, where's Ron~ Ron?" Harry asked, quietly holding Hagrid's hand, he might not have noticed, his voice was trembling.

Why did Hagrid only brought back Andros alone?

"Don't worry, Harry, they just separated, I think Ron should have ran back." Hagrid comforted Harry in a low voice.

"Overdrawn the magic in the body? Humans are always so reckless." Bain's voice was mixed with irony.

"They never think about the consequences of doing things, and it has been the same since ancient times."

"This is not stupid. If he didn't do this, he would have been killed by the troll already!" Hagrid retorted angrily.

"Then why do you allow two young ponies to patrol the forbidden forest?"

"This is indeed my negligence, do you have a way to save this child? I know that you are very good at magic therapy."

Harry watched the face of the horseman named Bain, and he knew immediately that Hagrid had said the wrong thing, because the latter raised his head angrily, and he stomped on the ground fiercely, as if what Hagrid said was extremely unsound. The same swear word.

"We are not human servants! You don't have the right to order the horseman to do anything for humans!" Bain roared angrily.

"I have no order, I am just asking for your help."

"Help? The horsemen never need to help humans! We are a unique race!"

"Calm down, Baine." Ronan stood up from the grass, first calming his companion softly, and then looking at Hagrid with apologetic eyes.

It seemed that this horseman was much calmer than his companions around him.

"I'm very sorry, Hagrid, although I want to help, unless permitted by the chief, the horsemen cannot show the knowledge and magic that belong to the horsemen in front of humans. We think this is a very severe act of betrayal."

"Then we will go to the horse camp, and I will persuade Margaret myself!" Hagrid yelled unconvincedly.

"Don't get excited, Hagrid, you won't succeed."

"You have also seen that Bain does not trust humans. Almost all horsemen have this view. We believe that showing horseman magic to humans will eventually lead to the enslavement of the entire race."

"If you have this time, you might as well go back to the castle, this little pony is not badly injured, and your human magic can also be cured."

"Really?" Hagrid was suspicious.

"Of course, horsemen never lie!" Feeling Hagrid's suspicion, Baine spit in anger.

"On the contrary, you humans have always been mouthful of lies and false promises."