Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 518: Forbidden Forest Scouting
"You two little rascals, don't even think about finding out about Charlie and the others from me!"

Hagrid chased Fred out of the cabin, but after he left, a look of triumph appeared on his face.

In the shadows in the distance, Cedric asked them, "Did it work?"

Next to Cedric were the other students from their group.

Fred said, "Sure, we'll wait a minute."

Hagrid won't be able to resist going to see the dragon tonight."

Everyone hid in the dark, and half an hour later, they saw Hagrid leave the cabin and walk into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

Fred was about to get up when Cedric pulled him back: "Don't worry, we can go after Hagrid comes back."

Ten minutes later, a dark shadow appeared in the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid went back and looked around. After confirming that there was no one following him, he walked into the Forbidden Forest again.

Although Hagrid is not very good as a professor, he is very qualified as a hunter.

More than an hour later, Hagrid returned from the Forbidden Forest and entered the cabin. Light soon shone through the gaps in the window.

Cedric waved his hand, and everyone ran out from the darkness and entered the Forbidden Forest.

The sky was covered with thick clouds, and the forbidden forest was pitch black. The wind was very strong, and the faint mist in the forest could not be blown away.

Fred waved his wand, and Hagrid's footprints began to light up, with wisps of steam rising from them.

Everyone moved forward slowly following the footprints, and after a big circle they returned to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where Hagrid had been standing to observe if there was any tracking. The light from the footprints was longer.

The footprints showed that Hagrid walked in the Forbidden Forest for a while and hid in the dark for about half an hour.

If Fred and the others had followed them, they would have been caught here.

Cedric said, "This potion is really useful."

Fred said: "It is said that this potion was invented by a witch who found that her husband left home every night and thought he was having an affair."

Qiu Zhang, who was behind Cedric, asked curiously, "What happened next?"

Fred said: "Later she found out that her husband went fishing at night and passed by the vegetable market on his way back from fishing."

Suddenly, there was a sound not far away, and everyone's wands pointed in the direction of the sound.

A mouse was running for its life at a very fast speed. Soon after, a cat-like creature jumped out and quickly disappeared into the fog of the night with the mouse.

"Crookshanks?" Fred recognized him. "Granger doesn't like him catching mice, but Charles says if he doesn't catch mice he'll get as fat as Ruby."

It was common for students' pets to run to the edge of the forbidden forest, but everyone paid no attention and continued walking deeper into the forbidden forest.

The camp that he saw on the edge of the Forbidden Forest during the day should be a fake. Hagrid walked around it from a distance and had no intention of going over.

After walking for a while, some lights appeared in the fog, and there were human figures moving, and soon voices were heard.

"Mr. Smith, is this your pet?"

"I just caught it. If it doesn't behave, feed it to the dragon."

Cedric and the others recognized Charles' voice.

Charles scratched Crookshanks' head and said, "If you don't calm down, I'll feed you to the dragon."

The staff who received Charles took him to the camp and gave feedback on the three meals a day at the Dancing Grass Restaurant in the past few days.

This camp holds a dragon that is covered in black scales, has yellow eyes, bronze horns, and a long tail with spikes of the same color.

This Hungarian Horntail was eating, and half a lamb was quickly torn into pieces and swallowed.

Charles asked the staff at the dragon farm: "Is there enough mutton now?"

The staff member replied: "Enough, the dragons will be full."

Charles scratched Crookshanks' head again and said, "It seems that there is no need to feed the dragon with you."

The staff member smiled and said, "You are joking. You can't feed dragons anything casually. It would be terrible if they get upset." Charles followed up with the question, "Does the meat we sent meet the requirements?"

The staff member said: "Basically there is no problem, but the meat is frozen and needs to be thawed first."

Charles nodded. If that was the case, there would be no problem.

He then asked: "Do you have any problems with your usual diet?"

At this time, Cedric and others untied several traps, and some climbed up nearby trees to observe the situation in the camp from above.

In addition to a Hungarian Horntail, there are several sheds in the camp, which look like a resting place for the staff, and there are beer bottles on the table.

Charles had his back to them, talking to the staff.

But except for the person who just brought Charles in, the others were not British. Only Charles could talk to them in gibberish, and the people in the tree couldn't understand him.

They quickly came down from the tree and left before Charles came out, returning to the castle and finding an empty classroom to discuss.

Cedric said, "Did you notice that 'fire dragons' is plural, which means there is more than one."

Fred nodded and said, "We didn't see Charlie, he wasn't in that camp."

He said with some embarrassment, "Hagrid has only been to one place tonight. He may go to other dragons during the day."

"I worry……"

Before he could finish his words, raindrops hit the window.

"...Hagrid's footprints will be washed away by the water."

Qiu Zhang also said: "Hagrid knows that someone will follow him, and we don't know how many dragons there are. What if he deliberately doesn't go to one or two camps?"

It's true that Hagrid likes dragons, but if Dumbledore asks him to, he can really give false information to the contestants.

It is also possible that Charlie is involved.

Everyone felt that things were becoming complicated.

Cedric asked them, "Do you think we can start with Charles?"

Fred said: "Although Charles is easy to talk to, he will never compromise on matters of principle. He even didn't give Miss Delacour a gift on Valentine's Day this year to avoid suspicion."

"It would be better to bribe Ruby with delicious food and let it take us to find the dragon."

After the Gryffindor student said this, Cedric had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​looking for Charles.

Cedric thought for a moment and said, "Let's continue to follow Hagrid, mark the location on the map, and then search the places we haven't been to under the fog."

"Continue to search the library for methods on how to deal with fire dragons."

After discussing for a while, they ended today's activities.

Fred returned to the common room and George handed him a bag of popcorn. Now it was time to watch the show.

Hermione was beating Charles.

Straight punch, hook, jab, every punch is powerful.

Hermione rained punches on Charles.

Although Charles' mouth corners curled up slightly, he was very serious and kept catching Hermione's fists with his hands.

Fred asked, "What happened to Charles?"

Everyone was used to the ordinary fights between father and daughter, and just wanted to know what new tricks Charles would come up with.

But no one knows.

(End of this chapter)