"That was your own fault, wasn't it?" Filch said, sounding delighted. "You should have thought about these werewolves before getting into trouble, shouldn't you, sir?"
Hagrid still carried his enormous crossbow, with a bulging quiver slung over his shoulder.
"It's about time. They're my responsibility now. You can leave," Hagrid told Filch, then handed a lamp to Mya Mu.
Filch glanced at them before heading back into the castle.
Draco turned to Hagrid, his face filled with terror. "I don't want to go into the Forbidden Forest!"
Mya Mu took Draco's trembling hand and comforted him. "I'll be with you, Draco."
Though she was a little scared herself.
Hagrid led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest and shone the lamp at the ground. "Look over there. See that silvery, shining liquid on the ground? That's unicorn blood."
"Something in the Forbidden Forest injured a unicorn badly. This is the second time in a week. We found one dead last Wednesday. We need to find that poor unicorn and put it out of its misery."
Mya Mu noticed Draco shudder. She asked Hagrid, "What if the thing that hurt the unicorn suddenly appears and attacks us?"
"As long as you stay with me or Fang, none of the creatures in the Forbidden Forest will hurt you," Hagrid said.
Mya Mu rubbed her forehead. She thought Hagrid was being a little overconfident. He was huge, and Fang looked fierce, but the Forbidden Forest was so vast. Everything inside was unknown.
"All right, we'll split into two groups and follow the blood trails separately."
Draco leaned forward. "I choose Fang!" Looking at Fang's long teeth, he made his decision without hesitation.
"All right, but I should remind you that he's a coward. You, Mya Mu, and Harry will go together. Hermione and I will go together." Hagrid had already decided to let Mya Mu lead, because of her talent for getting close to magical creatures.
"If you find the unicorn, send up green sparks. If you run into trouble, send up red sparks. Now, take out your wands and practice."
The Forbidden Forest was pitch-black and utterly silent. They walked deeper in, and after reaching a fork in the path, the two groups split up.
The three of them walked silently, their eyes occasionally fixed on the ground. Moonlight filtered through the leaves, shining over the earth, the fallen leaves, and the silver blood.
"Mya Mu, do you think a werewolf really hurt the unicorn?" Harry asked.
Mya Mu shook her head. "I don't know."
"Behave yourself, Fang." Draco was having trouble holding Fang back. He had no idea what nearby scent had caught Fang's attention and made him so lively.
"Look! There's a thicker trail of blood up ahead. The unicorn must be nearby," Harry said excitedly.
Sure enough, after taking a few more steps, they saw it lying on the grass, blood still seeping from its wound.
"Oh, we finally found it. We can leave this horrible place and go back to sleep." Draco had never been happier since entering the Forbidden Forest.
Mya Mu had Harry send up green sparks, then went with them to examine the unicorn's injuries. The unicorn let out a soft cry when it saw them and rubbed its head against Mya Mu's hand.
Mya Mu stroked it, then used a healing spell to treat its wound. At least it was no longer bleeding.
"Now we just need to wait quietly here for Hagrid," Mya Mu said, sitting beside the unicorn.
Harry and Draco exchanged a look, then looked away and sat beside the unicorn as well.
Suddenly, Fang began barking. A black shadow flashed past, and all three of them drew their wands. Draco cried out, "W-who's there?!"
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"Stupefy!" Mya Mu raised her wand and fired in one direction. An unknown thing wearing a black cloak leaped out of the bushes.
Harry felt an intense pain erupt from the scar on his forehead, as though it had caught fire.
Draco let out a strangled scream, and Mya Mu was equally frightened. Her instincts told her that the pitch-black thing was the culprit that had hurt the unicorn, but what could three first-year students do?
Just as the black-cloaked figure prepared to approach them, the sound of hooves rang out. With a sharp whoosh, an arrow shot toward the shadow. The shadow darted into the woods, and the arrow buried itself in a tree.
A centaur approached from beside Mya Mu. He had platinum-blond hair and looked very young. "How are you? Are you all right?"
"We're fine. Thank you," the three of them hurriedly said.
"Oh, Merlin, we finally found you." It was Hagrid and Hermione. The moment Hermione saw Mya Mu, she threw her arms around her.
Two more centaurs appeared behind Hagrid. They seemed to know the centaur who had saved Mya Mu and the others.
"Firenze, we need to get them out of here quickly."
"Oh, Bane, I know. Look, this is Potter's child. By the way, what's your name?" Firenze asked.
"Harry. Harry Potter." Once Harry felt that his scar no longer hurt, he lowered his hand.
"Snape, Bane, they also saved a unicorn." Firenze pointed at the unicorn lying on the ground.
"I suppose so." Snape glanced at Bane.
The unicorn suddenly stood up. It kissed the top of Mya Mu's head, then bowed. A silver light entered her body.
Everyone present was stunned. "Little girl, you have received the Unicorn's Blessing. Congratulations," Firenze said.
"Thank you." Mya Mu stroked the unicorn's mane.
"Please call me Mya Mu, Mr. Firenze."
Draco returned Fang to Hagrid. He was still immersed in the sight of Mya Mu bathed in silver light.
Harry and Hermione were the same.
On the way out of the Forbidden Forest, Harry asked Firenze who the black shadow was and why it wanted to kill unicorns.
The answer brought shocking news.
"Harry, walk faster. We're almost at the edge of the Forbidden Forest," Mya Mu said, waving at Harry.
"Good luck, Harry Potter." Firenze left after escorting them out.
Harry did not dare tell the others what he had just learned, but Mya Mu still noticed that something was wrong with him. He was trembling so badly that anyone would have noticed.
"Harry, what's wrong?"
Draco raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you were scared stupid and still haven't recovered."
Mya Mu rubbed her forehead. Weren't you so scared just now that your mouth hung open and you couldn't say a word?
"Harry, what did Firenze tell you just now?" Hermione immediately got to the point. After all, only she and Harry had been walking together.
The four of them had just reached the castle gates. "There's some bad news." Harry looked at them with a complicated expression.
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