Hagrid's Return
On the other side, at the Slytherin Academy...
They weren't sullen because of the loss. Plus, it was snowing heavily tonight, and Ayi Duo had never seen snow before, so young Malfoy waved his hand and said, "Let's all go! Let's have a snowball fight!"
As for being punished with extra homework? Ha! I'm not even attending classes at the Hogwarts Academy this year, so why should I have to do homework? What a joke!
Daphne and Olivia went to the greenhouse to see the flowers, so they didn't join in the snowball fight. Similarly, Ka-jie and Fa-jie went to find Su Yu. So, this is what they call "Yamanaka cat's away, the mice will play," Malfoy is now the biggest monkey in the Slytherin Academy!
A large group of people rushed towards the open space outside the hall. Callis lit several torches and hung them on the wall for illumination.
Umbridge and Filch didn't dare utter a sound, obediently standing on either side to make way for the Slytherin Academy students, pretending not to see anything.
Ayi Duo's laughter could be heard from a great distance. It was the first time she had ever seen snow. Wearing Goyle's large magic robe, she held a handful of snowflakes and giggled at Goyle.
"This is so beautiful!"
Ayi Duo is like a snow sprite, dancing gracefully in the heavy snow.
"Come quick, Ayi Duo, let's have a snowball fight!"
Callis took Ayi Duo's hand, put gloves on her, and taught her to make snowballs and throw them at the boys.
"Look at my Ayi Duo!"
Pansy threw a snowball at Malfoy in the face, making Malfoy stagger and almost knocking Malfoy unconscious with the force of the impact.
This made Astoria, who was watching from the side, giggle and then she grabbed a snowball and threw it at Malfoy.
As more and more people joined in the snowball fight, Ayi Duo gradually became familiar with the rules of the game and excitedly threw snowballs at the other side.
The commotion at the Slytherin Academy woke up many students who were already asleep, but they dared not come out due to school rules. Even Professor McGonagall was awakened and stood by the window, yelling at them to be quiet.
"How about we go somewhere else, to the Forbidden Forest in the back?"
Malfoy couldn't afford to offend this elderly woman, so he quickly told his classmates to keep their voices down and suggested they go somewhere else to play.
"The Forbidden Forest Forbidden Forest great! You can even go skiing there!"
Astoria was the first to agree; she hadn't played around like this in a long time, and excitedly dragged Malfoy along towards the Forbidden Forest.
Meanwhile, Hermione and Harry took the opportunity to sneak out and blend into the Slytherin Academy group. Harry and Ron, wearing Invisibility Cloak, went to Hagrid's Hut.
On the way, they ran into Daphne and Olivia, who were also heading back. Seeing her crazy sister, Daphne simply flicked her red, frostbitten nose and reminded her to head back soon.
They even took the Little White Snake and Haha from Ayi Duo's arms back with them. This child really went crazy playing! Didn't she see that these two things were almost frozen to death? They need to be taken back quickly and put by the stove to warm them up.
When Harry and his friends arrived at Hagrid's Hut and saw Hagrid's injuries, which were ten thousand times worse than Harry's, they were all stunned.
"Good heavens, Merlin's beard! What happened to you, Hagrid?"
Hermione rushed forward to check Hagrid's injuries.
Hagrid's hair was a complete mess, his body was covered in dried blood clots, his eyes were so swollen he could barely open them, his body was covered in scars, some of which hadn't even healed yet, blood was flowing down his arms, and he even walked with a limp and had to be extra careful.
Harry and Ron kept pressing Hagrid for an explanation, asking what had happened and how he had ended up in this state. But the big guy just used a piece of dragon meat bigger than a tire as a disinfectant rag, haphazardly wiping his wounds and saying he was fine.
However, Hagrid was eventually forced to tell them everything because they had no other choice.
He and Madame Maxime had already set off during the summer vacation to seek the Giant ' help, and it took them a month to find the group of Giant.
Because Headmaster Dumbledore said that Voldemort was also among those Giant, the two dared not relax their guard at all along the way, not only having to evade Voldemort's henchmen, but also having to evade the Ministry of Magic's pursuit.
What a glorious Giant they once were! At their peak, they had hundreds or even thousands of tribes. Now, only seventy or eighty remain in the world, and they all hide in the Ural Mountains of Eastern Europe.
The leader of the Giants is called Gugo, and every leader is called that. This Gugo is the biggest, ugliest, and laziest of them all. All the Giant have to give him their food after they finish hunting, and he even has to be fed by the other Giant.
Following Headmaster Dumbledore's instructions, Hagrid presented the leader of the Giant with the Gubraithian Fire, an eternal flame created by Headmaster Dumbledore using magic, which could burn forever.
This made Gugo very happy, but the Giant ' rule was that you had to come back the next day to deliver the gift before they would talk to you, so Hagrid and Madame Maxime weren't in a hurry.
The next day, they presented another helmet made of Goblin, but the greedy Giant simply said that Headmaster Dumbledore was a good man and asked them to bring more gifts the next day before discussing anything else. Little did they know that something terrible would happen to the Giants that very night.
Giant are a race known for their stupidity and violence; men fight men Tenten, women fight women, it's never stopped. They're almost wiped out, yet they're still so stubborn. The night after Hagrid delivered the gift, a large-scale conflict erupted among the Giants.
When the sun rose on the third day, the Gugo's head was thrown to the bottom of the lake, and a new Gugo took over. The great battle last night had turned the snow in the entire camp red.
However, the new Gugo disliked Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic, so they sided with Voldemort. But not all Giant liked Voldemort, and Hagrid managed to persuade seven or eight of Giant.
However, at that moment, the new Gugo attacked the Giant, killing many of them. The remaining Giant refused to talk to Hagrid and the others anymore.
Hagrid also mentioned that he had learned about his mother, who had died long ago, and that Hagrid had always felt she was not a good mother.
Just as the group was pressing Hagrid about how he got all those injuries, there was another knock on the door of Hagrid's Hut, and the little figures immediately hid inside the Invisibility Cloak.
The person who came was Umbridge. She had also seen Hagrid return tonight and came over to ask him a few questions as usual.
For example, how did he get his injury? Where has he been these past few months? And why did he let Professor Sprout substitute for him, and why did he say he would investigate Hagrid?
Hagrid was incapable of lying, and his clumsy acting made Umbridge immediately see through it—and see something very wrong. However, she didn't immediately start interrogating him; she just asked a few questions and left.