Harry was a little surprised when Tris suggested going into the forest with them to deal with the spiders.
There was no question that they were close to Tris, and they often came to him for advice. When Harry wanted to pursue a girl, for instance, Tris was the first person he went to.
But over the past two years, Tris had rarely joined them on their adventures.
For him to volunteer this time caught Harry and Ron off guard, but they were mostly delighted.
"With you coming along, Tris, nothing can go wrong," Ron said with a grin. He had never seen Tris battle a Dark Wizard, but he knew very well how powerful his magic was.
With him along, they could breeze through the Forbidden Forest.
"You haven't told anyone else about us sneaking into the forest tonight to hunt spiders, have you?" Tris had not seen Hermione and guessed the two boys had kept their mouths shut this time, but he asked anyway.
"No!" Harry shook his head. "I was worried the spiders might have something to do with Hagrid. He might get upset if we attacked them, so I didn't say anything."
Tris was rather surprised that Harry had thought of that.
Noticing his surprised look, Harry explained, "Cho Chang told me that Hagrid brought in a few huge spiders for the fourth-year Care of Magical Creatures and Research class. They were as big as calves.
"Those spiders all obeyed Hagrid. I don't know if these are the same kind, but I thought it was safer not to tell anyone."
Tris nodded in understanding.
Since Draco had not been injured by a Hippogriff, and Hermione was helping prepare the lessons, Hagrid's classes had been going fairly smoothly. Still, Tris was a little surprised that the fourth-years