Chapter 348 348. Secret Battle in the Forbidden Forest

"He is my brother, we are twins." Fred also reached out and lifted his hood, "He was just cursed."

"Are you..."

Obviously, Bain was eyeing Fred's wooden right hand again.

"twin?"

Firenze stared at Fred and George for several times before putting down the bow and arrow in his hand.

"Look carefully, you do look exactly the same. I heard Hagrid mention that there are a pair of very naughty twins in Hogwarts."

"That's us!"

Fred and George immediately raised their hands at the same time.

"We are the only twins in this school!"

"And you won't find anyone more mischievous than us!"

The two proudly proclaimed their status as kings of mischief, as if they were giving an award speech.

Firenze signaled the other two centaurs to put down their bows and arrows, and then said to the four young wizards: "You go and leave the Forbidden Forest. You are not safe in the Forbidden Forest tonight."

Eddie blurted out, "Did a dark wizard sneak in?"

"Stop talking so much nonsense to them." Bain said to Firenze, "Since they are disobedient, just let them go. If anything happens to them, it is not our responsibility."

Another centaur who did not reveal his name also said: "Bain is right, Firenze, although we cannot harm them, we have no obligation to protect their safety."

Firenze frowned upon hearing this, "They are not adults yet."

"This has nothing to do with us!" Bain said unhappily, "We have already advised them!"

Scott thought things were getting weirder and weirder.

Could something big happen in the Forbidden Forest tonight?

"You really don't want to leave?" Firenze looked at Scott and the others again.

Scott looked around and found that Eddie and the twins were looking at him, obviously waiting for him to come up with an idea.

"Let's leave." Scott changed his mind.

He's not the kind of person who would get involved even if he knew there was trouble.

"Then let's go." Firenze said, "I will escort you out of the Forbidden Forest."

Scott nodded, raised the wand in his hand, "Birds flock."

"Gah...gah..."

Accompanied by rough chirping, black crows emerged from the tip of his wand, flying around and dropping black feathers.

"Sorry to trouble you, Mr. Firenze." Scott said, "These crows will be on guard."

As soon as he finished speaking, the crows dispersed again and merged into the night. Only one crow remained beside Scott.

Scott and the others also followed the centaurs' guidance and walked towards the outside of the Forbidden Forest.

Scott raised his hand, letting the crow that remained beside him rest on his arm.

He pulled a leaf casually, tapped it with his wand, and left a sentence on the leaf.

He had no choice but to leave the task of waiting for the seven eagles to return and recovering the panoramic telescope to Rimbaud.

"Leave it to Rimbaud."

He whispered something, and the crow flew away with the leaf in its mouth.

Although the crows couldn't understand his words, they could understand Rimbaud's name.

From then until they walked out of the Forbidden Forest, Scott and the others did not encounter anything unusual.

The centaurs sent them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest and turned back in a hurry.

Scott and the four of them stood on the edge of the Forbidden Forest and looked at the dark interior of the forest at night.

"What should we do?" Eddie asked distressedly, "Have we been preparing for so long in vain?"

"Not necessarily," George said.

Eddie turned to look at him.

Fred said: "What he means is that those panoramic telescopes may not be brought back, and even if they are brought back, they may not be damaged."

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements."

Scott waved his wand again.

Wow…

The sound of flapping wings sounded, and a flock of black crows flew out of the woods, then turned and flew deep into the Forbidden Forest.

"If those eagles come back, they'll help hold on," he said.

"I hope so." Eddie looked up and watched the crows fly away.

Obviously, he didn't quite believe in the fighting power of the crows.

"Let's go."

Scott was the first to turn around and walk towards the castle.

"Aren't you curious about what will happen in the Forbidden Forest tonight?" Fred asked excitedly.

When this topic was brought up, Eddie immediately became energetic. He speculated enthusiastically, "There must be dark wizards who have sneaked into the Forbidden Forest. The centaurs discovered them and prepared to fight them."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." George did not agree with his guess, "The centaurs I met tonight seemed a little impatient."

"Want to know what's going to happen?" Scott asked.

He stopped and took out a panoramic telescope from the deformed lizard skin bag on his waist.

"Don't forget, we can use this."

"Try it." George said happily, "I'm very interested in this matter."

Fred and Eddie both nodded.

"Then try it."

Scott took out another ebony block and waved his wand to turn the block into an owl.

Then he turned on the switch of the panoramic telescope and handed it to the owl.

The owl cooed a few times, grabbed the panoramic telescope and flew towards the Forbidden Forest.

"It will patrol over the Forbidden Forest," Scott said. "When it hears movement, it will fly nearby and let the panoramic telescope record the picture."

Back at the castle, Scott and Eddie separated from the Weasley twins and walked towards Ravenclaw Tower.

"I thought Fred and George would have wanted to stay in the Forbidden Forest and watch the fun," Eddie said. "They always have an excess of curiosity."

"They're not stupid." Scott disagreed with his statement.

Fred and George were very clever.

Eddie smiled and said, "Then I hope they won't be caught by Madam Pomfrey."

The two returned to the Ravenclaw common room, where Eddie gathered with several members of the Quidditch team's tactical advisory group.

Scott stretched and decided to take a bath in the prefect bathroom.

By the time he returned to the Ravenclaw common room feeling refreshed and refreshed after taking a shower, it was almost curfew time and there were not many people in the common room.

"Scott."

Luna called him, sitting on the sofa by the fireplace.

"What's wrong."

Scott walked over, put the bath basket on the floor, and sat down on the sofa opposite Luna.

"Something happened." Luna's eyes widened and her voice was erratic.

She was still squatting, half of her bare feet exposed from under her nightgown.

"What?" Scott didn't understand what she meant.

"In the Forbidden Forest." Luna turned to look at the window, "I just saw that there was a battle in the Forbidden Forest."

"Can you see it from so far away?" Scott asked in surprise.

"Of course, I didn't see much." Luna seemed to have no idea about her abilities. "I only know that there was a battle there."

She jumped off the sofa, stepped on the carpet with her bare feet, and walked to the window.

When she walked out of the carpet and touched the floor tiles, she jumped again, ran back to the sofa and put on her slippers.

Scott stood up and stood with her at the window.

"It's right there, but it's over now." Luna pointed to a certain area in the Forbidden Forest.

Scott stared at the dark Forbidden Forest for a while, and roughly judged the direction Luna was pointing.

That place... was probably where they met the three centaurs before.

He asked softly, "Do you know who is participating in the battle?"

Luna shook her head.

"I don't know," she said. "I can't see who's fighting who."

"How did you tell there was fighting there?" Scott asked curiously.

"I saw it." Luna looked up at Scott, "I saw the battle."

Scott was stunned for several seconds before he reacted.

"So, what you see is not who is fighting whom, nor magic and magic, but the concept of [battle]?" He said while gesticulating to express his meaning.

Luna also thought for a while before she understood what he meant.

She nodded, "The Xingnao flies that reside in my eyes have matured, and I can see more things now."

Scott looked down at her silver-grey eyes, still filled with surprise.

Is this Luna's special magic, or does she really have a magic eye?

"Should I tell Professor Flitwick about this?" Luna asked.

Scott smiled, "I think Professor Flitwick would like to hear what you have to say."

Luna nodded, suddenly turned around and ran towards the door.

"I'll go right away."

The slippers clattered under her feet as she quickly walked out the door.

After Scott watched her leave, he turned to look out the window at the Forbidden Forest again.

In the end what happened……

He sat back on the sofa by the fireplace and waited quietly.

Not long after, there was a knocking sound outside the glass window.

Scott stood up again, opened the window, and let the owl holding the panoramic telescope fly in.

He took out his wand and turned the owl back into a wooden block, then picked up the panoramic telescope and put it in front of his eyes and started operating it.

As his fingers turned the circular dial, he saw the scene in the camera begin to retreat rapidly, from the common room to the Forbidden Forest.

His fingers kept moving, and the screen kept moving back.

Due to the poor lighting in the Forbidden Forest at night, he had to be very careful to identify what was in the picture.

Suddenly, the movement of his fingers stopped.

At this time, the picture he saw was very bright, it was a beam of magical red light.

The fingers of Scott's other hand also started to move, turning the picture into slow motion.

As he repeatedly adjusted, the wizard fighting the centaurs finally appeared on the screen.

But because the owl was flying in the sky, the panoramic telescope was looking down, and the wizard fighting the centaurs was wearing a hood, Scott couldn't tell his identity.

In the following time, Scott watched this battle scene several times.

There was only one wizard who appeared in the Forbidden Forest, and the battle between him and the centaurs was not that fierce.

The battle between the two sides was short, and there was no winner or loser. There were no casualties on either side.

The wizard quickly apparated away.

From these pictures, it was difficult for Scott to judge the purpose of the other party's trip.

After some time, Scott watched the footage recorded by the panoramic telescope twice from beginning to end.

At this time, Luna ran back with her slippers in hand.

"I've told Professor Flitwick," she said with a slight breath.

Scott asked him, "Does the professor believe what you say?"

"Oh, of course he believes it." Luna nodded solemnly, "He said he would discuss it with Professor McGonagall and then check it out."

After she said this, she said goodnight to Scott and returned to the dormitory.

At breakfast time on Monday morning, the owls that delivered mail flew into the auditorium in everyone's expectation.

"Oh, I have never looked forward to the Daily Prophet as much as today!" Eddie looked up at the flying owls and said loudly.

Scott used his hand to block the milk jug to prevent the owl's feathers from falling into it.

"Here it comes!"

"It's the Daily Prophet."

Several newspapers were thrown on the table by the owls, and Eddie and Roger couldn't wait to pick up the newspapers and read them.

At the same time, Scott also received his own newspaper.

"How is it possible! There is nothing!"

Eddie complained loudly while flipping through the newspapers.

"Did nothing happen yesterday?" Roger also said in surprise.

Milton said: "Maybe this is a good thing?"

Scott also flipped through the newspaper in his hand, and did not find any valuable news reports.

"At noon." He said to Eddie, "At noon, we will go to the Forbidden Forest again."

"Okay." Eddie nodded repeatedly.

Almost all the students in the hall were very dissatisfied with the newspaper.

What they wanted to see was the battle between the Dark Lord and the resurrected witch. Who wanted to see the progress of the construction of the Quidditch World Cup venue?

Even the Slytherins who were not hospitalized were dissatisfied.

"Nothing happened. This is enough to prove that the interview was directed and acted by Rita Skeeter. That hateful woman should apologize in the newspaper!"

"This is an insult. She insulted the daughter of Slytherin and also insulted our Slytherin College."

The Gryffindors who were not hospitalized did not think that the interview was false.

They quarreled with Slytherin in the air.

"Not being in the newspaper does not mean that nothing happened!"

"Wait, today's Evening Prophet will definitely report this!"

"Yes, we have to give reporters some time to write articles!"

All the Ravenclaws, sandwiched between the two colleges, watched the Gryffindors and Slytherins scolding each other without any expression.

With the large-scale fight on Saturday, the already unfriendly relationship between the two colleges became even more unfriendly.

As the atmosphere became increasingly tense, Professor McGonagall walked in from the entrance of the auditorium.

Her appearance was like pouring a bucket of cold water on the heads of those hot-headed students, and they instantly calmed down.

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips in a particularly stern manner, scanning the crowd, and paying special attention to Gryffindor and Slytherin.

In an instant, the auditorium became completely quiet.

"You are all students." Professor McGonagall raised her voice and said, "What you should do is go to class, and the rest has nothing to do with you now."

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Professor McGonagall nodded with satisfaction and turned to leave.

When she reached the door, she turned around again, "I want to remind the students of Gryffindor and Slytherin that because of your unruliness, your house points are almost deducted."