Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 170: Fate of the Centaur (2 in 1)
Draco Malfoy gradually opened his eyes, he was very weak now.
The surroundings were jolted, and there was severe pain in the leg from time to time, as if the entire right leg could no longer move...
What happened?
Where are you?
What am I going to do?
In his mind, he was a little confused for a while.
Wait, he remembered... He was the one who encountered a centaur rebellion in the Forbidden Forest, and was captured by the centaur...
In addition, when he was taken away, Malfoy was shot by an arrow in the knee of his right leg. This is also the source of the excruciating pain in the right leg.
And now, he is lying on the back of a centaur... His body is covered with a fur of an unknown animal, probably because of this thing, he was not frozen to death in the icy world!
The centaur stopped suddenly, and the surrounding environment became dark. He seemed to be carried into a cave by the centaur—
"Ouch!" Malfoy couldn't help but wailed, because he was thrown to the ground very roughly by the centaur.
Then, another fat piece of meat was thrown on Malfoy... almost making him unable to breathe.
Looks like... Crabbe?
As well as Gore and Nott, all four of them were captured; and this cave seems to be the place where they were imprisoned.
Malfoy raised his head and glanced at the centaur who brought him here——
He has red hair and a beard, but has a brownish red horse body from the waist down, with a long red tail.
The centaur walked into the cave, and then came to them with a large bundle of hay...
Throwing the hay in front of them, the centaur said, "If it's too cold at night, put these grasses on your body."
"Thank... thank you..." Draco Malfoy said tremblingly, wrapping his hide tightly around him, ignoring the hay.
In fact, it was hard for Malfoy to imagine sleeping in hay at night.
"Excuse me..." Crabbe on the side suddenly said.
Obviously, he woke up early.
"Is there... anything to eat... I'm a little hungry..."
The red-haired and bearded centaur frowned, and he went deep into the cave again. This time he took out a small bag of something that looked like buckwheat, and it seemed to have been roasted.
He threw it to Crabbe.
Crabbe hastily grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth... But soon, his expression changed suddenly, and he spit out all the buckwheat-like "food".
Obviously, it should be too unpalatable.
This is rare, after all, in Malfoy's memory, Crabbe was never picky about his food... Usually, even if it was black pudding or looking up at the starry sky, he could eat it with relish.
"This thing is completely inedible!" Crabbe couldn't help complaining.
But soon, he took another timid glance at the centaur... Apparently, he suddenly realized that he was actually a captive of the centaur.
The centaur with red hair and beard walked over coldly and picked up the small bag on the ground.
Grabbing a handful of buckwheat, he stuffed it into his mouth, and began to chew indifferently.
"Don't waste it!" The centaur said, "We don't have much food, especially in winter, any food is precious."
"Maybe only you centaurs can swallow this stuff..." Since the centaurs have not shown any hostility, Crabbe mustered up his courage and whispered.
"The diet of the centaur is exactly the same as that of humans!" The centaur with red hair and beard retorted coldly.
Neither Malfoy nor Crabbe dared to say anything at this time.
……
After most of the day, it was late at night.
A few pampered boys no longer care about their "grace".
They huddled together and piled all the hay that the horse people gave them... But even so, the cold winter night made it impossible for them to sleep...
It's too cold!
Without a wand (taken by the horsemen long ago), hunger, and freezing cold...they couldn't sleep at all.
Perhaps because he was extremely hungry, Gore picked up the bag of buckwheat-shaped grains on the ground, then grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth.
His complexion also became very ugly... But after all, he still didn't spit it out.
"At least it's better than starving," Goyle said in a low voice.
The other three were silent and agreed.
They quickly divided and ate the small bag of buckwheat-like grain... The pungent smell made them want to vomit, but because of hunger, they still had to swallow it forcefully...
The horse man with red hair and beard who was in charge of guarding them was lying not far from them... He was also covered with animal skins and hay, and what he ate was also the same grain-like, hard to swallow The food seems to be no different from them.
……
Until the next day, the Slytherin foursome spent a very difficult night in the cave.
Theodore Knott seems to have a fever, and the other three are also very weak. If they stay in this kind of place for a few more days, they will definitely lose their lives.
Now we can only hope that Principal Grindelwald can come to rescue them soon.
At the same time, they were also very afraid that these damned centaurs would do something bad to him.
A sound of horseshoes sounded suddenly from outside the cave, and the red-haired and bearded horseman stood up.
Then, another centaur came in, with black hair and a dark body, he looked a little rougher than the previous one.
"Ronan!" The centaur with black hair and black body shouted loudly, "How about those captives, didn't they cause you any trouble?"
"These foals are well-behaved, Bane," the centaur called "Ronan" said, his voice was very melancholy, "but they don't seem to be able to withstand the cold night in the Forbidden Forest..."
"Then they should be frozen to death alive!" The centaur called "Bane" said very rudely, "Our foals have survived from such an environment day and night of..."
"We never hurt foals, Bane," Ronan said slowly, "This is the tradition of the centaur..."
"It was a tradition between us not to invade each other and to live in harmony with wizards..." Baine said fiercely, "Then we were driven out of the Forbidden Forest by them, and we were driven to this small piece of the most barren land. Woodlands... our foals are freezing to death, starving to death... why don't those wizards think about tradition?"
"I hope Venus will be very bright tonight..." Ron sighed, and said in a cloudy manner.
"If you hadn't stopped me, I would like to chop off the heads of these foals and throw them into that castle, so that those wizards can see the anger of the centaur!" Baine said angrily .
Malfoy and the others were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe out, they huddled there trembling.
Fortunately, the rough horseman did not take action, but left soon.
Malfoy and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief, while continuing to pray that Professor Grindelwald would come to rescue them as soon as possible.
……
Baine the Centaur left their cave, but he did not get very far.
He was stopped by a younger centaur, with platinum-blond hair and the body of a silver-maned horse.
Along with the centaur was a burly man whose face was almost concealed by long unkempt hair and a thick, tangled beard, but his black beetle-like eyes could still be seen beneath the hair. sparkling with light.
Bain stopped in his tracks: "Firenze... and... Hagrid?"
"Merlin's beard, Bane, what have you done?" Rubeus Hagrid yelled, walking towards Bane like a giant.
"I've had enough of that damned hunting ground guard and his little pets!" Bain roared angrily, "They've been provoking us frequently these past few months...I can't bear it anymore, I just did what I should do to resist... I responded to everything, and all the young compatriots supported me!"
"Damn it, and then you launched an attack on Hogwarts?" Hagrid said in disbelief, "If Firenze hadn't notified me, I wouldn't have imagined that such a thing would have happened..."
"That's right!" Bane said proudly, "The wizards fled, and we won... The centaur occupied Hogwarts!"
"This is not normal..." the young centaur Firenze said suddenly, "I can feel the conspiracy hidden here..."
"I don't want to care about any conspiracy anymore!" Baine roared violently, "I just want to take revenge on the wizard...I just want to take back our Forbidden Forest...I just want our compatriots, Our foals will no longer starve to death or freeze to death in winter... There is enough food and firewood in that castle..."
"At least we have to calm down," Firenze advised, "You should also be very clear, Bane...the opponent we are facing is so terrifying...that wizard whose name cannot be mentioned..."
"But he ran away, leaving Hogwarts behind, and the centaur won!" Bane seemed to have been dazzled by the victory in front of him.
Hagrid and Firenze exchanged glances.
They are all well aware of the stubbornness of this centaur named "Baine"... It is almost impossible to persuade him with words.
At the same time, Bane has a very high prestige among some young centaurs... His simple and crude views have also been recognized by many young centaurs...
……
Firenze also wanted to make a final exhortation.
"Calm down, Baine..." he said, "Have you forgotten our plan and our agreement with the Order of the Phoenix..."
"The Order of the Phoenix is also a wizard!" Baine suddenly darkened.
He looked at Hagrid with some hostility.
"What are you talking about, we have always been allies!" Hagrid said with some displeasure, "We are here to help you!"
"The centaur and the wizard used to be allies, non-aggressive allies..." Bain glanced at Hagrid suspiciously, and said coldly, "The view of the devil who can't even say his name, he He thinks that wizards are above everything... In his eyes, even a half-blood giant like you is still a wizard, no different from ordinary wizards..."
"... If you turn around and go to him, you will be treated with courtesy by him, and you will become a high-ranking wizard..." Bain continued, "So why should I trust you, you are not centaur, you may be killed at any time. Betray the centaur..."
Hagrid was at a loss for words for a moment, he was not good at talking.
"Because we are afraid..." A crisp voice suddenly came from behind.
"Lily!" Hagrid suddenly shouted excitedly.
"Hagrid, I took the risk to rush over after receiving your letter; it's unimaginable that such a thing happened..." The voice continued, and finally turned into the appearance of a girl.
She looked like she was in her early thirties, maybe she used to be beautiful, but now her face was a little more vicissitudes that did not belong to her age; she had long dark red hair, and almond-shaped green Eye.
"What are you afraid of?" Baine asked rudely.
"Hagrid's mother is a giant, and my parents are Muggles..." Lily Evans said calmly, "Of course, in Grindelwald's eyes, we are all wizards now..."
When she mentioned the name, both centaurs shuddered.
"But..."
"At first they hunted goblins, and we didn't talk—because we're not goblins, we're wizards..." Lily Evans continued:
"...Then they chased and killed the centaurs, we didn't speak - because we are not centaurs, we are wizards..."
"... Later they hunted down Muggles and giants, we didn't talk - because we are not Muggles and giants, we are wizards..."
"...Finally they come to us, they will say that half-blood wizards are not wizards, Muggle-born wizards are not wizards... At that time, no one will stand up and speak for us..."
Bain immediately lowered his head and remained silent.
Lily Evans said again: "Grindelwald is very powerful, and his conspiracy is not limited to what we can see~IndoMTL.com~His plan will be more powerful than all of us imagined. Horror... We must unite and unite all available forces..."
Bain seemed to feel that he was a little bit inferior to the witch in front of him.
He didn't speak anymore, but turned around and walked towards Hogwarts.
……
"We still couldn't convince him..." Hagrid couldn't help sighing.
"Hey!" Firenze shook his head helplessly, "Miss Evans, what should we do..."
"There is no doubt that this is a conspiracy," Lily Evans said in a low voice, "I am afraid that the centaurs must leave the Forbidden Forest completely... Firenze, gather all the clansmen you can persuade... follow Hagrid, fleeing to the mountains, this is probably the only way out... As for Bain and the others, I'm afraid..."
"Yeah, maybe it's possible to survive like this," Firenze's eyes suddenly became a little blurred:
"But in the future, what should we do? Is the Order of the Phoenix really powerful enough to defeat him?"
"We didn't..." Lily Evans shook her head.
However, her voice suddenly became firm: "But, we have...hope..."
"Last hope!"
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