The Noble House Black.

Part 12

Leo's Pov, 

Standing next to Hagrid with Dawn on my other side I soon see Filch with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco walk over to us.... we've got nasty business in the Forbidden Forest to see. Hagrid is sad since Grandfather had to send Norbert to Romania it's better for the little dragon but that doesn't mean me and Hagrid aren't sad about it. But since I know the forest so well i don't have to do the walk of shame like the other 4 who are slowly but surely walking over to here. 

"A sorry lot, this, Hagrid. Good God, you're not still on about that bloody dragon, are you?" Filch says as Hagrid sniffles a bit while grabbing his crossbow. "Norbert's gone. Dumbledore sent him off to Romania to live in a colony." Hagrid says with sadness in his voice and on his face before Hermione now speaks. "That's good, isn't it? He's with his own kind."

"What if he don't like Romania? What if the other dragons are mean to him? He's only a baby or what if he can't fall asleep without Leo's singing?" Hagrid isa quick to follow up and well I've been singing a lot to the baby dragon in the time it was here, it always seemed to calm him down. 

"For God's sake, pull yourself together. You're going into the Forest. Got to have your wits about you." 

"The Forest? I thought that was a joke. We can't go in there. Students aren't allowed. And there are.....werewolves." Draco says with shock and wide eyes as a wolf perfectly howls making a smile form on my face. 

"Even Hags who prefer the tatse of children." I add as I look at Draco who gulps down. "There's more than werewolves in those trees. You can be sure of that. Nighty-night." Filch says before walking off as I turn towards the forest. 

"Well what are we waiting for, come on Dawn." I say as I start to walk to the Forbidden forest while I hear the others walk behind me. "Lead the way Leo." Hagrid says and I nod my head as I know we have to go pretty deep into the forest. 

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We've been walking for some time in the darkness of night and in silence, reaching a fallen over tree I see a puddle of almost liquid silver making me kneel down as I touch it with my fingers only to feel it still warm. 

"Leo what is that?" Harry asks as I get up and I hold my fingers up in his direction. "What we're here for. See that? That's unicorn blood, that is. I found one dead a few weeks ago. Now, this one's been hurt bad by something. So, it's our job to go and find the poor beast. Ron, Malfoy, Hermione,  come with me. And, Harry, you'll go with Leo." Hagrid says and I nod my head in agreement. 

"Well come on Harry." I say as I start to walk before a hand grabs my wrist and I turn to see Hermione looking at me with worry in her eyes. "J-just be safe oke?" She softly says making a smile grow on my face. "I'm always safe, I never got hurt in the forest and this won't be the first time I promise." I say before me and Harry now walk in one direction with Dawn and the other's walk into the other direction as we are searching for the wounded Unicorn. 

"How do you know the forest so well?" Harry asks after some time of walking and I shrug my shoulders. "I've been coming here since I was little, Mother hates it but I love it. I've never gotten hurt here." I simply say as I use we walk through the darkness I don't need a lamp my eyes can see with the light the moon provides also the lamp will draw attention. 

"So you wander into the woods, aren't in any house and get special school work and Profesor McGonagall is your mother." Harry lists up and I turn towards him with a raised brow. "It's may it took you that long to figure this all out?" I playfully say making the boy shove my shoulder before some laughter leaves both of our lips. 

"No it's just you never really talk about everything, like where do you even sleep?" He asks and besides Mother, Grandfather and Severus I don't think anyone knows about the portraits. "I sleep in a room for me, it's a room that was build for the person who didn't belong to a house." I simply say as we pass a corner before a pain settles on my chest making me grunt while Harry grabs for his forehead in pain as we see a black figure feed off of the now dead unicorn. 

Seeing it turn towards it Dawn starts to snarl while I grab my wand tightly in my hand. "Come closer and I will hurt you, Harry get behind me!" I yell as I push him behind me and the figure lunges to fly at us before I quickly cast. "Incedio!" I yell and the creature uses a shield to block it? It's a wizard? What wizard would.... would kill and feed off of a Unicorn?!

"Stupefy!" I cast as the spell flies it's way and hits the shield once again before a spell hits me and it makes me fly back with a grunt before my vision darkens. 

Harry's Pov. 

"Stupefy!" Leo casts but the spell hits the shield before now a spell flies towards us and hits Leo who flies away into the roots of the trees. "Leo?!" I try as my scar keeps burning, walking backwards as the figure flies our way I soon trip over some branches while Dawn stands protectively before Leo with more snarls leaving the wolf's lips. 

Falling back into the roots soon something jumps over me as I see a Centaur fight off the creature that attacked us! As it flies off the blonde with blue eyed Centaur turns towards us! "Harry Potter, you must leave. You are known to many creatures here. The Forest is not safe at this time. Especially for you. " The centaur speaks as it walks over to us and lifts the body off LEo up as Dawn has calmed down. 

"What was that thing you saved me from?" 

"A monstrous creature. It is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn. Drinking its blood will keep you alive even if you are an inch from death. But at a terrible price. For you have slain something so pure......that the moment the blood touches your lips, you will have a half-life. A cursed life." He answers and it makes a frown settle upon my face as I ask what my mind wishes " to know.

" Who would choose such a life?" 

"Can you think of no one?" 

"Do you mean to say that....that thing that killed the unicorn......that was drinking its blood, that was Voldemort?" I say with wide eyes, he's here in the Forbidden Forest?! Leo fought him...... Voldemort's been slaying the unicorns!

"Do you know what is hidden in the school at this very moment?" The Centaur asks me and I nod my head before softly saying. "The Philosopher's Stone." 

"Harry!" Hermione yells and I turn to look at her, Ron, Hagrid and Malfoy. "What happened with Leo, Firenze?!" Hagrid asks as he quickly walks over with his crossbow in hand and looks at the boy in the arms of the centaur. "He fought bravely, but the spell of his opponent knocked him out. He will be fine Hagrid." The centaur says as he hands Leo to Hagrid who carefully holds him. 

"Harry Potter, this is where I leave you. You're safe now. Good luck. And you too young wizard but we will see one another soon." Firenze says as he first looks at me before turning to Leo and with that he's gone as I turn towards Hagrid. 

"H-he's not dead right?" Hermione asks with panic in her eyes making Hagrid shake his head. "No he's just asleep, come on I'll get you lot back to the castle and take Leo to Madame Pomfrey." He says as we start to walk away while I rub my scar once again that's still burning from what just happened. 

"He'll be fine Hermione, Leo's strong and brave." I say to the girl who looks worried about our friend and my cousin it's still sometimes weird to think that Leo's my family..... but I'm glad to have him as my family, he's brave, smart, nice and strong.  

"Not like that one who's been nagging the whole way and jumping with every sound that was made." Ron mumbles as he motions at Draco who's staying close to Hagrid making a chuckle leave my lips while the information of everything that just happened is still being processed. 

He wants the stone and Snape will deliver it to him, that's why he's been trying to get past Fluffy not for himself no he wants to hand the stone to Voldemort. 

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