HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 96 - Forbidden Forest 04.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]

Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Several distortions of space began to appear across the area as soon as the people in the castle realized what was happening. The headmaster had gathered the professors and aurors at the school for a meeting, convening them right after Hagrid tried to open his door urgently, waking him up.

Unfortunately, it took some time for him to gather everyone and explain the situation during the meeting, which meant he couldn't attend to the Gryffindor girls who tried to talk to him about their missing friend, Lily. The headmaster wasn't able to hear what they had to say.

With everyone deciding to head to the Forbidden Forest, they began appearing in various spots, with the closest ones being a few hundred meters away, cautiously combing the area after hearing that a thousand spiders were fighting here. But what they found was a pile of flames that had burned dozens of trees, while the acromantula nest was now in ashes.

"By Merlin... what happened here...?!" Professor McGonagall couldn't help but be stunned by the sight.

"Revelio!" Professor Flitwick cast a spell to reveal enemies as he analyzed the area before him. "There are no enemies... even so... who would do something like this..." He murmured, just as stunned as Minerva.

"Should we approach, Headmaster Dumbledore?" Professor Slughorn, who had been called just as he was about to finally sleep after closing his monthly gathering, asked.

"Let's see... Professor Longbottom, I'd like you to accompany me and stay alert for any enemies that might appear..." The headmaster said, as both he and the other main professors moved together.

"I knew it..." Nearby, an auror was looking at the destruction with a furrowed brow.

"What do you mean?" His companion asked.

"About the apparition spell we saw a few hours ago!" He exclaimed as his colleagues stared at him for a moment before nodding.

"Do you think that..." Someone suggested.

"Obviously! Whoever did this left the school at that moment! We need to investigate... there's someone suspicious at the school!" The auror continued in a firm tone.

"We'll deal with that later, for now, let's see what we can find here with the Hogwarts staff." Another person from the Ministry said, and they followed the professor.

The place was covered with the bodies of fallen acromantulas everywhere, numbering in the hundreds, with countless cuts and burns on their bodies. But most of the dead acromantulas had been burned by fire spells and were turning to ashes at that very moment.

"This... who could do all of this?" Professor Slughorn was stunned.

"Could it have been the same person who caused this massacre?!" Professor McGonagall questioned.

"I don't know... I can't tell who would do this to so many dark creatures," Dumbledore murmured.

"It's strange, it wasn't daggers that did this... but the cut of a sword." The auror approached at this moment, investigating alongside the Ministry, as they had been ordered to learn everything about blade cuts and how the mysterious wizard might have acted, so they could handle him. He easily recognized the type of sword.

"Still, from a blade... it's our man!" Another colleague said.

"We should inform the Ministry about this and isolate the area..." One of the aurors spoke while the headmaster analyzed everything as well.