Detention in the Dark Forest

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Y/N's POV

Today was the day. Detention with Malfoy. Yaaaaaaay...not really...
I was waiting in the common room until Filch had come to retrieve us. Harry, Ron and Hermione were waiting outside. I greeted them before we headed back up the corridor.

We went outside and headed towards Hagrid's hut.

3rd Person POV


"A pity they let the old punishments die." Filch said. "There was a time detention would find you hanging by your thumbs in the dungeons. God, I miss the screaming."
 Draco gulps, and Hermione rushed by. "You'll be serving detention with Hagrid tonight. "
"Yes." you whisper. "He's got a little job to do inside the dark forest."

 Hagrid appeared with a crossbow. He sniffled.
"A sorry lot this, Hagrid. Oh, good God, man, you're not still on about that bloody dragon, are you?" Filch asked. Hagrid snifffed, then sighed. "Norbert's gone. Dumbledore sent him off to Romania to live in a colony."
"Well, that's good, isn't it?" Hermione asked. "He'll be with his own kind."
"-Yeah, but what if he don't like Romania?" Hagrid said in a childish tone. Filch rolled his eyes. "What if the other dragons are mean to him? He's only a baby, after all."
"Oh, for Gods sake, pull yourself together, man. You're going into the forest, after all. Got to have your wits about you." Filch snapped.
"The forest?" Draco quivered. "I thought that was a joke! We can't go in there. Students aren't allowed. And there are..."a howl sounds"...werewolves!"
"Scared, Malfoy?" you asked in satisfaction while crossing your arms.
"What? No!" Malfoy eclaimed.
"There's more than werewolves in those trees, lad. You can be sure of that." Filch said. Draco's face looked  frightened.
"Nighty-night."Filch said in a creepy tone, then turned back towards the castle {Exit.}
"Right. Let's go." Hagrid said and five of you followed him


In the forest. You and the group walk along a path to a tree. Hagrid stopped, bent down and dips his fingers in a silver puddle. He pulls out his fingers and rubs them together. A silver trail smears with his fingers.
"Hagrid, what's that?" Harry asked.
"What we're here for. See that?" he said rubbing the silver liquid between fingers.
"That's unicorn's blood, that is." you say as you felt a shiver down your spine.
"I found one dead a few weeks ago. Now, this one's been injured bad by something."
 You sensed an odd presence. You also sensed its thoughts.
"So, it's our job to find the poor beast. Ron, Hermione, you'll come with me." Hagrid said
"Okay." Ron said weakly. 
"Harry and Y/N, you'll go with Malfoy."

 Draco grimaces, you groan, and Harry nods. "Okay. Then I get Fang!" Draco said. You agreed silently in your head about that.
"Fine. Just so you know, he's a bloody coward."
 Fang whined and you told Fang to come. He came to you and stood by your side. "Let's go." you say. Draco was given a lantern and the three of you headed in a different direction than Hagrid.


As you, Harry, and Draco were walking, Draco started to blabber. "You wait till my father hears about this. This is servant's stuff."
"If I didn't know better, Draco, I'd say you were scared." Harry said. You snorted in agreement to Harry's gesture.
"Shut it, Blackbird! Scared, Potter?! " he scoffs. A howl was heard in the distance. "Did you hear that?" Draco asked.  "Come on, Fang. Scared." Malfoy muttered.

You approached a flat ground with gnarled roots all over. Fang stopped then growled.
"What is it, Fang?" Harry asked. Up ahead, you see a cloaked figure crouched over a dead unicorn, drinking its blood. The figure raises its head, silver blood dripping from its mouth.
Harry gasps and grabs his scar. You took out your wand and Draco screamed and ran away in fear, Fang running with him. "HELP!!!!" Draco screamed.

You and Harry are left behind. The figure slides over the unicorn and rises erect. It advanced towards Harry specifically, who backed up, but tripped over a branch. He crawled backwards. You tried to think of a spell, and right when you thought of one, you hear the sound of hoofbeats. A figure leaps over Harry and runs past you and lands near the cloaked figure. It is a brown centaur. It rears, and the cloaked figure retreats, flying away. It's body disappearing.

"Harry Potter, Y/N Blackbird, you must leave. You both known to many creatures here. The forest is not safe at this time. Especially for you, Harry Potter." the centaur said. "You're Firenze, aren't you? Hagrid told me about you."
"As he has told me much about you, Ms. Blackbird." the centaur bowed to you. "You're mother was kind to us during her years here." the centaur said. You nod as Harry rose.
"What was that thing you saved us from?" Harry asled.
"A monstrous creature. It is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn. Drinking the blood of a unicorn will keep you alive even if you are an inch from death. But at a terrible price. You have slain something so pure that the moment the blood touches your lips, you will have a half-life. A cursed life." Firenze explained.
"But who would choose such a life?" Harry asked.
"Can you think of no one?" Firenze asked. 
"Do you mean to say...that that thing that killed the unicorn...that was drinking its blood...that was Voldemort?"
"Wait a second. I just pointed my wand at Voldemort himself?" you asked with a jaw dropped expression.
"Do you know what is hidden in the school at this very moment?" Firenze asked.
"The Sorcerer's Stone." you and Harry say in unison.


Suddenly, you heard a dog, Fang bark. You and Harry cock your heads up and see Hagrid, Hermione, Ron and Draco appear.
"Harry! Y/N!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Hello there, Firenze. I see you've met our young Mr. Potter and Ms. Blackbird. You two all right there?" Hagrid asked
You and Harry nods. 
"Harry Potter and Ms. Blackbird, this is where I leave you. You're safe now. Good luck." Firenze said, then scampered off.
"You may return ter your dormitories now. Our job is done 'ere." Hagrid said. 

You said goodbye to Hagrid and walk with Harry, Hermione, Draco, and Ron back towards the castle. None of you said anything on the way back. 

You went back to your room and passed out as soon as you hit your bed. 

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