Felix cancelled the magic, and the air shook again. Harry felt that the whole world had become vivid. Although it was very real before, and he could not see the "flaw" that Sirius said, he could really feel the difference between the two.
The sound of the �O�O�@�@, the unknown howling in the distance, the whimpering sound of the wind, the rustling sound of leaves, the barely audible breathing sound...
"There is still a lot to go." Felix thought silently. It is enough to deal with some magical animals, but it is far from enough to deceive wizards, especially keen wizards. But no matter what, he first inherited the memory magic from Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw. After a long evolution, he finally walked out of the most suitable path for himself.
Hagrid came in front of Grawp. His size was dwarfed by the real giant. He was about the same height as Grawp who was sitting on the ground, and Grawp could only be regarded as a short giant. The normal height of a giant is between twenty and twenty-five feet.
"Little Grawp?" Hagrid said.
"Ha~ger!" Grawp glared at him, his tone much more friendly, at least he didn't raise his fist right away.
"I thought he wanted to say the word 'hungry'," said Ron.
Sirius put his hand on his shoulder and shook it vigorously, "Don't spoil the mood, look, what a touching scene, isn't it?"
Grawp slowly stretched out a big hand. The onlookers were sweating for Hagrid, but the hand stopped before touching him. There was a certain worry hidden on Grawp's ugly face. What if he knocked this dwarf away again?
Hagrid happily grabbed one of Grawp's fingers and said lovingly in the tone he used to deal with magical creatures: "It's okay, little Grawp, you just need some teaching. You don't know how much strength you have, do you?"
Harry suddenly thought of the Dursleys. Could Grawp become a big Dudley in the future? Thinking of the scene where the giant got rid of the rope, spread his big feet like sled boards and ran in the forbidden forest, and Hagrid followed behind, he shuddered suddenly.
Grawp let out a low growl, then mumbled, "Grawp! Hagar!".
Hagrid was overjoyed, he pulled Grawp's finger, turned around and said to everyone, "Little Grawp, these are my friends. This is Harry, Ron, Hermione." He stopped and looked at Hermione apologetically, "Would you mind if he called you Hermione? Your name is too hard for him to remember."
"No, not at all." Hermione said sharply.
Sirius sneered, which resulted in an eye roll, but he soon stopped laughing.
"This is Sirius, uh, why not simplify it to Siri?" Hagrid looked at Sirius inquiringly, and Sirius agreed with a straight face. So after a circle, everyone found that they all had new names except Harry and Ron, whose names were simple in themselves.
In Hagrid's mouth, Felix became Fili, Hermione became Hermy, and Sirius became Ciri.
"Hermy, did you hear that? Hermy," Hagrid said to Grawp syllable by syllable, "And the two slightly bigger ones are Fili and Ciri, you can tell them apart, right?"
The two people called Fili and Ciri shrugged. Harry and Ron listened to Hagrid repeating the wrong pronunciation over and over again, both with expressions that wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
It seemed that he didn't need to help. Felix thought that Dumbledore was worried that Hagrid would be beaten to death by his irritable giant brother, but now at least there was a good start. After a long time, they walked back from the depths of the Forbidden Forest.
"I'm going to move nearby and live with Grawp for a while. I have to find him food and talk to him." Hagrid said. "If you want to find me, you can send an owl, and don't come to the Forbidden Forest privately." He said to Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Stop, Hagrid." Felix said, he looked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.
Everyone stopped. With the help of the soft white light hanging from their heads, they looked over the branches and bushes. Sirius sniffed and warned, "Something is coming." Then they heard the sound of branches breaking and strange footsteps.
A huge bowstring appeared from the green shadows, pushing aside the leaves in front of it. "It's me, Hagrid." A man with a naked upper body said. He naturally connected with the horse's body from the waist. Finally, Firenze's complete body walked out of the shadows, his silver mane bathed in soft white light, and his hooves clattered. "Why are you here
?" Hagrid said vigilantly.
"I heard something." Firenze said in a low voice. "What happened, Hagrid?" "It's
none of your business. This is not the territory of centaurs." Hagrid replied stiffly.
"But I live in the Forbidden Forest." Firenze said, and the next second he suddenly turned around, pointing the bow and arrow in his hand into the deep darkness. "Who's there?" He pawed the ground with his hooves.
The branches swayed, and a dragon-like face popped out from the other side. Its white, shining eyes looked at them timidly, as if curious about why everyone was gathered so late. It stood at the edge of the black and white intersection, and its leathery black wings could be vaguely seen hidden by the bushes.
"It turned out to be a Thestral." Hagrid said with relief.
"Oh, how could I forget about you." Felix whispered, staring at the magical creature.
Hermione looked at him suspiciously.
"Fascinating creature, isn't it? Some people can't see it, but some people can... You can see it?" Felix suddenly stared at her.
"Oh, yes." Hermione whispered quickly, "In fact, the three of us..." She didn't continue, but the meaning of her words was obvious. Harry and Ron were also staring at the Thestral.
Sirius stared: "Harry, you didn't mention this."
"It's only been two days since school started, and I didn't get a chance to be alone with you." Harry muttered softly.
"I couldn't see it before, either. I mean the first day of school," Ron said, "but I figured out something these two days... it just appeared in front of me." Harry and Hermione looked at each other behind him, and they also remembered the scene in the carriage when school started.
On September 1st, the carriage creaked and swayed on the road.
"You can all see it?" In the carriage, Ron almost choked on his saliva. He stared at Harry and Hermione blankly, "Are you guys ganging up on me?"
"The reason you can't see it can only mean one thing, your poor brain hasn't been used at all during the entire summer vacation." Hermione said to Ron sharply.
"What's the explanation?" Harry asked. He knew about the Thestrals, but he only had a vague understanding.
"Seeing death, accepting death, and perhaps adding some feelings... it's hard to explain." Hermione said upset.
"What do you think of Crouch Jr.'s death?" Harry understood Hermione's meaning a little bit, and he turned to ask Ron.
"How else to look at it, he deserves it," Ron said, his eyebrows suddenly frowned, "You don't feel sorry for him, do you?"
"Of course not," Harry said immediately, "Then have you ever worried about your future situation? Have you ever thought about... your family or yourself being sacrificed in the war?" His voice became softer and softer. This was a question he had been thinking about recently, why didn't his parents flee abroad, but stayed to fight the Death Eaters?
Ron looked at Harry and Hermione uneasily.
"Isn't there Dumbledore, and Professor Happ? They will arrange everything..."
Hermione gave Harry a meaningful look, and Harry knew what it meant, "See. He hasn't thought about it at all."
...
Sirius patted Harry and Ron on the shoulders, muttering something, and no one could hear it clearly.
On the other side, Hagrid lowered his guard. He walked up to touch the skinny body of the Thestral and patted its head at last: "Let's go. There's nothing exciting to see. There's nothing to eat. That's my nosebleed."
The centaur Firenze also retreated and disappeared. Before leaving, he warned Hagrid: "The elders in the tribe are very dissatisfied. If you continue to find those dangerous creatures from all over the world."
After this episode, Felix, Sirius, Harry, Ron and Hermione said goodbye to Hagrid in front of Hagrid's hut and returned to the castle. Harry and the other two sat in the corner of the lounge for a long time before they could barely digest the fact that Hagrid had hidden a giant in the Forbidden Forest.
"Hagrid can't hide it for long. Centaurs have a strong sense of territory. They will think that Grawp has invaded their territory." Hermione said worriedly.
Harry didn't speak. Isn't this obvious? He could only pray that Hagrid's education plan went well, or that Grawp's brain was not as dull as he looked.
At the same time.
Felix returned to the Ancient Rune Office and looked across the window at the direction of the Forbidden Forest. "Death." The voice was barely audible. He was very curious about what the world looked like in the eyes of the Night Thestrals.
If he was lucky enough, he would soon know.