The next morning, Harry had sat at breakfast with Daphne and Tracy. They were talking and eating, then the golden trio came in, looking down. Harry and friends noticed that the other Gryffindor's were either glaring or not looking at them, he had a good idea why. Then Draco Malfoy entered, instead of smirking or looking smug, he looked incredibly angry.
"Oh, guys, guess what" Tracy whispered
"What?" Harry and Daphne said at the same time
"Apparently the Gryffindor lost a hundred and fifty points yesterday"
"How do you know this?" Daphne asked
"I have my ways" Tracy said mysteriously "anyway, apparently the golden three got caught after hours and lost all those points. That's probably why they're being ignored by the other lions. Oh and apparently Malfoy was involved"
"Seriously, how do you know this?" Harry interrupted
"Secret" Tracy grinned "but anyway, Malfoy lost Slytherin fifty points when he told McGonagall about the three because he was out as well."
"Is that all?" Harry said sarcastically "But seriously, Malfoy is an idiot if that's true. Staying up after hours to tell on someone who is staying up after hours, talk about being hypocritical"
"Yes but it's Malfoy" Daphne pointed out "I doubt he could spell hypocritical"
"True but neither can Tracy" Harry replied
"Hey, yes I can" Tracy indignantly claimed
"Prove it" Daphne challenged
"Fine" Tracy replied "H-i-p-o-c-r-i-t-a-l-e"
"Oh!" Harry exclaimed "So close"
"I hate you both" Tracy grumbled
"No you don't" Daphne said as she and Harry continued eating "What do you think they'll have to do for their detention? Write lines?"
"Don't know" Harry shrugged "maybe old filch will finally get his wish and hang them from their thumbs or maybe the school will sick Snape on them"
"What if they do something absolutely mad?" Tracy asked "Something like cleaning the Slytherin common room, looking after that three headed dog they apparently have in the third floor corridor." Harry and Daphne were about to ask how she knew that but both wisely kept shut "Oh, maybe they'll make them go into the forbidden forest or something"
"Tracy" Daphne said "people here are a bit crazy but it's unlikely they'll send students into the forbidden forest"
"I sort of hope they do" Harry smiled sadistically at the thought "if there is a god, then he will do me this favour and make that happen"
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Adrian Potter was not having a good time, he had been sent to detention in the forbidden forest with Hermione Ron and Malfoy for some reason. Why couldn't he just do lines or clean something?! The worst part is he got paired up with Malfoy of all people when they had to split up, luckily they got Fang the dog to come with them but according to Hagrid, he was useless.
"I can't believe this" Malfoy whined "this is servant stuff"
"I can't believe that I have to be here with you" Adrian retorted "I'm the boy-who-lived, I shouldn't be here with junior death eater like you"
"Like I enjoy your company, why on earth would I want to be next to an arrogant half blood like yourself?"
"I may be a half blood but I'm still two times better than you"
"Please, that mudblood is better than you" Draco scoffed
"Don't call her a mudblood!"
"Or what? You going to go run to Dumbledore or your brother?"
"Like I need Dumbledore to deal with you and why on earth would I run to Harry?" Adrian asked
"Your brother is the only one who annoys me more than you" Draco said with venom in his voice "he stole my rightful place as prince of Slytherin and he stole Daphne Greengrass from me"
"That blonde girl? I don't blame my brother, she's not that bad, shame she's a Slytherin. If she wasn't then I'd probably ask her out"
"You? Don't make me laugh, you're the only choice worse than your brother. At least he has some intelligence"
"Yeah, well...did you hear that?"
"Hear what?!" Draco demanded
"Shush" Adrian whispered and moved forwards slowly, Draco and fang followed him.
They were shocked when they found a dying unicorn on the floor, it was bleeding but that wasn't the scary part. The scariest part was the hooded figure that was drinking its blood, it looked up, having just noticed the boys.
Draco screamed and ran, Fang followed after him, Adrian decided he didn't need to run. He was the boy-who-lived, he didn't run, he took out his wand. It was at this point that he remembered that he didn't know any offensive spells and changed his mind, he turned to run but tripped and fell to the floor.
Adrian looked up, the hooded figure was gliding towards him, moving like a snake as it neared. Adrian thought that this was going to be the end, it couldn't be, he was the boy-who-lived! He couldn't die like this!
The hooded figure came close, Adrian prepared to draw his last breath when a blur came out and tackled the hooded figure. Adrian could only blink before he took in the terrifying sight in front of him.
The hooded figure was pushed against a tree and was being punched repeatedly by a man wearing a black hooded jacket, he was dressed in muggle clothing and had a black bandanna covering the lower half of his face. What really frightened Adrian was the man's bright yellow eyes, was he a werewolf?
The hooded figure pulled out a wand and blasted the yellow eyed man who flew through the air and landed meters away with a roll before pulling out his own wand. He fired a cutting curse at the figure who dodged before firing a killing cure, the yellow eyed man rolled out of the way and fired a bone breaker curse at the figure who dodged once more.
Both combatants were brought out of their fight by the sound of hooves, they turned to see a centaur jump over a bush and land next to Adrian. The yellow eyed man quickly looked back to his opponent but found nothing, his opponent had escaped.
"W...who are you?" Adrian asked the centaur
"I am Firenze" He introduced himself, before looking at the yellow eyed man "I do not know who you are"
"Good" The man said in a low voice, he turned and began walking
"Wait?" Adrian called "Why did you help me? Who are you? Answer me"
"No" The man refused "I don't care what you do or don't know, I saved your life you ungrateful brat, the least you could do is be quiet and shut up"
"Adrian!" A voice called out, Hagrid arrived along with Ron, Hermione and Draco. Hagrid saw the yellow eyed man and aimed his crossbow "who are ya?!" Hagrid demanded
"He saved the young Potter boy's life" Firenze spoke "he also chased away the creature that was hunting the unicorns" Hagrid believed Firenze but still didn't put down his crossbow.
"Who are ya? What's your name?" Hagrid asked
"Goodbye" The man walked away
"Hey!" Hagrid shouted "Stop or I'll shoot!"
"Go ahead" The man said in an uninterested voice "just remember that there are children with you"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Hagrid asked. The man stopped, he slowly turned towards the group.
"It means that if you hurt me, I'll have to hurt the lot of you" The man said slowly "but I have better things to do, goodbye. Lumos Maxima" A bright light shot out of his wand and blinded everyone, Hagrid used his crossbow, he had hoped he hit something.
After a short while everyone regained the use of their eyes, they looked around and saw that they were still unharmed, Firenze was still there, so was the dead unicorn. The only problem, the yellow eyed man had disappeared and Hagrids arrow was currently stuck in a tree.
Adrian didn't know what to think, who was that hooded figure? Who was the yellow eyed man? Why did he help him? How did he know to be here? Why was he in the forbidden forest at night? What did he want? Is he a good guy? And why the hell were his eyes yellow?