Chapter 106: Is it dead?!
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"Yes, apparently he found one dead a few days ago and another appears to have been hurt, so it's going to be our job to find it. Depending on its condition we might even have to put it out of its misery," I told them gravely, getting them to gulp.
"W-what do you think hurt the unicorn?" Neville asked in a frightened voice.
I looked at them in the eye, "No idea, but hopefully we don't run into it ourselves."
Harry also had a nervous face, "You think it might be a werewolf?"
I shook my head, "No, there are no actual werewolves in the forest, that's just a rumor that the teachers allowed to spread so students wouldn't go in." They let out a sigh of relief that was quickly washed away as a howl emitted from the forest. "There are wolves however."
Once Hagrid was done arguing with Draco, we were led into the forest. Everyone remained silent the entire way until we reached a fork in the path.
"Okay, remember what I said, green sparks if you find the unicorn and red sparks if you're in trouble. Me, Harry and Hermione will take the right path; Charles you take the left with Malfoy, Neville and Fang."
"Got it Hagrid," I said, holding the crossbow in my hand, before reaching for my belt and unstrapping a small square pouch. Tossing it to Harry I explained, "Here, take this just in case. It has a basic first aid kit and a compass inside."
"Thank you."
After that we split up and went our separate ways.
As we navigated through the darkened path, I tried to ignore Neville's whimpering and Draco's complaining.
"When my father hears about this, he'll have the whole staff sacked. And how dare that oaf talk to me like that."
"I suggest you complain a little softer Draco, we're not the only ones in these woods" I advised, getting another muffled whimper from Neville. Sighing I took out the flashlight on my belt and handed it to the scared Gryffindor, "Here Neville, why don't you use that to look around too. Just press on the switch to turn it on." I got it to work using a Lumos charm and a modified magic battery.
"Thanks," he said with a smile. He looked to have lost some of his nervousness now that he could see his way.
"Another of your muggle toys, Bell," Draco sneered, jostling the lantern in his hands.
"Is there a problem?" I asked him, raising an eyebrow.
"Muggles and their things have no place in our world," he said, "I'd figured Greengrass would have taught you this by now."
"Well I suppose everyone is entitled to their own opinion," I said with a shrug and turned around.
It seemed like he wasn't done as he ran to stand in front of me, "It's not an opinion Bell, it's a fact! Wizards and Muggles shouldn't be together!"
It was honestly kind of humorous seeing as I was at least a head taller than him and he needed to look up to glare at me.
"Look Draco I'm not here to discuss ideologies with you, I doubt anything I can say will be able to change your mind anyways, so why don't we just agree to disagree and search for the unicorn," I told him in a bored tone. Glancing behind me I gesture for Neville to follow, "Coming Neville?"
With that I stepped around the irked blonde and continued our trek.
"You insufferable know it all, how dare a Mudblood like you try and lecture me?" he cursed at me.
Rolling my eyes, I shot back, "Really? Petty name calling, that's what you resort to? I'm afraid you're going to have to do better than that if you want to get a rise out of me."
Without anymore to say, he settled for glaring at the back of my head.
It wasn't until we walked further into the forest that we finally found a lead.
"Hold up," I ordered as I bent down to inspect the ground. Droplets of unicorn blood painted the surrounding foliage. "Looks like we're close. Judging by the size and depth of these horse prints I'd say it was favoring its left side and close to collapsing. I suggest you take out your wands now and move as quietly as you can, we don't know if whatever managed to injure it found it before us."
"S-Shouldn't we inform the others," Neville asked.
"Fatbottom is right," Draco said wearing a similar scared expression, his previous brave facade all but gone.
I shook my head, "If we do that, then we'll be alerting more than just the others. Besides, we don't know where it is yet. It would be safer and faster if we sent someone to get them." Clicking my tongue, Hermes flew down and landed on a low hanging branch, "Hermes do you think you can go and get the others?"
"Caw!" he screeched before taking off into the woods.
"So where just supposed to trust your ruddy bird?" the blond demanded.
"Do you have a better idea?"
"…"
"Didn't think so. Now let's get moving."
We followed the tracks for several minutes before finally spotting the injured unicorn among a cluster of trees. We hid ourselves in some bushes a distance away
"Is it dead?" Draco asked, looking honestly mournful, when he saw it wasn't moving.
"I can't tell from this distance, but we probably shouldn't get any closer. Whatever hurt it could be nearby," I told them, "It's better to wait until Hermes brings the others."
Apparently, the unicorn had better hearing than I thought as it lifted its head to look in our direction. It was too far away and too dark to see what kind of expression it had but if I had to guess it would be of pain and acceptance.
"W-we should help it?" Neville stuttered out, squeezing the flashlight in his hands tightly.
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