Saturday 25th January
Jed
got himself another detention. I couldn’t moan at him this time though – it was
on purpose. We really wanted to confirm what it was that we saw in the
Forbidden Forest the other night. We were so scared, and we fled so quickly
that none of us really knew what we saw. Recalling what Blondie had said about
his detention in the forest, some of the things that he boasted about
definitely seemed to relate to our story. The whole unicorn’s blood thing for
one. Anyway, on Thursday night, Jed snuck out of the Slytherin Common Room
after curfew. He was wandering the corridors, pretending to be sleepwalking and
preying to get caught by the caretaker, Filch – which he succeeded. Jed was
given a night’s detention with Hagrid and two Fifth-Year Hufflepuff students
who had gotten into an argument and accidentally trodden on Mrs. Norris –
Filch’s cat, in the process.
Meeting
up with Josie in the library, Jed gave us the low-down on what happened last
night. Sat on his chair backwards, Jed leant his arms against the back. “So we
found it,” said Jed with wide eyes. “The dead one that we saw the other night.
It ‘ad decayed a little since then. Some creature’d tried t’ eat some a the
meat, but it was still there.”
“What
did Hagrid say?” I asked him.
“He’s
not sure what it is, but I do know one thing. Hagrid wouldn’t tell me in front
a the others, but he said that it’s one a the biggest crimes this side a the
unforgivable curses. Whoever’s doin’ it will be in a lot a trouble with the
Ministry when they’re caught,” Jed told us.
“Is
that all?” I sighed. It hardly seemed worth the detention.
“Well,
ya know,” Jed shrugged. “I got see around the Forbidden Forest and get an idea
of whatever-that-thing-was was doing. Like, creeping around the forest. Hiding
in the bushes. Waiting for the unicorn t’ fall into his trap… that sorta thing.
Hargid’s been trackin’ it.”
The
whole time Jed was explaining himself, Josie sat flicking through a textbook.
“I haven’t been able to find much out,” Josie confessed. “It’s just standard
creature care in ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them’,” she said, as she closed the book. “This one however,” she said as she
brought a beige coloured book with black, swirly lettering out of her bag.
“‘Magical Creatures’ mentions some of the uses for unicorn’s body parts once
their dead, like the horn and tail, but nothing I didn’t already know.” She
flicked through the pages, before returning the book to her bag. I frowned at
her. That was a Dark Arts book – even I knew that. The thick, swirly, black
lettering and the strange feathered symbols. And she already knew everything
before reading it. Jed and I exchanged concerning glances, before we looked at
her. Jed’s worried stare proved that my theory was correct. “What?” blushed
Josie with a shrug. “I like unicorns, okay?” she mumbled, before sinking into
her seat.
Aww… Josie likes unicorns. That’s
sweet. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It’s like she’s a little kid
to me sometimes. Okay, so unicorns are real, and you don’t have to be, like six
years old, to believe in them, but it makes me feel like babying her a little.
Not in a bad way, just in a she’s-my-cute-little-sister sort of way.
Jed let out a sigh. “Hagrid’s kinda mad at
me for getting detention though,” Jed confessed. “The sad part is that I
couldn’t tell him it was all an act.” I did feel bad for him, but this was
Jed’s idea. He came up with it and followed it through – it’s his own fault
that he didn’t see through to the consequences of his actions first. Overall,
we didn’t seem to be able to find anything else out. Jed’s detention didn’t
teach us anymore than we already knew by being in the Forbidden Forest by
ourselves for all of, what, three minutes. And Josie’s detecting through
textbooks didn’t really bring light to anything. All we know is that something
is out there, killing unicorns to drink their blood. That on its own is scary.
- Josie -
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