malfoy, uo keep the fear out of his voice.
”theres nothin that lives ill hurt yeh if
yer with me ,” said hagrid. ”ahe path. right,
now, were gonna split iwo parties an follow the trail in
diffreheres blood all over the place, it mustve
bin staggerin arou night at least.”
”i want fang,” said malfoy quickly, looking at fangs loh.
”all right, but i warn yeh, hes a coward,” said hagrid. ”
so me, harry, an hermionell go one way an draeville, an
fangll go the other. now, if any of us finds the uni, well
send up green sparks, right? get yer wands out an praow --
thats it -- an if arouble, send up red sparks,
an well all e an find yeh -- so, be careful -- lets go.”
the forest was blad silent. a little way into it they
reached a fork ih, and harry, hermione, and hagrid
took the left path while malfoy, neville, and fang tht.
they walked iheir eyes on the ground. every now
and then a ray of moonlight through the branches above lit a spot
of silver-blue blood on the fallen leaves.
harry saw that hagrid looked very worried.
”could a werewolf be killing the unis?” harry asked.
”not fast enough,” said hagrid. ”its er catch a
uni, theyre pic creatures. i er be
hurt before.”
they ast a mossy tree stump. harry c
water; there must be a stream somewhere close by. there were still
spots of uni blood here ahe winding path.
”yht, hermione?” hagrid whispered. ”don worry, it
tve gone far if its this badly hurt, an then well be able
ter -- get behind that tree!”
hagrid seized harry and hermione ahem off the
path behind a t oak. he pulled out an arrow a
into his cr it, ready to fire. the three of them
listehing was slithering