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and baing through the trees,
their flanks heaviy.
”firehu are you doing? you have a
human on your back! have you no shame? are you a ule?”
”do you realize who this is?” said firehis is the potter
boy. the quicker he leaves this forest, the better.”
”what have you been telling him?” growled bane. ”remember,
firenze, we are sworn ainst the heavens. have
we is to e is of the plas?”
rohe ground nervously. ”im sure fire he
was ag for the best, ” he said in his gloomy voice.
bane kicked his ba anger.
”for the best! what is that to do with us? taurs are ed
with what has bee is not our busio run around
like doray humans i!”
firenze suddeo his hind legs ihat
harry had to grab his shoulders to stay on.
”do you uni?” fire bane. ”do
you and why it was killed? or have the pla let
you in o? i set myself against what is lurking in this
forest, bah humans alongside me if i must.”
and firenze whisked around; with harry g o
he could, they pluo the trees, leaving ronan and bane
behind them.
harry didnt have a clue what was going on.
”whys bane so angry?” he asked. ”what was that thing you saved
me from, anyway?”
fireo a walk, waro keep his head
bowed in case of low-hangi did not answer harrys
questioheir way through the trees in silence for
so long that harry thought firenze didnt want to talk to him
ahey were passing through a particularly dech of
trees, however, when fireopped.
”harry potter, do you know what uni blood is used -for?”
”no,” said harry, startled by the odd question. ”weve only
used the horn and tail hair in potions.”
”that is because it is a m, to slay a uni,”
said firenze. ”only one who has nothing to lose, ahing
to gain, would it such a crime. the blood of a uni will
keep you alive, even if you are an in death, but at a
terrible price. you have slaihing pure ao
save yourself, and you will have but a half-life, a cursed life,
from the momeouches your lips.”
harry stared at the back of firenzes head, led
silver in the moonlight.
”but whod be that desperate?” he wondered aloud. ”if youre
going to be cursed forever, deaths better, isnt it?”
”it is,” firenze agreed, ”unless all you o stay alive
loo drihihing that will bring
you back tth and power -- something that will mean
you ever die. mr. potter, do you know what is hidden in the
school at this very moment?”
”the sorcerers stone! of course -- the elixir of life! but i
dont uand who --”
” you think of nobody who has waited mao return
to power, who has g to life, awaiting their ce?”
it was as though an iron fist had ched suddenly around
harrys heart. of the trees, he seemed to hear
o hagrid had told him ohey had met:
”some say he died. y opinion. dunno if he had enough
huma in him to die.”
”do you mean,” harry croaked, ”that was vol-”
”harry! harry, are yht?”
hermi toward them dowh, hagrid puffing
along behind her.
”im fine,” said harry, hardly knoas saying. ”the
unis dead, hagrid, its in that g back there.”
”this is where i leave you,” firenze murmured as hagrid hurried
off to examihe uni. ”you are safe now.”
harry slid off his back.
”good luck, harry potter,” said fires have been
read wrongly before aurs. i hope this is one o