Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix [63]
“Shearus,” said Hermione quietly. A tiny pair of scissors popped out of the tip of her wand. But, just s they came out, the sun’s light reflected off of it, and into the unicorn’s eyes. It made a noise that wasn’t as pleasant as the song before, and it ran into the forest.
“Oh no! I’m sorry unicorn! Come back!” yelled Hermione. “Come on Harry! Let’s follow it!” Hermione ran after the unicorn, and into the dark forest. Harry and Ron started after her.
“Come back unicorn! Come back!” yelled Hermione as they were running, even though it would obviously do her no good. She ran faster and faster after it, and Harry and Ron just tried to follow her, though she was getting ahead of them very quickly.
“Wait… up… Hermione!” yelled Ron, panting. They had been sprinting for several minutes now, and were getting deeper and deeper into the forest. It was getting very dark all around them.
“Let’s… stop… for… a minute,” said Ron, ending his pursuit. Harry stopped with him, though he wasn’t nearly as winded as Ron appeared to be since he had been running and was used to it. Suddenly, they heard Hermione scream, as though from far away.
“Hermione!” yelled Harry and Ron. They both started running again, toward where they heard the voice.
“Oh, what could’ve happened to her?” asked Ron, to nobody. Harry was thinking the same thing. Did the unicorn attack her? Did unicorns attack people?
“Ow!” yelled Ron. Harry looked over, and saw that he’d run into a tree. Harry stopped running, and laughed.
“Ron! C’mon! You’re not that stupid! How could you have run into a tree that was right in front of you?” Ron stepped back, and rubbed his head.
“It wasn’t there a second ago!” he yelled at Harry.
“What do you mean? Of course it was! How could it not be-” Harry suddenly looked at the tree, and realized that is was not a tree at all.
It was a leg.
Harry and Ron screamed at the same time, but Harry looked up instead of staring at the leg. He eyed it all the way up to a massive head which had an expression of curiosity on its face. Harry then realized what it was that Ron had run into: a giant. It was at least thirty feet tall, and was clad in clothing that would have been appropriate for a beggar. It was extremely dirty, and, as Harry thought about it, smelled really bad.
Then Harry looked at the giant’s arm, and saw that it was extended out. He eyed it, all the way to the clenched fist… a clenched fist that was holding Hermione!
“Hermione!” yelled Harry as loud as he could. Ron stopped screaming, and looked up at the giant’s fist.
“Hermione!” he yelled.
“Help me!” yelled Hermione, though it was very faint, she was at least twenty feet away. Harry ran up to the giant’s leg, and pulled out his wand.
“Excallibus!” he yelled, and a long sword popped out of the end of Harry’s wand. It was very sharp, and extremely shiny. Harry brought it back, then shoved it with all of his might into the leg of the giant.
“Aaaaaarg!” screamed the giant. It dropped Hermione, making her fall, screaming the entire way down.
“Ron! Get her!” yelled Harry. He was still digging his sword into the giant’s leg, causing it to scream even more. When Harry heard a ‘thump’ sound, he looked over, and saw the Ron had caught Hermione in his arms. She immediately jumped out of them, looking highly embarrassed, and stood up.
“Harry! Let’s go!” she yelled. “She’ll come after you now!”
“She?” asked Harry and Ron at the same time. They both looked up, and saw that it was indeed a ‘she’. It had very long, brown hair, and Harry realized that it was now bending over.
“Let’s go!” yelled Harry. He pulled the sword out of the giant’s leg, and started running away, not sure of where he was heading. He heard the massive strides of the giant, catching up to them, very quickly. It wasn’t long before Harry felt as though he were