Hogwarts and The Shards of Retrix

by SphintrrixLestrange

Sometime, after Harry Potter defeated Lord Voldemort, Hogwarts,as it should be, continued its normal systems in teaching. New teachers and new students who seems to be well versed in so much high level incantations causing unexpected troubles. And the mysterious story about the Peverels might just be another lust for Dark Arts practitioners.

11. Chapter X

Chapter X:

"Crimson Atrepus Tree"

Winter's stay at Hogwarts for the past few months had been smooth, as long as he avoids any encounter with the Banelocks. However, the real trouble came before the Christmas vacation, the last meeting at the Herbology class, all the students were all in the green house, and none seemed to have foreseen the accident. There stood a big, tree with red and maroon leaves, short enough to be occupying the center part of the green house. Its bark was crinkled and seemed to be bleeding surrounded by all the other strange plants around. It was an Atrepus Tree, a carnivorous tree. It is usually immobile, except when a certain spell is placed upon it and would usually go violent when it smells blood. Winter stood a meter away from it, reading his Herbology manual, so with the other students. Suddenly, he felt something that stung in his arm. He was surprised when he saw Mort beside him, his spiky, silver ring made a scratch on his arm while holding a book. A streak of one droplet of blood made the Atrepus Tree move, crawling with its large spiky roots, violently towards winter.

(To be continued)