James, Albus and The Return Of The Dark Lord Chapter 7
Over the coarse of the next few days he kept thinking about what he had heard and what Professor McGonnagal meant by, 'We don't yet know who lied'. Did that mean the Ministry were the ones telling the truth. Or were the Centaurs telling the truth and Bottus knew this and saved them?
All these questions where in his mind and now he didn't know if he should believe the Ministry or the Centaurs. He told Laura and Albus they had no idea of what they should do...then it hit James they needed to go talk to one of the Centaurs. Laura told James it was a bad idea and the strange alarm things he and Albus had received would go off. But they had the spell whizz Lara make the contraption change owner so whenever she was in danger they would go off.
James, Albus and Laura, who didn't want them to go without her, set off towards the Forbidden Forest. The walk to the oval area in the middle of the Forbidden Forest took half an hour but it might have taken a shorter time if Albus hadn't got scared when he felt 'something' brush past his leg. In the oval area James saw Centaurs sleeping on the ground, he led the two to the place where he had seen the Centaurs talking.
There was no-one there. Then as if by magic Centaurs appeared from the trees and quite aggressively asked, "Who are you and why are you here?" Albus and Laura moved behind James and James answered, "I am James Potter this is my brother and my friend Laura. We are here to ask you a question which no wizard will or can answer." The Centaur watched him surprised at what he had heard literally seconds ago. He then replied in a less aggressive voice, "What is that question Mr Potter."
"Did that Centaur in 1932 actually attack that Ministry worker?" James answered, The Centaur looked at him outraged, he could not believe that thhis wizard would trespass into Centaur territory and then ask if they had attacked a man in 1932 implying that he thought they lied.
"Get out of here now...NOW! And never return!" He bawled at the top of his voice, awakening several of the sleeping Centaurs. Albus and Laura began to run but James stood in front of the Centaur showing no fear. The Centaur began to lose his patience, still James stood there waiting for an answer. James then spoke up, "I will not leave not until I get an answer we need to know we don't know who we should trust Centaurs or the Ministry. You could put this right you could stop another uprising you just have to answer this question." The Centaur stood staring into James eyes peering into his thoughts and saw everything that James had saw in the memory but he saw it in seconds. James just looked back and waited then the Centaur spoke, "I do not know who spoke the truth only one person knows but he cannot be seen he is to weak. Come back on Friday evening just you Mr Potter, just you."