Stars and enchantments

[Centaur]

The guardian of the forest walked silently through the deep forest. Fall was once again in the air and soon the sounds of young voices would fill the air outside of the forest.

With a sigh the elder centaur looked toward the sky and the stars . All of the signs were there and as usual there were dark portents laced with windows of calm.

Without a turn of his head the centaur began to speak in his calm smooth voice.

" Hello my old friend. I see you too are preparing for the new term and the new fill of students to come this way. As usual we will place more wards upon the entry to the forest and will see if we can keep any of the adventerous from doing bodily harm to themselves this term. "

[Tiffany Ray]

Tiffany hid behind a tree to listen "man this is real bad darkness comeing upon hogwarts" she didn't really know what to do but just sit and wait for something to happen.

[Rubeus Hagrid]

"Greetins to you old friend. I thank you for yer patience with those students that never seem ta listen. Dumbledore tells em at the beginin of term every year not ta come in here but there are always some who never listen. Guess they would not be to happy if one of em were ta get eaten by sumptin. "

The gentle half giant stood beside the centaur and waited to see if he would be inclined to offer more information. The centaur were flighty creatures with their eyes to the stars and their heads in the clouds. They were also not very well treated by some members of the wizarding community and therefore were at times prone to violence against those of the wizarding community. [/b]

[Centaur]

"I have never advocated violence against the young of human kind and yet there are those who never seem to be where they should be. It is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things. Hagrid , friend to all creatures have you noticed the rise in vampire activity recently? I smell them ather than see them. And they make great disturbances in the balance of things. I have seen signs of a disturbed and angry one in the stars and would hate to see anyone fall prey to one if it could be avoided. I would strongly caution the powers that be to make sure no student enters here unaware. "

Now centaurs didn't normally care about the goings on in this plane because they had their eyes and hearts in the heavens. However at times they could be persuaded to speak about more recent and common things if it had worth and the listener good ears. This tale had both..

[Emma Wood]

Emma had been walking along the outskirts of the forbidden forest when she had seen a student hiding behind a tree just a little way in. She immediately began to walk over to her and realised that it was actually one of her own house. Students had all been warned not to enter the forest and she knew that it was for their own safety. She herself had witnessed dreadful things among those trees. She walked over to Tiffany.

'Tiffany, what are you doing in here? You know that it is against the rules and your risking expulsion.'

She looked in the direction that the girl had been peering in and saw one of the centaurs and Hagrid deep in conversation.

'Spying on others isnt the best pastime either. It will get you into more trouble than good. You had better go back up to the castle before Hagrid or another teacher sees you. Im heading up there now so we can walk together.'

She smiled at the girl. Even though she was head girl, she still didnt like telling others off but knew that it was for the best that students didnt enter the forest. She wasnt one to hand out punishments too often and knew that it was properly the girls curiosity that got the better of her rather than her wanting to break the rules. She turned to go back to the castle and waited for Tiffany to follow her.

[Tiffany Ray]

Tiffany felt bad so she followed Emma "sorry" she whispered softly.