Capítulo 56: Scarlet the hunter

It was almost as if time had slowed down just for her. She could see the swaying of the tree branches just as the wind touched them. She could hear the chitters of the insects so clearly and when she looked down, she could see almost everything that moved. 

The crawling worms and fat mutated bags in the soil which she had never seen before were clear to her today. When she focused and looked further she could easily see ahead now. She saw a wild boar dashing through the trees and it disappeared into a cave. 

"Haha, look at what I have found." she said cheerfully. 

"Stop patting yourself on the shoulder and look for the lizard." Severus yelled at her. 

"Yes teacher." she replied reluctantly. She wanted to look for more live stock but the snake which Severus insisted on calling a lizard needed her attention urgently. 

She was sure that it was a snake because it had been described as a crawling beast. What else crawled apart from a snake?