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his little sphere of light was pitch black.
He had never been this deep into the For-
est before. He could vividly remember Hag-
rid advising him not to leave the Forest path
last time he'd been in here. But Hagrid was
miles away now, probably sitting in a cell in
Azkaban, and he had also said to follow the
spiders.
Something wet touched Harry's hand and
he jumped backwards, crushing Ron's foot,
but it was only Fang's nose.
'What d'you reckon?' Harry said to Ron,
whose eyes he could just make out, reflecting
the light from his wand.
'We've come this far,' said Ron.
So they followed the darting shadows of
the spiders into the trees. They couldn't
move very quickly now; there were tree roots
and stumps in their way, barely visible in the
near blackness. Harry could feel Fang's hot
breath on his hand. More than once, they had
to stop, so that Harry could crouch down and
find the spiders in the wandlight.
They walked for what seemed like at least
half an hour, their robes snagging on low-
slung branches and brambles. After a while,
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