As if that wasn't enough, on the way out of the forest, we had a run-in with the centaur herd that lives there. It seemed they were Not Pleased with Firenze, and really, really didn't like Hagrid's "little" brother, either. On the second point, I could hardly fault them. They finally let us pass, but I got the distinct impression that that was because Harry and I were "foals," and they had a taboo against killing or hurting such. We got back to school just in time to see Ron being carried into the Great Hall---he'd pulled enough saves to get the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor, and we'd missed it!