The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 1 Orphan Twist
In December 1977, heavy snow fell all day long and didn't stop until evening, which made the night even colder.

This is an old orphanage located in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. The welfare glory of the high-ranking gentlemen has not spread to this orphanage. Fortunately, some kind-hearted people in the society occasionally make some donations.So the kids here can get some old clothes to keep warm.Fortunately, there are not many children here, otherwise it may not be enough.

After a busy day, Ms. Nancy is preparing to say goodbye to the head of the orphanage, Sister Mary, who is here today to take care of the children on a voluntary basis.She is not a wealthy person, so she cannot help the children here to have a better life.But the kind lady Nancy always finds some time to take care of the children here, which is the only thing she can do.

"This winter is really difficult. Fortunately, the donations we have received can help the children survive this winter." Ms. Nancy said to Mary.

The chubby Ms. Mary crossed herself first, and then replied: "I always believe that God will take care of his children. I hope that the orphans in the yard will have a good home, and they will love them by loving them." Take care of my parents and live in a warm house."

"You are always so kind..." Ms. Nancy, who was about to walk out of the yard, was attracted by a small cardboard box at the gate of the yard, "What is that?"

Following the direction of Ms. Nancy's finger, Sister Mary also saw the small box.Mary went up and opened the box to check: "Oh, my God, it's a baby."

Mary touched the baby tentatively. It was very cold this winter, and the little baby's body was already a little stiff.Mary hugged her in her arms quickly, and walked quickly into the room, "Help me, Nancy! She's still alive."

Hearing Mary's words, Nancy quickly picked up the cardboard box on the ground, and then followed Mary back into the room.Maybe it's because it's not so cold after entering the room, maybe it's because of the devout prayers and heart-to-heart rescue of the two ladies.In short, the baby is slowed down.

"Look." Ms. Nancy handed Mary a small piece of paper she found in the box. The handwriting on the piece of paper is beautiful, and it should be from the woman's hand.It read: Esmeralda Twist, born on the evening of October 1977, 10.

"Poor little Esmeralda. She was abandoned by her parents just two months after she was born." Nancy said with some distress.

Ms. Mary, who was wiping the baby's body, raised her head to Nancy and said, "Maybe her parents have something to hide..."

Before Sister Mary finished speaking, Nancy interrupted her, "That shouldn't be done, it's really... really cruel! She almost died!"

"Oh..." Sister Mary let out a long sigh.

Spring goes and autumn comes, cold comes and summer goes, time always slips away inadvertently, and it is already the summer of 1989 in a flash.

The orphanage is still the same orphanage, but it looks more dilapidated, and Sister Mary has also become a skinny middle-aged woman.The baby was also 12 years old, and Sister Mary usually called her Eda, while the other children in the yard secretly called her "monster".

The sky is gloomy, and it looks a little depressing.Ada frowned, and closed the window in a self-deceiving manner, as if this could isolate the humid and hot air outside.

Ada is not tall and looks a little thin. It may be because of insufficient nutrition. Her long golden hair has lost its proper luster, her skin is also slightly pale, and her beautiful eyes are like emeralds. Bright.

He was wearing a baggy old shirt, paired with a pair of baggy old jeans that had been washed white, and a pair of slippers.Even so, anyone looking at Ida will think that this is a beautiful girl.

"The weather in the Great Empire is really terrible!" Ada complained to herself, and then threw herself on the bed with no image at all.Ada is a time traveler. After the original "Ada" soul dissipated, she became the new Ada.As for why the soul of the original owner, Aida, disappeared because the child had no mother, it's a long story.

After being picked up by Sister Mary, the original owner lived in the orphanage, like other children in the orphanage.But the difference is that the original owner Aida has been adopted twice, but there are always some strange things happening around Ada, which makes the family who adopted her very scared, so they all made the same decision—— Send Aida back to the orphanage again.

Abandoned since birth and these two abandonment incidents, although the original owner Aida didn't know what happened around her, she hated herself and this ability more and more.

She began to change. The well-behaved and sensible she began to become perverse and violent, and often had conflicts with the children in the orphanage.

Until Ada was ten years old, when she went out one night, she was besieged and harassed by some hooligans nearby. The ability she had always hated and suppressed burst out when her life was threatened. Shocking energy protected her.

Ada was saved, and she returned to the orphanage like a walking dead, and fell on the bed unconscious.It was at this time that the traverser took over from her and became the new Esmeralda Drizzt.

For the next three days, this body repeated what a normal person should do every day like a machine on an assembly line, maintaining the normal operation of this body. It was also during these three days that the traverser roughly accepted the original owner Ada. My memories are like watching a No. 1 movie, all kinds of setbacks and misfortunes run through my short ten years of life.

After receiving the memory and formally controlling the body, until now, Ada still couldn't believe it.I am a young man in the 21st century, an ordinary person who has been lingering in bed for a long time but still failed to resist the call of the disease, but now unexpectedly came to the British Isles in the 80s of the [-]th century and became a girl in an orphanage!

Resurrection from death, crossing over to become another person, having a new life, this is the magic of fate, it is the corner of the skirt gently raised by the goddess of fate!

Ada was not used to the strange body and living in a strange place.It's not that I haven't thought about going back, it's just that the timeline doesn't match up at all.My original body has already died, and what should Ada do if she appears in the small box, the eternal destination of life after returning home?And there is no way for Ada to go back, so she can't die again, right?Ada doesn't want to do this kind of thing that pays a lot and has no certainty.

That's it, as long as it comes, it will be safe.He can only comfort himself like this.

After the initial discomfort, Ada, who was familiar with life in the orphanage, also started a new life. Although she was poor, she was fortunately free from illness.As for the children in the orphanage, these children were not very friendly to Ada. Although the original owner had fought with them, she was a girl after all, and she lost more than she won.So this group of bear children will show their strength by bullying this "monster".

And after Ada crossed over, and took the initiative to teach the leading children twice, they stopped, and they no longer dared to trouble Ada, and Ada did not continue to care about these children. My future is not in this orphanage.

Ada has more important things to do.There are only two ways for poor people from orphanages to change their lives. One is written in the code, so it doesn’t matter if they don’t mention it; the other is naturally to go to school and study hard.

Fortunately, in this life, Ada's mind is very easy to use. Although she is not so vivid, she is still a child of someone else's family.Ada will also do some odd jobs in her spare time and earn some money to save. After all, the orphanage is too poor.

As for the ability that the original owner had always hated, Ada didn't know what it was, but it didn't prevent Ada from touching and using it tentatively.Ada felt that this was a hole card for her to settle down, after all, this power did protect her at critical moments.

In this way, Ada spent two years in an orderly manner in the orphanage.

beep!beep!beep!
The abnormal noise from the window attracted Ada's attention. Ada raised her eyes and saw that it was a gray owl pecking at the window, as if imitating a human's knocking on the door.

Owls are not uncommon in this country, at least Ada can often see them, but its anthropomorphic movements still make Ada find it interesting.Ada jumped out of bed and opened the window to let the owl in.

This gray owl flew in through the window, circled twice in the small room, and landed firmly on the desk.It stretched out its legs proudly towards Ida, with a letter tied to it.Ada first reached out and untied the letter from the owl's legs, then broke her remaining bread into crumbs and placed it in front of it.

After being rewarded with bread crumbs, the gray owl let go of his arrogance and said, "Arrogance?what is that?Can it be eaten as a meal?An owl is never a slave, unless it is free of food and shelter!

Ida ignored the owl who had lost her dignity, and looked at the letter involuntarily.The envelope was made of heavy parchment, addressed in emerald green ink, and had no postage stamp on it.

Ada turned the envelope over, and there was a wax seal, a coat of arms crest, and a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake surrounded by a capital "H."Ada's hands trembled suddenly, and a sense of familiarity came over the four animals and this crest.

Ada pulled out the letter inside and read it:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(President of the International Federation of Wizards, first-class great magician of Sir Merlin, chief magician of Wizengamot)

Dear Miss Drizzt:

We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Enclosed is a list of required books and equipment.

Semester is scheduled to start on September [-].

In view of your special situation, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will send a special person to your residence to answer your doubts and give you due help.

Vice-Chancellor

Sincerely, Minerva McGonagall

Ada sat down on the bed, muttering to herself: "This is going to kill people..."

　Tang Yuan wrote the name of the traverser as Esmeralda or Ada, and also used "he" in the third person; wrote the original owner as Esmeralda or Ada, and used "she" in the third person.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)