The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 102 Disappointing Results

"Luminescence!" Ada lit her wand. Her fluorescent spell was much brighter than that of the twins, but the light was soft and not dazzling at all.

"We are now in the secret passage." George said, looking at the map in his hand, "but it's not clear where it will eventually lead."

"No matter where we go, we have to be careful." Fred whispered.

Fred was about to take the lead when he was stopped by Ida.The secret tunnel should be safe, but Ada still thinks it's best to walk in front, and if there is any danger in the tunnel, Ada can solve it immediately.

The three of them opened their eyes wide, bent over and moved forward slowly. The tunnel continued to extend forward, and they didn't know how far they had to go.Ada silently calculated the distance in her heart, feeling that it was at least as long as the tunnel leading to Honeydukes.

When the tunnel began to slope upwards, Ada and the twins behind said: "Looking at the distance, we should have arrived at Hogsmeade, but we don't know where the exit is."

"I hope it's not in the deep mountains and old forests, that would be too boring." Fred said, "The wine cellar of the Three Broomsticks would be nice, we can sneak some wine back..."

"Why do I feel that stealing alcohol is not your main purpose?" Ada looked back at Fred with contempt in her eyes.

After walking for a while, turning a corner, a small exit appeared in front of the three people.Ada motioned the twins to stay still, and she raised her wand and moved forward slowly to see what was going on in front of her.

It was a room, a messy, gray room.The wallpaper was peeling, the floor was stained, the furniture was all broken, there seemed to be some kind of battle here, and the windows were boarded up.

"Fred, George, come up!" Ada still raised her wand.It was daytime now, but the room was very dark, with only a little light entering the room through the sealed windows.

"Where is this?" The twins came up from the tunnel, and the darkness in front of them made people feel a little gloomy.

There is a door on Ada's right, and Ada pushes the door open, leading to a darker hall behind.The floor of the foyer was full of dust, and no one had been there for a long time. Except for the Pig's Head Bar, Hogsmeade's shops would not look like this.

The three began to check the house separately, and the shoes made a "creaking" sound when they stepped on the floor. This sound echoed in the room, adding a sense of horror.

Following the stairs that were about to collapse, the three of them slowly went upstairs, and the moment their shoes fell, thick dust would be stirred up.On the dark landing, a door was closed tightly.

The three of them glanced at each other, Adapin held up her wand, and the twins stood on either side of her.The twins pushed the door open at the same time, and Ida rushed in directly. She looked around with her wand raised flat, but she didn't see anything that could threaten the three of them.

The height of the house gave Ada a familiar feeling, and the windows tightly sealed by wooden boards were even more familiar. Ada had already figured out where this place was, and now she needed to confirm it. Try to look out through the gap between them.

Standing beside a four-poster bed with dusty curtains, George said, "Where the hell is this? Why does it feel familiar to me?"

Fred also said: "I have the same feeling, here won't be..."

The twins looked at Ada together, and now the two brothers need the smartest Ada to give them a definite answer.

"You are right, we are in Hogsmeade now, and this room is the rumored Shrieking Shack." Just now Ada slightly widened the gap between the planks, and she had already seen the outside.

"Isn't this place haunted?" George said, "I haven't seen it yet, but I'm going to open my eyes today!"

"George, what do the ghosts here look like?" Fred said excitedly, "It looks good, or it looks ugly."

The twins turned into a hundred thousand whys, and were full of curiosity about the protagonist of the rumored haunted Screaming Shack. Fortunately, the two wands were still tightly held in their hands and did not let go.

Ada held up her wand and looked around. From downstairs to here, the floor, walls, and even the furniture of the Screaming Shack had been damaged. It seemed that there should have been a fierce battle here. There are traces of animal bites.

Through the scenes in the room, Ada can imagine a novel full of love and hatred.

A happy family originally lived in the Screaming Shack. In this fairy-tale village, they lived carefree.Until one day, their enemy (or someone they offended) came to the door and killed a family living here.

The uninhabited screaming hut was abandoned, and there would always be animals here to resist the cold wind in the cold winter, so those bite marks were left behind.The dying family refused to leave and turned into ghosts crying every night, so the terrified villagers sealed it up to prevent them from harming others.

The idea is very good, the skeleton of the script is already in place, but there is still one problem, where is the ghost?

The three of Ada have wandered around the room for a long time without even seeing a ghost.Besides, they came here through the secret passage of Hogwarts, which leads to the haunted house, isn't this just like a joke!

After cleaning off the dust on the sofa, Ada sat on it dejectedly. She felt a deep loss, and the words of Glover Cecil by the Black Lake recalled in her mind: the result will find you by itself.

Although Ada's magical attainments have not yet reached the level of Professor Cecil, isn't the current situation what he said?The result will come to you by itself.

I just wanted to explore the secret passage, but ended up in the screaming shack, which has nothing but dust on the floor and floating in the air.

"Why hasn't this ghost come out yet?" Fred muttered in a low voice.

"Do you think I look like a ghost?" Ada said in frustration. She sat on the sofa with her head down, and the twins couldn't see her expression clearly.

The twins ran over. Fred shook Ida's shoulder and said in a trembling voice, "Ada, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Don't scare me!"

George didn't speak, but his worries were all written on his face, guarding the two of them vigilantly.

Ada, who was shaken a little dizzy, pushed Fred's hands away, and she said, "I'm fine, I'm just a little disappointed that I just entered the screaming shack. All the things I did before were all Wasting time!"

"Scared me to death, I thought you were possessed!" Fred said with a sigh of relief, "Don't do this next time, it's too scary."

"Isn't this place haunted? Your preparations won't go to waste." George tried to comfort Ada.

Ada, who was depressed, said, "How long have we been staying here? If the rumors are true, wouldn't the ghost come out sooner and tear the three of us apart, and keep the three of us for Easter?"

The twins who wandered here for a long time actually thought of this, but they didn't want to admit it.After all, the Screaming Shack with rumors of ghosts is much more attractive than this dilapidated house.

The twins also sat on the sofa, their heads hanging down like Ada.In this haunted house known as the most terrifying in the whole of England, three people kept the same posture and sighed.

The dark, claustrophobic room gave Ada and the twins no more fear, just a sense of loss.

(End of this chapter)