The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 297 A Halloween Surprise
With Halloween approaching and the temperature at Hogwarts getting colder, the students stopped fiery discussions about how long Lupine would last under Snape's torment.

It wasn't that the rumors were self-defeating, or that the two professors had some intimate behavior that broke the rumors.The rumors died down only because students could go to Hogsmeade on Halloween, the first Hogsmeade holiday of the term.

The appeal of Hogsmeade is not exaggerated, especially for third and fourth year students.Some of them have never been to Hogsmeade once, and some have only been to Hogsmeade a few times, and they haven't played enough.

Only people like Ada and the twins who come and go often think that Hogsmeade is like that, nothing more.

The students were happily talking about what to do first in Hogsmeade Village. Honeydukes Candy Store, Zonko's Toys and Joke Shop, and the Screaming Shack were the three most frequent place names.

The reason why the students are so excited, besides being able to go to Hogsmeade, is that the Halloween dinner is also today.

What a perfect day it would be to go to Hogsmeade for a day of carefree fun and then come back to enjoy a sumptuous dinner in the evening!

While everyone was discussing enthusiastically, there was one person who seemed to be very out of group. Harry had been gloomy for the past few days.Because he ran away from the Dursleys, he didn't have a parent's signature, so he wasn't allowed to go on vacation to Hogsmeade.

If it was in previous years, Professor McGonagall raised his hand and let Harry go to Hogsmeade to relax.But not this year, Sirius Black was probably after Harry, and it would be unwise to let Harry leave school at this time.

On the morning of Halloween, the students could obviously sleep in, but the auditorium was full of people early.Everyone wanted to get to Hogsmeade as soon as possible, and they didn't want to lose a minute.

Just as everyone was devouring their food, six owls flew into the auditorium carrying a long and thin package.These owls circled down, put the package in front of Ida, and dropped a letter.

As soon as the owls flapped their wings and flew away, Ida pushed the long and thin package to the twins, and opened the letter herself to read.The above are all clichés like "thank you for your order, and wish you a happy life", without any sincerity, and there is no mention of giving any gifts.

The twins' eyes were wide open, and at this juncture, the package was long and thin, and what was inside could be imagined without opening it.Fred said, "You don't really buy..."

"No, what are you thinking, I have promised Mrs. Weasley." Ada threw the letter aside, picked up the porridge bowl and continued to drink porridge.On a cold morning, a bowl of steaming porridge is comforting!

George stretched out his finger to the package, and he asked, "Then what's inside?" He agreed to buy it, but secretly placed an order behind someone's back.
The slender package had already caught the attention of the Gryffindor students, and Angelina picked up the letter that had been thrown on the table.

After reading it, she answered George's question on behalf of Ida who was busy drinking porridge. She said, "Thank you letter from Nimbus Company, thank you Miss Drizzt for your love of Nimbus series."

Fred and George opened the package under the instigation of everyone, and two brand new, gold and red Nimbus 2001 were placed in front of everyone.The smooth wooden handle of the broomstick is engraved with Weasley in addition to the Nimbus logo.

"Aren't you dishonest? You don't count what you say!" Fred did not take advantage of it and acted like a good boy, but he still felt that Ada shouldn't spend the money.Both he and George are hitters, and the demands on the broomsticks are relatively light.

The Gryffindor Quidditch players also swarmed over, and they didn't show any fuss about the twins receiving such a gift, nor did they feel any displeasure at the fact that Ada had only ordered two broomsticks.

If they knew that Ada planned to buy two Firebolts at the beginning, they might be a little bit surprised and envious.

"Speak," George snatched the porridge bowl from Ada's hand, "don't pretend to be dumb."

Ada took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth. The slow look made George anxious, wishing she could grab the handkerchief and wipe it for her.Ada said slowly: "Pay attention to your words, Fred Weasley, don't tarnish my reputation for no reason."

The Gryffindor players in a circle rolled their eyes in unison, and even Hermione, who joined in the fun, rolled her eyes with difficulty.

They seem to want to say: Big sister, don't you know what your reputation is?Is it something that happened at the end of last semester that made you feel something you shouldn't have?

"I just promised Mrs. Weasley not to buy Firebolts, and I did what I promised!" Ada said confidently.

She promised not to buy Firebolts, and she did not buy Firebolts, because the Weasleys didn't say that they couldn't buy other brands of broomsticks.There's nothing wrong with it, this reason is impeccable, and the Weasleys can only be blamed for not being rigorous enough.

After hearing that Ida originally planned to buy the Firebolt, the Gryffindor players finally couldn't sit still.If Ada really ordered two Firebolts back, maybe Oliver Wood would have jumped over to kiss Ada by now.

Captain Wood is a man who is playing Quidditch with his life. He is the most injured player in the team, not one of them.He is very likely to express his excitement in this way of sacrificing his life, thanking Ada for his help to the team.

No one asked Ida why she didn't order seven Nimbus 2001s, which was a stupid question. Ada and the twins were in a life-to-life relationship, and two broomsticks were nothing.

Since the first grade, the three of them have experienced so many things together that no one else has ever experienced, and there is no such thing as favoring one over the other.The relationship between the trio was no longer measurable by an external object like Jin Jialong.

Even if Ada did order seven broomsticks, no one would or could accept them.If they accept this "subsidy", the relationship between them and Ada will change, and they will no longer be friends.

The crowd of spectators gradually dispersed, and Fred and George played with Nimbus 2001, saying that it was fake if they didn't like it, but this did not prevent the two brothers from having a commonplace conversation.

"You shouldn't do this, your behavior is like squandering." George said ramblingly.

The brothers worried that Ada would develop a habit of spending money freely, and that she would one day be kicked out of the house.It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to simple.

Ada pondered for a while, and said slowly: "It did leave a bad impression."

"Look at what I'm talking about!" Fred put on a look as if he really did, "Being proud of favors is not a compliment."

Ada nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and then continued: "Grandmother thinks I'm too petty, so I will give you the best one if you want. But I promised Mrs. Weasley again..."

Instead of listening to Ida blah blah blah blah, the twins picked up the broom and returned to the common room.I went to Paris for a trip, didn’t learn anything else, I only learned a little about Versailles and came back.

Ada puffed her mouth and walked outside alone.When Fred and George came back, the three of them would go to Hogsmeade together, and they were idle anyway.

There was also a lone figure at the gate of the castle, pitying himself.Harry Potter was standing alone outside, looking forward to the direction of Hogsmeade, like a watchman's stone.

The students passed the inspection by the professors talking and laughing, and the beautiful Hogsmeade was waiting for them.

It's just that no one knows what kind of surprises this Halloween will bring to Hogwarts, and today has just begun.

　Thanks to the book friend Futuxuan for the reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)