The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 388: Hogwarts
This announcement in the hall had a noticeable effect on those who lived in the castle.In the days that followed, no matter where you went, you heard people talking about the Triwizard Tournament.

Among them, the one that caused the most discussion is who will compete to be the Hogwarts warrior, followed by what items will be included in the Tournament.

Among the many seventh-grade students and qualified sixth-grade students at Hogwarts, Hufflepuff students are more optimistic about Cedric Diggory from their own house, and the other three houses also have their own promising students.

These people participating in the discussion, everyone is canvassing for the person they support, as if this will get him elected.However, everyone was very restrained, and did not turn from discussion into full martial arts.

The strange thing is that Ida's name was not included in the candidate list selected by the students. Even the Gryffindor students never mentioned Ida. It seemed that everyone had collectively classified Ida as a student.

Everyone is enthusiastically discussing who can be a Hogwarts warrior. You suddenly ran over and threw out the correct answer. What do you want to do?Why is it so annoying!
The students were busy discussing, and the faculty and staff were not idle either. They were all busy cleaning the castle thoroughly.The portraits hanging on the walls, the corners of the stairs, the corners of the castle, etc.

The administrator, Argus Filch, wanders around the castle all day, exacting demands on every student he meets.The prefects of the colleges were also busy, patrolling the castle one after another, and punishing the students who violated the discipline.

The professors seemed extremely nervous. Professor McGonagall came to the Gryffindor common room in person and had a long talk with Fred and George for an hour, hoping that the two of them would be more honest when outsiders were guests.

It is said that Dumbledore also talked to Peeves in person... but I don't know how it worked out.

In a blink of an eye, it was October NO.30, and the auditorium was decorated overnight.Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each representing a Hogwarts house.Behind the staff desks hung the largest banner with the Hogwarts crest on it.

The twins encouraged Harry and Ron again at breakfast, asking if they would be interested in joining their project.

During this time, George once asked Professor McGonagall, wanting to know how the Warriors were selected.But Professor McGonagall didn't tell George, Professor McGonagall just told George to shut up and concentrate on transforming his raccoon.

Hermione also took out her treasure, "Hogwarts: A School History", or it was called "A Revised Hogwarts History".

Hermione was unhappy with the presence of house-elves at the school, but she couldn't fix the problem, which made it even harder for her.

On this day, there is a joyful mood of anticipation in the air.In class, no one was paying attention. Everyone was thinking about the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang who were going to meet tonight and what they were like.

The students finally made it to the afternoon, and a group of people rushed out of the classroom in a hurry. After putting away their belongings, they rushed into the hall like flying.

The deans of the colleges are ordering their students to line up, and the presidents of the male and female student unions and the prefects of each college are cooperating with their deans' orders.Ada walked up and down the line, inspecting the grooming of the students as ordered.

The students seemed too excited, and many of them put a lot of thought into dressing themselves up.Some people put on makeup, some people put on all kinds of jewelry, and all of them were dressed up in fancy ways.

Ada felt that she might not have said so many words in her life, and she felt that her throat was about to burst into flames.

Finally, the four teams were organized. Under the leadership of the professor, everyone walked down the steps and stood in front of the castle.It was a cold, crisp evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon had hung over the Forbidden Forest.

As time passed, the team gradually became restless, and many people looked at their watches impatiently.Hogwarts at the end of October was not so cold. If we waited any longer, everyone might freeze to death.

As the sky gradually darkened, Dumbledore suddenly shouted: "Ah! If I'm not mistaken, Beauxbaton's representative has arrived!"

The students immediately became agitated, eagerly asking people around them "where" and looking in different directions.

In the deep blue night sky, a huge monster is flying towards the castle at high speed, gradually getting bigger and bigger.As the huge monster approached, Ada also saw clearly what it was. It was a powder-blue carriage pulled by twelve flying horses.

The tall Hagrid stood in an open space in front of the castle holding a dazzling light sign, directing the huge carriage to land like a ground crew at an airport.

The Pegasus was obviously not used to this method of landing, so there was a problem with where they landed. Although the "flight" from Beauxbatons landed safely, it almost sent Hagrid off for the last time with his own hands.

The door opened slowly, and the boy with red lips and white teeth in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage, bent down, groped for something on the floor of the carriage, and then opened a golden spiral staircase.

Ada's eyes widened in an instant. The boy was none other than his cousin Hector Rozier, who was studying in Beauxbatons.At the beginning of October, Ada received a letter from Hector. At that time, he also said that he would not come to Hogwarts. How did he change his mind at the end of the month?
After Hector put down the spiral staircase, a woman who looked bigger than Hagrid came out. She was wrapped in a black satin dress from head to toe, and there were many luxurious opals shining on her neck and thick fingers.

Dumbledore took the lead in applauding, and the students also applauded stupidly. The students were all stunned by this big woman.Dumbledore stepped forward and greeted the woman cordially.

"Dear Madam Maxime," he said, "welcome to Hogwarts."

"Dumbledore," Madam Maxim said in a low voice, "I hope you are well. By the way, my horses are a little tired. They need to be taken care of carefully."

"Don't worry, our Professor of the Protection of Fantastic Beasts will take care of them," said Dumbledore.

At this time, Hagrid, who "nearly survived death", came up, and he showed a naive smile.You know, Hagrid rarely had such a high-profile moment, and it seemed that Ms. Maxim, who was also huge, made him feel good.

"My horse needs single malt whiskey, Mr. Hagrid." Ms. Maxime said gracefully.

Hagrid smiled silly, and patted his chest to promise that he would take good care of these Pegasus, even if something happened to him, these Pegasus would be fine.

No wonder when they just landed, those flying horses couldn't find where they landed. It turned out to be drunk driving.Riding a horse (flying broomstick) without drinking, drinking without drinking a horse (flying broomstick), do you not understand such a basic truth?

Behind Ms. Maxim, twelve or thirteen male and female students also came over.These students from Beauxbatons were trembling slightly. Their blue robes were all made of silk, which couldn't stop the cold wind in Scotland at the end of October.

In the Hogwarts student team, Fred touched Ida and asked in a low voice, "Why are they wearing so little clothes? Is Beauxbaton's weather fine?"

"At least better than ours." Ada thought for a while and replied, "Beauxbatons seems to be in the Pyrenees of France."

The Hogwarts students stepped aside to let Ms. Maxime and her trembling students pass.

After they entered the castle, the Hogwarts students began to discuss Durmstrang again. Everyone was shocked by Beauxbaton's appearance, and they had more expectations for Durmstrang who had not yet arrived.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and even the Hogwarts students who were used to the cold began to tremble. Everyone stared at the sky anxiously, waiting for Durmstrang to fly over like Beauxbatons.

But there was nothing in the dark blue night sky. Instead, a very loud and strange voice floated towards them from the darkness. That direction was the Black Lake.

The dark water surface was no longer calm, huge splashes were raised on the water surface, and the waves crashed against the wet lake shore.A huge whirlpool suddenly appeared in the center of the lake, as if the bath tub had been unplugged from the bottom of the basin.

A long black pole-like thing slowly rose from the center of the vortex... Then a magnificent sailboat appeared in front of everyone, and the big ship shone brightly in the moonlight.

Good guy, dream linkage!

Ada in the crowd looked at the boat and couldn't help calling it a good guy. She couldn't stop thinking wildly in her heart. What she thought most was: If a man with an octopus face walked out of the boat, what should she do? what to do?
The people on the boat are going ashore, and they all look very burly.As they got closer, the students realized that the Durmstrang visitors were wearing thick fur cloaks, thicker than Hogwarts winter cloaks.

The leader was a tall and thin man with a sullen face, his cloak was different from the others, it was silver white, soft and slippery.This man was the principal of Durmstrang, Igor Karkaroff.

Karkaroff greeted Dumbledore warmly, as if the two of them were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.But Ada knew that Karkaroff was a notorious Death Eater before he became Durmstrang's headmaster.

"It's good to be here, it's good... Viktor, come here and warm up... You don't mind, Dumbledore? Viktor has a bit of a cold..."

Karkaroff motioned for one of his students to step forward.There were exclamations from the Hogwarts student ranks as the boy approached—

"Krum, Viktor Krum!"

The Hogwarts team immediately became restless, and many nympho girls wanted to rush out of the team and get Krum's autograph.Ada also heard disgusting remarks from several girls.

"You said he'd sign my hat with lipstick? Anything else!"

Wow!
Except for the nympho girls, more boys fell into madness. They were even crazier than girls. Some even called Krum's name until their own voice broke.

Looking at the men and women who fell into madness in front of her, Ada lowered her head helplessly, this Hogwarts, don't wait!

(End of this chapter)