The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 48 The Unexpected Summoning

The flames in the fireplace in the living room crackled. Although it was almost the end of April, the temperature difference between day and night was still huge, and the nights in Hogwarts were still a bit cold.

The centaur Firenze told his prophecy to the three first-year students who didn't understand anything. The news he sent was almost useless, and the prophecy he had worked so hard to make was just for nothing, unless something happened to his mind Question, why else would he do it?
Except for the divination through the stars, Firenze speaks in a very orderly manner at other times, obviously his brain is fine.The centaur Firenze told them the result of his divination, probably to spoil something to the three of them, and it wasn't the well-meaning centaur who had problems with his mind, but Ada and the others themselves.

If you don't understand it, don't think about it for now, otherwise you will just get into a misunderstanding. Ada and the twins said good night to each other, and then went back to rest. Life must go on.

April was drawing to a close, and Dumbledore had once again left Hogwarts to attend Fudge's inauguration in London.

Fudge has been a minister for some time, and he has been busy handling the affairs of the Ministry of Magic. He looks a lot like a hard-working public servant of the magic world.

It's not that Fudge really doesn't want to hold the inauguration ceremony, and no one is willing to give up such a glorious moment, but Dumbledore has been staying in school and has no time, which makes Fudge postpone his own ceremony.

Fudge invited Dumbledore to London again and again, and the "Daily Prophet" also publicized the minister's behavior of Corporal Li Xian, which made Fudge receive the praise of the public, and the position of the minister was also more stable.

Dumbledore, who was "watched three times by the cottage", finally left the school and went to the Ministry of Magic. He needed to support his "puppet".This has been said since Fudge's tenure as Minister, and Foley's various actions seem to confirm the rumor that he is Dumbledore's "puppet".

Two days ago, the twins planned a prank on their old friend Filch, but they were caught by the embarrassed Filch on the spot, and they had to go to the trophy display room again as punishment.

The twins were not there, so Ada sat next to Angelina and Alia during dinner, and the three of them talked about topics related to girls.

The headmaster's seat in the auditorium was vacant, Dumbledore hadn't returned yet, and Snape's seat was also vacant, and Snape didn't show up in the auditorium until the end of dinner.

After dinner, Ada left the auditorium alone. Instead of going back to the lounge with Angelina and the others, she went to the kitchen.She's going to get some food, so the twins won't be hungry when they come back from punishment.

Just not far from the auditorium, a senior Slytherin girl stopped Ada.

"The professor gave it to you." Senior Slytherin said, "Remember to be there on time."

Ada took the note, which read: Tonight at eight o'clock, basement classroom.

The note was from Snape, and Ida had seen the handwriting on it many times.Snape hadn't looked for Ida for a long time. Although she didn't know what the summoning was for this time, if she dared not go, she would definitely die a miserable death in Potions class the day after tomorrow.

"I really don't know what he likes about you. You don't look like anything special." The senior sister said without thinking.

Ada was taken aback by the voice of the senior sister who delivered the letter. The Slytherin who usually came to deliver the letter to her would leave immediately after putting down the note, and they didn't bother to talk nonsense to Ada.So she thought that this senior would leave as early as the others, and never thought that this senior would stay and talk to her.

The senior sister should have said: She couldn't figure out why Snape chose Ada.

Not to mention her, Ada didn't even think about it.Ada, who felt upright, said: "Actually, I personally refused. If senior sister likes it, she can go for me."

Ada returned the note in her hand to the senior, but she had no intention of accepting it at all.

"Don't be ignorant! Mud..." The tone of the senior sister was very bad, and the swear words almost came out of her mouth.

The Slytherin girl leaned close to Ada and whispered, "You'd better go early, don't let people wait for you too long! I'm not Avery's kind of idiot who shames pure-bloods, even if you don't do what I say , I also have plenty of ways to deal with you!"

The senior who seemed to be behaving abnormally finally acted normally. She left directly after uttering threatening words, and gave Ada a disgusted look before leaving.

Ada was indifferent to the threat from the Slytherin girl. This kind of harsh words were really not lethal, and her harsh words were much more powerful than the other party.

She planned to step on the point and go to the basement classroom. If this girl dared to trouble her, that would be what Ada could only wish for. At that time, it would not be certain who would look good to whom.

After returning to the dormitory, Ada and Angelina finished the homework assigned by the professors while chatting.She also wanted to talk to the twins about this "abnormal senior" today, but she waited for a long time but the twins never came back.

The twins knew a lot about scrubbing the trophy room, not to mention the trophy room, Filch's punishments. The twins were very familiar with them.

The twins were taken away by Filch at the end of class in the afternoon today. It stands to reason that the twins should have returned by this time.

Ada looked up at the clock in the lounge, it was almost eight o'clock, she couldn't wait any longer, she didn't like being late.After entrusting the food to Angelina and leaving a note, Ada left the lounge in a hurry.

Ada, who was walking on the road, felt a little strange. Snape asked her to go to the underground classroom at eight o'clock, but this time was actually a bit late. Snape usually summoned her at seven o'clock in the evening, at the latest It will not exceed 07:30.

In order to prevent students from wandering around the castle at night, Hogwarts has set a curfew time, and the curfew time for the lower grades is earlier.Setting the time at eight o'clock leaves little time for Ada, and Ada can't get much work done.

There are not many students in the corridor, and the bright and warm lounge is obviously more attractive than the corridor.Those who are still in the corridor are basically senior students, and the students of lower grades have returned to their respective lounges early.

Students like Ada and the twins who like to wander around the school and violate discipline are a minority after all. Most of the students are still very obedient. Otherwise, Filch would have died of overwork, and the twins and twins would not be able to do it. He lanes.

All the way to the underground classroom, there are no students in sight.Everyone only came here when they were in class. Few people liked the gloomy underground classroom, and they wouldn't choose this place when they usually hang out.

The light of the fire in the gloomy corridor was a little faint, and the light and darkness around Ada's face were also uncertain.The dark corridor did not delay her footsteps. Ada, who had been summoned by Snape many times, was very familiar with this path, and now she could find the location with her eyes closed.

Walking to the door of the classroom, the tightly closed classroom door made Ada feel even more strange.

Normally Snape would not lock the door.He usually leaves the door for Ada, so that after knocking on the door, Ada can enter the classroom directly, saving him the trouble of opening the door.

It’s just that today, the dark door has been closed tightly, Ada stretched out her hand to push it but didn’t push it, and when she knocked on the door, there was no sound from inside the classroom.

Today's atmosphere was a bit abnormal. Ada took out her wand, knocked on the classroom door again with her free left hand, and asked, "Professor? Professor Snape?"

There was still no response from the door, and the corridors on both sides were still empty, only the sound of knocking on the door echoed in the shadow of the fire.

He took out the note, with the time and address clearly written on it, and Ada was right.The handwriting on the note was exactly the same as Snape's, it didn't look like someone's prank.

Snape would not joke about this kind of thing. Although he has a bad personality and his harsh comments will always hurt students, he is still a qualified professor.

What's more, it's hard to say whether Snape has a "joke" kind of humor in his mind.

Ada planned to leave first. There was something wrong with Snape not showing up at the teacher's seat today, and the appointed time was eight o'clock, plus the locked door of the dungeon... If there is nothing hidden inside, Ada was going to wash Snape's hair!

Ada, who was facing the classroom door, backed away slowly. She carefully observed everything around her. Leaving safely was the most important thing for Ada to do now.

Ada focused on the situation in front of her. As for who set her up, it's better to go back and think about it.

Just as she was about to leave, there was a "click" sound from the closed classroom door. Ada quickly raised her wand, and the classroom door opened from the inside, and a dark classroom appeared in front of Ada.

"Stunned!" Ada fired a [Stunning Spell] directly, and the spell rushed into the classroom with light, but her spell didn't hit anyone, it was blocked.

A figure slowly appeared from the dark classroom, with a mocking smile on the corner of the man's mouth.

"How could it be you?"

(End of this chapter)