The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 69
A few days after receiving the letter from Hogwarts, Mrs. Weasley took a large family and rushed to Diagon Alley. For this reason, Ada even asked for a day off.

Mrs. Weasley held Ginny's hand to prevent her from being swept away by the crowd in Diagon Alley, Ron pulled Mr. Weasley's robe hem, and Charlie took the twins and Ada.

Percy was not with everyone, and he went to Lihen Bookstore to read as soon as he arrived in Diagon Alley.

The twins have always wanted to visit Knockturn Alley. They were full of curiosity about it, but Mr. and Mrs. Weasley forbade them to go. There were dragons and snakes mixed there, and all the shops in the alley were selling dark magic items. .

Such a dangerous place is not the place for little wizards to go!

Mr. Weasley took Charlie, Ron and the twins to the second-hand bookstore to buy books. Mrs. Weasley took Ida and Ginny to Mrs. Malkin's robe shop. Ida needed to buy new school robes.

Mrs. Malkin still has an impression of Ada. She still remembers the time Ada came to her to find a job a month ago, and she warmly welcomed Ada and the others into the store.

Ada stood on the footstool again, and Mrs. Malkin remeasured her to adjust the size of the school robe.After measuring, Ida chose two additional robes of different styles. She originally chose a dark color, but Mrs. Weasley suggested that she choose a light color. It should be brighter.In the end, Ida followed Mrs. Weasley's suggestion and changed the color of one of them to sky blue.

After leaving Mrs. Malkin's robe shop, Mrs. Weasley went to Lihen Bookstore to find Percy, and she wanted to take Percy to buy a robe.

Ada took Ginny to Florin's, where she had wanted ice cream for a long time.The sun was bright, Ida and Ginny were sitting under the umbrella and eating delicious ice cream, and Ida had fulfilled a little wish.

Several customers who enjoyed cold drinks together showed each other what they bought, and many parents took their children to sit here to rest.As the school year approaches, parents and children can be seen buying school supplies every day in Diagon Alley.

After a while, the twins, who didn't know where they got the news, brought Ron to the cold drink shop. They didn't show politeness to Ida, and ordered a large portion of raspberry ice cream.

The owner of the store, Florin Fusco, also gave Ada a new flavor of ice cream for free. This is a flavor he has just researched and has not yet been officially put on the shelves.

Ada paid for the ice cream, and the five of them walked across the road towards Fantastic Beasts.

The twins suggested that Ada buy an owl for ten Galleons, but Ida had no one to send letters to, so instead of going to the Eeeeeee Owl, they went to the Fantastic Beasts to buy another pet .

The inside of the store is small, with cages densely hung on the walls, and there is a foul smell in the air, and it is very noisy.There are many animals for sale here: poisonous colorful snails, giant tortoises with shells studded with jewels, black mice full of desire for expression, shape-shifting rabbits and more.

This shop is really as magical as its name, the animals here are all amazing, the most common ones are the cats (except for the ginger cat that looks as big as a little tiger).

Ada didn't want to keep cats, let alone these strange animals. Her eyes swept across the cages in the store one by one. There was no animal here that Ada had the urge to take home.

"Ginny, what are you looking at?" Fred walked to his little sister, and he found that Ginny had been looking at a cage for a long time.

"This puppy seems to be sick, and has been ignoring me." Ginny said. In the cage in front of her lay a motionless off-white puppy. The puppy looked like it was three or four months old. .

"Hey! Look at me, or you can move!" Fred clapped his fingers and flicked the cage a few times.

The off-white puppy ignored Fred and didn't even open his eyes. If it wasn't for the rising and falling belly, Fred would have thought the puppy was dead.

Ada, who heard the voice, also came over. This puppy looks a lot like a Labrador, but it is neither sunny, cheerful, nor lively, and its cold appearance is similar to the Labrador in my impression. A little more is different.

"Maybe I'm sick..." Ada said, the puppy opened his eyes and glanced at the noisy crowd, then closed his eyes again.

"It's not sick, it's always been like this." said the witch in charge of the store, "It's been a month, and no one wants to take it away like this."

"Are you sure it doesn't have any disease? Why does it look like it's dying?" George turned to the witch and asked.

The witch shook her head. She didn't know that this puppy was in good condition. If it was more lively, it would have been sold. The witch said: "No, we have checked many times and there is no problem at all. Maybe... ...just lazy!"

"Shall we buy it and take it home?" Ada asked, grabbing Ginny's shoulder.

I know you made money, but you can't be such a disaster if you have two bad money!The twins hurriedly stopped the impulsive Ada, for fear that Ada would run over and hand over the money and the dog to the witch.

"Did the ice cream just freeze your brain, isn't it a waste of money for you to buy such a sick child?" Fred whispered in Ada's ear.

"It's the only one that looks pleasing to the eye in the whole shop, mainly because it's honest and doesn't run around. The other animals are too lively, and I don't like them."

Hearing this, the black mice, desperate to show themselves, stopped playing jumping games; the shape-shifting rabbits stopped turning themselves into satin top hats, and the funny balls of custard-colored fluff stopped buzzing the sound.

The off-white Labrador, who was as quiet as a dead dog, suddenly stood up, walked back and forth in its small cage, and made low threatening sounds.

It was abnormal before and after, like two dogs, it managed to get everyone's attention, now it can't see the sickness just now, its low bark seems to tell Ada: twisted melons are not sweet.

"Look, isn't it very healthy!" Ada smiled and said to everyone, "It's decided, we'll buy it."

The puppy stopped barking. It tilted its head and looked at Ida, with great doubts in its small eyes.

Leaving the Fantastic Beasts store, the five of them were walking on the road, and now they were going back to the Leaky Cauldron to gather with the Weasleys.Fred was carrying the cage and dog food in his hands, George was holding the kennel in his arms, and Ron was holding the puppy toy in his hand. The three followed Ada and Ginny with their heads down.

Ada held the puppy in her arms, and she named it "Garon", but Ginny wanted to call it Little G, and this Labrador seemed to prefer Ginny's name.

The puppy leaned listlessly in Ida's arms without struggling, as if resigned to its fate, Ginny kept teasing it, but it didn't respond, and turned into a dead dog again.

Back at the Burrow in the afternoon, Ida and Ginny put "Garon"'s kennel in the corner of the storage room, and Ada educated him all afternoon, mainly about not defecating anywhere.

After going out for a trip, Ada's wallet was deflated a lot, which made her work harder in the bar later, and she would never return to the Burrow at five o'clock, which made Tom's toothless mouth crack more open.

The puppy Jia Long was also very obedient during these days, he would not bark indiscriminately, nor would he defecate indiscriminately. Everyone liked him very much.Ginny walks her in the morning and afternoon, and Ada takes her with her when she and the twins go for a walk at night before bed.

The person who disliked Garen the most in the Burrow was Percy. Garen was always interested in Percy's pet mouse, Scabbers. If Percy hadn't discovered it in time, Scabbers would have died under the dog's claws.

It was understandable for Garen not to be close to Percy, because Percy was always mean to him, but he was also not close to his master Ada.

Others called it, and it ran over as soon as it was called, not at all as cold as it was in the pet shop.Ada was the complete opposite. If Ada didn't threaten it, Garen would never pay attention to its owner. He was extremely cold.

Ada can't do anything about it, and the dog she bought is crying and she has to keep it.

Maybe it's because there are too many people in the Burrow. It can't tell who is its master. It might be fine when it arrives at Hogwarts. This is the only reason Ada can think of to comfort herself.

(End of this chapter)