The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 700 A New Beginning

The fall of this year seems to have arrived all at once.

The morning of September [-]st was as crisp and golden as an apple.

It was the opening day of Hogwarts again, and the platform of platform nine and three-quarters was crowded with people seeing off, with smiles on the faces of every student except Ginny Weasley.

Ginny frowned and sighed as she looked at the huge send-off team in front of her.

She said: "Father, mother, and you, you don't need to send me off. I am not a child anymore."

"I know, I know." Mrs. Weasley said perfunctorily, "Our Ginny is a hero who defeated the Death Eaters. But that doesn't stop us from sending you to school."

On September 1998, 9, as the youngest child of the Weasley family, Ginny still had to go to school, even though she had participated in the Battle of Hogwarts, even though she had fought bravely.

As sad as Ginny is, there is Luna Lovegood of Ravenclaw College.

Sighing again, Ginny looked at her father, and she said, "Mr. Minister, isn't he busy with work? There's no need for you to come and see me off."

"Not busy, not busy at all, my dear." Mr. Weasley said with a smile. "Work is not as important as my Ginny. Besides, the work is left to Kingsley. He does a better job than me." good."

Mr. Weasley had already decided that when Ginny graduated from Hogwarts, he would resign from the Ministry of Magic and leave the broken chair of Minister to Kingsley Shacklebolt.

"Where are you two?" Ginny looked at her elder brother and elder sister-in-law, "Aren't you two going to Gringotts today?"

After the war, under strong pressure from the Ministry of Magic, Gringotts returned to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic, and the goblins were only responsible for daily operations.And Bill is the supervisory official sent by the Ministry of Magic to Gringotts.

"It's okay, the goblins can't wait to see me!" Bill said, his handsome face still had the scars from the werewolf, which was terrifying and hideous.

Furong caressed her husband's cheek and said softly, "That's because they are jealous of your handsomeness. Your incomparable appearance makes them feel ashamed."

Except for Bill, all the Weasley brothers on the side looked like beeping dogs.

Helpless, these two words filled Ginny's pretty face.

She added, "Charlie, doesn't your dragon need you to take care of it? Percy, don't you love your job? Didn't you just get promoted?"

"I can often see fire dragons, but after you go to school, I don't want to see you so easily, my sister." Charlie said carelessly, "So I asked for leave and came back to see you off. Are you touched? My dear sister."

Not moved, not moved at all.Before Ginny could speak, however, Percy spoke.

Percy looked at his watch and said, "Of course work is important. Everyone is watching my performance and wants to see me make a fool of myself. So I'll be back at the Ministry right away after I've seen you in the car."

slap!

Ginny slapped her forehead hard, she was really speechless, she just went to school, as for the whole family mobilization!Except for Harry and Ron who couldn't get away from the Auror training, everyone else came!

Ginny set her sights on the twins.

Before she could speak, Fred said first, "You are the only one in your family going to Hogwarts now. If you don't take this opportunity to send you off, you won't know the year of the monkey next time you come here!"

"That's right, my dear sister." George continued, "Don't have any psychological burden, just think we are full and come for a walk."

After a series of "talk therapy" by the family, Ginny has given up struggling.

She looked at Ada weakly, and said resignedly, "What about you? Didn't you go to travel around the world, isn't platform nine and three-quarters your world?"

"Don't be so hostile!" Ada stretched out her hand to straighten Ginny's long fiery red hair, "Just treat me as passing by."

Speechless, speechless!Ginny looked at the sky speechlessly, she was just going to school, why did she make such a big move!

The Minister of Magic came to see her off, the Gringotts prosecutor came to see her off, the head of the International Magical Law Office came to see her off, and even the chief wizard of the Wizengamot came to see her off.

Sure enough, the little sister is the most annoying, Ronald Weasley picked it up,

With the sound of the whistle, the platform was instantly enveloped in a large amount of white mist from the red Hogwarts Express, and Ginny was saved.

Vague figures surged in the mist, and taking this opportunity, Ginny quickly embraced the Weasleys, jumped onto the red steam locomotive three steps at a time, and waved goodbye to everyone.

The train moved slowly, and everyone couldn't see Ginny clearly on the train, but they still followed the train, waving their hands and saying goodbye loudly.

The last trace of steam dissipated in the autumn air, the train turned, and everyone waved goodbye with their hands in the air.

"It's nice to be young!" Fred sighed, waiting for Mrs. Weasley's motherly caress.

Mrs. Weasley said angrily: "You are so young, it's great to be so young! Your father and I haven't said that yet!"

Hearing this, Mr. Weasley swallowed back the emotion he was about to say, which made his face flush as if it was fresh pork liver.

Whether Mr. Weasley was Minister for Magic or not, his love for Mrs. Weasley never changed.

"Next time we come to send someone to school, we will have to wait for Bill and Fleur's child!" George also sighed, but he didn't get the caress from his loving mother.

Mrs. Weasley looked at Bill and Fleur, and she seemed to agree with George's words.

Fleur was fearless, and smiled and asked Mrs. Weasley if he liked boys or girls.Bill scratched his face while looking at the sky, studying the white steam remaining in the air.

Ada and the twins walked back, laughing and talking.

"Should you have time this weekend?" Fred asked.

"should have."

"Then let's go to Scarborough! I want to drink coffee." George suggested.

Ada looked at the twin brothers and said with a smile, "Okay."

……

As night fell, when the carriages rolled toward the castle, and the Great Hall became a sea of ​​black pointed hats, the Hogwarts opening dinner began.

Ginny, who was already in the seventh grade, didn't sit still, her eyes wandered around the auditorium.

There was fat Horace Slughorn, who would continue teaching Potions, and there was sallow Severus Snape, who would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Sirius Black resigned, he didn't want to be chained to the school.

Herbalism is still Professor Sprout, Charms is still Professor Flitwick, Protection of Magical Beasts is still Hagrid, Divination is still Trelawney, and ancient runes are still Bathsheda Babling, Professor Binns, the Ghost Professor of the History of Magic, is still at his post.

Nothing has changed, yet everything seems to have changed.

By the way, I don't know if Professor McGonagall has found a Transfiguration teacher, or the headmaster of Hogwarts will continue to substitute for the class.

After a while, the door of the auditorium opened, and the students immediately fell silent.

I saw a woman leading a long line of first-year students to the top of the auditorium.Ginny's eyes widened in surprise, as did the classmates beside her.

Mom, what did I see!Ginny thought so.

The person who led the freshmen into the auditorium was so familiar to Ginny, wasn't that Ada!
Ada, who was wearing a forget-me-not floral blue robe, also saw Ginny's surprised gaze, and she winked at Ginny covertly.

What's so surprising about this, and what's even more surprising is that you haven't seen it before!
Ada put a three-legged stool on the ground in front of the new students, and put the tattered, dirty, patched Sorting Hat on the stool.Freshman sorting begins.

When the Sorting Hat finished its concert, the freshmen put on their hats one by one and were assigned to the four colleges.Their campus life will also start from here.

There were fewer and fewer freshmen waiting for the sorting school. At this time, Ada, who was holding the list of freshmen, showed a knowing smile.

She read: "Cameo Drizzt!"

The porcelain doll with long flaxen hair sat timidly on the triangular stool, and the nervous little Cameo didn't even see Ada's encouraging eyes.

"Gryffindor!" the Sorting Hat yelled.

Cameo took off his hat, and under the applause of the Gryffindor seniors and Ada's gratified eyes, he trotted all the way to the Gryffindor long table.

Just after joining Gryffindor College, little Cameo felt the enthusiasm of the senior sister. Ginny hugged her and pressed her on the seat beside her.

There was a bright smile on Ginny's face, but there seemed to be something "evil" behind the smile, and her "evil" hand had already reached out to Cameo's long flaxen hair.

The sorting ceremony ended, Professor McGonagall got up, and the auditorium fell silent again.

"Before the dinner starts, I would like to announce the staff changes of the school." Professor McGonagall said, "Professor Horace Slughorn voluntarily resigned from the post of Head of Slytherin House, which will be replaced by Sever Professor Snape took over."

Slughorn and Snape rose to their feet, but the applause from the students was not enthusiastic.Especially some old students, they remembered the fear of being dominated by Snape.

"Also, let us welcome Professor Esmeralda Drizzt, who has readily agreed to fill the vacancy of Transfiguration," said Professor McGonagall.

In the warm applause of the students, Ada also stood up.

However, she looked at Professor McGonagall with resentment in her eyes, and she wanted to ask Professor McGonagall what "agreeing" means?
Wasn't it brought back by your old man forcibly?Isn't it because little Cameo is also a witch?

"In addition to serving as a teacher of Transfiguration, Professor Drizzt will also serve as the dean of Gryffindor College." Professor McGonagall continued to announce.

The applause became more intense, especially the Gryffindor lion cubs, who clapped, stomped, and whistled. The lion cubs almost knocked off the magic ceiling of the auditorium!
"The last word, that is: enjoy the food!"

(End of this chapter)