The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 71

The three of them sat in the cubicle and chatted. After a while, the door was opened directly from the outside, and Lee Jordan walked in carelessly. He said, "I've been looking for you for a long time."

Angelina and Alia also walked in, and Alia said, "You only walked one and a half cars, and Angelina and I walked for more than two cars without talking!"

Ada stretched out her arms to hug Garon who was sitting on the seat, and made room for Angelina and Alia.

"Is this the pet you bought?" Angelina sat down next to Ada, teasing Garen in her arms.

"We wanted her to buy an owl, but we bought this puppy," Fred said.

"It's called eye fate. I picked Garen from so many pets in the pet store at a glance." Ada put Garon into Angelina's arms. Garen was very happy after leaving Ada. Na's arms are extremely obedient.

George looked at the flamboyant Garen, and teased, "Isn't that close to you? It's the first time Garen has met Angelina and Alia, but they look more like Garen's masters. "

"If you can talk, just say a few more words." Lee Jordan said, he smiled happily, and he wanted to charge Garen for not showing Ada face, this dog was covered by Lee Jordan.

This small blow is nothing, anyway, Ada has already made a decision, and Garen will halve the snacks for next week, so as to see the effect, it's just so willful, anyway, the dog belongs to her.

It was raining outside the car window, and the dense raindrops were crackling on the glass window. They could no longer see the scenery passing by outside the window clearly. They only knew that the train kept going north and they would arrive at the school at night.

Quack, quack, the little lunch trolley was pushed down the aisle, and it was sold by the same smiling witch I saw last year.Ada and the others scraped together some money to buy a stack of cauldron-shaped cakes and drinks, plus the sandwiches and pies prepared by Mrs. Weasley, and the six of them had a delicious meal.

The rain outside the window didn't seem to be abating, and there was a rumbling thunder in the air. The startled Garen jumped directly onto Ada, and stuffed his whole head into her arms.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the distance from Hogwarts is getting closer and closer.

When the Hogwarts Express finally slowed down and stopped at the dark Hogsmeade station, the pouring rain outside the window gradually stopped.Ada and the others moved little by little along with the crowd, and walked across the dark platform. There were a hundred carriages waiting for them outside the station.

The first-year students will go to the castle by rowing, while the other students will take the carriages in front of them. It is precisely because of this rule that the second-year Ada and the others do not have to ferry across the lake after the heavy rain.

Strange looking animals stood between the shafts of the carriage. These tentatively called horses stood motionless in the night, looking weird and unlucky.

There is no flesh on their bodies, the black fur is tightly attached to the skeleton, and every bone is clearly visible.Their heads were like those of dragons, and their pupilless eyes were white and staring intently.Wings sprouted from the bump between the shoulder bones.

The animal's name was thestrals, and Ida had read about them in a book about magical beasts, and she recognized them at first sight.

Thestrals are animals that can only be seen by those who have seen death with their own eyes. Ada has not only seen death with her own eyes, she has even experienced it herself, so she can naturally see these thestrals.

It is this weird quality coupled with their weird appearance that makes people regard them as a symbol of bad luck and believe that they will bring all kinds of terrible disasters to those who see them.

The six little friends squeezed into the carriage compartment, which was a bit moldy, with a musty and straw smell.George, who was the last to get into the car, slammed the door behind him.

A moment later, with a violent jolt, the long carriage set off rumblingly along the path leading to Hogwarts Castle, splashing water all the way.

Their carriage finally stopped under the stone steps in front of the two oak gates. Ida jumped out of the carriage, walked up the stone steps, and entered the cave-like deep hall.

Walk through the foyer, pass through a double door on the right, and enter the splendid auditorium. Hundreds of candles float above the tables, illuminating the entire auditorium very brightly.

Ada and the twins walked to the long Gryffindor table at the end of the auditorium and sat down. The students who hadn't seen each other during the summer vacation greeted each other and shared interesting stories about the vacation.

The atmosphere of the other three long tables was the same as that of Gryffindor, the auditorium was filled with buzzing voices and chaos.

Ada looked at the teacher's seat. Dumbledore was chatting with Flitwick, and Professor Sprout was talking to the people around him. Snape was still the same, with a sallow face and greasy hair.

There were only two empty seats on the teacher's table, and those two seats belonged to Professor McGonagall and Hagrid.Hagrid should be leading the first year kids across the lake right now, and Professor McGonagall should be waiting for them.

A gray-haired professor catches Ida's eye, because Ida has never met him.The professor looked a little old, dressed simply, with thick eyes, and looked very knowledgeable.

"Do you think that old-looking face is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" Ada asked the twins beside her.

Fred looked at the professor and said, "It should be, isn't this the only professor we need?"

"Sure enough, he is an old man. I hope he won't let us read textbooks in class." George also said.

"I hope he's okay!" Angelina and Alia said together, they didn't want this kind-looking old man to have an unfortunate accident.

The other senior students didn't make as much fuss as the second graders. They were used to it when the school changed Defense Against the Dark Arts professors every school year.

Ada discussed with her friends for a while, the door of the auditorium opened, and everyone immediately fell silent.Professor McGonagall led a long line of first-year students to the top of the auditorium, and the sorting ceremony began.

Ada didn't pay attention to what the Sorting Hat sang, it was nothing more than how the school was established, and there were some lyrics urging everyone to study hard and unite as one.Ada didn't even pay much attention to the subsequent sorting houses. She only knew that a boy named Cormac McLaggen was sorted into Gryffindor with a girl named Katie Bell, because the two people sat far away from each other. Ada was very close.

As the triangular stool and the sorting hat were taken away by Professor McGonagall, Professor Dumbledore stood up, looked at all the students with a smile, and opened his arms in a welcoming gesture.

"Wake up, it's hunting time!" Ada held the knife and fork in her hands and looked at the golden dinner plate in front of her.

"Welcome!" said Dumbledore, his beard gleaming in the candlelight. "Welcome back to Hogwarts! First of all we welcome Professor Glover Cecil, who will be Black for this year." The professor of Defense Against Magic!"

The professor with a strange face stood up, greeted everyone and then sat down. The applause in the auditorium was not very enthusiastic.

"Attention first-year students, the forest area on the school grounds is forbidden to any students. Some of our old classmates should also remember this well. Also, Mr. Filch, the administrator, wants me to remind you that the recess Don't cast spells in the corridors, especially with an old classmate."

While saying these two sentences, Dumbledore's shining eyes kept looking in the direction of Ada and the twins. It was self-evident who this old classmate was referring to.

Ada lowered her head consciously, not looking at Professor McGonagall, but the twins didn't feel anything, they thought it was Dumbledore's affirmation of them.

"One last thing, just two words," Professor Dumbledore paused slightly, "Eat!"

Gold plates and goblets filled with food and drinks suddenly appeared, and the sound of knives and forks colliding with plates soon resounded, and laughter and laughter began to echo in the auditorium.

After the school opening banquet, Ida and the twins came to the hidden entrance of the common room with other Gryffindor students. The fat lady who hadn't seen for a long time was waiting for them to come back.

The familiar common room, the familiar dormitory, the familiar four-poster bed, everything is the same as when you left.

(End of this chapter)