The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 8 The Journey Begins

In a blink of an eye, the date came to August 31st. During this holiday, Ada had a very fulfilling life.Every day is not reading a book, is waving a wand to practice spells, working hard like a bee flying among flowers.The progress bar and proficiency that were originally 0 have been greatly improved, and the effort will pay off.

The bright moon hangs far away in the sky, Ada's room is still bright, and she is packing her things.She put books and telescopes and other utensils in the same box, but her clothes were not packed yet.Ada found the clothes in the closet and picked out a few clothes to take to school.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
"Ada. Are you still packing?" It was Mrs. Mary, the person in charge of the orphanage, who entered the door.

"Yes, ma'am." Ada put down the clothes in her hand and replied, "I'm going to school soon, I should have packed it earlier."

Mrs. Mary was a little worried, because the little girl in front of her was going to study and live in a boarding school she had never heard of.Madam Mary looked at the clothes Ada picked out on the bed, and asked, "Are these clothes you picked out to take away?"

"Yes, ma'am. Although school uniforms are more common in school, it doesn't hurt to have a few extra clothes for spare." Ada said.

Before Ada finished speaking, Mrs. Mary had already walked to the bed and began to help her fold her clothes.Madam Mary said while folding, "Ada, take care of yourself when you go out, and remember to change into thicker clothes when it's cold, so as not to catch cold. Your appetite has been poor for the past two years, and you don't want to eat. Even if there is no one to supervise you over there, remember to eat well..."

Seeing Mrs. Mary getting thinner, Ada felt a little sad, "Don't worry, Ma'am, I have grown up, and I will take care of myself. On the contrary, you are much thinner than before." Ada In my memory, Mrs. Mary was a little fat, but now she is already too thin.

The two packed things very quickly, and in a short while even the boxes were packed. After tidying up quickly, Mrs. Mary took out some money and put it in Ada's hand, saying: "You take this money, keep it Get close."

Ada returned the money to Madam Mary, "No need, the school provided me with a bursary, so you don't have to worry about it." Hogwarts includes food and lodging, it doesn't cost much money, and Ada also exchanged it herself A few Galleons are enough.

Madam Mary held Ida in her arms, and said in a trembling voice: "Poor child, may God bless you!" After finishing speaking, she left the room, but her slightly twitching shoulders proved that she should be crying.

The door of the room was not closed, usually Mrs. Mary would close the door.Ada looked at the empty corridor outside the door, and said in a low voice, "Hogwarts is under the management of Mr. Merlin, so what God said shouldn't count...May...May God bless you, Mrs. Mary."

September [-]st, King's Cross Station, a new journey, a new beginning.

Ada woke up early today, and she planned to leave secretly. She didn't like parting, parting was always a cruel thing.However, Mrs. Mary got up earlier than her, and her plan to leave without saying goodbye fell through.

The two had breakfast together. Madam Mary's mood was very stable this time. She just kept telling Ada something, over and over again, tirelessly.These rambling words should have made people bored, but they made Ada feel very heartwarming.

After breakfast, Ada did not leave the orphanage immediately.Because Mrs. Mary specially asked a friend—Mr. Coke to take Ada to the station today, which saved Ada from the embarrassment of dragging two big boxes around.

Ada arrived at the station at almost ten o'clock. Mr. Kirk helped Ada put the box on the trolley and pushed it to the station before leaving.Ada pushed the trolley to the position between platform nine and platform ten. There was no platform nine and three-quarters written on the ticket between these two platforms.

In this situation, Ada naturally thought of it. How could one of the entrances to the wizarding world appear in a place where Muggles are intertwined?Ada didn't foolishly run to the Muggle guards to ask where the platform was.She could figure out how the Muggle guards would think she was retarded if she asked about Platform Nine and Three Quarters.

Ada had seen the way to enter Diagon Alley, which gave her a good hint for finding the entrance to the platform.Since it's called platform nine and three-quarters, it must be between platforms nine and ten!

Ada, who was leaning on the trolley, kept looking at the partition wall between the two platforms. Ada was a little confused, and she was not sure which partition wall she should choose.It would be the best if the right partition was chosen at the first time. If not, Ada reckoned that she would fall badly.

At this moment, one or two words from the bustling crowd entered Ada's ears and caught her attention.

"Mom, there are Muggles here..." It should be a little girl who spoke.

Ada looked for the source of the voice. It was a little girl with fiery red hair, leaning against a short, fat woman who presumably was her mother.Beside the fat woman were five boys with fiery red hair. They had the same leather suitcase as Ida, and they also carried owls.

This gave too much information. If she didn't know that they were wizards, Ada might as well just turn around and go back to the orphanage.Ada hurriedly pushed the trolley and followed the family forward.

"Okay, here we are." The fat woman stopped, pointing to the one who seemed to be the biggest among the group of children and said, "Charlie, you are at the front."

The boy named Charlie walked towards a partition wall between platforms nine and ten. He had a broad, nice face, a solid build, and a look of strength.Charlie walked up to the partition wall and suddenly disappeared.

"Percy, you're next."

A neatly dressed boy with glasses pushed his cart towards the partition wall.

The platform entrance, that's the platform entrance.Ada thought to herself.

"What are you looking at?"

"Are you looking for a platform?"

Two fiery red-haired boys suddenly came to Ada and said to her.This is a pair of twins, they look so much alike, even the freckles on their faces are very similar.

"Uh, yes. But I just found it." Ada said to the twin brother.

"So you're a freshman?"

"We are freshmen too."

said the twin brothers.They seem to like this way of speaking, one sentence per person.

"Mom, there's a new student here."

"And, it's the kind of good boy you like."

If you only look at Ada's appearance, the twins are absolutely right.

Hearing the voices of the twins, the woman looked over, "Oh, honey, you are also a freshman, and so are Fred and George, they are a bit naughty." She pointed to the twins and said, and she was accompanied by a tall, thin But the clumsy-looking boy and the little girl who just spoke.

"Yes ma'am, I just saw..."

"Son, let Fred show you another demonstration." The fat woman pointed to one of the twins and said, "Fred, it's your turn."

"I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy pointed at. "Honestly, ma'am, why don't you recognize me as George when you say you're our mother?"

"I'm sorry, George, dear," said the fat woman apologetically.

"Just kidding, I'm Fred." After Fred showed a successful mischievous smile at the fat woman, he walked towards the partition wall.George was behind him urging him to hurry up, and the moment he touched the partition wall, Fred and his cart were gone.

"Don't worry, don't be afraid, you just go straight towards the partition wall between platforms 9 and 10. Don't stop, don't be afraid, go straight in, it's important. If you're nervous, you Just trot. Come on, you go first, and George will follow you." The fat woman said.

"Thank you, ma'am." Ada expressed her thanks to the fat woman, then nodded at George who was winking at her and made a funny face, and then trotted all the way to the partition wall pushing the trolley.

A crimson steam locomotive was parked beside a platform packed with passengers.A sign on the train read: Hogwarts Express, eleven o'clock.The smoke of the steam locomotive hovered over the chattering crowd, and cats of various colors walked around under the feet of the people.Amidst the buzzing of the crowd and the noise of dragging heavy luggage, owls also hooted piercingly, answering each other.

After passing through several carriages, Ada finally found a vacant seat, and was about to move her suitcase into the car, but the suitcase was a little heavy, and Ada had a hard time moving it. She thanked Mrs. Mary for her arrangement today again in her heart.

"Do you need help?" It was one of the twin brothers who spoke just now, but it was not known whether it was Fred or George.

"Thank you." Ada was a little tired, and couldn't help but recall the words that some people used to describe exhaustion when she was a child-if you can't, hire someone!
"Fred, come here, come on!" Apparently the boy was George.

The twins moved Ada's box up first and put it in the corner of the box, leaving Ada to look at the twins' box.Then they moved their boxes up and placed them in this box as well.

Since Ada is a girl, they were worried that it would be inconvenient. Originally, the two brothers planned to find another box, but Ada didn't let the twins do so.

Brother Weasley helped himself, and he had to drag the box to find the location, which Ida couldn't do.Therefore, the twin brothers stayed in this box.

"I'm Fred, Fred Weasley." The three of them were already sitting in the box, and a boy among the twins said.

"I'm George," said the other boy.

Ada suddenly wanted to say that I am Peggy, but fortunately, she resisted the urge, "Esmeralda Drizzt, you can call me Ada."

(End of this chapter)