The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 80 Quidditch Selection
"Book? Can you two come up with a better idea to lie to me?" Ada felt that her IQ had been insulted.

Although the package in Fred's hand looked boxy, somewhat like a book, Ada still had some doubts, and she felt that the contents inside would not be so simple.

"Stop... Ida, stop..." George stood in front of Fred, telling Fred to put things in order quickly.

Fred also regrets it now, what kind of book is it, this is good, Ada is even more suspicious.

"Shh... don't grab it, I'll tell you it's okay." Fred said while thinking of a way in his mind.

Instead of grabbing it again, Ada sat back in the armchair and waited for the twins to make up a passable reason.

"It's really a book inside..." George was also turning his brain quickly to come up with a suitable solution.

Ada pointed her finger at the twins, and she said, "I ask you to make up a plausible reason. What's in it? How can you two make a book so mysterious?"

"It's really a book!" George continued, "The kind you can't read!" His voice was so low that only the three of them could hear it, and it's not easy to publicize such things , The noise of the three of them just now has attracted the attention of others.

"George is right, this kind of book...is not suitable for you..." Fred helped George and explained in a low voice.

The words have been left here, the twins feel that Ada should be embarrassed to rob them again, in order to prevent Ada from robbing the package, the twins are a bit at a loss.

The blush the twins expected didn't show up on Ida, but she didn't rush to see it any more.

Ada said: "You two have said that...I won't ask what's inside..."

"It's just that I can't tell you now. You'll know in two days." The twins said together. Although they didn't cheat, at least they achieved their goal.

Ada and the twins waved their hands and planned to go back to sleep. The twins also breathed a sigh of relief. When they were about to go back to the dormitory, they were stopped by Ada who was going back and forth.

"Wait a minute, I almost forgot about business when I was interrupted by you. You can sign up for the Quidditch selection, and it will officially start next Friday. You two should not cause trouble recently, and we will talk about everything later."

After speaking, Ada left without looking at the depressed expressions on the twins' faces.Fred and George looked at the tightly packed "book", sighed while shaking their heads, and walked back to the dormitory dejectedly.

The first-year flying lessons and the Quidditch registration for each college started almost at the same time. Looking at the students in the library holding books related to flying, Ada felt that she saw herself a year ago.

On the Friday afternoon of the second week of school, the weather was sunny and sunny, which was very suitable for Quidditch selection.

The emotions of the twins, Angelina, and Alia are still stable. They have always been confident in themselves, but Lee Jordan's nervousness has been written on his face. He has been like this since morning.Ada and the twins have been trying to comfort him, but to no avail.

The group came quite early, and the twins could take Lee Jordan for a lap to warm up and relieve his emotions. Katie Bell was very envious, and she also wanted to ride a broom and fly over the court.

Gryffindor students stood on the half of the field near the castle, and Hufflepuff students stood on the other side.Hufflepuffs had only tried half way through due to heavy rain on the day of the Hufflepuff tryout, so they had to try out with Gryffindor today, sharing the pitch.

On Hufflepuff's half of the field, a boy was flying in the sky. He flew so well that many Gryffindor students also let out a gasp of wonder.

After squinting for a long time, Ada realized that the boy was Cedric Diggory. Not only was he at the same level as Ada, but his home was also in St. Catchpole Village.

Ada had a fairly good impression of him.Cedric's grades were very good. His grades in the final exam last school year were only behind Ada's. He was also the first to help his classmates in Potions class last week.

Cedric is handsome and has a good personality. He is very popular with the girls in the school. Many girls are waiting for him to grow up.But if you think he only has girls friends, you're wrong, Cedric is also very popular among the boys at school.

The number of people on the court gradually increased, and all the people participating in the selection arrived. Captain Charlie took Oliver Wood and began to arrange for everyone to be selected in batches.

The basic test was conducted first. Charlie organized the applicants to join the team into groups and asked them to fly around the playground to eliminate the bad applicants.

After that, Charlie began to test the players according to their duties, selecting the best from the best.

The first is the position of the Chaser, and the best performers are Angelina and Alia.Charlie started to pay attention to the two of them last year, and in the second half of the school year, Charlie would take them with him during Gryffindor training, but they were not recruited into the team because of their young age.

Charlie was talking to Oliver Wood in a low voice, and Wood nodded while holding a booklet to record something.

Angelina and Alia, who performed well, returned to the friends and celebrated with high fives with their friends. Lee Jordan's performance was not very good, but he was not very disappointed, and felt relieved.

Then there was the test of the goalkeeper position, with Oliver Wood performing well and successfully defending his main position.Wood is burly and serious. He always repeats a sentence during training, "Either win or die on the court."

This year, Wood was mentioned by Professor McGonagall as the vice-captain, and Charlie is also very satisfied with his successor. It would be better if his character can be a little softer.

Fred and George left their friends grinning and mounted their respective broomsticks for the batter's tryout.Charlie knew the level of his two younger brothers, so he acted very relaxed. The two of them were basically sure of the position of the batter, and the selection was just a formality.

Just as the batsmen's selection was over, the Hufflepuff captain came over with Cedric and chatted with Charlie.Charlie was a little jealous of Hufflepuff's captain, who could find such an excellent Seeker. He had known Cedric much longer than the Hufflepuffs.

Fred and George stood beside Ida and said, "Charlie likes that Cedric, he's really good at Quidditch."

"Study is good, personality is also good." Angelina said.

"Good character, and helpful." Alia also praised Cedric, "Now add Quidditch, what a great boy."

"He's handsome too!" Katie Bell muttered in a low voice, and no one expected such a sentence to come out of her mouth.When the Chaser was just selected, Katie Bell also went, she performed well, and Charlie also specifically told Wood to pay more attention to her in the future.

Fred snapped his fingers in front of the three nympho girls, he said: "Hey! Girls, wake up, we will be enemies with him from now on, put away your nympho looks!"

"Digory is just a small boy, he looks good but not useful, and we will definitely defeat them in the official competition!" Lee Jordan was also very dissatisfied, and the way Angelina looked at Cedric made him a little envy.

Captain Hufflepuff, who had finished showing off with Charlie, led the team to leave the field, but Cedric walked towards the twins and Ida.

"Fred, George!" Cedric greeted the twins, "I heard that you have also passed the test, you should be merciful in the official competition!"

The twins nodded with a half-smile. To the twins, Cedric was someone else's child, and they didn't want to be good friends with Cedric.

Several students of the same grade chatted for a while, and Cedric kept smiling while chatting, looking very sunny.

After losing to Ada in the final exam last semester, Cedric really wanted to be friends with Ada, but he never had the chance. During the chat just now, Ada didn't say a word, so he had to take the initiative to talk to Ada.

Cedric smiled at Ada and asked, "Can I call you Ada like Fred and George?"

"Let's call it Esmeralda!" For some reason, George felt a sense of crisis in his heart, and he replied directly instead of Ada.

(End of this chapter)