The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 299 The Repertoire of Halloween
The streets of Hogsmeade became very deserted, the people who used to come and go disappeared, and the scene of depression filled this small white village.People who didn't know thought that the British wizarding world had encountered the Great Depression.

This depression has also spread to the various shops, and the number of adult wizards has dropped sharply. If it weren't for the crowds of students who appeared today, I'm afraid the shops here will have another day of busy work in vain.

After all, no one likes to deal with dementors. Hogsmeade, which is not far from Hogwarts, is the key object of investigation for dementors. The Ministry of Magic suspects that Black may haunt this small village.

It was useless for the Ministry of Magic to do this, and if Black escaped from the dementor's nose once, he could escape the second time.

What's more, whether it is Hogwarts or Hogsmeade, it can be said that it is heavily guarded. If Blake approached here rashly, either his brain is not good enough, or he is skilled and bold, and has the confidence to not be discovered.

Ada has never understood why the Ministry of Magic trusts dark creatures like dementors, not only handing over Azkaban to them to guard, but also letting them hunt fugitives.

As for Aurors, Ida wanted to ask Aurors, compared to Dementors, Aurors who can turn their minds should be better candidates for chasing fugitives, right?

In the Three Broomsticks, Ada was sipping butterbeer in small sips. The warmth of the room finally dispelled the chill from her body.

The twins stared resentfully at Mrs. Rosmerta. The two of them had just tried to order a man's drink, but Mrs. Rosmerta refused to sell Firewhiskey to minors.

The kind aunt is not kind at this moment, at least in the hearts of Fred and George.

The most popular of these Hogsmeade shops are Honeydukes and The Three Broomsticks.

Different from the dirty and messy Pig's Head Bar, and different from the sweet and greasy Madame Puddiff's Cafe, the Three Broomsticks has a wider audience. Not only can you drink butter beer here, but you can also drink some other drinks with lower alcohol content. .

Mrs. Rosmerta is the living sign of this shop, and she is not only attractive to Hogwarts boys with her charm.Moreover, if you want to run such a bar, you can't do it with just one face. Mrs. Rosmerta's ability is more outstanding than her face and figure.

After drinking all the butter beer in her hand and an extra glass of hot mead, Ada had the courage to throw herself into the cold wind again.

This year's winter came very early, and just after Halloween, Ada had already changed into a slightly heavy winter coat.After the severe cold, she hopes to see a good spring.

The three of them first went to Zuko's joke shop, and the twins wanted to add some materials, and they had a daydream by the way.

The two brothers said that they would take over the Zuko joke shop after graduation as their first step in starting a business.The idea is good, but this dream may not be easy to realize.

Ada and the twins then went to Honeydukes, where they bought some chocolates before the three returned to school together.Instead of going straight back to the castle, though, they go to the Twilight Shack.

The flame in the fireplace warms up the whole house, holding a cup of hot cocoa in hand, and then standing in front of the window looking out, this is a comfortable afternoon.

Outside the Twilight Cabin, there are students who came to visit the most famous haunted house in England, the Shrieking Shack; inside the Twilight Cabin, there is Ada, who smiles treacherously as she looks at the trembling students being blown by the wind.

What is said in the broken chapter, you stand on the bridge to watch the scenery, and the people who watch the scenery look at you upstairs.The students came to see the haunted Scream Shack, not to be seen by the "ghosts" in the shriek shack.

If these students had the courage to go directly into the courtyard, or move forward, they might find out that the rumors were not true.They'll find out that the Shrieking Shack has no ghosts at all, just a beautiful senior.

It was not until evening that Ada and the twins returned from the cottage to the castle for the Halloween dinner.As soon as you enter the auditorium, you will see thousands of familiar jack-o-lanterns and bats flying around.

But this year there are more flaming orange banners that float lazily across the storm-simmering ceiling like colorful water snakes.

The dinner was very sumptuous, but such a sumptuous dinner could not stop everyone's mouths. Everyone was discussing today's trip to Hogsmeade and where to go next time.

At the lively long table, Harry looked out of place.All he could do was stuff pumpkin pie into his mouth to make it look like he was just too hungry instead of having nothing to say.

The banquet concluded with a performance by the Hogwarts ghosts.They jumped out of the walls and tables one after another, forming various formations to perform skating.Gryffindor's Nearly Headless Nick re-enacted his beheading experience with great success.

Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, the resident ghost of Gryffindor.The lord tried to help Lady Griff on October 1492, 10, by straightening her teeth.

But contrary to expectations, Ms. Griff's teeth not only did not straighten, but terrible fangs grew out.Sir Popington was sentenced to be beheaded for this magical accident.

On the day of execution, the executioner's ax was very blunt, because the stone used to sharpen the ax was not known where it was placed.So poor Sir Popington was cut 45 times in all, but even so there was a little bit of skin and sinew attached to his neck.

The dinner was over, and the students of the four houses poured out of the auditorium and up the stairs.

No one rushed into the auditorium in a hurry, shouting "the big thing is not good", no one passed out in the auditorium, and there was no skinny cat hanging on the torch. This year's Halloween seems to have passed safely.

However, Ada did not let her guard down.Even if it is 23:59 now, this Halloween is not over yet, there is a possibility of danger.Halloween at Hogwarts is like a causal weapon, and something unhappy will always happen on this day.

As expected, Ada and the twins followed the usual route back to Gryffindor's tower.However, when I got to the corridor leading to the portrait of the Fat Lady, I found that it was full of students.

"What's the matter, why don't everyone go in?" Fred asked curiously.

George stood on tiptoe and looked over the heads of the students in front of him.He didn't see much except that the portrait hole seemed to be closed.He said: "I don't know, the fat lady doesn't seem to be here, the entrance is closed."

Ada said "Let's go, let's all go," while pushing aside the crowd and walking forward.When the students around saw Ada appearing, they spontaneously moved out of the way, and Ada finally knew why the students were stuck here.

The students are blocked here, not because they have forgotten their passwords due to collective amnesia, or because the fat lady is showing her "wonderful singing voice" again.It's because the Fat Lady, the housekeeper of Gryffindor, is gone!

The Fat Lady had disappeared from her portrait, which had been badly hacked, fragments of the canvas were scattered on the floor, and a large piece of the canvas had simply been torn away.

Although the Fat Lady's voice is deadly, it is clear that the students would not do such a thing.Someone must have tried to break into the Gryffindor common room.

Ada's eyes swept across the students quickly, and she said loudly: "Clark, go to Professor Dumbledore or Professor McGonagall and tell them what happened here!"

Clark Gerald woke up from his bewilderment, and the new prefect immediately turned his way through the crowd and left the Gryffindor Tower.People are panicking, portraits are destroyed like this, is there another terrible attack in the school?

The crowd fell silent, and from the front row, there seemed to be a chill spreading down the corridor.

"Excuse me, let me go." Percy's voice came, and he hurried through the crowd with seriousness. "Why are you all stuck here? It's impossible for you to forget the password—sorry, I'm the president of the student union—"

Seeing the destroyed portrait, Percy was taken aback, and an ominous premonition appeared in his heart.Percy almost screamed out, but luckily he got himself under control in time to prevent further panic.

"Everyone, keep quiet!" Ada yelled again, "Watch the people around you and don't walk around! Senior students, take care of the juniors around you!"

Ada knew that she needed to calm the scene and prevent everyone from panicking. This was her responsibility as a prefect.But Ada has no better way, and can only hope that Clark can find Dumbledore as soon as possible.

Three orders in a row finally made everyone stop restless.Although the students became quiet, anxiety was written on everyone's face. Everyone felt that the destruction of Fat Lady's portrait was just the beginning of the attack.

　Thank you book friend Luo Yue Ruzheng for your reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)