The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 471 12 Grimmauld Place

The night swallowed up the last ray of light in the sky, and Ada, who was full of anger, walked down the street sullenly.

After passing through a messy and deserted small square, Ada stood in front of a row of old houses.It is the kind of old building that affects the city's appearance.

The houses here look a little gloomy at night, as if a hideous monster will jump out of it at any time.Counting the house numbers silently, Ada stopped between houses No. 11 and No. 13.

After a while, a battered door popped out of nowhere between two houses, followed by grimy walls and grim windows.It was as if an extra house had suddenly swelled and pushed things apart on either side.

12 Grimmauld Place, headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

Up the crumbling stone steps, Ida drew her wand and tapped on the peeling paint door.There was a loud sound of metal hitting, and a rattling sound like a chain.Then, the door creaked open.

Stepping over the threshold into the almost dark foyer, Ada saw a blue eye that rolled around.

"Nice to meet you, Professor Moody." Ada said.The eye belonged to Alastor Moody, the best of the young professors, who hadn't even taught Defense Against the Dark Arts for a second.

A row of old-fashioned gas lamps on the wall came on suddenly, casting a dangling, unreal light on the peeling wallpaper and the polished and threadbare carpet in the long, gloomy hallway.

"I haven't been a professor for a second," said Moody gruffly. "Arthur said you'd be here today, but it's so late. Trouble out there?"

Moody limped and led Ada toward the house.

Ada, who was following Moody, said: "No, I just went to see a paranoid idiot. We talked for a long time, so I was late."

There was the sound of hurried footsteps, and Mrs Weasley came out through a door at the far end of the hall.She walked towards them in three steps at a time, with a warm smile on her face,
"Honey, you're finally here." Mrs. Weasley hugged Ida tightly.Then he pushed it away a little more, and looked at Ada carefully.

"I'm hungry, do you have any more meatballs?" Ada whispered, she didn't intend to mention seeing Percy, and it would only make Mrs. Weasley sadder.

Mrs. Weasley pushed Ida towards the door she just walked out of, and she said, "Of course, how could there be no Ida! I have reserved it for you in advance."

Behind that door was a cavernous chamber surrounded by rough stone walls.A long wooden table was littered with scrolls of parchment, goblets, and empty wine bottles.

Mr. Weasley and his eldest son, Bill, were sitting across the table, their heads together, talking in low voices.Hearing the door open, Mr. Weasley stood up and walked over to Ada.

He proudly said to the people in the room: "Esmeralda Drizzt, I think you should have heard her name more or less!"

When talking, Mr. Weasley's baldness seemed to be a little brighter, and he was proud of Ada from the bottom of his heart.

"Of course, I know him too well." Sirius said fussily, "This crazy girl left a foot-long scar on my shoulder!"

Sitting next to Sirius was Lupine. The gentle werewolf professor stretched out his hand, making a gesture to pick off his friend's clothes.He smiled and said, "I don't believe it's a foot long, take it off and let us see it!"

Tonks, who was wearing bubble gum powder on his head, waved his hand excitedly, but accidentally knocked the cup on the table to the ground.

Without thinking about talking, Tonks immediately bent down to pick up the glass that fell under the table.She picked up the cup without incident, but when she got up, she slammed her head against the wooden table again, causing her to burst into tears.

Fortunately, everyone grabbed what they had at hand in advance, so that Tonks didn't make a "mess all over the place".

Kingsley Shacklebolt put down the bottle in his hand and raised his hand at Ada.He said: "The two of us finally had a good time to meet! Do you want to have a drink to celebrate?"

At this time, Mrs. Weasley, who was passing by Kingsley, patted him hard and said, "Drink if you want to drink, don't use Ida as an introduction."

Kingsley spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and raised his eyebrows. The three movements were done in one go, and he resisted Mrs. Weasley's "tyranny" in silent words.

"Heska Jones." Weasley pointed to a witch beside Kingsley and introduced, and Heska, who had dark hair and pink cheeks, waved her hand.

"That's Emmeline Vance." A dignified and elegant witch nodded slightly. She was sitting on the other side of Hestia Jones.

"Find a place for Ida to sit down first, Arthur!" Mrs. Weasley snapped, pinching her waist and frowning, glaring at her husband.Behind Mrs Weasley was a steaming cauldron.

Mr. Weasley, who was a little afraid of guilt, immediately picked up a place for Ada to sit down, which happened to be opposite Tonks.

Mrs. Weasley came over with hot meatballs, and the delicious food instantly swept away Ida's tiredness from the day.

After a while there was another sound of footsteps in the house.Before the door opened, the Weasley twins appeared in the kitchen.

"I told you not to Apparate in the room!" Mrs Weasley yelled at the twins.

Fred and George promised their mother, but turned their heads and summoned the pumpkin juice in her hand with their wands.The twins sat on either side of Ada, winking at Ada.

"For heaven's sake!" cried Mrs. Weasley, "even if you two can cast spells outside of school, you don't have to pull out your wands for everything!"

Amidst Mrs. Weasley's yelling, the kitchen door was opened, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny filed into the room.

Crookshanks and Gallon also got into the kitchen.The off-white Garen ran towards Ada flatteringly, but was ignored by Ada who was focused on enjoying the food.Ginger Crookshanks shot up to the table, flipping the cork back and forth on the table.

The twins babbled in Ada's ear about how they passed their apparition test, how many orders they'd been taking behind Mrs Weasley's back lately...

It's all trivial things, but it makes people feel relish.

There were the sounds of Mr. Weasley and Bill talking about Bill's new job; Sirius and Lupine squabbling over whether the scar on their shoulder was a foot long; and bursts of laughter. , that was the sound of Tonks making Harry and the others laugh.

Ada liked the feel of it, and it would be even better if it wasn't dirty and Order of the Phoenix headquarters.

Suddenly there was a harsh creaking sound in the kitchen, which was extremely out of harmony with everything around.

Then Moody's gruff voice came up too, and he said, "Give me a glass of water, Molly, if you please."

"Mad-Eye, it's disgusting what you're doing, isn't it?" Tonks said kindly, "Ada's still eating!"

Ada, who lowered her head, didn't know what was going on, so she heard Fred whisper in her ear, "Don't look up, don't look up!"

"Trust us, don't look up." George also said in a very low voice, "You will thank us."

Originally, Ada wasn't interested, but Tonks' words gave her no desire to look up.But the whispering of the twins in her ear aroused Ida's curiosity about what Moody had done.

Unable to restrain her inner curiosity, Ada raised her head, and she saw Moody pull out his magic eye and put it in a silver cup with the family crest printed on it.

Moody poked the magic eye up and down with his hand, but luckily the cup wasn't transparent, otherwise Ada would have seen the eye swish.After poking several times in succession, Moody fished out the magic eye and put it back again.

Back where it was supposed to be, the magic eye stared at the people in the room one by one, and then began to rotate rapidly, as if it had been powered by a motor.

Ada finally knew why Alastor Moody was called Mad-Eye, not because he was a little crazy, but because of the fast-moving magic eye.

Looking at that blue eye, Ada suddenly felt a little confused, she seemed to be motion sick.

At this time, behind Ada, Fred and George showed their true faces.The two brothers clapped their hands quietly
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You're done!

(End of this chapter)