The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 473 The Boggart in the House

With the busy day after day, No. 12 Grimmauld Place has become a lot tidier, at least it will not bring a cloud of dust everywhere.The summer vacation is also coming to an end in the increasingly tidy house.

Everyone missed Hogwarts very much. Even listening to Professor Binns was more pleasant than staying in this dirty, rotten old house. At least everyone slept soundly during the class.

Not to mention the house-elf Kreacher, who always hides in the shadows and swears viciously when you pass by.

If Dobby is an anomaly of house elves, so is Kreacher of the Blacks.

Unlike Dobby, Kreacher is extremely unfriendly, and he seems to have picked up a lot of swear words from his old master.

For example, he would say that Mr. Weasley is an "old scum", that the Weasley children are "annoying little brats of the old scum", that Hermione is a "mudblood", and so on.

Kreacher's tone towards Tonks was even more vicious.Presumably because half of Tonks' blood comes from Black and the other half from "dirty" Muggles.

On the last day of the holiday, Ada finally received a letter from Hogwarts, which should have come earlier in previous years.After a quick glance, she only needs to buy a new "Standard Spells" and a "Magic Defense Theory" this year.

Looking at the familiar title of the book, Ada thought about it carefully.She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have read this book, probably when she was working at Lihen Bookstore.

If Ida's memory is not a problem, the author of this book, Wilbert Slinka, should be a pacifist. He opposes the use of aggressive spells and advocates a passive approach to conflict.

And his writings are an extension of his will.

After putting down the book list, Ada went to look at Hermione and Ginny respectively.

The two of them also want to buy "Defense of Magic Theory".In other words, fourth graders, fifth graders, and seventh graders all use the same textbook for Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

The fifth grade students have to take the ordinary wizarding level exam, and the seventh grade students have to take the ultimate wizarding level exam, but they have to use the same textbooks as the other grades. What kind of operation is this?
Ada really wanted to know where the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher that Dumbledore had worked so hard to find came from!

"Ah!" Hermione suddenly let out a scream of excitement.

Ada, who was brainstorming, turned her head to look, and saw Hermione holding an envelope in one hand and a badge in the other, dancing excitedly.

"I'm a prefect!" Hermione said excitedly, "Ada, Ginny, I'm a prefect!"

Hermione's face was flushed, and her brown hair seemed to float as she spoke.Miss Hermione Granger, who had just been promoted to principal, jumped out of bed with a bang, and ran out quickly.

Leaving Ada and Ginny staring at each other in the bedroom.

"Ada, were you also so excited when you got the prefect badge?" Ginny asked in a low voice, and then she shook her head vigorously, as if trying to drive away the random thoughts in her mind.

"No, not at all." Ada said firmly.

She wouldn't be ashamed like Hermione, at most she just smiled happily.It's just a prefect badge, and my sister is still the chairwoman of the female student council. Are you excited?

While talking, Ada and Ginny also left the bedroom.Ginny went to see Mrs. Weasley, and Ada went to the twins' room.

Neither Fred nor George was in the room, and they randomly threw the Hogwarts book list on the floor, and Ada missed it.

Looking at the orders scattered all over the floor, and the small boxes with W printed everywhere, Ada sighed helplessly.She tied up her hair and helped the two brothers tidy up.

Moments later, with a bang, Fred and George Apparated in the bedroom.Both of them had triumphant smirks on their faces, and they rolled into a ball on the carpet.

"What's the matter? Who are you playing tricks on?" Ada asked while putting the orders together, "Harry? Ron? Or old Kreacher?"

Fred turned over and sat up on the carpet. He said, "It's little Ronnie. No, it's the honorable Ronald Weasley prefect."

"What?" Ada couldn't believe her ears.Although Ron is her own stupid younger brother, Ada really can't see the reason for choosing Ron as the prefect.

At home, Ron is not as dazzling as his brothers in any aspect except for his excellent height; at school, Ron is even more obscured by the light from Harry and Hermione around him, making him appear a little transparent.

"That's right, it's hard for you to believe it too, isn't it?" George said, "It's hard for us to believe it too, we thought it would be Harry's."

Indeed, no matter how you look at it, Harry is more suitable than Ron.But neither Dumbledore nor Professor McGonagall chose Harry.

Maybe it felt that Harry had already taken on enough and didn't want to burden him any more.Perhaps he discovered the bright spots in Ron and thought he was more suitable for the position of prefect.

Ron was a Gryffindor prefect anyway.

"What did you say or do to make you laugh like this?" Ada asked. "You didn't glue the badge on Ron's forehead, did you?"

In fact, what Ron needs more at this time is encouragement and confidence building, but Fred and George would not do this kind of thing, and Ada did not waste her words.

In the eyes of the twins, only fools become prefects, and the president of the student body is an even bigger fool.Also Ada.

Fred laughed and said, "I didn't expect the head girl to offer a good idea. We just asked him if he wanted us to kiss him like a mother!"

"And said we could curtsy to him," said George, laughing too, just smiling and the twins stopped laughing.

Fred said sullenly, "You know what Mama said? Mama said everyone in the family was a prefect. Bill, Charlie, you, and that disgusting big fool Percy..."

George followed up with a depressed voice: "Then what are Fred and me? Neighbors next door?"

After speaking, Fred and George looked down at the carpet at the same time and remained silent. It seemed that Mrs. Weasley's unintentional words made the twins very sad.

After about five minutes, the twins got up and started packing their bags, with Ada helping.It's just that the whole time, Fred and George have been sullen.

When all the items were packed into the box, the faces of Fred and George changed from cloudy to sunny, and they put their unhappy things behind them.

In the evening, Mrs. Weasley held up a banner in the kitchen congratulating Ron and Hermione on their election as Prefects.She also bought Ron a new broomstick, sweeping eleven stars.

Mrs. Weasley was in a very good spirits, she hadn't been happier all holiday.

Once in the kitchen, Fred and George saw the banner.The two brothers rolled their eyes at the same time, but they stopped teasing Ron because they didn't want to spoil Mrs. Weasley's good mood.

Dinner was big, everyone had wine glasses in their hands, and butterbeer for the minors.Everyone sent congratulations to Ron and Hermione.

Tonks shared the reasons why she failed to become a prefect. Professor Sprout believed that she lacked certain necessary qualities, such as not being able to follow the rules.

Sirius also said a few words, he spent most of his time in confinement with James, who would choose him as a prefect!

Lupine did become a prefect, but he used the word "failure" to sum up his prefect career.Because he has never controlled Sirius and James.

These people were all trying to comfort the unsuccessful Harry, telling him not to care about the prefect badge.

Ada was sitting in a corner of the kitchen, not engaging in the conversation or listening to Ron explaining the new broom, she was giving Fred and George the wind.

Halfway through the party, Mrs. Weasley left the kitchen to dispose of a Boggart hiding in the house.As soon as Mrs. Weasley stepped out of the kitchen door, the twins started a top-secret transaction.

Since the deal was with Mundungus Fletcher, and Mrs Weasley disliked Mundungus, it must not be known to her.

At this moment, the two brothers were about to complete the transaction, but Mrs. Weasley hadn't come back for a long time, and Ada couldn't help but feel a little worried.

No nonsense, Ada directly picked up the twins, not letting the two of them continue to bargain with Mundungus, and dragged the two of them out of the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" George asked confusedly.

"That's right, in another two or three minutes we can lower the price to ten Galleons." Fred said, "Poisonous tentacle seeds are hard to come by."

Not far from the kitchen, Ada and the twins heard a small cry, it was Mrs Weasley's voice.

Fred and George immediately stopped arguing about the seeds of the poisonous tentacles, and ran to the place where the crying came from three steps at a time.

Pushing open the door of the living room, the two brothers saw Mrs. Weasley curled up by the dark wall, holding a wand in her hand, her whole body trembling from crying.

And lying sprawled on the dusty old carpet in the bright moonlight were the dead bodies of Fred and George.

"F-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-c- through," sobbed Mrs. Weasley, pointing her trembling wand at the dead bodies of Fred and George.

Snapped!
The corpses of Fred and George had become Percy's, sprawled on their backs, their spectacles on one side, their hollow eyes wide open.Mrs. Weasley cried even harder than before.

The twins hurried to Mrs Weasley so their mother could get a good view of them both.Ada also stepped forward and pointed her wand at the corpse on the carpet.

Fred and George hugged Mrs. Weasley tightly, and said softly, "Mom is fine, it's just a Boggart, it doesn't represent anything. Dad, Bill, Charlie, Ida, Ron, Ginny It's all right...Percy will be all right."

Mrs. Weasley was sobbing, clasped her two naughtiest sons tightly with both hands, and cried loudly.

Fred wiped away Mrs. Weasley's tears softly, and George patted her on the back reassuringly.

The two brothers comforted softly: "Mom, nothing will happen, everyone will be fine, and everything will be fine."

(End of this chapter)