The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 164: Halloween Seems Familiar
Jealousy is a normal psychological reaction, another way of expressing love and concern, and subconsciously a form of protection against the fear of loss.

Ada was grateful for Professor McGonagall's care for her and gradually got used to it. When someone else received the same care as her, she felt scared.

If Ada had never been favored by Professor McGonagall, or if she didn't care about Professor McGonagall, even if there were a hundred more Harry Potters, Ada would not have behaved so childishly.

Precisely because she once had it and cared about it, Ada feels jealous and sad. This is human nature and has nothing to do with human nature.

If Ada didn't care at all, we should really feel sorry for Professor McGonagall. It would also prove that Ada doesn't deserve anyone to be nice to her. She is just an ungrateful person who can never be tamed.

The girlish side of Ada, whether willful or unreasonable, does not affect her friendship with the twins. Instead, it makes the twins find it interesting, and Ada is more real.

She also has areas where she is not good at, and she is also fragile and sensitive, she will lose her temper, get jealous, and be petty. This kind of Ada looks more normal, and she is much cuter than before when her mind was full of thoughts and plans for the future.

This jealous incident made Ada famous in school again. Talking back to Snape and skipping classes in front of him, anyone who did these two things in school would become famous.

What made the students feel even more incredible was Snape's treatment of Ada. Ada only paid the price of three points deduction and confinement in exchange for this fame.

This allowed many students who wanted to be famous in school to see the direction of their efforts. Since Ada could do it, why couldn't they?
But Snape was still Snape, and he killed those fools who dared to offend his majesty. The scores of the three colleges were reduced to varying degrees, and Filch had a lot of helpers, which made everyone remember the fear of Snape.

As the source of the incident, Ada naturally had to take the blame. All of this was caused by her. In the subsequent Potions class, Snape's difficulties with her became even more difficult. It was so sad to hear about it and it made anyone cry to see it.

The questions Snape asked were not just beyond the scope of the curriculum, they were completely out of scope, and even the top students might not understand them. In addition to asking questions, conventional weapons such as verbal attacks and deducting points were also indispensable.

But the students were surprised to find that after that confrontation, Ada became more and more daring. She was not afraid of Snape's violence, but would argue with the Potions Professor from time to time. She didn't care about the deduction of points at all, and would argue whenever she wanted.

After this jealous experience, Ada also let it go. She didn't need to restrain herself, didn't need to "compromise" for the sake of Gryffindor's points, and didn't need to answer questions with great effort just to gain a few points.

If love really disappears, no matter what Ada does, she will not be able to keep it. Anyway, Professor McGonagall knows her character best, so there is no need to pretend to be a good child. This position and the seeker should be left to Harry Potter!

Ada, who has let herself go, stops pretending and reveals her cards. If anyone dares to provoke her or raise a stick in front of her again, she will beat him to death along with the stick!
Ada's changes were not only in the classroom, she also made changes in her life. Ada no longer interacted with others too much and returned to her old ways as a first grader.

Gradually, the number of Ada's "friends" decreased sharply, and those nodding acquaintances all disappeared. Compared with freshman year, Ada now only has two more friends, Katie Bell, her roommate, and Cedric Diggory from the other school.

It was too difficult for Ada to follow the path of Dumbledore or Grindelwald. She did not have their outstanding personality charm, nor was she good at speaking, so she could not win over so many people.

Ada only has a rare talent, and she believes that as long as she is strong enough, she will have followers sooner or later. Voldemort has so many Death Eaters, so why can't she?
In addition, Ada also adjusted her lifestyle. She temporarily eliminated Quidditch from her life, and Ada's agile figure spraying at people was no longer seen on the training ground.

Fred and George did not drag her to the court as they did before. They thought that Ada did not dislike Quidditch anymore, but she did not want to see a flying broom or someone riding it in the sky for the time being.

The twins thought of this, but Harry Potter and Ron, whose emotional intelligence was temporarily low, had not thought of it yet. They really didn't know how they had offended Ada.

Recently, Ada has been intentionally or unintentionally alienating Harry Potter, and Ron has also been alienated. The two young boys were very surprised. The only thing they could think of was Quidditch, but the twins repeatedly assured that it had nothing to do with it. At the beginning of October, Ada did not celebrate her birthday. There was really nothing to celebrate. But several friends still prepared gifts for Ada, and Ada also received a large box of Fizz Bee Candy.

Even if there was no signature on the box, Ida still knew who sent it. Dumbledore had said at St. Mungo's that he would give Ida a box of Sizzling Bee Candy on her birthday, so that Ida would know what the most delicious candy in the world is!
This candy is indeed very sweet and tastes good, but how come Ada heard that Dumbledore has a new love recently and the password to the eighth floor has been changed?

Although October has thirty-one days, it is no different from other months with thirty days. It passes just as quickly, and in a blink of an eye it’s the end of the month.

Hogwarts was decorated again because Halloween was coming. The school was covered in pumpkins, the aroma of roasted pumpkins floated in the corridors from early in the morning, and pumpkin lanterns were hung everywhere.

Breakfast was all pumpkin, pumpkin pie, pumpkin juice, and even porridge. After this meal, Ada felt that she would not want to eat pumpkin for a long time, because she really couldn't eat it.

I still remember that on Halloween in the first grade, because of lack of money, Ada and the twins could only empty Hagrid's pumpkin and make a simple pumpkin head.

Although it was a bit crude, the three of them still had a lot of fun.

This year the trio had more money and could buy some well-made ghost costumes, but they no longer had the interest or desire to hide at intersections and scare passers-by.

In the evening, Ada and the twins went directly to the hall for the Halloween dinner. The twins were discussing the ghosts that scared them on the way. The two brothers thought this kind of trickery was very interesting, while Ada was praying that there would be more food other than pumpkin at the dinner.

The Halloween dinner was very sumptuous, with many other delicacies besides pumpkins, and Ada finally didn't have to endure the torture of pumpkins. While everyone was eating and chatting, Quirrell rushed into the auditorium in a panic, disrupting the beauty of the night.

Quirrell rushed into the hall in a panic, his large scarf tilted on his head, his face full of fear, and walked to Dumbledore's chair in a staggering manner.

He looked as miserable as possible, and Quirrell was almost wetting his pants to show his cowardice.

"One gold Galleon, it must be bad news!" Fred pointed a finger at Ada, he was very sure.

"I'm not stupid. Who can't tell that something's wrong with Quirrell's look?" Ida rolled her eyes at Fred who was trying to take advantage of her. "Besides, don't you think this scene looks familiar?"

"Just like Filch in first year, he was terrified," said George. "But Filch behaved much better than Quirrell."

At that time, Filch discovered Daniel Bell being attacked. Filch ran to the auditorium in panic and spoke loudly, causing panic among the students.

Speaking of the first grade, Ada also thought of Daniel Bell. No one had seen him since he left school, and no one knew when he would be able to recover.

Quirrell's face was filled with horror. He leaned over the table and gasped, "The troll... the troll is in the dungeon... I thought you should know."

As soon as he finished speaking, the weak and unable to take care of himself Quirrell fell to the ground and fainted.

(End of this chapter)