The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 228 Bad Weather and Tyrant Wood
The first activity of "Dawn", although somewhat tortuous and unsatisfactory, was successfully completed.

A night of relatively high-intensity practice made everyone feel very tired, but everyone was excited when they left the classroom. Ada also stood at the door, thanking the students for their cooperation and feeling happy for the progress of each of them.

At the beginning, Ada didn't pay much attention to this "Dawn". She was more concerned about getting along with her friends and promoting friendship. She had no intention of forming cliques in school.

At the first meeting, Ada had an overwhelming advantage of six to one. The lone "one" was voted by her, and she voted for Angelina because the group was established at Angelina's suggestion.

But now, Ada feels that she has a heavy responsibility on her shoulders. She hopes to work together with her friends and witness their growth.

At the same time, Ada was also full of worries about the level of education at Hogwarts. No wonder some bad-hearted wizards could defeat others by just learning some shallow black magic.

After entering October, the weather in Hogwarts was terrible. It was always gloomy, which made people feel depressed and their mood became heavier.

There were several days of heavy rain in the days before Halloween. Raindrops as big as bullets hit the windows of the castle, the lake rose, and the garden became muddy.

However, even such heavy rain could not dampen Wood's enthusiasm for training. You could always see the Gryffindor players returning to the castle tiredly, soaking wet and covered in mud.

There were five Quidditch starters in Dawn, so the group activities had to be adjusted to accommodate the training maniac Wood. Ada also accommodated her friends and reduced the content that needed to be learned and practiced. The originally scheduled spell practice and free battles had to be compressed.

But even so, the friends were still exhausted and listless, and the effectiveness of the dawn practice was greatly reduced.

Whenever Ada wanted to harden her heart and discipline her friends, she would see them walking into the classroom with a gurgling sound, each of them soaked like a drowned rat, and Ada's heart would soften.

After all, they are different from me. The time for their growth is not so urgent, and there is no need for them to force themselves to grow like I do.

On the Saturday night before Halloween, Ada, Lee Jordan and Lini arrived at the classroom on the third floor first. The three of them didn't have to attend training, so they came earlier.

While the rest of the people hadn't arrived yet, Lini took the initiative to ask to practice with Lee Jordan first, and then the girl dragged Lee Jordan to start a free fight.

This third-grade girl has a soft personality and is usually very quiet. If Katie is Angelina and Alia's little tail, then Lini is Katie's little tail. Katie dragged her to participate in the Dawn.

Ada sat cross-legged on the table, just like she was sitting on the kang at home. She was happy about Lini's progress and felt a sense of accomplishment.

From not daring to speak at the beginning to now actively proposing to fight Lee Jordan, this progress is not only in magic, but also in self-confidence.

The development game was indeed interesting. Ada found that she could understand some of Dumbledore's bad tastes more and more.

When Lini's wand fell out of her hand, the twins finally arrived. As soon as they entered the house, they began to complain about Wood's "tyranny". The comfortable bathroom in Hogwarts did not wash away their resentment towards Wood.

"Why do we have to train in such a stormy weather?" Fred said loudly, "Isn't Oliver afraid that we will be struck by lightning?"

Angelina rubbed her arm and rolled her eyes at Fred. She said, "It's all your and George's fault. You had to peek at Slytherin training for no reason. It would have been fine if you just went to peek, but you came back and talked about how fast Slytherin's broomsticks were. Aren't you obviously giving Oliver an excuse to practice more?"

"Aren't we also trying to understand our opponents? What's that called..." George turned to look at Ada who was sitting cross-legged.

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat," Ada reminded.

"That's right," George clapped his hands vigorously, "We went to watch it so that we could defend our title." Fred squeezed his eyes for a long time, but couldn't squeeze out a single tear. He said helplessly, "Do you think we want to watch it? Always watching those stupid big guys, do you know how much it hurts?"

Angelina, Alia and Katie were also speechless. They just complained a little, but the twins started talking a lot, as if they had suffered a great injustice.

Looking at Fred and George who were acting like nagging wives, Ada clapped her hands and jumped off the desk. She said, "Well, there's no point in you complaining here. You might as well practice your spells and then deal with the person who caused the problem - Oliver Wood."

Ada certainly would not encourage them to attack Wood, but she hoped that they could turn their grief and anger into strength and devote themselves to today's activities with full enthusiasm.

But Ada obviously overestimated their grief and anger, or underestimated Wood's "cruelness and tyranny". She did not hear a loud response, but instead heard a wailing.

"Ah... Can we practice less today? I really can't do it anymore..." This is Angelina's voice. She has always been strong and independent, but today she also started to act like a bear.

"Please, Ada, send Wood to the school infirmary for a few days!" Alia looked up at the sky speechlessly, "If you can play as a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter if he stays in bed for a while..."

Katie didn't say anything "outrageous". She just leaned against Lini pitifully, looking weak and powerless.

Fred and George were even more direct. The two brothers just lay down on the ground and started to play dead. There were cushions on the ground and a warm fire in the room. Not only did they not feel the coldness of the ground, but they felt very comfortable.

After talking and arguing for a few minutes, Angelina, Alia and Katie began today's warm-up exercises. They also pulled up the twins who were lying on the ground. If they didn't pull the two brothers up, they would probably fall asleep on the cushions.

There were eight members in total, five of whom were exhausted from Quidditch training, so Ada did not teach anything new. Instead, she asked everyone to practice what they had learned before, and then practice against each other.

Just after they had practiced for a while, a cat suddenly rushed into the classroom. The cat was Mrs. Norris. It let out a sharp meow, calling for its owner.

Mrs. Norris's cat eyes stayed on everyone for a while, as if confirming the criminal. But when it looked at Ada, who was at the innermost, its body shook uncontrollably, and then it arched its back and stared at Ada.

The classroom door was roughly pushed open and Filch walked in, saying, "Let me see who you caught. I'm going to show these little bastards how powerful I am!"

Filch was in a bad mood in recent days. Not only did he catch a cold, but he was also angry about the bad weather in October because students always made the castle dirty. He just caught Harry Potter, who was covered in mud, but Harry accidentally discovered his identity as a Squib. He drove Harry out of his office because the gain was not worth the loss.

At this moment, Mrs. Norris caught another naughty student. How could Filch not be excited? He wanted to hang all the students who made mistakes from the ceiling.

Ada came forward and said, "Mr. Filch, we are in the middle of a study group activity. If everything is ok, we will continue with the activity."

Filch looked back past Ada and saw the messy classroom, scattered cushions, and wands on the ground... Filch used his not-so-flexible brain and said, "Study group? Why do I feel like you're having a private duel?"

"Lini!" Ida called out Lini's name, and the little girl took down the Dawn approval form from the wall and ran to Ida. Ida continued, "This is our approval form. Our behavior is in full compliance with school rules. As for how we act, Mr. Filch won't bother with it."

After reading the approval form, Filch sneered, "Professor McGonagall only allows you to set up a study group, but not a dueling club!"

"What Dueling Club?" Lockhart's voice came from outside the classroom.

(End of this chapter)