The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 333 Gryffindor Leader
At the beginning of the second half of the semester, Ada was stopped outside the common room by Sir Cadogan because she did not have the password. It was Neville who saved Ada with a small note in his hand.

At that time, Ada also reminded Neville to keep the note well and not lose it.

Ada's bad luck came true again, and Neville's secret book with the password was lost. Fortunately, it fell into Blake's hands.

Looking at Neville's pitiful appearance, Professor McGonagall was so angry that she didn't know whether to vent or not. Professor McGonagall knew what Neville's memory was like. After meeting Sir Cadogan who liked to change passwords, Neville's life could not be described as bad.

Everyone, including Ada, was rudely driven back to the common room by Professor McGonagall, who forced everyone to stay in the common room and not go anywhere else.

If Black hadn't just barged into the Gryffindor common room, everyone would have looked like they were having a pajama party.

Percy and the prefects were standing guard at the entrance of the common room. Other students were gathered in groups of three or five, chatting in low voices.

The twins did not come over to comfort Ada. The two brothers knew that Ada did not need comfort now.

The two took out the semi-finished product of their homemade map and began to carefully observe the names on the map, but Blake had already escaped from the castle, so their observation was doomed to be fruitless.

Professor McGonagall came back at dawn and asked everyone to go back and rest. She also talked to Ada alone for a while. Professor McGonagall severely criticized Ada's recklessness and said that it was too dangerous to chase Black alone.

After daybreak, the students discovered that security had been tightened in the castle.

Professor Flitwick was teaching the castle's gate keeper how to identify a large photograph of Sirius Black; Filch was suddenly extremely busy, running up and down the corridors patching up gaps, from the smallest cracks in the wall to rat holes.

Sir Cadogan, who made a serious mistake, was dismissed from his post, the Fat Lady, the dormitory manager, was reinstated, and a group of rude troll security guards were hired to protect her fragile nerves.

The troll security guards are specially trained trolls from the Ministry of Magic. Although they no longer stink, their brains are still not very good. The troll security guards are either patrolling the corridors or comparing the size of their sticks, looking silly.

While eating breakfast, Ada put on her gold-rimmed glasses to hide the fatigue from a sleepless night.

The twins told her what really happened in the boys' dormitory, not Ron's exaggerated and self-boasting version, but the exact situation.

Last night Black appeared at Ron's bedside holding a gleaming knife, but Ron woke up unexpectedly, and his scream woke up more people, and Sirius Black took advantage of the chaos to escape.

This sounds strange. There was no grudge between them in the past and no hatred between them today. Why would Blake run to Ron's bedside and kill him?

Ada didn't think Black had made a mistake in his bed. There were only five beds in the dormitory, and Harry could easily identify them. If he could make a mistake, Black's brain must have been sucked silly by the Dementors.

Moreover, not only did Black do nothing, he was also scared away by several panicked students. This is too inconsistent with the character of a vicious Azkaban fugitive.

Sirius Black had proven twelve years earlier that he didn't mind slaughtering innocent people. Why did he just leave when he was faced with five defenseless boys, four of whom were still asleep?
Now that he was here, why didn't Black kill Harry Potter to liven up the atmosphere?
The mystery surrounding Black is getting bigger and bigger. Did he really betray the Potters twelve years ago? Did he really cause the explosion to kill Peter?
Ada felt like her brain was not enough, as if it had been eaten by the giant security guard patrolling the corridor.

The school owls came whirring into the hall as usual, bringing the mail. A huge barn owl landed in front of Neville, holding a large red envelope in its mouth. Neville choked with surprise, and the Gryffindor sitting near him also recognized it as a Howler. Mrs. Weasley's performance last year was still lingering in the air, and I hope that Mrs. Longbottom's performance this year will be refreshing.

Reminded by Ron, who had experienced it, Neville grabbed the envelope and held it in front of him like a bomb, and rushed out of the hall like an arrow. There were bursts of laughter in the hall, not only Slytherin, but others were also laughing.

Neville still couldn't escape social death, and the Howler exploded in the hallway - Mrs. Longbottom's voice, amplified a hundred times than usual, screamed and condemned him for bringing shame to the whole family.

Ada suddenly wanted to see what Dumbledore would look like after receiving the Howler Letter. Why not let her grandmother try it?
Dumbledore, who was eating breakfast, suddenly felt a chill on his back and even wanted to sneeze a few times. Dumbledore didn't pay much attention to it. He thought that he might really be old and felt a little uncomfortable after a little wind.

The students of Hogwarts finally had a new topic to talk about. Everyone was discussing enthusiastically when Black would be caught.

After the Howling Letter incident, Ron became famous again. Although he was still in shock over what happened last night, he was always happy to tell his adventures in vivid detail whenever someone asked him.

But before Ron could be happy for long, he was overshadowed by Ada. Everyone knew that Ada had injured Blake. The students looked at Ada with new eyes again. You are Esmeralda Drizzt. There is no one in this school that you dare not beat!
The Slytherin students, especially Avery and Flint, were rubbing their chests and secretly congratulating themselves that they were lucky that they had not offended Ada to death, otherwise they would have been beaten to death by this angry lioness!

If you don't believe it, go and see Black. Just because he broke into the Gryffindor common room at night, Ada chased him all the way from Gryffindor Tower to the Forbidden Forest. The bloodstains in the castle had just been cleaned up by Filch.

A sense of happiness of surviving a disaster rose in the hearts of the Slytherin students, and they thanked Miss Drizzt for not killing them for so many years!

Unlike the Slytherin students, the Gryffindor children all felt at ease. It was really reassuring to have such a big sister in the common room.

If you don't believe it, go look at Slytherin. If you still don't believe it, go look at Sirius Black...

Blake's surprise attack not only did not cause panic in the school, but instead gave the students a new topic to talk about, and also helped to enhance Ada's reputation.

Now many students want to ask Ada: Big Sister, although I am not from Gryffindor, is it too late for me to pay the protection fee now?

In the following days, this behavior intensified, and many students waited on the road that Ada had to take to and from get out of class, just to catch a glimpse of the Gryffindor leader.

That naked look in his eyes was as if he was about to rush up and shout to Ada: Baby, I had an IV drip yesterday and missed you that night!

Facing the vicious Sirius Black, Ada was not at all panicked. She could chop all the way from Gryffindor Tower to the Forbidden Forest with just her wand. However, facing this group of "powerless" students, Ada surprisingly panicked.

Weak, pitiful and helpless, Ada can only avoid peak traffic and try to travel during off-peak hours.

The most annoying thing was that Fred and George not only did not help Ida to find a solution or give her any advice, but they were the ones who enjoyed watching the fun the most. The two brothers thought that it was rare to see Ida panicking, and this was very interesting.

(End of this chapter)