The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 374 Camp Riot
The 1994 Quidditch World Cup ended with the Irish team having the last laugh. After the award ceremony and the parade around the field, the excited audience left the stadium.

The crowd flowed towards the camp like a tide. Rough singing was heard in the night sky. Leprechauns kept flying across their heads, waving lanterns and laughing.

After finally returning to the tent, everyone was still excited and discussing everything about the game. Besides, it was too noisy around us, with people singing and dancing to celebrate the Irish team's victory. Even if we wanted to sleep, we couldn't.

It was not until Ginny dozed off at the table that everyone felt sleepy. At Mr. Weasley's urging, they all changed into pajamas and prepared to go to bed.

Even when I was lying in bed, I could still hear singing on the other side of the camp. People were still celebrating and had no idea what was going to happen next.

Just when she was half asleep, Ada, who was lying on the bed, suddenly heard Lupin's voice coming from the entrance of the tent. The former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor said, "Ada, wake up quickly, there's something wrong outside, take your wands!"

Ada immediately turned over and changed her clothes quickly. Hermione and Ginny were still confused and didn't understand the situation. Ginny sat on the bed without opening her eyes. She asked vaguely, "What's wrong? Are we going home now?"

Listening carefully, the sound coming from outside the tent had indeed changed, the singing stopped, and screams and the sounds of people running in panic kept coming in. Ada quickly slid off the bed, ran to Ginny's side, and grabbed a piece of clothing to wrap the little girl.

"Hermione, you and Ginny hurry up," Ada said, "I'm going to go out and take a look."

After hearing Ada's instructions, Hermione nodded vigorously. She was busy putting on her clothes, and her intelligent little head had not yet emerged from her pullover.

Running out of the tent, Ada saw Mr. Weasley, Sirius and Lupin, who were guarding the doors of two tents with their wands. Everywhere she looked, there were burning bonfires and tents, and people were rushing towards the woods away from the campsite in a chaotic manner, as if there was a monster chasing them in the campsite.

Loud jeers, wild laughter, and drunken shouting replaced the previous celebratory songs, and the transition from revelry to fear took only a few hours.

A group of wizards, huddled together, each with their wands pointed upward, moved forward together, slowly across the field, their heads covered with hoods and their faces covered with masks.

Above the heads of this group of weirdos, four struggling figures were floating in the air, twisted into various weird shapes. They were a Muggle family guarding the camp.

"Death Eaters..." Sirius whispered, "Death Eaters!"

At this time, other people also came out of the tent, and they were all stunned by what they saw.

Hermione and Ginny hurried out, covering their mouths, unable to believe that such atrocities could exist in the world; the boys also came out, dressed neatly, with their sleeves rolled up high and their wands in their hands.

"We have to help the Ministry maintain order!" Mr. Weasley's voice drowned out the noise, while rolling up his sleeves, "You should also hurry into the woods and walk together. Don't disperse. I will come to you after the matter is resolved!"

Before Mr. Weasley could finish, Sirius had already rushed towards the parade. Lupin looked helplessly and immediately followed. Bill, Charlie and Percy also chased after him, and Mr. Weasley had no choice but to quickly catch up.

"Go ahead and do what you want!" said Fred, holding Ginny's hand tightly and protecting his little sister.

"Come on, we're here!" George also said, standing next to Harry, Ron and Hermione.

"Take good care of Ginny and Hermione." Ada nodded. She chose to believe in the twins' abilities, so she ran to the scene of the accident without hesitation.

Ginny was taken care of because she was the youngest, and Hermione was taken care of because of her background. Sirius had already revealed the identity of the marchers, they were Death Eaters, and Hermione, who was born a Muggle, might become their target.

"Let's go too," said Fred, pulling Ginny towards the woods, with Harry, Ron, Hermione and George following behind.

The colorful lights that originally illuminated the road leading to the stadium have now gone out. The light in the camp comes from one tent after another that has been set on fire. The fire continues, and the sounds of crying and screams of fear fill the ears.

Soon, Ada caught up with the parade crowd, and she knocked down several people who wanted to attack her along the way. The people in the parade were laughing wildly, laughing at the Muggles floating above their heads like puppets, and laughing at the Ministry of Magic employees who surrounded them but did not dare to attack.

The staff of the Ministry of Magic were either blocked by the fleeing people, or they finally approached the parade but were afraid to cast spells. The other side had hostages, so the staff were afraid of hurting the Muggle Roberts family and hesitated.

As a result, the parade participants became even more rampant, laughing wildly and setting fire to everything they passed by, tents, trees, etc. They would also fire spells at approaching Ministry of Magic staff to prevent them from getting close.

Just when everyone in the Ministry of Magic was at a loss, a huge green object appeared in the darkness, broke through the darkness and flew into the air.

Ada looked up and saw an enormous skeleton made up of countless emerald green star-like things. A huge python emerged from the skeleton's mouth, like a tongue.

Dark Mark! That was Voldemort's Dark Mark! The green, dazzling Dark Mark, against the dark night sky, looked like a new constellation.

The camp became more chaotic because of the appearance of the Dark Mark, and the fear brought by Voldemort once again surged in people's hearts. The parade stopped, and they, like the staff of the Ministry of Magic, stared blankly at the green skull in the sky...

Then, the parade that had been so arrogant just now suddenly disintegrated. Before the staff of the Ministry of Magic could react, many people in the parade had already Disapparated away at a very fast speed, and the rest of the people also fled crying, even worse than the people in the camp just now.

The parade suddenly collapsed, with screams and cries ringing out. Ada was confused by the scene for a moment.

Isn't this the mark of your old master? Why are you running? You are all throwing away your armor and weapons, like deserters who have lost a battle! What is this? Ye Gong loves dragons?

But Ada didn't have time to think too much. Compared with this group of useless cowards, the person who cast the Dark Mark was obviously more important. He was a big fish! Ada immediately ran into the darkness, trying to find the person who cast the mark.

On the other side, Harry, Ron and Hermione got separated from the twins and Ginny because of the crowd.

In the dark woods, they met the lonely Draco Malfoy, saw the house-elf Winky, saw the pale-faced Ludo Bagman, and saw the Dark Mark.

Harry really wanted to catch the person who cast the Dark Mark, but what they needed to do most at the moment was to protect themselves.

Just as the three people were about to cross the open space, they took a few steps in panic when they heard a series of puffing sounds, and twenty wizards fell from the sky and surrounded them.

Harry turned around and immediately noticed that the wizards all had their wands drawn, each pointed at him, Ron, and Hermione.

Without thinking, he shouted, "Hide!" Harry grabbed the other two and dragged them to the ground.

"Stupe!" twenty voices shouted at the same time, followed by a series of dazzling flashes, but Harry did not feel himself being hit, nor did Ron and Hermione beside him.

Harry looked up and saw Ada standing in front of the three of them. Her slightly thin figure seemed tall and majestic in this night, and she was breathing heavily because of anger.

Looking around, half of the twenty wizards who had just surrounded the three of them were already lying on the ground. This was obviously Ada's work!

The remaining ten wizards raised their wands again and shouted in unison: "Stupe!"

Burning red light shot out from the wizards' wands. This time their target was Ada who was standing. Perhaps they didn't know who their target was.

(End of this chapter)