The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 408: Gathering at the Village Entrance
These days, no one believes even the truth. Ada really thinks Durmstrang is too cold. She didn't mean to imply Karkaroff at all. He didn't deserve it.

But the people at the table were too smart for their own good and thought that Ada was making a veiled complaint. Who could they turn to for justice?

Dumbledore's smoothing over of the minor unpleasantness brought to an end, and everyone at the table soon began chatting animatedly again. Ada lowered her head, concentrating on the goulash on her plate, and stopped talking.

During the chat, Dumbledore also revealed a little secret of Hogwarts. Just this morning, Dumbledore took a wrong turn when he went to the toilet and entered a bathroom he had never been to before, but when he turned back to look for it, the room had disappeared.

"At Hogwarts, help is always found to those who desire it," Dumbledore concluded.

Hearing this, George also lowered his head, his mouth trembling slightly. The eighth floor, the bathroom that just appeared, the room that disappeared, isn't this the Room of Requirement!
The conversation continued, and Fleur began to dislike Hogwarts again, saying that the Hogwarts castle could not be compared with Beauxbatons.

Hearing this, Ada wanted to splash the soup on Furong's face. George, who was beside her, quickly cut the beef on Ada's plate so that she had no time to be rough with Furong.

At this time, Hermione was teaching Krum to pronounce her name correctly. He had always called her "Hermione". Hermione patiently taught him word by word, and Krum carefully learned word by word.

But, to Ada, this pronunciation sounded like "her my own". Was Hermione sure she was teaching Krum to pronounce his own name? Why did Ada seem to taste dog food in the beef?
George put down his knife and fork and stopped cutting beef. Tired, destroy it, hurry up...

Fortunately, Dumbledore stood up again and asked all the students to stand up. Dumbledore moved the table to the wall, leaving a space in the middle. At this time, the Weird Sisters came onto the stage together, and the students burst into thunderous applause.

The lights gradually dimmed and the Weird Sisters played a slow, sad tune.

After all, she couldn't escape, so Ada had to follow George to their place to open the dance. George held Ada's hand with one hand, and put the other hand on Ada's waist, and the two swayed gently with the music.

George suddenly whispered, "To be honest, the dress that Mrs. Rosier prepared for you is very beautiful, but she overestimated you a little."

The voice was so low that only the two of them could hear it.

Hearing the music, one can understand the elegant meaning. George's words were not music, but a dog cannot spit out ivory. Ada naturally understood what George meant, and a blush flashed across her cheeks.

Never give up, never give up. Ada said stubbornly: "People should be full of hope for the future when they are alive."

"I'm afraid that the end of hope is despair, isn't it?" George said softly, "Seventeen years old, that's not young anymore."

Ida looked into George's eyes and said sincerely, "George, today is the first time I realized that we are almost the same height!"

Expose each other's shortcomings. Don't look down on your younger brother. Everyone has shortcomings. If you just look with your eyes, Ada and George are indeed almost the same height tonight.

After so many years of praying day and night, Ada successfully grew to 5 feet 7 inches. A height of 1.7 meters is higher than the average height of women in both Britain and France. Ada is no longer the dwarf she used to be!
On the other hand, the twins' height was not considered excellent, but just enough. It was not known whether they were too tall or just generously gave their height to Ron.

Seeing Ada being so presumptuous with the help of high heels, George was unable to refute and a blush flashed across his face.

However, who is George? He turned the tables and said, "Look at you, you are so impatient when you are just joking. You are gouging people's eyes out while you are joking..."

Seeing Ada's unfriendly look, George swallowed the rest of his words. George believed that if he continued to "talk without restraint", he would not have a pair of feet after the dance because they would be crushed by Ada's high heels.

George shut up, and Ada took advantage of the situation and gave George a look that said "you better know what's best for you."

After the dance, Ada miraculously did not make any mistakes. She was so focused on bickering with George that she had no time to pay attention to her feet, which had their own ideas and completed the dance perfectly.

Could it be that George was not deliberately insulting Ada, but was distracting her and helping her? How could this be possible? The second song began, and Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall also entered the dance floor. With the headmaster and vice-headmaster taking the lead, others also poured into the dance floor. With more people around her, Ada also relaxed and her dance steps became smoother.

As everyone started dancing, the dance floor suddenly became interesting.

Moody's dancing was very clumsy and he looked extremely nervous, while his dance partner, Professor Sinistra, was even more nervous, fearing that he would be stepped on by his wooden leg.

Neville, who had practiced for a long time, couldn't wait to show off his dancing skills, but he kept stepping on Ginny's shoes, turning them black.

Ginny, who had been spoiled by her brothers and sisters for so many years, was not a good-tempered person, but she did not say a harsh word, but comforted Neville softly, telling the sword master not to be nervous. Only when she was stepped on and it hurt, did Ginny frown.

The most interesting couple is definitely Hagrid and Ms. Maxime. It's not often that you see two people over ten feet tall dancing together.

Especially when George gestured to Ada to go see Hagrid, Ada realized what Hagrid had done.

Hagrid's hands, which should have been on his partner's waist, kept slipping down, and were then caught by Ms. Maxime and put back on her waist. Every time this happened, Hagrid would have a silly smile on his face, and Ms. Maxime didn't call him a hooligan, but just laughed it off.

The smile seemed somewhat doting, and Ada didn't know if she had seen it wrong.

How could they watch such an inappropriate scene for children for too long? Ada, who felt like she was still a baby, immediately dragged George away from Hagrid, while George stared at Hagrid's hand and laughed non-stop.

The organ played its last trembling note, and the auditorium burst into warm applause again. Ada and George also walked aside to rest.

When passing by Fred and Angelina on the road, Ada and George were almost hurt by their passion and enthusiasm. No wonder people around them stayed so far away from them!
The third song was still very soothing. Ada and George sat on the dance floor and gave some advice, commonly known as whispering.

After a while, Ada saw Moody also dragging his artificial leg away from the dance floor. Alastor Moody seemed to be a little thirsty, but he did not take any drink from the table, but took out his own small pot and took a sip.

Is this person too cautious? Ada's PTSD has come back, and her PTSD only affects Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers. Ada is really finding it increasingly strange. If he is so cautious, why does Moody accept all the meals provided by the house elves?

"Hey! Hey!" George snapped his fingers twice in Ada's ears and said, "Today is Christmas, and you are sitting on the dance floor. Can you stop thinking about those unhappy things and relax!"

Ada came to her senses and realized that the music played by the weird sisters had changed its style. The rhythm just now was very soothing, but now it was full of rhythm, the BPM was probably about 150, and the dance floor became a frenzy.

If I add another bag of cement, it will have that smell.

Not only George, but also Fred and Angelina on the dance floor waved to Ada, asking her to join in. Ada wanted to be reserved, but George didn't give her a chance and directly pulled her up.

Ada walked slowly onto the dance floor, taking away the crown on her head and letting her long hair down. Her long hair didn't look messy at all, but rather added a bit of charm. When Ada walked next to the twins and Angelina -

The seal is lifted! Rock on!
Angelina Johnson and Alia Spinnett were no match for Ada, as they quickly learned her moves and then danced with the twins, some of her crazy moves.

The mother saw the beating clearly in the eyes of Professor McGonagall. Just as she was about to stop the crazy girl on the dance floor, she was stopped by the smiling Dumbledore.

Isn’t this good, wearing the most expensive dress and shaking the craziest flower hands.

Ada was still immersed in the unbridled revelry on the dance floor, unaware that she was dancing on the brink of death.

(End of this chapter)