The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 42, Twins' Birthday Request

On April 1978, 4, a pair of twins were born into this world. Born on April Fool's Day, they seemed to have a natural talent for pranks, as if they were born to bring happiness to the world. Their names were Fred Weasley and George Weasley.

Today is April 1990, 4. On this April Fool's Day, Fred and George are celebrating their twelfth birthday. Charlie and Percy both prepared gifts for the twins. Mrs. Weasley also prepared birthday cakes for the twins. Even Bill, whom Ada had never met, sent a gift from Egypt.

Everyone who knows the twins will say "Happy Birthday" to them. This pair of twins who can bring happiness to everyone have almost the best popularity in Gryffindor. Even though they have been deducting points, everyone still loves them.

This time, Ada did not go to Zonko's Joke Shop to buy products, but carefully prepared a gift about Quidditch. Ada collected a lot of classic beater tactics in Quidditch games, as well as some famous beaters' opinions on this position.

This booklet is very much to the twins' taste. The twins, who have always wanted to be Gryffindor Beaters, can't put it down.

In the evening, Charlie and his friend Rupert went to the Hogwarts kitchen, and the hospitable house-elves gave them a lot of food and drinks.

The food brought from the kitchen, plus the cake made by Mrs. Weasley, formed a small birthday party for the twins.

Ada and Angelina sat together, eating the cake bite by bite. Alia, who had been shouting about losing weight, also held a piece of cake and devoured it.

Ada really likes Mrs. Weasley's cooking skills. She may not be as good as the house-elves, but the food she makes has the taste of home and the taste of her mother.

"Alia, stop eating, the flying broom won't be able to carry you!" said the dark-skinned Lee Jordan. He felt that if Alia ate any more, Angelina wouldn't be able to eat much, but he didn't dare say this to Ada who was also eating non-stop.

Alia raised her fist and gestured, saying fiercely: "What does it have to do with you!" Since when did Ada's roommates all develop the habit of raising their fists at every turn?

Lee Jordan ignored Alia's chattering, cut a piece of cake and handed it to Angelina, saying attentively, "Angelina, eat more."

Angelina, who had no idea about Lee Jordan, was a little embarrassed. It was not right to accept or not to accept. However, the awkward atmosphere did not spread, and Ada reached out to intercept the cake.

"Thank you, Lee. I will eat well," Ada said. This not only saved Angelina from trouble, but also did not embarrass Lee Jordan and satisfied her own needs, killing three birds with one stone.

In fact, Ada was worrying too much. The fact that Lee Jordan could play with the twins also proved that he was not an easy person to deal with. He hadn't encountered such an embarrassing situation for a long time.

After the party started for a while, the twin brothers finally returned to the arms of their friends.

"I saw you serving Angelina a cake," George said with a grin as he sat next to Lee Jordan.

Fred said, "But Angelina is too embarrassed to refuse you."

Lee Jordan felt that his defense was broken, and he was "angry and embarrassed" and quarreled with the twins. Angelina, who was a little embarrassed, also laughed.

Everyone didn't play until very late. After all, it was a private celebration and shouldn't affect everyone's time for too long. After the birthday party was over, Ada and the twins didn't leave.

"Tell me, what do you two want to do now?" The twins just gave her a hint to let her stay.

"Shall we celebrate our birthdays today?" said Fred.

"Yes, what else were we doing just now? Were we celebrating Professor Foley's readmission to the hospital?" Ada asked back.

"We have a little bit of privilege today, right?" George said.

Although she didn't quite understand what the twins wanted to do, Ada instinctively wanted to refuse, but she didn't say it directly: "Tell me, what exactly do you two want to do?"

"We want to go to the Forbidden Forest!" the twins whispered.

Ada raised her eyebrows and said, "Then go ahead. I'm not stopping you."

"Don't be so evasive!" said Fred. "You know what we mean."

"Well..." Ada didn't want to go. The night in April was not very warm, but today was their birthday.

"We are going to visit the Forbidden Forest, so we need a bodyguard!" George stated his purpose directly.

Ada stood up and turned to leave. She said, "Goodbye! I won't see you off!"

"Don't you have any interest in the Forbidden Forest?"

"Are you willing to listen to Snape and stay in your dormitory forever?"

"We need you!" The twins held Ada back and wouldn't let her leave. As close friends, the twins knew Ada best and knew exactly how to influence her.

First, Ida's interest was aroused and her curiosity was revived; then her fighting spirit was aroused and she got excited; the last and most important point was the request from her friend. After these three consecutive requests, Ida could not bear it anymore. "Okay, remember to bring the live map, I don't want to be caught!" After saying that, Ida returned to the dormitory. She wanted to rest for a while.

Later, when the Gryffindor students had gone to bed, Ada and the twins gathered in the common room. Under the effect of the [Disillusionment Charm], the three of them left the common room. The Fat Lady, whose sweet dream was disturbed, did not notice who left. She muttered a few words and fell asleep again.

Guided by the Marauder's Map, Ada and the other two successfully avoided Filch and Mrs. Norris and sneaked out of the castle. As soon as Ada left the castle, she was chilled by the cold wind.

Feeling chilled to the bone, but not excited at all, Ada hid behind the twins, using their bodies to shield herself from the cold night wind. The twins who had pulled Ada out also walked ahead willingly.

There was no light on in Hagrid's hut, so he must have gone to bed, and there was no sound of Fang's barking.

The forbidden forest was very quiet at night, and the branches of the trees in the distance were swaying in the wind, just like fairies at night. Led by the twins, Ada entered the forbidden forest, but the three of them did not go too deep. They liked adventure, but they would not joke with their lives.

The three of them just walked around the edge of the forbidden forest and did not encounter any dangerous animals, although the animal cries coming from deep in the forbidden forest did sound a bit creepy.

Three people, triple [fluorescent spell], plus the pouring moonlight, the road ahead was illuminated brightly.

Fred, who was walking in the front, stopped and said, "This is the farthest we have ever walked."

“So you don’t actually know what else is inside.”

"We don't know yet, but we won't stay here forever," said George.

The twins turned back to look at Ada and said, "Since you are here today, let's go a little deeper!"

The three of them began to grope their way forward, and Ada also concentrated her mind to deal with possible emergencies.

The deeper you go, the thicker the trees in the Forbidden Forest become. The towering trees completely block the moonlight. Except for the area illuminated by the [Luminescent Spell], everything is shrouded in darkness.

What people fear is often not the darkness, but the fear of the unknown hidden in the darkness. As the three people went deeper, the howling of animals became clearer and clearer, and the sound of branches being blown by the wind made people feel chilled.

Ada stopped the twins. She didn't plan to go any deeper. She saw that the spiders on the ground were getting bigger and bigger, and some were already as big as a palm.

"Let's stop here today. We should go back." Ada's eyes were fixed on the depths of the forbidden forest. She had a bad feeling coming from there.

Ada's premonitions were usually good but not bad. The uneasiness she felt in the depths of the forbidden forest was very strong, as if some animal was waiting for them with its bloody mouth wide open.

"Well, let's go back. It's too dark here." Fred agreed with Ada's idea. He also felt that today's exploration was almost over.

"We have made a big step forward. Let's talk about the rest later." George began to slowly retreat towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

The three people had just taken a few steps when they heard a crawling sound.

"Fred, George, be careful, something is approaching us." Ada amplified the light on the tip of her staff and shot it in the direction where the sound came from.

Under the effect of the enhanced version of the [Luminescent Spell], Ada finally saw clearly that what was coming towards them was a group of giant spiders! These spiders were huge, the small ones were as big as washbasins, not to mention the big ones.

"Run!" Ada said to the twins. She didn't think the spiders were taking a walk in the moonlight.

These spiders rushed towards them like a black tide. They crawled very fast, and it was only a matter of time before they caught up with Ada and the other two. These big spiders could be had as a midnight snack tonight.

"Obstacles galore! Obstacles galore! Smash to pieces..." Ada madly poured out spells in the direction of the spider. Ada even planned to cast a super-large version of the [Fire Spell] at the critical moment. If it really came to a critical moment, she didn't care about burning the forbidden forest.

Ada's spells were cast as if they were free. The spiders hit by the [Barrier Spell] were like hitting a wall. Before they could adjust themselves, they were stepped on by other spiders behind them.

The twins also ran while waving their wands, pushing the dead trees that fell on the ground behind the three of them to block the advance of the "Spider Army".

"There are such big spiders in the Forbidden Forest. I've never heard of them before!" Fred said loudly.

"Could this thing be Hagrid's?" George said, "I think it fits his style!"

Ada continued to cast the spell and said, "Don't tell me, it's very possible!"

It doesn't matter what kind of bird a person plays with, or what kind of bird Hagrid keeps as a pet, Ada wouldn't find it strange, and even thinks it's natural.

(End of this chapter)