The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 488: Slytherin

The Room of Requirement at Dawn's practice facility had been taken by someone else, and now Ada had only three choices.

1. Bring Dawn into the Room of Requirement and practice with Harry and the others.

You don't even need to look to know that the spellcasting level of the group of people Harry assembled is not very good, and they can't practice together at all.

Moreover, Ada was also worried that everyone would become complacent after seeing the poor performance of the juniors. In addition, the juniors would be easily discouraged after seeing the performance of the members of Dawn.

It wasn't cost-effective no matter how you looked at it, so Ada didn't take everyone in.

Second, disband on the spot, go back to your own homes, and find your own mothers.

Today's activity was not originally planned, but was a spur-of-the-moment idea. Since the venue is occupied, let's just disband and go back to our own things, or take a break during today's free time.

3. Continue practicing in another place. This method is somewhat dangerous.

Umbridge is now reviewing the student groups on campus. Ada and her friends are carrying out their activities in defiance of the law. Without the shelter of the Room of Requirement, they are likely to be caught by Umbridge.

Ada looked at her companions and asked for their opinions. She said, "Should we disband or find another place?"

"Of course we should find another place," Cedric replied, "but won't Umbridge catch us if we do that?"

Being caught by Umbridge and disbanding Dawnblitz was a small matter, as they could always rebuild it. What everyone was worried about was what would happen if Umbridge was implicated and disbanded both Quidditch teams.

After thinking for a moment, Ada said, "It shouldn't be a problem for a temporary event. We just need to make some small arrangements. We also need to stop Filch from wandering around the corridor."

The twins and Lee Jordan patted their chests and said in unison: "Leave it to us!"

After the discussion, everyone went their separate ways. The twins and Lee Jordan returned to the Gryffindor common room to get their equipment, while Ada and the others went to the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor, where few people went, and Filch rarely went there either.

Everyone entered the small room in the corridor on the fourth floor, which was the room where the three-headed dog Lu Wei had stayed. Aida was waiting outside the corridor, waiting for the three people who had lured the tiger away from the mountain to return.

Not long after, the twins and Lee Jordan came over with smiles on their faces.

The three of them threw dung balls in three places in the castle, one of which was at the door of Umbridge's office. This would keep Filch busy for a while.

Ada took out her magic wand and drew a line in the air on the ground. A golden light flashed on the floor of the corridor.

This is a magic similar to the expulsion spell. When someone approaches this line, Ada will receive an alarm. At the same time, anyone who crosses this line without permission will also be attacked by magic.

But this is a school after all, so Ada didn't kill anyone. The most that would happen to people who crossed the line is that their hair would become particularly thick, and they would be bounced out.

After doing all this, the dawn practice officially began, and the sounds of stunning spells and disarming spells rang out in this room where no one had been for a long time.

From time to time, someone in the room would be knocked down, followed by praises from the others; from time to time, magic wands would fly around, causing everyone to exclaim. Ada stood at the door doing nothing, a little distracted.

Ada thought of Harry and the student organization he had organized. It must be said that the number of people in that student group was too large and the composition was too complicated.

You have to know that Harry and his friends are not a three-house association, but a study group that practices magic, a student group that Umbridge absolutely does not allow to exist.

Once discovered, dismissal would be the lightest punishment, and Ada suspected that Umbridge would use this as an excuse to send Harry to the courtroom again.

Did Harry and the others know this? They knew it, otherwise they would not have chosen the hidden Room of Requirement as their meeting place.

On the eighth floor of the castle, Ada had noticed the students, who were from three colleges. Ada was sure that at least half of them were people Harry didn't know or wasn't familiar with, which meant that at least half of them couldn't be trusted. The more members there were, the easier it would be for Umbridge to find them; the more members there were, the easier it would be for Umbridge to find loopholes and break through them one by one.

Fortresses often collapse from within.

Ada didn't know whether Harry and the other two were too arrogant to think of this, or whether they were absolutely sure of controlling these people. Or maybe Ada herself was too timid.

From the day the Dawn group was founded, Ada never thought about expanding it. She just wanted to bring everyone together to practice spells and chat. She never thought about fighting Voldemort or the Ministry of Magic.

Just as Ada was distracted, tonight's practice was coming to an end. After Cedric once again removed Angelina's wand, everyone stopped and prepared to leave.

After leaving the room, Ada lifted the expulsion spell she had set, and everyone returned to the Gryffindor common room. Only Cedric left alone, looking pitiful.

The next day, the weather still didn't improve, but Angelina didn't cancel the training mercifully this time because the Quidditch schedule was set.

Gryffindor will face Slytherin in the first match in November.

Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, this has always been the most watched game in Hogwarts. Just like the Premier League Red Derby and the La Liga national derby, it is passionate and full of gunpowder.

Moreover, since there had been no Quidditch Cup matches for a long time, the students had increased their interest and enthusiasm in the game. Although the deans of the two colleges pretended to be free and easy on the surface, they were secretly determined to see their side win.

Therefore, Angelina insisted on training every day. As long as it was raining instead of knives, the Gryffindor players had to go to training and were not allowed to ask for leave.

While Gryffindor was actively preparing for the battle, Slytherin was also not idle. They were always good at using tricks to gain an advantage for themselves.

They always rented the stadium in advance, relying on Snape's support, and did not allow Gryffindor to practice. They also ridiculed, insulted, and threatened Ron, who had just joined the team, destroying his self-confidence.

Ron is the weakest link in the team. Apart from his skills, his biggest problem is his confidence. In training, once Ron fails to keep the goal and misses a ball, he will get upset and lose confidence, which results in him losing more balls.

In addition, Slytherin students would use magic to harm players from the other three houses in the corridors. This tactic always worked because Snape would ignore reports of these attacks and even put the blame on the students who were attacked.

This time, it was not known whether Snape gave a death order or the Slytherin students thought Ada would be afraid of Umbridge, so they began to attack Gryffindor players passing by in the corridor.

Unfortunately, Alia Spinnett was hit. Her eyebrows grew so long that they covered her eyes and mouth, and she was sent to the school hospital.

Slytherin's headmaster Snape lived up to everyone's expectations and insisted that it was Alicia who used the Hair-Growing Charm herself and operated it improperly, and not that Slytherin's goalkeeper Miles Blache had attacked her.

Despite the testimony of fourteen eyewitnesses, Snape lied with his eyes open and Miles Blaise escaped.

But you can't hide from the fifteenth day if you can't avoid it. Slytherin launched a sneak attack, so Gryffindor must fight back.

So the corridor of the castle turned into a battlefield. Wherever two academy players appeared, there would be a bloody storm.

The members of Dawn got a chance to practice in actual combat, although this opportunity was a little childish, it was also rare. The twins dragged Lee Jordan around the castle, without a target, whoever they caught was theirs. Angelina, Alia, and Katie also went in and out together, the three of them looked for the whereabouts of Blige everywhere, wanting to vent their anger.

Professor McGonagall acquiesced to Gryffindor's revenge and never even glanced at the hourglass representing Gryffindor house.

In the violent storm at the end of October, Draco Malfoy, Miles Blaise and Warrington were sent to the school infirmary one after another. Many Slytherins who wanted to help were also sent in, and the school infirmary was overcrowded.

This was simply a one-sided "massacre". Except for the initial successful sneak attack by Bletchley, no Gryffindor player had entered the school infirmary again. All the people lying in it were Slytherins!

For a moment, every Slytherin student felt insecure.

(End of this chapter)