The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 65 I Have a Flower

At the Leaky Cauldron, Ada promised to keep Mr. Weasley's secret, so she didn't betray him. She said, "No, Mr. Weasley picked me up at the bar and we both came back right away. The smell of alcohol must have been picked up at the bar."

Mr. Weasley winked at Ada secretly and said, "There are a lot of guests in the bar today. They are all drinking. That should be the case."

"Some customers saw Harry Potter in a Muggle shop today, so the customers in the bar were very happy and they drank a lot of wine." Ada continued to help cover up, trying to make the lie more complete.

"Harry Potter, what does he look like?" Ginny asked excitedly, pulling Ada's arm and asking questions non-stop.

"Ginny adores Harry Potter."

“It’s almost to the point of obsession.”

The twins explained to Ada that they had been sitting quietly in their seats and didn't dare to talk to Ada.

"I'm not sure. The man didn't tell me. I'll ask him for you next time I see him."

"Yeah!" Although Ginny didn't hear what Harry Potter looked like, she still agreed happily. It's good to have a sister. Sisters are more careful than brothers. Ginny thought silently.

Mrs. Weasley put the prepared meal on the table. Dinner had actually been prepared a long time ago, but Mrs. Weasley had to wait for the head of the family to come back and also to discipline the twins, so she had not invited everyone to eat.

During the meal, Mrs. Weasley kept putting food on Ada's plate, fearing that Ada would not have enough to eat. In the end, Ada was so full with her appetite that you can imagine how enthusiastic Mrs. Weasley was.

After dinner, Mrs. Weasley went upstairs to tidy up Ginny's room, with whom Ada would be staying during the holiday, while the rest of the group gathered around the sofa to chat.

The twins were very curious about how Ada had been spending the past few days. They were not curious about what happened at Flourish and Blotts, but they thought it was pretty cool that Ada was working as a waitress at the Leaky Cauldron.

Ron and Ginny were equally curious about Ada. In the letters the twins sent home, they always praised Ada like a flower, so the two of them gathered around Ada, and the twins couldn't get close to her.

Everyone was very welcoming, and Ada's integration was not abrupt, as if she had grown up in this family. Mrs. Weasley, who had just cleaned up her room, looked at the scene in front of her and felt like she had given birth to two daughters.

"Ada, come up and see the room. See if you need anything else?" Mrs. Weasley waved to Ada from the stairs.

"coming!"

Mrs. Weasley brought Ada and little Ginny to the platform on the third floor of the Burrow, where Ginny's bedroom was.

The room was not big, but it was well lit. There was a huge poster of the witch band "The Weird Sisters" on the wall. There was a desk in front of the open window, and outside the window you could see a small self-built pitch where the Weasley brothers usually played Quidditch.

There were two beds on either side of the desk. On the left was a single bed with a few dolls on it. This bed belonged to Ginny. On the right was a bunk bed with a thick mattress that felt soft and comfortable.

Ada's suitcase was in the corner by the door, next to a double-door wardrobe. Mrs. Weasley had already put Ada's clothes in the wardrobe and her books were on the table.

After Mrs. Weasley left, Ada and Ginny sat down on their beds.

"Ada, aren't you scared of working in the Leaky Cauldron? The people there look a little strange." Ginny asked curiously.

"I'm not scared, I'm also a witch. Aren't we weirdos in the eyes of Muggles?" Ada lowered her head and folded a piece of paper. "But I still felt a little uncomfortable at the beginning."

"I also want to go to Hogwarts as soon as possible. My brothers have all gone..." said the little guy with fiery red hair with a frown on his face.

All the brothers are gone... Ginny, where did you put Ronald Weasley? Or was he really picked up? I feel sorry for Ron for three seconds again.

Ada reached out and touched Ginny's hair. No wonder people always like to touch girls' hair. The touch is really amazing. She smiled and said, "Soon, you will receive a letter in two years. By then, Hogwarts will have an excellent witch!" "Here." Ada gave the folded paper flower to Ginny.

"Thank you!" Ginny happily played with the paper flowers in her hands. She thought to herself: Sisters are better than brothers!
"Can you tell me about school?" Ginny looked very cute holding the paper flowers. "Fred and George talked about all kinds of things, and Percy said that besides studying hard, you must not break the school rules..."

The one who was close to Ginny's age was Ron, only one year apart. However, Ron had not yet started school, so naturally he couldn't tell Ginny what school was like.

Bill and Charlie are quite a bit older than Ginny. They love this little sister very much, but they definitely can't play together. The appearance of Ada just fills this gap.

Ada told Ginny a lot of things about the school, such as Professor McGonagall, who looked serious but cared very much about her students, Flitwick, who was small but powerful, and so on. She told Ginny about the warm side of the school.

When Ginny heard the twins teaming up with Peeves to play a prank on Filch, she laughed so hard that she fell on her bed. The girl was so excited that she banged her bed.

The two girls chatted for a long time. At first, it was Ada talking and Ginny listening, but later it became Ginny asking questions and Ada answering. Ginny, who was full of curiosity about Hogwarts, kept asking questions like a hundred thousand whys.

"Harry Potter will be attending school next year, and I should be the year after. Do you think he will hate me?" The exclusive fan girl is online again. Ginny's obsession with Harry is even higher than with Hogwarts.

Perhaps because she did not grow up in a wizarding family, Ada actually did not quite understand why Ginny admired Harry so much, but this did not affect her comfort to Ginny.

"Who in the whole Hogwarts wouldn't like a pretty little witch like our Ginny?" Ada stroked Ginny's hair again. The touch was so good that she couldn't stop. "I recently learned a new spell. If anyone doesn't like you, I will give him a 'Bat Curse'!"

"Then you teach me then, and we'll do it together."

"Okay, let's make his face full of big bats!"

The alliance between the two bat demons was formed as a joke in this small bedroom.

"Ginny, Ada, have you rested?" It was the twins' voices. "Ada, let's go out for a walk?"

"Wait a moment."

Ada asked Ginny to put the paper flower in her palm, and then put her hands together. Ada put her hands on hers. After doing all these actions, Ada said: "Blow into your hands, and your wish will come true."

Ginny blew on her hands obediently and asked, "And then?"

"Now we spread our hands, and then it's time to witness the miracle!" Ada said, "One, two, three..."

The two girls opened their hands, and the paper flower in Ginny's hand turned into a blooming pink rose, so beautiful and gorgeous, as if it had just been plucked from a branch.

This flower-changing magic seems very advanced because Ada did not use a magic wand, but it is actually just a little trick.

This was a reward that Ada received while working as a bartender. It was similar to the trick that a Muggle magician performs, except that the magician uses sleight of hand while Ada uses magic.

If any boy had such a skill, he would be able to run around the bar and be invincible, but it was useless to Ada. At this stage, this magic was useless except for changing flowers and grass. As for what it would become in the future, Ada didn't know yet.

"Go to bed early, good night Ginny." Ada put her wand in her pocket and touched Ginny's hair before leaving.

Ginny nodded blankly. She had been focusing on the flowers in her hand and didn't even notice that Ada had left. Her family was full of wizards, so she shouldn't have had such a reaction to the flower. It was just that she had never seen Ada cast a spell in this way, so she found it a little weird.

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