The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 98 Vacation
As the Christmas holiday approaches, the festive atmosphere in the castle becomes more and more intense. Ada also decorates the dormitory under Angelina's command. In Angelina's words, Ada's magic level is the highest, so if she doesn't decorate it, who will?
The dormitory is decorated with wreaths made mainly of holly. Ada also hung colorful lights in the dormitory. These lights can also turn into flying fairies, flapping their wings and flying around in the dormitory.

I don’t know whether it’s because of Professor Flitwick’s high level of magic or because he likes Christmas very much, but Professor Flitwick is still in charge of the school’s holiday decorations this year. The little heroine lanterns of Ada were made by Professor Flitwick.

Senior students will also help with the decoration, but everyone should be careful of the elusive Peeves who may cause trouble. Peeves may shake the ladder after you climb up it, or wrap a ribbon around your neck to scare you, and of course there are water balloon attacks.

Professors of each subject will also decorate their classrooms, but each professor has a different personality, so the decoration styles are also varied. They will also make a semester summary before the holiday to review the knowledge learned in the first half of the semester.

Of course, there are some mavericks who don't decorate, such as Professor Snape, whose classroom is just as dim whether it is decorated or not. If the underground classroom is full of wreaths, Ada will feel that she has come to the wrong place and can't help but light a stick of incense before leaving.

However, Professor Snape made a rare joke. He said that he would send a piece of poison to a student in the classroom as a Christmas gift for this lucky student. He hoped that this student would listen to the class carefully so that he would not be poisoned to death.

Some of the students in the classroom were frightened. They all looked at Ada, thinking that the lucky person was 99.99% likely to be her.

Another professor who did not decorate his classroom was Grover Cecil. Perhaps such a festival was too cruel for him!
Ever since the abnormality was discovered by the Black Lake last time, Ada began to pay attention to Cecil. She found that the professor's health was indeed problematic. He used to smoke all the time, but now he rarely sits by the window to smoke before class. Except for some practical classes, Cecil rarely uses his wand.

In such a strong festive atmosphere, Filch, who was determined to make things difficult for the students, was not idle at all. He patrolled the corridors more frequently. He felt that students would make more mistakes as the festival approached.

Filch also had to keep an eye on Peeves and prevent him from causing trouble again. Peeves, who was caught between a rock and a hard place, had become so hated by everyone that he was hated by everyone.

In addition to decorating the castle and watching over the first and second graders, the prefects of each college also had to help Filch deal with students who broke the rules. Charlie complained about this and complained about Filch's meddling.

Professor McGonagall also collected the list of names of students who would stay at school for the holiday during breakfast. This time, Ada did not choose to stay at school, but went back to the Burrow with the twins to celebrate the holiday.

This was decided during the summer vacation, and this month Ada also received a letter from Mrs. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley was worried that Ada would be afraid of disturbing the Weasley family and not come to the Burrow for the holiday, just like last year.

Mrs. Weasley also wrote a letter to her four sons, instructing them to tie Ada back if she refused to come back.

In this case, it's just a pity for Errol. At his old age, he had to fly against the wind and snow from St. Catchpole in Devon to Hogwarts in Scotland. It was really too hard.

Amidst everyone's anticipation, the semester finally ended, and Ada left Xuxiao with the Weasley brothers. After the students left, silence enveloped the entire castle. Ada could not practice magic during this holiday, but she could enjoy a comfortable holiday.

The night in Ottery St. Catchpole is very peaceful. In the village square there is a Christmas tree hung with golden bells and surrounded by colorful lights, which makes the village look particularly beautiful.

On the small road outside the village illuminated by the starlight, Mr. Weasley and Charlie were walking in front, the two were talking in low voices, and it was unknown whether it was related to the trip to Romania. Percy and Ron followed behind their father and brother with their heads down.

The twins carried their suitcases and looked at Percy with ill intent. Percy was afraid that he would suffer again during this holiday. Ada led Ginny to the end of the team. The grown-up Garlon ran to the front of the team and wagged his tail at Mr. Weasley, then ran back to Ada. This country road was no longer enough for him to have fun.

The Burrow was not far away. Compared with when I left, the Burrow had not changed at all. It was still the illegal building with a warm atmosphere. Mrs. Weasley was standing at the door of the Burrow waiting for the children to return. She prepared a sumptuous meal. Even though she was busy in the small kitchen for an entire afternoon, she was happy.

Mrs. Weasley smiled and hugged every child who came in. When it was Ada's turn, Mrs. Weasley's smile became even brighter. She said, "My dear, I am most happy to see you back."

"Even if you don't let me come back, I will force my way in." Ada said with a smile.

"This is your home, and it will always be." Mrs. Weasley stroked Ada's shoulders and arms. "My dear, you are thinner than you were during the summer vacation."

Although nothing happened to Ada in the first half of the semester, she still lost weight. She had to go to the basement room to fight almost every day, so it was hard not to lose weight.

Ada, who has become a doctor through long-term illness, is already very good at treating injuries and sprains. If she studies herbal medicine knowledge well, maybe she can try St. Mungo's in the future.

"Any bacon?" Ida asked, tilting her head. She could already smell the aroma of food.

"Of course, that's your favorite food!" Mrs. Weasley rubbed Ada's little face and continued, "Go upstairs quickly, put your luggage away and we'll eat."

Ada's suitcase had been sent to Ginny's room by the twins, but it had not been packed yet. Since the twins came into being, Ada rarely carried her own luggage. She had been spoiled, and most of the time she would just hand her things to the brothers.

There wasn't much in the suitcase, just a few sets of clothes, holiday homework, and some books to kill time. These books took up most of the space in the suitcase.

After packing up, Ada went back downstairs. The living room was as noisy as ever. Fred and George put a box in Percy's trunk. The "battle-hardened" Percy didn't fall for it. He took the box downstairs and settled the score with the twins.

Even though everyone present knew that they did it, the twins refused to admit it and insisted that Percy's girlfriend gave it to him and asked him to open it and take a look.

As far as Ada knows, Percy doesn't have a girlfriend at all. No one would believe what the twins said. Rather than saying she is a girlfriend, it would be more believable to say that she is someone who loves Percy.

Mr. Weasley, who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, ignored the three noisy brothers and watched them happily. Charlie sat on the side with his younger brothers and sisters, and they were also watching the fun.

After putting all the dishes on the table, Mrs. Weasley finally stopped the farce between the brothers, and everyone gathered around the table to start their first dinner since returning to the Burrow.

On the big clock filled with the names of Weasley family members, except for Bill, all eight hands pointed to "home".

(End of this chapter)