Hogwarts Emerald

"Fluorescence!" Ada lit up her wand. Her fluorescent spell was much brighter than the twins, but the light was very soft and not dazzling at all.

"We are in the secret passage now." George said looking at the map in his hand, "but it is not clear where it will eventually lead."

"No matter where we go, we have to be careful," Fred whispered.

Just as Fred was about to take the lead and move forward, he was stopped by Ada. The secret tunnel should be safe, but Ada still feels that it is best to walk in front. If there is any danger in the tunnel, Ada can solve it as soon as possible.

The three people opened their eyes wide and bent forward slowly. The tunnel continued to extend forward, and they didn't know how far they would go. Ada silently calculated the distance in her mind. It felt like it was at least as long as the tunnel leading to Honeydukes.

When the tunnel began to slope upward, Ada and the twins behind her said: "Looking at the distance, we should have reached Hogsmeade, but we don't know where the exit is."

"I hope it's not somewhere deep in the mountains and old forests, that would be too boring." Fred said, "The Three Broomsticks' wine cellar is nice. We can sneak some wine back..."

"Why do I feel that stealing wine is not your main purpose?" Ada looked back at Fred, her eyes full of contempt.

After walking for a while, they turned a corner and a small exit appeared in front of the three people. Ada motioned to the twins not to move. She raised her wand and moved forward slowly to see what was going on ahead.

It was a room, a messy, gray room. The wallpaper was peeling off, the floor was stained, and the furniture was all broken. It seemed like there had been some fight here, and the windows were all boarded up.

"Fred, George, come up!" Ada still held up her wand. It was daytime now, but the room was very dark, with only a little light coming through the sealed window.

"Where is this?" The twins came up from the tunnel, and the darkness in front of them made people feel a little eerie.

There was a door on Ada's right. Ada pushed the door open, and behind it was a darker hallway. The floor in the foyer was full of dust. No one had been there for a long time. Apart from the Pig's Head Bar, the shops in Hogsmeade didn't look like this.

The three people began to check the house separately. Their shoes made a "crunching" sound on the floor. This sound echoed in the house, adding a sense of horror.

Along the stairs that were about to collapse, the three people slowly went upstairs. Thick dust would be stirred up the moment their shoes fell. On the dark landing, a door stood tightly shut.

The three people looked at each other. Ada held her wand upright, and the twins stood on either side of her. The twins pushed the door open together, and Ada rushed in. She raised her wand and looked around, but she didn't see anything that could threaten the three of them.

The height of the house gave Ada a familiar feeling, and the windows sealed with wooden boards looked even more familiar. Ada had already thought about where this place was, and she needed to confirm it now. She quickly walked to the window and looked through the wooden boards. Trying to look out through the gap between them.

George stood next to a four-poster bed with dusty curtains and said, "Where the hell is this? Why does it feel familiar to me?"

Fred also said: "I feel the same way, this won't be..."

The twins looked at Ada together. The two brothers now needed the smartest Ada to give them a definite answer.

"You are right, we are in Hogsmeade now, and this room is the rumored Shrieking Shack." Just now Ada slightly widened the gap between the wooden boards, and she had already seen what it looked like outside.

"Isn't this place haunted?" George said, "I haven't seen it yet, but today I'm going to open my eyes!"

"George, what do the ghosts here look like?" Fred's tone was very exciting. "Are they good-looking or ugly?"

The twins incarnate into a hundred thousand whys, and are full of curiosity about the protagonist of the rumor that the Shrieking Shack is haunted. Fortunately, the two of them still hold their wands tightly in their hands and have not put them down.

Ada raised her wand and looked around. From downstairs to here, the floors, walls, and even furniture of the Shrieking Shack all had traces of damage. It looked like a fierce battle had occurred here. In addition, there were also There are traces of animal bites left behind.

Through the scenes in the house, Ada could imagine a novel full of love, hatred and resentment.

There used to be a happy family living in the Screaming Shack, and they lived a carefree life in this fairy tale-like village. Until one day, their enemy (or someone they offended) came to the door and killed a family living here.

The uninhabited screaming shacks were abandoned. In the cold winter, there were always animals here to protect themselves from the cold wind, so they left those bite marks. The dead family refused to leave and turned into ghosts crying every night, so the frightened villagers sealed the place to prevent them from doing evil.

It's a good idea. The skeleton of the script is already there, but there is still one question, where is the ghost?

Ada and the other three have been wandering around the room for a long time without seeing even a ghost. Besides, they came here through the secret passage in Hogwarts, which leads to the haunted house. Isn't this just like a joke!

After cleaning up the dust on the sofa, Ada sat on it dejectedly. She felt a deep loss. The words of Grover Cecil by the Black Lake were recalled in her mind: The results will find you on their own.

Although Ada's magical attainments have not yet reached the level of Professor Cecil, isn't the current situation what he said? The results will come to you on their own.

I just wanted to explore the secret passage, but ended up entering the Shrieking Shack, a Shrieking Shack with nothing but dust floating on the floor and in the air.

"Why doesn't this ghost come out yet?" Fred muttered in a low voice.

"Do you think I look like a ghost?" Ada said in frustration. She sat on the sofa with her head hanging down. The twins couldn't see her expression clearly.

The twins ran over, and Fred shook Ada's shoulders and said in a trembling voice: "Ada, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Don't scare me!"

George didn't speak, but his worry was all written on his face, and he guarded the two people vigilantly.

Ada, who was a little dizzy from the shaking, pushed Fred's hands away. She said: "I'm fine, I'm just a little disappointed. I actually entered the Screaming Shack like this. All the things I did before turned out to be... What a waste of time!”

"It scared me to death. I thought you were possessed!" Fred said with a sigh of relief, "Don't do this next time, it's too scary."

"Isn't this place haunted? Your preparations will not go to waste." George tried to comfort Ada.

Ada, who was in a depressed mood, said: "How long have we been staying here? If the rumors are true, wouldn't the ghosts have come out long ago and torn the three of us into pieces? Why not keep the three of us here for Easter?"

The twins who had been hanging around here for a long time actually thought of this, but they just didn't want to admit it. After all, the Shrieking Shack with rumors of ghosts is much more attractive than this dilapidated house now.

The twins also sat on the sofa, their heads hanging down like Ada's. In this haunted house, which is known as the scariest in the UK, three people kept the same posture and sighed.

The dark, claustrophobic room no longer makes Ada and the twins feel a little scared, but only endless loss.