Hogwarts Emerald

As the door of the Pig Head Bar was pushed open, the cold October wind howled in, causing the candles in the store to flicker and flicker.

Accompanied by the cold wind, Ada appeared in everyone's sight. She first glanced at the busy Aberforth, and then walked towards her friends by the fireplace.

Today they are the only customers in the Hog's Head Bar. I wonder if Voldemort's return has made the bad business here worse, or Aberforth's bad temper has scared away the customers.

Taking off her slightly heavy cloak, Ada sat in the vacant seat. Her eyes wandered around the store, as if she was guarding against eavesdropping, or waiting for Aberforth.

After a while, Ada focused her attention on her little friend.

The twins often met Ada, and the two brothers did not show any abnormality; Cedric also occasionally saw Ada in the Ministry. He entered the Ministry of Magic through Ada's matchmaking, and he also did not make a fuss about Ada's appearance.

Angelina and Aaliya looked around Ada up and down. They spent a long time mentally building up to convince themselves that it was not Ada who was wrong, but this fucked up world.

Now that they met, Angelina and Aaliya realized that their previous psychological construction was in vain. Ada was still the same Ada, but she showed a side that they were unfamiliar with.

On the other hand, Lee Jordan, who always didn't care about anything, seemed a little reserved and didn't know what was going on.

Ada didn't try to tease Li Jordan. Others looked at her like a nestling bird waiting to be fed. Ada didn't hesitate and said straight to the point: "The person who gave the opal necklace to Katie was Draco Malfoy. It has been found out."

After speaking, the table became silent for a moment, with only the slight crackling sound of the lamps and candles.

No one thought that Draco Malfoy would do this. This unlucky child always gave people the feeling that he was doing it from the bottom of his heart.

He is always at the forefront when it comes to making trouble. If a fight breaks out, he immediately hides behind the crowd. Draco Malfoy was either looking for trouble or in the process of being beaten.

Toads don't grow hair, so they just follow their roots.

It was such an unlucky kid who suddenly got up one day and wanted to do something big, and almost killed Katie Bell.

And Malfoy's target cannot be Katie, he obviously has a bigger plot. This sudden and earth-shaking change is really difficult for people to accept at once.

The silence didn't last long, someone soon spoke.

Cedric was the first to ask: "Why? What is that boy's purpose, and why did he choose Katie?"

Ada shook her head. Perhaps only by catching Malfoy could she know what he wanted to do. Ada had a vague feeling that Malfoy's target was not Harry. If he really wanted to deal with Harry, it was unlikely that Katie would be involved.

Compared to Katie Bell, who is in the first year of his senior year, Ron and Hermione next to Harry are better choices. Even if these two people are not easy to start with, demolition genius Seamus Finnigan or even Dean Thomas are better choices than Katie.

Unless Malfoy's target wasn't Harry, but someone Katie had access to.

But who around Katie is worthy of Malfoy's efforts? The price of that necklace is thousands of galleons. Even if the Malfoy family is a wealthy family, gold galleons are not so squandered.

In short, no matter what Malfoy thinks in his heart and who his ultimate target is, the innocent Katie has been cursed by the opal necklace because of him, and this matter cannot stop here.

Today members from all over the world gathered together at Dawn, just to get an explanation and not let Katie suffer this in vain.

Seeing that Ada could not continue to answer, the friends stopped asking. The big guys drank the butterbeer in their cups silently and began to sort out their clothes. Apparently they were planning to go to Hogwarts.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Aberforth suddenly came over and stopped Ada and the twins.

Everyone also stopped. Angelina, Alia, Lee Jordan, and Cedric didn't know Aberforth's identity. They only thought he was the bartender of the Pig's Head Bar, so they all looked at him a little strangely.

"We paid for the beer, sir." Cedric said with a slightly unhappy expression. He thought Aberforth's behavior was because he discovered Ada's identity and wanted to verify it and report it to the Ministry of Magic. .

Aberforth ignored Cedric. He looked at Ada and said in an unquestionable tone: "Let's talk alone." Then he looked at the twins and continued: "It's just the two of us."

Ada nodded and walked aside with Aberforth, leaving Fred and George to explain Aberforth's identity.

After learning that this slovenly waiter was actually the principal's younger brother, the friends' eyes dropped to the ground in shock. It is really unimaginable that Draco and Aberforth both brought a great impact to everyone.

Ada, standing in the corner, said bluntly: "You are here to be a lobbyist? To convince us not to go to Hogwarts, let alone cause trouble with Draco Malfoy, right?"

"It is true that someone asked me like this, but I didn't agree." Aberforth said, his long gray beard twitching as he spoke, and his eyes staring in the direction of Hogwarts.

People say that brothers who work together are more powerful than gold, but the Dumbledore brothers were so good that they turned against each other.

Especially Aberforth, Ada had hardly heard the name of the headmaster from him. Fred and George were also having trouble with Percy. They usually used words like "big fool" or "big fool" to call him, but they would not use "he" or "that" like Aberforth. Refers to people".

Ada became more interested in the love and hatred between the two Dumbledore brothers. If the scene was not inappropriate, she could even imagine a 70-episode TV series.

"I didn't leave you here to stop you," Aberforth continued, "but I wanted to ask you, are you mentally prepared?"

"Mental preparation?" Ada repeated. She didn't understand what Aberforth meant.

In Ada's expectation, the kind Dumbledore should protect Draco Malfoy and give Malfoy a chance to change his ways. If Aberforth meant this kind of mental preparation, then Ada was already prepared.

A vicious old witch like Umbridge can live well under Dumbledore's nose, let alone Draco Malfoy who has not yet left the campus.

"It seems that you are not ready." Aberforth said, "That's right. If you really knew my brother well enough, you would not show up in Hogsmeade today."

"What do you mean?" Ada is a smart person, but she doesn't like this riddle-like way of speaking.

When chatting, just chat well, when talking, just talk well. Always say half and leave half. Are you energetic? If you want to say something, then say it openly and openly. If you don't want to say something, then don't even open your mouth.

"It would be pointless to say it directly." Aberforth guessed Ada's thoughts. "What I want to say is that you may be very disappointed today. You will see a very different Dumbledore, a somewhat unfamiliar one." Albus Dumbledore."

Then, Aberforth waved his hand as if impatient and said: "Let's go, go quickly. Because of you, I didn't do any business today."

The confused crowd was "kindly and enthusiastically" pushed out of the bar by Aberforth, and exposed to the muddy streets of Hogsmeade. As for Ada, she seemed to gradually understand what Aberforth said.