Chapter 495 Mr. Weasley was attacked
A few days have passed and the Christmas holidays are coming.
Ada didn't build a step for Zuko, that was her angry words. After that day, Ada contacted Sergey and asked him to help keep an eye on whether there were any shops in Diagon Alley for sale or rent.
The twins never mentioned this incident again, as if it had never happened, mainly because they were afraid of embarrassing Ada. The two brothers turned their heads and continued to test Umbridge's potion, manually accelerating the curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts position.
On the last night before the vacation, Ada was chatting with her roommates in the dormitory, telling each other where to go during the vacation. Putting a spare set of clothes into a small bag, she turned over and lay on the bed, closing her eyes and listening to Katie's vacation plans.
After listening for a while, Ada gradually fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Ada felt someone walking into the dormitory while she was sleeping.
She opened her eyes slightly and saw Professor McGonagall walking to her side. Sleepily, she propped up her upper body with her arms and asked softly: "Professor, what happened?"
It was dark outside the window, and the roommate's breathing was even and gentle. Professor McGonagall stayed up in the middle of the night and ran to the girls' dormitory. Something must have happened. What's more, Professor McGonagall was still wearing a tartan dressing gown.
"Something happened to Arthur Weasley," said Professor McGonagall. "He was attacked by a snake."
"How is Mr. Weasley?" Ada asked anxiously. After putting on her coat, she felt no sleepiness at all and woke up in an instant.
"He was sent to St. Mungo's. The details are unclear," Professor McGonagall said. "I'll wake up Fred and George. You go wake Ginny and meet in the common room."
After saying that, Professor McGonagall hurriedly walked out of the dormitory. Ada picked up the handbag placed on the bedside table, put on her fluffy slippers, and hurriedly ran to Ginny's dormitory.
Pulling Ginny up from the bed, Ada carried the frightened Ginny to the common room. After meeting up with Professor McGonagall and the twins, they hurried to the principal's office.
The twins were equally frightened, and their red hair was wilted, but the two brothers kept whispering to comfort Ginny, who was even more frightened. Ada unconsciously held Ginny tighter.
Pushing open the door to the principal's office, they saw Dumbledore in his pajamas, Ron standing there with a pale face, and Harry who was wet with sweat.
"Harry - what's going on?" Ginny asked fearfully, "Professor McGonagall said you saw Dad was hurt -"
"Your father was injured while working for the Order of the Phoenix," Dumbledore said before Harry could speak. "He has been taken to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. I am sending you back to Sirius's residence. It's easier to get to the hospital than The Burrow, where you'll meet your mother."
Fred took on the responsibility of his brother and asked: "How do we get there? Disapparate or floo powder? How could dad be injured? What is he doing?"
"I will explain to you after Arthur's specific mission." Dumbledore said, "You use the portkey to go there. The floo network has been monitored and is not safe. Now we just wait for Phineas to come back... I want to make sure I’ll send you there again if there’s no danger——”
A fire flashed in the center of the room, leaving a golden feather floating lightly to the ground.
"It's an alarm from Fawkes." Dumbledore caught the feather and said, "Minerva, go get her away - no matter what excuse you use -"
"We need to know why Dad was injured?" Fred asked, "We have the right to know this!"
"I will give you an explanation, but not now," said Dumbledore. "You must leave before Umbridge comes."
At this time, Phineas' lazily voice came from the portrait behind Dumbledore. He said: "Children today are really rude, which was unimaginable in our time. My great-great-grandson has a peculiar habit of letting people stay... He These awkward kids are welcome.”
The twins wanted to say something more, but Dumbledore had already motioned for everyone to gather around the old teapot (portkey) on the table, so the two brothers had to give up.
With a burst of swirling colors and whistling wind, Ada and others appeared in the dark underground kitchen of 12 Grimmauld Place, London.
The only source of light in the kitchen was the dying fire and a flickering candle. Under the flickering candlelight, everyone looked terrible, especially Harry, who looked even worse than the Weasley children.
Sirius walked in quickly, wearing his daytime clothes and looking dusty.
"What's going on?" Sirius asked, "Not long after I came back, I heard Phineas Nigellus say that Arthur was seriously injured."
Everyone looked at Harry, and Sirius looked at his godson with worry.
Harry coughed and struggled to describe his dream. He said he dreamed of a big snake biting Mr. Weasley in a long corridor.
However, Harry changed it slightly. He did not say that he saw it through the snake eyes, but said that he was a spectator.
Hearing Harry's story, Ada knew that this was what Dumbledore had been worried about, and that the relationship between Harry and Voldemort was getting deeper and deeper. If I guess correctly, the big snake that bit Mr. Weasley was Nagini.
Ada walked out of the room silently, put on the spare clothes in her handbag, and then walked back to the dark underground kitchen fully dressed.
At this time, the twins were clamoring to go to St. Mungo's, and Sirius reassured them not to let them go to St. Mungo's tonight. The Weasley family ran to the hospital before the hospital notified their families, which would undoubtedly reveal a lot.
But their father was injured and dying, which made the twins worried. They were determined to go, and they didn't listen to anything Sirius said.
"Stop arguing, I'm rushing to St. Mungo's now." Ada said as she walked back to the kitchen. "Don't worry, I won't be discovered."
"If the Ministry of Magic knew that Harry could dream about things thousands of miles away, the Ministry of Magic would not let it go easily." Sirius said, "Ada, you are a member of the Order of the Phoenix. You know what this means. What."
Ada adjusted the buttons of her clothes and said seriously: "Of course I know, I know exactly what I am doing."
Sirius opened his mouth, and finally just said: "Then you should be careful. Any news will be sent back as soon as possible, so that everyone can feel at ease."
Nodding, Ada was about to leave. The twins stood up too. In their pajamas they wanted to go to St. Mungo's with Ada.
Ada turned back to look at the two of them and said, "Sit back! Are you going to leave your underage brothers and sisters here?"
Fred and George looked at Ada stubbornly. Finally, under Ada's stern gaze, the two brothers sat back in their chairs, lowered their heads and remained silent.
After Ada left, the kitchen fell into silence. Sirius clapped his hands and said encouragingly: "Come on, let's... drink and wait. Butterbeer is coming!"
He raised his wand, and six wine bottles flew toward them from the food room, slid across the table, and stopped just in front of the six people. As they drank, all they could hear for a while was the crackle of the kitchen fire and the tap of the bottle on the table.
Ada hurriedly walked out of 12 Grimmauld Place. As soon as she walked down the stone steps, she apparated directly to the vicinity of St. Mungo's Hospital.
The reason why she insisted on going to St. Mungo's despite Sirius's dissuasion was partly because she was worried about Mr. Weasley's injury, and partly because she was worried that the hospital was not safe.
If Mr. Weasley is really seriously injured, Ada can save him with the ruby in her hand as long as he is still breathing; if there is the Ministry of Magic or Death Eaters secretly watching, Ada can also let them come. No reply.
It was late at night, the wide streets were deserted, the old street lamps emitted dim light, and there was not a single pedestrian.
Ada, who was hiding in the corner, checked again and again and saw that there was indeed no one around, so she put on her hood, covered her face, and jogged to the old red brick department store.
The cracked dummy in the window was still the same, but it became a little spookier in the middle of the night. Ada moved closer to the display window, and her breath made the dusty window blurry.
A female dummy wearing green nylons turned to look at Ada who was close to the window, asking the visitor about his intentions.
Ada did not name Mr. Weasley, but made up a random one.
Then Ada took out her wand and tapped on the window. The female dummy in the window seemed to be running out of battery. She nodded very slowly and moved her connected fingers.
Glancing again at the deserted street behind her, Ada walked straight through the glass.
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