Professor McGonagall was very happy because, as a Quidditch enthusiast, she had received a gift from her favorite student—a ticket to a Chudley Cannons game.
You should know that as Dana Emrys's fame grew, Chudley Cannons tickets became extremely hard to get—although the ticket might not hold its value for long, as his matches often ended very quickly.
But people didn't care; they tirelessly bought tickets just to see when Dana Emrys might break the record of catching the Golden Snitch in 3.5 seconds.
Professor McGonagall sat in her seat, excitedly patting the soft armrest as if she had activated the Piertotum Locomotor charm.
Then, she adjusted her posture contentedly, straightening her back to wait for the start of the game.
To her right, there were six empty chairs, which she didn't quite understand—the game was about to start, so why hadn't those people arrived yet?
Dana was known for being fast. If they were late, the game might be over just as they entered the stadium.
Fortunately, the six people arrived.
"Mom, it's right in front! Row one, seats three to eight!"
A little girl's voice rang out.
The little girl's mother comforted her:
"Slow down, Ginny. The game hasn't started yet; there's no need to rush!"
And two almost identical voices chimed in:
"Mom, buy us some snacks!"
"That's right, Count Dentis bought such a large piece of land at the foot of our mountain at a high price. Our family is rich now, so it's not too much to buy your two favorite sons something delicious, right?"
"Yes, yes, just buy some for us two and Ginny. Ron and Percy don't need any!"
"That's right, Percy doesn't like snacks, and if Ron eats them, his cavities will hurt."
Next came a clearly angry teenage voice:
"Fred, George! I don't have cavities!"
Professor McGonagall was clearly familiar with this family; she knew who was coming just by the voices:
"Molly, over here!"
Mrs. Weasley was very surprised and quickly walked two steps forward.
"Minerva! What are you doing here? Did you also receive complimentary tickets from Dana?"
"Yes, Dana did send me my ticket—I just didn't expect Dana to send tickets to your whole family."
Molly Weasley smiled:
"Dana sent a letter to our house, saying he was grateful for Fred and George's care at school, so he sent tickets to everyone in our family who was home for the summer—I didn't expect Dana to know so much about our family's situation."
Arthur Weasley had to go to the Ministry of Magic to work, Bill Weasley was in Egypt deciphering the secrets of the pyramids, and Charlie Weasley was studying dragons. Except for these three, all the other Weasleys were here.
Benefiting from the Ministry of Magic's announcement of the "truth" about Dana Emrys's imprisonment, everyone who knew Dana Emrys couldn't help but feel sympathy and pity for him, which naturally included the Weasley family.
Except for Ron—after all, that green light from Dana's wand on the Hogwarts Express had really left a psychological shadow on him.
"I see,"
Professor McGonagall briefly shifted her gaze to Ron, then looked approvingly at the twins.
"Dana's fate has been rough, but he has always been a good boy. However, he was still ostracized by his classmates at school. Fortunately, there were George and Fred."
The twins were rarely praised by Professor McGonagall, and they were a little unaccustomed to it. They both raised their right hands and scratched the hair behind their ears.
Molly was also happy in her heart. Although the twins were very naughty, these two children were kind-hearted, like their father!
"Fred, here are two Sickles. Go buy something to eat."
—This was a reward from their mother.
The twins cheered and ran off with the two Sickles, followed by Ginny's shout:
"Hurry up, the game is about to start!"
Professor McGonagall was clearly in a good mood and rarely joked with Molly:
"Molly, it seems your family has really become rich. You spend two Sickles as you please."
Molly's face flushed slightly. Moody had visited their house a few days ago and told her—Dana was going home for Christmas, and Professor McGonagall had given him ten Galleons without batting an eye.
Compared to Professor McGonagall, she seemed a little too stingy, but she was used to being laughed at and didn't really take it to heart. Instead, she nodded and said:
"Yes, thanks to Count Dentis, who is building a city for wizards in Ottery St. Catchpole and bought two pieces of land at the foot of our mountain for twice the market price—Arthur took the money and immediately bought land of the same area behind our mountain, and there was still a lot left!"
"Oh, you really have to thank that Count. I heard that gentleman just closed his eyes and randomly drew a circle on the map, and it happened to circle Ottery St. Catchpole. You can only say your family's luck has arrived."
"Who says it isn't!"
As she spoke, the twins came back noisily, throwing two Chocolate Frogs to Ginny before sitting down in their seats.
Professor McGonagall noticed that besides the Chocolate Frogs for Ginny, the twins had nothing else in their hands—and the price of a Chocolate Frog was 1 Knut each, so… the twins had embezzled 1 Sickle and 27 Knuts.
However, she quickly turned her attention to the field because the players were about to enter.
"Now entering are the players of the Caerphilly Catapults! First to fly out is Dai Llewellyn III, the grandson of the Catapults' legendary superstar, Dai Llewellyn! He is an excellent Seeker and a formidable rival to our rising star, Dana Emrys!"
The commentator introduced loudly. When it was time to introduce the home team's players, his voice suddenly rose three octaves—
"Now let us welcome our players to the field!"
Ron watched Ginny open the Chocolate Frog, feeling a little envious.
She happily showed off the Morgan le Fay card she had drawn and stuffed the Chocolate Frog into her mouth in one bite.
Ron wrinkled his nose and still fulfilled his duty as an older brother:
"Ginny, eat slowly, don't choke."
Ginny nodded, happily flipping through the card, seemingly not paying attention to Ron's words.
Just then, the commentator's voice rose another octave—
"Now entering is our youngest but already a superstar among superstars—Dana—Em—rys!"
Ron curled his lip:
"This commentator is much worse than Lee Jordan."
Fred laughed:
"Haha, if Lee Jordan shouted like that, he would have cracked his voice long ago!"
George pointed to the field and said:
"Look! Dana is out!"
With the cheers of the entire stadium, Professor McGonagall and the Weasley family also stood up and applauded.
Even Percy looked happy—no matter what, Dana was from their Gryffindor house. He turned to the old wizard he didn't know beside him and said:
"Did you know? I was the one who assigned Dana's dormitory!"
Only Ron was a little reluctant. He stood up reluctantly, his face extremely conflicted—because compared to his vigorous applause, his face didn't show any happy or excited emotions at all, but rather a sense of "I'm the only one who's awake while everyone else is drunk"—
"I won't be bought off by a ticket!"
Ron muttered to himself.
"But since you gave me a ticket, I'll cheer you on."
Dana, riding a Nimbus 2000 and wearing an orange Cannons uniform, circled in the sky above the stadium like a meteor.
"Dana! Can you catch the Golden Snitch a little slower? At least give your teammates some opportunities to perform, right?"
"Hahaha, don't be funny. What performance can his teammates have? Be beaten by the opponents one hundred to zero?"
"That's right! Before Dana came, the Cannons' record was one win in twelve games. If it weren't for Dana, I wouldn't have bought Cannons season tickets!"
The audience was chattering, but Dana in the air suddenly swooped down.
He crashed toward the stands at high speed, causing the audience to scream.
He suddenly did a tail flick in the air and stopped steadily in front of Professor McGonagall and them.
Dana thumped his chest at Professor McGonagall with his fist, then gave a smile and raised his thumb.
At this time, everyone didn't know what Dana's thumb meant.
But in one minute, what that thumb meant was no longer important.
Because Dana Emrys caught the Golden Snitch in two seconds.
He broke the record.
Professor McGonagall jumped up, tears of excitement in her eyes.
The elderly cat woman was indeed a Quidditch fanatic. At this moment, she hugged Molly Weasley next to her and shouted loudly.
The Weasley children had never seen such a Head of House before, and their originally excited expressions froze on their faces.
Only Ron, he didn't seem to realize what was happening around him, only caring about raising his arms and shouting:
"The Cannons won! The Chudley Cannons won!"
End of the Chapter.
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