Retly, with Halloween approag, Hogwarts' Great Hall has bee a prime bombing area for the fighter pnes—ehm*—owls.

  Groups of owls hooted in during breakfast, and after throwing the items they carried to their owners, they hooted away. After the owls raided the Great Hall, only feathers were left on the ground.

  These items were the students' preparations for Halloween, including es and masks of various kinds. Eda thought she should indulge herself a bit and decided to join the Weasley twins in their Halloween pranks this year.

  However, this decision was made on the spur of the moment, so Eda had no idea what she should dress up as. Those ready-made es and masks were probably not cheap, and buying them for just one Halloween seemed wasteful to her.

  In the end, it all came down to mohe Weasleys chose to make the simplest Jack-o'-ntern e because it was the cheapest option—all they needed was a rge pumpkin.

  "What do people usually dress up as?" Eda decided to ask first to see tions she had.

  "Ghosts, ghouls, zombies..."

  "Demons, wraiths... basically, anything scary,"

  Eda felt a headache ing on; she didn't like any of the suggestions. Ghouls were too ugly and would ruin her image. Zombies were out of the question, as she envisiohem with big pigtails and traditional clothes, something she definitely couldn't pull off.

  She could dress up as an old witch, making herself look over a hundred years old—just go for the old and wrinkled look. However, the thought of seeing herself aged made Eda unhappy. Plus, since everyone was already a witch or wizard, dressing up as one wouldn't scare anyone.

  "What do you think about me dressing up as a vampire?" Eda suddenly thought of a good idea. She had watched "Bram Stoker's Dracu" before and had some impression of Dracu. The key was that this would look good.

  The twins thought about it: in the general impression, vampires were pale, charming, and irresistibly attractive, noble, and elegant moraits that Eda pretty much had.

  Pale skin with a slight hint of siess was the twins' first impression of Eda. Although her plexion had beuch healthier and rosier, she was still very fair—her skin was as milky as it could get.

  Her charm was already well-known. Since her arrival at school, a group of infatuated "flies" had always surrounded her. Although Eda's cold demeanor and bat prowess had deterred some, there were still a few persistent "flies" who would spy on her in the library.

  Fred spoke first, "I think it suits you, but here's the problem... do you have a formal robe?"

  "Or something simir?" Gee added, "It doesn't have to be perfect, just something that be altered to fit."

  "I don't have one," Eda replied, toug her school robe. "I only have my school robe." She firmly believed she would grow taller, so any clothes bought now might not fit in a year or two. Hence, Eda hadn't spent much money on clothing.

  If Eda were to say a kind word to those "flies," she would immediately have a formal robe. Such was the power of "love." But the twins knew Eda wouldn't do that—she disdained such as, so they didn't even bring it up.

  "The's alter your school robe and do some makeup to cover up the rosiness in your face, making you look paler," the twins suggested.

  Eda wasn't keen on altering her school robe again; it had already been torn once, which had distressed her for a while. Like the twins said, buying a sed-hand robe and altering it would suffice. But getting and making it right now seemed a bit te.

  "Do you have ara pumpkin heads?" Eda thought she might as well join the Weasley twins and all dress as Pumpkin Jack. It would be great to be all coordinated.

  "Hagrid grew plenty; that's no problem at all."

  On Halloweehe corridors were filled with the sweet, entig aroma of roasted pumpkin. This st eased Eda's always-tense nerves. She had been at Hogwarts for two months now, and the castle was starting to feel more like home.

  The Great Hall was adorned with thousands of hanging pumpkins, all grown by Hagrid. Hagrid had even grown a few gigantic pumpkins to make pumpkin carriages. Many students had doheir prepared es to enhahe festive atmosphere.

  ht, Hogwarts was filled with all sorts of ghouls and ghosts, like a modern version of a night parade of a hundred demons.

  The Weasley twins had already doheir pumpkin heads. Though their expressions were hidden, their excitement was evident in their voices. Eda stood nearby, a pumpkin under her right arm and a pumpkin ntern in her left hand, both crafted by the kied Hagrid.

  "So, you two pn to scare passing students here?" Eda asked, a bit exasperated, as she looked at the twins at the er. She hadn't expected that after all their brainst, they would e up with such a silly idea.

  "The Hallowee is about to start. This path is a shortcut to the Great Hall, so someone is bound to pass by," Fred said, his hands tinually adjusting his pumpkin head.

  The twins had scouted this route in advand carefully chosen it, having prepared for this prank for several days.

  "Eda, you go scout ahead for us. If you see any lower-year students like us ing, let us know," Gee instructed Eda.

  "If there are too many people, don't bother. We want tet smaller groups; it's easier that way," Fred added, showing his experience.

  Eda thought to herself, "Look at these two, so timid," but she still followed their instrus and moved ahead to "scout for the enemy." She gnced bad saw the Weasley brothers sneakily hiding at the corridor er, ready to poun unsuspeg first-years.

  Several groups of students passed by, all in rge numbers, and the trio decided to let them go. As the time for the feast drew closer, Eda began to doubt Fred and Gee's judgment.

  However, the route the twins had piheir hopes on did not disappoint. After a while, two lower-year female students approached together.

  Spotting the "prey" within sight, Eda quickly returo the twins to rey the information and put on her pumpkin head.

  Fred kept a close eye on the approag girls while Gee helped Eda adjust her "tool of the trade."

  The two girls, chatting and ughing, were unaware of the three "mists" lurking around the er, waiting with ill i.

  Fred sigo Gee and Eda and then leaped out. Gee and Eda followed, waving their arms and making spooky noises.

  The two girls, deep in versation and dreaming about the upi, were caught pletely off guard by the sudden appearance of the twins and Eda. They turo run but tripped and fell right in front of the trio.

  Without aal preparation and given the suddenness of the scare, the two girls were genuinely frightened by the crude es.

  Sitting on the ground, the initial panic of the girls began to subside. Their intelligence regained trol, and the tears that had started to form were quickly wiped away.

  Seeing that they had achieved the desired effed the two girls on the ground were no longer afraid, Eda extended a hand to help them up. The twins also handed out a few pieces of dy to the girls.

  Si was Halloween, the two girls didn't get angry. They dusted off their clothes, accepted the dy, a on their way. As they left, the bolder of the two girls even gave Eda a pyful pinch.

  After that, Eda and the twins successfully scared a few more passing students. Eda, who initially only po tag along, began to uand the fun of pying pranks. No wohe twins loved it so much!

  The three of them took off their pumpkin heads, exged gnces, and burst into ughter.

  "Let's head baow. I don't want to miss the feast; I heard there will be toffee apples tonight," Eda suggested. The time was abht, and the Great Hall should be ready for the feast.

  Missing a meal was out of the question. Although Eda had struggled with this before, the house-elves at Hogwarts had cured her of this particur affli.

  The food provided by the house-elves suited Eda's taste perfectly. In just two short months, she had gained five pounds (about 2.26 kilograms) and even grown a bit taller. She no longer looked as frail and sickly as she did at the start of the school year.

  The twins who were having fun were relut to leave, but they still followed Eda to the auditorium. Eda walked in front with brisk steps, and the twins followed her with gloomy looks.

  The way back to the auditorium is not long, but in this short journey, in addition to the trio, there are other people who are "ambushing". Fortunately, the trio are very brave, and these are all leftovers from their py, so they will not be scared by these people.

  Arriving safely at the auditorium, Eda had just sat down in her seat, and delicious food happeo appear on the golden tableware on the long table. The toffee apples specially provided for Halloween were shining with an attractive luster, making people want to take a bite.

  Just as Eda was enjoying the delicious food, the school caretaker Filch broke into the auditorium at an inopportuime.

  "Professor, professor, a student has been attacked!"

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