Ron's Birthday

Late March, before Easter.

The students at Hogwarts were in high spirits, and even minor disturbances increased as everyone celebrated the upcoming Easter.

In the living room, Fred tossed his Quill onto the table, packed up his holiday homework, and prepared to go out for some fresh air and a break. They'd been so busy with their holiday assignments these past few days that they were practically going stir-crazy.

"Fred, wait for me!" George also dropped his Quill and prepared to run with his brother.

"A bunch of bastards," Lee Jordan muttered. He also wanted to go out for a walk to clear his head, but he suppressed his frustration and continued to memorize the Charm Theory in the book. He was almost done memorizing them.

"Finally done." Angelina stretched, put away her paper on the History of Magic, took a piece of parchment from the book, ticked off the History of Magic, and turned to ask Shanna, "How much of your holiday homework do you have left?"

The parchment was covered with Easter holiday homework, a long pile that gave Angelina a headache.

Easter holidays are nowhere near as fun as Christmas.

Most students spend their time buried in books, struggling to complete heavy assignments, memorizing key points, or practicing Charms, making it difficult to enjoy a holiday in peace and quiet.

Unless, of course, you can reduce the amount of holiday homework as much as possible before Easter, like they are doing now.

"There are still a few papers to write," Shanna asked, looking at the boy opposite her. "What about Albert?"

"Well, there's not much holiday homework left." Albert took the parchment Angelina handed him, glanced at the contents, and said, "I don't have as much holiday homework as you guys. I've already finished most of the Charms that need to be memorized and practiced. I just need to practice them in my spare time."

"How enviable!" Shanna admired Albert's memory. Albert didn't need to memorize most of the articles; he could remember them just by reading them a few times. Therefore, Albert's theoretical knowledge was very solid, which made Shanna wonder if Albert had memorized most of the theoretical books.

"Have you been secretly practicing Charms in secret?" Aylia suddenly asked.

"Oh dear, you actually found out?" Albert joked. He really didn't need to spend a lot of time practicing most of the spells taught in class, otherwise how could he have extra time and energy to do other things? "We've been practicing the Stunning Spell and the Disarming Charm lately, do you want to join us?" Fred suddenly appeared from behind Albert, put his hands on his shoulders, and said to everyone with a smile, "I've mastered them, I can teach you."

The Twins returned sometime later.

Nobody paid any attention to Fred, treating his words as nonsense, and continued discussing their holiday homework. They would exchange information they found to save time and effort going to the library to look up information.

This division of labor was Albert's idea. Since it wasn't about copying each other's homework, it didn't matter. It saved everyone time searching for information and doubled the efficiency of completing holiday assignments.

"You've finished shopping so quickly?" Albert asked without looking up.

"Truman asked me to ask you if tomorrow's Wizard Card Competition will proceed as scheduled?" George explained the reason for their return.

The holiday starts tomorrow, and Easter is the day after tomorrow.

"Proceed as planned. If anyone is planning to go home for the holidays, then I'm sorry," Albert said without hesitation.

Most students spend Easter at Hogwarts and rarely go home for the Easter holiday, which is why professors assign so much homework – they hope the students will behave better during the Easter break.

"Oh, right, I just saw Hagrid," George suddenly said. "He seemed to be in a hurry, like he was going to see Dumbledore. Something seems to have happened."

"It's probably related to the Acromantula!" Albert said casually. "The Forbidden Forest is very unsafe now. Wizards are hunting those giant spiders in the forest, which has really angered them."

"Why don't we go too?" Fred leaned closer, excitedly saying, "I've heard that the venom of the Acromantula is very valuable. If there's a chance to make a fortune, why not miss it?"

"Is the Acromantula you're talking about the same giant spider Professor Smith mentioned last time?" Angelina asked, raising an eyebrow.

"By the way, weren't you afraid of those things?" Shanna remembered that the Weasley Twins ' Boggart was an eight-eyed spider.

"Don't talk nonsense, or you'll get eaten by the Acromantula." Albert reached out and slapped Fred's hand off his shoulder, reminding him, "Don't blame me if you end up as spider excrement. Acromantula eat people."

"Ugh, can you please stop saying such disgusting things?" The girls all looked disgusted, taken aback by Albert's words.

Aylia silently put down the cookie in her hand.

Albert didn't seem to care and continued, "I think Hagrid probably found the poacher's body, which is why he rushed to report it to the principal."

"I always felt that poacher was really unlucky," Fred couldn't help but complain. "With you saying that, he might get eaten by a Acromantula one day. If I were him, I would be so scared that I would explode on the spot and stay far away from those giant spiders."

As is well known, Albert's predictions are sometimes more accurate than Prophecy, especially when it comes to bad things; he's always right.

Just then, a scream suddenly came from the hall.

Peeves threw a bag of tarantulas onto each of the long tables in the academy. The spiders scurried around, giving the timid students a fright.

"Where did it get that tarantula?" Fred pulled out his wand, knocked down the tarantula that was crawling towards him, picked it up and looked at it, and said with a smile, "I've decided, this will be Ron's birthday present this year."

"I really want to see Ron's reaction when he opens the gift box and sees a bunch of spiders crawling out." George also pulled out his wand and began to stun the tarantulas on the table.

"I remember your younger brother was afraid of spiders!"

"I think you'd better give up this crazy idea." Shanna shook her head as she watched the Twins put the tarantula into the box.

"Ron is really unlucky to have brothers like you."

"No, that was his good fortune," Fred and George said in unison.

"Watch out for those Howler," Albert said.

"I think so too." Lee Jordan shook his head. If he opened his birthday present and found something he was afraid of crawling out, it would be a nightmare.

"How dare you make such a joke?"

An angry voice rang in their ears. Percy, hands on his hips, stared intently at Fred and George and confiscated the box containing the tarantula.

"I will write a letter to tell my mother."

"No, we were just joking, really just joking."

Fred and George were unable to dissuade Percy from his decision; after all, their joke was just too nasty.

"Werewolf! There are Werewolf in the Forbidden Forest!" At that moment, someone ran into the Great Hall and shouted.

"I overheard the big guy talking to the headmaster. They found a Werewolf in the Forbidden Forest," the upperclassman said breathlessly. "Dumbledore has already headed towards the woods."