Chapter 6: The Sorting Ceremony and Ghost Storm One
Charlie and Harry followed the crowd to get off the Hogwarts Express, and soon the platform was full of first-year students.
"We're here, come down, first-year freshmen come to me, don't be shy!" Charlie just got out of the car and heard Hagrid’s unique loud voice
After hearing Hagrid's voice, Harry came towards Hagrid, and Hagrid took advantage of his height to see Harry and Charlie from the crowd.
"Hi! Harry and Charlie!" Facing Hagrid's greeting, Charlie and Harry smiled and said to Hagrid, "Hi, Hagrid!"
While standing aside, Ron exclaimed when he saw Hagrid's tall figure. Hagrid frowned and said loudly, "Okay, everyone follow me, the ship is here!"
Then everyone followed Hagrid's lights to the lake, and Charlie soon discovered that there were many boats docked on the lake, and each boat was still hung with an oil lamp.
Hagrid pointed to these small boats and said, "Every three to four people take a small boat!" After that, he got on a boat alone.
Everyone looked at each other and quickly boarded the boat. Among them, Charlie, Harry and Ron shared a boat.
When they got on the boat, the boat started to drive by itself slowly and smoothly.
The lights on the boat could only shine in a small area around the boat, and soon disappeared without a trace on the black lake, as if it was swallowed mercilessly by a monster with its big mouth open.
"Head down!" When the first boats approached the cliff, Hagrid in front loudly reminded.
Then everyone bowed their heads and walked through the lush vines on the cliff. When Charlie walked through, they found that it was a kind of magic plant-the devil vine.
Then they went through a dark tunnel as if they came to the base of the castle, and after a while, their boat docked around a simple wharf.
Hagrid got off the boat and said to everyone, "Okay, here we are, come down quickly! Come with me, everyone is waiting for you!"
Then Hagrid led the students to a huge oak door and asked, "Everyone is here!" After Hagrid counted the number of people, he raised his hand and knocked on the door three times.
The seemingly heavy oak door slowly opened, and a witch with a good figure and a sharp shaman appeared in front of everyone.
Hagrid said to her, "Professor McGonagall, the first-year students are here!"
"Thank you, Hagrid! Good job, now hand them to me for the sorting ceremony, you go!" Professor McGonagall nodded and said to Hagrid
Then Hagrid left here quickly, and Professor McGonagall, standing in front of the crowd, said with a serious expression, "Welcome to Hogwarts, my name is Minerva McGonagall, you can call me McGonagall Professor, in a while, you will go through this door and have a meal with your classmates, but before that, you will have to conduct a sorting ceremony to sort out your colleges, including Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and La Wenclaw, and Slytherin College."
"During the school, the college is just like your home. If you behave well, you can add points to your college, and those who violate the rules will be deducted points. At the end of the year, the college with the most points will win the College Cup! "Professor McGonagall said in a rhythmic tone
"Reff!" Suddenly a boy's yell interrupted McGonagall, and then Neville squeezed through the crowd to the front and picked up his toad.
McGonagall, who was interrupted by someone, took a deep look at Neville, as if he wanted this person to remember. Neville saw McGonagall's sharp eyes and his neck shrank and apologized, "I'm sorry, Professor McGonagall!" Then he immediately squeezed into the crowd.
After being interrupted, McGonagall was no longer interested in preaching, so he said, "I'll start in a while, you guys get ready!" Then McGonagall turned and left.
When the serious McGonagall left, the crowd was discussing how to sort the hospital. Ron said to Harry with a weeping face, "Harry, do you know? My brother told me that the sorting ceremony can be dangerous, and even life-threatening!"
Hermione not far away also said, "I didn't find even one description of the sorting ceremony in "History of Hogwarts". It seems that the school is deliberately concealing the sorting ceremony process!"
After listening to it, Charlie smiled in his heart and didn't tell them the truth. After all, this is a Hogwarts tradition.
Standing aside, Malfoy, with blond hair and a handsome face, said to Harry loudly to relieve the tension in his heart, "It seems that what they said is true, the famous Harry Potter is here at Hogwarts!"
After hearing the name in the crowd, they all started talking, and Malfoy smiled and continued, "Harry Potter, my name is Draco Malfoy!"
And Ron on the side chuckled softly after hearing it, but Malfoy was keenly spotted. Malfoy watched Ron say in a haughty and disgusting tone, "Is my name funny? Let me see, red hair in an old robe! You must belong to the Weasley family!"
Malfoy turned Ron’s speechless and continued to say to Harry Potter, “You’ll find that some magic families are superior. I don’t think the famous Harry Potter would be incompatible with this People make friends!"
After talking about Malfoy, he stretched out his palm to Harry confidently. Harry looked at Malfoy and said, "I think I can tell good from bad by myself, thank you!"
Malfoy showed an expression of disbelief when he heard that he had been rejected, but before he could say anything, Professor McGonagall appeared and said, "Are you all ready? Everyone lined up with me!"
Soon everyone appeared in the Hogwarts restaurant. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com was on the dark background of the ceiling of the restaurant, dotted with numerous twinkling stars, which looked very beautiful in the hazy magical smoke. , Charlie even saw the sight of meteors passing by.
Not far away, Hermione said to her companions, "It's beautiful, right! There was magic here, it looks like we are under a beautiful starry sky, I read in "History of Hogwarts" Over."
And students of other grades around are sitting around a long table. On the table are placed golden dinner plates and wine glasses. As you continue upward, you can see thousands of candles floating in the air, making the whole huge The restaurant is brightly lit.
There is another long table horizontally placed on the top of the dining room. This is the position of the professors.
Professor McGonagall said they brought them here and asked them to line up facing the professors, and then McGonagall said, "Now, before the ceremony, please say a few words from Professor Dumbledore!"
Dumbledore stood up and his voice spread throughout the restaurant. "I have a few precautions for the beginning of school to announce to everyone. Please note that the school strictly prohibits any students from entering the forbidden forest. In addition, our administrator, Phil Mr. Qi wants me to remind you that the corridor on the third floor is also forbidden. If you don’t want to die miserably, don’t go! Thank you!"
After Dumbledore finished speaking, he sat down and signaled to Professor McGonagall that he could start. Professor McGonagall used magic to move a four-legged stool in front of the first-year freshmen, and then patched one of them, making it very old. And the very dirty pointed wizard hat.
When Charlie saw this scene, he knew that the sorting ceremony was about to begin, and at the moment the sorting cap was put down, the whole restaurant was quiet, and everyone seemed to be waiting for something...