It was probably the hardest train ride Jon had ever had.

Neither the ugly-looking Auror Alastor Moody nor the Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr. are friendly travel companions.

The two girls didn't dare say a word the entire trip, even though Moody had never looked at them.

Jon didn't have much to say, he just found the trip rather boring...... Mad-Eyed Moody's normal eyes were closed and seemed to be asleep, while the MONOCULUS kept wandering around.

The train kept moving north, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.

The sky was dark, and the windows were covered with moisture, so lanterns were lit in broad daylight.

Jon pulled out a copy of Standard Spells, Level 3 and looked at it.

Astoria took out a needle and thread, as if knitting something...... Natalie was already leaning on her shoulder, asleep.

......

The Hogwarts Express finally slowed down and stopped at pitch-black Hogsmeade Station.

The doors opened, and thunder rumbled in the air.

"I'll have to look at the terrain around Hogwarts!" Mad-Eye Moody glanced out the window and said in a deep voice, "There may be dark wizards ambushing around, and they may attack the school at any time!"

It's really like it...... Looking at Moody's distant back, Jon couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Astoria wakes up Natalie, who is still asleep, and they get out of the car!

The rain fell so hard that it was like buckets of cold water pouring over their heads...... They walked out with their heads bowed and their eyes squinted in the pouring rain......

"First-year, come over here!" Hagrid's loud voice could be heard in the distance, holding the dirty, pink umbrella aloft.

"You should go over there!" Jon pointed in the direction of Hagrid and said to Natalie, "See that teacher, you need to go into the school with him." ”

Natalie nodded a little confused, and she walked over to Hagrid.

"That's right, little girl, just get behind me......" Hagrid could be heard shouting loudly.

"Oh, I can't imagine ferrying across the lake in such weather. Astoria said as she bent down and shuddered.

Little by little, they moved their feet with the flow of people, and walked past the dark platform.

At last, they saw the hundred familiar carriages...... Got into one of the carriages, and soon two more seniors I didn't know crowded in.

The door slammed shut, and a moment later, with a violent jolt, the long wagon set off along the path to Hogwarts Castle, crackling and splashing along the way.

......

A few minutes later, their carriage stopped under the stone steps in front of two oak gates.

"What? You mean, a great tournament after a long absence, will reopen this semester?" Jon said, pretending to be surprised.

"yes, I was going to tell you just on the train...... Astoria blinked, "It's a pity that Professor Moody is there, I don't dare to talk more...... It's true, Jon, my mother told me, and this year's Hogwarts is going to be very interesting, and she'll probably be back!"

As they spoke, they sped across the stone steps, almost drenched in torrential rain.

"Come here, kids!" Professor Flitwick waited for them at the castle gate.

When each student entered the castle, he waved his wand and drenched them clean.

Walking through the foyer, they entered the auditorium.

The auditorium is still as splendid and magnificent, and it has been specially decorated for the banquet of the new school.

Hundreds of candles float above the table, illuminating golden plates and goblets.

"Goodbye, talk in Potions class!" Astoria waved at him, and walked over to the Slytherin table.

......

It's so much warmer in here!

Jon made his way to the Hufflepuff table, and his classmates walked in from outside.

"Good evening, Jon!" a ghost flew to his side and greeted him gently.

It's a short, fat ghost dressed as a monk, the "fat friar" of Hufflepuff's secluded forest!

"Hello, monk!" Jon smiled and bowed to it.

"Once again, I tried to persuade them to allow Peeves to attend the banquet, but failed again!" said the fat friar, a little uncomfortable, and sighed, and then his expression changed, "I wish they were sorting soon, I can't wait!"

"Jon!" a familiar voice came from behind him.

Zacharis-Smith ran over, sat down next to Jon, and asked with concern, "Professor Snape didn't treat you on the summer day, did he?"

Jon then remembered that on the day he met Snape in Diagon Alley during the summer vacation, Zacharis fled in a very unrighteous manner.

"Am I scared of Professor Snape...... Seeing that you had pulled you around the corner, he ran away......" Zacharith sneered.

"Nothing, just threw me a drag bottle!" Jon shook his head helplessly.

More and more students arrived in the hall, and as the students arrived, Professor McGonagall led a long line of first-year students to the front of the auditorium.

The first-year students were soaking wet, and Jon had been searching for a long time to find Natalie, and Professor Flitwick strode over to them, waving his staff at them, drying their clothes and hair.

At the same time, Professor McGonagall placed a three-legged stool on the ground in front of the freshmen, and placed a tattered, dirty, patched wizarding hat on top of the stool.

Then a crack near the brim of the hat opened like a mouth, and the hat suddenly began to sing:

"That was more than a thousand years ago, and I was just woven into ......"

......

As the singing of the Sorting Hat ended, thunderous applause erupted in the auditorium.

Professor McGonagall unfolds a large roll of parchment.

"When I call someone's name, they put their hat on their head and sit on a stool!" she said to the first-year students, "and when the hat announces the house, go and sit at the corresponding table." ”

"Stuart Ackley!"

A boy stepped forward and could be seen shaking from head to toe. He took the Sorting Hat, put it on his head, and sat down on the stool.

"Ravenclaw!" shouted the Sorting Hat.

Ravenclaw erupted in thunderous applause at the long table.

......

"Malcolm Baddock!"

"Slytherin!"

......

"Eleanor Branstone!"

"Hufflepuff!"

......

Many Hufflepuff students stood up to welcome the new student.

One after another, the new students were assigned to various colleges.

Only a small half of them remained, until ......

"Natalie Pavlova!" the Sorting Hat shouted.

Natalie nervously walked over, sat down on the stool, and put on her hat.

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