All the first-year students climbed up a tunnel in the rocks by the light of a big man's lantern, and finally reached a flat, wet meadow in the shadow of the castle. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

They climbed a stone staircase and gathered in front of a large oak door. After checking the number of people, the man raised a huge fist and knocked three times on the castle gate.

Immediately opened. A tall dark-haired witch in an emerald green robe stood in front of the gate. She looked serious, and after glancing at all the students, she nodded at the big man.

First-year freshman, Professor McGonagall. Hagrid said.

"Thank you, Hagrid. I'll pick it up here. ”

She opened the door wide open. Like Gringotts, the stone walls are surrounded by flaming torches. The ceiling is so high that you can barely see the top. The façade is a lavish marble staircase that leads upstairs.

They followed Professor McGonagall down the stone floor. Hundreds of people were buzzing through the door to the right, and the rest of the school must have arrived—but Professor McGonagall led the first-year students to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, huddled together, nervously and carefully gazing at everything around them.

Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "and the opening party is about to begin, but before you get to the dining hall to take your seats, you should first determine which house you are going to." Sorting is an important ritual because during your time at school the house is like your home at Hogwarts. You will attend classes with other students in the college, live in the dormitory of the college, and spend your free time together in the common room of the college.

"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding witches and wizards. During your time at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn extra points for your house, while any misconduct will result in a loss of points for your house. At the end of the year, the college with the highest score receives the House Cup, which is a high honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you will be able to bring glory to the college.

"In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school. I suggest that you get in order and be refreshed while you wait. ”

"I'll pick you up when it's ready. Professor McGonagall said, "While you wait, be quiet. ”

While all the students were nervous about how the sorting would proceed, Holly was thinking about the meaningful look Professor McGonagall had just given him. It seems to be nostalgic, but it also contains some doubts. Holly was still thinking about it, suddenly

"Ahh These pearly white, translucent ghosts glided across the room, turning heads and ears, paying little attention to the first-year students. They seem to be arguing about something. A chubby little friar-looking ghost said, "Forgive, forget, I say, we should give him another chance-"

"Freshmen!" the chubby monk smiled at the nervous first-graders. "I guess you're going to get tested, right?"

Some students nodded silently. "I hope you'll get a Hufflepuff!" said the monk, "I used to attend that house. "Now move forward," said a shrill voice, "and the Sorting Ceremony is about to begin." ”

Professor McGonagall is back. The ghosts fluttered across the opposite wall and disappeared. "Now, in a row," Professor McGonagall said to the first-year students, "follow me." ”

Seeing the queue of peers, Holly consciously stood at the end, as a relatively older child in the orphanage, she was used to standing in the back, seeing a bunch of nervous peers in front of her, Holly felt that she seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the role she should play now, at least here, she should not appear as a big child.

With a sigh, Holly followed the group forward. Walk out of the room, through the foyer, and through a double door at the back into the luxurious dining room. Seeing the magical, wonderful, and palatial hall, Holly couldn't help but lose his mind. Students from the rest of the academy were already seated around four long tables, above which thousands of candles fluttered in the air lit up the cafeteria. Four tables are lined with glittering gold plates and goblets. At the top of the cafeteria is a long table with the teachers' seats. Professor McGonagall brought the first-year students over there and had them line up in front of the entire upper class, with the teachers behind them. The candlelight flickered, and hundreds of faces staring at them were like pale lanterns. The ghosts also mingled among the students, shimmering with a hazy silver light. Many students nervously grabbed their robes and tried to relieve the tension with their hands. At the same time, I looked up and saw a little starlight twinkling on the velvety black ceiling, as if in this way, I could make myself a little more confident enough to resist the pressure of other people's eyes. Hermione, who had seen her before, was showing off her knowledge: "There are spells cast here, and it looks like the sky outside, I read about it in Hogwarts, a school history." ”

It's hard to believe that there is a ceiling on it, and it's hard to believe that the roof of the restaurant isn't open-air.

Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year freshman, and placed a wizard's hat on the stool. The hat was patched, worn out, and dirty.

Holly noticed that everyone sitting below was staring at the hat, and after a glance, he began to consider what the hat was for. There was no sound in the hall, and the hat twisted. The brim of the hat was torn open in a wide slit, like a mouth—and the hat began to sing: You may think that I am not pretty, but do not judge people by their appearance, and if you can find a hat more beautiful than me, I can eat myself. The latter did not copy ****** magic hat and bowed to the four tables one by one, and then stood still.

Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, a roll of parchment in her hand.

"Whoever I call by name now puts on his hat and sits on a stool and waits for the Sorting House. She said, "Hannah Abbott!"

A ruddy-faced little girl with two blonde braids stumbled out of the queue and put on a hat that just covered her eyes. She sat down. There was a pause - "Huffpuff!" the hat shouted.

"Susan Burns," "Hufflepuff!" the hat shouted again. Susan quickly ran over to Hannah and sat down.

"Terry But!" "Ravenclaw!"

This time, the second table on the left clapped and applauded. When Terry joined them, several Ravenclaw students stood up and shook his hand. Mandy Bloch was also assigned to Ravenclaw, and Lavender Brown became the first Gryffindor freshman, and the farthest table on the left erupted in cheers. Millicent Persted then became a new Slytherin student.

"Justin Finchrie!" "Hufflepuff!" Sometimes the hat immediately calls out the name of the house, but other times it takes some time to make a decision. For example, Seamus Finigan, a boy with light brown hair, sat on a stool for almost a full minute before the hat announced that he had been assigned to Gryffindor. Hermione Granger was quickly assigned to Gryffindor, while Neville Longbottom, the boy Holly had met in Diagon Alley, was assigned to Gryffindor after a few minutes, forgetting to take his hat off and running to his desk in the house, eventually returning it in laughter. Draco Malfoy, the silver-haired boy, was assigned to Slyerin before his hat could reach his head, and went to join his friends Crabbe and Goyle.

There weren't many people left, Morne, Knot, Parkinson, then a pair of Pettier twins, then Sally Pox, then Harry Potter, and there was a commotion in the hall, and after a lot of confusion, Harry Potter ended up going to Gryffindor, and the remaining four, Lisa Dupin, became a new Ravenclaw, and Ron Weasley went to Gryffindor, and after Blaise Sabini was sorted into Slytherin, only Holly was left. McGonagall looked at the last name left on the parchment, and was confused, not knowing what to call. At this time, the parchment changed, and it was originally just a simple four-letter name in front of it, and an earl's title was added, although outstanding students were also awarded unpassable titles during their time at school, but most of them were for particularly outstanding students in the senior year, and this kind of newly admitted freshman had a hereditary earl title, which had not been seen in Professor McGonagall's decades of experience. Remembering Snape's earlier name, Professor McGonagall hesitated for a moment and finally shouted, "Countess Holly Parker." ”

The hall fell silent for a moment, and the commotion caused by the appearance of Savior Potter disappeared in an instant, replaced by the consternation of most non-Muggle wizards and the concern of all the teachers in the teacher's seat.

Holly stepped forward and made it to the square stool, without much thought, but just to carry the hat to his head after the others.

"Well, very talented girl, your talent for potions reminds me of your mother and her good friend when she was in school, well, you will also have good attainments in charms, and you are very courageous, otherwise I don't think you would have taken on the inheritance of the Pellivre family so early, it is very difficult, I thought that a Harry Potter would be difficult enough, but I didn't expect you to be the same... Well, that's good... I see your bright future in any of the colleges, you have courage, wisdom, loyalty, and scheming. Like him, you go to Slycherin and Ravenclaw to get you on the path to godhood, do you have your own special preferences, miss?"

"Uh... I thought you knew everything, but it turns out that you are not omnipotent in the Sorting House... By the way, what happened to him as you mentioned?"

"He, his accomplishments are great, and they're horrible... Although he ended up going to Slajerin, I think he was also very Ravenclaw, where would you like to go, dear young lady, Salazar can help you revive your family, and Rowena will make the most of your wisdom and talents. Have you thought about it, then okay..."The sorting hat that had been chatting with Holly for a long time finally announced his decision after chattering for more than ten minutes, and it was also Holly's choice.

"Ravenclaw!"