Chapter 34: Another Sorting

The scenery outside the window began to darken, and the train slowed down until it finally stopped at the platform. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"First-year students come over here, watch your step. "A huge body is keeping the crowd in order, and he will lead the freshmen onto the boat. In order to emulate the arrival of the four great wizards of the original school, all the new students had to cross the lake in groups of four to reach Hogwarts Castle. As for the students of the other grades, they returned to the castle in a carriage.

"Goodbye. Luna waved goodbye to Malfoy.

"It's better never to see you again. Malfoy muttered and politely waved her goodbye, though it was impossible.

As the crowd flowed, Malfoy found a carriage and stepped on it.

When the carriage was full of students, it began to move slowly, and then gradually accelerated, even though it was probably magic, and some of the students were still amazed and began to discuss how it worked and what kind of magic it used.

"If the little girl just saw it, she probably wouldn't have thought so. Malfoy thought of the girl she had just broken up with, and she could definitely see Thestrals pulling the cart. "Actually, she's quite pathetic. Thinking of this, Malfoy felt that it was nothing that he had been "devastated" by the whole journey.

The students walked through the gate and into the hall, almost all but the first-year students arrived.

Countless candles stopped in mid-air, illuminating the four long tables full of people, illuminating the golden plates and goblets that glittered.

The ceiling is full of stars, and this ceiling is enchanted to always reflect the sky outside.

Malfoy fiddled with the food in his bowl and looked around boredly, and he saw Hermione also looking around, with an anxious look on his face, obviously worried about Harry and Ron, who were too long late.

"The French people are so hospitable, they can't bear to leave. Malfoy thought of Pansy trapped in France again, also late, but someone who could make a big splash.

The door on the side of the auditorium slowly opened, and the new students slowly walked in in a long line, most of them were very nervous, such as Ginny, who had a relationship before, her face was pale, and she kept looking around, as if she wanted to find something to rely on.

"Your god and brother should be being lectured by Snape right now. Malfoy said.

As for Luna, she seemed to be at the other extreme, as if she was at home, although she was also looking around, but Malfoy could see that there was a curious light in her eyes, and he guessed that she was looking for those imagined creatures again. Their eyes met, and Luna even took the initiative to wave at him.

Professor McGonagall called the new students forward one by one, and it had to be said that after a year, the Sorting Hat had become more torn, and several huge puddings had been added, and it was almost impossible to see what it had been.

Colin Creevey. Professor McGonagall shouted.

A thin boy walked tremblingly to the front of the stage, slowly put on the Sorting Hat, and it didn't take much effort for the Sorting Hat to shout, "Gryffindor!", the boy blushed with excitement, and unlike the nervousness when he went on stage, he happily jumped to Gryffindor's territory, but his excited expression quickly dimmed again, because he did not see his "idol" present.

"Ginny Weasley. ”

Step by step, the little girl moved towards the worn-out hat, and she pursed her lips tightly like a prisoner awaiting trial, and her little hands trembled as she picked up the hat and put it on, lest the hat shout the words "Slytherin". But it is clear that this is an unwarranted concern.

"I haven't seen the Weasleys go anywhere else, Gryffindor!" Ginny let out a sigh of relief as the Sorting Hat called out as she put on her hat, and walked merrily to the Gryffindor table, where her two twin brothers extended their hands to her.

"I'll just say your worries are unfounded, Ginny. The two brothers said in unison.

A few more students then took the stage, and the Sorting Hats were quickly assigned their houses, but he soon received an uninvited guest.

"Luna Lovegood. ”

Unlike the nervous students before her, the girl had a faint smile on her lips, like an arc crescent, and she didn't seem to care about the ritual that was about to determine her life for the next seven years, and she even took a good look before putting on her hat, which led to a burst of reminders from the courtyard hat.

A few strands of pale blonde hair protruded from the torn brim of her hat, making her look even more eccentric.

"Well, let me think about it. The Sorting Hat cocked its corner, and it thought, the girl in front of it that made it a little overwhelmed, because it didn't know what she was thinking, or that it couldn't keep up with her thoughts. "Quirky girl. The Sorting Hat was silent for a few moments before coming to this conclusion. "Maybe Ravenclaw will suit you. It hesitated to judge that it was the first time in so many years.

"Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest treasure of mankind. Taking her hat off, Luna repeated the phrase in an aria tone before moving over to her Ravenclaw position, where some of the students stood up to welcome her.

After that, the separation of several students was resolved, and the sorting ceremony officially ended.

"Shut up and listen!" Malfoy tweaked the spell so that it affected him and himself. Some meaningless buzz is better than the various magic school songs sung by the Weasley twins. While the others hummed in all sorts of strange tones, he lowered his head and thought about how he would spend the year.

"There are two possible scenarios now, first: the diary is taken by someone outside the school, and then its whereabouts are unknown, so that there will always be a Horcrux that cannot be destroyed" Malfoy shook his head. "Of course, this is very unlikely, the most likely is that it was taken by some student, after all, it is a bookstore. Malfoy thought of the incredibly powerful ring again, always spontaneously exuding temptation to those around him.

"Maybe the material is different?" Malfoy thought he hadn't felt anything special when he got the diary, and no voice was calling in his ear.

"Do I already have a spiritual immunity?" Malfoy smiled self-deprecatingly.

"That's the second possibility, where the student is taken and brought to school, and the ultimate owner may be any student, even if the student who was not present at the time could have obtained it by other means. Malfoy couldn't help but have a headache when he thought of this.

The basilisk is easy to solve, and any professor-level character should be able to take it, for example, Professor McGonagall only needs to activate some of the castle's soldiers a little, and the crowd tactics pile up to kill it, this trick can draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, but it will also startle the snake and increase the difficulty of finding the Horcrux. Besides, Malfoy couldn't just tell them stupidly: "Professor, there's a secret room under the girls' bathroom, and there's a basilisk in it. ”。 I can't explain this in the first place.

"You can only take one step at a time. Malfoy thought helplessly. "But there can always be more ways to prevent it," he said, remembering his plan.

Suddenly, he felt the table in front of him shaking violently, and he looked up and saw a face that he knew all too well, looking at him with a puff of anger, as if he had called him many times

"Welcome back to school. He laughed as he untied the spell and felt his head hurt again.