Under the watchful eyes of all the freshmen, Hagrid walked up the stone steps and knocked his fist three times on the castle gate, and then the gate opened!

Before Darren could take a look inside the door, he found a tall lady in an emerald green robe, with black hair, and a serious expression that Darren often saw on the face of the director of the orphanage, and he couldn't help but shiver. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"First-year freshman, Professor McGonagall. Hagrid said.

"Thank you, Hagrid, for leaving it to me to pick you up here. ”

After a brief conversation, Professor McGonagall opened the door completely, and Darren could see inside, the foyer was stunning, the stone walls were surrounded by flaming torches, and the ceiling was so high that you could barely see the top, very typical of the Gothic style, I just don't know if this architectural style was developed by noble wizards alone, or if they created it and inadvertently spread to the Muggle world, or vice versa?

Running down the foyer was a sumptuous marble staircase leading upstairs, and as Darren and the others made their way down the stone floor, they could hear a buzz of conversation coming from the hallway, and it seemed that the freshmen were the last to be seated.

Professor McGonagall led the first-year students to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall, "Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "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. "Look at Professor McGonagall's proficiency, it is estimated that this set of words will be said once a year, in other words, Dumbledore can't let the professors take turns, the other professors are sitting at the table, and Professor McGonagall greets the new students at the door, although Professor McGonagall will sometimes act as the dean later, but she has never been designated as the associate dean or something, which seems a little unfair, but think about the Flitwick version and the Sprout version, or the Snape version, it must be very interesting, or terrifying......

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

With that, Professor McGonagall left the room, "How can they assign us exactly to which house?" Darren heard Harry ask Ron, after all, Ron was the only one of them who came from a wizarding family.

"I think it's always a test, Fred says it hurts us a lot, but I think he's joking. ”

After listening to Ron's answer, Darren just wanted to say to him, are you sure that the five above are your own brothers? Or did you send them with phone bills, you simply didn't miss any opportunity to pit Ron, and he was able to hide from Ron for more than ten years from the boss, and his parents were enough......

However, Darren soon found out that this seemed to be a Hogwarts tradition, because not only Ron, but also the young wizards around him were also very anxious, and obviously had not heard of the Sorting Hat, and many of them were pure-blood families who wanted to enter Slytherin.

However, there is one question that makes Darren curious, that is, how did the Sorting Hat divide these students into four houses equally, is it that the talents of these freshmen are so even, if all the freshmen in a certain year are bear children, won't they all go to Gryffindor? and then the other three houses are disconnected......

Suddenly, Darren's thoughts were interrupted by Hermione's whispering next to her, and she saw that there were words in her mouth, obviously reciting something, "What are you doing?" Darren couldn't help but ask her.

"The spells and spellbooks I read on the reminiscing holidays may be useful in a moment. ”

"......" Darren wanted to tell Hermione that she was born in the wrong place, if she was born in China, she must be a top student, a scumbag and troublemaker like Ron, she is not worthy of lifting her shoes, however, this is England, and it is the wizarding world.

Fortunately, soon the nervousness of the little wizards was relieved, and it turned into a terrifying mood, and more than twenty ghosts suddenly jumped out of the wall behind them, just like the ghosts in the old Disney cartoons, with pearl white and translucent ghosts all over their bodies, easily passing through the substance, sliding across the entire room, making everyone involuntarily hold their breath.

Until a ghost seemed to spot them out of the blue, "Freshman, I guess, I'm going to get tested, right?"

Everyone was speechless at the ghost's question, except for a few students who nodded silently, "I hope you can get a Hufflepuff! ”

Thankfully, someone quickly rescued the young wizards from the ghosts, "Now move forward, the sorting ceremony is about to begin," Professor McGonagall returned.

Everyone followed Professor McGonagall's instructions in a single line and marched in turn, through the foyer, past a double door at the back and into the sumptuous dining room.

The first thing Darren saw was the four long dining tables in the dining room, and there were thousands of candles floating above the tables, emitting light to illuminate the restaurant, although it was magical, but Darren felt that these candles must be very unenvironmentally friendly, and these candles were not very safe to float overhead, if there was a wax oil dripping down, it would be miserable, of course, maybe this is all magic, but in that case, wouldn't it be more magical to get a ball of light?

In addition to the four long tables, there is also a long table at the end of the dining room, which seems to be the same thing in the whole world, presumably all of them are Hogwarts teachers.

At this time, Harry next to him poked Darren and pointed his finger at it, Darren looked up and saw that there was no ceiling above his head, but a black night sky full of stars, "Doesn't this restaurant have a roof?"

"There are spells cast here, and it looks like the sky outside, I read about it in Hogwarts, a school history. ”

Well, Hermione, you've read a lot of books, no way, Darren still has the textbooks......