Chapter 8: The Sorting Ceremony
"Hannah Abbot!" Professor McGonagall called out the first name.
Sure enough, this is the iron-clad Hannah Abbot in various fanfiction in his previous life, Ryan complained in his heart. However, it is true that in alphabetical order of last name, it should be her first branch.
I saw a little girl with red cheeks and two blonde braids, stumbling out of the queue and putting on her sorting hat.
Ryan thinks that at the end of the story, Hannah Abbott becomes the owner of the Leaky Cauldron and marries Neville Longbottom, and then looks at this little girl who is a little reckless. The excitement of participating in history arises spontaneously from the bottom of my heart.
Hannah sat down on the stool, and after a few moments, she heard the Sorting Hat shout in a long tone, "Hufflepuff ——!"
The people at the table on the right applauded Hannah and welcomed her to their table, and the ghost of the fat friar at the long table waved happily to her.
"Susan Pence. ”
"Hufflepuff ——!," Susan raced over to Hannah and sat down.
As the sorting continued, Ryan noticed that the hat changed its tone with each name pronounced. It seems that the usual life of a hat should be very monotonous, what a poor hat.
Before Ryan could read his name, he began to guess which house he would be placed in.
Because of the bloodline, Slytherin certainly couldn't be. As for Ravenclaw, Ryan, who is a scumbag, said that it is estimated that people will not look down on him. So the possible houses are Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.
The atmosphere in both houses was quite good, but after seeing Hermione being sorted into Gryffindor, Ryan's heart began to lean towards Gryffindor. After all, it's better to have an acquaintance who is a super top student than not to know anyone.
Finally, when Neville Longbottom returned the hat to Professor McGonagall, Ryan's name was read out by Professor McGonagall.
So he buttoned up the hat that had probably not been washed at all since the school was founded in 993 AD.
Communicating with the hat is a very novel thing, even if Ryan has been through two lifetimes, he has never encountered such a thing before.
After the hat was put on his head, Ryan heard a small voice say, "Although I think your idea is a little rude, but thank you for your concern, but the life of the old hat is not as boring as you think." I can feel your kindness and courage, so I've decided. ”
Before Ryan could react, the subtle voice turned into a loud shout: "Gryffindor." ”
Ryan took off his hat and placed his hands respectfully on the stool, though the hat was dirty, torn, and patched. But he is more representative of Hogwarts than this magnificent castle, because the wisdom infused by the Big Four makes it a representative of the spirit of Hogwarts.
After bowing to the professors, Ryan walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down beside Neville.
A moment later, Harry Potter was assigned to Gryffindor as in the original text, and the entire table stood up and applauded.
When Professor McGonagall returned from placing the Sorting Hat, Dumbledore stood up from the large golden chair in the center of the faculty seat. He looked at the students with a smile on his face and stretched out his arms to them, as if nothing made him happier than seeing the students come together. "Welcome!" He said, "Welcome to Hogwarts to start the new school year!" I would like to say a few words before the banquet begins. That's it: stupid, crying nose, dregs, screwing!" Thank you!"
He sat back down. Everyone applauded and cheered. Ryan looked at Hermione across from him and asked, "What does the Headmaster mean by that?" Hermione replied a little confused, "I haven't seen it in the book, this may be some special welcome word in the wizarding world." ”
Neville interrupted them from beside him, "Don't think about that yet. Let's eat. Don't you feel hungry?"
Ryan saw that the empty cutlery was full of all kinds of food, and he took some boiled potatoes, pea sprouts, and ketchup with chicken as he usually used for dinner. Even after living in the UK for ten years, Ryan is still not used to eating a lot of meat at night, but fortunately, at home, his adoptive father is also Chinese, and the family's diet has some Chinese style.
By the time everyone had eaten about the same, the rest of the food disappeared from the plate. The plates and forks are as smooth as ever. After a while, the pudding came up with ice cream in all flavors.
With the help of sweets, everyone had a good conversation, and Ryan and Hermione kept asking Prefect Percy some academic questions, and the excitement was maintained until the dessert was gone.
With the last dessert gone, so did the various cutlery, and the table became as clean as if it had just been laid out.
The cafeteria fell silent, and Professor Dumbledore stood up again, "Guys, I think you're all well fed. So, I would like to make a few caveats to you.
First of all, please note that all the woods on campus are closed to students, and some of our senior students should also remember this.
Dumbledore's glittering gaze swept toward the Weasley twins.
Secondly, Mr. Filch, the administrator, also asked me to remind everyone not to do magic in the hallway between classes.
"The Quidditch player review will take place in the second week of the term. If you are interested in joining the college team, please contact Mrs. Huo Qi.
Finally, I must tell you that anyone who does not want to suffer an accident, a painful and tragic death, please do not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor. ”
Hearing this, a few freshmen laughed, but most of them remained quiet. Because most of the students knew that Dumbledore, as Headmaster, never lied when it came to safety.
Ryan knew that this was the level of the Philosopher's Stone at the end of the semester. But this thing has nothing to do with him, after all, these things are for Harry and Voldemort, and he is an outsider who tries not to get involved.
Although the Philosopher's Stone is very precious, it will definitely be exchanged for a lot of good things when you take it to the Wanjie Grocery Store and meet the customers who need it. But thinking that thing was being stared at by Dumbledore, Ryan gave up a bold idea, after all, he didn't want to be an enemy of the most powerful white wizard.
Dumbledore paused, let everyone digest the news just now, and then said loudly, "Okay, everyone, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together!" Almost all of the teachers were stiff-faced.
Dumbledore flicked his wand, and a long ribbon of gold flew out of it, twisting like a snake over the high dining table.
"Everyone chooses their favorite tune. Dumbledore said, "Ready, sing!"
Ryan felt a little embarrassed, but still followed the tone of the movie tidbits he had seen. Finished singing the whole song.
When Dumbledore announced that bedtime had arrived, the Hogwarts opening ceremony was officially over.