Chapter 025: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

"You should know all about the four colleges, right?" Seeing Catherine nod, Cedric hurriedly asked, "Then do you want to go somewhere?" ”

"Slytherin."

"You actually want to go to this academy that advocates pure-bloods, is rich in dark wizards, and is currently isolated by almost the entire wizarding world." Penelope shouted in surprise.

"I love a challenge!" Catherine smiled.

"Slytherin is definitely the most challenging house." Ixissi smiled and held out his hand to her, "I hope you won't regret your choice." ”

"Rather than wasting time regretting," Catherine smiled as she took his hand, "spend your time on the path you have chosen." ”

The four prefects were stunned for a moment, and then Ixasi looked happy, while the other three made no secret of their jealousy.

"Wasted expressions." Cedric sighed.

"It's all ready to get to this kind of journey, it's strange that you won't be assigned there!" Penelope also complained.

Only Percy did not complain, but asked the other two freshmen with concern: "Which house do you want to go to?" ”

"My grandmother wants me to go to Gryffindor like my parents." Neville replied honestly.

"I want to go to Gryffindor too!" Hermione burst out with a string of words, "They say it's the best, I've heard that Headmaster Dumbledore himself graduated from there!" ”

"It's so fast!" Ixace patted Percy on the shoulder.

"Prefect Weasley, how can you do this!" Penelope grumbled again.

"We don't even have a single one!" Cedric sighed again.

"It's their choice!" Percy pushed his glasses with a straight face, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned to show that he was in a very happy mood right now.

Penelope and Cedric tried to protest, but the speed of the train began to slow down.

"Let's go! It's time to maintain order. Ixissi pushed the two of them towards the door, "See you later, Catherine!" ”

"Come on! You two, especially you. Percy patted Neville on the shoulder, "If you're going to Gryffindor, you'll have to give it all your courage." ”

"Ahh Be! Neville answered, excitedly watching Percy walk out of the cubicle.

"How the hell is it divided?" After the four prefects had left, Hermione asked suddenly.

"This question is no less secret to the new students than Hogwarts!" Catherine made an analogy.

"Can I really get into Gryffindor?" Neville asked nervously, "If I can't get in, Grandma will definitely send a shouting letter!" ”

Looking at Neville, who was nervous, Catherine asked with a smile.

"Neville, what would you do if the mystery man was going to kill your grandmother?"

"I'll rush out and stand in front of grandma!" Neville clenched his fists and shouted categorically.

"That's right! That's what you are! Hermione exclaimed in surprise, "Neville, you're brave now!" ”

Neville was stunned for a moment before he realized.

"Thank you, Catherine!" He said with a red face.

"No!" Catherine smiled and looked out the window, "It's time to get out of the car." ”

As soon as the words ended, the train really stopped, and the students who crowded the hallway pushed and shoved and rushed to the door.

The three children were not in a hurry, but followed the back of the line, slowly walked to the door, stepped off the train, and came to a small dark platform.

Catherine shuddered in the night's cold, and she shook her wand and whispered a warmth charm to herself and the other two, Hermione and Neville looked at her in surprise, only to see that the girl was looking up into the distance, and the two followed to see a lamp dangling above the student's head.

"That's Hagrid, the key keeper of Hogwarts." Catherine recognized the big man with the lamp, "When I went to Gringotts, I happened to meet him coming out with Harry. ”

"Oh!" The two first-year students answered, and then noticed that Hagrid was already surrounded by a number of freshmen.

"First-year students! First-year students are here! In the crowd of thousands of people, Hagrid, who was at least half a body taller, was particularly conspicuous, especially when standing next to him, "Come on, come with me, are there any new first-year students?" Watch out for the soles of your feet, all right! First-year students come with me! ”

Hagrid led them down a steep, narrow, bumpy, pitch-black path.

"Turn this corner, and you'll soon see Hogwarts for the first time." Hagrid shouted back, followed by a loud exclamation, "Oh??! ”

Catherine was silent, but she was stunned by what she saw.

A vast black lake with little to see on either side, and on the opposite side of it was a cliff as steep as a sword, on which stood a towering castle with spires and windows twinkling under the stars.

At the first sight of Hogwarts, most people's eyes would be fixed on the castle, but Catherine was estimating how many tunnels and secret rooms could be hidden in the cliffs below this castle, but when she thought of the existence of magic, she could only show a helpless smile and give up this meaningless behavior.

"No more than four people per boat!" Hagrid pointed to a group of boats moored to the shore and exclaimed that Catherine and the three of them were on the same boat as Hannah Abbott.

Once everyone was seated, the flotilla rowed across the mirror-like lake to the sound of Hagrid's shouts.

Everyone was silent, staring at the huge castle towering into the sky, and Catherine finally understood why Cedric said that the freshmen were fascinated by Hogwarts, and that they could have such a spectacular view in the dark night, so what kind of beauty would it look like during the day?

Looking at the castle that seemed to rise above them because of their proximity to the cliff, Catherine decided that she must get up early tomorrow.

"Keep your head down!" Hagrid shouted, and Catherine lowered her head as she squinted in the direction of the fleet, and soon discovered a tunnel entrance hidden behind the ivy curtain that covered the cliff.

It was dark in the tunnel, and the dim light on the bow of the ship couldn't get far, but Catherine could feel that something was watching them, and if it hadn't been for the lack of malice in that gaze, she would have thrown her weapon out.

However, it was definitely not Catherine's style to let herself be watched like a monkey, but she made a rash move, and for fear of scaring the other freshmen, she touched her hair and suddenly poked her right hand into the water.

Those who saw it thought she was just playing in the water, but Catherine could hear a slight sound of water on the left side of the tunnel after her small movements, and in a few moments, something touched her right hand, which was still in the water.

Catherine quickly bent down and grabbed something that touched her, it was a hand, a hand as cold as hers, the skin of the arm was so slippery that Catherine narrowly escaped as it struggled.

"What's wrong?" The rocking of the ship made Hermione notice Catherine's anomaly, and she leaned over and asked softly.

Catherine put her left index finger to her mouth, made a silent gesture, and then pointed to the light on the bow of the boat. Hermione glanced at the other party suspiciously, and lifted the bow lamp, her movements attracted the attention of the new students around her, after all, the dark tunnel was really not to be seen.

Catherine, who had taken the lamp, quickly moved it over her right hand, and at the same time her right hand lifted it up, and she dragged a small, webbed, gray-white hand out of the water, followed by long, unkempt dark green hair.

"Ahh The new students who saw it immediately exclaimed, and the others hurriedly looked over when they heard the voice.

"Let it go!" Hagrid, who looked back at the situation, immediately shouted, and Catherine did so.

The creature that was about to show its head immediately fell back into the water, and the surface of the water was stirred up for a while, and then a silver fishtail came out and slammed into the water with a "snap", and the splash was all on Catherine.

"Merfolk!" Catherine raised her hand, calmly blocked the splash with the large sleeves of her school robe, and called out the other party's race.

Hearing Catherine's shout, the freshmen leaned down on the edge of the boat and looked into the water curiously, trying to see the mermaid's appearance, but unfortunately the water surface was reflective, so the red-haired girl could see each other's general appearance with her trained eyesight.

Seeing that Catherine had blocked the splash, the mermaid withdrew its tail from the water and slapped the surface of the water several times in a row.

This time it was not a splash, but a large curtain of water, if it was really drenched, the clothes on the body were absolutely soaked, seeing this, the three freshmen who were on the same boat with Catherine hurriedly got up to dodge, but a small boat was a little space, that could avoid such a large water curtain.

"Don't worry!" Unhurriedly, Catherine took out her wand and pronounced a spell: "Armor for protection!" ”

The curtain of water smashed against a transparent barrier in front of Catherine and slid back into the water.

"Huh!" A delicate sound of surprise came from the water, apparently the mermaid did not expect Catherine to block the water curtain with magic, so she was also about to use magic, and sensing the magic that was gathering, Hagrid hurriedly stood up and shouted.

"Stop!" The loud sound reverberated back and forth in the limited space of the tunnel, shaking the ears of the freshmen and interrupting the mermaid's magic, and Catherine directly covered her ears, and the armor spell that had been cast disappeared naturally without her control.

"Sit down!" Hagrid shouted again.

Catherine honestly put away her wand, and the freshmen quickly sat back down, and the water was calm, and Hagrid sat down again.

"You actually caught a mermaid!" Seeing Hagrid sit down, Neville leaned over and exclaimed in a low voice.

"I just grabbed her hand." Catherine whispered in response.

"You seem to have offended her!" Hermione leaned over and whispered.

"She can't go ashore again, and I won't go into the water in the future!" Catherine replied nonchalantly.

"But you're still on board." Hannah said worriedly.

Hannah's words seemed to alert the merfolk in the water, and the boat suddenly shook, and there was a strange crashing sound at the bottom of the boat, which caused the other three first-year students to immediately clung to the edge of the boat, and Hermione was even ready to call Hagrid for help.

"Don't worry!" Catherine stopped Hermione's movements and said calmly, "Hagrid's big move just now didn't make his boat capsize, she wanted us to fall overboard, unless we used magic." ”

It seemed that after hearing Catherine's words, the mermaids in the water stopped making noise, and the surface of the water returned to calm.