Chapter 027 Sorting Ceremony

The freshmen were stunned for a moment before they began to line up, and Hermione pulled Catherine into the line, with Harry, Ron, and Neville in front, and Draco, Pansy, and Blaise in the back.

"Are you alright?" As soon as he saw Catherine behind him, Harry looked back and asked with concern.

"It's okay." Catherine smiled, "But I was really scared just now, I've never been so close to a ghost. ”

"You'll get used to it slowly," Draco's tone was rare without the usual arrogance, "Ghosts are a rarity in the wizarding world, but there are more of them at Hogwarts. ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Hermione looked back angrily and snorted.

"This is basic common sense in the wizarding world." Daphne explained, and the other freshmen who had grown up in the wizarding world nodded.

Catherine smiled and patted Hermione on the shoulder, motioning for her to look ahead, and the brown-haired girl looked back to find that the line had passed through the double doors and entered a luxurious dining room.

The part-time auditorium was the size of a church, with four long tables representing the four faculties, extending from the doorway to near the rostrum, on which was the seat of the faculty. Above the tables are thousands of candles floating in mid-air, and above are the velvety night sky with stars twinkling in between.

"There are spells cast here, and it looks like the sky outside," Hermione explained to her surprised classmates in a whisper, "I read about Hogwarts, a piece of school history." ”

Professor McGonagall led the freshmen down the aisle between the four long tables to the front of the professorship, and Catherine saw Snape, still dressed in black, and nodded slightly to her. She also saw Hagrid, who was superior to him, sitting in the rightmost seat.

Professor McGonagall had them line up in front of all the upperclassmen, and then she placed a three-legged stool in front of them and placed a patched, worn and dirty wizard's hat on the stool.

"What are you doing with such a dirty hat?" Catherine heard Draco muttering in a very low voice.

Catherine couldn't help but laugh, and then she saw the hat twist, and the brim of the hat was cracked in a wide slit like a mouth, and then it began to sing.

You may think I'm not pretty,

But don't judge people by their appearance,

If you can find a more beautiful hat than mine,

I can eat myself.

You can make your bowler hat jet black and shiny,

Make your high-capped caps smooth and crisp,

I'm a Hogwarts test hat,

Naturally, they are taller than your hats.

Any thought hidden in your mind,

can't hide from the magic hat's golden eyes,

Put it on and try it,

I will sue you,

Which college should you be assigned to?

You may belong to Gryffindor,

There is bravery buried in the bottom of my heart,

Their boldness, their courage and their boldness,

Make Gryffindor outstanding;

You may belong to Hufflepuff,

The people there are upright and faithful,

Hufflepuff students are stoic and honest,

Not afraid of hard labor;

If you are shrewd,

Perhaps the old Ravenclaw will enter wisdom,

Those who are wise and learned,

There will always be their fellow believers;

Maybe you'll get into Slytherin,

Maybe you make sincere friends here,

But those who are cunning and insidious will not hesitate to use any means,

to achieve their purpose.

Come put me on! Don't be afraid!

Don't panic!

In my hands (even though I don't even have a hand)

You are absolutely safe

Because I'm a thinking hat!

After the Magic Hat finished singing, the audience applauded, and the Magic Hat bowed to the four tables one by one, and then stood still.

"So, we're just going to put on this hat." Ron whispered to Harry, "I'm going to kill Fred, and I hear him say it's like he's going to fight a giant." Everyone who heard it smiled.

"Whoever I call by name now puts on his hat and sits on a stool and waits for the Sorting House." Professor McGonagall walked up to the group holding a roll of parchment and said, "Abbott, Hannah!"

Hannah was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect to be the first to be called, and the person next to her gave her a nudge before she stumbled out of the line and put on the Sorting Hat, which just covered her eyes. She sat down. A moment of pause-

“Hufflepuff!” The hat shouted.

The people at the long table on the far right applauded Hannah, and the ghost of the fat friar who had just spoken sat there and waved at Hannah. But it wasn't just the Hufflepuff House who applauded her, as Catherine clapped her hands when she heard the hat's decision, laughing and whispering to Hannah, "Congratulation!"

Hermione and Neville, who had been on the same boat with her, also applauded with Catherine, and the other freshmen did not notice the connection between them, and when they saw that some freshmen were applauding, they hurriedly clapped their hands so as not to be rude.

Hannah blushed as her classmates congratulated her, and she nodded happily to the other freshmen before running to the long Hufflepuff table.

“Bones,Susan!” As Hannah sat down, Professor McGonagall pronounced the next name.

“Hufflepuff!” Shortly after Susan put it on, the hat shouted again.

Hufflepuff House and all the freshmen applauded. Susan also blushed and nodded vigorously to the other freshmen in gratitude before quickly running over to Hannah and sitting down.

“Boot,Terry!”“ Ravenclaw!”

This time, it was the students at the second table on the left clapping. The new students who had not yet been sorted still applauded, and Hannah and Susan, who had already been sorted into Hufflepuff, clapped their hands, much to the surprise of everyone in the auditorium.

The fourth freshman, Mandy Brockhurst, was also assigned to Ravenclaw, and all the freshmen still applauded and congratulated him, and Susan and Hannah's actions caused more surprise.

The fifth, Lavender Brown, was assigned to Gryffindor, and the farthest table on the left erupted in cheers, with George and Fred even booing in celebration.

And all the freshmen, whether they were assigned to Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, applauded. This is incredible for more and more people.

Millison Birdside, the sixth freshman, hesitated for a moment before assigning her to Slytherin, and the long table in Slytherin House was full of Sven applause, but the freshmen all burst into warm applause, and some even gave Millicent a cheering gesture.

Everyone in the auditorium noticed that something was wrong, and Professor McGonagall even put down the parchment in her hand and looked at the sturdy girl in front of her in shock.

Millicent, on the other hand, handed the hat to Professor McGonagall as if he hadn't noticed any of the anomalies, nodded his head to the freshmen on the stage, and walked straight to Slytherin House.

There was silence in the auditorium, and the freshmen didn't understand what was going on, until the white-bearded headmaster, who was sitting in the center of the podium, coughed.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the principal smiled and said, "This year's freshmen are really united!" ”

As a result, the freshmen all raised their heads and puffed up their chests, while the expressions of the old students became even more strange, and the four prefects who had just met the freshmen looked at each other, and then they all nodded slightly.

“Corner,Michael!” Professor McGonagall picked up the parchment and continued to read the name.

“Ravenclaw!”

Ravenclaw College clapped in applause, and all the freshmen still applauded, but to their surprise, Percy, Cedric, and Ixesy also applauded.

Seeing that Ixissi applauded, Michael was assigned to Ravenclaw House, and the other Slytherins clapped their hands even though they didn't understand what he wanted to do. The students of the other two houses raised their hands at this, but Professor McGonagall had already begun to read the next name.

“Cornfoot,Amy!”“ Gryffindor!”

Gryffindor House erupted in cheers again, the freshmen still applauding and congratulating, as did the other three prefects who had met with the freshmen.

As the prefect of Slytherin House, he actually congratulated a new Gryffindor student, which shocked everyone who knew the history of the confrontation between the two houses, and although the Slytherin students clapped their hands for some reason, they didn't make a sound except for Millicent.

The other two houses saw that Slytherin had made a statement, and naturally they would not be stingy with their applause. Seeing that all the students applauded, the professors on the rostrum felt that they did not clap their hands, and it seemed a little unreasonable, but fortunately, Professor McGonagall read out the next name in time, which resolved their embarrassment.

“Cotton,Bernie!”“ Hufflepuff!”

Everyone in the entire auditorium clapped their hands, except for Snape, his hands were not visible at all, his expression was hard, like an ice sculpture, seeing his own headmaster's watch, the Slytherin students even saved the action of clapping, and there was a posture left completely, and Millicent, who received his cold eyes, did not dare to make a sound again, only Ixissi showed a smile, still as usual.

“Crabbe,Vincent!”“ Slytherin!”

Looking at the "round" boy who was assigned to Slytherin, Snape raised his hand stiffly and patted it very awkwardly, seeing this, the Slytherin students applauded relatively enthusiastically, and the applause of Ravenclaw became a little Sven, and the other two houses really couldn't completely do just one look, so Crabbe got the applause of the whole auditorium.

“Entwhistle,Kevin!”“ Ravenclaw!”

Regardless of which house the next freshmen were assigned to, the people in the auditorium basically applauded and congratulated, and the freshmen who were assigned to Slytherin House were honored to receive all the applause, which made many people feel unbelievable when Slytherin became the most popular house.

Seeing this, Catherine couldn't help but smile brightly, and then began to study how the hat was sorted.