After a long time, Brandi, who had finally recovered his strength, let out a long breath and freed his arm from the cramp with the help of Harry and Ron.

"Whew...... It hurts me to death. He kneaded his arm bitterly, grinning his teeth. Wizarding is a dangerous profession. Every time I cast a spell, I felt like my body was hollowed out, and the first time I had cramps, I almost thought I was going to die! ”

Hermione snorted angrily, and Brandi seemed to be able to make up for the annoyance that the top student's research was interrupted. "Stupid, what about your own cramps about the wizard, it's funny to say, it's the first time I've seen someone who can release a spell and collapse himself."

"Huh? Won't you? Brandi was trying to eat a large piece of praline chocolate, and his eyes widened in surprise when he heard this, "Doesn't it feel like a high-powered pumping machine draining all the power in its body?" ”

Got the three of them shaking their heads in unison. "If it's a feeling to put seven or eight spells in a row very quickly, then you can't put them out, but it's just an incomplete spell... Even if it's a petrification charm..."Hermione sighed, looking at her with a subtle pity in her eyes?

"You should go to the teacher and ask about this kind of thing when you enter the school. Now it's best to hurry up and change into a robe, I just got to the front of the car and asked the driver, and he said we were about to arrive. Hermione paused and said to Brandy.

It seemed that Brandi was sullen by Hermione's blow, Ron glared at Hermione with a strained face and said, "We're going to change clothes, can you please go out for a while?" ”

"Well—I'm here because those people out there are so naughty and running down the aisles." Hermione glanced disdainfully at Ron's poor little figure. "Oh, by the way, Ron, you have a dirty thing on your nose, did you make it?"

"Don't make it! Hurry up, hurry up, go away! ”

As she went out, Ron glared at her fiercely from behind. "This woman is too wide! Leave her Brandi alone, you'd better eat something more. Your face is scary! ”

The three of them quickly changed their robes, and the speed of the train slowed down, and Brandi looked out the window to see that it was already completely dark. All he could see was mountains and woods under the dark sky.

"The train will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes, please leave your luggage on the train and we'll take you to the school." The sound echoed through the train. Harry was so nervous that his legs were fighting, and Brandi saw Ron's face turn pale under Ron's freckles. They stuffed the rest of the candy into their pockets and rushed forward with the flow of people in the aisle.

The train slowed down and finally stopped. Young passengers pushed and shoved, rushed to the door, and descended to a small, dark platform. The cold of the night made Brandi shiver. Then, in the darkness of the night, a lamp flickered above the students' heads, and the unknown freshmen let out a scream of shame, and in the midst of this shouting, Brandy heard a familiar voice shouting, "First graders! First-year students are here! Harry, come over here, how are you? ”

(Hagrid and Harry know each other, too...... Harry pulled Brandi and Ron and quickly squeezed through the crowd in Hagrid's direction. He's so obvious, like the Eiffel Tower in the middle of a bungalow.

In the midst of a sea of people, Hagrid's bearded face smiled. "Yo! Brandy, you're there too, oh yes Harry, Brandi is also my freshman, come on, come with me, is there any freshman in the first year? Watch out for the soles of your feet, all right! First-year students come with me! ”

They followed Hagrid, stumbling and stumbling, seemingly descending a steep and narrow path. No one spoke along the way. Only the boy who lost the toad occasionally sniffed a sniff or two.

At the end of the path was a black lake, and it was dark and gloomy, not even a hint of moonlight, and on the high hillside on the other side of the lake stood a majestic castle with spires and windows glittering softly under the stars. "Everyone gets on the boat, and there can't be more than four people in each boat." Hagrid's characteristic loud voice startled them. The three of them got into the boat, and Hermione followed. "Are you all on board?" Hagrid shouted, and he was in a boat by himself. "Then let's move forward!"

As soon as the words were finished, with the exclamation of the crowd, the boat suddenly began to row on its own, and immediately rowed across the mirror-like lake.

Finally the boat stopped at a small pier and said, "Hey, look at it!" Is this your toad? The students disembarked, Hagrid said as he counted the empty boats.

As he spoke, he used his two fingers (because his hands were too big) to pick up a black thing that looked like he had fainted.

"Oh! Thank God! Neville shouted in ecstasy with his arms outstretched. Illuminated by the light of Hagrid's lantern, they climbed up a dark tunnel in the rocks, and after seeing lizards, scorpions, and bats, they finally reached a flat, damp meadow in the shadow of the castle.

They climbed a stone staircase and gathered in front of a large oak door. "Are you all there? Look, your toad is still there, right? ”

After everyone confirmed, Hagrid raised a large fist and slammed it three times on the castle gate.

The door opened immediately. A tall dark-haired witch in an emerald green robe stood in front of the gate. She looked to be at least forty or fifty, and her expression was unusually serious, and Brandi maliciously thought that the witch had severe menopausal syndrome.

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

"Thank you, Hagrid. I'll pick it up here. ”

She opened the door wide open. The foyer was big enough to move the entire Brandi family in. Like Gringotts, the stone walls are surrounded by flaming torches. The ceiling is so high that you can barely see the top. The façade is a lavish marble staircase that leads upstairs.

They followed Professor McGonagall down the stone floor. Brandy heard the buzzing of hundreds of people coming from the door on the right, presumably the rest of the school had already arrived—but Professor McGonagall led the first-year students to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, huddled together, nervously and carefully gazing at everything around them.

Brandi felt his stomach rush with nervousness, he didn't know anything about the wizarding world, and he was about to face the first turning point in his own life. Of course, there are not a few people who have such thoughts, and a beautiful girl with black hair next to her seems to be nervous and unable to stand still, holding her hand firmly...... Uh, Brandi's robe.

"Don't be nervous...... My name is Brandi, Brandi Barton! Brandi wanted to smile, but apparently he couldn't laugh at this time, so he had to pat his somewhat cold face, tugging at his cheek and making an expression more like a grimace.

"Flutter~ Your face is white, you can go to the masquerade." As if amused by Brandi's miserable appearance, the girl covered her mouth and smiled, and then said carefully in an inaudible voice, "My name is Parvati, Parvati?" Patil. ”

Just as they were about to talk, Professor McGonagall's stern voice interrupted them.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "the opening party is about to begin, but before you get to the dining hall and 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. ”

Her gaze wandered between Neville's cloak (the cloak strap was tied under his left ear) and the dirty piece of Ron's nose. Brandi watched amusefully as Harry smoothed out his messy hair as he tried his best to remove wrinkles from his robe.

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

After Professor McGonagall left, Brandy heard the relaxed exhalation of many people behind her, and the deterrent power of this professor was so great.

Harry asked Ron suspiciously, "Why did the school divide us into houses?" ”

"God knows, listening to George and Fred is it for us to duel a troll?" Ron's face turned white as he spoke, and the girl listening next to him let out a low exclamation.

(I'm rubbing, troll!) That's something we can handle now.)

Brandi struggled to recall the spell he had learned, but to his despair to find that not to mention his poor bit of magic had not been able to cast a petrification spell until now, and even if the spell was successful, according to the book's description of the troll's magic resistance, it probably did nothing but make the troll more interested in swinging a wooden stick at him......

"Listen to his nonsense, although I haven't read about Hogwarts - A History of the School, there will never be a test that threatens students." Hermione appeared next to the three Brandi in time to comfort her, not counting the spells that came out of her mouth...... "Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, whatever!" As long as it's not a Hufflepuff, people who have heard of nothing good will go there, and don't want Slytherin, which are a bunch of purebred wizards who only focus on blood, as if the mystery people came from there. ”

Brandi stared blankly at the small door leading to the hall, his hands unconsciously clutching his robes...... Hearing Hermione say this, he was suddenly stunned, and immediately became enlightened.

It seems to be too~ For myself, I don't dislike any Hufflepuff Ravenclaw, it really doesn't matter where I go except Slytherin, and Slytherin doesn't seem to accept myself as a Muggle, that is, I'm still quite safe!

Then a strange thing happened that frightened him to the height of his feet—Parvati, who was happily chatting with his female companion, screamed loudly.

"That's—"

He was terrified, as were the people around him. Twenty or so ghosts suddenly burst out of the wall behind them. These pearly white, translucent ghosts glided across the room, turning heads and ears, paying little attention to the first-year students. They seem to be arguing about something. A chubby little friar-like ghost said, "Forgive, forget, I say, we should give him another chance-"

"My good monk, haven't we given Peeves enough chances? But he gave us all nasty nicknames. You know, he can't even reach the least of a ghost - I mean, it's going to be dinner, what are you doing here? ”

A ghost in a bodysuit with a wheeled ruffled collar suddenly discovers a freshman.

No one answered. "New life!" The chubby monk smiled at them. "I guess you're going to get tested, right?"

Some students nodded cautiously. "Hopefully you'll get a Hufflepuff!" The monk said, "I used to attend that college. "Now move forward," said a shrill voice, "and the Sorting Ceremony is about to begin." ”

Professor McGonagall is back. The ghosts fluttered across the opposite wall and disappeared. "Now, in a row," Professor McGonagall said to the first-year students, "follow me." ”