08. Sorting Ceremony
Sherlock had been invited by the officials of the Ministry of Magic, which meant that he would not be able to watch the sorting ceremony for the first-year students tonight as a second-year senior, one of whom was his own sister.
At the corner of the stairs, all the freshmen looked at the unpretentious wizard in front of them in light green robes, and Ron whispered to Harry about the horror of the sorting ceremony, but it was Fred and George who had told him about it.
His words made Hermione scoff, and in her heart she laughed at the loss of the other party was still a pure-blood wizarding family, and Asinsha patiently explained to Harry next to her, "The sorting ceremony is just to determine which house the first-year freshman is suitable for, not as exaggerated as Ron said." β
Harry breathed a sigh of relief, for he was a little scared to hear what Ron had to say.
But then Asinsha continued, "After all, every year the freshmen have never heard of anyone who died in the sorting ceremony, at most missing arms and legs, but the Hogwarts doctor is very powerful, no matter how serious you are injured, you can be saved, so the professors often treat the new students cruelly at the sorting ceremony, as long as they don't kill them, anyway, among the freshmen, only my brother Sherlock passed unscathed." β
Asinsha's words frightened Ron and Harry and Neville, and looking at the smile on the corner of Asinsha's mouth, Hermione next to her shook her head and muttered, "Boy! β
Professor McGonagall gave a brief overview of the history of the four Hogwarts houses, and then Ron spoke to Harry about the bad things about Slytherin House, but it caused a lot of displeasure from Ascinsha and Draco.
Even Hermione, who was next to her, couldn't get used to seeing Ron like this.
"Now, in a row," Professor McGonagall said to the first-year students, "follow me." β
Harry felt like his legs were filled with lead, but strangely enough, he was still standing in the queue, behind Asinsha, and behind him was Ron.
They walked out of the room, through the foyer, and through a double door at the back into the lavish dining room.
Students from the rest of the academy were already seated around four long tables, above which thousands of candles fluttered in the air lit up the cafeteria.
Four tables are lined with glittering gold plates and goblets.
At the top of the cafeteria is a long table with the teachers' seats.
Professor McGonagall brought the first-year students over there and had them line up in front of the entire upper class.
The candlelight flickered, and hundreds of faces staring at them were like pale lanterns.
The ghosts also mingled among the students, shimmering with a hazy silver light.
The Axin yarn that walked in was at the forefront, and soon attracted everyone's attention, calmly, calmly and elegantly, in a group of trembling freshmen, it was too conspicuous.
And the face of a dazzling long blond hair and a beautiful embryo also stands out in the crowd.
Harry looked timidly at his surroundings and felt that he was standing behind a girl in Asinsha, especially the former was so calm, it was really a bit embarrassing, but he just couldn't restrain the tension in his heart.
And he heard students whispering at the long tables around him, "It's said that there is Harry Potter this year?" β
"Harry Potter? Don't care about Harry Potter, Mr. Sherlock's sister is here too, and another ...... with a noble surname Mephisto"
"The girl at the front? It's like a noble child! In fact, the other party itself is also very noble! β
Hearing that Harry's head was lower at the end, he didn't want others to know that he was the famous Harry Potter, and it was a sin to feel that he was too famous for the first time.
The freshmen all walked to the front and lined up.
There was a stool on the raised platform opposite them, and a patched gray hat was placed on it.
There was silence in the restaurant.
Then, the hat twisted. The brim of the hat was torn open with a wide slit like a mouthβand the hat 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 golden eyes of the magic hat,
Put it on and try it,
I'll tell you which house you should be assigned to.
You may belong to Gryffindor, where there is bravery buried in the bottom of your heart,
Their courage, courage and boldness make Gryffindor stand out;
You may belong to Hufflepuff, where the people are honest and loyal,
Hufflepuff students are stoic and honest, unafraid of hard labor;
If you are shrewd, you may get into the wisdom of old Ravenclaw,
Those who are wise and learned will always meet their fellow believers there;
Maybe you'll go to Stetelin, maybe you'll make sincere friends here,
But those who are cunning and insidious will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
Come put me on! Don't be afraid! Don't panic!
In my hands (though I don't even have a hand) you are absolutely safe,
There are a lot of people coming this year.
There is no shortage of fame in Mr. Potter,
and the extraordinary surname Miss Mephisto,
Yes...... Another Mephisto tribesman,
Last year's teenager made me remember it very much,
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.
"It looks like we're just going to have to put on this hat." Harry glanced at Asin Sha and muttered to himself. "I'm going to kill Fred, and I hear him say it's like he's going to fight a giant." Ron waved his hands indignantly.
Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, a roll of parchment in her hand.
"Whoever I call by name now puts on his hat, sits on a stool, and waits for the branch." She said.
"Hannah Abbott!"
A ruddy-faced little girl with two blonde braids stumbled out of the queue and put on a hat that just covered her eyes. She sat down. There was a pause for a moment - "Hufflepuff!" The hat shouted.
"Susan Pence!"
"Hufflepuff!" The hat shouted again. Susan quickly ran over to Hannah and sat down.
"Terry Bout!" Ravenclaw!"
"Hermione Granger!"
Hermione almost ran to the stool and hurriedly buttoned her hat to her head.
"Gryffindor!" The hat shouted. Ron let out a meaningless grunt.
At this moment, the hat called Malfoy's name, and Malfoy walked over in a big way, and immediately got his wish, almost as soon as the hat touched his head, he screamed, "Slytherin!"
Morn.. Noether: Parkinson 's.. This was followed by a pair of Petyer twin sisters. And then there's Sally Ann Pox... Finally, it was finally the turn of "Harry Potter!"
As Harry walked forward, there was a sudden buzz in the dining room like the sizzling of small flames.
Harry wore the hat for longer than the average person, and then the hat shouted, "Gryffindor".
There were loud cheers and cheers from the long table on the Gryffindor side, and the other three houses were silent. Professor McGonagall then pronounced out the name of a man: "Asinsha Mephisto"
There was a moment of silence in the Great Hall, and then some of the students at the Slytherin table began to whisper, and Malfoy turned his head in a high-profile voice and exclaimed, "Look, that pure-blood scum of Potter is nothing, as long as the Mephisto people can come to Slytherin, we must be the best in the house, even if we already have Mr. Sherlock." β
Malfoy looked around but didn't see Sherlock, he felt a little strange, but he was firmly pressed by Dandney from the back of his seat, and Lupo and Femia, as well as Kirk and a large group of Slytherin students, held their breath, although the whole school decided that Asin would come to Slytherin because her wonderful brother was in Slytherin.
The hat snapped into Asinsha's blonde hair, and a small voice came out.
"Aha...... Look, it's a good Mephisto again, it's very difficult, last year your brother made me ponder for a while, and finally I respected his choice and let him go to Slytherin, in fact, with your identity the most suitable for you is Slytherin, but I also see the courage and persistence in your heart, you want to prove to that excellent man, as his sister is also an excellent wizard, so you don't want to continue under the wing of your brother, even if you will be carefree in Slytherin. β
The Sorting Hat groaned slightly, and finally said in a loud voice, "Gryffindor!" β