Chapter Seventy-One: The Beginning
By the time the train arrived at Hogwarts, it was already night, and Hermione and Learin were already second-year students, and they had made their way to the hall in a carriage, while Luna stayed with the other first-year students, preparing to complete the procedures that Lilin had gone through.
Li Lin and Hermione ride in a carriage, and Hermione is curious about the movement of the carriage. And Li Lin sat in the carriage and looked coldly at the Thestrals pulling the vehicle, the Thestrals is a breed of Pegasus, which is classified as "dangerous" by the Ministry of Magic. The school is one of Hogwarts' immovable possessions.
This animal has a dragon-like head, a horse-like body, and a pair of bat-like wings. The sense of direction is surprisingly good, just tell them the destination and it will get you where you want to go no matter where you are, and it can even fly in the air at breakneck speeds.
The Thestrals raised by Hogwarts were primarily to pull carriages for the school, and perhaps occasionally as headmasters?
In Li Lin's opinion, it is really a bit of a waste.
"Lin, why do you think the carriage moved on its own?"
After Hermione opened some books, she didn't find an answer, so she came to ask Li Lin.
"Actually, it's an invisible creature pulling the wagon. It is Thestrals, and it is said that only those who witnessed death can see Thestrals. ”
Hermione nodded, jotting down the word. Then, she was a little puzzled, and her delicate brows were furrowed.
"Can you see them?"
Li Lin shrugged.
"Not really."
Li Lin and Hermione arrived in the school's auditorium. Countless candles were stopping in mid-air, shining on the four long tables full of people, shining with those golden plates and goblets.
The ceiling is full of stars, and this ceiling is enchanted to always reflect the sky outside. At this time, there were already many college students sitting in the auditorium, all wearing black peaked Hogwarts hats, and at a glance, it seemed like a dense forest.
"That's good."
Hermione said as she pulled Li Lin to sit down at the Ravenclaw table.
Hogwarts routines every year, the evenings of the new semester, are all about welcoming new students. So until the arrival of these first-year students, the tables are naturally empty.
The students of Ravenclaw are a little excited after the long summer vacation, of course, this phenomenon is not only seen in Ravenclaw, students from other colleges gather together to chat, and those who are close will not hesitate to give their friends a hug. Of course, not all, Slytherin was more aloof. In this regard, Li Lin maliciously guessed that these guys who are proud of their pure blood may have gained more than three pounds by participating in banquets with each other every day during the summer vacation.
Li Lin was now in Slytherin, and he was relatively familiar with Goyle and Crabbe, and was satisfied to find that they were indeed fat.
However, a loud sound of metal striking trees interrupted his malicious association.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
The auditorium suddenly became noisy, and some of the young wizards stood up and looked left and right. Even more excessive should have been the Weasley brothers, who jumped straight onto the long table.
On the faculty seat, several professors also stood up and watched in confusion. Headmaster Dumbledore was also there, his long silvery beard and half-moon-shaped glasses glistening in the candlelight. Gilderoy Lockhart, dressed in a water-green robe, seemed to have just arrived, and he didn't even sit down in his seat, but looked around suspiciously, probably because someone was joking with him.
"Quiet."
Snape said, but he stepped forward at the critical moment, and after reprimanding the students, Snape walked out of the auditorium.
Then, with her glasses and hair tightly tied up in a bun, Professor McGonagall walked out of the room next to the Great Hall, and glanced around with her gaze, instantly suppressing the arrogance of the entire Great Hall by more than three minutes, and only when the Great Hall became quiet did she go out of the Great Hall to check on the situation.
After a while, two familiar figures appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, who returned to the Gryffindor table in the midst of all the attention, both boys blushing in the process.
By this time, the first-year students were ready, and Professor McGonagall placed the famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat on the stool in front of the freshmen.
Each year, the patched, dirty, torn hat separates new students into four Hogwarts houses.
Li Lin was not interested in listening to the Sorting Hat sing, its level of arrangement was not very high, and it did not have a good voice. Li Lin just focused on Luna.
She was a little nervous, but when she saw Li Lin sitting near the Ravenclaw table, she was in a much better mood, and she even smiled and waved her hand to Li Lin.
By the time Luna put on the Sorting Hat, the Sorting Hat almost couldn't wait to call out Ravenclaw, which was a bit strange, but the tip of the Sorting Hat lowered its tip to Li Lin, who even saw the Sorting Hat grin at him.
Luna happily ran to the Ravenclaw table, where the Ravenclaw students applauded.
"Welcome."
Li Lin moved the seat on his right so that Luna could sit down. To his left was Hermione.
At this time, the long tables of the four academies were already full of food. Mountains of bread slices and plates of eggs, pumpkin pie, roast chicken. There are also some fish that Li Lin can't distinguish between species.
Li Lin has no love for these so-called staple foods, but he barely took two pieces of pumpkin pie to eat, for him, dessert after a meal is the staple food.
Dumbledore is still going on a tirade, focusing on the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher this year, this scene should appear in the new semester of each school year, after all, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher changes every year.
The welcome ceremony passed quickly, and according to the custom, the first-year freshmen would follow the prefect to visit Ravenclaw, and as an excellent brother, Li Lin naturally followed Luna, along with Hermione.
After visiting Ravenclaw's castle, when he returned to the lounge, Li Lin's footsteps paused a little, but he still gave up, in such a joyous atmosphere, when so many students gathered in the Ravenclaw common room to find out the whereabouts of the fragments of the Philosopher's Stone, he was probably dazed.
Speaking of which, everyone has some doubts and speculations about Harry Potter and Ron Weasley's missed the banquet. After all, Harry Potter's reputation is far and wide, and his popularity in the wizarding world is no less than that of Gilderoy Lockhart.
However, the atmosphere is at its best at breakfast the next day.
When Li Lin drank milk. Hearing the commotion above his head, he involuntarily protected the rim of the milk cup with his hand, and then thought of using magic.
Hundreds of owls poured in through the windows and circled the auditorium, dropping letters and packages into the conversational crowd.
One of the more striking things is the Gryffindor dining table, which is full of large objects. A bulging package fell onto Neville's head, and then another big gray creature was thrown onto the table, knocking over all the food on the table.
For a while, there was a bit of a mess on the table.
But in the end all the chaos was suppressed, and a loud bang rang out on the Gryffindor table, filling the auditorium and even shaking the dust off the ceiling.
“.. I wouldn't be surprised if they fired you if they stole the car, and I will see how I clean you up then. You probably didn't even think about how your dad and I felt when we found out that the car was gone."
It was a woman's shout, so loud that it shook the plates and spoons on the table, and the echo of the stone walls was deafening. The entire auditorium turned to see who had received the shouting letter, and there was silence on the Gryffindor table.
"Receiving Dumbledore's letter last night, your father was so ashamed that he almost died. We worked so hard to bring you up, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing, and you and Harry almost lost their lives."
It was only at this time that there was some movement in the auditorium, and everyone was still full of curiosity about Harry Potter.
“.. It's so infuriating, your dad will be censored at work, it's all your fault. If you don't follow the rules, we'll bring you back right away!"
The roar stopped, and the source of the sound, the red letter hanging in midair, also burned, curled and turned into ashes. Many of the little wizards' ears were still ringing.
Li Lin patted his ears, his surroundings were well protected by him, and no dust fell, but he didn't think of isolating sound waves.
Because it was meal time, although everyone was shocked, but after a while, as the atmosphere eased, the voice gradually sounded again.
But rumors are rife, and it is conceivable that for a long time to come, the students will have something new to talk about.
When Li Lin finally finished eating, Professor McGonagall suddenly appeared in the auditorium, handing out the class schedule along the Gryffindor table.
Other faculties are also handing out timetables, but most of them are handled by the prefects.
Li Lin and Hermione are both second-year students, and their schedules are perfectly staggered with Luna. Faced with Luna's pitiful expression, she could only say sorry.
The first class was the spell class, which made Li Lin, who didn't even have a magic wand, a little embarrassed, although he really couldn't perform the spell, but if he didn't even practice the spell of casting the spell, it was really too much, after all, the professor who taught this class was the dean of the Ravan Academy.
This bit of face still has to be given.
So Li Lin took the staff to the class, which made the students next to him widen. The staff, which was delicately shaped like a work of art, was also longer than Li Lin, and when Li Lin waved this "wand" and tried to recite the incantation, even Professor Felivi couldn't help but speak.
"Lovegood, take your wand away, and when you wave it, you'll hit someone else."