Chapter Twenty-Three: A Bedtime Story
Professor McGonagall led the young wizards through the hall to the bottom of the high platform, glanced at it, and found that no one looked at her, McGonagall was a little surprised, but she was very serious, regardless of the strange professors, standing on the high platform, and said aloud: "Now I will start to read the name, and when I read your name, please put on this hat and sit on the stool and wait for the assignment!" ”
McGonagall held a long roll of parchment in her hand and began to read her name, beside her a low stool with a tattered hat, unassuming but the Sorting Hat that had been passed down from Hogwarts for generations!
Excitedly or nervously, each new student sat down on a stool, put on a sorting hat, and waited for it to decide on its own house.
The hall burst into applause from time to time, and the students of the four colleges welcomed new students or juniors to join.
Harry looked nervously at the dwindling number of people, Ron and Hermione stood beside him, and behind him was a little boy with a round face, the same little boy who had lost the toad on the train, and the little boy had taken him as a friend since Harry turned to Professor Madara to help him find a pet.
Along the way, the four of them took a small boat and crossed the big lake.
“!” McGran said.
Hermione sneaked a glance at Spota and found that he was looking at her, Hermione was a little unnatural, and hurriedly avoided the realization and put on the Sorting Hat.
After a few moments, the Sorting Hat shouted, "Gryffindor! ”
Hermione hurriedly lowered her Sorting Hat and ran to the Gryffindor bench, where a somewhat emaciated man nodded to her. With a badge pinned to his chest, Hermione noticed that the man's hair was exactly the same color as Ron's.
“!”
"Gryffindor!"
“!”
Draco sat listlessly on his stool.
"Slytherin!" The Sorting Hat had just touched Drake's head, yelling.
Draco put down his hat. A smile appeared on his pale face, if he hadn't touched Spot, he would have been triumphant, but now he didn't dare at all, what happened on the train was like a nightmare.
“!” McGonagall rolled up the parchment in her hand and looked at Harry calmly.
Harry hurriedly turned his head. only to find that there was no one behind him, and he was the last person.
Harry had no choice but to sit down on the stool. Wear a sorting hat.
This time the Sorting Hat took a long time, and Harry breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words Gryffindor. He didn't want to share an academy with Malfoy anyway. What's more, his friends are all in Gryffindor.
"Great!"
"We've got Potter!"
The Gryffindor table erupted in earth-shattering cheers, everyone's faces were excited, and Harry hurried to his chair.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, welcome to the new school year, and before dinner I said stupid, crying, scum, screwing!" Dumbledore stood up and said loudly.
The plates on the table were finally filled with roast lamb, roast beef, roast pork, chips, Yorkshire pudding, bacon, sausages, fried chicken thighs, steaks, and tomatoes.
The surrounding students cheered and began to feast. Everyone in the professor's chair was absent-minded, only the cat fairy ate the most. Snape glanced at Spotted out of the corner of his eye, and Hagrid was silent, gulping down the wine in his glass.
McGonagall sat next to Dumbledore, next to her was Flitwick, McGonagall had long felt that the atmosphere was not right, the Philosopher's Stone had been put away by Dumbledore, and she didn't know what had just happened.
"What's wrong with you?" McGonagall couldn't help but ask.
She was answered by silence, and no one spoke.
"Nothing! There was a little misunderstanding just now! Dumbledore saw that McGonagall's face was a little ugly, and he spoke out to relieve her.
"Oh!" McGonagall glanced thoughtfully at Madara.
Compared to the awkward scene above, the food below is in full swing, and the students are desperately eating the food, no matter where they come from, the food at Hogwarts is unforgettable.
Harry felt that this was his happiest day, where he enjoyed the treatment of the stars and the moon, made friends, ate unimaginable food, and when the food was finished, the plate would automatically appear again, and Harry had the feeling of being in a dream.
Soon the main meal was finished, and all kinds of desserts and snacks appeared on the plate, and everyone was already familiar with each other after the conversation just now, the prefect of Gryffindor, and also Ron's third brother.
"My mother is a wizard and my father is a Muggle, you don't know, how surprised my father was when he found out who my mother was!" A new Gryffindor student chats about his background.
Everyone's topic changed, you and I began to talk about the life experience, only Hermione ate the food silently, and glanced at the spots on the high platform from time to time, originally she didn't care about her identity, but everyone's words reminded her of the scene on the train.
"Who's that man in black next to Professor Madara?" Harry wasn't interested in the question of his background, and he had just noticed that Snape was looking at him with some curiosity.
"You're supposed to be talking about Snape, but who is Professor Madara?" Patsy was surprised.
"You don't know?" Harry looked at Patcy in surprise.
"Know what?" Patsy looked confused, he knew Madara was the professor, but he didn't know Madara's name.
When Madara took office, Hogwarts had not yet opened, and only the teachers and school staff at Hogwarts knew Madara's professorship, and later met Hagrid, and Harry was the first to know Madara's name.
Harry didn't speak anymore, he didn't dare to tell Madara out of his own hands, but Ron didn't think as much as he did, and he added fuel to the fire to say what he knew, but he finally had a bit of a brain and didn't say anything about Hermione.
Hearing that Madara turned out to be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, everyone was surprised again, and soon the dessert was finished after the meal, Dumbledore stood up, and the hall was silent for a moment.
"I would like to announce a few things, first of all, the forest in the school is closed to students, and the first year students should be especially careful, and the students of other grades should not forget. The second point is that our caretaker, Mr. Filch, has asked me to tell everyone that magic is not allowed in the hallway after school, and this should be remembered! ”
As everyone listened quietly, Dumbledore stopped and nodded to Madara.
"Finally, Mr. Madara Uchiha from the East will be the professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts!" Seeing Madara stand up, Dumbledore introduced him.
Many students looked at Madara and whispered to each other.
"Please, prefects, lead the students back to their quarters!" Dumbledore announced the end of the feast.
The students got up from their chairs and were about to leave when suddenly a voice echoed through the silent hall.
"Wait......" Madara suddenly shouted, stopping everyone.
Swish!
Everyone's eyes were all on Spot, Snape's eyes sank, and he had already drawn his wand, Flitwick had a serious face and jumped out of his chair, and McGonagall was a little overwhelmed and looked at Dumbledore on the side.
"Professor Madara, anything else?" Dumbledore asked calmly.
Cat Fairy looked at Madara in surprise, the Philosopher's Stone had already been given to Dumbledore, and he didn't know what Madara was going to do.
"I'd like to give you a lesson, as my first lesson as a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher!" Madara didn't seem to see the professors' nervous expressions, and said calmly.
"Professor Madara may be mistaken, today is the students' opening dinner, and tomorrow you can officially teach!" Dumbledore's face remained the same, and the students below were confused.
"Of course I do, but that's what makes it interesting!" Madara laughed.
"Huh?" Dumbledore's eyes narrowed.
"When there are a lot of people, the lecture is good!" Madara looked at Dumbledore flatly.
"Let's go back first!" McGonagall hurriedly stepped down from the high platform, saw the many stunned students, glanced at several prefects, and motioned for them to hurry up and take the students away.
Hermione looked at Madara in surprise, she wanted to stay here and see what Madara wanted to do, and there were many students who were also curious.
The prefects of the four colleges tried to open the wooden door and leave the hall, only to find that it was locked, and McGonagall turned her head to stare at the spot on the high platform.
Snape's wand was already aimed at Spot, and Flitwick had an extra wand in his hand.
"Dumbledore, I'm just telling you a little bedtime story! Do you want to add more fighting images? This will affect everyone's rest! Madara said nonchalantly as he clasped his hands around and leaned against the wall.
"......" (to be continued, please search, the novel is better and faster!)