Chapter VII

Snape recognized her at a glance from the freshman.

The real person resembles Lily more than the photo, with long red hair and emerald green eyes. No matter how much mental preparation he made, when he saw that person standing in front of him alive, he would feel that she had come back to life.

Thinking of this, he laughed to himself, took a sip of the wine, and finally looked away from Harry in front of Sally, who was more like Lily and the annoying Potter child, because he had the appearance of Potter and Lily's eyes.

He thought that Sally would definitely go to Gryffindor, and he didn't even hold out any hope that she would come to Slytherin. So when the Sorting Hat read the name of Slytherin aloud, he almost crushed the glass in his hand. He could feel the irrepressible surprise of the rest of the professors, probably all but Dumbledore, but he could only rejoice, or rather, ecstasy. Although his expression did not change at all.

Sally took off her hat and walked over to the Slytherin table, where she was greeted with Slytherin hospitality like the rest of the Slytherin students, and she saw the pale boy in the crowd who was in the same boat as her. He beckoned to her.

"When I was on the ship, I didn't expect you to be the sister of the famous Potter. When she sat down beside him, he spoke. "But you have been assigned to Slytherin, which means that you are completely different from him, and the people who have been assigned to Slytherin are all noble and extremely intelligent......" He did not finish his words, for Albus Dumbledore stood up, smiled, stretched out his arms, and said with great joy a very unique welcome "Welcome!" he said, "Welcome to Hogwarts to start the school year!" That's it: stupid, crying nose, dregs, screwing!"

Sally heard Malfoy sneering next to her, but she didn't care, because there were a lot of food on the table out of thin air, roast beef, roast chicken, etc., and she was very hungry, especially when she found out that there was her favorite pudding.

She chose a large piece of steak and a pudding, and the atmosphere in the auditorium was lively, and she found that except for Slytherin, Gryffindor was the most, everyone was talking loudly and loudly, and there was laughter from time to time, followed by Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, everyone knew each other as quickly as possible, only Slytherin, everyone kept their backs straight, and behaved elegantly when eating, rarely talking, but would smile or look at each other when they made eye contact, and Sally was a little envious of their tacit understanding.

She had a bad stomach, so she couldn't eat much at night, and after eating that piece of steak and pudding, and another piece of strawberry-flavored doughnut, she realized that she couldn't eat anymore, and on the first day of school, she couldn't find things.

She put down her knife and fork and looked around the beautiful auditorium, looking at the professors sitting on it who were also eating happily, full of anticipation for the future.

"I just realized that I haven't introduced myself yet. The pale-faced boy said, "My name is Drach Malfoy, and you may have heard of my father." ”

"I'm sorry, I used to live in the Muggle world and didn't know much about it. Sally retracted her gaze and said apologetically.

"It's okay, you'll meet when you have the chance, my father is one of the directors of this school, and he has always liked Slytherin students. Malfoy said, "Maybe I can call you Sally, you know, I'm always going to tell you apart from that Potter, but I don't want to call him Harry." ”

"No problem, you can call me Sally. I thought you'd look down on me for living in a Muggle world. Sally asked curiously, remembering the rumors.

"That's your misconception of Slytherin, we may value bloodlines, but we don't care about everyone's background, on the contrary, great people want to have unique backgrounds. Across from Sally, a brown-haired boy suddenly said. "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but my name is Gema Frey, you can call me Gema. ”

Malfoy was clearly a man for conversation, and he soon began to talk to the prefects about bloodlines and other things, and Sally realized that the Slytherin people did not speak, but were accustomed to not talking during meals, an idea that was proven true in countless meals that followed.

After the pudding and dessert on the table were gone, Dumbledore got up and said a series of precautions, and then there was the school song, only the lyrics, no tone, how everyone sang it, even if she was sitting in Slytherin, she could hear the Fred and George's funeral march version of the school song.

"Music," Dumbledore exclaimed, "more glamorous than what we've done here! Let's go back to the dormitory. ”

Sally wanted to talk to Harry about this opportunity, but she found that there was no chance at all, and the Gryffindor bedroom was obviously upstairs, but they were led by Gemma through the hallway and down the floor. If she remembered correctly, the auditorium was on the first floor, then did it mean that the Slytherin common room was on the ground floor?

The crowd stopped in front of a wet stone wall, and Gema said loudly, "Soul. ”

The stone wall slowly opened, and the Slytherin students entered one by one.

Entering the door is the common room, a translucent lounge at the bottom of the lake, with walls made of black Gothic marble and a transparent semicircle carved in crystal on the ceiling, with a view of the sparkling waves overhead. The interior is green, with a carved mantelpiece and carved chairs next to it, and through the windows, you can often see some huge octopuses and some strange creatures that cannot be named.

After everyone had come in, Gema asked the newbies to stay in the break room, and most of the seniors went to rest, and a few sat in the chairs to the side.

"Briefly, a few words for the freshmen. Gemar said he had a convincing charisma that was unique to politicians. "I'm Prefect Gemavrey, and I'm glad to welcome you to Slytherin. The logo of our house is a giant serpent – the most intelligent of creatures, the colors of our house are emerald and silver, and the entrance to our common room is in a hidden spot in the basement. You'll know after a long time. As you can see, we can see directly through the window the bottom of Hogwarts Lake. We can often see a giant octopus wandering around the window, and sometimes even more interesting creatures can be seen. We loved that the place where we lived had an atmosphere of mystical underwater boat rides.

Now, there are some facts about Slytherin that you should know, and conversely some rumors about Slytherin that you should forget. First of all, let me tell you some rumored facts. You may have heard rumors about Slytherin - we all love to study the dark arts, and Slytherin only admits students whose families are famous wizards. You shouldn't believe what the colleges that compete with us say things. I don't deny that there have been some Dark Magicians in our house, but all three other houses have Dark Magicians - they just don't want to admit it. Yes, we have a tendency to recruit descendants of prestigious wizarding families, but now, you can also find that many Slytherin students have at least one Muggle parent.

I'll also tell you a fact that the other three houses don't mention: the great Merlin was also a student of Slytherin. Yes, Merlin himself, the most famous wizard in history!All his knowledge was acquired from Slytherin House!Do you want to follow in Merlin's footsteps?Or would you rather follow in the example of former Hufflepuff student Eglantine Puffett in inventing a rag that cleans himself? I think the answer is obvious.

Clarified some rumors about us. It's time to tell you a little bit about us, we're the coolest and sharpest house in this school. Our aim is to win, because we care about the tradition of Slytherin's reputation. Our classmates also have a lot of respect for us. Yes, there's some respect and a hint of fear in it, because of our reputation in the dark arts, but you know what? Sometimes it's fun, and it's famous in a field that no one dares to touch. Suggest that other students can look at the entire library of books and see if others dare to scribble on your stationery box. But we're not bad guys. We love our emblem, the Serpent, which stands for being cunning, powerful, and often misunderstood.

For example, we Slytherin students take care of each other - isn't that true of Ravenclaw? But unlike the Ravenclaw, who had the most nerds, who were always comparing their grades, we Slytherins were more like brothers and sisters. Hogwarts corridors often have small traps for the unwary, and you're lucky if you have a Slytherin by your side to help you move on. As far as we're concerned, once you're a member of the Snake House – a member of the elite. Because you know what Salazar Slytherin values when recruiting students? You were chosen to be in this house because you have the potential to be a great person. Well, look at these people around you in the common room, and if you don't think they're anything special or great, don't say it. For if the Sorting Hat had assigned them to this house, there would have been something great about them, and not forget that.

Speaking of people who are destined to be without great Huigen, I haven't spoken of Gryffindor. Now, many people say that Slytherin and Gryffindor represent two opposites of the same world. Personally, I think Gryffindors are just a bunch of would-be Slytherins. Note that some people say that Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor value equally talented students, so we may be similar to Gryffindor. But that doesn't mean we're currying favor with Gryffindor. They want to beat us just as much as we want to beat them. Something you need to know: The ghost of our house is Barrow the Bloody. If you get along well with him, he may be able to help you scare the person you want to scare. Just don't ask him where the blood stains come from, he doesn't like to be asked that question. The password for the common room changes every two weeks, so check the bulletin board. It is not allowed to bring students from other houses to our common room and tell them our password. We haven't had outsiders in our common room for 700 years. I guess that's all I have to say.

I'm sure you'll love our dorms. Our bed was a traditional four-poster bed with a green silk curtain and silver thread embroidery on the bedspread. Medieval tapestries on the walls tell the story of the famous Slytherin's great adventures, and silver lanterns hang from the upper ceiling. Listen to the gentle sound of the waves crashing against the window at the bottom of the lake outside your window, and you will sleep soundly. That's all I want to say, and if anyone has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. If there is no problem, then, I wish you all a good dream. ”

The crowd dispersed, and Sally could tell the pride on their faces, confirming her suspicion that no matter how much truth in Gemma's words was, he managed to convince everyone of him. Malfoy looked like he had some questions to ask the prefect, and Sally said a brief goodbye to him before heading to the girls' dormitory.