Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Sorting Ceremony
Dumbledore led the group out of the room, through the foyer, past a two-handed door in the back and into the luxurious dining room, Zoe stood behind Brett, who could easily feel her unease.
Dumbledore lightly placed a quadrangular table in front of the first-year students, and then placed a top wizard's hat on top of the stool, which was patched, worn out, and very dirty. Brett thought to himself, this is the famous Sorting Hat.
Soon, the hat began to writhe, and then a wide slit cracked in the brim like a mouth, and the long song of the Sorting Hat began to sing.
When the singing of the Sorting Hat stopped, Dumbledore took a few steps forward, a roll of parchment in his hand, "Whoever I call by name now, put on the hat, sit on the stool, and wait for the Sorting House." β
"The first, Valk Anderson"
A short-haired, big-nosed boy walked out of the queue, put on his hat, and a moment laterβ
"Hufflepuff!" the hat shouted.
When the people at the table on the right heard this, they all stood up and applauded and cheered, welcoming him to come and take a seat.
"Loren Babcock!"
It was a fair-skinned girl with vertical silver hair, very pretty, but somewhat pretentious, she wriggled and put on the sorting hat, and was soon sorted into Ravenclaw College.
Then, amid a polite welcome, she walked to the second long table on the left with exaggerated expressions, and several students stood up and shook hands with her.
"Next, Brett Butterfield!"
Belch...... I didn't expect it to be my turn so soon, and I thought that the finale would appear at the end and balance the structure of the faculties. Brett complained in his heart, but his steps were not slow, and he soon came to the sorting hat, gently picked up the hat, sat down on the stool, and gently put the hat on.
"Well, with the purest bloodline and the absolute heritage of an old magical family, how about Slytherin? Uh, wait, courage, I feel that you have a fearless spirit, courage and perseverance, your strength even makes me tremble, go to Gryffindor, child, where you can surely become a great magician. The Sorting Hat spoke to Brett in an exaggerated tone, and Brett didn't expect the magic hat to be so human.
"Oh my God, I still feel your wisdom, it's as vast as the starry sky, are you really only ten years old, ahh
The professors in the hall and the students present had obviously not experienced such a long time of branching, and they all exchanged words in private.
"Well, if you don't choose for yourself, you'll make a difference wherever you are. The Sorting Hat simply left Bret's choice to himself.
"I choose Hufflepuff. Brett decided after a little thought.
"Hufflepuff, you mean Hufflepuff, right?" the Sorting Hat nearly fell off Brett's head.
"That's right, I decided. Brett replied.
"But you're so good, Hufflepuff is the least suitable place for you to grow up, it's too ordinary for you. Have you really figured it out? I'm going to make sure if you've fallen under the Imperius Curse or the Confusion Curse. β
"Well, in fact, I'm just a mediocre person, my personality is not suitable for those other colleges, and I yearn for that kind of ordinary life. β
"Well, since it's your own decision. The Sorting Hat sighed and said, "Hufflepuff!"
The Hufflepuff table was filled with cheers again, and a ghost of a fat friar waved happily at him.
Brett came to the Hufflepuff table, greeted everyone, and then sat down next to Walk Anderson, he noticed that Julian, who was sitting not far away, looked at him with no longer the same cold eyes as before, but with a little disdain in his heart, as if to say in his heart, "Hahaha, you little Butterfield, haven't you also come to Hufflepuff." β
Brett ignored Julian's complicated eyes, but greeted him and continued to watch the sorting ceremony.
Dumbledore took his inquiring eyes off Brett and continued the roll call.
"Abraxas Malfoy"
"Slytherin!"
Sure enough, as remembered, the Malfoys were all born Slytherins, and the Sorting Hat was also not yet firmly put on, so they roared out loudly.
In the midst of the boos, Malfoy proudly went to join Crabbe and Goyle, and hugged every Slytherin, making it very ceremonial. It seems that the ugliness on the train has been completely forgotten.
"Zoe McMillan"
Zoe stood up from the crowd and sat down on the quadrangle with a slight tremble, putting on her hat, feeling so nervous that she couldn't breathe and was about to faint.
"Relax, my dear child. The Sorting Hat said softly, "Well, I feel it, there's an obsession in your heart, okay, you go to Gryffindor!"
The Gryffindor table erupted in applause again, and Zoe walked over a little numbly, and it took a while for her to come back to her senses, and she was very happy, but soon she saw Brett in Hufflepuff waving to congratulate her, and she could see the shape of his mouth, "Congratulations, Cousin Zoe, your wish has come true!"
She was still puzzled about Brett's trip to Hufflepuff, because she knew Bret's skills very well, and she thought that there might be some conspiracy against Brett, and she couldn't help but start worrying, causing her to be absent-minded the whole time, until Quinna sat down next to her, she smiled.
When she was in Quinna Sterling's Sorting House, the Sorting Hat strongly recommended that she go to Slytherin, and although she was a Muggle, she had all the qualifications needed for Slytherin. However, after experiencing the repeated provocations of Malfoy and others, Quinna had already lost any good feelings for that house, and resolutely rejected the kindness of the Sorting Hat, and chose Gryffindor House, and she was very happy to be able to be with Zoe in her heart.
Before Quinna, Tom Riddle had been assigned to Slytherin, and the students there didn't have much affection for the handsome, unknown child, and most of the Slytherins looked at him with scrutiny, but he didn't mind at all, and sat down in an empty seat and looked at the hall with interest.
When the last freshman, Norton Weasley, was sorted into Gryffindor, the sorting ceremony ended.
Norton sat down beside Quinna and greeted her with a hippie smile.
"Be quiet, everyone," said Headmaster Armando Duppet as he slowly got up, "Welcome to Hogwarts to start the school year......!
Everyone finally got through Principal Dippert's lengthy speech with a rumbling stomach, and finally after the incantation of "Stupid, cry nose, scraps, screw!", the table was suddenly filled with delicious food.
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