Chapter 12: Dinner I
Harry Potter walked to the Gryffindor table to the roar of cheers, and he sat down across from Al, where he was greeted with a grand welcome, and many people rushed to shake hands and talk. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Al even saw some students from other houses running to the Gryffindor table and shaking hands with Harry Potter.
It's crazy.
At this point, there were only three people left waiting for the sorting house, Lisa Dupin became a new Ravenclaw, and then it was the turn of the red-haired boy Ron Weasley, who was also sorted into Gryffindor.
There was another loud applause at the Gryffindor table, and the twin brothers that Al had just seen, the two of them excitedly shouted at Ron, "Well done, Ron!"
Al looked at their identical fiery red hair and nodded knowingly.
They are clearly brothers.
At this time, the only remaining freshman, he was sorted into Slytherin, but because of the shouts of the twin brother just now, Al didn't even hear the name of the freshman, of course, it was no longer a trivial matter.
The sorting ceremony is over, and Professor McGonagall rolls up the parchment and leaves with the sorting hat.
In the middle of the teacher's seat, a man stood up.
Al recognized him, and he had seen the card in the chocolate frog on the train, and it was the man in front of him, who was Albus Dunledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Dumbledore was wearing a silver robe today, a purple cloak that had been dragged to the ground, and a pair of high-heeled boots with buckles on his feet. Behind the half-moon glasses was a pair of sparkling blue eyes, and the nose was long, but somewhat crooked, and looked like it had been broken at least a few times.
All eyes were on Dumbledore, who looked at the students with a smile on his face and stretched out his arms to them, as if nothing made him happier than seeing them all in one place.
"Welcome!" Dumbledore began, "Welcome to Hogwarts to start the school year! β
"Stupid! crying nose! screwing!"
"Thank you!"
Dumbledore sat back down, and all the students applauded.
"Is heβsome madness?"
Al heard Harry ask Percy with some hesitation, and Al agreed, and he also thought that Dumbledore was not a normal person.
"Crazy?" Percy whispered, "he's a genius! the best wizard in the world! But you're right, he's a little crazy. β
In this distraction, Al noticed that the table was already full of all kinds of food: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb pat, sausage, steak, boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, potato chips, Yorkshire pudding, pea sprouts, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and all kinds of delicacies.
Al realized that he was hungry, his stomach rumbling, and he kept protesting to him.
Al is a carnivore, his favorite food is all kinds of meat products, at noon on the train he simply ate a few bites of lunch, at this time to see so many delicious food, he can't help but move his index finger.
After a day of tossing and turning, you need such a sumptuous dinner in front of you to treat yourself!
The banquet officially began.
Al took a little bit of everything from his plate and began to chew on it, worthy of Hogwarts, and everything was very delicious.
At this time, the ghost wearing the high-necked bodysuit that Al had seen before came to the Gryffindor table, and he watched Al and them eat their food, and said to everyone in a sad tone, "It looks really good, I haven't eaten in four hundred years." β
"I'm a ghost, so I don't need to eat food, but I miss them so much, I don't think I have introduced myself yet, I'm Sir Nicholas of Minci Pottington, the resident ghost of Gryffindor, and welcome to Gryffindor. β
Al obviously didn't know what Minsey Popington was, and had never heard of this Sir Nicholas, but he greeted him very kindly: "Thank you, it's nice to meet you, Sir Nicholas." β
Percy put down the food in his hand, he looked at Sir Nicholas and asked, "Hello Sir Nicholas, how are you doing this holiday?"
Sir Nicholas sighed, and said, "It's terrible that my request to join the Headless Horseman's Hunting Club has been denied once again. β
"I know who you are!" Ron said suddenly, "My two brothers told me about you, and you're the 'Nick who almost lost his head'!"
Ron had fiery red hair, a freckled face, and although tall and thin, he had big hands and long noses, making him look clumsy.
Sir Nicholas said dissatisfiedly, "If you don't mind, I'd rather you call me Sir Nicholas of Mimsy." β
Almost headless?Al looked at Sir Nicholas's intact head, puzzled.
Seamus Finigan, a freshman with light brown hair, interjected and asked, "What is almost headless?"
Sir Nicholas seemed angry, and it seemed that he did not want to talk about it.
"That's it!" Sir Nicholas grabbed his left ear with great urgency, and pulled it down with all his might, and his head slipped off his neck and fell to his shoulder, leaving only a trace of flesh between his neck and his skull.
It seems that someone once cut off his head, but not completely.
"Gross!"
Looking at Sir Nicholas's bloody wounds, everyone, including Al, suddenly lost their appetite.
Sir Nicholas, who was almost headless, seemed a little happy when he saw the stunned expressions of the freshmen, he flicked his head back to his neck, cleared his throat, and said, "Alright, Gryffindor students! I hope you can help us win the House Cup this year, okay? Gryffindor has never won a trophy for so long, Slytherin has won six in a row! Bloody Barrow is unbearable - he is the ghost of Slytherin." β
Al and the others looked in the direction Sir Nicholas was pointing, and next to him sat a ghost at the Slytherin House table, who was terrifying, staring at dull eyes, withered, and his robes stained with silver blood.
"How did he get blood all over his body?" asked Seamus with particular interest.
Sir Nicholas paused for a moment, then said in a stern voice, "I never asked. β
Al whispered in Hermione's ear, "It seems that Sir Nicholas is afraid of that bloody Barrow. β
Hermione's ears were reddened as she looked at Sir Nicholas and then at Barrow the Bloody, then nodded and snickered quietly with Al.