Chapter 11: The Sorting Ceremony
Professor McGonagall called two more students by name, Susan Burns was assigned to Hufflepuff and Terry Bout was assigned to Ravenclaw. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
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"Al Aaron!"
When he heard Professor McGonagall call his name, Al felt his heart beat faster, and blood seemed to be rushing all over his body.
Al took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, and under the gaze of countless people, he slowly walked to the magic hat and placed it on his head.
The hat covered Al's eyes, and he saw that it was pitch black, and then a very small voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Well, you're very talented, you're courageous, you're bold, you're not bad-hearted, and more importantly, you've got an innate leadership temperament, and obviously I already know where I'm going to divide you. ”
Al heard the Devilhat call out the name to the entire dining room.
"Gryffindor!"
Al took off his hat and saw a round of applause and cheers at one of the tables in the middle, and even a few bold seniors whistling at him.
Apparently that was the Gryffindor table.
Al took off his hat and placed it on the quadrangular stool, then hurried over to Gryffindor's table, where there were many empty seats reserved for first-year students, and he found a random seat and sat down.
"Hello, my name is Percy, I am the prefect of Gryffindor, and on behalf of the students of Gryffindor House, I welcome you to Gryffindor!"
A red-haired senior boy shook Al's hand, and Al noticed a gleaming silver letter P pinned to his black wizard robes.
"Thank you. ”
"Hey, handsome little guy! Welcome to Gryffindor!"
The seniors stood up at this point, greeted Al with a smile, and then sat down with each other's jokes.
Feeling that he had been molested, Al blushed slightly and a little embarrassed, tried not to see them, and refocused his attention on the sorting ceremony.
The sorting ceremony continued on stage, with Mandy Blohor being assigned to Ravenclaw and Lavender Brown being the second new student at Gryffindor.
Al had discovered that sometimes the Sorting Hat took a long time to decide which house that person should be assigned to, and some people were very short, such as himself, who had almost just put on his hat and was sorted into Gryffindor.
What is it about the Sorting Hat that it knows who should be sorted into which houses?
The question had been tangling in Al's head, and Al decided that he would have to ask Hermione properly when he had time, as her Hogwarts, A History of the School must have written about it.
Several more freshmen were assigned to their respective houses, and soon it was Hermione's turn.
"Hermione Granger!"
Al looked at Hermione, knowing that she must be nervous, as he noticed that Hermione had trotted all the way to the Sorting Hat, and had hurriedly put it on.
Al was amused by Hermione's appearance, completely forgetting that he was actually very nervous just now, and he was not much better than Hermione.
Seeing Hermione sitting on a stool, Al guessed that she would be sorted into Ravenclaw.
As the Sorting Hat has said when he sings, those who are shrewd-minded will enter Ravenclaw, and there they will meet like-minded companions.
So Al guessed that someone as smart and studious as Hermione would definitely be sorted into Ravenclawry.
As it turned out, Al was wrong.
After Hermione put the Sorting Hat on, it wasn't long before Al heard the Sorting Hat shout, "Gryffindor!"
How can it be?
Al looked surprised, wondering if his ears had misheard.
But at the same time, deep down in Al's heart, there was still a hint of joy that Hermione and himself could be placed in the same house.
As for why, Al couldn't tell.
Along with the rest of the Gryffindor students, Al gave Hermione the warmest applause.
Hermione trotted over to the Gryffindor table and sat down beside Al, prefect Percy shook Hermione's hand and welcomed her in.
Al and Hermione glanced at each other, Al smiled and held out his hand, he said, "It's a pleasure to study with you in the same academy. ”
Hermione also gave a charming smile as she took Al's hand and whispered, "Thank you, me too." ”
The sorting ceremony was still going on, and Neville was sorted into Gryffindor, but when he ran towards the Sorting Hat, he accidentally fell, causing the entire cafeteria to laugh, and after he was announced to be a Gryffindor by the Sorting Hat, he actually ran to the Gryffindor table with the Sorting Hat, and then ran back to Professor McGonagall to the laughter of the whole school, and returned the Sorting Hat to her.
Al laughed as well, but after an elbow blow from Hermione, he immediately shut his mouth and went quiet.
Hermione whispered to Al, "He's your friend, others can laugh at him, how can you do that!"
Al nodded hurriedly.
There weren't many people left, and a man named Malfoy was assigned to Slytherin.
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"Harry Potter!"
When Professor McGonagall called out the name, there was a sudden murmur from the entire cafeteria. All the classmates were talking about Harry Potter in their ears.
"Is she calling Harry Potter?"
"Oh my God, is it really that Harry Potter?"
The little boy that Al had seen on the train platform stepped out of the small crowd and came to the quadrangular stool and put the Sorting Hat on his head.
The whole cafeteria was crowded, and the students stretched their necks one by one, leaning forward vigorously, trying to see Harry Potter more clearly.
Hermione whispered in Al's ear, "I've seen him on the train before, and he does have that lightning-shaped scar on his forehead as described in the books. ”
Al nodded, and although Harry Potter's face was obscured by the brim of the Sorting Hat, he noticed that Harry Potter's mouth was moving all the time, as if he was talking to the Sorting Hat about something.
Finally, a full minute later, the Sorting Hat announced the name loudly to the entire restaurant.
"Gryffindor!"
Harry Potter received the warmest cheers and applause from the audience, the Gryffindor students shouted desperately, and Al even heard a pair of fiery red-haired twin brothers shouting, "We've got Potter!