Chapter 7: The Branches

"First-year freshman, Professor McGonagall."

As the giants knocked on the door and shouted, the door slowly opened.

A tall witch dressed in an emerald green robe, with black hair tied up tightly against her scalp, appeared in Brie's eyes, and the witch's meticulous seriousness made everyone understand that she was not to be messed with.

She stood solemnly in the doorway and said to the giant, "Thank you, Hagrid, and I'll pick it up next." ”

With a wave of Professor McGonagall's wand, the door opened.

"Keep up, kids."

Professor McGonagall's voice was crisp, and the freshmen around her were already in a mess, chasing after her.

There was a buzz of conversation all around, and all the freshmen followed her closely, through the foyer, where torches hung on the stone walls on either side, and it was very bright, but it was not the main hall, and Brie and the freshmen walked along the stone slabs to an empty house, and then they paused and turned around.

McGonagall paused and said to the crowd, "Welcome to Hogwarts, young wizards, the opening feast is about to begin, but you need to wait, please be quiet. ”

Brie paused as Professor McGonagall seemed to see Harry.

Brie said: The special attention of the savior.

"It's important that you go into separate houses before the opening party, because it means that you will be taking classes with students from your own house during your time at the school, and in the same large dormitory, there will be a common room for your house, where you can spend your free time in the break room or go to the library."

The names of the four houses were: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each college has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding wizards. During your time at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn extra points for your house, while any misconduct will result in a loss of points for your house. At the end of the year, the college with the highest score receives the House Cup, which is a high honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you will be able to bring glory to the college. ”

Seeing that the little wizards were all in good spirits, McGonagall smiled reservedly, but frowned when she saw the little wizards below.

And when she looked at Malfoy, Brie had silently covered up the haughty Malfoy.

I heard Professor McGonagall say, "Maybe you should pack up now, in a few minutes there will be the Sorting House, which will be held in front of the whole school, I guess you don't want to mess it up and leave you with a bad memory." ”

"Alright, I'll pick you up in a few minutes, please wait quietly!"

McGonagall turned away and walked to the back room.

With Professor McGonagall leaving, all the freshmen relaxed, Brie was nothing, he didn't hate such professors, because Betty was always serious, after all, with so many children in the orphanage, it was impossible to control a little temper.

However, there were still some freshmen who said: "Oh, look at her hair bun, meticulous, this must be a serious woman, I don't want to fall into his hands, it will be miserable." ”

Some of the little wizards nodded in agreement.

"How can they assign us exactly which house we are going to?"

Brie heard more chattering around her, and it seemed that everyone was concerned about where they would be divided, and at the same time, it seemed that no one knew how to sort the house.

Brie heard the red-haired boy from before say that there would be a big deal of harm, and that his brother was a Weasley twin.

Forehead... Brie can only say that their brother is really simple and cute, and he believes it.

But Brie understands that there should be testing, but it's not that difficult.

But not everyone is as sane as Brie, Harry Potter is already shaking, and Hermione is muttering something, thinking something in her mouth...

Brie came closer, okay, it's an endorsement, will he still send a test paper to fail the test?

"By the way, Brie..."

Hermione looked at Brie and said, "What house do you want to go to, I think Gryffindor is the best." ”

Without much thought, Brie said, "Ravenclaw..."

"Ahh

Who's screaming, scare Brie!

"Ghosts!"

I don't know who shouted, but Brie had already seen a dozen or so ghosts suddenly emerge from the wall, and looking at their clothes, he could tell that they did not die at the same time.

Brie was a little curious, but so many people were not good at exploring him, so he didn't pay attention to the ghosts anymore, anyway, this is Hogwarts, isn't it, there is always a chance.

A short time later, Professor McGonagall returned, and the ghosts hurried away.

"Now move forward," said a shrill voice, "the Sorting Ceremony is about to begin." ”

Professor McGonagall returned, and the ghosts had vanished into the walls.

"Alright, now line up and follow me."

With Professor McGonagall's words, everyone rushed in, through the foyer, into a golden hall lined with two long tables on each side, many of the seniors had already prepared, and thousands of candles floating on the tables that shone brightly with the golden cups on the tables.

In the middle of the open space is reserved for the new students, and at the front is the teachers' seats, in front of which there is a stool with a shabby pointed hat.

It's been magical, and the ceiling looks like the sky outside.

The freshmen cramped forward, passing through their chairs and the eyes of their seniors to the professors sitting at the front, and McGonagall conjured a four-legged chair with a tattered hat on top of her wand.

Brie saw quite a few acquaintances in his senior year, including Cedric from Hufflepuff, Cho Chang and Kaye Gibson from Ravenclaw, and the Weasley Twins from Gryffindor...

When they saw Brie's gaze, they all responded kindly.

In the professorship, there were quite a few people sitting in the front of him, and in the middle was Dumbledore, who winked and smiled at the freshmen, looking like he was happy, but Brie felt that Dumbledore was paying more attention to Harry Potter.

Next to him was a very gloomy man, handsome but with greasy long hair, who Brie understood to be Severus Snape, his Potions professor, whom Brie had seen in some newspapers, who was also a Potions master.

But Snape was staring at a man as if he were going to see him through.

Following his gaze, Brie saw, well, Harry Potter.

Such a strong gaze made Harry Potter feel uncomfortable.

Maybe it's the enemy of the fathers?

That's all Brie can think of.

At this point, the Sorting Hat writhed a little, as if it couldn't wait, but only slightly.

Brie muttered, "Maybe there's something in there, a special hat." ”

As Brie thought about something, the hat seemed to come alive, and began to wriggle and hum strange songs, and when the songs stopped, it stood still.

"Oh, just wear that hat, Fred said it was like fighting a troll!" The red-haired boy complained.

McGonagall was already holding a piece of parchment and began to speak: "Whoever I call by name will come up and put on his hat." ”

"Hannah Abbott!"

The Sorting Hat shouted, "Hufflepuff!" ”

There was a cheer from the table on the right, apparently they were Hufflepuff students.

……

As the little wizards went up one by one, there were cheers from the long tables, which was a welcome gift to the little wizards of their own academy, and the following was there......

"Hermione Granger!"

Hermione trotted up, only to hear the Sorting Hat shout a few minutes later, "Gryffindor!" ”

"Oh, really!" The red-haired little wizard was complaining again, but the target was Hermione, did they also have a grudge?

"Neville Longbottom!"

"Gryffindor!"

When Brie heard Neville's name, he couldn't help but sigh that this boy could also enter Gryffindor, did he really have the courage, not sure, he could pay attention to it later.

"Decora Malfoy!"

When he arrived at Malfoy, however, Brie heard some people sneering quietly, and he himself curled the corners of his mouth with a smile, looking with interest at Malfoy's red little face, and more at the mud spots on his platinum-blond hair.

Sorry Malfoy, but there is always a bit of punishment for a bad child, and it will be a wonderful memory that you will remember for the rest of your life.

As soon as the Sorting Hat touched Malfoy's hair, he shouted, "Slytherin! ”

Malfoy placed his hat on his chair, his face unkind, and he didn't know why the people around him were laughing at him.

Damn it!

He immediately walked over to the Slytherin table, few of the people at the Slytherin table actually showed a smile, and the dark-haired girl who had been around Malfoy since the start of the train, that is, Pansy Parkinson, hurriedly took out a small mirror and gave it to Malfoy... This made Brie even happier.

After Malfoy tidied up his face and forcibly calmed down, several people around him gathered around him and greeted him, it seemed that Malfoy's status in Slytherin was not low.

Brie has read the book, the surname Malfoy is one of the twenty-eight pure-blood families in the British wizarding world, and it has not declined much, even if he has committed some things before, he is still very famous, and in Slytherin, which is determined by blood, it is indeed very unusual.

Of course, it would have been better if this guy hadn't glared at Brie angrily, this guy wasn't stupid.

"Brie Storm Ouder"

Oh, it's up to you.

Brie stepped up and sat down on the stool with ease, the light above her head falling on Brie's head, and the shimmer of purple shimmered in her short black hair that had attracted some attention, made Dumbledore and the rest of the professors stare intently.

Professor McGonagall seemed to have just noticed, but they didn't say anything, they just thought that the child's father was a powerful wizard, and Brie had inherited a great talent for magic.

However, some of the little witches at the bottom are blushing, and Brie's appearance is definitely outstanding, but he likes to be low-key, and he rarely walks to the front of the stage, so that he is noticed by everyone.

Some of the boys were stunned, such as Harry Potter.

"I think I've seen him in Diagon Alley."

Harry Potter blushed, and the red-haired boy next to him pouted and didn't speak, but there was envy in his eyes, and he wanted to be noticed like this.

In a trance, McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on Brie's head.

"Oh, what a handsome child, what a great magic, you are special, maybe you should go to Raventrau, I can see your thirst for knowledge, but what you acquired it for, what a mystery."

"Ravenclaw isn't as complicated as you are."

"Oh, I was a little surprised to see love in you, but it reminded me of Hufflepuffs, a nice bunch of kids, and of course, you're adventurous, but I don't think you like to take risks, but I don't think you don't take risks."

"Still, I think you're a good fit for ......"

"Slytherin!"