In the darkness of the night, a large group of first-year students were led by Hagrid to a black lake.

Are you sure this isn't a horror movie scene? All I could hear was the wind and footsteps, and the little wizards stumbled and stumbled, and even Hermione Granger didn't say a word because she was nervous along the way.

Well, you guys are very good at playing, deliberately creating a terrifying and tense atmosphere, and the method of not telling the first-year freshmen about the sorting before the sorting hat sings, these are all tests for the first-year students.

"No more than four people per boat!" Hagrid exclaimed, pointing to a pair of small boats moored to the shore. Harry Ron and Maple get on the boat, and Hermione wants to come over and talk to Maple, but she chooses to take Neville into the next boat in order to take care of him.

She doesn't know how to communicate with people, but Hermione is also a very kind witch! In fact, at this time, Hermione and Snape were really alike. They are all self-righteously expressing their kindness to others in their own way, Hermione is a condescending scholar, and Snape expresses kindness in a subtle way that only he knows.

Hermione wants to communicate with others in a way that helps them and blend in with these children, but in the pride of the schoolboy's eyes, the other party will feel that her kindness is like a handout to be taken care of. No one but Neville wanted to accept her. Did Neville really accept it? Or is it because you are afraid to refuse?

Snape, on the other hand, doesn't care whether the other party can appreciate his kindness or not, and doesn't bother to explain, just a person immersed in the dark world of his heart, licking the wounds that can't heal alone.

Snape's Occlumency may not be as good as Voldemort's, Harry Potter's terrible Occlumency did prevent Voldemort's mind from invading twice, once with Sirius's death, which made Voldemort unable to possess him, and once with Dobby's sacrifice, so that Harry learned to keep Voldemort out of his brain.

The ultimate power to close the brain is sadness, sadness that stems from love. So with a bitter longing for Lily Potter, Voldemort couldn't break Snape's Occlumency.

Crossing the dark lake, the students were also silent along the way. Anyone walking on the lake in the dark will not be in a much happier mood.

Hagrid handed the first-year student to Professor McGonagall, and her stern expression allowed her nervousness to escalate in silence. It's just that why didn't Dumbledore let Snape come over, once the evil spirits retreated, Snape was more suitable than Professor McGonagall to create a terrifying atmosphere, Dumbledore wouldn't be afraid of him appearing, so he went too far and scared the new students to death!

Professor McGonagall opened the door wide open, and the foyer was large enough to move the entire Dursleys house in. Like Gringotts, the stone walls are surrounded by flaming torches. The ceiling is so high that you can barely see the top. The façade is a lavish marble staircase that leads upstairs. But among the new students, I am afraid that Maple is the only one, and he is still in the mood to enjoy this strange scenery!

They followed Professor McGonagall down the stone floor, and Maple heard hundreds of people buzzing through the door on the right, presumably already there—but Professor McGonagall led the first-year students to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, huddled together, nervously and carefully gazing at everything around them.

They were not allowed to come into contact with those senior students, for fear that their happy atmosphere would spoil the thick tension that had been created here.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "the opening party is about to begin, but before you get to the dining hall and take your seats, you should first determine which house you are going to. Sorting is an important ritual because during your time at school the house is like your home at Hogwarts. You will attend classes with other students in the college, live in the dormitory of the college, and spend your free time together in the common room of the college.

"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding witches and 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.

"In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school. I suggest that you get in order and be refreshed while you wait. ”

Her gaze wandered between Neville's cloak (the cloak strap was tied under his left ear) and the dirty piece of Ron's nose. Harry nervously struggled to smooth out his hair.

She knew Professor McGonagall so well that she didn't even glance at Maple at this time. Sure enough, it was a deliberate arrangement by the school, and for fear of accidentally ruining the atmosphere, Professor McGonagall didn't even talk to Maple.

Am I that untrustworthy, Professor! Besides, I think this kind of atmosphere is very good, how can I bear to spoil it?

Maple looked serious, but his heart was full of joy.

"I'll pick you up when it's ready." Professor McGonagall said, "While you wait, be quiet. ”

When there are many people around, it will give people a sense of security and dilute their fears. But at Professor McGonagall's request to keep quiet, the students did not dare to make loud noises, and only whispered to people they knew, which undoubtedly rendered the method of relying on everyone's power to release their fears useless.

After Professor McGonagall left, the tension that the little wizard had along the way was at its climax.

And among them, Ron and Hermione undoubtedly made divine assists, further escalating the tense atmosphere-

"I think it's always a test. Fred said it hurt us a lot, but I think he was joking. Ron said when Harry asked Ron how he was sorted.

Hermione, on the other hand, was reciting the spell she had learned so quickly, not sure which one to use. In this case, her performance made the little wizards who didn't even know a spell even more nervous.

Seeing the nervous and sweaty appearance of the little wizards around him, Maple saw a pale face that seemed to be very consistent with the child named Draco Malfoy in the original book, and his performance was not as brave as he boasted, it seems that Lucius, the old man, did not choose to tell little Draco about the method of school separation in advance.

Hey, hey, you don't think you really can't choose, do you? Ron, haven't you thought about it? Your brother only told you what tests were hard, but did he tell you about any of them who received a letter from school and were sent back?

Well, this moment of spiritual adventure in a tense atmosphere is the real test for first-year students! Although Maple will not change the school's curriculum, it does not prevent Maple from laughing madly in his heart at the moment.

The place where Fred and George, the Weasley brothers, want to stay most now is probably not the auditorium full of laughter, but to come here to observe the nervous expressions of these freshmen up close!

However, this was not allowed by Professor Dumbledore, so the Weasley brothers would probably have fun telling their brother Ron that he was going to fight a troll duel! I'm afraid that after scaring Ron, the Weasley brothers immediately found a place where Ron couldn't see and laughed wildly!

However, although Ron and the others are now victims, when they have this unforgettable experience, they will go back to their younger siblings who are going to school.

Scientists did an interesting experiment in which a monkey was put in a cage and punched it the first time he fed a banana. When the second monkey is introduced, the same is done.

Later, when the monkeys were sent in, if the scientists didn't do anything, the old monkeys would punch the new ones.

What is the difference between the performance of these old students and these old monkeys?

After playing almost enough, before the official start of the division, give these new students a big gift, close the door, release, release the ghosts!

More than twenty ghosts appeared at once, startling a bunch of young wizards, and several timid ones screamed in fright. Hehe, if it weren't for the ghost and the cooling refrigerator effect, I'm afraid you would have seen more than twenty ghosts.

These lived, oh immortal, hundred-year-old ghosts were not honest, and their words did not reveal the way of the Sorting House, and—

"New life! I guess I'm going to get tested, right?"

After a while, Professor McGonagall returned. The ghosts fluttered across the opposite wall and disappeared.

"Now, in a row," Professor McGonagall said to the first-year students, "follow me." ”

Not only Harry, but almost all the young wizards were like him, as if they had lead on their legs, standing in the middle of the group and passively moving forward.

They walked out of the room, through the foyer, and through a double door at the back into the lavish dining room.

By the time the new students entered, the rest of the academy had sat around four long tables, above which thousands of candles fluttered in the air to illuminate the cafeteria. Four tables are lined with glittering gold plates and goblets. At the top of the cafeteria is a long table with the teachers' seats.

Professor McGonagall brought the first-year students over there and had them line up in front of the entire upper class, with the teachers behind them. The candlelight flickered, and hundreds of faces staring at them were like pale lanterns. The ghosts also mingled among the students, shimmering with a hazy silver light. Then there was the enchanted ceiling, which seemed to be transparent, and the dark ceiling was dotted with starlight.

Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year students, and placed the famous, but unusually tattered, filthy Sorting Hat on top of it.

The Sorting Hat sang a new song that had taken the last year to think about, and then the freshmen finally learned how to sort out the Sorting Hat—it was just a matter of putting on the Sorting Hat.

And then decisively is the first trick of 10,000 years-

"Hannah Abbott!"

"Hufflepuff!"

But who would have thought that this stumbling and inconspicuous little girl would be one of the twenty-eight holy families, and that they would be pure-bloods like Weasley and Malfoy?

And then there is -

"Maple Arribas!"

Blinking at every professor he knew, Maple stepped forward with a cowardly expression. When he made eye contact with Snape, Maple noticed his lips move, as if trying to let Maple into Slytherin. It's just that Maple is destined to let him down-

As soon as Maple touched the hat, and before he could put it on his head, the Sorting Hat opened its mouth—

"Gryffindor!"

The audience was dumbfounded, as this was the first student in Hogwarts' history to be selected by the Sorting Hat without even wearing a hat.

And Maple's next performance really proves the Sorting Hat's sharp eyes -

Instead of going down immediately, Maple continued to put the Sorting Hat on his head and said to the Sorting Hat, "Is it really good to choose me to Gryffindor before I put on the hat?" Does this make others feel shady? And for someone as good as me, shouldn't you compliment me on the qualities of every house, and then struggle to get me to Gryffindor? You make me very embarrassed and unfulfilled like this, you know? ”

Maple's voice was soft, but in the quiet atmosphere of the cafeteria, many students in the vicinity heard his words, and these students twitched—

There's absolutely no mistake in choosing the Sorting Hat, you are the best, it's definitely Gryffindor, your whole family is Gryffindor!

It is conceivable that with Hogwarts unable to hide its secrets, Maple's words would soon spread throughout the school.

"You don't need to wear a hat, just by touching me, I can feel the strong Gryffindor temperament in you, if it weren't for the fact that there is only one Gryffindor at Hogwarts, I'm afraid Gryffindor wouldn't be worthy of you!" The Sorting Hat was a little speechless, it was the first time it had encountered such a superb student.

"Maple, take your hat off!" Seeing Professor McGonagall's stern warning, Maple was stunned and put her hat down. Professor McGonagall, who had hoped that Maple would join, was no longer what she had hoped for, and she even wished that the Sorting Hat had just thrown Maple to Snape.

Regardless of what the Dean thought, these already restless Gryffindor cubs were extremely enthusiastic about Maple, and the applause was much warmer than the Hufflepuff applause just now. Only Prefect Percy frowned, vowing to do his duty and discipline this little lion, who was obviously more lively than so many seniors.

Among the Gryffindors, the Weasley brothers had the brightest smiles, and it was the joy of finding a soulmate. The two of them smiled strangely, and they were going to talk to this junior brother later.

Except for the strange Maple, none of the other people's branches made too many waves. Professor McGonagall read the names one by one, and each time a new student joined, the senior students of the House applauded, and the ghosts of the House waved in return.

"Justin Fenrieri!"

"Hufflepuff!" Oh, this is the trick that also appeared in a lot in the second part, but although there are a lot of shots, the price is to lie down for a few months.

Then the first appearance of the savior trio is Hermione Granger,

"Gryffindor!" The hat took a moment, apparently torn between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.

After a few more people, another important supporting character, Neville Longbottom, came up, and it took a long time for the Sorting Hat to finally pick Gryffindor.

It seems that the Sorting Hat finally made the decision after discovering Neville's courage buried deep in his heart because he witnessed his parents' painful experience of going crazy when he was a child!

Then Malfoy gets his wish to enter Slytherin, and his pair except for the end and when Harry and Ron transform with Polyjuice Potion, there are only two lines in the audience that only hum and hum are left with a giggle, which can be called the worst supporting role in the whole show.

The two of them are probably the biggest victims of the marriage of the close relatives of the pure-blood family!

There aren't many people left, and it won't be long before they arrive—

"Harry Potter!"

"Potter, is she calling Potter?"

"Is that Harry Potter?"

"Defeat the mysterious man's Harry Potter?"

。。。。。。

As Harry walked forward, for the first time, the cafeteria, which had been quiet until the results of each sorting session, buzzed with the entire room, and almost all the students, except for a few professors, were whispering to Harry Potter's figure.

The restaurant was crowded with people, and everyone looked at him, hoping to see his appearance. Then the hat touched the hardest thing since the Sorting House, but after knowing that his nemesis Voldemort was a Slytherin man, Harry Potter insisted on not going to Slytherin. And so—

"Gryffindor!"

Malfoy, who recognized Harry Potter's appearance, looked disappointed, and now he didn't need to experience an unpleasant scene on the train, and Malfoy also regarded Harry Potter as an opponent.

The Gryffindor table was cheering, and the Weasley brothers whistled.

"We've got Potter! We've got Potter! ”

Percy Weasley, who was already a prefect with a very ambitious career, stood up directly and shook hands with Harry Potter, he is probably the only work of the Weasleys whose education has failed!

Later, the youngest brother of the Weasleys was assigned to Gryffindor, and the last Rathsabini was assigned to Slytherin, and the sorting was finally concluded.