The first year of the plot Hogwarts Sorting Ceremony (Part II)
Harper took off his hat as soon as he called out his name, grabbed his hair, and walked towards the Slytherin table. At this time, the audience was silent, and only one of the red-haired boys from Gryffindor broke the deadlock: "How is it possible?" Harper Potter, you're a savior! How could it be a student of Slintrin, who specializes in dark wizards... Not... Not. Before he could finish speaking, the red-haired twin brothers covered his mouth.
The reckless behavior broke the silence, with the students talking about the results of the sorting house and Slintling silent at Harper's seat.
"You're a limelight maker as Professor Snape said!" Draco whispered in Harper's ear.
"What's the matter with me? It's not my courtyard, so if you want to blame it, blame that hat. Harper felt a little innocent.
"Well, quiet! We continue with the division. McGonagall tapped the scroll in his hand twice and shouted.
The last 2, Lisa Turpin, went to Ravenclaw, while Blaise Zabini entered Slytherin without incident. Professor McGonagall rolled up the parchment, picked up the Sorting Hat, and left.
Albus Dumbledore stood up. He 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 the students come together. "Welcome! Welcome to Hogwarts to start the school year! Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words. That's it: stupid! Cry! Residue! Wring! Thank you! He sat back down. Everyone applauded and cheered. All the plates on the table were filled with all sorts of hearty foods: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steaks, boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, potato chips, Yorkshire pudding, pea sprouts, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some odd reason, mint hard candy.
"Isn't he a little crazy? Speak with a god babbling. "Draco eats and chats.
"Don't ask me, I'm not good at reasoning, literally it probably refers to the characteristics of the four colleges." As Harper ate the roast chicken, he suddenly remembered the lyrics of the Sorting Hat and added, "It could also be the opposite." ”
"Reverse features? What do you mean? Blaise, who was sitting across from her, asked.
"The song just mentioned the characteristics of the four houses, Gryffindor brave and righteous, Hufflepuff upright and loyal, Ravenclaw shrewd, Slytherin cunning and sinister. If it is a reverse praise, it can be understood that Gryffindor will be stubborn if he is too righteous, Hufflepuff is obedient and loyal, Ravenclaw is cowardly in his studies, and Slytherin is a collection of scum in the eyes of the outside world, after all, there are many dark wizards. ”
So it is to summarize the world's conceptual understanding of the 4 colleges? Or is it negative? Pansy felt that the principal hadn't scolded all four colleges, and he was in public.
"It could also be based on what the houses think of people in other houses, Ravenclaw is smart and thinks everyone else is stupid, Gryffindor is brave and everyone else is cowardly, Slytherin pursues pure blood, and feels that non-pure blood is useless and low, and Hufflepuff integrity means that others are not straight enough and twisted." After Harper's analysis, he suddenly understood a little, "It may be that don't look at people with colored glasses, it will be biased, everyone has strengths and weaknesses, don't see the advantages of others and only magnify the shortcomings." Like just now, isn't the boy just prejudiced against the nature of the college? ”
"So you don't think it's all dark wizards here?" Draco stared at Harper and asked, and as soon as the question came out, everyone else focused their eyes on her.
"Magic is not good or bad. The so-called black and white is just the price to pay, and in the hands of good people, no matter what the nature of magic is, they will not do anything to hurt others, but in the hands of bad people, it is not the case, even white magic can do bad things. "Just like myself and Black Alex, although it was a matter of their own making, no matter how they tried to remedy it, others always thought that they were the bad wizards, just because they liked to play pranks and get into trouble every day.
It was as if it was the first time that Slintlin had heard such a statement, and many people stopped their knives and forks in their hands, lowered their heads and thought silently.
At this moment, a male ghost dressed in the clothes of a medieval aristocrat stained with blood floated in front of Harper, "Harper Potter, Slytterin of the Linfred blood of Stinchcombe, you are very interesting to say, my teacher Salazar Slytherin said: make bold assumptions, carefully verify, trust your own judgment, and give in or set about change." It looks like you're a Slintrin. ”
"Uh, I'm sorry, you're standing on top of the food I'm going to eat, please let me go." Harper waved his hand at the ghost in front of him, motioning for him to leave.
"Harper, what are you doing? He's our resident ghost, Bloody Baron, one of only two people to be feared by Peeves, the nemesis of all the people here, who was enrolled during the founding of the school. Draco whispered cautiously.
"Oh, who is Peeves again?" Harper didn't care.
"It's the school's mischievous mischievous man, who likes to cause pranks and chaos, and has been tricked by it for all teachers and students, and only the headmaster and Bloody Baron can control it." An upperclassman who was separated by two seats replied.
"Oh~~ pranks and troublemakers!" Harper was suddenly a little interested, and she was not far behind in pranks, so school life should be very interesting now.
As soon as the students at the Slintin table had put down their utensils, the rest of the food disappeared from their plates. The plates are as smooth as ever. After a while, the pudding came up. Ice cream in all flavours, such as apple pie, fruit tart in syrup, chocolate muffin, jam doughnut, wine jam pudding, strawberry, jelly, rice pudding......
Harper was serving a strawberry ice cream, looked at the blood stains on Baron's clothes sitting across from Harper (Blaise deliberately gave way), and asked curiously, "How did you get the blood on your clothes?" ”
"Slytherin has cultivated infatuation with shrewdness, ambition and self-preservation, but they have not been allowed to have a good ending." Baron left the long table.
"You're done, you've him off!" Blaise looked at the vacated spot, a little gloating.
"I don't think he's angry, it's more like..."Sentimental, which may be the reason why he was covered in blood, but his eyes were empty, Harper thought, and suddenly missed Mason a little.
After everyone had finished their dessert, Dumbledore stood up again. Silence returned to the auditorium. "Oh, now that everyone is full and drunk, I want to say a few more words to everyone. At the beginning of the semester, I would like to make a few points to note with you. First-year students are reminded that the wooded area on the school grounds is off-limits to any students. Some of our old classmates should also remember this. Dumbledore's shining eyes swept toward the red-haired twins. Also, Mr. Filch, the administrator, also wanted me to remind everyone not to do magic in the hallway between classes. The Quidditch player review will take place in the second week of the semester. If you are interested in joining the college team, please contact Ms. Huo Qi. Finally, I must tell you that anyone who does not want to suffer an accident, a painful and tragic death, please do not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor. ”
Only a few laughed.
"Now, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together!" Dumbledore said aloud, and the smiles of the other teachers seemed to freeze.
Dumbledore flicked his wand, and a long ribbon of gold flew out of it, twisting and coiling like a snake over the dining table. "Everyone chooses their favorite tune. Ready, sing! So all the teachers and students sang loudly:
Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
Teach us knowledge,
Whether we are old people
Or a child who falls on his knee,
Our minds can be receptive
Something interesting.
Because now our brains are empty, full of air,
Dead flies and trivialities,
Teach us something valuable,
Give us back to us what we have forgotten,
You just have to do your best, and we will take care of the rest.
We will study hard until we turn into dung.
When everyone's jagged voices came into Harper's ears, he unconsciously covered his ears and thought, 'This is singing, this is just making noise.'" ’
Everyone sang the school song seven by one. Only the red-haired twin brothers continued to sing to the slow melody of "Funeral March". Dumbledore commanded the last few bars for both of them with his wand, and when they were finished, he applauded the loudest. "Music," he said, wiping his eyes, "is more glamorous than anything we've done here!" It's bedtime time. Let's go back to the dormitory. ”
Harper lowered his hands, closed his eyes and shook his head gently.