Truth be told, Kyle doesn't really want to be the prefect if he had the choice. On the train to school, he prefers to stay in the box to chat or play a few games of wizarding chess rather than walk around outside.

Fortunately, the students were very cooperative, except for Fred and George, who were deliberately looking for trouble, everyone else was quite quiet.

Finally, in the evening, the Hogwarts Express slowed down and stopped at pitch-black Hogsmeade Station.

The doors opened, and there was a rumbling thunder in the air, and the rain was falling so hard that it was like buckets of cold water being poured over their heads.

Kyle wears his waterproof and moisture-resistant badge, and the others follow suit, turning themselves into an umbrella without a badge.

In short, everyone has their own way...... Except for the first grade.

They needed to follow Hagrid on a boat from the Black Lake, and as soon as they got out of the car, they were taken away.

"Oh, it's not a good idea to take a boat in these weather." Cedric shuddered, "Hopefully their first impression of Hogwarts won't be too bad." ”

They followed the crowd and moved to the place where the carriage was parked, and Kyle picked the nearest one to sit on, and the others followed.

A moment later, with a violent jolt, the carriage set off along the path leading to the castle, crackling and splashing along the way.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the two oak gates, and the students in front of it jumped out of the carriage and ran up the stone steps into the castle.

The foyer was lit with torches, and it was warm.

When Kyle walked in, he saw a balloon filled with water fall from the ceiling and explode on top of Ron's head, dousing him with water.

Then, one after another balloons were thrown down, and the people around were screaming loudly in fright, pushing each other to get out of this place.

"Peeves!" An angry voice shouted, "Bring me down at once!" ”

Professor McGonagall burst out of the auditorium, the floor so wet that she slipped and fell on her back to see it......

Either how to say that the cat's reaction is fast, Professor McGonagall quickly reached out and grabbed the neck of a person next to him, which stabilized her body in time.

"Oops...... I'm sorry, Miss Granger......"

"Ahem...... It's okay, Professor......" Hermione gasped, rubbing her throat.

For a moment, she seemed to see her grandmother......

"Peeves, you come down for me now!" Professor McGonagall yelled.

"I didn't do anything." Peeves giggled and threw a couple more water bombs at a couple of sophomores who had just come in, "They're already getting wet anyway, right?" Hey, little hairy boy, don't run! ”

"I warn you, Peeves!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed, her face becoming more serious......

Peeves sticks out his tongue and throws the last few water bombs into the air, then swoops up the marble staircase, Quack laughs and runs away.

"Alright, come in quickly." Professor McGonagall opened the door to the auditorium and muttered to the drenched students to hurry in:

"I really don't know where Peeves got so many balloons, why haven't they been thrown away for a holiday......"

Kyle coughed lightly and walked past Professor McGonagall without saying a word.

The auditorium was still as splendid as it was, and it had been specially decorated for the banquet of the new semester, and the enchanted ceiling was filled with lightning and thunder, which frightened some of the junior students into screaming.

Kyle and the others walked over to the Hufflepuff table and sat down.

Soon, the tables in the other colleges were all filled with people, all gathered around, chattering about the holidays.

The most mentioned was the Quidditch World Cup, and the students who didn't go to the game wondered if what was going on was as exciting as the newspapers said.

"I don't know who the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor is this year." Cedric glanced at the front of the teacher's seat, and there was not a single face on it.

"Maybe they can't find anyone." Mikel said, also looking at the teacher's seat.

"Everyone knows that this position is cursed, and no professor has survived an academic year so far...... Oh......"

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Did you find out? Professor Snape doesn't seem to be there this year. ”

He said with some excitement, "Could it be that in addition to Defence Against the Dark Arts this year, the Potions class will also change professors?"

"Oh my God, that's great!"

"Maybe he's just delayed......" Kyle said as he poured cold water beside him.

Snape should still be busy figuring out Regulus's affairs and not having time to attend the opening party.

"Oh, can't you just make me happy for a while." Mikel said quietly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the auditorium opened, and everyone immediately fell silent.

Professor McGonagall led a group of first-year students into the auditorium.

"They're a mess." Cedric whispered.

The freshmen were soaking wet, and it was as if they had swam straight from the lake instead of by boat.

Kyle touched his chin, he figured he could talk to Dumbledore about taking over the job of carving the boats.

As long as the magic pattern is composed of specific symbols and engraved on the boat, you can add a shed to the boat that cannot be seen, so as to achieve the effect of blocking the rain.

That way, this will not happen again.

The freshmen looked so embarrassed that they didn't even dare to look at the people around them, they just walked forward silently with their heads down.

As the Sorting Hat began singing, he immediately shared his thoughts with Connor.

"That's unlikely...... Connor whispered, "Professor Babling can do this work, but so far, the boats are still the same, haven't changed at all." ”

"Try it, maybe Professor Babling is too lazy to get it...... She even wanted to take classes together. Kyle said.

Connor thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, and Professor Barburing would go to the headmaster once a year to combine the five grade classes together so that she could have more time to travel.

No matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like she was going to waste her time carving magic symbols for the boat.

"And we have a board of directors." Kyle continued, "Professor Dumbledore doesn't need to pay for it himself, there's no reason for him to refuse. ”

Connor was convinced, and she nodded, "Then when are we going to find Professor Dumbledore." ”

"There's no rush on this." Kyle thought for a moment, "This year's freshmen have arrived, and it's okay until the end of the semester."

What about Christmas or Easter, when we have two weeks off. ”

"Good!" Connor said.

At this time, the singing of the Sorting Hat also ended.

"I've never looked away."

"Determine which house you belong to."

As the last word fell, the auditorium burst into applause.

Kyle didn't listen to a word, but he clapped his hands.

Professor McGonagall unfolds a large roll of parchment.

"Whoever I call by name, he puts on his hat and sits on a stool." She said to the first-year students.

"Stuart Ackley!"

A boy walked up and could see that he was shaking from head to toe, and he didn't know if it was because he was nervous or frozen.

"Ravenclaw!" The Sorting Hat paused for only two seconds before shouting.

The Ravenclaw table erupted in applause.

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(End of chapter)