The foyer of Hogwarts was lit red with torches, echoing the footsteps of the students.

The little wizard in his wizard's robes walked through the stone-paved floor towards the two doors on the right that led to the Great Hall, where the opening party was held.

The auditorium was filled with four long college tables, and above it was a dark ceiling without stars, which was exactly what the sky outside could see through the high windows.

Candles floated above the dining table, illuminating the silver-white ghosts dotted in the auditorium and the excited faces of the students.

They were happily talking, exchanging experiences from the summer, saying hello loudly to friends from other colleges, and examining each other's new hairstyles and clothes.

Luna and Zhang Qiu left Harry and sat down at the Ravenclaw table, and as soon as they walked to the Ravenclaw table, Zhang Qiu was excitedly pulled over by several fifth-grade girls.

Harry, Astoria, and Hermione found a few seats at the Gryffindor table and sat together, and to the right sat the ghost of Gryffindor House, Nick, who was almost headless, and he was playing the same old game with others, separating his head for others to see.

On the other side were Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown, two girls who were pretending to be too enthusiastic to greet each other. It seems that Parvati Petyr is quietly showing off to her good friend that she has become a prefect, Lavender Brown looks a little stiff, she didn't expect Parvati Petyr to be a to such an extent, and she will be hit as a green tea.

It's fitting that these plastic sisters could be friends.

At the long faculty table at the front of the auditorium, a dignified soul sat at the very edge.

She bit her lip as she watched the students walk into the auditorium, and a smile appeared on her lips when she saw a certain figure, then faded.

"Huh, what about Professor Binns?" asked a seventh-year boy in surprise.

He noticed that Binns, the professor of the history of magic who hadn't been absent for seven years, was gone.

"You forgot? At the end of last semester, Professor Binns was fired. Another boy said.

"Oh, yes. I really don't remember who made him teach us for six years. I think we'll be hiring a new professor of the history of magic, but there's no new face on the faculty seat. ”

"Who knows, there may not be a candidate yet. ”

"No, we're all back to school. ”

......

Hagrid's tall, muscular figure appeared at the very end of the table.

He had already led the first-year students across the Black Lake by boat to the castle.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, the door to the hall opened, and a long line of first-year freshmen who looked unsettled were led into the auditorium by Principal McGonagall.

Headmaster McGonagall held a stool with an old wizard's hat on top of it, with patches on top of each other, and a wide tear beside the frayed brim.

The buzz in the auditorium gradually subsided.

First-year students lined up in a restrained row at the staff's desk, facing their classmates in other grades.

Hermione reminisced, "Harry, I remember when we first started?" and it was like this, with a room full of eyes on my face. ”

"yes? I was thinking, I'm going to have to make your proud little girl my wife. Harry said.

"I was only eleven years old. Hermione said.

Harry shrugged, "No way? ”

......

Principal McGonagall carefully placed the stool in front of the first-year freshmen and stepped back.

The faces of the first-year students shone pale in the candlelight, and their hearts were uneasy and at a loss.

The whole school waited with bated breath, and then the crack by the brim of the hat opened like a mouth, and the sorting hat sang loudly:

A long time ago I was wearing a new hat,

Hogwarts wasn't built yet,

The four founders of the Noble Academy,

Thought they would never part ways.

The same goal binds them together,

Each other's wishes are so identical:

Want to build the best magic school in the world?

Let their knowledge be passed on and continued.

"We will build a school together and teach together!"

The four friends are very adamant?

And yet they never dreamed of it,

Someday they will be divided from each other.

What other friends do you have in this world?

Can it be better than Slytherin and Gryffindor?

Unless you count another pair of best friends—

Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?

How could such a good thing go bad?

How can such a friendship be written off?

Alas, I witnessed this sad story with my own eyes?

That's why I'm going to tell you more about it here.

Slytherin said, "The students we teach?

Their bloodline must be the purest of all. ”

Ravenclaw said, "The students we teach?

Their intelligence must be superior. ”

Gryffindor said, "The students we teach,

You must be brave and courageous. ”

Hufflepuff said, "I will teach many,

And treat them equally. ”

For the first time, these differences are revealed.

It caused a small quarrel.

Each of the four founders has a college,

Only the teenagers they want are enrolled.

Slytherin receives wizards as he is,

Pure blood, scheming.

Only those juniors with the sharpest minds,

to listen to the teachings of Ravenclaw.

If anyone is bold and adventurous,

He was accepted into the house by the brave Gryffindor.

The rest were taken in by the kind Hufflepuffs,

She taught them all she could.

The four faculties and their founders,

In this way, a strong and sincere friendship is maintained.

In those many pleasant years,

Teaching at Hogwarts is pleasant and harmonious.

But then slowly there was a split,

And exacerbated by our shortcomings and fears.

The four colleges are like four stone pillars,

It held our school firmly.

Now they are turning against each other, and disputes are continuous,

Each wants to take power to himself.

There was a time when

The school is dying.

Countless noises, countless fights,

Former best friends turned against each other.

And then finally one morning,

The elderly Slytherin fled suddenly.

Though by that time the strife had subsided,

He was still discouraged and departed from us.

Only three of the four creators remain,

From then on, the situation of the four colleges,

It's not like what was envisioned in the past

Live in harmony and unite as one.

Now the Sorting Hat is in front of you,

You all know the origins of the matter:

I've divided you into every house,

Because my role cannot be changed.

Now let's start the sorting ......

The hat is motionless again after singing, which is charging for a whole year and rapping for two minutes.

The Great Hall was noisy with the singing of the Sorting Hats.

As Principal McGonagall prepares to announce the list of first-year students, she scans the auditorium with her usual stern gaze, and immediately the students who are talking to each other are silent.

Nick, who was almost headless, pressed a transparent finger to his lips and sat up straight as the hum in the auditorium came to an abrupt end.

Professor McGonagall glanced at the four tables with another frown, then looked down at the long piece of parchment in her hand and said the first name aloud.

"Euann Abercrombie. ”

A panicked little boy stumbled forward, staring blankly at Principal McGonagall.

Headmaster McGonagall looked at the end of the line and said, "It's sorting time, you just need to put on that hat." ”

The boy relaxed a little, and then put the hat on his head, but fortunately he had two ears bigger than Tutu that got stuck and the hat did not slip off his shoulders.

The Sorting Hat pondered for a moment, and then the crack in the brim opened again, and he announced in a loud voice:

"Gryffindor!"

The Gryffindor classmates applauded in unison, and the little boy staggered over to their table and sat down, looking at the look on his face as if he wished there was a hole in the ground for him to get into, and no one was staring at him again.

Slowly, the long first-year team shortened little by little.

Eventually, a kid named Rose Zeller was sorted into Hufflepuff, and Headmaster McGonagall put away her hat and stool, turned and walked to the middle of the seat, standing.

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