Harry Potter: Dark Alchemy Chapter 24: Branch
Professor McGonagall took over the management of this group of freshmen from Hagrid, and then she brought the freshmen into the castle. A group of people crossed the huge oak door and walked along the stone paved floor towards the castle. When passing through the hall, there was a buzzing voice from the door on the right, and Hagrid, who had just entered behind the freshmen, entered that door. Then Professor McGonagall led the freshmen into a small empty room on the other side.
After welcoming the freshmen to Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall introduced the sorting ceremony and the general situation of the four colleges.
After , Professor McGonagall reminded the freshmen: “In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of the teachers and students of the school. I suggest you to tidy it up while you wait in this room. Look at your own clothes so that you won’t be ugly when you wait for the branch."
"When the side is ready, I will come here to pick you up again." Professor McGonagall said, "Now wait here, don’t walk around, please keep quiet."
After finished speaking, Professor McGonagall left the small room.
"Wright, which hospital do you think we will be assigned to later?" It seems that some people are not used to such a quiet atmosphere, Changchu suddenly said.
Wright can feel the tension at the beginning of the day, and her palms are sweating out, a little wet.
"I don't know which college you will be assigned to, but I think I might be assigned to Ravenclaw." Wright said calmly, but it seemed that this calm attitude made Chang Chu a little calm. , The other students around with solemn expressions also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why?" Chang Chu looked at Wright with some confusion.
"Because I have been the number one in the class for the past six years in elementary school, and you have hardly been admitted to the top ten in the class." Wright undertook the fact that he didn't care about such a statement and it was easy to anger early.
There are other children from the Muggle world around. They have all gone to elementary school and passed the elementary school exams. After hearing Wright's words, they couldn't help laughing a few times.
"Wright!" Changchu moved to Wright's side, and said with some gritted teeth, he still squeezed Wright a few times.
Just as Wright was having a little trouble with Changchu, Professor McGonagall suddenly came back. She glared at Wright without a trace. She didn't say a word but instantly quieted the originally noisy room. The majesty of Professor McGonagall was evident.
"Now, in a single row." Professor McGonagall said to the freshman, "follow me."
The freshmen followed Professor McGonagall out of this small room. After passing through the hall, a group of people came to a very luxurious restaurant.
The velvety black ceiling of the restaurant was shining with stars, and thousands of magical candles were hovering in the air. The students in other grades are already sitting on the four long tables, and they are quietly watching the incoming row of freshmen. Wright heard a few malicious snickers on the long table farthest to the left, and the freshmen seemed to become more nervous. Wright followed the voice and looked over, only to see a few red heads.
Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the freshmen, and put a top wizard hat on the stool. The hat was patched, worn out, and extremely dirty.
Then, the hat twisted. The brim of the hat splits a wide slit, like a mouth.
The hat begins to sing:
That was a thousand years ago,
I was woven just now,
There are four famous wizards,
Their names have been passed down to this day:
The brave Gryffindor, from a barren swamp,
The beautiful Ravenclaw, from the peaceful riverside,
the benevolent Hufflepuff, from the open valley,
The shrewd Slytherin came from that quagmire.
They share a dream, a wish,
has a bold plan at the same time,
To cultivate young wizards into talents,
Hogwarts School was founded like this.
these four great wizards
Everyone builds their own academy,
They are on the students they teach
has different ideas about talents.
Gryffindor thinks, the bravest man
should receive the highest reward;
Ravenclaw thinks, the smartest mind
is always the most promising;
Hufflepuff feels, the most diligent one
is the most qualified to enter the college;
Slytherin who desires power
I like the ambitious teenagers the most.
The four great wizards were alive
personally select the protégé students,
can be when they sleep in Jiuquan,
How to select talents among students?
Gryffindor figured out a way,
he took me off his head,
The Big Four have injected my thoughts into me,
From then on, I will select and evaluate!
Okay, put me on my head well,
I have never seen it before,
I want to take a look at your mind,
Determine which college you belong to!
After the magic hat sang the song, there was thunderous applause in the audience. The magic hat bowed to the four dining tables one by one, and then stood still.
At this time, Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, holding a roll of parchment in his hand.
"Whoever I call by name now puts on a hat, sits on a stool, and waits for the sorting." She said, "Katy Bell!"
A little girl with ponytails walked out of the queue, put on a hat, and paused for a while.
"Gryffindor!" shouted the hat.
The farthest dining table on the left burst into cheers, and the red-haired twins who snickered just now made a few loud booing noises.
"Eddie Camitchell!"
"Ravenclaw!" This time the second table from the left clapped hands and applauded. When Eddie joined them, several Ravenclaw students stood up and shook hands with him.
"ChangChu!" Professor McGonagall spoke the name of the girl standing next to Wright.
Changchu released Wright's hand, took a deep breath, and almost ran to the front of the four-legged stool. Then she put on the dirty hat.
The hat was silent for a while, and shouted: "Ravenclaw!"
Changchu excitedly jumped off the stool, and then she ran to the second table on the left. A good-looking senior sister stood up and shook hands with her. After Chang Chu sat down, he beckoned to Wright, who was still in the freshman pile without a branch. The students quickly calmed down and waited for the branching ceremony of the next student to proceed.
"Wright! I was assigned to Ravenclaw!" Chang Chu suddenly shouted, her voice reverberating in this huge quiet auditorium.
At this time, whether it is the professors on the teacher seat~IndoMTL.com~ or the students on the four long tables, they all looked towards Changchu. Even Professor McGonagall, who was standing by the sorting cap, who was about to speak, was a bit stuck, and suddenly forgot to call out the name of the next student waiting for the sorting.
Wright rubbed his head with some headaches. He glanced at Chang Chu, and she was still waving at Wright. Wright covered his face, said hello to Changchu, and then bowed to the surroundings to apologize.
Professor McGonagall pursed his lips: "Maybe our Miss Changchu is a bit too excited! Okay, the sorting ceremony will continue!"
"Cormac McLagen!" Professor McGonagall slandered in her heart when she yelled the boy's name. When she entered the small room just now, she knew that the boys and girls would definitely provoke them in the future. Trouble, but I didn't expect the trouble to come so soon.
I hope it will go smoothly when the boy is sorted out! Professor McGonagall looked at Wright who was waiting for the branch below.
"Gryffindor!" shouted the hat.
But at this time, almost no one paid attention to the poor child named McLagen, and most people's eyes remained on Wright.
a few more people passed, and finally it was Wright's turn.
"Wright Pass!" Professor McGonagall called Wright's name.
Wright stepped forward, looked at the dirty hat, and resisted the urge to clean it up--he had a slight habit of cleanliness. Then Wright picked up the sorting hat and prepared to put it on.
"Sly..." The Sorting Hat shouted almost as soon as he touched Wright's hair.
But before the sorting hat was finished, Wright took off his hat abruptly and covered its mouth.
The sorting ceremony that had been going on smoothly for thousands of years was interrupted.