Time flies by so fast, and it’s early September again in the blink of an eye. Now it’s time for schools to start their fall semester! The teachers and students of Hogwarts also took the Hogwarts Express at platform nine and three-quarters today and returned to their school, Hogwarts Castle! They are ready to continue studying and living here for a new semester.
This is the Hogwarts Great Hall. At this time, all the teachers and students of the school are gathered here, and it is very bustling and lively. The chandeliers on the ceiling have been lit, and the lights are dotted, illuminating the hall very brightly! Today is a good day for the start of the new semester. Teachers and students from each college have already sat at the long tables of their own colleges according to different grades.
There was a small wooden chair placed in the middle of the auditorium, and on the chair was a shabby-looking wizard's hat. This thing is a characteristic of Hogwarts. It is said that new students must wear the Sorting Hat once before entering the school! It is said that it can sort students into different colleges according to their talents and qualities! And now, it is chirping and singing something!
The song sung by this hat made Anne curl her lips in disdain at the teacher's seat! In her opinion, isn't this just a constant enchantment that detects thoughts! It's nothing more than spying on the students' ideas and talents to classify them. Maybe it also has some storage functions and a basic secondary wisdom spell? Just choose talents and apprentices! Why are you acting so mysterious?
The most important thing is: the song it sings is terrible! That's not music at all! That's just noise! Anne didn't like it! She has endured it for a long time, and it has been singing for so long, but it hasn't finished yet! It’s not over yet! Anne felt that once her patience reached its limit, she might throw a permanent silence spell at it! Seal its broken mouth forever!
Now, Professor McGonagall, the vice-principal of Hogwarts School, is standing next to the wooden chair. She is busy arranging a group of smaller-looking students to line up one after another. These students are obviously this year's Hogwarts students. These are the first-year students who have entered the school. After the hat finishes singing, they will soon prepare to carry out the sorting ceremony! This is very important! So Professor McGonagall was maintaining order while whispering instructions to these little guys.
"Hey! Harry! You must have read the newspaper I sent you, right? That big thing happened in our wizarding world recently! That's really big news!" At the long table of the second graders, taking advantage of the sorting ceremony, Before it officially started, Ron leaned over and whispered mysteriously next to Harry's ear.
Just at the beginning of last month! The Gringotts Wizarding Bank incident, which shocked the wizarding world at home and abroad, has been spreading for quite a while! For a long time, it successfully attracted the attention of the entire British wizarding world, and all wizards paid more or less attention to this matter! According to Ron's father, Mr. Arthur Weasley, even foreign ministries of magic have sent official letters in an attempt to inquire about the whole story and other specific circumstances.
Thanks to this incident, many things that were supposed to happen in the original work have changed a lot! Because Lucius Malfoy didn't have much leisure time to hatch any conspiracy against Harry Potter, and naturally there was no rebel house elf Dobby to make trouble and make trouble, Ron and Harry also Naturally, there will be no more flying cars coming to school and hitting the Whomping Willow!
"Newspaper? Where's the newspaper? I didn't see it! What's the big deal? Is Voldemort resurrected again?" Harry seemed a little confused. Apart from Voldemort's resurrection, he didn't think anything noteworthy would happen in the wizarding world. Big things! Moreover, the Sorting Hat in the middle was still singing the ugly Sorting Hat Song loudly, and he couldn't quite hear what Ron said clearly.
Just now he was looking at the first-year freshmen in the middle of the hall with great interest. Last year, Harry was just like the freshmen in front of him, surrounded by senior classmates, waiting nervously and miserably to be Branch! Especially at that time, there were people who maliciously spread rumors among the freshmen: The Sorting Hat can also eat people's brains! Not to mention how complicated Harry's mood was at that time!
But now, things have changed! He, Harry Potter, has also sat in the second grade seat, and finally started to watch the freshmen being sorted into different houses! This is a very novel experience! So, he also learned what the senior students did to him, staring at the freshmen to see who was more nervous and then staring at them. When that person felt his gaze, he would become even more nervous. nervous! The more nervous he gets, the more he won’t let go! It’s so fun to see the embarrassed expressions on the freshmen’s faces!
"Don't tell me, you don't know!" After realizing that Harry really didn't know, Ron screamed in disbelief! Is there anyone in the wizarding world who doesn't know about that? Are you still a wizard? He was so surprised that he didn't even notice that Harry had just mentioned the mysterious man's name directly in front of him!
He remembered it very clearly. Not long ago, he specially sent Harry a copy of that day's Daily Prophet newspaper! It was the one that sold the best back then! Of course, this newspaper was sent after his whole family had read it! And now, Harry actually said he didn't know? So, where did all that newspaper go? Regarding that newspaper, Ron originally wanted to keep it for himself as a souvenir! But after thinking about it again and again, I finally reluctantly sent it to him because he and Harry were gay and friendly comrades! However, now Harry actually told him that he didn't know? !
Ron's huge voice immediately caused dissatisfaction among the Gryffindors around him! Looking at the threats or warnings from the people around him, he could only smile awkwardly and apologize, then lowered his voice again and whispered in Harry's ear: "Didn't I already mail it to you a few days ago? A copy of the Daily Prophet? Where is it now? Didn’t you receive it? This shouldn’t be the case!”
"Daily Prophet? I didn't see any newspapers during the holidays! Alas! Ron! Didn't I tell you? Never use an owl to send anything to my Uncle Vernon's house! He even bought one again last year. A double-barreled shotgun. He doesn't welcome anyone from the wizarding world to enter his house! He might actually shoot your owl down!" Harry was stunned. Throughout the holiday, he It’s true that I haven’t received anything from the wizarding world!
Even his pet owl Hedwig was kept in a cage by him throughout the holidays without even a chance to let out air! If Ron really sent him a newspaper, it must have been confiscated by his Uncle Vernon or Aunt Petunia! It seems that I must have missed a lot of interesting things during this holiday!
"Of course I remember what you said! Don't worry! I actually asked my dad to send it to you using their Ministry of Magic's special owl! Even if it is really shot down by your uncle, it's okay! It's not mine anyway. ! I don’t feel bad even if you die!” Ron waved his hand, not minding that he encouraged his father to use his public weapon for private use! It’s the Ministry of Magic’s owl anyway! Right? If you die, just die! Ron doesn't have to pay for it!
"By the way! I almost forgot to ask! What big thing happened? You are still so mysterious! Is it true that Voldemort is resurrected again?" Harry remembered that before the holiday, Voldemort was just a ghost. of! Could it be that in just one summer vacation, he really came back to life again? Then he is too capable of causing trouble, right? He is indeed the villain Voldemort!
"Well, it seems you really don't know! Also! Don't ever mention the mysterious man's name in front of me again!" Ron's face turned frightened when he heard the unnamed name! He shook his head helplessly at Harry, and then glanced carefully at Hermione, who was sitting upright next to him, before moving closer to Harry's ear and whispering: "This is actually what happened...! Then ..."
"Isn't this impossible? Rob, rob Gringotts Wizarding Bank? How could such a thing happen?!" After hearing this, Harry's eyes widened behind his myopia glasses, his face full of disbelief! This is much more exciting than Voldemort's resurrection! Then he quickly turned to Hermione on the other side and asked aloud: "How is this possible?! Hermione! Is what Ron said just now true? Are you really involved in the Gringotts incident?"
"Huh!" Hermione snorted coldly and turned her head to the other side. She didn't even pay attention to the two people muttering to the side!
Of course she knew what they were muttering about just now! He must be saying something bad about her again! Ever since the incident at Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Hermione has become accustomed to the strange looks from people around her and the questioning from those who do bad things! In fact, she was already very annoyed!
What's more important is that some rumors are becoming more and more unreliable! Listen now! Listen to them all! Ron had just said that she, Hermione, was involved in robbing the bank! In fact, the truth should be that the goblin at the bank robbed her of her money, okay? If they wanted to know, wouldn't they read the newspaper themselves? Why are you still asking her?
Hermione figured it out a long time ago! The more she talks about that matter, the more she explains, the more those busybodies will want to ask! What gets spread in the end becomes even more outrageous! So, she has learned the best way to cope! That is: indifference! Ignore it! As long as she doesn't talk to them and ignores them, those busybodies will naturally disperse! Her indifference and ignorance are the best weapons to fight back against those rumors! She loves to talk and ask questions, but Hermione just ignores her! snort!
Hermione had just wanted to reveal a little bit of the novel things that were going to happen at Hogwarts this year to her two friends in advance, but this was the first-hand news she heard in the principal's office last month! There will definitely be no more than two digits of people who know about this now! But now she suddenly changed her mind! She would never tell these two gossipy bastards in advance! Never reveal any information to them in advance! Who told them to just whisper and arrange themselves?
Ron was right about one thing! Hermione was one of the important participants in the Gringotts Wizarding Bank incident, and she indeed witnessed the whole thing! But she hated it when anyone asked her any questions about it! After all, she was terribly frightened at the time! This matter can be said to have turned her upside down! No one can touch it! And Harry and Ron actually discussed this matter in front of her. The boat of friendship was about to capsize!
But in everything there is a gain as well as a loss! After Hermione met Anne and was greatly frightened, she also gained a huge gain that was not known to outsiders! Because the next day, when the trip to Hogwarts was over, especially after knowing that little Annie was temporarily homeless and wandering around, Hermione strongly requested and invited Annie to stay at her house for a month! During this month, Hermione not only learned about Anne's life experience and that she was not from this world, but she also learned a lot of magical knowledge from Anne! This knowledge is a good thing that the current wizarding world does not have! No amount of money can buy it!
But in fact, after Anne stayed at Hermione's house for a month, Hermione was not the happiest person! Not even Annie! But Hermione's irresponsible father: Mr. Granger! Because now Mr. Granger is still worried about the big box full of tens of thousands of gold Galleons that he hid under the bed! That is joy and worry!
Of course these gold coins were given to him by Anne! Said it was a meeting gift to come and stay at their house! It’s not okay if you don’t want to accept it! Therefore, since then, Mr. and Mrs. Granger have been wondering whether it is more cost-effective to go to Gringotts directly and exchange them for pounds? Or is it more cost-effective to melt it directly into gold ingots and exchange it at a bank in the Muggle world outside? This is a big question worth exploring! They have been studying for a long time and have never been able to make up their mind!
"Wow! That's cool! Okay! Ron, can you tell me more carefully?" After Harry saw Hermione ignoring him, he had to turn his head awkwardly and continue to ask Ron.
Since Hermione neither denies nor admits this, then this is probably true! He didn't know about such a big and explosive event right away! This is really a pity! So he wanted to continue asking and wanted to know more specific content!
"Okay! It was said that this is what happened..." Ron was just about to continue telling Harry, but he found that all the Gryffindor students around him suddenly stood up and applauded enthusiastically. Especially his two twin brothers, who whistled loudly and waved their hands in cheers.
It turns out that the sorting ceremony had already started when they were talking! Ron's sister, Ginny Weasley, got her wish and was assigned to Gryffindor by the Sorting Hat! Because she is obsessed with someone in Gryffindor day and night! In fact, it’s not too strange that she can be assigned here! After all, the entire Weasley family seems to be Gryffindors! This is about to become genetic!
"Harry! Let's not talk about it for now! I will give you another copy of that day's newspaper when you go back to the dormitory! I managed to secretly hide one when my father and I went to the Ministry of Magic!" Now that the sorting has begun , Ron doesn’t want to miss any details, and besides, a sumptuous dinner will start soon! He didn't want to waste any more time on this topic.
"Okay! You have to remember!" Since there was the original newspaper of the day to read after the party, Harry decided not to dwell on this matter for the time being, and hurriedly stood up together and applauded Ron's sister Ginny. With.
The sorting ceremony continued in an orderly manner. The four major houses of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Ravenclaw each assigned different numbers of first-year freshmen. As the freshmen took their seats, Professor McGonagall has finally removed the chairs and the sorting hat, and the opening party is about to officially begin!
After receiving a certain instruction, the house elves of Hogwarts School began to cast spells, spreading a dazzling array of high-quality food all over the long tables of each house in an instant! You know, the opening party dinner of each semester is the most sumptuous of the year! So Ron, who came from a poor family, and Harry, who had been abused by his uncle's family for a whole summer, these two brothers immediately picked up their knives and forks and started eating!
In fact, it cannot be said that it is not usually rich, but you have to know that all kinds of meat have different prices and tastes! Today I can eat beef and mutton legs and seafood, but usually, pork chops, potatoes and bread would be good! School funds are not unlimited! That all requires the selfless sponsorship of shareholders! Where can I give you big fish and meat for free every day? This is just a magic school, not a free lunch restaurant for Ministry of Magic officials! What kind of treatment do you want?
On the first day of school, you must make a good impression on the new students! so! It will definitely be extra rich on this day or during the holidays! This is a matter of honor for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! There can be no carelessness! As for normal times? Ahem! Eat whatever you have! Anyway, as long as it can ensure nutrition and prevent people from starving to death!
In the process of feasting, some attentive students also discovered that the teacher's seat today seemed a little different from usual! Because they discovered that there were not only Hogwarts professors at the teacher's table, but also a particularly eye-catching little girl with blond hair! And it looks very familiar!
And upon closer inspection, the little girl turned out to be the protagonist of the Gringotts Wizarding Bank incident a while ago! The one who is said to be the most powerful wizard in the history of the wizarding world! It is said that not even Dumbledore or the mysterious man is her opponent! And this statement seems reasonable and well-founded!
Because according to the analysis of subsequent events in the Daily Prophet, this little girl’s record was terrifying! In less than an hour, she knocked down twenty or thirty goblin employees, captured or knocked out hundreds of Aurors and Gringotts guards alive, and finally killed an ancient dragon! Even the mysterious man or Dumbledore couldn't achieve such a record, right? So the inference of the little girl’s strength comes from this!
In fact, quite a few students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are still reluctant to believe this! In their opinion, how could a little girl of just a few years be more powerful than their most admired and powerful Principal Dumbledore? This is obviously impossible! The editors of those newspapers must have deliberately made it up to attract attention! That must be it!
"Harry, help me, pass me that leg of lamb over there!" On the Gryffindor long table, Ron was still holding a big lobster in his hand, and his eyes were already fixed on Harry. The roasted leg of lamb on the side.
"Oh! Okay! Here you go! Please help me get the crabs over there!" Harry's appearance was no better than Ron's! He was also chewing on a big chicken leg in his hand!
"Thanks!"
Beside them, Hermione, who was whispering something with a female classmate, silently glanced at the two of them from the corner of her eyes, and then quietly and carefully moved her position to be further away from them. a little. After smiling awkwardly with the classmates he just talked to, he pretended not to recognize them and continued to eat the food on his plate slowly and gracefully.
Fortunately, there will be no points deducted from the academy for looking unsightly! Hermione felt that if there was a requirement to eat photos in the school rules, I am afraid that Harry and Ron today would definitely deduct all their Gryffindor points! Is there no place for the word shame in their heads?
I'm afraid many people have noticed them now, right? The two of them now have a leg of lamb and a lobster! And the other is chicken legs and crabs caught with both hands! It's just dinner, can't we restrain ourselves a little and act more reserved? No one is coming to compete with them! Look at the first-year freshman Ginny sitting opposite. She probably doesn’t want to recognize her brother now, right?
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