The marble staircase of Hogwarts was magnificent, and torches were lit in the foyer, giving the students a view of the shelter from the rain. They almost rushed out of the car and ran towards the foyer.
"Oh my God," Ron said. He shook his head vigorously and sprinkled rainwater everywhere: "If it rains like this, there will be a flood in the lake... Well, maybe a flood is not bad, first of all It should be the Slytherin corridor that was flooded..."
"Then I'm afraid your Hufflepuff classmates will give you a thumbs up first..." Hermione ran past him, not forgetting to give him a compliment.
A big red balloon filled with water fell from the ceiling and flew over Ron's head.
"The wave line bounces back!" Ron pulled out his wand very quickly and pointed at the balloon. The balloon immediately bounced back and flew up to the ceiling, drenching Peeves who was about to throw the second balloon in mid-air. .
"Hey, if I can't beat Hermione, how can I beat you? Peeves, he's addicted to bullying me every year!" Ron looked as proud as a serf who became his master.
When Peeves couldn't bully Ron, he wanted to bully the girls. Hermione, who had always been peace-loving, pointed her wand at him, and he was immediately stuffed into the balloon and thrown out.
Vice-principal Professor McGonagall walked out of the door and almost fell down when she reached the door. Bai Lin stepped forward in time to support the old lady and nodded politely.
"Oh, thank you Mr. White," the old lady turned around and said sternly to the children, most of whom were soaked in water: "Okay, let's enter the auditorium quickly!"
Bai Lin was the first to step into the auditorium. The auditorium was as brilliant and grand as ever. In order to welcome the new students, the banquet hall was decorated with thousands of bright candles floating above the table, gold plates, silver knives and forks, transparent high The foot glass was polished spotlessly and sparkled in the candlelight.
The students who had arrived at the school first were sitting at the dining table of their own college, chatting and having fun. Bai Lin saw Professor Pomona waving to him. He strode over with a smile on his face and sat down on Hufflepah. On the seats of the faculty members of Qi College.
At a glance, he saw that all the senior girls in Hufflepuff were peeking at him, and even Cedric was looking at him with a smile. He said hello to Cedric very friendly, and then walked towards the Ravenclaw table. Qiuzhang also nodded. Qiuzhang gestured to his empty cup with a smile, meaning he wanted to toast him.
Hagrid stumbled into the auditorium with the freshmen who were even more wet than a drowned rat. He shook off the rainwater on his body and sat next to Bai Lin.
"I said," Hagrid lowered his voice: "I received the notification of the completion of the habitat. Can those poor sealed animals survive?"
Bai Lin said: "Actually, you can check the melee combat by yourself. I have opened permissions for all the team members. The place is still a bit small and not enough for large-scale biological activities. You can go in and take care of it yourself when you have time. What do you want to unblock first?" Forget it."
Hagrid chuckled and patted Bai Lin on the shoulder. Bai Lin rolled his eyes at him, "Don't you know you have strong hands?" Labor and management have been shot in the shoulder.
Bai Lin glanced at the staff table and saw no new faces. He came back to continue teaching. First, Fudge wrote him another letter, asking him to ensure that Dumbledore would be a principal wholeheartedly. What kind of order is this?
Bai Lin looked back at Dumbledore at the chairman's table. The old man seemed to have not recovered from the bad news of Grindelwald's "death". He did not have the same energy as before. Bai Lin felt that even if you take the Minister of Magic now Dumbledore would not take the seat given to him. Perhaps it was only his sense of responsibility to the students that allowed the centenarian to persevere.
The second reason was that Bai Lin wanted to confirm Voldemort's plan. If he planned to keep the "original plan" unchanged, Bai Lin felt that he could give him a little stumbling block and a little surprise.
As usual, the first step was to welcome new students and sort out the houses. This time, Professor McGonagall spoke instead of Dumbledore, who was in poor condition. However, her speech was a little more serious, without Deng's humor, but she put on the sorting hat. , the atmosphere in the audience suddenly became lively.
Every child who was selected by the Sorting Hat received a warm welcome from the seniors. As always, Badger House had the most freshmen and they were all happy and happy. Bai Lin liked the atmosphere of Badger House very much, although they were not as courageous as Gryffindor. However, whenever it comes to life and death, the bravery inspired by kindness may be even more brilliant. Bai Lin thought that if Yuxi had studied at Hogwarts, she would have been assigned to the Badger House.
After drinking and eating, Professor McGonagall knocked on the table on the rostrum. The students gradually became quiet. Filch trotted over and handed the old lady a long list.
Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment and then said: "Please pay attention, I have a few things to announce."
The old lady paused and said: "First of all, Mr. Filch, the administrator, would like me to read out some of the contraband items that have been added this year. There are about... more than four hundred items in total, including screaming yo-yos and spike darts..." The upright old lady really read through more than 400 toys.
At first, the students were a little frustrated, because this meant that they had fewer things to play with, but after reading the book, the students no longer took it seriously. Fred and George looked at each other, and Fred whispered He whispered in front of the Gryffindor table: "What's the big deal? We'll get something new?"
George said hey: "Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes may be late, but he will never be absent!" They went to the arena to make money to open their funny shop, and now as Bai Lin's "disciples", they have Obtained angel investment from Bai Lin.
After reading this long list, Professor McGonagall felt quite thirsty and returned to her seat to take a sip of liqueur.
Dumbledore steeled himself, walked up to the podium and said, "I will make the next announcement. I am very sorry to tell you that the College Cup Quidditch Tournament will not be held this year."
"What?" The students simply exploded. Not only Harry, not only the players of each team, but other students were also looking at Dumbledore with their mouths wide open in disbelief. For many people, Quidditch It's the only sport he likes.
"Because a big event is starting in October and lasting the entire school year, it will take up a lot of teachers' time and energy - but I'm sure you will all have a lot of fun and growth from it. I'm very happy to tell you all Announced that the Triwizard Tournament will be held at Hogwarts this year!"
Dumbledore gave the students more than ten seconds to react, and then said: "The Triwizard Tournament originated more than seven hundred years ago and is a friendly competition among the three largest magic schools in Europe. These three The schools are: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang!..."
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