Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

There were many candles floating above the table in the hall, forming a huge luminous body. These candles kept floating up and down in mid-air, which looked very beautiful.Looking upwards, the stars are twinkling on the velvet-black ceiling, and the moon is hanging high, making it look like a real night sky.It's hard to believe that there is a ceiling above it, instead of being directly used as an open-air restaurant.

Except for Moon, most of the freshmen didn't have the leisure and elegance to look around like him.They stared at Professor McGonagall, and watched as Professor McGonagall went to get a four-corner stool and placed it not far below the teacher's desk. Then, they saw Professor McGonagall taking a patched stool. The dirty pointed wizard hat was placed on the stool.

"what is that?"

"Oh my God, are we supposed to try to cast a spell on a broken hat..."

The freshmen couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

However, at this moment, the hat suddenly twisted and opened a slit under the surprised eyes of the freshmen - as if it had grown a mouth. Then, it began to sing:

"Perhaps you will question my magic power, but your doubts can only be like a rootless tree and a sourceless water.

I am a magic hat, born in the hands of four famous magic masters.

Although I am not shiny and pretty, I lack a tall and straight figure.

But I will see into your heart and into your soul.

Maybe you are a Gryffindor, with outstanding courage and courage far beyond ordinary people;

Maybe you are a Slytherin with a naturally arrogant vision, but you can act in an eclectic way;

Or maybe you belong to Ravenclaw, are extremely smart, and know how to cherish all rare knowledge;

Maybe you should go to Hufflepuff, they are gentle and tolerant, they are always tough but upright and honest.

Come, wear me, I will neither eat you nor harm you.

I will only detect your character and lead you in the right direction! "[Note 1]

After the song of the Sorting Hat was finished, teachers and classmates applauded. The Sorting Hat suddenly jumped (although no one could understand how it jumped), turned to the long table of teachers, and bowed to the teachers.Then, it jumped back, bowed to the students on the four tables, and then stopped completely.

"Huh, it seems we just need to put on our hats." After discovering this, Gal became obviously eager to try.Greg also began to threaten his mother and asked her to buy him and Doreen two new broomsticks - a very courageous act, and Moon began to believe that he might actually be assigned to Glen Findo went.

"Now, whoever's name I call will put on his hat, sit on the stool, and sort the schools." Professor McGonagall walked to the stool and unfolded the parchment she had brought with her. "Noel..." Benson!"

A tall boy who was obviously almost a head taller than the other freshmen walked out of the team and put his hat on his head.

"Um...Gryffindor!"

The table on the far left erupted in cheers.

"Irma Baker!"

A cute little girl ran out of the team excitedly and a little nervously, and put on the hat.

"Let's see...Hufflepuff!"

This time it was the turn of the students at the table on the right to applaud.

The sorting process continued, and soon the Dawson brothers and sisters arrived. In the end, Greg and his sister got their wish and were sorted into Gryffindor, becoming two little lions.

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[Note 1] This song of the Sorting Hat cannot be found in the original work, because the original work does not cover this year (laughs). Since the song sung by the Sorting Hat is different every year, if you encounter the details in this book, To describe the plot of the Sorting Ceremony, the author will write the Sorting Hat Song for those years not mentioned in the original work. Readers need not be confused because the lyrics are different from the songs that appear in the original work.

Chapter 11 Hufflepuff

"Cedric Diggory!"

The sorting was still going on, and a cute little boy who could already see the beginning of his future handsome appearance walked out of the team gracefully and put on the sorting hat.

"Hmm..." This time, the Sorting Hat took a little longer.

"Okay...then...Hufflepuff!"

The little badgers burst into cheers again, and Cedric happily sat down at that table.

"Next, next..." Professor McGonagall glanced at the list, then glanced at the crowd, with a hint of searching, "Moon Fox!"

Moon took a deep breath, walked out of the team, and walked all the way to the hat.

He was a little nervous, but not because of the Sorting Hat, but because when his name was called, Dumbledore, Snape and several other professors all looked over at the teacher's desk, and judging from their expressions , seems quite interested in him.

He didn't know the reason for this, so for the time being, he didn't plan to pay too much attention to it.

"Well..." As soon as Moon put the Sorting Hat on his head, the Sorting Hat's groaning voice sounded in his mind. "It is not difficult to judge that although there are characteristics of Gryffindor, Slytherin and Ravenclaw, It’s not that appropriate, and it seems that you can go anywhere, but in comparison, Hufflepuff’s gentleness, tolerance, integrity and firmness are not lacking, so..."

The Sorting Hat opened its mouth and said "Hufflepuff!"

The little badgers' voices seemed to be hoarse from shouting, so they clapped even harder.Moon took off his hat and glanced at the teacher's desk again.Snape had turned his head and looked away, but Dumbledore was still looking at him. After looking at him, he nodded and smiled at him.

Moon was a little surprised, but the old man with white beard and hair and a kind face in front of him made it difficult not to have a good impression of him.Therefore, Moon also smiled implicitly before walking towards the Hufflepuff table.

After Moon, other freshmen were sorted one after another.Gal finally sat next to Moon and became one of the many little badgers; the Weasley twins and Angelina Johnson, who had chatted with them on the way, all entered Gryffindor as a matter of course. .The other two who slightly attracted Moon's attention were a boy named Peddie Rolle and a girl named Gloria Selwyn.Both of these people were sorted into Slytherin, and the reason why they attracted Moon's attention was because of their last names.If Moon remembers correctly, these two people should also come from the so-called "28 Pureblood Families".

Halfway through the sorting process, the ghosts of Hogwarts finally showed up.There is no doubt that the first-year students were frightened again when the ghosts appeared.

Among all the ghosts, the Fat Friar was the ghost of Hufflepuff, so he always stayed at the Hufflepuff table, not far from the newlyweds.Gal, who saw a ghost for the first time, looked at him with curiosity, and even secretly poked it with his finger. The cold touch startled him.

Because of their names, the Weasley brothers were almost the last pair to be sorted. After they were also sorted into Gryffindor, there was only the last person left in the freshman team.

"Kelly Woodman!"

This is a little girl with short hair. She looks elegant and aura.Even though she was the last person, after Professor McGonagall read her name, she still remained calm and walked to the sorting hat.

"Hufflepuffs!"

Surprisingly, this little girl, who looked like a Gryffindor, had just put on the Sorting Hat, and the Sorting Hat called out Hufflepuff.Even Kelly herself was stunned for a moment, but the applause of the little badgers (the little badgers' voices were already hoarse at this time) quickly brought her back from her thoughts. She put down her hat and walked towards He with a smile. Chipachi's dining table.

Professor McGonagall rerolled the parchment, picked up the Sorting Hat and walked out of the auditorium.After she left, Professor Dumbledore stood up and waved slightly, looking at the students with a smile on his face, so that his eyes were bent, and looking at them at a certain angle, they almost formed a frame with his half-moon lenses. Two full moons.

"Welcome! Welcome new students to Hogwarts! Welcome old students back to start the new year!" He used three welcomes in a row. Obviously, for him, the auditorium filled with little wizards was too much for him. He is very happy.

"Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words." Dumbledore waved his hands, "May Merlin bless you, thank you all!"

He sat down, and the confused little wizards applauded and cheered as usual. Gal, who was sitting next to Munn, leaned over and whispered to Munn: "Isn't there something weird about this old man?"

Moon looked at Garr, who seemed to have a low IQ, dumbfounded. "He is the principal of the school, the greatest wizard of our time, Albus Dumbledore."

Gal seemed to be choked by something, and did not continue to say anything, but just sat upright.But Moon clearly saw his lips muttered twice, and it looked like "it's still weird."

After Dumbledore sat down, countless foods suddenly appeared on the long table: roast beef, potato chips, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steaks, baked potatoes, boiled potatoes, puddings, ketchup, and even There are chocolate bars and peppermint hard candies.Their cups were filled with pumpkin juice, too.

Munn and Gal were both a little hungry, and of course all the other little wizards were basically the same.Therefore, as soon as the applause ended, everyone started to feast on the delicious food. The fat monk next to him was both happy and sad to see it - after becoming a ghost, he would never have the chance to enjoy these delicacies again.

When everyone's stomachs were completely full, the remaining food on the plates disappeared instantly, replaced by various desserts and ice cream.Moon scooped up two large chocolate-flavored ice cream balls with a spoon, got some jelly, and began to listen to the chats of other little wizards.

"The colleges sometimes have classes together. I would like to give you some advice. You should be very alert in the Transfiguration and Potions classes. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape are the two most strict teachers of all subjects. ." A senior advised, "Especially Professor Snape, who is not only strict, but also...well, eloquent. If you are not careful, you will be ridiculed and points will be deducted."

"The history of magic is very easy." A senior sister sitting across the table said: "But if you really think so, then the pain will be doubled when the final exam comes."

Although Gal's IQ seems to be somewhat lacking, he is cheerful and a talkative person, so he is already chatting well with others. When he returns, he says, "This kind of class, I used to go to a Muggle school." I have encountered this before. In fact, as long as you adhere to one basic idea, you will find that the pain is reduced a lot - that is, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Obviously, reviewing is a long-term pain, and failing in the exam is a short-term pain. No matter how you think about it, it is the latter. More profitable.”

Upon hearing this crooked theory, the little wizards at the table suddenly laughed together.

Chapter 12 Common Rooms and Dormitories

After letting the students chat for a while, the desserts were almost finished, and the plates were cleared again.Professor Dumbledore stood up again and tapped the glass beside him with the golden spoon in his hand. "Okay, now that everyone has eaten and drank enough, I have to explain some important matters."

"First-year students, please be careful not to enter the woods on campus at will, especially the area known as the Forbidden Forest. Entry is strictly prohibited. I think some senior students have experienced some dangers, and they will explain them to you. .”

"The review of the Quidditch teams of each college will begin in the second week of this semester. Interested students can contact Mrs. Huo Qi. Of course, first-year students who have not taken flying lessons will not be admitted for the time being. Allowed to join the Quidditch team."

Some young wizards from wizarding families sighed.

"Finally, the administrator, Mr. Filch, would like me to remind everyone that please do not cast spells in the corridors during class breaks. Please be more careful.

"Okay, now, before everyone goes to bed." Professor Dumbledore suddenly pulled out his wand and waved it in the air, and a long golden ribbon appeared in the air. "Let's sing the school song together!"

At the teachers' table, except for Hagrid, the smiles of the other teachers froze. The students' reactions were different. Some were as happy as Hagrid, while others were as happy as Professor McGonagall, with expressions on their faces as if they wanted to eat two. Personally.

"Everyone please use your favorite tune." Dumbledore waved his wand, and the ribbons began to twist in the air to form lines of words. "Get ready... to sing!"

Everyone spoke, some loudly, some quietly, and some simply opened and closed their lips silently.Most people choose different tunes, and some even make up new tunes themselves:

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts,

Please teach us knowledge,

Whether we are bald old people

Or a child with a broken knee,

Our minds can accommodate some interesting things.

For now our minds are empty and filled with air,

dead flies and trifles,

teach us some valuable knowledge,

Give us back what we have forgotten,

You just do your best and leave the rest to us,

We will study hard until we are reduced to dust. "

It was a good school song, but it was sung to pieces by everyone. The Weasley brothers did not sing it to the tune of a funeral march. It sounded like they used a tune they made up.

"Oh, music." Dumbledore said with emotion: "It's really intoxicating. Okay, now, everyone, go back to the dormitory. It's already bedtime."

Under the leadership of the prefects of each college, students from the four colleges were taken out of the auditorium one after another.The Hufflepuff common room is underground, so it is very close to the auditorium. After leaving the auditorium, prefect Gabriel Truman led the Hufflepuff students down the stairs and entered a wide corridor. inside.

This corridor was filled with paintings depicting food. Among the piles of paintings, Moon quickly found the one leading to the kitchen - the picture showed a huge silver bowl filled with fruit. Among the fruits inside, there is a green pear.

However, since he had just eaten and it was his first day at school, he had no intention of going to the kitchen to "explore" the secrets. Instead, he and the other little badgers walked to a stack of barrels in the corridor.

Prefect Gabriel clapped his hands and attracted all the attention of the little badgers. "Listen to me, have you seen these barrels? Counting from the bottom, the second barrel in the middle of the second row, this is The entrance to our Hufflepuff common room. However, if you want to enter, you must tap to the correct melody, which is - "

He bent his fingers and tapped the bottom of the barrel to the tune of "Helga Hufflepuff", and the lid of the barrel immediately popped open lightly.

"Remember this barrel and this melody. If you hit it wrong, you will be showered with vinegar."

The new little badgers, including Moon of course, did not dare to neglect, and kept the position and melody in their minds.

"Please remember that the location of the barrel and the melody of the beating are strictly prohibited from telling anyone who is not a Hufflepuff, including classmates from other houses." Gabriel warned very seriously, and then gave way to the entrance of the barrel. "Now, everyone, let's go in."

From the lower grade to the upper grade, the little badgers entered the common room one after another.

Although the Hufflepuff common room is located underground, it does not feel cold or damp at all, but is very warm and comfortable.This is a large circular room with a very low ceiling. The windows that open almost at the top of the wall can directly see the night sky outside, as well as the dandelions, small flowers and grass that are swaying gently in the breeze. When it is daytime, There must be large swaths of sunlight shining in from the outside.

The decoration of the room is also very simple and very close to nature.There are various plants everywhere, and some special ones can even be seen dozing off like people, attracting the attention of many freshmen.There is also a large glass display case on the other side, which contains many plant specimens.The soft plush sofas and chairs placed randomly have already welcomed many overfed little badgers. Looking at how comfortable they are, they may not even bother to get into bed.The blazing fire in the fireplace did not bring any unpleasant smoke, and only a faint fragrance of plants and wood could be smelled in the entire lounge.

"My God, it looks so comfortable here..." Gal did not escape the clutches of the sofa. He found a free spot and jumped directly in. His whole body collapsed on it and became a pile of "Moon, You go find the dormitory, I want to rest here for a while."

Moon looked at Gal and the little badgers lying in a mess in the common room, shook his head with a smile, and walked alone through the circular door in the common room and entered the boys' dormitory area.

Hufflepuff's dormitory area is very creative. It is divided into two parts, separated by wooden boards, and a wooden escalator goes up and down.Above is the circular wooden door connecting the dormitory area and the common room, as well as the boys' dormitory area and bathroom. These dormitories gradually extend out on the plane according to the tree-like structure. The wooden doors of each room are engraved with different shapes. badger, and use a small wooden sign in the upper left corner to mark the name of the student in this dormitory.

If you climb down through the wooden escalator engraved with climbing badgers and various plants and flowers, you will enter the girls' dormitory area, although Moon has not seen it (unlike Gryffindor , Hufflepuff’s ladder allows boys to climb down, which is probably related to Helga Hufflepuff’s own philosophy), but I just heard from my senior sister at the dinner table that their dormitory is not like the boys’ dormitory, Instead, there are burrows next to each other, just like the nests dug by real small animals. It is very interesting.

Chapter 13 The first intimate contact with the classroom

There are 140 stairs in Hogwarts. Some of these stairs are wide and large, some are narrow, small and rickety; some lead to different places every Friday; some go up halfway, and a step will Disappears suddenly, so remember where to jump.They are always unpredictable and constantly moving. For people living in Hogwarts, this is probably a test.

Not only the stairs, but also the doors of Hogwarts: some doors you have to politely say "please" to it before it is willing to open; Unlock; some doors look like doors, but are actually a wall; others look like a wall, a painting, but are a door.Coupled with those elusive ghosts, Peeves who are good at mischief...combined with the stairs, it is a double or even triple test.

This is especially unfriendly to freshmen. You can hardly expect a group of new students to remember the rules of each flight of stairs, the category of each door and how to unlock it, nor can you expect them to learn how to escape. How could Peeves not be frightened half to death by the ghost that suddenly came out of the wall?After all, there are still many Muggles among them, and these new students are only 11 years old.

The first-year badgers were very lucky. Their first class was herbalism taught by the head of the school, Pomona Sprout, and this class was in the conservatory, where there were not many stairs.The second class was Defense Against the Dark Arts, and the classroom was on the fourth floor, so they didn't need to climb too high.Even in the afternoon, they were studying the history of magic, and the classroom of the history of magic was also on the second floor—this meant that as long as they didn’t run around on the first day, they didn’t have to worry about getting lost in the castle at all, and they could take out Go around in your spare time and step up to familiarize yourself with the path.

Since Moon proposed this point in the first herbalism class in the morning, many first-year little badgers thought it was a very good proposal, and decided to form a group to continue in Hogwarts Castle after lunch A unique "street cleaning".

In comparison, the little lions in Gryffindor were much more miserable. They had to climb down from the eighth floor. I heard that some little lions didn't even get breakfast.And their first class this morning was the Charms class, which meant that they climbed down from the eighth floor to have breakfast, and after eating, they had to climb up to the fourth floor to go to class.

The eaglets next door had been complaining for a while in the morning, but after seeing the tragic situation of Gryffindor, they suddenly felt more balanced.

"I never thought that in the wizarding world, daisies are actually a kind of herb." Gal held a licorice wand in his mouth, followed behind Moon, and said excitedly: "Uh, I mean, You know, when I was in the Muggle world, I had to pull out the weeds in my garden and throw them away."

Their first herbal lesson was about taking care of daisies - these seemingly inconspicuous little flowers can be used to make shrinking potions, and Garr was obviously very satisfied with the first lesson of his magical career, because this little It subverted his understanding of the things around him.

"You can still do this now, Gal." Moon walked forward holding his textbook and said with a smile: "Although it is a kind of herbal medicine, daisy can be said to be the most common one, and it is very cheap."

Gal's footsteps paused, but he quickly continued: "That's not important. What's important is its use. It's a useful herb, isn't it?"

The other two boys next to him, namely Gal and Moon's two roommates: Cedric Diggory and a boy named Arlin Sutton, looked at Gal's obsessed look and were a little confused. Speechless, Moon nodded and agreed with Gal's statement, "Yes, Gal, you are right."

After hearing this, Gal was even more excited. He wanted to say something else, but the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was already close at hand.

This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is a middle-aged wizard, Ben Camp, with gray hair and a cold expression on his face. Although his old brown robe is clean, it has many patches.He spoke very steadily and rarely had any emotional ups and downs. In other words, every time Moon heard him speak, he felt that the professor was like a robot.