Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Of course, it can't actually be considered a topic, because Moon does have some thoughts on this matter.

"By the way, Professor Lupine, Sirius, and Professor Dumbledore, have you ever told you who this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is?"

"Unfortunately, we don't know." Professor Lupine shook his head, "But from what Professor Dumbledore meant, it seems to be an old man."

"Old man?" Moon nodded thoughtfully, no wonder.

The reason why he was curious about this matter was that he was a little surprised by who Professor Dumbledore had found to be the professor, so that he actually needed two absolutely professional teaching assistants.At first he thought Professor Dumbledore was looking for Gilderoy Lockhart, but he soon realized that the textbook they were using was not Lockhart's "work", which meant that this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts The professor was probably someone other than Lockhart.

Now that Professor Lupine is talking about an old man, it is most likely not the professor that Moon knows and is mentioned in the original work.

"Don't think about it, Moon. Instead of thinking about that, it's better to consider this year's elective courses." Gal muttered: "I dare say that your class schedule this year will be very full - you have three options to choose from. It’s a class. Of course, we’re not much better..."

"What's there to think about? All the classes have been chosen." Moon laughed dumbly, but heard Yaerlin suddenly say narrowly: "Is he thinking about classes? Hey, he is probably thinking about exams."

Before Gal could counterattack with his elbow, Harry was startled. "Does magic school also have exams? Are we going to be tested on how to cast spells?"

"You have to answer papers, just like in a Muggle school." Because he also attended a Muggle school, Gal almost immediately realized what Harry's real problem was, so he gave up attacking Arlin again, but he had no choice but to He said: "To be precise, there are practical exams and answer sheet exams - and most of them are answer sheet exams. And there are also grades. It's no better than a Muggle school."

As if he had discovered a new interesting topic, Yaerlin stopped teasing Gal, and instead "terrorized" Harry, Ron, Hesper and Quaid with added insults. "Ha, what are exams? Usual homework." It’s even scarier~ The papers are often several feet long, and it takes a long time just to write them. Think about it, in just a few nights, you have to hold the parchment and write furiously. If you encounter Some professors who are particularly strict will be reprimanded if they write too big a digit."

Moon rolled his eyes as he listened. Among the four people in their dormitory, he and Gal were the only ones who liked to write words in big letters and space them widely. If the professors were as serious as what he said, he and Gal would Garr had deducted all Hufflepuff's points a long time ago.

"By the way, professors will also deduct points. If you don't perform well in school, they will deduct corresponding points for your college. If the deductions are too much, all your classmates will dislike you. The professors won't like you either..." Arlin's words became more and more outrageous and unreasonable, and Harry's face became paler and paler as he watched. Even Ron, Hesper, and Quaid were talking about it. The three people who knew a little more became suspicious. After all, although Yaerlin was talking nonsense, he did have a nose and an eye.

Sirius and Professor Lupin also acted as "unscrupulous elders" at this time, just sitting nearby and listening happily, without even thinking of stopping them.

In the end, it was Cedric who couldn't stand listening anymore and covered Yalin's mouth. "It's okay, Yalin. If you continue to talk nonsense like this, I will ask the professor to deduct your points first."

Moon also nodded, "Don't listen to Yaerlin's nonsense. He is here to scare you. It's not as scary as what he said. He basically exaggerates everything. For example, he usually has a lot of reasons. He deducted points from Hufflepuff for messing with Garr, but no one disliked him because of it."

Arlin laughed and pulled Cedric's hand away, "Isn't that because I have a charming personality?"

"..." Munn was momentarily stuck, feeling as if his throat was blocked by something. Gal and Cedric directly restrained Arlin with speechless expressions on their faces, and then used Gal's hand to The bun directly stuffed his mouth.

Except for little Harry, who was still a little confused, the rest of the group couldn't help but burst into laughter again when they saw this.

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[Note 1] The "slightly larger cubicle" used here is also stated in the original work. At that time, Professor Slughorn invited a total of six students, but except for Ginny, who was in fifth grade, the rest were Sixth and seventh grade.After seven people sat in, the side where Slughorn was was a little crowded (Slughorn was very fat).Therefore, the specific settings of partitions in this book are: ordinary student partitions are standard 4-seater wide and 6-seater wide partitions, and these specially prepared slightly larger partitions are standard 8-seater wide partitions. .

Chapter 19 Companions

The train whistle suddenly broke the silence in the night. Moon and others had already changed into their robes. At their reminder, Harry, Ron, Hesper, and Quaid had also done the same.

"So, no matter what, I still hope that I won't be sorted into Slytherin..." Ron muttered, making several adults dumbfounded. "Of course, I do think what Moon said is very interesting. It makes sense, and judging from the joke Fred and George made before, Slytherin may not be so annoying now - but there is no way, everyone in my family is in Gryffindor, if I If I go to Slytherin, I will become the only weirdo in the whole family, and Percy and the others will laugh at me to death."

Everyone was dumbfounded. Ron was chatting and suddenly talked about the sorting, and complained about Slytherin as he should have.Fortunately, he also read the Hogwarts school newspaper. After everyone talked about the current situation of Slytherin, he easily accepted the "real Slytherin" and "his impression of Slytherin". Slytherin" (Sirius was actually more surprised than he was).

But he finally ended with this sentence. Indeed, as he said, in the Weasley family, all his brothers are Gryffindor students. If he suddenly ran to Slytherin, , a round of ridicule is absolutely inevitable.

However, Moon felt that he was worried in vain. Just because he had the blood of the Weasley family in his body, he was destined to be put into Gryffindor by the Sorting Hat.

Harry also happily participated in the discussion. When he learned that Ron was a staunch Gryffindor, while Hesper was more inclined to Slytherin, poor little Harry struggled for a long time.Although he had also talked about this matter with Sirius, and had just talked about it a lot more, Harry, who had always been very independent, still wanted to choose the college according to his own ideas.

"Honestly, I think Hufflepuff is pretty good. If I couldn't go to Hufflepuff, I would probably rather go to Gryffindor." Little Harry rubbed his well-trimmed hair - this was It was a little bit uncomfortable for him, after all, his hair was always messy before.

"Ha, I knew it." A satisfied smile appeared on Sirius' face. "Of course it's Gryffindor. Harry, we are all from Gryffindor. I mean, Hufflepuff is also very good." Fine, but Gryffindor is a better house for you."

Harry blinked his beetle-like green eyes, and didn't know what to say for a moment. Fortunately, Professor Lupin saved him. "Compared with this, I think we should get off the car."

Sure enough, the train had stopped completely and smoothly without realizing it. Everyone joked a little more and then filed off the train. The cool night breeze made everyone wrap up their robes unconsciously.

"First-year little wizard! Come over here!" Hagrid's familiar rough voice reached everyone's ears.

"Oh, he is so tall. Is he a giant?" Ron looked at Hagrid's figure reflected in the light in surprise, his mouth wide open, as if he could fit an egg in.

"That's Hagrid. He's awesome, but he's not a serious giant. He's a hybrid giant." Garr answered, waving to Hagrid from a distance like Cedric and the others. "We can take you to his hut later." It’s fun to be a guest.”

Ron was obviously a little "afraid" of Hagrid, but Harry agreed wholeheartedly with interest, and Hesper and Quaid were even more excited - they had long told their story in Munn I knew about Hagrid's existence when I was living on campus.

"Okay, Hesper, Quaid, and you two." Moon pointed in the direction of Hagrid. "You can't follow us this time. You have to go to Hagrid first like other freshmen." Over there, we'll see you in the auditorium later."

The four first-year students nodded together and walked to Hagrid's side, while Moon and the others took Sirius and Professor Lupin to ride on the Thestral carriage.

Speaking of which, because he had already seen death last year - to be precise, he almost killed a dark wizard with his own hands, so now, Munn could successfully see these things that looked a little scary, but after looking at them for a long time, they became more and more obvious. I think the "Death Pegasus" is a bit cute.Previously, he was always curious about Yeqi because of this incident, but now he has completely made up for a small shortcoming.

The space on the Thestral carriage was not very large and could not fit all of Munn and the others, so everyone was helplessly divided into two carriages. Sirius, Professor Lupin, Gal, and Arlin took the first one, and Muen took the first one. En, Cedric, Violet and a second-year Ravenclaw girl took another car.

"Hello, my name is Qiu, Qiu Zhang, and I am Chinese." Qiu Luoluo generously pulled her long, silky black hair behind her ears, and greeted a few people with a chuckle, "I know you, you are People from the school newspaper, right? Moon Fox, Cedric Diggory, and Violet Evelina, you are all celebrities in the school."

Moon smiled and nodded in response, while sneaking a glance at Cedric. Just as he thought, Cedric clearly had a crush on Qiu when he first saw her, and there was obviously some excitement in his eyes.

But probably out of fear of being discovered by Qiu, Cedric quickly turned his head and cleared his throat, "Ahem, Zhang, what grade are you in? I don't think I've noticed you before..."

Qiu Zhang shyly turned to look at Cedric sitting next to her, and said, "I should be one grade younger than you. I am just in the second grade, and I usually spend most of my time with my roommates."

After a few simple conversations, the atmosphere became strangely stagnant. It could be seen that Cedric seemed to want to talk about something, but could not find a topic.Qiu Zhang seemed to feel the weirdness of the atmosphere, and was also thinking hard about the topic.

Only Violet was keen enough to find something that could make the two of them chat.

"Huh? Zhang, what kind of badge is that badge you are wearing? It looks very beautiful."

Qiu Zhang was startled for a moment, then realized what he was wearing. He took off the Tutshill Tornadoes badge worn on his chest and handed it to Violet, "This is the Tornadoes team badge. I am their fan, so I always wear this as a way of support~" [Note 1]

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[Note 1] Qiu Zhang is indeed a loyal fan of the Tuthill Tornadoes, and is also mentioned in the original work.

Chapter 20 Made of iron...

It turns out that Violet is indeed very perceptive. After mentioning Quidditch, Cedric and Qiu Zhang immediately became more talkative. Even during the short carriage ride that followed, they both kept talking. Talking about Quidditch.Violet and Moon became spectators completely, only listening on the sidelines.

Of course, both Moon and Violet were very happy about this.

Unfortunately, there was not much distance from Hogsmeade Station to the gate of Hogwarts, so the chat that made the two of them so happy had to end abruptly.

After passing through the school gate and walking across large expanses of grass, under the bright moonlight, a group of senior wizards chatted and greeted each other while gradually walking into the familiar Hogwarts Castle.

The auditorium has already been decorated. Except for Professor McGonagall, all the other professors have already sat in their seats. Even Professor Lupine and Sirius, two teaching assistants this year, are sitting on the edge of the teacher's chair. down.In addition, in the middle of the teacher's chair, there appeared a gray-haired old gentleman that everyone had never seen in school. It seemed that he was probably the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor that Sirius and the others mentioned this year. .

"If you ask me, it's quite unaccustomed to the absence of Tonks on Hufflepuff's long table..." Garr scratched his head and said casually, then looked at his meal with a frown. "Let the freshmen come in quickly and finish the sorting ceremony. I'm so hungry."

"Merlin's beard, how can someone think only about eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, and thinking." I can't open my mouth anymore.

Gabriel smiled and shook his head, then pointed mysteriously at the white-haired old man on the teacher's bench, "Do you know who that is?"

"Who is that?" All the Hufflepuff wizards sitting here shook their heads.

"Dennis Greengrass is the younger brother of the current patriarch of the Greengrass family, but strictly speaking, he is no longer a member of the Greengrass family. Because he made many remarks against the mysterious man back then, Greengrass The family had to expel him from the family in order to protect itself.”

Moon listened to the sidelines and couldn't help but take another look at the old man wearing a plain white robe. He couldn't help it, this experience sounded exactly the same as what his mother An had experienced back then.At that time, An Yin insisted on being with Hu Yan, but because of Hu Yan's natural sensitivity as an Oriental, and because he had always been a staunch opponent of Voldemort, Moon's grandparents had to drive An away. , not only seeking self-protection, but also protecting An.

"Ah? Then why have we never heard of this person?" A fourth-year Hufflepuff boy asked strangely: "According to what you said, Gabriel, this professor should be very famous, right? .”

"You are sure you haven't heard of him, because this old gentleman was later hunted by the mysterious man's henchmen and was forced to flee the UK. Since then, he has disappeared and has not appeared in the public eye again. There are even many people I think he has died quietly in a foreign country." Gabriel said with some regret, "If my calculation is correct, Professor Greengrass should be almost a hundred years old this year, and he also has old injuries all over his body."

"So how do you know him?" Gal asked casually.

"Our family has some distant relatives with the Greengrass family. This summer, my family took me to visit the Greengrass family. At that time, Professor Greengrass had already returned to the family, but the Greengrass family did not Publicize the news of his return. Oh, by the way, speaking of this, the daughter of the Greengrass family, Daphne Greengrass, will also come to school this year. Maybe this is the main reason why Professor Greengrass is willing to come to Hogwarts to teach. The reason." Gabriel explained: "Speaking of this, there are quite a few celebrities in our school this year. I heard that someone saw Harry Potter, and he was still with Moon and the others."

Everyone's eyes turned to the four of them, Moon, but there was nothing to hide about this matter, so all four of them nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.

Just as he was talking, the first-year students began to file in from the door of the auditorium and walked into the auditorium - the sorting ceremony was about to begin.

Everyone's "old friend", the dirty Sorting Hat, was placed on the familiar four-legged stool. As Professor McGonagall took two steps back, the Sorting Hat opened its mouth and sang a song (this brought another Some of the little wizards in the grade were shocked):

"You may think I'm not pretty, but don't judge people by their appearance.

If you guys can find a hat smarter than me, I can eat myself.

You can make your bowler hat black and shiny, your top hat smooth and crisp.

But I am a top hat used for testing at Hogwarts, so I am naturally superior to your hats.

No thought hidden in your mind can hide from the golden eyes of the magic hat.

Try it on, and I'll tell you which house you should be in.

You may belong to Gryffindor, where there are hidden bravery, whose daring, boldness, and boldness make Gryffindor outstanding;

You may belong to Hufflepuff, where the people are upright and loyal, and the students of Hufflepuff are stoic and honest, not afraid of hard work;

If you are shrewd, you may enter wise old Ravenclaw, and those wise and learned will always meet their fellows there;

Maybe you will enter Slytherin, maybe you will make sincere friends here, but those cunning and insidious people will do anything to achieve their goals.

Come wear me!Don't be afraid!Don't panic!In my hands (even though I don't have a hand) you are absolutely safe.

Because I am a thinking magic hat! "[Note 1]

After the song was sung, the Sorting Hat bowed around as usual, and there was thunderous applause in the auditorium. The first-year wizards seemed to relax a lot - obviously, their previous worries, such as "fighting giants" and so on, All the messy thoughts were in vain. The sorting ceremony was actually as simple as putting a hat on your head.

Simply wonderful.

When the applause subsided, Professor McGonagall came forward with the parchment and said loudly: "Whoever's name I call now will put on his hat, sit on the stool, and wait for the sorting."

"Hannah Abbott!"

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[Note 1] Unlike the previous two volumes where the Song of the Sorting Hat was original, the Song of the Sorting Hat in this volume is quoted from the original text in the original book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Chapter 21 Choices

When Professor McGonagall called Hannah's name, in addition to the first-year wizards, Moon in the auditorium couldn't help but look sideways.

Just kidding, what is the real protagonist?

Of course it’s Hannah Abbott, known as the “Iron Witch”!

While listening to the Sorting Hat shouting "Hufflepuff", Moon watched the little girl Hannah hurriedly walked towards the Hufflepuff table, and immediately clapped as hard as the others. .

After Hannah, there are also some familiar names: Susan Burns was sorted into Hufflepuff, Terry Boot was sorted into Ravenclaw, and then there was Ron's future infatuated girlfriend Lavender. Brown and Hermione, who was harmed in the original work, became Millicent Burst, the "real cat lady"...

"Justin Finch!"

"Hufflepuffs!"

There was another burst of applause from the Hufflepuff table. Harry couldn't help turning his head and glanced back at the Hufflepuff table. As a result, he happened to meet Moon's eyes. Moon smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up. , which immediately reassured Harry, who was still a little uncomfortable before.

It's no wonder when he thinks about it. Although Harry has realized that Professor McGonagall is sorting people into different houses according to the first letter of their surnames, the fact that it is still his turn still reminds him of the time when they were divided into groups in physical education class. scenes - every time, every time, he was left last, and no one wanted to be in the group with him, because no one wanted Dudley's group to think they liked him.

"Hermione Granger!"

The little witch with a head full of thick and messy brown curly hair walked out of the crowd quickly, as fast as she was running.

"Gryffindor!" The sorting hat loudly announced the result of the sorting. Hermione took off her hat and hurriedly ran to the table amidst the applause of the Gryffindor students and sat down.

Later, Neville was sorted into Gryffindor, and in his nervousness, he forgot to take off his hat and wanted to run away.Malfoy went to Slytherin, his light steps almost seeming to reach the ceiling of the Great Hall.One of the Patil twin sisters went to Gryffindor and the other went to Ravenclaw, which made the two sisters a little depressed.

Finally, after a pause, Professor McGonagall shouted: "Harry Potter!"

There was a burst of whispers in the auditorium. Many people craned their necks to see what Harry looked like while whispering about the rumors about Harry.

Harry took a deep breath, and the words Sirius told him reappeared in his mind - as long as he arrived at Hogwarts, he would inevitably be treated like a rare animal by others.Then, he thought about the thumb that Moon just extended towards him.

Finally, when he picked up the Sorting Hat and put it on his head, he suddenly remembered the topics about the four houses he had talked with Hesper and Ron on the train.

"Hmm...difficult, very difficult. I can see that I am very courageous and have a good heart. I have talent, oh, but I seem to be afraid that others will underestimate me and be burdened by my reputation? Do I want to prove myself? Well...I You need to think about it, it seems that every college can accept you." [Note 1]

Harry was a little nervous, and he was also curious about where the Sorting Hat would sort him eventually, but he suddenly became curious about another thing.

"Can I choose?" he muttered.

"Ha, you want to choose by yourself?" the Sorting Hat said in a very exaggerated voice: "Well, well, I guess it's not that I can't listen to your opinion. Come on, let's talk about it."

"Hufflepuff, or Gryffindor, preferably Hufflepuff, but, I mean, Gryffindor is also good." After saying that, Harry repeated it twice more, because the sorting Hat didn't immediately give an answer or reveal his sorting result.

"Oh? Don't want to go to Ravenclaw and Slytherin? Really? Maybe Slytherin can help you reach a higher peak."

"I would rather go to Hufflepuff or Gryffindor." Harry said firmly.

"Well..." the Sorting Hat made a long nasal sound, and then made up its mind - because Harry didn't hear the whispers in his ears anymore, the Sorting Hat directly announced the result loudly, "Then! Gryffindor!" "

Just before Harry took off his hat, the Sorting Hat whispered again, "It's a shame, but if you have to choose between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, you'd better go to Gryffindor."

Harry had to admit that he was a little disappointed, but when he took off his hat and immediately looked back at Sirius, and found that Sirius stood up and clapped vigorously with excitement on his face, that little disappointment suddenly disappeared Disappeared without a trace.

He also noticed that Professor Dumbledore was nodding and smiling at him, as was Uncle Lupin.He didn't pay much attention to the others, though, because he felt he shouldn't stand next to the stool for too long.

Harry put his hat back on the four-legged stool, turned around and walked towards the long table amidst the cheers and shouts of the Gryffindor students. At the same time, he did not forget to smile at Ron, Hesper and Quaid. .Finally, before arriving at the long table, he shifted his gaze to Munn. Sure enough, as he thought, Munn was also looking at him and gave him another thumbs up.