Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 13 Opening and Sorting Ceremony
On the afternoon of August 31st, the start of Hogwarts came, and Lockhart was finally about to end his solo days.

Lockhart came to the auditorium early, and Professor McGonagall was making the final arrangements. In order not to disturb Professor McGonagall's work, Lockhart did not make a sound, and chose to sit in the teacher's seat to silently cheer for Professor McGonagall.

Above the auditorium, thousands of candles were burning in mid-air, and the moon rose and set on the ceiling, and the stars were shining brightly.Phantoms that are usually rare to see all flew out, rampaging in the air to act as an atmosphere group.

The four large long tables and matching chairs on the ground were placed in the four corners, and Professor McGonagall used transfiguration to add the corresponding badge and color of the college to them.

The first professor to come was Professor Kettleburn, and he didn't bother Professor McGonagall's work rashly. He looked around and gave Professor McGonagall a thumbs up, and then came to the professor's seat.

After he and Lockhart exchanged greetings, he began to arrange his wooden prosthesis on his own.

Then came Professor Flitwick, who tactfully did not disturb Professor McGonagall's work, and came directly to the professor's chair.

Professor Flitwick climbed onto the chair with difficulty, and then began to chat with Lockhart.

The former dueling champion was clearly interested in the rumored duelist.

The same was true for the other professors who came later. They didn't have the heart to disturb Professor McGonagall's work, nor did they interrupt the conversation between Lockhart and Flitwick. They simply exchanged names with Lockhart and then sat down and chatted with each other.

Dumbledore also arrived. He looked at the hard-working Professor McGonagall and gave him a trusting look. He sat on his seat and stared at the table, perhaps thinking about turning the table into a big baby with transfiguration. .

But Lockhart never saw Professor Snape. He probably knew in advance that Harry and the others were coming in a flying car, so he went to meet him.

Professor McGonagall's last bit of work was finally done, and the little wizards were led by the prefects to their respective long tables, chirping with friends they hadn't seen for a long time about their summer vacation anecdotes.

After a while, the first-year freshmen also came to the auditorium led by Hagrid. They looked a little nervous, after all, the legendary sorting ceremony was to fight the giant fire dragon.

Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year students, and put the old sorting hat on it.

The freshmen waited with bated breath for the start of the sorting ceremony, and the senior students and professors also stopped chatting cooperatively.

Then the hat twisted, a wide slit opened like a mouth—and the hat began to sing.

This is the best evaluation of the Sorting Hat's singing skills, but the lyrics are somewhat interesting.

In the lyrics of the Sorting Hat, in addition to the boasting of the hat, it also introduces the founders of the four Hogwarts colleges and their requirements for students.

Gryffindor represents bravery, Ravenclaw represents wisdom, Slytherin represents ambition, and Hufflepuff represents obedience and adjustment (generosity and tolerance).

All the new students breathed a sigh of relief, wearing a strange hat is better than fighting a dragon or a troll.

Then Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, a roll of parchment in hand.

"Whoever's name I call now will put on the hat, sit on the stool, and wait for the sorting." She said, "Han..."

A motor roar of an old-fashioned car suddenly interrupted Professor McGonagall's reading, and Lockhart knew that Harry and Ron had arrived.

Lockhart volunteered to go out to see the situation, Professor McGonagall nodded in agreement, and then continued to read the list: "Hamilton Ayre!"

Lockhart noticed a small, gray-haired boy wearing the Sorting Hat. He didn't have much impression of this little wizard, so he didn't pay much attention, and he walked out directly.

Relying on his memory, Lockhart came to the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts and found that the flying car was on the verge of losing control.

It accelerated sharply as if it was about to hit the ground, and then turned around and headed straight for the wall of Hogwarts Castle.

Relying on the excellent eyesight brought by shadow-level physical skills, even in the night sky, Lockhart could clearly see the panic scene of Ron in the car with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the wand.

"The sound is loud!", "Fluorescence flashes!"

"Fly towards me!" Lockhart lit up his wand as a guiding beacon, and began to command loudly.

Ron and Harry struggled to control the steering wheel of the flying car, and in the end they could barely turn the car around. Instead of crashing directly into the wall, they swooped fatefully towards the Whomping Willow in the Forbidden Forest.

"Wingardim Leviosa!" *4, Lockhart quickly used the Levitation Charm four times, slowing down the flying car's dive speed, allowing Harry and Ron to float out of the car again.

Finally, he let himself fly again, and quickly approached the flying car that was close to the Whomping Willow.

In mid-air, under the light of the car lights, Harry and Ron saw their Professor Lockhart grab the bumper and chassis of the car in mid-air, and use his strength to swing it.

It directly threw the flying car into the sky, crossed the highest astronomy tower in Hogwarts Castle, and finally fell into the black lake, causing a splash of water.

The water of the Black Lake can carry boats and row boats, but it cannot stop. The flying car grunted a few times in the lake and then sank.

At this time, Harry and Ron, two 12-year-old boys who were still floating in the air, were held by Lockhart one by one, and slowly fell down.

Professor Snape finally arrived. He was panting slightly. He obviously rushed all the way here. Since the flying car was close to losing control, it was difficult to judge where it would land.

So although Snape had made preparations outside in advance, he knew that this moment would only come.

Under the effect of the fluorescent spell, he stared at Lockhart and saw that Lockhart had a Harry in his left hand and a Ron in his right, his face was livid.

He said, "[-] points deducted from Gryffindor!"

"[-] points deducted from Gryffindor!" Lockhart followed up, and then explained: "School has not started yet, and Gryffindor has no points yet. It doesn't matter how much you deduct!"

Harry and Ron were too frightened to speak out, but they couldn't help laughing when they heard this sentence.

Snape's face turned from livid to jet-black, almost blending into the night. Matching his black hair and black robe, Lockhart wondered if he had used the Disillusionment Curse on himself.

"Give them to me!" Snape stared at Lockhart and growled at Harry again in his low voice: "Follow me!"

"I think they belong to Gryffindor, Professor Snape." Lockhart held his ground.

Finally Snape turned and left, Lockhart following, Harry and Ron following Lockhart, step by step.

Finally Lockhart led them to the back of the chairs and made them stand to watch the sorting ceremony.

Snape was still staring at Lockhart and Harry behind him with his own cannibalistic eyes, and Lockhart chose an eye for an eye, also staring at Snape's oily head.

To be honest, although Snape didn't inherit the tradition of British men's baldness, he still didn't look good. Let alone his greasy hair, his nose was really too big.

It makes people feel that there is not a nose on the face, but a face attached to the nose.

The lively atmosphere of the sorting ceremony made Ron and Harry gradually forget the danger just now. After hearing that Ginny was sorted into Gryffindor, Ron happily hugged Harry.

The two were briefly happy until Professor McGonagall came and took them away after the sorting ceremony.

Dumbledore got up and began to speak.

"Welcome!" he said. "Welcome to Hogwarts for the start of the new school year! Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words. That is: Idiot! Cry! Scum! Screw!
"Thank you everyone! The banquet begins"

He sat down again.Everyone applauded and cheered.

Dumbledore's seemingly crazy words are actually a collection of black names from the four colleges.

Stupid means that the Gryffindor wizard is brave but reckless, like a fool.

Crying nose refers to Ravenclaw's wizards who have more wisdom but lack courage, and love to cry.

The residue obviously refers to the residue that Slytherin's overambitious wizards tend to degenerate into dark wizards.

The last twist refers to the fact that Hufflepuff wizards adhere to principles but lack flexibility, which is a bit rigid.

After Dumbledore finished his strange speech, all the dinner plates were suddenly filled with food.

In addition to traditional British food such as roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, and steaks, there are also steamed lamb, steamed bear paws, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicks, and roasted pork as suggested by Lockhart. Goose and other Chinese specialties.

Eating, overeating, not actively cooking, brain problems, knives and forks flying in the auditorium with cheers, soup and smiles.

In the end, the main courses were removed and replaced with desserts and drinks.

Lockhart drank sour plum soup and listened to Dumbledore's concluding speech.

"Oh, now that everyone has eaten and drank enough, I want to say a few more words to you. At the beginning of the semester, I want to give you a few things to pay attention to.

"Attention first-year freshmen, no students are allowed to enter the forest area on the school grounds. Some of our old classmates should also remember this well."

Dumbledore's shining eyes flicked in the direction of the Weasley twins.

"Besides, Mr. Filch, the administrator, wants me to remind everyone not to use magic in the hallway between classes."

"The review of Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester. Anyone who is interested in participating in the college team please contact Ms. Hooch."

"Finally I'm delighted to have a new professor join our team, Professor Lockhart, who has kindly agreed to fill the vacancy in Defense Against the Dark Arts"

Dumbledore was interrupted by enthusiastic applause and cheers, so much so that he had to pause to wait for the cheers and applause to subside before continuing.

"Now, before we all go to bed, let's sing the school song!" cried Dumbledore.Lockhart noticed that the smiles of the other professors seemed to freeze.

Dumbledore flicked his wand lightly, and a long golden ribbon flew out of the wand, twisting and coiling lines of words high above the dining table like a snake.

"Each choose their favorite tune," said Dumbledore. "Get ready, sing!"

Then all the teachers and students sang loudly:

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, full of 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 it turns into dung.

Everyone sang the school song in their favorite tune.

Lockhart was so happy today that he sang to the tune of "Today Is a Good Day".

The enthusiastic and cheerful tune combined with Lockhart's high popularity quickly drove (with a bias) a large number of students, even the Weasley twins gave up the melody of "Funeral March" and began to sing along with Lockhart.

In an atmosphere full of joy, the opening ceremony ended, Lockhart returned to his bedroom, and the students returned to the lounges of their respective colleges under the leadership of the prefects.

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