Living peacefully at Hogwarts

Chapter 6 Arrival at Hogwarts
After getting out of the car, Neville shrunk his neck unconsciously due to the cold night. He glanced at Klein beside him who had already changed his robe, and couldn't help but speak.

"Klein, aren't you cold at all?"

"You know Neville, the trick to keeping yourself from being cold is to pretend that you are warm. This is a psychological technique, and you can try it too."

Speaking slowly, Klein still had that calm expression, as if he wasn't bothered by the cold air at all.

"Is it?"

With a look of surprise on his face, Neville believed Klein's words without reservation.

But the fact is, no matter how much he muttered "not cold", his body was still shivering.

"Well, it's a joke, the reason I'm not cold is because I'm wearing an extra layer of tights."

Although it is interesting to fool an honest person, it is inevitable that he will feel guilty. Seeing the little fat man's stupid and cute appearance, Klein was finally stung by his little remaining conscience, and told the other party the truth.

"Klein!"

Knowing that he had been duped, Neville screamed strangely, his round eyes widened.

It's not enough to be angry. In fact, he was quite happy that Klein was willing to joke with him.

"Okay, have you all gotten out of the car, gather, come here."

Suddenly, a muffled, thunderous voice came from the front of the line. The unshaven, burly man held a lantern and kept shaking it from side to side, trying to attract everyone's attention.

"I'm here to pick you up. Are there any first-year freshmen who haven't gotten off the bus yet? No? Very good, follow me! By the way, watch your step!"

Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper of Hogwarts, looked very happy. He greeted the first-year students while humming an unknown tune.

Walking out of the dark and cold platform, there are dense old trees everywhere outside, and the quietness is a bit scary.

"Oh, pay attention, it's a bit difficult to walk here."

Hagrid swung his lantern and walked into a steep and narrow path first, and everyone hurried to follow, stumbling and slippery all the way. After a while, their newly changed robes were covered with wet mud and dew.

"I hate this road."

Neville sniffled and muttered under his breath that an overhanging bush had scratched his sock just now.

"Keep on, I think, we should not be far from the school."

With a hint of helplessness on his face, Klein comforted him softly.

Sure enough, the moment he finished speaking, Hagrid's loud voice rang out again.

"Hogwarts is here!"

"Wow~"

After all, they are not very old, and the boys and girls who were too tired just now regained their vitality in an instant. They ran to the end of the path and looked into the distance impatiently—a castle stood on the other side of the huge black lake, and there were many spiers on the castle. , a window flickering under the starry sky.

"Hogwarts."

Klein muttered to himself, with some expectation in his eyes.

This castle will become his new starting point.

"Okay, after entering the castle, there will be time to surprise you, now get on the boat!"

Hagrid pointed to a group of small boats moored by the lake and said loudly.

"No more than four people in a boat, hurry up, you little ones."

Klein and Neville found a random boat and sat down safely. They were also traveling with a black boy named Dean and a little girl who didn't like to talk much.

"Are they all on board?"

Hagrid looked around the shore and found that no one was left behind, so he shouted at his own voice.

"Let's go!"

A group of small boats full of students sailed forward immediately, breaking through the calm lake.

Driving over the cliffs, through the vines, Hogwarts grew bigger and bigger in the eyes of everyone, and finally, the ancient castle seemed to be directly overhead, which was breathtaking.

"Okay, here we are."

Disembarking from what looked like an underground pier, Hagrid led a group of little ones onto the gravel and pebbles.Through secret tunnels, across damp lawns, and up a few stone steps, they came to a large oaken door.

"Bang bang bang."

Raising his huge fist and knocking on the wooden door three times, Hagrid turned around and showed a sincere and happy smile.

"Welcome to Hogwarts."

"Squeak~"

The wooden door opened, and a tall, thin witch wearing an emerald green robe and a pointed hat walked out with a very serious expression.

"Professor McGonagall, these are first-year students."

Before the woman could speak, Hagrid took the initiative to lower his head, seeming to respect her very much.

"Thank you Hagrid, leave the rest to me"

Professor McGonagall nodded slightly, and opened the oak door wide, revealing the interior of the castle - the stone walls were covered with burning torches, the ceiling was so high that the top could hardly be seen, and the front was a luxurious marble staircase leading directly to the building superior.

"Then come with me."

After leaving a word, she turned and walked into the castle.

The teenagers and girls also filed in, huddled together shoulder to shoulder, curiously looking at everything they could see around them.

"This way."

Professor McGonagall did not let everyone stay in the hall, but directly took them to a small empty room, where four flags were hung, which were patterns of lions, snakes, eagles, and badgers, which looked very old.

"Children, welcome to Hogwarts, the opening banquet is about to begin, but before entering the dining room, you have to decide which college you want to enter.

Sorting is a very important ceremony, because when you are in school, the college is your home in Hogwarts. You have to attend classes with other students in the college, live in the dormitory of the college together, and go to the public rest of the college together Spend spare time in the room. "

After a pause, Professor McGonagall pointed to the flags and began to introduce the four houses of Hogwarts.

"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.

Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding wizards and wizards. During your studies at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn you extra points for your house, and any violation of the rules will make your house college deduction.

At the end of the year, the house with the highest score will win the house cup, which is a very high honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you can win glory for the house.

In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school, I suggest that you tidy up yourselves and be more energetic while waiting."

After finishing speaking, her eyes stayed on Neville's robe for a while, which made the little fat man extremely nervous.

"I'll pick you up when you're ready, and please keep quiet."

Leaving a word, Professor McGonagall left the room.

"Whoo~"

Neville took a long breath and finally relaxed.

(End of this chapter)