Harry Potter and the Legend of the Temple

The torch at the entrance was lit, and the students walked along the stone floor, passed through the gate, and walked toward the auditorium on the right, where the opening ceremony was held.

The first-year students also crossed the river with Moody, and the old students from other grades sat at the dining tables of their corresponding colleges one after another. There were four huge dining tables in the entire auditorium, corresponding to the black ceiling. Candles were suspended in mid-air, bringing some light to the huge auditorium.

The students all gathered together to exchange anecdotes about their summer vacation. They made comments and greeted friends from other colleges, complimenting each other on their dressing sense and new hairstyles.

Sitting on the Gryffindor table, Harry once again felt the gaze of outsiders. Since this summer vacation, traditional wizarding media organizations, mainly the Daily Prophet, have been talking about the return of Voldemort, calling Dumbledore and Harry's words lies. For a time, the mainstream trend in the wizarding world has changed. Lippert went from "a boy who survived" to "a great liar who fabricated facts."

Luna and Astoria separated from them after entering the door, and they each sat down at their own academy tables. Ginny was very welcome to be pulled aside by several fourth-year girls as she walked to the Gryffindor table, and Louis sat down next to Colin. On his right was Colin's younger brother Daniel.

Little Daniel seems to have matured a lot in appearance, and his character has become taciturn, which is quite different from his elder brother who loves photography.

Several ghosts welcomed them back with special enthusiasm, especially Nick, whom Harry and the others were familiar with. It was just talking to Parvati Petil and Lavender Brown at the other end of the table, and the next second it flashed to Louis and the others.

Parvati is a fifth-year Indian Gryffindor student. She seems to be very familiar with Harry. At least she will not believe the rumors of the Daily Prophet like others. She takes the initiative to drag Lavender to greet Harry and the others. , of course, Lavender who was traveling with him focused more on Ron next to Harry, which made Hermione on the side not feel very comfortable.

Strangely enough, one of the two twin sisters in the Patil family was in Gryffindor, while the other ran away to Ravenclaw, and was now talking to her friend Qiu Zhang.

"Who do you think this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be?"

This has almost become an annual guessing session, and it has become normal for Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers to change every year.

"Maybe it's her?" Ron whispered, pointing to the toad-like woman wearing pink clothes on the staff table.

"Who is that?"

Louis immediately searched for that person's name from his memory. He had caught a glimpse of her appearance in the elevator of the Ministry of Magic a year ago.

She really looks like someone's unmarried old aunt. She is short and fat, with curly short brown hair tied with a big pink bow. Some people thought she was an elderly woman. Auntie has always maintained a girlish heart.

"Oh, my God, it's her." Harry exclaimed, "She once attended my hearing, what's her name?"

"Dolores Umbridge," Louis interrupted, "Undersecretary of Magic."

"Deputy Minister? I see..." Hermione said thoughtfully.

"She's a disgusting person, so be prepared to become our most hated teacher in the future."

"No way, worse than Snape?" Ron asked. But Harry on the side was expressionless. He already knew from that hearing that this Umbridge was obviously the person next to Fudge.

Umbridge's appearance did not surprise Louis at all. Fudge needed someone to monitor every move at Hogwarts. He was afraid that Dumbledore would do something outrageous and, if necessary, take control of the entire school. And this candidate is precisely Umbridge, who loves to cause trouble the most.

Louis turned his eyes away from Umbridge and looked at the place that originally belonged to Hagrid. There was still no one there. Even Gramplan, who was supposed to be Hagrid's substitute teacher, had not appeared. Has Care of Magical Creatures been canceled this year?

Just as he was thinking this, Moody and another witch walked in from the side door of the teacher's chair. She was wearing a hat on her head, so Louis could not see her appearance. The witch naturally sat where Hagrid had been, talking to Snape and the others next to her.

The figure of the witch made Louis feel familiar. When he asked Harry, who was sitting opposite him, about them, the door of the auditorium opened.

A long line of first-year students were photographed, following Professor McGonagall into the auditorium with frightened expressions.

Minerva McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor, held a stool with an old hat on it.

There are many small holes on the edge of the hat, as if it has been used for centuries.

Teacher McGonagall placed it right in front of the teacher's desk and signaled all the freshmen to line up in two rows and move back.

Everyone in the auditorium fell silent. In the blink of an eye, the hat opened its mouth and made that deep and low voice. It seemed to be telling a story that had been passed down for a thousand years:

"I was just a new hat a long time ago. At that time, Hogwarts was not yet built. There were four founders of the noble school. They thought they would never be separated from each other."

"They are united by the same goal, and they have the same goal: to become the best magic school in the world. To pass on the knowledge and continue the knowledge. However, they never dreamed that what greeted them in the end would be the old and dead. Split."

"What better friends in the world than Gryffindor and Slytherin. If you count Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw."

"They have their own philosophies to recruit students and impart all their knowledge."

. . . .

"Although I must complete the task every year and divide each new student into four parts, I am worried that such a division will cause collapse due to my fear."

"Oh, that's dangerous and terrifying. Hogwarts is facing an unprecedented disaster, and the sworn enemies outside the school are eyeing it."

"We have to fight together or everything will fall apart from within."

"I must tell you, I must warn you. The sorting begins now."

The Sorting Hat fell silent once again. Sparse applause sounded from all around, but it was also accompanied by the whispers of students whispering to each other.