Hogwarts Crawler

Adam thought he could enjoy his private space all the way to Hogwarts.

Who knew that when he started to see how to control the heat with a spell, the door was opened again. Hermione leaned against the door frame panting and looked at him awkwardly:

"I forgot to introduce myself just now... My name is Hermione Granger."

"... My name is Adam Reed, nice to meet you."

After the abrupt self-introduction, Adam blinked:

"So, the toad was found?"

"Oh... Not yet, I'm still looking."

Hermione patted her forehead.

She just introduced herself when chatting with the two boys, and suddenly remembered that she forgot to introduce herself to Adam, which was too rude.

"I'll continue to look for the toad, you continue reading."

Hermione left in a hurry after saying this.

"Didn't she look in this direction just now?"

Xiao Ke raised his head.

"Maybe she hasn't finished looking... Want to eat macarons?"

Adam took out their lunch from his bag.

"Yes--!"

When the sun was completely swallowed by the horizon, the Hogwarts Express slowly arrived at its destination.

Students do not need to carry their luggage with them, as the house elves will help them deliver it to their dormitories. They only need to change into school uniforms on the train.

"Freshmen! All first-year students come to me!"

As soon as he got off the train, Hagrid's penetrating voice reached Adam's ears. The half-giant held up a lantern to attract the attention of the freshmen around him.

Counting the number of people one by one, and finally confirming that all the freshmen were present, Hagrid led the freshmen on the enrollment journey that every freshman at Hogwarts must experience once.

"I heard that this is a tradition of Hogwarts. We will retrace the path of the founders to discover Hogwarts."

A freshman whispered to the people around him, which immediately aroused a burst of exclamations from other freshmen.

"Get on the boat from this side!"

At the dock by the Black Lake, Hagrid called on the freshmen to board the boat in groups of four to cross the lake.

"Only four people can go on a boat!"

Hagrid pulled away a freshman who was going to try what would happen if the fifth person went on board.

Adam followed the crowd forward, and suddenly a hand reached out from the side and grabbed him.

"Ah! You're here, come on, there are just four of us!"

It turned out to be Hermione. Adam was pulled onto the boat before he could say anything, and a boy with red hair and freckles and a boy with round-framed glasses smiled at him on the boat.

"...Hello."

Adam smiled awkwardly but politely.

"Hello, my name is Ron Weasley, and this is Harry Potter!"

"My name is Adam Reed."

"Hey, don't you know Harry Potter?"

Seeing Adam's calm expression, Ron was very surprised.

Of course I know, and I also know that he will marry your sister in the future.

"Sorry, my parents are not wizards, so... are you a celebrity in the wizarding world?"

Adam looked at Harry with apology, and Harry quickly pulled Ron and Hermione who were about to explain:

"No, it's nothing! I just found out that I'm a wizard not long ago."

"Keep your head down!"

Just then, Hagrid's voice came from afar, and Ron, Harry and Hermione all lowered their heads obediently, but nothing happened.

"I think he should just be talking to himself."

Adam pointed at Hagrid, and the three turned their heads to look over, and saw Hagrid lowering his head to avoid the vines hanging from the bridge - but that was because of his height.

The three people who raised their heads blushed a little, but fortunately it was dark and they couldn't see clearly.

Thanks to this embarrassment, the three of them didn't speak again, and Adam turned his head to look at the castle with lights on in the distance.

Although he had been reluctant to come to Hogwarts before, Adam still felt a little excited when he saw the Hogwarts standing on the high ground. It seemed that a series of figures that he had not seen yet but were already very familiar flashed before his eyes.

Sorry, grandma, I also think Hogwarts is the best magic school in the world.

The ship finally stopped at the pier next to Hogwarts. The freshmen got off the ship one by one and followed Hagrid through the winding path to Hogwarts Castle.

The gate of the castle was even bigger than Adam had imagined. Hagrid raised his palm-sized hand and patted the door a few times. Soon the door was opened, revealing a figure in a dark green robe.

Professor McGonagall who can turn into a cat!

Adam, who is actually a plush lover, did not change his expression, but he couldn't help but exclaimed in his heart, and his hands under his sleeves began to move.

If he remembered correctly, Professor McGonagall's Animagus was a tabby cat with square eyeglass frame patterns around his eyes!

Professor McGonagall didn't know that one of the freshmen in front of him was transforming into a cat!Thinking of something outrageous, she glanced to confirm the number of freshmen and nodded to Hagrid:

"Thank you for your hard work, Hagrid, leave it to me next."

Letting Hagrid pass first, Professor McGonagall led the freshmen to the foyer in front of the auditorium by another road.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, children. You will walk through this door and enjoy dinner with your classmates in a moment. But before that, you must first go through the Sorting Ceremony to decide which college you will enter."

After the words fell, the students who were looking forward to the Sorting looked at each other immediately.

Next, will we face dragons/trolls/banshees/vampires...?

Seeing the eyes of the freshmen, Professor McGonagall knew what they were thinking, after all, she had gone through this in the past.

After coughing a little harder, Professor McGonagall attracted the attention of the freshmen again. After everyone calmed down, she continued to read the instructions.

Yes, she did not tell the freshmen the specific process of the next Sorting Ceremony.

"The Sorting Ceremony will begin in a few minutes. I suggest you take care of yourself while you are waiting. You will be sorted in front of the whole school."

After leaving this sentence, Professor McGonagall turned and left.

"It's over. I'm not ready yet!"

A freshman covered his head in pain.

"How on earth am I supposed to last three minutes in front of a dragon?"

"What? Isn't it to find the treasure of the mermaid in the Black Lake?"

Another freshman took out a bottle from his pocket blankly:

"I also brought some chinweed..."

"But my mother said it was..."

"My father..."

"My brother..."

"Ah! What is that?!"

With an exclamation that overwhelmed other voices, the freshmen turned their heads and looked. A group of pale ghosts whispered in the air and disappeared through the wall.

"Is the Sorting Ceremony different every year, and this year... it's to deal with ghosts?"

Adam touched his chin and expressed his opinion.

After the words fell, the hallway was quiet for a few seconds, and then there was a sound of swallowing saliva.

The whole hall seemed to have taken away a lot of heat because of the ghost's passing. Some freshmen turned pale and some trembled slightly.

"Everything is ready now. Line up in a single line and follow me."

The return of Professor McGonagall injected a wave of heat into the hallway again. She looked at the freshmen with a puzzled look, and finally just guessed that one of the freshmen's parents might have joked too much and scared the others.

Passing through the door of the auditorium and walking along the aisle between the four long tables, Adam quickly looked at the dishes on both sides.

Roast beef, grilled sausages, grilled pumpkin, grilled potatoes, steak, lamb chops, roast chicken, bread, French fries, Cornish pasties, Yorkshire puddings...

Adam, who has several restaurants at home, glanced at them, and the names and methods of each dish naturally emerged in his mind.

Well... at least it looks good. There is no dish like "Looking Up at the Stars". I just don't know how it tastes. I hope the house-elf's cooking skills will not disappoint him.