The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"First-year students! Please go this way!"

Following Link's voice, a group of Hufflepuff freshmen walked shyly from the aisle in front of the Hufflepuff table and wall.

Each of them tried their best to stay back, not daring to come forward, looking weak and shy.

Cedric and the others were not in a hurry to leave, but stood not far away and watched.

They all felt that Link must have some ulterior motives in suddenly taking over the job of guiding new students.

Link didn't care about the crowds of these people. He led the Hufflepuff freshmen through the noisy crowd, walked out of the auditorium, went into the downward winding corridor, and finally stood in front of Hufflepuff to rest. Stopped in front of the entrance of the room.

The entrance to the Hufflepuff common room is along the same corridor as the Hogwarts kitchens.

Among them, there is a huge still life hanging at the entrance to the kitchen of Hogwarts, and further inside is the entrance to the lounge - a stack of wooden barrels placed on a dark stone trough.

This is not a secret in the eyes of the old students, but for the freshmen, this corridor is just a dead end with wooden barrels and hanging portraits, and there is no passage at all.

Many freshmen had confusion in their eyes. They began to whisper, but they did not dare to openly ask the leader Link and the two prefects who were obviously followers.

This is impossible.

Link, a guy who looked like a big shot at first sight, put too much pressure on them.

Upon seeing this, Link chuckled and came to the entrance of the kitchen and explained:

"Now what I want to introduce to you first is the kitchen of Hogwarts, which is also where the house elves work. The food you just enjoyed is the result of their hard work.

As for what a house elf is?

Regarding this issue, I believe that many people who come from wizard families already know this in advance.But I would like to solemnly inform you again. "

Link's expression became serious, "House elves are our Hufflepuff neighbors and staff who work hard for the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, not slaves! I don't care who you were before. How to treat house elves, but starting from today, if anyone dares to wantonly insult or manipulate the house elves in the kitchen, then you will definitely suffer the most severe punishment! For example - expulsion from school!"

Link's warning voice made everyone standing in front of Link turn pale, and some even started to tremble with fear.

Seeing this, Link nodded with satisfaction, reached out and scratched the pear pattern on the giant still life statue, and a green handle suddenly appeared.

Link pulled the handle, and the huge still life statue opened like a door, and a wave of hot air mixed with the aroma of food and detergent suddenly came out.

Many young Muggle-born wizards were stunned by this scene and couldn't help but stick their necks out to look inside the door.

At this moment, a house elf wearing a pillowcase with the Hogwarts school emblem suddenly ran out of the kitchen at a trot.

He braked suddenly, barely stopping in a position where he almost fell over, and then panted and saluted Link:

"Oh! Mr. Foley! What brought you here? Is there anything you need the old clothes hanger to do?"

The house elf who called himself Old Hanger shocked many freshmen, but Link ignored him at all and smiled at Old Hanger:

"Nothing else, I just want to express my gratitude to you. The food tonight was really great! Of course, I also want to introduce to you that these are our new Hufflepuff students."

"Oh! Oh! This is... this is such an honor! Old Hanger is really... really..." Old Hanger, the house elf, began to wipe tears excitedly, but unfortunately his big eyes were too wet. Big, his small arms and legs couldn't be wiped clean at all, "Another group of new little Hufflepuffs, Ms. Hufflepuff will be very happy if she can see them!"

Old Hanger finally adjusted his mood, forced a smile and said to the new students, "Dear Hufflepuff adults, if you have anything to do in the future, just come and tell Old Hanger! No matter what it is, Old Hanger and his colleagues will do it Help! This is repayment to Ms. Hufflepuff!"

Link also turned to look at the freshmen.

These freshmen had just been warned by Link, and now they were glared at by Link. They immediately reacted and began to salute and thank them in a mess, which made the old clothes hanger so excited that he started to cry again.

Afterwards, Link took the new students to greet Old Hanger and other house elves for a while, and then closed the kitchen door after harvesting a lot of midnight snacks.

"What a kind bunch of house elves!"

Many freshmen expressed their sincere sighs. The contrast was really huge. Who would have thought that weird-looking house elves would be such a group of extremely enthusiastic creatures?

The expressions of a small number of new students from wizarding families are a bit complicated and weird. Naturally, not many of them are from wealthy backgrounds and have house elves at home, but they still feel that their outlook and cognition are somewhat distorted. .

Obviously, house elves are a group of slaves.

Whenever they think of this, the freshmen will instinctively look at Link, and then lower their heads faster, not daring to say anything.

At this time, Link walked to the stacked barrels and said to the freshmen again:

"The next thing I want to introduce is the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room. Like the other three major houses, our Hufflepuff common room entrance naturally has a secret code mechanism."

As he spoke, Link took out his wand and put it against one of the barrels. "If you want to successfully open the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room, you need to face the middle of the second row from the bottom. The second barrel strikes a certain melody. Just like me."

dong dong dong-

After a rhythmic knocking sound, the lid of the barrel suddenly opened, revealing an uphill dirt road on one side.

The new Hufflepuff students were all staring, and they didn't know what to say.

Of course, it wasn't that the scene in front of them was too surprising, but that Link knocked too fast, and most of them didn't remember it.

"You should all have learned it, right?" Link said with a smile, "You should have learned it, otherwise, if you tap in the wrong order..."

Link did not continue, but the freshmen began to think of various killing mechanisms, and their faces instantly turned pale.

A few bolder freshmen immediately asked, but Link didn't give them a chance to ask. He directly called everyone and got into the barrel passage.

Seeing this, the freshmen looked at me and I looked at you. Their faces were ashen, and in the end they could only keep up.

The old students who had been surrounding the freshmen team were all gloating about this.

What are the consequences of hitting in the wrong order?

The answer is that the lid of the other barrel will explode, showering the uninvited guest with vinegar!

This kind of old vinegar can make people's teeth sore, and the pungent smell will not dissipate for a week!

They know this very well!

Because almost every one of them has been showered with vinegar, this can be regarded as one of the welcome (trap) rituals for newcomers!

After being led by Link across the dirt road and formally entering the circular common room, the tense nerves of the freshmen gradually relaxed.

The entire common room is decorated in a lively, bee-like black and yellow color scheme, with honey-colored wooden tables and round wooden doors.

The colorful plants and flowers inside make the lounge even more cozy.

Link first let the freshmen look around the lounge, and then stood in front of the fireplace engraved with dancing badgers, which was directly under the portrait of Ms. Helga Hufflepuff, and said to everyone:

"First of all, I would like to welcome you all once again to Hufflepuff.

I know that before this, you may have heard bad rumors about Hufflepuff from many places.But let me tell you, Hufflepuff is no worse than other houses!

Look at Slytherin, they pride themselves on being noble and are now gradually declining!They are at odds with each other and never know what unity is!

Look at Gryffindor again!The courageous qualities they are proud of are mostly shown to be reckless in their daily lives!Since the establishment of the institute, they have always been the most troublesome existence for professors!

As for Ravenclaw, ha! 'Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind', this motto of Ms. Ravenclaw has been implemented by them to this day.And the smarter the person, the more he will want to take shortcuts when encountering difficulties!Their intelligence always allows them to pass the test more easily and calmly than others!This makes them extremely proud, and also makes them develop the habit of taking shortcuts to avoid danger!

But what they don’t know is that there are no shortcuts to many things in this world!

If you want to achieve a great career, intelligence is just a bonus!

Tenacity, self-improvement, unity and fearlessness are the most important qualities!

And these are exactly the most basic things we Hufflepuffs have!

With these qualities, we at Hufflepuff have more alumni than the other three houses combined!They are spread across all walks of life and have achieved great success!

When you encounter difficulties outside, you can always turn to the people around you for help!

Because the waiter, that shopkeeper, that Ministry of Magic official standing in front of you at that time is very likely to be from Hufflepuff!

And as a united and loyal Hufflepuff!We will never abandon our companions!

I must emphasize here again that Hufflepuff is no worse than other houses!

Please don't feel sorry for yourself, joining Hufflepuff is not your shame, but your luck!

We are not what they call freeloaders, on the contrary, we are persevering badgers!We are united ferret badgers!We are the mighty and invincible wolverines!We are honey badgers who will die even though there are millions of us!We are Hufflepuffs! ~”

Link's hoarse voice echoed in the circular Hufflepuff common room.

Everyone standing in front of Link looked at him blankly. After a while, thunderous applause and cheers started.

"We are Hufflepuffs!"

"We are the invincible Hufflepuffs!"

"Though there are thousands of people, I will go!"

……

"That's very well said Link!"

Cedric also stood up.

His eyes were red, his body was trembling, and it was obvious that he was very excited.

But he still roared with a trembling voice:

"Students, please don't feel sorry for yourself! We are ourselves, we are Hufflepuffs, and we don't need to compare with anyone!"

Now all the old students are going crazy!

No one understands better the pain of being slighted as a Hufflepuff.

Over the years, Slytherin despised them and Ravenclaw ignored them.

As for Gryffindor.

Indeed, Gryffindor people are indeed kinder and more sympathetic to them.

But in many cases, this kind of kindness actually causes more harm to the Hufflepuffs than simple contempt!

Many of the old students have gotten used to it, at least on the surface they don't care.

But after listening to Link's speech today, the fire that had been extinguished in their hearts finally burned again!

Yes, how are we worse than you?

Can’t you see what your own college has become?

The most perfect student at Hogwarts (Cedric) is ours, and the most powerful student at Hogwarts (Link) is also ours!

Why do you look down on us? ?

All the old students were red-eyed. Although the freshmen were a little overwhelmed, their emotions were finally aroused.

Looking at the enthusiastic crowd, Link nodded with satisfaction.

He never thought Hufflepuff was a bad house.

As he said before, those Hufflepuffs who were regarded as losers in school directly occupied most places in the entire magical world of the United States after graduation with their perseverance, unity and numerous advantages. .

This is a pretty huge force, but they don't know it.

Link felt that it was necessary for him to use this power as a Hufflepuff.

This is not only to fight against Voldemort, but also to cheer up the Hufflepuffs.

Let the world see their power!

Of course, this is something he needs to do later.

And now the target of Hufflepuff, the flame that he ignited, is about to burn and devour, will be the other three major colleges!

The excited crowd started a new round of carnival. The 'late night snack' they had just received from the house elves became the best prize for the students. Everyone gathered around Link and Cedric, cheering and screaming.

Driven by this enthusiasm, and with the help of Cedric and others, a sincere smile appeared on Link's face.

Suddenly, he raised his head with feeling and looked at the wall behind him.

Then he saw Helga Hufflepuff in the huge portrait silently looking at the students below who she loved and had given everything for.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but under the flickering firelight in the fireplace, Link always felt that Helga Hufflepuff seemed to be smiling at him, smiling very happily and proudly.