Retirement from Hogwarts

After getting off the bus, they began to walk out of the station along with the flow of people.After walking out of the station, the cold night made the two girls tighten their coats.Floating street lamps were lit up above the square as the students arrived.

"Freshmen! Freshmen come here." A huge figure shouted at the edge of the square.

"You go ahead. Our senior students use other ways to get to school," Qiu said.After saying that, she adjusted the robes for Jack and Hermione respectively.Watching them walk towards the crowd of first-year students.

"Are there any more freshmen? Are there no more? Okay! Freshmen, come with me!" The huge figure shouted as he led them towards a muddy path at the edge of the square.

They followed the giant, slipping and stumbling along this steep and narrow path, constantly heading down the hillside.It was dark on both sides of the path, and occasionally one or two pairs of glowing eyes flashed through the surrounding woods, causing a commotion among the little wizards around them.Everyone walked forward in silence, no one dared to speak for fear of attracting something from the forest.Only Neville sniffed once or twice.

"Turn this corner, and you will soon see Hogwarts for the first time." The giant called back.

Then there was a loud "Wow——!" A black lake suddenly unfolded at the end of the narrow path.On the high hillside on the other side of the lake stands a group of towering castles with towering spiers and windows shining with magical light under the stars.

"There can be no more than four people in each boat!" the giant said loudly, pointing to a group of boats moored on the shore.Jack and Hermione got into the boat, followed by Neville.

"Are you all aboard?" shouted Hagrid, who was taking a boat each. "Okay then...move forward!"

As Hagrid finished speaking, a group of small boats immediately sailed forward across the mirror-flat lake.It was quiet on the lake, and almost everyone was staring at the huge castle that reached into the sky.As they approached the cliff on which the castle stood, it seemed to tower above them.

"Lower your head!" the giant shouted loudly as the first boats approached the cliff.Everyone lowered their heads as the boat carried them through the ivy curtain covering the face of the cliff to the hidden open entrance.They followed a dark tunnel that seemed to lead beneath the castle, and finally arrived at a place that resembled an underground dock, and then climbed up onto a ground of gravel and pebbles.They climbed up a tunnel in the rock by the light of the giant's lantern, and finally reached a flat, damp meadow in the shadow of the castle.Everyone climbed up a flight of stone steps and gathered in front of a huge oak door.

"Are you all here?" After confirming that everyone was here, the giant raised a huge fist and knocked on the castle door three times.

The door immediately opened.A tall black-haired witch wearing an emerald green robe stood in front of the door. Her eyes swept across the little wizards below.The moment she glanced over, Jack felt like he was being targeted by a ferocious predator.Is this really Professor McGonagall?Jack couldn't help but think.This kind of strength is not the kind mentioned in Rowling's novels.At this moment, Jack finally became a little interested in life in this world.

"First year, Professor McGonagall," the giant said.

"Thank you, Hagrid. Let me pick you up here."

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p; She opened the door wide.The stone walls surrounding the foyer were lit by burning torches.The ceiling is so high that you can barely see the top.On the front is a luxurious marble staircase leading directly to the upper floor.

They followed Professor McGonagall along the stone floor.Jack heard the hum of thousands of people coming from the door on the right. Students from other grades of the school must have arrived.But Professor McGonagall took the first-year students to a small auditorium at the other end of the hall.Everyone rushed in, rubbing shoulders and gazing nervously at everything around them.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The opening banquet is about to begin, but before you go to the restaurant to sit down, you must first confirm which house you will enter. Sorting is a It is a very important ceremony, because while you are at school, the college is like your home at Hogwarts. You will have classes with other students in the college, stay in the college dormitories together, and spend time together in the common room of the college. After school time.

"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. You are in Huo During Gewartz's studies, your excellent performance will earn your house points, and any violations will make your house lose points.At the end of the year, the house with the highest score will win the house cup, which is very high Honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you will bring honor to 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 and be more energetic while waiting." After saying that, her eyes paused on a few people, and Jack clearly felt that Neville trembled under Professor McGonagall's gaze.

"I'll pick you up when it's ready over there," said Professor McGonagall. "Please keep quiet while you wait."

"How can they accurately assign us to which house?" Hermione asked quietly after Professor McGonagall left.

"It goes without saying that there must be some method to determine the characteristics of each student. But there is no doubt that it is you who really decides which college to go to." Jack replied with a shrug. "But I just don't know whether that tester is fair or not. If it has some kind of bias, then it is likely to guide outstanding students to a certain college it wants."

Suddenly, the little wizards who were originally discussing how the school would be divided into different schools fell silent.Twenty or so ghosts suddenly jumped out from the wall behind them, and the little wizards were so frightened that they could not breathe.These pearly-white, translucent ghosts glided across the room, whispering to each other, paying little attention to the first-year students.They seemed to be arguing about something.A ghost who looked like a chubby little monk said: "We should forgive him, we should forget him, I say, we should give him another chance -"

"My good monk, haven't we given Peeves enough chances? But he's given us all terrible nicknames. You know, he's not even a ghost - I said, What are you doing here?" A ghost in a wheel-neck tights suddenly spotted the first-year students.No one answered. "New life!" said the chubby monk, smiling at them. "I guess you're preparing to be tested, right?"

Some students nodded silently. "I hope you can be sorted into Hufflepuff!" the monk said, "I used to study in that house."

"Move forward now," said a shrill voice. "The sorting ceremony is about to begin."