HP: Hogwarts, but pro-generation

What caught my eye were the students sitting around four long tables according to their colleges, with thousands of lit candles floating above their heads. There was another long table on the platform at the front of the auditorium, where the professors sat. The most eye-catching thing was the ceiling of the auditorium, which was enchanted and looked like the sky outside, twinkling with stars.

The students from each college put down their food the moment the auditorium door opened, and they all turned their heads to look at the freshmen standing in line. No matter when, the division is the most attractive - whether it is your own division or watching others' division.

Professor McGonagall, who had already walked to the head guest seat, cleared her throat and said, "Now I will sort the houses in order. Put on the Sorting Hat and it will make the choice."

The Sorting Hat mentioned by Professor McGonagall was placed on a four-cornered stool. It looked tattered, dirty and full of patches. There was a crack on the brim of the hat, and then the crack slowly opened, like a mouth, and it sang loudly:

Once I was a brand new hat,

Now I'm tattered.

But please don't judge a book by its cover.

I believe there is no better hat than mine.

I am a thinking hat, I can see your thoughts,

Don't be afraid, I will keep my mouth shut.

I will give you the best choice.

More than a thousand years ago, I was woven by four great wizards.

A brave Gryffindor.

A gentle Hufflepuff.

A witty Ravenclaw,

A shrewd Slytherin.

Four great wizards whose names are still passed down to this day,

If you're brave enough, you might be a Gryffindor.

There are treasures buried deep in the heart;

If you're honest and loyal, you might belong in Hufflepuff.

There is diligence and hard work;

If you want knowledge, you should go to Ravenclaw.

There are extraordinary talents and profound knowledge;

If you want power, you go to Slytherin.

There are countless ambitions and paths to success.

Wear me.

I will give you the best answer

Four colleges, closely integrated

We are from Hogwarts

After the Sorting Hat finished singing the song it composed, a wizard in a purple robe with stars on it led the applause, and the students and teachers also applauded. The song sung by the Sorting Hat was not very good, but no one would refuse to give their applause to a talking hat.

"This is so cool, a hat! It can talk!" James has a strong curiosity about all new things.

"How did he sort the houses?"

"Legitimate?"

The last bit of applause died down, and Professor McGonagall took a long piece of brown paper and began to sort the first little wizard.

Students from each college burst into enthusiastic cheers when welcoming the new students.

Among Xia and her friends, the first one to be sorted was Sirius. When the Sorting Hat called out Sirius Black, she felt that her friends around her began to get nervous for him.

Sirius sat on the stool. He did not cause much trouble to the Sorting Hat. Less than a minute later, he heard the Sorting Hat loudly shouting: "Gryffindor!"

The students sitting at the long table were a little dazed. A Gryffindor from Black?

After a brief moment of surprise, the Gryffindors stood up one after another. They didn't care about it and cheered for Sirius.

Sirius stood on the stage and looked at his friends below. Everyone was happy for him. His eyes met with Xia's. Sirius couldn't help but smile with his sunny face. When he walked past his friends, James was still excitedly saying, "Brother, that's cool!"

Ender and Sirius bumped fists. Remus, who was standing next to him, was much more low-key. He just said, "I'm so happy for you, Sirius."

The Slytherin table had a completely different reaction from this side. They had not yet recovered from the shock, especially a witch with light blonde hair. She frowned and looked in the direction of Gryffindor, wondering what she was thinking.

"Andrick Hopps."

A few more people passed by, and now it was Ender's turn. He was also sitting on a high chair, with a wide hat brim covering half of his face.

"A Hopps," it said. "You have the courage and freedom of a Gryffindor, but your unique personality tells me that you are also suitable for Slytherin. Let me think about where you are going?"

"You want to be with your friends? Then--"

"Gryffindor!"

Ender ran down and sat next to Sirius. The active Gryffindors at the long table came over to greet him and welcome his arrival. Lily, who had been sitting at the Gryffindor table, also smiled at Ender and raised her pumpkin juice glass to clink with him.

"Sylvia Hopps."

Xia was still immersed in the joy for Ender, but she didn't expect to hear Professor McGonagall calling her name the next second.

She quickly walked to the Sorting Hat and put it on her head. With her vision blocked, Xia could feel the cold feeling brought by the Sorting Hat when it felt her thoughts.

"Another Hopps. Like that boy, you have the courage that Gryffindor admires, but Hufflepuff will like you very much too."

Xia didn't expect that she would be recognized by two colleges. "I want to go to Gryffindor. My friends are there."

"Of course, friends are also what Gryffindor values. Go, Gryffindor will help you realize your wish."

My wish? Xia confirmed that she was not thinking about anything else at the time. Maybe the Sorting Hat, which was endowed with the magic power of the four greatest wizards, saw her origins? Or did it see through her soul and see that she wanted to change James and their future?

She took off her hat and thought a lot. Even though many thoughts flashed through her mind, only a few seconds passed.

She looked at the group of people she had just thought of, and every face was filled with joy. When she saw Sirius, he mouthed something to her, and she knew he was saying "great".

Sirius, who was sitting below, was obviously more excited when he heard that Xia had also come to Gryffindor. He could not restrain his joy. They - he meant that he and Ender and Xia and James, who would definitely come to Gryffindor, were together again. He just didn't know where Remus would go. He liked him very much.

"Thank you, Mr. Sorting Hat," said Sia as she put the Sorting Hat back in its place.

The tip of the hat that had been standing upright shook, and the hat body twisted to show her good mood at the moment. She also expressed her gratitude to Professor McGonagall who had been standing next to her, and the capable witch nodded.

The silver-haired girl ran over to Lily happily and hugged her arm affectionately.

As expected, James and Remus were successfully sorted into the same house. The four boys gathered together to share what the Sorting Hat said to them.

Snape went to Slytherin as he wished. He was happy at first, but when he saw Lily in the distance, he was not so happy anymore.

Lily noticed the gaze and met Snape's eyes. She shook her head to indicate that she was fine and didn't want to make the other person sad.

Snape lowered his head and finally walked in the opposite direction, but the sad mood had mostly dissipated when he sat down at the Slytherin table. This was the Hogwarts he had always longed for and also the Slytherin he had always desired.

After the long sorting, the wizard in the purple wizard robe stood up again. He touched his beard - the long white beard was groomed with the same purple ribbon, and bows were tied on it one after another. What a novel style, Xia exclaimed.

"I am the headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore. First of all, congratulations to everyone on coming to Hogwarts - both new and old students." His nose was a little crooked, and his glasses were tilted. He blinked and continued, "This is Professor Slughorn, who teaches potions..."

The professors who were introduced stood up one by one, holding up their cups to signal to the students. After a few times, Xia had already drunk a lot of pumpkin juice. She felt that she had to drink less. The dinner hadn't officially started yet, and she couldn't miss the delicious food because of drinking pumpkin juice, even though pumpkin juice was really delicious.

"Alright." Dumbledore took control of the situation after introducing every professor present. "Now it's time for our favorite school song. Everyone can choose their favorite tune to sing."

All of a sudden, all kinds of strange tunes appeared around Xia, and she chose to recite because she really didn't know what tune to choose!

After the last student sang the school song, Dumbledore happily announced the start of the dinner. A variety of foods appeared on the long table that originally only had pumpkin juice. It was a sumptuous dinner.

Thinking of what the Sorting Hat had said just now, he looked at Dumbledore who was sitting in the middle of it. Dumbledore, who noticed his gaze, looked at Xia and raised his glass to her. Xia also quickly picked up her glass and returned the toast.

"Now the prefects are taking the freshmen back to the common room."

The prefects who were given important responsibilities worked hard to complete their tasks, even though these freshmen were really noisy, especially the energetic young wizards from Gryffindor.

Even the prefects from Gryffindor could not handle such overwhelming enthusiasm. After explaining the stairs in the castle, they turned around, dragging their tired bodies, not wanting to face this group of little wizards again.

"Be careful."

Both of Xia's arms were pulled at the same time. Xia couldn't be blamed for not listening carefully to the prefects. She swore that she was just a step slower and almost tripped over the stairs! Fortunately, Ander was with her all the time, keeping an eye on her situation and holding her back in time.

And on the other side-

"Thank you, Sirius." Xia gave Sirius a grateful smile.

"It's okay, just watch your step, Xia."

"Why don't you say thank you to me?"

"Don't worry about it, Ender. We don't need to say thank you for our relationship."

Looking at Xia's smiling face, Ander didn't say anything. He just wanted to choke Xia, but he really recognized her words. Their relationship really allowed him to ignore everything.

Four boys were lucky enough to be assigned to the same dormitory, and they were cheering enthusiastically.

"See you tomorrow morning. I hope you won't be late."

"I brought the pocket watch given by Uncle Lawrence, so don't worry." James vowed.

"Hey, I brought my stargazer too, we can look at the stars at night."

"Come on, Sirius. We have greater things to do."

Ignoring these excited boys, Xia and her roommate Lily—yes, they were in the same dormitory—went back together.

After writing down today's events on two full pages, Xia folded the papers and put them in an envelope, deciding to get up early tomorrow to mail them to her parents.

She did not forget what she had promised Penny. After getting Lily's consent, she would go with Lily to mail the two letters that belonged to Penny tomorrow.

"Good night, Lily, Mary, Marlene."

"Goodnight, Sia."

The moon shone through the glass and into the house, and Xia slowly fell asleep in this soft moonlight.