Together [HP]

Finally, the train slowly slowed down, and they heard a commotion all around again, as everyone was busy gathering luggage and pets together and getting off.Hermione finally dried her tears, and she and Ron got off the train to keep order.

"I thought Granger was going to drown the whole train," Pansy said to Jacqueline, holding Uranus in one arm and her luggage in the other. "Although, she is almost there."

"She didn't destroy a train, but she destroyed my robe." Jacqueline snorted, walked out of the box with Haig and her luggage, and joined the flow of people in the aisle.For the first time, I felt the tingling of the night air blowing on my face.They moved slowly towards the door.

"First-year freshman here? First-year freshman?" A crisp female voice shouted.

In the dim light, they saw Professor Graplan's protruding chin and carefully trimmed hair.

"Oh, the unicorn professor," said Pansy cheerfully. "I wish she was the one teaching us about the protection of magical creatures this term."

"But it's weird, isn't it?" Jacqueline said loudly, and she and Pansy walked along the platform to the outside of the station, almost being pushed along by the crowd. "Why not Hagrid? He's the one who welcomes the freshmen every year. He doesn't do a bad job, if I ask you. At least if someone does fall into the lake, he can pick it up."

"Maybe he's sick." Pansy didn't seem to care at all, and they and the others were slowly walking through the narrow doorway to the road outside.Walk down the dark, rainwashed street outside Hogsmeade station.

There are about a hundred carriages drawn by Thestrals parked here, and they are used to transport students from the first year to the castle every year.

"Why is Hagrid gone?" Harry's voice came from behind them.

"Hagrid? No idea," said Ron, looking worried. "Is anything wrong with him?"

"Malfoy treated a freshman in there just now very badly." Hermione's breathless voice sounded after a few seconds, "I swear I will sue him, he hasn't worn the badge for less than 3 minutes. "

"They'd be fools if they thought Malfoy would play by the rules when he wore the badge. Hey, right." Pansy nudged Jacqueline with her arm as she was trying to climb into a carriage in front of them. "Aren't you a prefect? ​​Why did you walk with me just now?"

Jacqueline sat in the musty carriage box, looking utterly bewildered. "I'm sorry, but if I'm not walking with you, who should I be walking with? Malfoy?"

Pansy sat down in the carriage, and slammed the door behind her back.The carriage began to move slowly towards Hogwarts, "Aren't you supposed to supervise order?"

Jacqueline stared at Pansy for a moment before she realized, "Oh," she patted herself on the head, "yes, that's right, you're right. I should go to supervise the order." Jacqueline As he spoke, he poked his head out and looked outside, "But, look, we have at least seven other prefects who are willing to perform their duties. Besides, no one was left behind, and there was no fight, right?"

The carriages lined up, creaking and wobbling along the road.They passed the high stone pillars on either side of the gate to the school grounds, surmounted by winged boars.Hogwarts Castle loomed closer and closer: the towering towers looked even darker against the dark night sky, and occasionally a window could be seen shining a fiery red light above their heads.

The carriage clanged to a halt beside the stone steps leading to the oaken gate, there were no lights in the windows beyond the Forbidden Forest, and there was no sign of any occupancy in Hagrid's hut.

"That big fool is not bad." Pansy said beside Jacqueline, she stood on tiptoe to look at Hagrid's cabin, "If he is willing to be honest and not come to teach, I'd like to see him Yes. After all, the little unicorn he caught was very cute."

"I don't think he's just sick." Jacqueline and Pansy joined the crowd and hurried up the stone steps into the castle.The foyer was bright red illuminated by torches, echoing the footsteps of the students.They walked across the flagstone floor to the right of the two doors leading to the auditorium, where the start-of-term banquet was held.

The Great Hall was filled to the brim with four long college tables, and above it was a dark, starless ceiling, identical to the sky they could see outside through the tall windows.Candles floated above the dining table, illuminating the silver-white ghosts dotted in the auditorium and illuminating the excited faces of the students.They were chatting cheerfully, exchanging news from the summer holidays, shouting hello to friends from other houses, examining each other's new hairstyles and new clothes.

Jacqueline and Pansy took a seat at the end of the table, next to the Slytherin ghost, the Bloody Baron.He nodded proudly to the two of them, and then sat upright.

Jacqueline's gaze fell to the long staff table at the front of the auditorium. She looked first at Una, who was sitting next to Professor Snape, wearing a black robe with silver trim.She was propping up her chin, tapping her right hand on the table without rhythm.

Surprisingly, Professor Snape's movements were exactly the same as hers, except that his eyes hadn't moved since Harry entered the Great Hall.

"Who's that ugly woman?" Pansy said, pointing to the middle of the staff desk.

Jacqueline looked over and saw that Dumbledore was sitting in the golden high-backed chair in the middle of the long staff table, wearing a dark purple robe studded with silver stars and a matching hat.Dumbledore tilted his head to the woman sitting next to him, who was speaking into his ear.The woman looked like someone's unmarried old aunt, short and fat, with short curly taupe hair tied in a big, ugly pink bow that hung over her. A fuzzy pink cardigan over the robe matched it well.At this time, she turned her face slightly and took a long drink from her goblet for a day, so Jacqueline saw a pale, toad-like face and a pair of eyes with drooping eyelids and bulging eyeballs.

"I seem to have seen her there." Jacqueline stared at the woman, her eyes floating on her sweater. "Or, I remember seeing this sweater there."

"If I'd ever seen such an ugly sweater, I'd wish I'd forgotten about it," Pansy snorted.She continued squinting at the staff table when Professor Graplan walked in. She walked to the far end of the table and took the seat that should have belonged to Hagrid.

"Oh, Miss Granger will be disappointed." Pansy pretended to lament, "How much she, Potter, and Weasley like that half-blood giant."

"Potter, that's right." Jacqueline snapped her fingers. She sat up straight and leaned forward, trying to see the woman more clearly.A playful smile appeared on her face.

"Are you going to tell me what happened?" Pansy looked expectantly at the door leading to the hall, where the first-year freshmen would walk in soon to receive their sorting ceremony.

"I saw her the day Potter was interrogated, and she came out of the interrogation room with Fudge."

"If she works for the Ministry of Magic, what is she doing here?" Pansy frowned, "Could it be that the school will hold another event this year with the participation of the Ministry of Magic."

Jacqueline shook her head. Before she could explain, the door to the hall opened, and a long line of first-year freshmen who seemed to be in shock walked into the auditorium led by Professor McGonagall.Professor McGonagall was holding a stool in his hand, on which lay an ancient wizard's hat, patched and patched, with a wide slit at the frayed brim.The hum of conversation in the auditorium gradually died down.First-year students line up at the staff desks, facing students from other grades.Professor McGonagall carefully placed the stool in front of them, then stepped back.The faces of the first-year freshmen were pale in the candlelight.A young boy in the middle of the line seemed to be shaking.

Jacqueline remembered how uneasy she had been standing there, waiting for the mysterious test that would determine which house he belonged to.All the teachers and students in the school waited with bated breath.Then the slit by the brim opened like a mouth, and the Sorting Hat sang loudly:

I was a new hat long ago, before Hogwarts was built, and the four founders of Noble House thought they would never go their separate ways.

They are united by the same goal, and their wishes are so consistent: to build the best magic school in the world, and let their knowledge be passed on and continued.

"We will build a school together and teach together!" The four friends were very determined, but they never dreamed that one day they would be separated from each other.

There are no friends in this world.Can it be better than Slytherin and Gryffindor?Unless you count another pair of best friends: Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?

How can such a good thing go wrong?How could such a friendship be written off?Alas, I have witnessed this sad story firsthand, so I can recount it here.

Slytherin said: "The students we teach must be of the purest blood."

Ravenclaw said: "The students we teach must be intellectually superior."

Gryffindor said: "The students we teach. Must be brave and fearless."

"I'm going to teach a lot of people and treat them all the same," Hufflepuff said.

The first time these differences came to light, a small quarrel arose.

Each of the four founders owns an academy and only recruits the teenagers they want.

Slytherin took wizards like himself, pure blood and scheming.

Only the sharpest minds of the younger generation can listen to the teachings of Ravenclaw.

Anyone who is daring and adventurous is accepted into the academy by the brave Gryffindor.

The rest were accepted by the kind Hufflepuff, who taught them all of her skills.

In this way, the four colleges and their founders maintain a strong and sincere friendship.During those many happy years, teaching at Hogwarts was pleasant and harmonious.

But then slowly a division emerges, exacerbated by our flaws and fears.The four colleges are like four stone pillars, which once firmly supported our school.

Now they turn against each other, disputes continue, and each wants to monopolize the power.There was a time when the school looked like it was dying.

Countless quarrels, countless fights, former good friends turned against each other.Finally, one morning, the aged Slytherin suddenly ran away.

Although the strife had subsided by then, he departed from us disheartened.

There are only three of the four founders left. From then on, the situation of the four colleges is no longer as harmonious and united as imagined in the past.

Now the sorting hat is in front of you, and you all know the origin of the matter:

I have divided you into each house, because my duty cannot be changed.

But this year I'm going to say a few more days, and I ask you to listen carefully to my new song: Although I am destined to divide you, I fear that it is not right to do so.

Although I have to do my duty to divide the new year into four, I fear that such a division will lead to the collapse I fear.

Oh, know the danger, read the omens, the lessons of history warn us, our Hogwarts is in danger, and enemies outside the school are watching.

We must be united internally, otherwise everything will fall apart from within.I've told you straight, I've sounded the alarm for you, now let's start sorting.

After the hat finished speaking, it remained motionless again.There was applause from all around, but it was mixed with whispers, which was the first time in Jacqueline's memory.