[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

Lily is a brave and optimistic person, and knowing that there is prejudice against Muggle-born wizards in the wizarding world does not really hurt her.From this point of view, Snape's worries were obviously superfluous. She didn't have the slightest cowardice or low self-esteem. On the contrary, she rolled up her sleeves confidently, as if she was going to do something big.

"Let them see who is the really good one." She said confidently, "You can tell the good from the bad by blood? Ha, the last person who said that, maybe Hitler? As we all know, he has already failed , thoroughly."

Snape stared at her intently, smiling at her drive, not really interested in who she was referring to as Hitler.

Eli fell into deep thought when he heard the words, and rubbed his chin seriously: "It makes sense. Racism and blood superiority are exactly Hitler's core views... More than 40 years have passed since World War II, but human conflicts and antagonisms It will never disappear because the war stops, history has always told us that."

Snape looked at him, then at Lily.

"Don't think about the wizarding world the way you Muggles do," he said in a tone of obvious resistance, with undisguised disdain in his tone, "that's just something Muggles who don't have a broad vision make up." piece of cake."

Lily pouted, not particularly convinced, but because she didn't know much about the magic world, she didn't refute him.Eli ignored his words, still immersed in his own thoughts, and even pulled out a piece of letter paper on the spot, and wrote neat lines of letters on it.

Lily and Snape looked at him in surprise: "What are you doing, Eli?"

"Write to my dad." Eli said without looking up. "He's a professor of history. I think this topic is interesting enough for him to study for a long time in his free time... Is there no phone here?" ?It seems a little inconvenient, I hope the owl will deliver the letter quickly enough."

Snape pursed his lips unhappily, snorted through his nose, and turned his head away, clearly not liking his attitude towards the wizarding world represented by the owl.But since Lily could only talk to Eli while Eli was concentrating on writing the letter, he subtly left him alone.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the train stopped on the platform that Eli finally finished the letter, folded the letter paper, and got off the train with them.

"I thought you were going to write to the end of the world." Lily joked with a narrow smile. "Is this the case for all Ravenclaws?"

"I haven't been sorted yet." Eli corrected her, "I don't know how Hogwarts is sorted... It's not written in the school history at all, and my mother refused to tell me, only saying that I will know when the time comes. It seems to be some kind of tradition for freshmen to keep it a mystery to the last minute."

They followed Hagrid's tall figure and boarded a boat across the Black Lake. Together, the three of them heard the boys' overly lively laughter not far away. Snape glanced to the side and immediately retracted in disgust. line of sight.

Now he felt that it was a good choice to join the topic of Eli, so he said immediately: "I didn't ask my mother, but I know it must not be dangerous. We are still little wizards who have not received any formal education. The school will not give us money." Too difficult a test."

hope so.Lily clasped her hands together and pursed her lips uncontrollably.

She remained uneasily silent, got off the boat with Eli and Snape, and walked towards the castle gate.An older witch with glasses waited for them at the gate, leading them to the sorting test.

The weather outside is faithfully displayed on the ceiling of the auditorium, and the veil-like moonlight is peaceful and distant.Hundreds of candles were suspended above the four long tables, and the bright lights coated everything with a layer of warm golden light.Wearing robes and wizard hats, the senior students looked at the freshmen who came in in a row with curious and friendly eyes.

Everything looked so wonderful - even better than imagined.

Lily took a deep breath, and finally couldn't help but whispered to the two boys: "If I'm not selected by any academy..."

"No," said Snape firmly. "You're definitely going to stay, you're so..."

He glanced around and didn't finish speaking.Eli turned around and gave her a gentle smile.

"Don't worry," he said, "the magic has chosen you."

Lily froze for a moment, then the haze between her brows dissipated a lot, and she finally showed a relaxed smile.At this moment, a singing sound suddenly sounded, which startled everyone.

-Hello, new students,

- I am your loyal old Sorting Hat.

- I belonged to Gryffindor, a thinking hat,

- I have been in this school for over 1000 years!

-You will learn knowledge and gain glory at Hogwarts,

- You need to know the division of the academy before that!

- is it Brave Gryffindor?Or the learned Ravenclaw?

- Or is it Slytherin's Rising Star and Hufflepuff's Pride?

- every college is equally good,

-Welcome to Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat is at your service!

"Freshmen whose names have been called come and put on the sorting hat, and the sorting hat will inform you of your sorting results." Vice-principal Minerva McGonagall said succinctly, unfolding the list in her hand.

"Andy Evans!"

A short, inconspicuous boy trembled all over, and ran towards the Sorting Hat on the same hands and feet, and accidentally tripped halfway, causing a burst of good-natured chuckles.

"It turned out to be just putting on the hat!" Lily said amidst the laughter around her, she let out a long sigh of relief, and patted her chest. No? It can talk!"

"Yeah." Eli quickly agreed, eyes glowing, "it can think! My mirror can remind people that a tie or button is not fastened, but it can't read people's brains! Here's how Arrived? Great, there are always so many surprises in magic!"

Lily and Snape looked at him in astonishment as he gazed at the Sorting Hat enthusiastically, looking ready to move, as if he really wanted to take the Sorting Hat in his hands and talk carefully, which was completely different from the maturity and stability he had shown along the way. Same.

"The future university scholar Eli is only so enthusiastic about knowledge." Lily snickered and whispered to Snape, "If I were the Sorting Hat, I would know where to sort him—it's pretty simple. "

Lily was right, Eli really wanted to have a good chat with the Sorting Hat—although from the perspective of the people in front of him, the sorting time was very short, but he still decided to say hello and take the time to say a few more words.

He couldn't wait to put the Sorting Hat on.The sight in front of him was obscured by the brim of the sorting hat, and Eli asked in a low voice expectantly, "Can you hear me, Mr. Sorting Hat?"

"You don't have to say it, kid, I can feel it." The Sorting Hat said friendly, very approachable, considering his age of more than 1000 years, it can be said that he has no airs, "extraordinarily intelligent, full of research and speculative spirit , yes... a very good Ravenclaw, you have all the qualities that a good Ravenclaw student needs."

"Can we talk a little more, sir?" Eli communicated with it sincerely in his heart, trying to make the Sorting Hat feel his eagerness.

"Of course, kid." The Sorting Hat laughed a few times, and spoke again as he wished, "Having said that—but I think there is a better house for you than Ravenclaw. How about Gryffindor? "

Well.Eli froze for a moment, quickly recalled the characteristics of Gryffindor House, and was taken aback: "What, Gryffindor? Me? I'm not saying that Gryffindor is bad, but... I didn't thought about it?"

Gryffindor known for his courage?Eli never felt that the word had anything to do with him.It's not that he's not brave, no boy thinks of himself that way.It's just that he is a cautious person who likes a well-planned and well-organized life. He has grown up to such an age that even the little adventurous spirit in childhood rarely appeared.

"Of course, my child." The Sorting Hat said leisurely, "You are in a special era, the magic world is at the end of dusk, the last ray of beautiful sunset is slowly fading, and night is quietly approaching. This is a The cold, suffocating darkness...and the dawn is yet to come."

Eli was startled when he heard that, he opened his mouth and thought about it, and asked cautiously: "What does this have to do with my branch...?"

"True warriors are able to walk through this cold darkness and look for the dawn ahead." The Sorting Hat whispered in his ear, "Your wisdom will bring you courage, child, remember this and stick to it Stay in your heart, this is very important."

Eli could clearly feel that he must have been wearing the Sorting Hat for an unusually long time.In the darkness in front of him, he could vaguely feel buzzing whispers around him, as if many people were looking over.But he didn't have time to pay attention to it at this time, he just had doubts about the guidance he got from the Sorting Hat.

The Sorting Hat finally cracked a wide, flat gash.

"—+ Gryffindor!"

Finally, the results came out. After waiting for a long time, everyone gave warm applause to the results of the sorting.

Professor McGonagall took the Sorting Hat off his head, and Eli sat on the chair, dazed for two seconds before recovering, jumped off the chair, and walked to the Gryffindor long table.The Gryffindor students welcomed him very friendly. When Eli sat down, he glanced at the freshmen who were still in line. Sure enough, he saw the shocked faces of Lily and Snape.

In fact, he was shocked himself, and Eli was still in a slight trance until he took his first bite of food.Lily was sitting next to him, deliberately leaning towards him, keeping a distance from the two black-haired freshmen from the same school on the other side, both of whom looked very good.

Due to the unexpected results of the sorting, Eli decided to write a letter about Hogwarts, including his own study life.This letter obviously needs a few days to go through the summary before there is anything to write.Eli was not in a hurry to start writing. His own owl, Wendis, sent the letter home about Hitler's historical reflections for him, but he has not returned yet.

Three mornings later, while Eli was having breakfast, Wendys finally appeared, flying towards him—along with another owl.

Who else wrote to him?Eli watched them approach unexpectedly, and Wendys handed him a thick envelope with his father's handwriting on it; another owl stood upright in front of him, looking towards him Stretch out a leg.

It had two letters stacked on top of each other strapped to its legs.Eli took it off together and saw the address written on the letter.

Eli Smith, a freshman from Hogwarts School, UK

Penny Evans, Irantu Girls' School, Cokeworth